ISHFAQ NASEEM
JAMMU,

THE Kisan Credit Card (KCC) scheme has not found many takers ever though it was launched way back in 1998.

Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service
Rajouri, February 23

A well-knit forest mafia is working closely with some officials of the forest department, who are allegedly felling down dozens of Chir ( forest tree), in Mayardi village near here. This is what locals here say. They believe the forest mafia comprises 11 to 12 persons, predominantly Gujjars.

Different Strokes: They might sit at the same table, but they are certainly not equals on competitiveness

Islamabad: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the upper region of Pakistan on Friday, reports our Pakistan correspondent.

Amidst allegations that

After becoming the first country to clone a buffalo, scientists in India are all set to start work on cloning the famous Pashmina goat.

A six-member-team of scientists from Karnal

Srinagar: After more than a decade of hectic efforts and numerous trials, scientists at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture, Science and Technology (SKAUST) have developed country's first scab-resistant varieties of apples: Shireen, Akbar, Shalimar I and Shalimar II.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Centre to declare the state as a medicinal plants-producing zone.

Abdullah during his meeting with Union Minister for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh has highlighted the vast potential of the state.

DC orders inquiry into alleged JMC negligence

Fifteen students of Shri Mahavir Jain Higher Secondary School fell unconscious here this morning after they came in contact with methane gas that emanated from a cesspit of a house.

Sujay Mehdudia