Death toll in Kashmir quarry collapse rises to eight
The death toll in a hill collapse during stone quarrying at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar, Kashmir has risen to eight, official sources said. A portion of the hill gave way on Saturday when stone
The death toll in a hill collapse during stone quarrying at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar, Kashmir has risen to eight, official sources said. A portion of the hill gave way on Saturday when stone
The Centre has agreed to release Rs 100 crore shortly for the implementation of comprehensive forest conservation programme in Jammu and Kashmir, the state forest minister Ghulam Ahmad Shah has said.
The problem of child labour has assumed dangerous dimensions in the Kashmir valley, owing to militancy in the State since 1990. According to a latest survey conducted in Srinagar and Budgam districts
A wildlife protection group has accused the Jammu and Kashmir government of promoting the manufacture of shawls made of shahtoosh, the wool from a rare Tibetan antelope, in violation of an
The manufacture of Shahtoosh shawls has finally been banned in Jammu and Kashmir, the only place in the world where they have been woven for centuries. The historic move early this week is expected
Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered the closure of centaur Lake View hotel forth-with for causing widespread pollution in the world-famous Dal Lake in Srinagar. The court, in its verdict, also
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has ordered the closure of Centaur Lake View Hotel for causing widespread pollution in the Dal Lake in Srinagar. The court also directed the Pollution Control Board
Jammu & Kashmir that spends over Rs 400 cr. annually to sustain its non-vegetarian food habits loses over Rs 300-cr as it lacks proper infrastructure for a viable leather industry, a survey carried
Dr. Manmohan Singh of late occupied with the Congress Party's political matchmaking in Jammu & Kashmir, found time on Thursday to point out where the BJP was going wrong with its economic policies.
Trouble-torn states, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, are targeted to register impressive growth of 10.2 per cent and 6.3 per cent respectively during the tenth plan period through aggressive reform
Thousands of visitors from far-away Siberia are arriving each day to keep their annual tryst with Kashmir. The boom of gunfire cannot dissuade these romantics.Their "chartered flights" arrive daily
The Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Tara Chand today reminded NGOs of their role in creating awareness among people about the environment, its hazards and preventive measures. The speaker said that
The wildlife department today evicted encroachments from the Ramnagar wildlife sanctuary, Jammu. It is reported that a motor mechanic had set up a repair and denting kiosk inside the Jurisdiction of
Pollution Control Board (PCB) has launched a scheme aimed at inculcating scientific temper with special impetus on environmental awareness amongst the school children of J&K. Under the scheme,
For many decades now, US and other advanced industrial nations have been dumping their obsolete factories in poor/developing Asian countries, including India, to save themselves from pollution. They
The Norwegians are helping to green Jammu and Kashmir. The cost : Rs 12000 crores. The scheme envisages rehabilitation, development and scientific management of the forests in a time bound programme
The booming of guns has not deterred lakhs of birds from Siberia, North Europe, China and Central Asia from flocking to their favourite spot in Kashmir this winter. Four lakh avian visitors are
At a time when India's camaraderies run invariably into cold weather with the neighbouring countries, our only natural visitors coming from across the globe - the migratory birds appear on the verge
285 rural development works in Jammu was undertaken during the current year out of which 65 works have been completed till ending December and work is under progress on 225 schemes Rs 180.45 lacs is
Over Rs 22.71 crore have been on execution of various rural development schemes in Jammu division during the first nine months of the current financial year. Under Sampooran Gramin Rozgar Yojana,