The man-animal conflict in J-K has escalated with the state recording at least 195 deaths of civilians, mostly villagers, and critical injuries to 2,610 persons in the last seven years.
Water borne diseases have broken out in many villages in Kreeri and Tangmarg blocks of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, leaving dozens of people sick and scores suffering from jaundice and fever
The state will get Rs 700-crore loan from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for the current financial year to give a fillip to agriculture, healthcare, communication and
Now that the Attorney General has opined that Punjab cannot object to it, the Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to go ahead with the construction of the Ravi canal from Basantpur up to the i
After her path-breaking discovery of 14 new species of Chironomus or midge fly in 2009, local scholar Dr Pragya Khanna’s has come up with alarming research findings suggesting “poisoning” of Jammu
The latest Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) report has pulled up the authorities in central Kashmir’s Budgam district for supplying contaminated water.
800 kgs of Vermi-Compost (organic manure) prepared from municipal waste at Solid Waste Management (Vermi- Composting) Project at Thandapani, Sunderbani of district Rajouri was put on sale for the g
Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pointed to granting of mining leases by Jammu and Kashmir government in protected areas in contravention of Supreme Court orders.
In a major decision, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the authorities not to grant permission for raising any new constructions at Gulmarg and has asked them to expedite the Gulmarg Ma
Feeling the heat
A study was carried out by Scientists of Jammu’s Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology to find decadal temperature trends across different zones of the state
The focus was to study the rise in temperature over a 10-year period for 30 years. The average high in summer and winter temperature could be 1.2°C to 1.5°C, which is not a good sign for the Himalayan region, says the study
