Ramban (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 24: A dozen militants belonging to the banned Hizbul Mujahideen outfit surrendered before Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at Ramban in Doda distric

Srinagar/New Delhi, Dec 10: Activists of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) took out a torch light procession on Sunday evening to protest against the alleged human rights violations taking place in the Kashmir Valley.

Carrying placards and banners, the protestors staged a sit-in demo against suspected custodial killings.

Sangar (Jammu), Nov.26 : Residents of Sangar Village in Jammu have been looking for a proper bridge for over decades.

Sangar and its adjoining villages, comprising 20,000 people, in Jammu are compelled to depend on a rope bridge as their sole medium of connectivity.

In 1983, the only bridge that was constructed here by the then-ruling government was washed away during a flood. A steel trolley was then fitted by the Public Works Department that is used even today.

The trolley has a pulley attached to it and has to be toed with bare hands. Many end up wounding their limbs in this process.

Srinagar, Nov 19 : Adventure sports got a boost in Jammu and Kashmir with about 45 children participating in the Mountain Terrain Cycling event in Srinagar, amidst cheer and applause from the crowd.

The Mountain Terrain Cycling event was organised by Jammu and Kashmir Cycling Association.

The organisers said that the event has received a tremendous response from the beginning, but only few adolescents were allowed to take part in the event as the racetrack passed through tough and dangerous terrain of Zabarwan mountain.

But this time the participants were given proper training before the commencement of the race. The organisers described the championship as highly successful.

Poonch (J & K), Nov. 19 : A Musk deer that had lost one of its hind legs was implanted with an artificial leg, thanks to the initiative of local forest officials.

Following the implant, the deer can walk again using all its four legs.

Three months ago the Divisional Forest Officer learnt that a rare breed of stray musk deer was in the Poonch region having one of its legs chopped.

The forest department rescued the deer from the forest. It was given initial medical treatment by a local veterinary doctor. Later, the forest officials contacted Pritam Spiritual Trust, a well-known NGO in the area for help.

Srinagar, Nov. 14 : Rubeena Tabasum of Chadoora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam District today represents a small-town success story perfect enough to attract any film producer’s attention.

Recipient of the Women Entrepreneur Award, 2007 she has risen in life as a florist.

Rubeena, in her early thirties, attributes her success to a radio programme that prompted her take up floriculture.

“I didn't want to do any routine job. I heard about EDI (Entrepreneur Development International) on radio that it was training people to start their own ventures. The training was related to community floriculture, ” said Rubeena.