Jammu and Kashmir

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Heavy Snow Hurts Kashmir’s Apple Farmers

Athar Parvaiz 09/02/2019

Extreme weather events such as untimely snowfall and heavy...

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J&K State Quietly Okayed Cutting 60,000 Trees in 2015 for Power Lines

Mudasir Ahmad 25/12/2018

The finding spotlights an increasingly common issue in India:...

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Like the Zojila Tunnel, a Train to Ladakh Is Another Empty Promise

Mustafa Haji 28/11/2018

The announcements of trains, bridges and tunnels are like...

Kashmir’s Fruit Orchards Have Been Ravaged by Unseasonal Autumn Snowfall

Kashmir’s Fruit Orchards Have Been Ravaged by Unseasonal Autumn Snowfall

Mudasir Ahmad 07/11/2018

While losses are likely to touch Rs 1,000 crore,...

Jammu and Kashmir, environmental security, Barry Buzan, Jhelum river, Hirpora wildlife sanctuary, Srinagar, Amarnath yatra, Diwali, wetland conservation, wetland, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Pahalgam, irrigation department

J&K Threatened by Guns and Stones as Much as an Ecological Crisis

Muneeb Yousuf 05/11/2018

Laying too much emphasis on just one form of...

Akhnoor, Asian Development Bank, BJP, Chenab river, groundwater, groundwater contamination, groundwater depletion, groundwater recharge, Indus Water Treaty, Indus Waters Treaty, Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Program, Jammu city, Kathua, MEA, MHA, Pakistan, PDP, Public Health Engineering department, Tawi river

Centre Approves Diversion of Chenab’s Water to Jammu but Plan May Not Be Feasible

Nidhi Jamwal 30/10/2018

As many areas of J&K's winter capital are already...

Hirpora wildlife sanctuary, J&K, Jammu and Kashmir, Shopian district, markhor, wild goat, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, J&K forest department, human animal conflict, Department of Wildlife Protection, Mughal Road, musk deer

Price of Silence: The Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary Is a Paradise on the Brink

Riyaz Ahmad 16/10/2018

We must remember that Kashmir is Kashmir because of...