Spread of covid-19
Second wave of covid-19 has spread from Maharashtra to Punjab and finally to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. With each passing day the covid positive cases are increasing especially in Srinagar city. Fresh reports of deaths due to the infection has alarmed the general public and has also brought to the focus responsibilities […]
New opening
In a path breaking decision, recently Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha opened seven trekking routes in the protected areas of wildlife for the adventure tourism and also decided to remove the other bottlenecks for the tourists including the facilities to go for online booking of 29 forest rest houses and inspection huts in Kashmir and […]
Eco-tourism
Despite a lot of quarries to the travel agencies across India for the adventure tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the government could offer little till recently Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha cleared many trekking routes so that ecotourism could take a center stage during the current season. It would be a huge push to promote eco-tourism […]
Tourism is back
In the past few months, Kashmir valley has witnessed brisk tourism especially during the winters and the Gulmarg has been a busy destination for the winter tourism. Now in this spring season, there are visible signs that the industry is picking up and the government has organized a Tulip festival in order to give a […]
Tourism in air
There is a lot of talk about the tourism in Jammu and Kashmir post easing of restrictions which were re-imposed here due to the coronavirus. All of a sudden there was talk about Kashmir snow and Kashmir weather especially during the severe winter in the social media as several celebrities came to Kashmir valley to […]
Spring season
Recently the government opened two spring gardens in Kashmir valley to officially declare the spring season open here. First it was the almond garden or Badamveir, thrown open for the tourist and general public by the authorities as it attracts a lot of locals who come out after a long spell of winter chill to […]
Political reaction
Mainstream political parties including PDP and National Conference have welcomed the recent positive statements for the peace and development coming out in Islamabad and New Delhi. National Conference in a statement said that the thaw in the Indo-Pakistan relations is bound to have a positive impact on the people of Jammu and Kashmir who have […]
Fresh hope
There have been a lot of statements from New Delhi and Islamabad over the issues and all such statements have proved that in the recent past both the countries have worked on the ground to create the conditions for the dialogue process to begin. People of Jammu and Kashmir are closely watching the situation […]
After the rains
Another spell of heavy rains has virtually thrown life out of gear in Jammu and Kashmir with highways getting closed. There are not only heavy rains in the plains of Kashmir but upper reaches received light to moderate snowfall. As per MeT officials, the ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded seven to eight inches […]
Mainstream politics
Mainstream politics in Jammu and Kashmir is suffering from many fronts as they have been only witnessing sudden twists and turns in the events around them and the latest has been the efforts of friendship between India and Pakistan to hammer out a solution to all their issues. PAGD was formed by the mainstream political […]