Leh: Rigzin Angmo, a middle-aged nurse at a government hospital, is all smiles as she shows you her new house that was built this June.

Leh has become the first district in the state to have its own five-year perspective plan 2011-16 for all 93 panchayat halqas of the district and Leh town for the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) as per the wishes and needs of people.

The formulation of the perspective plan is mandatory for the implementing agency under the MGNREGA to provide a

Jammu has already been reeling under power shortage making the summer and its heat more oppressive. Additionally, with the onset of summer, Jammu region is facing acute water shortage, as various drinking water supply schemes of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department have either failed miserably or are incomplete to meet the requirement of the region.

Even though products made of pashmina wool command envious prices the world over, its trade in the Valley has worn thin over the years largely due to government neglect and militancy.

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Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir

SRINAGAR Amid fresh rain and snowfall, the unusual cold spell for April continued to shiver people in Kashmir valley today with day temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of the State, plunging to nearly seven degree centigrade below the normal.

Panic gripped Jammu and Kashmir today as two moderate-intensity earthquakes rocked the state within a span of around three hours, forcing the people to rush out of their houses in the open. However, no casualty was reported from anywhere.

Leh, Even after eight months of the devastating cloudburst causing a huge damage to life and property in the Ladakh region, Leh district is yet to receive any major financial support from the Union government.

Many important projects, including the irrigation canal, were incomplete due to lack of funds.

So far 81 people have died in the State due to the cold
Snowbound:A locality at the Sangla Valley in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.

New Delhi: Thirteen more people perished in Uttar Pradesh as the intense cold wave sweeping north India maintained its grip over the region, with the national Capital witnessing the coldest day of the season.

Worse To Come As Weatherman Predicts More Rain Ahead
New Delhi: The mercury dived dramatically across north India on Sunday, producing a cold snap that killed at least four people in separate places in Uttar Pradesh. One person died in Delhi.

Officials said the dead included two minors and identified one of the four as Munshi Ram (50) in UP