Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Vishaw stream gasps for breath amid mining pollution" appearing in Greater Kashmir dated 16.12.2024 dated 23/04/2025. In the original application, registered suo motu, the tribunal is examining the grievance of a deteriorating trout population in the Vishaw …
National Conference president and the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday described Kashmiris as the `biggest thieves’ with reference to power thefts. Farooq made these remarks while releasing a report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) titled: “Citizen’s report on state of renewable energy” …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Irfan Ahmad & Ors. Vs. Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora & Ors. dated 03/03/2014 regarding feasibility and environmental impacts for establishing a MSW plant, Jammu & Kashmir. The NGT directed the Member Secretary of the CPCB to visit the site …
The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) today imposed a fine of Rs 12,000 on traders for violating norms of the Food Safety Act. An inspection was conducted by a team of municipal officials of different markets ahead of the Mahashivratri. Led by Health Officer Dr Mohammad Saleem Khan, a team of …
The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah urged upon one and all particularly officers to work with more zeal and enthusiasm while implementing developmental and welfare schemes sponsored by State and Central Governments in the State. Emphasizing for percolate maximum benefit of such schemes to the …
Two persons were killed in a landslide on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. A truck, which was on its way to Jammu from Srinagar, got trapped in landslide near Battery Chashma in Ramban district late last night, police said here today. Police and rescue teams …
JAMMU, Feb 19: Minister of State for Fisheries, Finance and Planning, Dr. Manohar Lal Sharma today said that fish production has reached 19.95 thousand tonnes during current year while 14000 license fishermen are earning their livelihood and the sector has vast potential of employment. He said that a modern Trout …
Highlighting the importance of PMGSY in the State, Minister for Roads & Buildings and Mechanical Engineering Abdul Majid Wani has said that with the implementation of this flagship programme the road connectivity has substantially improved in the rural areas of the State. The Minister was replying to the discussion on …
Cold wave today tightened its grip over Kashmir valley and Ladakh region where the minimum temperatures dipped several degrees below the freezing point. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a drop of over three degrees in the minimum temperature as the mercury settled at a low of …
Flood threat looms large in dozens of villages in Pulwama district as the Flood Control Department (FCD) has failed to remove the earth dug for the construction of concrete retaining walls along the Lar stream. Worried residents in Ratnipora village said that the Flood Control Department has been constructing retaining …
Cold conditions continued in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region as the minimum temperature in most parts dropped by several degrees with the mercury in Kargil town settling 23 degrees below the freezing point. Kargil, in Ladakh region, continued to be the coldest place in Jammu and Kashmir as the mercury …
With eye on elections, no fresh taxes proposed; budgetary expenditure Rs 43,543 cr Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather today presented the sixth consecutive zero deficit Budget of the National Conference-Congress coalition government. The Rs 43,543-crore Budget presented by the Finance Minister on Thursday was the last Budget of the present …
Minister for Forests and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmed informed the House that the Centre has approved Rs. 120 crore under the 13th Finance Commission for Conservation and Management of Wullar Lake, adding that in this regard the 1st installment of Rs. 30 crore was released by the Centre during 2011-12 …
UDHAMPUR, Feb 10: The Power Development Department, Udhampur today organized an awareness programme on Energy Conservation in collaboration with Happy Model Higher Secondary School Udhampur. The awareness programme was held in the premises of Happy Model Higher Secondary School Udhampur here today. The District Development Commissioner, Udhampur, Yasha Mudgal who …
An independent audit has revealed that all the 21 hydel power projects run by the J&K; State Power Development Corporation (JKSPDC) are not following the Standard Operating Manual which is necessary for energy accounting. The audit has been conducted on the projects on the Chenab, the Ravi and the Indus …
With ‘unsatisfactory’ growth, the industrial sector in Jammu and Kashmir is in constant decline leaving the state much behind the rest of India in industrialization, government data says. The Economic Survey 2013-14 prepared and released by the Jammu and Kashmir government recently says that though the share of industry to …
Having resorted to protest demonstration and agitation to save the fragile ecology of Himalayas from the destruction caused by slew of developmental projects in the Himalayan region, now green activists have started a unique programme with the sole objective of creating an army of youth fighting to save Himalayas from …
A research conducted by two scholars of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) that won the best paper award at the International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2014) held at Nagpur on the second week of January has claimed that the water of the Jhelum is unsafe for …
More than two months after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court stressed on the implementation of ban on use of polythene bags, its uses continues unabated in most parts of the Valley. On November 4 last year, a division bench of the High Court comprising justice Muhammad Yaqoob Mir and …
Tata group's realty arm will donate Rs 15 lakh per year in the project WWF India today partnered real estate firm Tata Housing to launch a project for conservation of endangered specie 'snow leopards' in the country. Snow leopards population is estimated at 400-700 in India out of 7,000 worldwide. …
With both the state government and centre in deep slumber, the dangerous but silent killer, Hepatitis-C, has started consuming precious lives in Kokernag in south Kashmir. Three patients have died during the last one month. Hundreds of patients are not getting any medicine either from the state government or the …
