'Shahtoosh' shawls not to be banned
The production and sale of 'shahtoosh' shawls will not be banned in Jammu and Kashmir despite such an order in force elsewhere in the country, the state's Industries and Commerce Minister, Mr. Bodh
The production and sale of 'shahtoosh' shawls will not be banned in Jammu and Kashmir despite such an order in force elsewhere in the country, the state's Industries and Commerce Minister, Mr. Bodh
The Forest Protection Force (FPF) being set up in Jammu and Kashmir will justify its existence more by removing encroachments on forest land than by counter-smuggling operations, says its director, R
The Jammu and Kashmir Governemnt has introduced stringent laws to deal with the timber mafia which has felled three lakh trees under the cover of militancy. The State Forest Minister, Choudhary
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir are among the most malaria and other vector disease prone states of the country . Any outbreak of epidemic might claim large
The three-day International Workshop on Walnut Production organised by the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Jammu & Kashmir Government discussed the issues related to
Days after the Union Environment Ministry asked the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah to clamp a total ban on the trade of shartoosh shawls as these were made after killing the
Even after the much condemned hunting in December and the assurance given by Union Minister Saifuddin Soz, the Jammu & Kashmir Government has chosen not to incorporate a blanket ban on hunting in the
The Centre will sanction 28 forest development agencies in the current financial year for the development of degraded forests in Jammu and Kashmir, minister for forests, Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed Shah,
Jammu and Kashmir Cements has decided to install reverse pulse jet (RPJ) system, a latest device for checking dust emissions, in its plant at Khrew in Srinagar. The company has already installed some
An earthquake of slight intensity hit Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning, a meteorological department release said. The quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale struck the region at 10.08
It is hard to believe that parts of the Siachen (Jammu & Kashmir) glacier the world's highest battlefield looked like the garbage heaps along the banks of the Jamuna. But with the glacier littered
To take advantage of the vast potential of fish farming, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has adopted a multi pronged strategy that includes introduction of trout fish farming and warm water fish
A moderate earthquake jolted Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Monday but there were no reports of damage or injury, the meteorological department said. It's magnitude was 5.2 on the Ritcher
Krishi Beema Yojana, national crop insurance scheme, would be introduced in Jammu and Kashmir from April. The scheme would insure small and marginal farmers against losses due to natural calamities,
The Jammu and Kashmir government has stressed the need to check growing pollution generated out of polythene bags, medical wastes from hospitals, garbage, smoke from brick-klin factories and
Twenty-four spotted deer which were being shifted from an ashram to Udhampur in Jammu Kashmir died allegedly due to the negligence of the J-K Wildlife Department and Agriculture University. Eighteen
Alarmed by the threat of Dal lake disappearing due to encroachments along its banks and dumping waste, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to shift hotels from the site to provide them an
Inadequate surveys, untrained and inadequate manpower as well as poor follow up of the cases led to an increase in leprosy cases from 465 in 1996-97 to 897 in 2000-2001. Similar was the fate of the
The recent report of the Comptroller of Auditor General(CAG) of India has indicted the state pollution control board(PCB) for not setting up the laboratories for monitoring and testing air samples,
Ninety eight HIV positive cases have been detected in voluntary counselling and testing centres(VCTCs) of J&K state from January 2001 to March 2002. The voluntary counselling and testing centres have