Muzamil Jaleel SRINAGAR, JUNE 29: Ending three weeks of controversy over the transfer of forest land to the Amarnath shrine board, Jammu and Kashmir's new Governor N N Vohra today stepped in and, in his capacity as chairman of the board, asked the state government to take over the Yatra arrangements. The Ghulam Nabi Azad government, reduced to a minority after partner PDP walked out of the coalition, promptly agreed and the board withdrew its request for the transfer of forest land.

M Saleem Pandit | TNN Srinagar: The Congress-led government in J&K was on the brink of collapse on Saturday after PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti marched to governor N N Vohra's office in Srinagar and handed in a letter withdrawing support to the government. The move came amidst spiralling violence over the decision to build facilities for Amarnath pilgrims near Sonmarg and Pahalgam and transfer of land to the shrine board. The PDP and separatistbacked protests have led to mobs taking over streets in Muslim-majority areas, attacking yatris.

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Three Killed; PDP May Pull Out; Azad Stops Construction On Forest Land Transferred To SASB Masood Hussain SRINAGAR TWO persons were killed and over 76 injured in police firing in Kashmir on Wednesday, the third consecutive day of protest against the J&K government's decision to transfer forest land to Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB)

MENDHAR : The shopkeepers of Mendhar town today observed a shutdown for couple of hours in protest against the losses occurred due to the flash floods in the area. Flash floods caused by heavy rains caused havoc in the area resulting in losses worth lakhs of rupees as the water entered the shops and houses near nallah in Dori Kassi area. This triggered protest in the town today. The shopkeepers downed their shutters from 11 AM to 1PM and also disrupted the vehicular traffic for couple of hours. The local people of the area today led by

RAMNAGAR : Minister for Road and Bridges, Jugal Kishore Sharma asserted that under the dynamic leadership of Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Central Government has released funds worth Rs.1200 crore for construction of 400 new roads in the state under Prime Ministers Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) to extend road connectivity to left out pockets of the state.

The Jammu and Kashmir government is spending Rs 500 crore to raise 40 important infrastructure projects including construction of roads and bridges in Kashmir division, a senior official said on Sunday. Work has already started on 32 projects, Mehboob Iqbal, divisional commissioner, Kashmir said while addressing a meeting convened here to review the pace of work on the road and bridge projects. Iqbal said adding Rs 278 crore are being spend on 16 road projects while the economic reconstruction agency is incurring Rs 42 crore on construction of 17 bridges.

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Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action (ICELA), J&K Chapter organized a seminar on Environment scenario in JK in collaboration with State Pollution Control Board at Forest house, Jammu. Ashok Sharma MLC and Chairman ICELA was the chief guest on the occasion while Abhay Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forest presided. As many as 10 speakers presented their papers on the topic and laid emphasis on preserving the plants from the wrath of pollution and eroding forests. They also suggested various means to enrich environment and check pollution.