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 …
Srinagar: The state has received Rs 400 crore under the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM) to improve the medical facilities in the rural areas, state Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma said today. “The focus is on augmenting the basic health infrastructure and reducing the mortality rate,” Sharma said at the …
The Jammu and Kashmir government today approved a report of a committee on the empowerment of panchayats and two Bills, including an amendment to the State Vigilance Commission Act, to be tabled in the forthcoming session of the state Assembly. The decisions were taken at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by …
Srinagar: Even as a majority of the population of Jammu and Kashmir resides in villages, there is an increasing trend of urbanisation in the state, according to Census- 2011. The Director, Census Operations, Farooq Ahmad Factoo, released the details of the urban-rural population of the state here today. As per …
Paper-II on Census 2011 released SRINAGAR: As a large number of people have migrated to the urban areas during past three decades in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been sharp decline of 7 percent in rural population, according to the recently released census data. Addressing a press conference here, Director …
Delhi is among 30 important cities in the country that fall into high-risk seismic zone, while Srinagar is among places at very high risk of earthquakes, the government said on Wednesday. Minister of state for home affairs Mullappally Ramachandran said this in written reply to a question in the Rajya …
SRINAGAR: Underlining the importance of energy efficient and up to the mark power distribution system in ensuring hassle free electricity supply to the consumers, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday laid thrust on time line completion of projects under implementation on the State. "Pace of progress on each project being …
Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have agreed on setting up a multi-disciplinary Empowered Task Force for Water Management in the state soon. The task force will establish a mechanism for receiving regular reports about all water management-related issues and based on a valid data of groundwater and …
SRINAGAR, Sep 4: After the bum¬per crop of the previous year, this year horticulture production of Kash¬mir is witnessing a slight decline. Though in comparison to the pro¬duction of the last few years, this year’s production is normal, it is however showing a decline of 25-30 percent as against the …
Kolkata Government-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has decided to set up 10 more steel-processing units across the country, once its expansion programme of ramping up hot metal capacity from the present 14 million tonne (mt) to 24 mt per annum is completed by 2013. Union steel minister Beni Prasad …
The Shankaracharya sacred grove is a reserve forest being maintained for aesthetic and recreational purposes. The Shankaracharya sacred grove is administered by the State Forest Department, like most of the sacred groves in India and it is well managed by the forest department.(Correspondence)
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, connecting the state with the rest of the country, was closed to traffic today due to a landslide, triggered by heavy rain in Ramban district.The highway was closed after the landslide at Digdol and falling of boulders at Panthal in Ramban district in the morning, the …
SRINAGAR : Reviewing the progress on various projects under implementation in the State under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme (PMRP), Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked the implementing agencies to expedite the work for completion within the earmarked timeline. The Chief Minister said that mega projects in the sectors of …
Takes up regularisation of college teachers with minister Srinagar, July 27 Governor NN Vohra here today reviewed the ongoing Amarnath yatra, which is scheduled to conclude on the occasion of Shrawan Purnima on August 13. The Governor, who is the chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, reiterated his earlier …
LEH: The Union Minister for Power KC Venugopal along with the Minister of State for Power and CAPD Shabir Ahmad Khan today visited 45 MW Alchi hydel project to carry out on the spot inspection of the prestigious power project. Mr. Venugopal said that Alchi Hydel Station will have a …
Governor NN Vohra, who is also the Chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), today visited the Baltal, Panjtarni and Nunwan base camps and reviewed the arrangements made for the annual Amarnath yatra,scheduled to commence on June 29. The Governor, accompanied by Sunita Narain, member of the SASB, and …
The strategically important Srinagar-Leh National Highway was thrown open to vehicular traffic today after it remained closed for more than five months due to heavy snowfall. The highway was thrown open by the General-Officer-in-Commanding of Srinagar-based 15 Corps of the Army, Lt-Gen SA Hasnain.
JAMMU, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday underlined the need for comprehensive and balanced development of twin capital cities and towns in the State keeping in view the challenges on account of sewerage, drainage, transport, parking, housing and commercial activities. Chairing a high level meeting to take brief about the …
JAMMU, Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the concerned agencies to work out solutions to the bottlenecks coming in the way of on time completion of Rs. 262.15 crore sewerage treatment projects in the mission cities of Jammu and Srinagar. Chairing a review meeting in this regard, the Chief Secretary …
SRINAGAR Amid fresh rain and snowfall, the unusual cold spell for April continued to shiver people in Kashmir valley today with day temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of the State, plunging to nearly seven degree centigrade below the normal. While as the incessant rain and snow drenched the entire …
