Chief Secretary, Madhav Lal today called for replicating ICT system of Madhya Pradesh in Jammu and Kashmir to manage and conserve forests in a systematic way.

Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu, organized an education and awareness camp at village Basht near Sudhmahadev Conservation Reserve on September 19.

Prominent citizens, teachers and students of Government and private schools participated during the programme. Two minutes silence was observed in memory of Master Aman Dubey, a class 4th student who was killed by a leopard last year at Basht.

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

Negotiations with Pvt, Public Sector Insurance companies today

Following incessant rain across Kashmir last night, the water level in the Jhelum touched the danger mark this afternoon, prompting the authorities to sound a flood alert.

Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture Sham Lal Sharma was awarded the Agriculture Leadership Award 2011 in New Delhi yesterday for his outstanding performance in the horticulture secto

Realising that illegal mining from the Ravi in Kathua district is posing a threat to the road and rail bridges on the Jammu-Pathankot road, the Kathua Deputy Commissioner has imposed Section 144 of

Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday reiterated the necessity of preserving State's unique bio-environment and natural beauty. He said while promoting tourism and opening new areas for tourist interests this aspect should receive focused attention.
Laying stress on balanced growth of tourism for enhancing economic activities and creating job facilities, the Chief Minister said "we should equally concentrate on maintenance, preservation and conservation of the eco-system, culture and heritage of the State under all circumstances".

The International Court of Arbitration looking into the dispute between Indian and Pakistan over the 330 MW Kishanganga hydro-electric project in J&K has reserved its verdict over Pakistan's pl

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.

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