Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj-Mohi-ud-Din asked the Chief Engineers to start the implementation of Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulation and Management Act and issue notices to NHPC authorities for registering their units under its provision.

The Minister said this while chairing the meeting of officers of PHE, Irrigation, Flood Control and Ravi Tawi Irrigation dep

Peeved by the inordinate delay in reaching agreements on water sharing with India, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has said that at this rate the two neighbours would need "a millennium" to sign deals on 54 common rivers.

"In 40 years we have done (agreement) for one (Ganges), (and) are on the verge of doing another one (Teesta

SRINAGAR, Oct 11: Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir was not receiving any royalty from the NHPC power projects in the state, Public Health Engineering Minister Taj Mohi-ud-Din today said the state Government had initiated steps to frame modalities for return of the projects which were handed over to the central corporation under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2000.

Mohi-ud-Din, wh

SRINAGAR, Oct 6: Cutting across the party lines, members in the Legislative Assembly today voiced their concern over the shortage of staff at the ground level to implement the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the State.

However, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Ali Mohammad Sagar informed the House that now the Additional Deputy Commissioners

Central Steering Committee reviews Rs 473 crore

LEH , Oct 6: A high level Central Steering Committee headed by the Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) Deepak Gupta reviewed the progress of Rs.

SRINAGAR, Oct 6 : Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla has said that Government has put up a relief demand of Rs.

JAMMU, Oct 4 : In connection with wildlife week celebration, the Department of Wildlife Protection organized a film show and a visit of school children drawn from various schools of Jammu to Manda Zoo today.

As many as 100 students from class 4th to 8th of various schools, including Dream Care Playway School, Rehari Colony, Lawrance Public School Panjtirthi, Lawrence Public School Sidhra, Ved M

SRINAGAR, Oct 4: The Forest Department and Forest Protection Force would jointly launch a drive against timber smuggling menace in Shopian Forest Division.

This decision was taken at a high level Forest Officers

JAMMU, Sept 27: With fissures on earth surface in remote Dharam village of Ramban district widening further, the administration has decided to acquire land in adjoining areas for the rehabilitation of the affected people instead of bringing them back to the village.

Reports said that the cracks, which were around 3 feet wide yesterday, have now widened up to 2.5 meters at many places and if wid

JAMMU, Sept 22: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din, today inspected the construction work on auto mechanically operated gated barrage in Nikki Tawi and Waddi Tawi for creation of prestigious project of artificial lake which would be completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 110 crore.

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