Based on six indices, the warm subhumid to cool-humid Western Himalayan Region, consisting of the Kashmir valley, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, could be designated as an Agricultural Biodiversity Heritage Site. This region is rich in agro-biodiversity, with a large number of species being cultivated.

As many as 600 volunteers from different states will arrive here to

Saffron yields fall in Kashmir. Climate change? Or just over-anxious farmers In mid-16th century, Abul Fazl, visited Kashmir. Fazl was a formidable administrator, a historiographer and one of the nine gems at Mughal emperor Akbar

? The Act does not cover Jammu and Kashmir. Wajahat Habibullah is currently the chief information commissioner, Central Information Commission.
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The Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) government on Tuesday demanded compensation from New Delhi for losses incurred due to the Indus Water Treaty (IWT), a water-sharing agreement signed between India and Pakistan in 1960.

India will spend more than $290 million cleaning up two iconic lakes in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), which have been polluted during decades of neglect and a separatist revolt, India

Jammu: The J&K Polythene Manufacturers and Traders Association has expressed anguish over the way the authorities concerned have been implementing the ban on polythene bags.

The association has lamented that the administration was unmindful of the adverse impact of the ban on a vast section of the people.

Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh visited Kashmir

Jammu: The strawberry crop grown over hundreds of acres in Jammu is threatened by widespread fungal attacks. In many areas, the plants have in fact prematurely wilted following a fungal blight attack.

Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Danna-Loran (Poonch), June 9
Protecting wild bear is fine but should that be at the cost of human lives? In this area, which lies on the border of Poonch district and Kashmir province, people

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