According to the vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences Dr Harbans Singh, early sowing during the Rabi season in dryland areas would result in higher yields. He has suggested that sowing should be done with the receding monsoons and winter rain should fall on the standing crop.

Despite Farooq Abdullah being the Union Cabinet Minister for New and Renewable Energy, the use of solar energy in the state is quite low.

Two out of four reports received from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi, has been tested positive for the swine flu, taking the number of swine flu cases in the state to 31.

As per reports received, two Army personnel have been tested positive for the swine flue, both of them have been admitted to the military hospital in Jammu and have been put on Tamiflu tablets.

Concerned over the misuse of agricultural land for the commercial and residential purposes, the state government has formed a committee to formulate a plan to save the agricultural land.

Jammu : Though swine flu has not assumed alarming proportion in the state, the government has decided to set up two testing laboratories in Jammu and Srinagar.

According to official sources, on the directions of Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Jammu too would have a testing lab for the H1N1 virus.

Samples of 5 more suspects sent to NICD

Jammu: The blood samples of five more persons having symptoms of suspected swine flu were airlifted today to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in New Delhi, taking the total number to 27 since July 10.

Jammu: Brick-Kiln owners in Jammu division are in trouble with the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) survey finding over 95 per cent of them are running illegally. The brick-kilns are continuing in the old system with a licence given by the area tehsildar, whereas registration with the State Pollution Control Board was made necessary few years ago.

Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained disrupted for more than 12 hours due to landslides at four places between Udhampur and Ramban. Over 1,000 vehicles, including some buses and taxis, remained stranded there throughout the night.

After the state government imposed a ban on polythene, the union of polythene bags manufacturers and traders said more than 50 industrial units in the business of manufacturing these bags have closed down, rendering more than 15,000 workers jobless.

Jammu: More than 40 lakh people in the Kashmir valley would be affected if a flood-like situation arises during the current monsoon season.

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