Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, accompanied by a team of senior officers of his ministry, met Governor NN Vohra here today.

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.

Srinagar : As many as 1000 micro Hydel electric projects are being executed by the Army under Border Area Development Programme and Operation Sadbhavana at a cost of Rs 10 crore.

This was stated by Minister for Tourism and Culture Nawang Rigzin Jora in the Assembly today in reply to supplementary questions from various members.

Samba : The construction of a flyover at Vijaypur is stuck due to its

Agriculture Minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has said the state suffered Rs 406 crore losses in agriculture and Rs 100 crore in horticulture due to the continued dry spell and unfair weather.

Addressing a meeting of agriculture ministers in New Delhi, Mir said major kharif crops like maize, pulses, vegetables, paddy, oil seeds etc had suffered considerable loss.

The J&K High Court has asked the Army to vacate 4, 000 Kanals (about 957 acres) of land it has occupied for past 57 years in central Kashmir

A NET deficit of 5,234 cusecs of water is preventing J&K from irrigating vast swaths of the land that could grow paddy and wheat. Jammu is falling short by 23% of its irrigation water requirements while Kashmir is reeling with a shortage of 32%.

Udhampur : Epidemic-like situation broke out in Majalata tehsil of Udhampur due to supply of contaminated drinking water and has so far claimed two lives while as a number of people have been admitted to hospitals and primary health centres.

Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Ajay Khajuria today deputed a tehsildar to the affected villages.

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.

The low-cost agro-animal technologies developed by the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh, have found wide acceptance among farmers in Ladakh. Adoption of these technologies by farmers has not only boosted the availability of fresh food in that region but also helped in socio-economic uplift of the people there.