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 …
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved a Rs 1,220-crore District Credit Action Plan for Srinagar for 2012-13 fiscal. The details of the action plan for the next fiscal were given out at the district level consultative committee meeting chaired by the District Development Commissioner of Srinagar, Mr Baseer Ahmad …
Air services hit, restored n Avalanche alert issued. Srinagar: Moderate to heavy snowfall lashed many parts of the Kashmir valley, forcing the authorities to issue a medium avalanche warning in the upper reaches today. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was shut due to bad weather, while the air traffic was restored …
After Budgam district of central Kashmir was declared as tobacco-free, Srinagar district is to follow the suit by imposing similar restrictions in all the educational institutions to make the summer capital tobacco-free.
In a significant development, the Union Cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Prime Minister approved rehabilitation package for the Dal dwellers worth ` 356 crore, today. It is pertinent to mention here that the commitment for this package was made by the Prime Minister during his visit to Jammu …
Jammu: Efforts to reopen the Jammu-Srinagar national highway were impeded with several avalanches hitting various areas of Ramban district, 180 km from here, this morning. However, no casualties were reported. Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramban Anil Magotra said avalanches hit various spots in Ramban district. The first avalanche hit the …
Kashmir Valley was cut off from the rest of the country on Sunday as fresh snowfall forced cancellation of all scheduled flights and blocked the vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, officials said. The snowfall, started across the Valley including Srinagar late on Saturday night, also crippling normal life as most of …
SRINAGAR: Life across Kashmir was hit for the second consecutive day Monday as moderate to heavy snowfall continued, cutting off the valley from the rest of the country. The Srinagar-Jammu highway was blocked due to heavy snowfall in the Banihal and Patnitop sectors. The over 300 km long highway is …
Despite slight improvement in the weather conditions, snow-hit areas across Jammu and Kashmir continued to reel under severe power crisis for the third straight day today, with Internet and mobile phone connectivity remaining disrupted in Kashmir valley and upper reaches of Jammu region. People also struggled to get other essential …
Srinagar: The Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), an amalgam of various traders’ bodies, today gave a call for Kashmir bandh on January 6 against the power “crisis” in the Valley. “The power situation in Kashmir has turned into a crisis and we have decided to call for Kashmir bandh on January …
The government today said the Kashmir valley would soon get additional 150 MW to deal with increasing demand for power during the winter. “On an average, Kashmir gets 850 MW and now the power supply has gone up to 951 MW. The Power Development Department (PDD) will further increase the …
The Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board has directed for the closure of two cement factories in Khrew, Pulwama. The on-the-spot orders were passed by the State Pollution Control Board Regional Director, Kashmir, Ali Mohammad Dar, during an inspection when the units were found without adequate pollution control devices, …
The cold wave sweeping North India claimed 18 more lives on Wednesday, taking the nation-wide death toll so far this winter to 93 even as temperatures went up a few notches in several parts of the region. Sixteen people have died due to the chill since Tuesday evening in Uttar …
The 40-day harshest period of the winter, Chillai Kalan, began on an optimistic note today after mild snowfall in the upper reaches and rain in planes of Kashmir brought respite from freezing cold conditions over the past many days. The tourist resorts of Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Sonmarg in the upper …
Srinagar: Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Jairam Ramesh here today launched a Centrally-sponsored programme “Himayat” (support) aimed at providing employment opportunities after training to one lakh youth of the state over the next five years. The programme, worked out by the committee constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan …
High-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir, including the famous ski resort of Gulmarg, on Friday experienced the season's first heavy snowfall leading to the temporary closure of 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh national highway, officials said. Strategic highway According to a spokesman of the Traffic Department, traffic on the strategic highway, the only …
The Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has said the cocoon production in the state has increased to 1,900 metric tonnes this year and has yielded Rs 11 crore this fiscal. “With the efforts of the government, the cocoon production of the state has reached 1,900 metric tonnes …
SC’s Empowered Panel clears Jammu Airport expansion JAMMU: Union Government today approved ` 1700 crore under Restructured-Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP) for 30 towns and cities of the Jammu and Kashmir for improvement in the power distribution system and to check the Transmission and Distribution (T&D;) losses, which …
SRINAGAR, Oct 4: Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecol¬ogy, Mian Altaf, today informed the Legislative Council that the geographical area of the Jammu and Kashmir State is 1,01,387km sq while the forest cover in the State is 16,309 square km (exclud¬ing forest cover outside line of control). He was replying …
Wants to amend building bylaws to ensure quake-resistant structures Keeping in view the repeated warnings of scientists regarding the chances of earthquakes in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government has decided to formulate a comprehensive policy on disaster risk reduction and management. The government has also decided to amend the …
People should be made aware about food hazards: Experts SRINAGAR, Sep 28: Two-day national seminar on “Current Issues in Food Safety”, organised by department of Food Science and Technology University of Kashmir (KU) concluded here today at Ibn Khaldoon Auditorium, Allama Iqbal Library. Prof. F.A. Masoodi, coordinator Department of Food …
