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Kashmir faces drought, forest fires; Winter Games delayedKashmir is experiencing an acute dry spell resulting in drying springs and rivulets, frequent forest fires, and water shortages. The local ...- Dry winter hampers tourism in Kashmir valley, adventure tourist arrivals drop by 70%The tourism sector in the Kashmir Valley has been adversely affected by the abrupt dry winter with no snowfall and unusually high temperatu...
- Pathaan craze continues in Kashmir as valley witnesses houseful shows for the first time after 33 yearsShah Rukh Khan's Pathaan is receiving an overwhelming response in the Kashmir valley, with the majority of the show going houseful.
- All-party meet: Opposition demands debate on unemployment, farm distressPrime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the meeting, attended by representatives of all parties, including Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha...
- Political process, governance have to be carried out together: Mehbooba MuftiCM expressed regret that the state had to undergo a "political drought" after the PDP demitted office in 2005 and the whole process had to ...
- India may revisit Indus Waters Treaty signed with Pakistan in 1960"For any such treaty to work, it is important there must be mutual trust and cooperation. It cannot be a one-sided affair," Swarup said.
- NREGA records 79.10 crore person-days of employment, highest since 2012The biggest increase this year has been seen in Karnataka, which saw a whopping 265% jump from its quarterly target of 2.48 crore person-da...
- Mumbai school kids pool in Rs 20 lakh for drought-hit peopleMoved by the plight of drought-hit people in Marathwada, students have pooled in Rs 20 lakh as their contribution towards providing succour.
- Shiv Sena slams media coverage of Sheena Bora case"Poor people are selling their children for money and activists are being murdered. The media is only concentrating on the Sheena murder ca...
- Ill-timed rain damages crops in 1.8 crore hectares across 13 statesThe extent of the loss of rabi crop was communicated to the finance minister Arun Jaitley by the agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh in ...
- Jammu and Kashmir's flood relief demand to be referred to a committee: Kiren Rijiju"Let me inform the House again that it is not the effort of just the state government or the central government, it is the combined effort,...
- Opposition slams government strategy to deal with natural calamitiesIn a discussion on situation like floods in J&K, cyclone in AP and Odisha Opposition says that the government was less than prepared to fac...
- 2014 mild meteorological drought: Skymet; Not so, says MeT departmentMET department has refused to call it a "drought" despite the country receiving 12 per cent less rainfall than the normal precipitation.
- Possibility of drought high, says private weather forecasterThe forecast came even as IMD this evening said the monsoon rainfall a whole during June 2014 was below normal by 43 per cent.
- Monsoon still weak; expected to gain strength in JulyThe weather office predicts monsoon showers in northern India in a few days, calming concerns of farmers after a parched June.
- Maximum temperature crosses 45 degree mark in North India, expected to go upIMD forecasts that maximum temperature would rise by 2-3°C over many parts of central & adjoining northwest India and by 1-2°C over some pa...
- Guruvayur temple to buy 10 kg saffron every monthGuruvayur temple has signed one-year contract with JKAIDC to purchase 10 kg of saffron spice at Rs 1.20 lakh per kg, every month.
- Monsoon to continue to bring rains, withdrawal delayed for seventh year: IMDMonsoon is still active in the northwest region which spans across J&K, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan & UP.
- Jammu and Kashmir government approves free ration for drought-hit familiesJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today approved three months' free ration for drought-hit families of Kishtwar and Doda distr...
- NHPC power generation falls by 200-mn units on poor rainfallNHPC's power generation capacity declined by 200 million units since April due to erratic monsoons this year.
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