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Road constructed Illegally into Forest Area in village Sudheen and Panchayat Kothiyan in Pouni Tehsil of Reasi District -NL Photo by Ajay Sharma

Truth Triumphs: Investigation Reveals Unauthorized Road Construction in Forest Area

Ajay Sharma, Reasi, September 27 A shocking revelation has come to light in the Reasi division of Jammu Kashmir, where more than 100 kilometres of...
Rally march on the eve of Independence Day in Srinagar

36.85 lakh J&K Residents participated in Independence Day celebrations

 Highest ever 42879 events held across UT Srinagar, Aug 19: In what could be termed a historic milestone in J&K, a record number of 36,85,106...
Tulip Garden Srinagar

Kashmir’s Tulip Garden enters World Book of Records as Asia’s Largest

Jammu Tawi, Aug 19: The exquisite Kashmir Tulip Garden, nestled in the foothills of the Zabarwan mountain range, today earned a prestigious spot in the...
The Bountiful Mother Earth

Ecological Consciousness in Ancient Indian Thought

by Prof. Shubha Tiwari One of the hymns of Rig Veda says that we should take bounties from Mother Earth after due prayers. The prayer...
Raika Forest Site - a file photo

Housing of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir ever in the shifting process

By HC Jalmeria, Advocate Once again there is a proposal of shifting housing of J&K High Court at Jammu. This gave a reason for flashbacks...

Will Raika Forest awaken people to own a third Chipko Movement in J&K?

Evolution of Environmentalists from Amrita Devi to Raika Activists Chander Mohan Sharma Do the First and the Second Chipko Movements bear any resemblance with the sporadic...
Likely Heavy Rains in Kashmir = file photo

High alert issued in view of heavy rains in Kashmir

 Srinagar, July 08: The Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Floor Control, Kashmir Division vide his Circular 2019-65 of date has issued a caution for alertness...
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Lawyers hold protest against shifting of High Court to Raika Forest belt 

Jammu Tawi, June 19: In spite of Jammu Courts observing holidays, a group of Lawyers today gathered in the Jammu Courts complex and held...
Innovator and Educational Reformist Sonam Wangchuk

Sonam Wangchuk, Education Innovator, begins a 7-day ‘Climatic Fast’ in Ladakh

Leh, June 18th: Sonam Wangchuk, a prominent engineer whose life inspired a character in the Bollywood blockbuster "3 Idiots," launched a seven-day hunger strike...
Biodiversity Park Bikram Chowk Tawi Bank under official threat

Biodiversity of River Tawi Front Park under threat, cries ‘SOS’

By Navjeev Digra, Marine Engineer and Tree Enthusiast & C M Sharma, Dy. Director of Agriculture, Jammu (Rtd) It is ironical and unfortunate that amidst...
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The Endangered Golden Mahseer Fish Solitary Breeding Site in Reasi auctioned off for mining  

By Bhushan Parimoo Knowing well that the Mahseer is a protected fish species in India, as well as an endangered species according to the International Union for...
Mansar-Lake-District-Samba-JK

Hair-cutting Rituals, overuse of fertilizers pose big threat to Surinsar-Mansar Lakes

Jammu Tawi, May 02: Rituals of first haircuts of children and agriculture-overuse of fertilizers and pesticides reaching the famous Surinsar-Mansar Lakes from the surrounding fields...
Master Samsar Chand Koul

Master Samsar Chand Koul: Kashmir’s Forgotten Ornithologist at his Home Ground

By Bhushan Parimoo Once again wounds got raw hard to bear the agonizing pain it gives. In a gathering of the cream of academicians, recognized Naturalists who had...
Asia's Largest Tulip Garden opens for public

Asia’s Majestic Tulip Garden at Srinagar opens for public; Aerator cum Dancing Fountains...

Asia's largest Tulip Garden at Srinagar stands open today for people. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha performed the opening ceremony of the mesmerising beauty of...
illegal mining

No let-up in illegal mining in Reasi, Arnas; Illegal mining goes on even in...

Sarbjeet Singh, Jammu Tawi, March 15: Despite a recent crackdown and all-out efforts of the district civil and police administration, the illegal mining of minor minerals-...

World Ozone Day celebrated

JAMMU, Sept 16: The students of GCOE Jammu observed World Ozone Day at GHS Satwari, GGHS Bhagwati Nagar and GMS Janipur under...

Clean Ganga Mission organises 10th edition of ‘Igniting Young Minds Rejuvenating Rivers’ to connect...

New Delhi , September 10 : The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti in collaboration with APAC News...

Tackling air pollution at a global scale

Air pollution has no respect for borders. Regional agreements can only go so far. The world needs a global agreement.In the 1960s,...
Samiksha Plantation Event

Samiksha-PDCL hold plantation event to spread environment-conservation awareness

Jammu Tawi, Sept 07:  Samiksha, the Society for Promotion of Inclusive and Sustainable Development, carried out tree a plantation programme in collaboration with the...
Wular Lake Kashmir

Wular Lake in Kashmir to have non-motorable walkway – a tourist attraction

Bandipora (Kashmir), Aug 31:  Northlines News Desk The J&K Administration proposes constructing a non-motorable walkway around Asia’s famed Wular lake in Bandipora district in Kashmir. Divisional...