Projected Leh, Kargil solar parks see no progress
The twin solar parks at Leh and Kargil have seen no headway, even as the Centre has also restricted funding for the last two financial years. Considering the scope of state to harness immense solar
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Winter chill returns, 2 more die in UP
Blocked roads and sub-zero temperatures in Himachal affect normal life Winter chill returned on Sunday in most of the northern States as the cold wave pushed mercury to record lows in Shimla and Pahalgam and claimed two more lives in Uttar Pradesh. Two more persons died -one each from Hardoi and Deoria - in Uttar Pradesh, taking the death toll in the State this winter to 132, officials said.
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Indus Water talks: Row over two J-K projects may end
Even as India and Pakistan are at loggerheads over the Kishanganga hydro power project in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indus Commissioners of both countries on Monday looked set to resolve the differences over two other hydro-power projects in J-K.
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India rejects Paks water allegations
INDIA on Sunday rejected Pakistan
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2 Ladakh hydel projects on agenda of Indo-Pak meet
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi April 14, 2010, 0:42 IST India
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Avalanche warning in Kargil
After a fresh snowfall in the high altitude areas, the authorities today issued an avalanche warning for higher reaches in Kargil district.
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17 Army men killed in avalanches
Shujaat Bukhari JAMMU: Seventeen Army men, including an officer, were killed in avalanches near Gulmarg early on Monday. Out of the 400 men undergoing training at a high altitude warfare camp in Khilanmarg area, 80 were trapped and most of them rescued, a defence spokesman told The?Hindu.
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17 soldiers killed, over 80 rescued in Gulmarg avalanche
SEVENTEEN soldiers were killed and another 17 critically injured when an avalanche of snow smashed into a High Altitude Warfare School (HAWS) in Gulmarg on Monday. Army spokesman Colonel Vineet Sood said more than 80 soldiers were rescued. The rescue operation was called off after everyone was accounted for.
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Grow seabuckthorn: For greening cold desert Himalayas
In this paper, the role of "seabuckthorn" in greening the cold deserts of Himalayas in terms of its various uses like medicinal values, nutritional/food values and controlling soil erosion/landslides has been detailed.
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Rules neglected to enable inauguration by PM
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State to generate 20,000 MW from solar energy in 10 years
Srinagar: Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has said 20,000 MW will be generated from solar energy in the state in the next 10 years. He said possibilities to produce more power from water and wind energy to minimise the huge expenditure on the exploitation of conventional sources of energy would also be explored.