JAMMU, Mar 10: While nearly 14,359 hectare of Forest land has been grabbed in the State in last over two decades, the districts of Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch in Jammu and Anantnag in Kashmir have topped in the list of Government land grabbing.

The issue was raised in the Upper House of the J&K Legislature today during Question Hour by the Congress legislator, Ravinder Sharma.

JAMMU, Mar 9: Finance Minister, Abdul Rahim Rather today informed the Legislative Assembly that the incessant spells of rainfall on February 13 and 14 resulted into landslides in Banihal constituency due to which, 16 houses were fully damaged and another 40 partially.

Replying to the Calling Attention Notice of Congress MLA, Vaqar Rasool on behalf of the Revenue Minister, Mr Rather said that ad

JAMMU, Mar 8 : Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla today distributed relief worth Rs.

Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today asked the concerned departments to take due care of environmental and ecological concerns while settling the cases of forest clearance for development projects.

Charing the 55th Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting here today, the Chief Secretary suggested undertaking surveys by concerned departments of the forest areas which need to be diverted for the purp

Jammu, Mar 7: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din said that the Government intends to work out a comprehensive rain harvesting plan in near future to address the challenge of conservation of water bodies in the State.

He was replying to a question by Mohammad Yousuf Taing in Legislative Council today.

He said in the beginning, 96 storage tanks have been approved u

KISHTWAR, Mar 6: Five houses were completely damaged in an avalanche in remote village Ongie in Paddar area.

Reports said that in the wee hours of March 4, avalanche hit five houses in village Ongie.

JAMMU, Mar 4: Due to massive landslides triggered by continuous rainfall, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained closed for normal vehicular traffic for the third consecutive day today while as road link of Doda and Kishtwar districts got snapped late last night.

The landslides also damaged three houses in Kishtwar district killing one person and wounding two others prompting the administrati

Minister for Forests, Mian Altaf Ahmad today said that Rs. 120 crore has been sanctioned by Central Government under 13th Finance Commission for the conservation of Wullar lake in Kashmir.

This information was given by the Minister after a question raised by M. Y. Taing in Legislative Council today.

Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday underscored the protection and preservation of water bodies as the earnest duty of every citizen to safeguard the ecology, environment and water resources of the State.

Chairing a meeting of Suransar-Mansar Development Authority (SMDA) here, the Chief Minister reviewed the progress and achievements of the authority for the development and beautification

The Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has achieved another remarkable feat by receiving Diamond Small State Environmental award for being adjudged as best in maintaining the State