Maruti Suzuki becomes India's first automaker to dispatch vehicles to Kashmir by railMaruti Suzuki became the first Indian automaker to transport vehicles to the Kashmir Valley via Indian Railways. Over 100 vehicles traveled...
03 Oct, 2025, 02.14 PM IST
The apple of everyone's eyes takes happiness express: Budgam to Delhi parcel train flagged off for Kashmir growersTo mitigate losses faced by Kashmiri apple growers due to frequent highway closures, a parcel train service from Budgam to Delhi has been i...
12 Sep, 2025, 12.41 AM IST
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announces daily time-tabled parcel services between Kashmir Valley and DelhiGood news for Kashmir's apple farmers. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced a daily parcel service connecting Badgam in Kashmir to ...
11 Sep, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
How a train to Kashmir and the Z-Morh Tunnel can turn a new chapter in the Valley's economy, tourism, and securityThe Z-Morh Tunnel and Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link are set to improve connectivity and drive economic growth in Kashmir. These pro...
18 Jan, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
After tomatoes and bananas, now get ready to pay more for applesDue to rainfall, floods, and landslides in apple-growing regions of apple growing regions in Himachal Pradesh, apple prices may rise by 20-...
18 Aug, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
Going bananas: As Tamil Nadu supplies dry up, prices double to Rs 100/kgThe cost of bananas has doubled over last week due to declining supply from Tamil Nadu; traders are blaming middlemen and transporters for ...
16 Aug, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
Parties threaten protests if smooth transportation of apples from Kashmir is not ensuredFruit growers and traders in the Valley have alleged that the fruit-laden trucks were deliberately stopped along the Srinagar-Jammu highway...
28 Sep, 2022, 01.36 PM IST
Will block highway if fruit-trucks are not allowed smooth passage: Mehbooba MuftiPDP president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said she, along with fruit-truck drivers, will block the Srinagar-Jammu national highway if their vehi...
27 Sep, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
More Kisan Rails in the offing to help farmers get better pricesThe government is planning to increase the number of Kisan Rail trains, which transport vegetables and fruits to different parts of the cou...
11 Nov, 2020, 07.44 AM IST
Quarantine requirements keep many buyers away from Apple markets in Himachal PradeshApple harvesting has begun in Himachal Pradesh and will start in a month in Kashmir. The desperate apple trade is seeking government procur...
27 Jul, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
Apple prices crashed in Kashmir after market intervention by Nafed, says Raju Shetty"Farmers had to wait for 10 to 12 days for their turn to sell to Nafed, which rejected or offered lower prices on various grounds. Nafed co...
18 Nov, 2019, 07.04 PM IST
Declare apple crisis in Kashmir Valley as nation calamity, demands AIKSCCThe delegation noted that horticulture, which is the backbone of the state's economy, has suffered a double thrashing this season. Just whe...
16 Nov, 2019, 04.39 PM IST
Bumper harvest in Jammu & Kashmir keeps apple prices lowAround half of the expected 20-21 lakh tonnes of apple from the valley has arrived at the markets and the supply will continue as the harve...
23 Oct, 2019, 04.33 PM IST
Centre to pump in Rs 8,000 crore in J&K to boost income of farmers and tradersDecision taken in wake of terrorists threatening growers against selling their produce in market.
11 Sep, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
Traders report losses as govt ropes in Nafed to ramp up buysSpeaking to ET, Mohammad Ayub, an apple grower in South Kashmir in Sopore says their biggest hurdle is lack of communication channels.
02 Sep, 2019, 07.53 AM IST
How the current security arrangement in Kashmir is affecting its fruit tradeKashmir’s current security arrangements are affecting transport of apples, plums and pears from J&K.
09 Aug, 2019, 08.09 AM IST
Kashmir crisis yielding indirect benefit for Bhutan’s AppleAt Siliguri fruit wholesale market, veteran trader B. Burman said, “The rise in demand for Bhutan stock is indirect effect of shrunken supp...
22 Sep, 2016, 07.24 PM IST