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 …
Showers bring down temperature The prayers of the residents of the Jammu region were answered by the rain God, as the much-awaited rain last night brought some relief to them. The residents had been reeling under intense heat wave for the past few weeks. The pre-monsoon showers accompanied by a …
Better road infrastructure in North-Eastern States, an all-weather highway link for Kashmir Valley and speedy clearance of projects are the top priorities for the Government in the first 100 days. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has earmarked these priority areas in its 100-day action plan sent to …
Concrete policy to enforce ban alongwith providing people with alternatives is the only way out. Drive against the use of polythene bags has become a costly affair for attendants of patients admitted in Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu Attendants carrying polythene bags which contain food items, water bottles and other …
Based on six indices, the warm subhumid to cool-humid Western Himalayan Region, consisting of the Kashmir valley, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, could be designated as an Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site. This region is rich in agro-biodiversity, with a large number of species being cultivated. Unique multicrop and horticulture based farming/production …
Saffron yields fall in Kashmir. Climate change? Or just over-anxious farmers In mid-16th century, Abul Fazl, visited Kashmir. Fazl was a formidable administrator, a historiographer and one of the nine gems at Mughal emperor Akbar
? The Act does not cover Jammu and Kashmir. Wajahat Habibullah is currently the chief information commissioner, Central Information Commission. ? Information means any material in any form but does not include "file notings". ? Reasons for seeking information need not be given. ? If the officer concerned does not …
The Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) government on Tuesday demanded compensation from New Delhi for losses incurred due to the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a water-sharing agreement signed between India and Pakistan in 1960. Participating in the discussions at the state power minister
India will spend more than $290 million cleaning up two iconic lakes in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), which have been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt, India
Jammu: The J&K; Polythene Manufacturers and Traders Association has expressed anguish over the way the authorities concerned have been implementing the ban on polythene bags. The association has lamented that the administration was unmindful of the adverse impact of the ban on a vast section of the people. Addressing a …
Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh visited Kashmir
Jammu: The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks. In many areas, the plants have in fact prematurely wilted following a fungal blight attack. According to cultivators in Bishnah, Samba and Hiranagar
Shariq Majeed Tribune News Service Danna-Loran (Poonch), June 9 Protecting wild bear is fine but should that be at the cost of human lives? In this area, which lies on the border of Poonch district and Kashmir province, people
Indian defence scientists have found that temperature in the North-Western Himalayan range, spread over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and the source of most of Indus line rivers and their tributaries, have risen by nearly 1.4 degrees Celsius over the last 100 years. The average level of warming for …
Urge Omar to bring Chenab water to winter capital Tribune News Service Jammu, June 2 Angry residents, including women and children, protested against water scarcity in densely populated localities of Sarwal and New Plots area in the Jammu west Assembly constituency here this morning. Led by Jammu West Assembly Movement …
Pakistan on Monday took up water compensation issue with India for the loss of about 200,000 cusecs of water India had stopped last year for filling the newly built Baglihar Dam on Chenab River in occupied Kashmir. Pakistan discussed the issue and expressed its concern on the second day of …
Vikram Bhasin With no respite in the fire incidents along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, another fresh fire incident was reported in Narol area of Jugal in the tehsil today. Mysterious fire broke out at about four hectares of the evergreen fencing forest enclosure …
A study on the biodiversity and relative abundance of spiders associated with the horticultural ecosystem including fruit and vegetable crops in Kashmir, were conducted during 2005-2007. A total of 5774 individuals belonging to 40 species, 23 genera under 11 families were recorded first-time from Kashmir.
