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In many countries, wetlands were regarded as wastelands in the past. Even in developed nations, the authorities were hardly concerned about wetlands....
The valley of Kashmir is an oval-shaped basin with a small plain area of approximately 160 x 60 km. The valley has large tracts of plateaus, locally...
The Jammu & Kashmir’s much-appreciated health insurance scheme (Golden Card), launched in 2020, is losing its sheen day by day. Initially, there was...
I remember the late former Union Finance and Law Minister Arun Jaitley stressing the importance of drawing a line between the judiciary and the...
Finally, Farooq Ahmad Mir, an unsung hero of Kashmir, has been conferred with the Padma Shri award for his work in the promotion of Kani-shawl at both...
Finally, the RTI has gone online in Jammu & Kashmir. As campaigners for the Right to Information Act (RTI), it has been our long-pending demand. My...
For more than eight years, I have been trying my best to make our government understand the importance of including snow clearance work under the...
On the early morning of December 26th 2024 the huge JCB and L&T Cranes were taken out all of a sudden from Sukhnag river. The operators started...
The Commissioner of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), in response to the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) notice, submitted a report recently...
Pulwama and Budgam Kareawas were famous for growing almonds, saffron and apples in the past. These kareawas were bulldozed during laying of...
On November 2nd 2022, the Deputy Commissioner Budgam vide his official communication number DDCB/ Permission / 11140 -41 gave his endorsement for...
The Deputy Commissioner Shopian Mohammad Shahid Saleem, who is also the District Magistrate of the district, with an aim of safeguarding Rambiara...
The residents of Jammu & Kashmir were eagerly waiting for December 10th 2024 to see RTI go online. Once again the Government couldn’t fulfil their...
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways -MoRTH is planning to build a highway from Rajouri to Baramulla that will pass through Poonch,...
The residents of Jammu & Kashmir will finally be able to seek information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) in Online mode. For the...
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Govt of India has categorized farmers into different groups like large, medium, semi medium, small...
Last year a news report was published in the Financial Express which said that it took 15 years for JCB India to sell 50,000 excavators in the...
After several years of waiting, citizens can now avail the benefits of seeking information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) through a...
I have been following the water bodies’ restoration work taken up by Manzoor Ahmad Wangnoo and his team Nigeen Lake Conservation Organisation-NLCO...
A recently organised event in the Government Degree College, Shopian is being severely criticized in social circles of Kashmir. The social media...
It is almost a month now since Omar Abdullah took oath as Chief Minister of the Union Territory of J&K. In the first cabinet meeting headed by...
The J&K Legislative Assembly a few days back passed a resolution seeking the restoration of the special status amid ruckus created by the Bharatiya...
Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has yet again been penalised on the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for flushing out untreated...
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took a resourceful initiative by holding a Civil Society roundtable in Srinagar recently. Such meetings are held by...
He was serious and the message seemed clear “No to Corruption”. The Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah, while administering the integrity pledge...
On Thursday October 24th 2024 the newly appointed Deputy Chief Minister of J&K Mr Surinder Choudhary emphasised the need for a complete ban on...
According to a report published by Financial Express last year, it took 15 years for JCB India to sell 50,000 excavators in the country but more...
The elections are over in J&K and the Government elected through people’s mandate has been finally formed after a long wait of 6 years. Omar...
When the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar, made an announcement on August 16th 2024 regarding holding of J&K Assembly elections,...
J&K Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (SICOP) and State Industrial Development Corporation (SIDCO) are two Public Sector undertakings...
The J&K Assembly elections concluded on October 1st. These elections were held in three phases. As per the official statement of Chief Electoral...
As there was no election boycott call from Hurriyat or any other militant groups, it was expected that voter turnout would go up in the second...
The election fever is on rise in Jammu & Kashmir. Polling for the first phase has just concluded on September 18th. Second phase of elections would...
Zadibal assembly constituency has been a traditional stronghold of the National Conference. In 1983 assembly elections, the polling percentage was...
As a large number of farmlands have been converted into apple orchards in Kashmir in the last 20 to 30 years, huge amounts of chemical fertilizers/...
J&K Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (SICOP) , a Public Sector undertaking under the command and control of J&K Government, manages...
As Assembly Elections dates in J&K have been announced by the Election Commission of India, political parties in J&K are coming up with their...
On July 1st , the J&K National Conference constituted a committee headed by its senior leader and former Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather to...
Pastoralism refers to a society that depends primarily upon herding animals for sustenance. This is one of the oldest professions in the world...
By Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat and Rehana Bhat Information Technology enabled people to connect socially, even though they live thousands of miles away....
As debate on holding of assembly elections in J&K is gaining momentum, nobody is talking about the Panchayat elections. The panchayat elections...