News Topic:Forests
J&K
Forest Rights Act to be implemented in J&K
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest...
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Kashmir
Don’t force peace loving Gujjar, Bakarwals to take extreme steps: Mehbooba
SRINAGAR — People's Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that government was “pushing” Gujjar and Bakarwal community to take extreme steps.She said...
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Kashmir
Forest official & smuggler nexus turning Pulwama forests barren
PULWAMA — The nexus between timber smugglers and forest officials is fast turning several forest compartments of Pulwama into barren open fields.Locals have also...
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Kashmir
Fire breaks out at Awoora village in Kupwara
A mysterious fire damaged a large chunk of Social Forest area in Awoora village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
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J&K’s Higher Secondary enrollment ratio falls to 44.8%, NITI Aayog data shows
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