Environment
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22.7KTime for ‘Shajkaan’: The springtime wild mushrooms under axe and jackboot
With advent of spring every year, women vendors from Uri and other far-flung areas walk down to Baramulla town with a basket...
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3.5K‘High Alert’: Departments, volunteers fire-fighting as forests burn across Kashmir
Srinagar: Reacting to news of forest fires across Kashmir from the past few days, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on...
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Huge fires destroy acres of forests in Bandipora, Kangan, Anantnag, Kupwara, Srinagar and Budgam
Massive fires destroyed acres of forest areas in multiple district across Kashmir on Saturday, burning trees and vegetation. In Ganderbal, the fire...
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3.3KDC Srinagar calls for collective, individual efforts to preserve water bodies
Visits Nallah Amir Khan, calls for immediate remedial steps for its restoration Srinagar: In response to appeals from the locals, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar,...
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5.4KIndia, Pakistan hold negotiations on Indus water treaty, Permanent Indus Commission meet begins
The two-day meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) began here today with India and Pakistan expected to discuss various issues under...
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2.7KWular, Asia’s largest fresh water lake, shrinking as illegal encroachment on banks continue
Mafia selling patches of Wular to buyers, in connivance with Fisheries department, allege locals Bandipora: Despite repeated directions from the Jammu Kashmir High...
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3.6KSessions Judge files report in Gulmarg Land Scam case involving top bureaucrats and hoteliers
New developments in case involving top bureaucrats and hoteliers Division Bench had ruled that Baseer Khan cannot be allowed to occupy Divisional...
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2.0KConservation of natural resources Govt’s top priority: Forest Minister
Kathua: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh has described the climate change and global warming as greatest challenges confronting...
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2.0KJK witnessed destruction of environmentally fragile areas, says Tassaduq Mufti at UN Environment meet
Stresses on eco-sustainable livelihood opportunities Maharashtra, Feb 25 (KNS): The Minister for Tourism and Culture Tassaduq Hussain Mufti participated in UN Environment-Sanctuary...
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Fishermen protest against illegal netting in Wular Lake, Director Rajnath Pandita promises action
Srinagar: The registered fishermen from North Kashmir’s Sopore town Saturday staged a protest against what they said illegal netting rampant in the...
