MoS External Affairs & Culture Meenakshi Lekhi Makes Surprise Visit to Kupwara

[2:10 pm, 24/06/2023] +91 70064 40782: Seemingly smitten by the ‘unexploited beauty’ of Kupwara, Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi arrived on a daylong surprise visit to the north Kashmir district on Saturday.

Talking to media, Lekhi flanked by newly posted Deputy Commissioner Ayushi Sudan, as per GNS, said that the aim of her surprise visit to Kupwara is to explore its beauty. “It (Kupwara) has tremendous beauty and a vast scope for tourism activity which has not yet been exploited”, Lekhi said.

“Be it the meadows, the border tourism or the border villages, all have a great potential to bring about a better change”, she said.

“For the larger benefit of people, tourism can act as a major transitory factor and once more people will visit here, it will generate employment avenues for locals”, Lekhi said.

Notably, some major tourist spots, which also include few religious shrines in Kupwara are; Lolab Valley, Bangus Valley, Satbarin Kalaroos, Shahnagri, Sheikh Baba Behram, Kheer Bhawani Asthapan, Hazrat Mehmood Shah Shrine, Hazrat Zati Shahwali and Malcha Khan Badshah Shrine. (GNS)
[2:26 pm, 24/06/2023] +91 70064 40782: School-boy from Baramulla Drowns to Death in Sonamarg

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Srinagar, Jun 24 (GNS): A school-going boy from Baramulla district drowned to death in a river in Sonamarg area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, official sources said.

They told GNS that a student of a private school in Baramulla, who was on picnic, drowned while taking bath in river Sindh.

“The boy was immediately rescued and taken to a nearby health centre, where the doctors declared him as brought dead on arrival”, they said.

Confirming the incident to GNS, a police official identified the deceased as Suhaib Farooq Chachi (14), son of Farooq Ahmad Chachi, a resident of Chandoosa Baramulla. (GNS)