Under the initiative, the women are receiving training by working under Self Help Groups (SGH) in Rajouri district for creating handicrafts like boxes, pen holders, tea coasters, baskets, purses etc with Chir Pine tree remains.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh on Monday wrote a letter to the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, demanding security for party functionaries and the AAP office in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ahead of Bharat Jodo Yatra's entry into Jammu and Kashmir, People Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that the "motive" behind the yatra mattered more than who is joining it.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday extended greetings to the people of Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh, who participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kangra's Malot amid the cold wave.
The courier services will operate between Srinagar and Kargil on every Monday and Wednesday and between Kargil and Jammu on every Tuesday and Thursday.
"In view of Choudhary Lal Singh's proposal of joining Bharat Jodo Yatra and Congress allowing the same, I am left with no other option but to resign from Congress. Lal Singh was responsible for sabotaging the Kathua rape case in 2018 by brazenly defending rapists," she tweeted.
Deceived into marrying a Pakistani man, a Jammu woman fled to Bhopal as was being forced to live in Pakistan or Dubai with her husband, Bhopal Police said.
Amid heavy snowfall and severe weather conditions, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) launched a snow clearance drive on Chowkibal-Tangdhar road in J-K's Kupwara district on Monday.
Speaking to mediapersons on Tuesday, Raut said he will join the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' on January 20 and 21 during his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
An official said at Kupwara Army Helipad, the Army Emergency Medical Response Team took charge, stabilised her vitals and subsequently transported her to District Hospital Kupwara for further medical attention.
Jammu and Kashmir Director-General of Police (DGP) on Tuesday held a chaired a meeting of senior officers of Kashmir Zone to review the crime and security arrangements for the upcoming Republic Day events.