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Hanjura for promoting virgin tourist destinations

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Interacts with visiting tour & travel operators at Yousmarg Minister for Agriculture, Mr Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has a vision for Jammu & Kashmir and its people and bringing lesser known destinations like Doodpathri, Yousmarg, Gurez Valley, Aharabal and Bangus on the tourist map of the State is a part of that vision. He said the Tourism Department has been asked to make plans and programmes for the development and promotion of these virgin destinations in a big way so that more and more…

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Tourism dept promotes new destinations with FAM tour

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We want to promote lesser known destinations among travelers: Dy Dir Tourism  In a bid to promote lesser known destinations, Department of Tourism Tuesday organised a FAM tour for national tour and travel operators to Doodhpathri in Budgam district. This is for the first time that the travel companies from other states of India were visiting the place in order to explore the less known destination in their tour packages. Deputy Director Tourism Kashmir, Peerzada Zahoor Ahmad who was accompanying the delegation said it is part of an initiative taken…

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Mutton rates revised to 360 per kg

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Div com orders regular market checking to ensure price control Government on Tuesday revised the meat rates and fixed at Rs 360 per kilogram without Ugri. The rates were revised after taking due consultations and suggestions from Kothdars and civil society members. The rates were fixed in a high level officers meeting chaired by the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon in which in which all the Deputy Commissioners of Valley, Director CA&PD Kashmir, representatives of Meat Wholesale Dealers, members of Civil Society, representatives of Traders Manufacturers and other…

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Kashmir Inc to prepare vision document for handicraft industry

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The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry shall prepare a ‘vision document’ for the upliftment of handicraft industry in Kashmir. This was revealed today by president KCCI at an event organized here where the artisans raised their issues and appealed the government for needful. The Valley-based artisan rehabilitation forum urged the state government to take effective steps for the upliftment of the handicrafts sector. The artisans along with the members of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce Industry (KCCI) held a discussion on ways to prevent the art and heritage associated with…

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Yatra resumes after highway opens for one-way traffic

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The Srinagar-Jammu highway was Monday thrown open for one-side traffic and the annual Amarnath Yatra resumed after two days of suspension. Traffic movement on the highway has been erratic for the past three days due to landslides near Kheri on Udhampur-Batote stretch. Following rains and landslides, the authorities had suspended the ongoing Amarnath yatra for two days. Sources said with movement of vehicles towards the Valley on Monday, a fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrimage was allowed from Bhagwati Nagar Base camp in Jammu. An official said the maintenance work on highway…

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3-day Jashan-e-Tosamaidan on in Khag

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Marking the first anniversary of freeing of Tosamaidan from 50 year-lease, three-day festival of Jashan-e-Tosamaidan commenced here on Saturday with people thronging the meadows in large numbers. On the first two days of the festival, thousands of people went to the meadows of Tosamaidan and enjoyed the serene ambience after decades of isolation of the places from local population. Once labelled as the ‘death meadow’, Tosamaidan now is becoming ray of hope for dozens of villages, worst hit during its 50-year lease to Artillery wing of Indian Army. Tosamaidan Bachav…

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‘Kashmir is milking the legacy built by its forefathers’

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Gloves were out as tourists, hoteliers and even a minister today targeted tourism department for its non-serious approach to develop the vital sector. As the floor was opened for comments, people from wide range of fields came up with their set of grievances. Education Minister Nayeem Akhtar while addressing the seminar titled “Restoration, Preservation, Conservation and Promotion of Built and Cultural Heritage through Tourism,” said that Kashmir is milking the legacy built by its forefathers. “We as a generation, me included, have failed as we couldn’t add anything new to…

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Kashmir to turn heritage properties into profitable tourist attractions

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Jammu and Kashmir is following footsteps of Rajasthan to turn heritage properties into profitable business through tourism. A high-level committee in the Tourism & Culture Departments will hold a series of consultations with the Rajasthan-based Indian Heritage Hotels Association (IHHA) to convert state’s built-in heritage into remunerative and productive assets. “Our state is a goldmine of heritage assets and the government will take all steps to showcase them by maintaining the regal essence of its glorious past,” said chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. Sayeed, who is also the state tourism…

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Amarnath Yatra suspended for second day

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The ongoing annual Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir was suspended for the second day on Sunday after the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed due to heavy rainfall. Heavy rains throughout the night triggered landslides at Kheri in Udhampur district and also at some places in the Ramban district, forcing authorities to close the highway, a police officer told IANS. “No pilgrim was allowed to proceed from Jammu to the valley,” he said. A decision on resuming the Amarnath Yatra will be taken only after the highway is…

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Landline, broadband services defunct in Srinagar

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BSNL: Irking people   Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) broadband users in summer capital Srinagar are up n arms against the authorities for failing to restore the service from over two weeks now. According to local newsgathering agency CNS, broadband and landline services are defunct in Rambagh, Natipora, Baghi Mehtab, Chanapora, Mehjoor Nagar areas of Srinagar city. Subscribers of the areas informed said that the service is not poor but totally defunct and out of order.  “We visited Barzaulla based BSNL office several times and every time, the Engineer assured…

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