Jammu region may be declared hit by drought

September 27th, 2009 PATNA - The drought in Bihar has come as a blessing in disguise for hundreds of goats. Many financially-battered people are not slaughtering them during Durga Puja and Dussehra.

September 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh was Wednesday declared drought-hit - a move that will enable the state to avail of central government funds and take up relief works in affected areas. Acting Chief Minister K.

August 23rd, 2009 BEIJING - China's anti-drought authority has urged for more efforts to fight drought in the north of the country that is affecting some 4.6 million people, and warned of a possible drought in the south. The drought in the north was threatening 8.67 million hectares of crops, the office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said Saturday.

August 22nd, 2009 PATNA - An 11-member central team visiting the drought-hit parts of Bihar for the past three days has found the situation in the affected areas to be grim, the team's leader said Saturday. R.K. Tiwari, joint secretary in the agriculture ministry who led the team, said the situation was bad due to the poor monsoon.

August 14th, 2009 RANCHI - It has been raining in Jharkhand in the last 36 hours, but that is unlikely to end the drought situation, an official of the Met Department said here Friday. The rainfall occurred when a central team was visiting Jharkhand to assess the drought situation in the state.

August 4th, 2009 JAMMU - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday committed its support to a campaign for the opening of a central university in the Jammu region instead of the Kashmir valley. "Our party will fully support the cause of opening the central university in Jammu region and be one of the groups in the amalgam carrying out the campaign in this regard," BJP state unit chief Ashok Khajuria told reporters here.

July 29th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Wednesday declared seven more districts as drought hit after scanty rainfall affected paddy crop in the state. Earlier, four of Jharkhand's 24 districts were declared drought hit.

July 15th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The Assam government has declared more than half of the state as drought-hit, saying agriculture was badly hit due to scanty monsoon rains, officials said Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi late Tuesday.

July 7th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand Tuesday declared four of its 24 districts as drought hit, an official said. The four districts which have been declared as drought hit are Palamau, Chatra, Latehar and Garhwa.

June 27th, 2009 IMPHAL - The Manipur government Saturday declared the state as drought-hit, saying agriculture was badly hit due to scanty monsoon rains, officials said. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh.

June 10th, 2009 JAMMU - Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad arrived here Wednesday to a rousing reception during his first visit to his home state Jammu and Kashmir after his induction in the central government. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was received by over 5,000 supporters who had come here from various parts of Jammu district.

April 1st, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday urged people to vote for Congress candidates in the Jammu region in the elections, saying that the victory of the Congress would be a victory for the National Conference. 'It is the direction of National Conference president Farooq Abdullah that you all should vote for Congress candidates.

March 29th, 2009 JAMMU - Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Jammu and Kashmir to campaign for Congress candidates in the Lok Sabha polls. Congress party sources told IANS that both will campaign in Jammu and Udhampur parliamentary constituencies of the Jammu region.

March 5th, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir's ruling coalition partners National Conference (NC) and Congress are likely to share equally the six Lok Sabha seats in the state, party sources have indicated. Though seat sharing arrangements are still to be finalised, sources in both the parties said it would be 50-50.

December 23rd, 2008 SRINAGAR/JAMMU - The crucial last phase of the staggered Jammu and Kashmir polls ended Wednesday amid minor clashes between police and anti-election protesters in Srinagar. Eight constituencies in Srinagar and 13 in Jammu and Samba polled on the last day of the seven-phase elections.