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 …
SRINAGAR, July 27: A nine member Pakistani delegation is reaching here tomorrow to visit Baglihar power project which is being built by India on River Chenab in Jammu region. The delegation held a round of talks in Delhi earlier this week. Chief secretary S S Kapur will host lunch for …
The origins of the conflagration in June in Kashmir on forest land allocation for construction of facilities for the Amarnath yatra lie in open state promotion of the pilgrimage. The yatra has caused considerable damage to the economy and ecology of the area. The high-handed actions of the Shri Amarnath …
Musavirr Wani URI, July 24: Three years down the line since the killer quake hit Uri and its adjacent villages almost 75 percent people face gastroenteritis or psychiatric problems. After visiting several villages of Uri different people narrated different tales. In some cases either people face gastroenteritis or psychiatric problems. …
JAMMU, July 23: An awareness programme cum workshop was organized by J&K; Khadi and Village Industries Board at Kanipora, Kulgam to create awareness amongst the rural entrepreneurs about different schemes being implemented by the board. Besides, rural artisans namely Miss Nasira Akhter R/o Kanipora, Nabadad, Kulgam who has innovated smokeless …
To promote Horticulture in Ramban district having congenial agro-climate conditions for fruit cultivation, Director Horticulture, Jammu, J.L Sharma took an emergency meeting of all the officers and employees of the district at Ramban here, today. The progress of various development schemes being implemented in Ramban were reviewed in the meeting. …
Vikas Sharma / Ludhiana July 21, 2008, 0:24 IST The lab will provide a push to textile units in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir as they will not have to depend on faraway facilties for reports. The in-principle nod by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises …
BY YUSUF JAMEEL Srinagar,July 16: A shutdown was observed in Jammu and some other towns in the region on Wednesday as part of a renewed agitation seeking restoration of about 40 hectares of forestland in Singh range near here to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB). During the strike, slogan-chanting …
The ice form of lord Shiva, Shivalingam, has completely melted away in Amarnath, much to the huge disappointment of thousands of devotees and many more who are yet to come. An Amarnath Shrine Board official said the holy icicle had been receding day by day and disappeared today. Reports from …
The Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, an organisation working for tribes and nomadic communities, has launched a fourfold programme to spread awareness among these groups regarding deadly diseases and sexually transmitted infections. Though the tribal Gujjars constitute 20 to 25 per cent population of the state, they have negligible access …
It will be in their mother tongue; folk media to be employed Jammu: The nomadic tribes of far-flung picturesque Himalayan range of Jammu and Kashmir are the focus of an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign. The tribes are being imparted knowledge about the ways and means to prevent the dreaded disease. The …
UDHAMPUR : Sheep Husbandry Department has recorded over 4 lakh kg mutton production in district Udhampur during first quarter of the current fiscal. To provide treatment to sheep and goat population and prevent spread of contagious and non-contagious diseases, the department has dosed over 68,000 sheep population, vaccinated 18,400 and …
Jammu businessmen alone sufer Rs 500 cr loss KT NEWS SERVICE JAMMU, July 9: The business community has suffered a major set back in the state due to unrest that prevailed over the issue of forest land transfer to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). The Amarnath row has cost hundreds …
Lashing out at the former Governor Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha for his constant diatribe against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), senior PDP leader Tariq Hameed Qarra has accused Gen Sinha of having gone astray following his unceremonious exit from the State's gubernatorial post. "After putting the State on …
The statistics are grim. The Kashmir hangul, the only surviving subspecies of the red deer family, is slowly becoming extinct. In fact, as per the latest census report released in March, its population has come down from 228 to 160 in the last four years. This, when in the late …
About 100 protesters from various Kashmiri Pandit groups in the capital vented their ire at Union minister Saifuddin Soz's doorstep on Sunday after he reportedly refused to hear them out on the revocation of land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board. Police said the protesters, including women and children, assembled …
To ensure judicious use, move beyond rhetoric For the past two days, three districts of Jammu region viz., Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch have been facing severe power crisis after a major fire broke out in one of the transformers in Grid Power Station Gladni in Narwal on Wednesday night on …
Jammuites heaved a sigh of relief from the hot and humid weather after heavy rains lashed several parts of the region this morning. The rains also brought relief for curfew-hit city residents, who were facing unscheduled long power curtailments after the mother Grid Station Gladni was damaged in a fire …
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to interfere in Jammu and Kashmir government order to revoke the transfer of land to Sri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). The bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir also declined to entertain the prayer seeking directions for the lifting of curfew in Jammu. The apex …
Fresh communal violence erupted here Friday leading to imposition of curfew in entire Indore city, a day after four persons were killed in clashes during the BJP-VHP sponsored bandh against revocation of land to Amarnath shrine board. The fresh incidents of violence occurred in various areas - Jinsi, Juna Risala, …
