Rajesh Ahuja

HISSAR: President Pratibha Patil on Friday issued a clarion call for implementing the

Seeking special package for the farmers, Congress MLC and former minister Gulchain Singh Charak today appealed the state government to provide immediate compensation for the 100 percent loss of paddy crops suffered by the farmers of entire border belt including Bishnah.

SRINAGAR: Few days after prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh commissioned the state's first 450 MW Baglihar power project, Pakistan has once again objected to the construction of the power project and has said that 23,000 cusecs of water to fill Baglihar dam has reduced the flow of water in the river Chenab.

PASHMINA is Kashmiri: India granted, on September 12, the Geographical Indicat-ion (GI) status to Pashmina yarn, produced in th Kashmir valley by Tahfuz (a body of all Kashmiri handicraft artisans). Islamabad filed an objection claiming that the fine wool is also produced in Pakistan. A consultative committee of the Geographical Indication Registry of India rejected Pakistan

The Kashmir valley is all set to have a bumper crop of rice
and maize and likely to achieve the target production of these principle crops during this year following the timely rainfall and use of good-quality seeds by the farmers. The rain showers witnessed by the valley on Tuesday have also brought relief to the farmers who can now expect good production of Rabi crop as

SRINAGAR

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated to the people of Jammu and Kashmir its biggest power project owned by the state, called the Baglihar Hydroelectric Project.

Leh will be hosting the

SRINAGAR, Sep 28: Steel Authority of India Limited, whose plant was recently inaugurated by the governor N N Vohra and other top ministers from the centre at Lassipora- Pulwama on Monday still fails to pay the rent of land occupied by it in other parts of the Valley. SAIL continues to occupy 23 Kanals of land in the
Pampore Industrial Area despite the expiry of the lease.

JAMMU, Sep 22: Speaker Legislative Assembly Tara Chand monday convened a meeting of officers of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control to review the progress made by them in completion of various ongoing development works in Khour block.
Among others, Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control, V. K. Abrol, Ex.Ens. of PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control departments were present in the meeting.