Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
As the existing water supply schemes apparently proved insufficient to meet the requirement of Katra during the pilgrim rush, the state government has deputed a team of technical experts to prepare a comprehensive “Vision Document” to meet the drinking water needs of the town. The team has been given a …
A moderate intensity quake shook Bhaderwah valley and adjoining areas in Doda-Kishtwar belt of Jammu on Tuesday, triggering panic among the people. The tremor measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook the valley around 11.39 pm Tuesday night, Met officials said. There was no immediate report of any casualty or …
50 cases detected in state in past few years, patients put on high-level medication More than 50 multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases have been detected in the state in the past few years and the patients have been put on high-level medication. Though the state has a full-fledged anti-TB wing …
Given the policy paralysis at the highest level of the government, which has failed to provide necessary funds for infrastructure upgrade, nearly 50 lakh people in the Jammu region may face a major power shutdown in the near future as most of the equipment at Gladni, Udhampur and Janipur grid …
The Minister of Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir today dedicated the Mobile Plant Health Clinic van for district Udhamur under ATMA at Kissan mela held at village Neeli Nallah Jib. The MLA Udhampur Balwant Singh Mankotia was also present on the occasion. Over 500 farmers including women participated in the Kissan …
25 children among 58 hurt in Doda, Bhaderwah Epicentre on J&K-HP; border An elderly shepherd was killed today and at least 58 persons, including 25 children, were injured after a moderate-intensity earthquake — with epicentre on the Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh border — jolted the region. The quake, …
One person was killed and nearly sixty persons including 32 students were injured and hundreds of buildings damaged in the state when an earthquake of moderate intensity shook parts of North India today. Though the tremor was felt in the entire state but twin districts of Kishtwar and Doda in …
High Level Monitoring Committee on Infant Mortality Reduction (IMR) held under the chairmanship of Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan here today. The committee after thread bare discussion and review of the present status of infant mortality rate in the State has approved action plan of Rs 15.36 …
After her path-breaking discovery of 14 new species of Chironomus or midge fly in 2009, local scholar Dr Pragya Khanna’s has come up with alarming research findings suggesting “poisoning” of Jammu region’s groundwater with heavy metals (effluents) discharged by industrial estates. This may have a cascading effect on the health …
Now that the Attorney General has opined that Punjab cannot object to it, the Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to go ahead with the construction of the Ravi canal from Basantpur up to the inflow of the Ranjit Sagar Dam reservoir to lift water for irrigating 1.33 lakh acres …
After failing to introduce a Bill in the recently concluded Budget Session of Legislative Assembly, the state government would bring an ordinance to facilitate the laying of 750-km-long gas pipeline from Bathinda to Srinagar, via Jammu. To cover 8 dists The gas pipeline would originate from Bathinda will cover eight …
JAMMU, Apr 4: An amount of Rs. 29.14 crore has been approved for the year 2013-14 under Horticulture Mission for North East & Himalayan States (HMNEH) in a meeting of the State Level Steering Committee for Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States held under the chairmanship of Commissioner …
60 cities found to generate staggering 3,501 tonnes a day The Supreme Court today directed all major municipal corporations across the country to file status reports on their management of hazardous plastic waste estimated at a staggering 3,501 tonnes a day in just 60 cities. A Bench comprising Justices GS …
A delegation of the All-Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Union called on Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan here today and presented a memorandum of their demands. The demands presented by the 16-member delegation, led by chairman Ashok Sharma, included provision of a special package of Rs 500 crore for drought-hit …
State Pollution Control Board organised an awareness workshop on e-waste Management at Forest Information Centre, Jammu. The work shop first of its kind in the State after the implementation of e-waste Rules, 2011 was attended by the stakeholders involved in the e-waste valve chain, viz, Producers, Sales Officers (Samsung, Videocon, …
Thirteen units were operating illegally and one unit was closed down in Sidhra area while 13 others including five stone crushers, have been granted ‘consent to operate’ by the State Pollution Control Board in the same area. Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology, Mian Altaf while giving reply to the …
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said that harnessing of green energy has been given considerable fillip by his Government and generation of solar, thermal and wind power is receiving due attention alongwith launch of hydro electric projects in the State. Omar Abdullah said that the interest of investors in …
JAMMU In response to a second appeal filed by an RTI activist seeking details of the encroachment on forest land in Jammu, the State Chief Information Commissioner has directed the concerned Divisional Forest Officer to provide full information to the applicant by March 6 and also upload the information on …
CHENANI: The Environment Committee of Legislative Assembly visited Chenani to inspect the measures taken by the executing agency at the construction site of the upcoming tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Led by the Committee Chairman, Mohammad Yousf Tarigami, the committee members went around the construction site and took stock …
Minister for Industries and Commerce, S.S. Slathia today called upon the mining industries to pay royalty dues as early as possible adding that mine lease deeds of all the willful defaulters will be cancelled shortly. Interacting with a delegation of Federation Chamber of Industries (FCI), Kashmir at Civil Secretariat, Mr. …
