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 …
After great success in 2008, the tulip garden in Srinagar is all set to attract people this year as well with an added dimension. Contrary to 2008, tulips blooming this year would be indigenous with no imports. Director, Floriculture, Kashmir, GS Naqash says that the garden would be open between …
Emphasising the importance of preserving and maintaining the aesthetic environmental grandeur of the fragile Himalayan region during the Amarnath yatra, Governor NN Vohra today called for effective measures to ensure zero discharge of pollutants into Lidder and Sindh rivers. Accompanied by members of the Environment Sub-Committee, recently constituted by Shri …
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is all set to scrap an MoU signed in 2007 between the JK Power Development Corporation (JKPDC), which is executing the Baglihar power project, and an international consultancy firm. The MoU provides KEC International a 50 per cent share of the revenue generated from the …
Amid dark clouds of economic meltdown, commercial cultivation of flower is booming in the Jammu region, with women taking the lead. Women in the region are opting for floriculture rather than traditional crops. A large number of women have set up floriculture businesses of their own in the past few …
Mid-Day Meal Scheme The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education commonly called the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is being impeded in the absence of any effective mechanism initiated by the Department of School Education. Lack of supporting infrastructure and basic facilities like drinking water, besides the delayed procurement of …
Jammu: The National Highway NH1A that had been envisaged to be an all-weather freeway between Jammu-Srinagar by 2010 under the North-South Corridor Connectivity Project has missed its deadline. The four-laning of entire 300 km road project from Lakhanpur to Srinagar had started with cost estimation of Rs 7,000 crore in …
A blanket ban has been imposed on the cutting of chinars in the valley. DC, Kashmir, Masaud Samoon stated this in view of the complaints from ecologists, environmentalists, NGOs and the media. The DC said chinar was the heritage of the valley unparallel in beauty, strength and size amongst the …
The Comptroller and Auditor General in its latest report has said that for the last three years the Jammu & Kashmir Government has been feeding school children lesser quantity of cooked meal thereby defeating the objective of the mid-day meal scheme. The CAG report tabled in the State Assembly on …
Globally, there is increasing realization of the dependence of humans on ecosystems and the role by forests in providing important ecosystem services. Forests are the chief source of livelihood in developing countries in general and mountains in particular. The Indian Himalaya holds key to India's ecological security and is the …
Seven species of edible macrofungi namely Cantharellus cibarius, Coprinus comatus, Geopora arenicola, Ramaria formosa, Ramaria flavo-brunnescens, sparassis crispa and Termitomyces striatus belonging to Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes have been illustrated and are being described for the first time from Jammu Province of Jammu and Kashmir state. Their habitat description, taxonomic features, …
MIR EHSAN SRINAGAR They believe that once the Kashmir Valley has regular walnut orchards on the pattern of those in the United States and China, the production will increase manifold
ISHFAQ NASEEM JAMMU, THE Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme has not found many takers ever though it was launched way back in 1998. A Jammu and Kashmir Government report has pointed out that till 2007end, not more than 74,301 cards were issued in the state involving a disbursement of Rs …
Shariq Majeed Tribune News Service Rajouri, February 23 A well-knit forest mafia is working closely with some officials of the forest department, who are allegedly felling down dozens of Chir ( forest tree), in Mayardi village near here. This is what locals here say. They believe the forest mafia comprises …
Different Strokes: They might sit at the same table, but they are certainly not equals on competitiveness Remember the competing bids from states to attract Tata Motors
Islamabad: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the upper region of Pakistan on Friday, reports our Pakistan correspondent. A medium intensity tremor jolted Sialkot, Peshawar, Islamabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Abbotabad and other parts of the country, officials said. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. The quake, which occurred at …
After becoming the first country to clone a buffalo, scientists in India are all set to start work on cloning the famous Pashmina goat. A six-member-team of scientists from Karnal
Srinagar: After more than a decade of hectic efforts and numerous trials, scientists at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (SKAUST) have developed country's first scab-resistant varieties of apples: Shireen, Akbar, Shalimar I and Shalimar II. While saplings of the first two varieties are already being grown, Shalimar I …
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Centre to declare the state as a medicinal plants-producing zone. Abdullah during his meeting with Union Minister for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh has highlighted the vast potential of the state. The Chief Minister sought central projects for the development of Pashmina, Kani-shawls …
DC orders inquiry into alleged JMC negligence Fifteen students of Shri Mahavir Jain Higher Secondary School fell unconscious here this morning after they came in contact with methane gas that emanated from a cesspit of a house. The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) staff was cleaning the septic tank in a …
