Environment
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369‘Admin has failed to stop illegal extraction from streams and rivers’
Srinagar: Locals in south Kashmir’s Anantnag and Pulwama districts have alleged that the Department of Geology and Mining has miserably failed to...
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Life in Srinagar — Part III: Way out for troubled waters
In this concluding part on the waning heritage of Kashmir, experts talk about the rescue plan to safeguard the floating legacy and...
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Life in Srinagar—Part I: Pathos and Pollution of Dal Lake
Despite its indigenous Hanji community fighting the protracted battle to protect and preserve their centuries-old identity, over 40 percent of houseboats vanished...
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Kashmiri homes becoming unbearable in summers — why?
Before being brought down in a dramatic manner, drones would capture a corrugated cityscape which once had colourful flowerbeds blooming atop. Amid...
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Hunt on Harwan heights for Kashmir’s ‘royal cuisine’
With the arrival of spring, Kashmir’s jungles are witnessing a feverish rush of Gucchi gatherers. Amid the prized crop chase, researchers have...
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As Admin fails to preserve lakes in Srinagar, locals launch cleaning drives
Khushal Sar and Gil Sar were once pristine lakes, today they are dumping grounds Srinagar: After Jammu and Kashmir government completely failed...
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Police arrests two poachers for killing migratory birds, misusing licensed weapon
Ganderbal: Police arrested two accused persons, Javid Ahmad Malla and Mushtaq Ahmad Malla of Fethapora Ganderbal for “misusing their licensed weapon and...
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Hyderabad based company ‘illegally’ chops down over 300 trees in central Kashmir
Srinagar: A Hyderabad-based major infrastructure company, Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd which is responsible for the construction of the 14.5-kilometer Zojila Tunnel...
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After flying thousands of kilometres, migratory birds land in Kashmir to be shot with pellets and bullets
Recently, viral pictures of blood stained whooper Swans generated hue and cry among netizens and nature lovers who were angry that after...
