November 2, 2024 | Kashmir POST

CCI Jammu Delegation Raises Concerns with State Taxes Commissioner

November 2, 2024 Editor

Allege harassment, businessmen delegation meets commissioner The Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Jammu, has claimed that the multiple issues concerning the state taxes were impacting traders in the region. A delegation of the chamber led by its president Arun Gupta met the Commissioner of State Taxes Department in which they raised the issues concerning the traders. Gupta said the businessmen who are doing their business honestly, paying and filing their GST return in time are being harassed on one pretext or the other. “There is a general practice that even the businessmen…

Kashmir’s Saffron Fields Suffer Amid Weather Challenges

November 2, 2024 Editor

The past three years saw good saffron production due to favourable weather conditions but the dry September and October has had an impact this year As the plucking of saffron begins across the expansive meadows of Pampore, the dry spell in the month of October has affected the golden crop’s production far fewer than usual flowers being seen in fields in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. This October saw 95% deficit rain in South Kashmir. “This time, there was no rain in October. Also, September witnessed very minimal rainfall, which has…

Kashmir Battles Breast Cancer: A Growing Health Crisis

November 2, 2024November 2, 2024 Editor

Breast cancer emerges as leading threat to women’s health in Kashmir Breast cancer has become the leading cancer among women and the primary cause of cancer-related deaths in the reproductive age group, according to doctors. In an exclusive interview with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Shabnam Bashir, a leading onco-surgeon in Kashmir called for early detection and lifestyle modifications. Dr Shabnam, who is specially trained in breast and colorectal cancer surgeries, said there is an alarming rise in breast cancer cases and that nearly 60% of women seek…