SRINAGAR: Around three months after a fossil site was discovered in Aherbal area of Kulgam district, around 8 fresh fossil sites have been discovered in Kulgam and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir. Earlier, fossil site was discovered by Dr Rouf Hamza and Manzoor Javaid in last week of...
GANDERBAL: The active, positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has mounted to 89 while the district has also recorded 79 deaths so far since the outbreak of the virus in Jammu and Kashmir. The health officials told that the district has not recorded any deaths due...
SRINAGAR: Around three months after a fossil site was discovered in Aherbal area of Kulgam district, around 8 fresh fossil sites have been discovered in Kulgam and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir...
GANDERBAL: The active, positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has mounted to 89 while the district has also recorded 79 deaths so far since the outbreak of the virus in Jammu...
SRINAGAR: Around three months after a fossil site was discovered in Aherbal area of Kulgam district, around 8 fresh fossil sites have been discovered in Kulgam and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir. Earlier, fossil site was discovered by Dr Rouf...
GANDERBAL: The active, positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has mounted to 89 while the district has also recorded 79 deaths so far since the outbreak of the virus in Jammu and Kashmir. The health officials told that the...
SRINAGAR: Around three months after a fossil site was discovered in Aherbal area of Kulgam district, around 8 fresh fossil sites have been discovered in Kulgam and...
GANDERBAL: The active, positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has mounted to 89 while the district has also recorded 79 deaths so far since the...
SRINAGAR: The forest department Saturday ordered an inquiry into the alleged involvement of three of its employees in the illegal cutting of green trees within the woods...
SRINAGAR: Around three months after a fossil site was discovered in Aherbal area of Kulgam district, around 8 fresh fossil sites have been discovered in Kulgam...
GANDERBAL: The active, positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has mounted to 89 while the district has also recorded 79 deaths so far...
SRINAGAR: The forest department Saturday ordered an inquiry into the alleged involvement of three of its employees in the illegal cutting of green trees within...
SRINAGAR: Around three months after a fossil site was discovered in Aherbal area of Kulgam district, around 8 fresh fossil sites have been discovered...
GANDERBAL: The active, positive Covid-19 cases in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has mounted to 89 while the district has also recorded 79...
SRINAGAR: The forest department Saturday ordered an inquiry into the alleged involvement of three of its employees in the illegal cutting of green...
He added that with blessings of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi the whole ecosystem of militants will be destroyed soon.
A versatile writer and commentator, Mohammad Ashraf has spent decades in developing tourism facilities, culture and awareness in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Way back in mid 1960s, Ashraf went for training in adventure sports like mountaineering and skiing at the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling and in Gulmarg. He joined Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department as Deputy Director in 1973 and rose to head the same Department in 1992 as its Director and was promoted as Director General in 1996 from which post he retired in 2003 after a total service of 30 years in Tourism. A pioneer of adventure spoets, he has served as Vice-President of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation. To commend his efforts in introducing rescue measures in Kashmir Mountains, he was awarded “Merite-Alpin” by Swiss in a special function in Les Diablerets in 1993. He continues to be a member of the Governing Council of IMF and is also the Patron of the Jammu & Kashmir Mountaineering & Hiking Club. He considers his greatest achievement the pioneering of Tourism in Ladakh. In 1974, Ladakh was opened for foreign tourism by Government of India. Ashraf was extensively involved in developing tourism in this mysterious and enchanting land beyond the Himalaya. He considers it as his first love and is fondly remembered by its inhabitants for promoting tourism in this area.
