Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kissan Morcha will hold protest on February 17 at all district headquarters across the country against the Seed Bill of 2004 which has been tabled in Lok Sabha by the Government.

A powerful quake today struck southwestern Pakistan and its effect was felt in Delhi, Rajasthan and parts of western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana where people came out of their homes but there were no reports of any damage or loss of life.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the epicentre of the 7.4 magnitude quake on the Richter scale was located in a desert area of southwestern Pakist

Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Taj Mohi ud Din has said that the construction of barrage on river Tawi is well within the permissible limits of Indus Water Treaty (IWT).

Chairing a review meeting of irrigation canals and projects here today, the Minister said the construction of the project does not violate any of the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty.

Stressing on collective efforts to conserve green gold in the State, Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf Ahmad has called for sensitizing people regarding bearing of shrinking forests on climate change and global warming.

Addressing a workshop on 'climate change and role of forests in green house GHG mitigation', he emphasized the need to green the environs by planting plants on ever

State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, today, accepted the report of the Negotiating Committee and gave its nod for the preparation of fresh Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project, whose fate was hanging in balance for the past several decades.

The Cabinet also approved promotion of three IAS officers to the super time scale o

The work on 690 Mega Watts Ratle Hydroelectric Project in Kishtwar district will begin early next year as the M/s G V K Hydro Electric Project Pvt Ltd, which was allotted the project in tariff based bidding, has geared up the process of seeking clearances from different agencies.

Official sources said that M/s G V K Hydro Electric Project Pvt Ltd has engaged consultants for reviewing the Detail

Minister for Forest and Environment Mian Altaf today asked the forest functionaries to launch mass afforestration drive on the degraded forest and open land areas, as has become this important in the backdrop of increasing demand for the timber for construction purposes.

The Minister was reviewing the functioning of Social Forest Department at a high level meeting here today.

Mian Altaf said

In what could be the testimony of step-motherly treatment with two main water bodies of the Jammu region, only Rs 90 lakh were released for the conservation of Surinsar and Mansar lakes during the past three years as against whooping Rs 120 crore sanctioned for Wullar lake in the Kashmir valley.

Official sources told the EXCELSIOR that while submitting Rs 386 crore project for the conservation

RAJOURI, Jan 6 : As many as 875 hamlets and 6 villages of border districts of Poonch and Rajouri would be electrified under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidutiyakaran Yojna (RGGVY).

Out of the total project plan of Rs 52.04 crore Rs.

JAMMU, Jan 5: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today laid foundation of 30 MLD sewerage treatment plant here to be executed by Jammu and Kashmir Economic Reconstruction Agency (JKERA) under Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan assistance at a cost of Rs.