Tripura rubber wood industry provides business opportunities and jobs to peopleSeptember 29th, 2009 AGARTALA - Tripura, the second largest rubber-growing state after Kerala, is fast becoming an industrial hub in the northeast. Locals visualize both business and employment opportunities.
Tri-lingual Kashmiri dictionary launchedSeptember 7th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Kashmir University launches first trilingual English-Kashmiri-Hindi online dictionary, containing over 12,000 words, to promote Kashmiri language. Christened as 'Kashmiri Zaban.com, the dictionary has been compiled by university's department of linguistics making use of three scripts, Roman for English, Devanagri for Hindi and Modified Persio-Arabic for Kashmiri.
Himachal Pradesh launches massive afforestation schemesAugust 14th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh has launched massive afforestation schemes with people's participation. Personnel of the Indian Army stationed in the state have also come forth in this social forestry project.
Windstorm wreaks havoc in Kashmir, woman killedJuly 26th, 2009 SRINAGAR - A fierce windstorm battered parts of north Kashmir Sunday evening leaving a woman dead and over 40 people injured apart from damaging hundreds of houses, shops and cowsheds, officials said. Shamima, 28, died when a tree fell on her in Handwara town as high velocity wind wreaked havoc in the area, said a police officer.
Fire destroys large forest cover in KashmirJune 25th, 2009 MANJAKOTE - A massive fire has engulfed a large forest area in Jammu and Kashmir, destroying trees and posing threat to nomadic tribes living near the forest. The fire, which has been raging for past two days in Rajouri areas, has caused damage to the region's ecology.
Centre for environmental protection assistance to Kashmir: RameshJune 21st, 2009 SRINAGAR - The central government will lend all required assistance to Jammu and Kashmir to protect the state's green pastures, heritage mountains, forests, natural springs and streams, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said here Sunday. Accompanied by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Ramesh, who arrived here earlier in the day, visited the Dal, Nageen, Khushalsar, Anchar, Manasbal and Wullar lakes.
Orchard plantation fast becoming a favorite among Jammu and Kashmir farmersJune 15th, 2009 SRINAGAR - In a bid to harness more profits from agriculture, farmers in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir have taken to orchard plantation. Earlier, farmers grew traditional crops like wheat, pulses and lentils, and they earned little profit on their produce.
Indian Army seeks Guinness entry through Assam forest plantation driveJune 14th, 2009 DHUBRI - Troops of the Indian Army's 21 Jat regiment, also known as the Red Horns Division, are seeking to enter the Guinness Book of World Records by planting 500,000 tree saplings in Assam's Dhubri District. About 300 army personnel began planting saplings in the bare Shreegram Reserve Forest of Dhubri district in Assam at around 3:00 p.m.
World's oldest teak trees dying in KeralaMay 13th, 2009 NILAMBUR - Two teak trees, believed to be the oldest in the world, are dying. The trees are located at the plantation, about 40 kilometres from Malappuram town in Kerala's Malappuram district.
J-K govt. introduces biodegradable bags to reduce pollution levelApril 24th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The Jammu and Kashmir horticulture department has introduced biodegradable bags for farmers in the Kashmir Valley to reduce pollution levels.he initiative aims at making the orchards and agricultural lands pollution free. The department is distributing these eco- friendly bags among farmers and orchard workers, so that they can realize its benefits and use them more often.
Sandalwood trees found axed near Taj MahalApril 11th, 2009 AGRA - Fifteen sandalwood trees in the Shah Jahan garden near the Taj Mahal have been found axed here. Two employees of the garden have been accused of the act.
Blossoming almond trees herald spring in Kashmir ValleyMarch 12th, 2009 SRINAGAR - If there be a paradise on the Earth, it is this, it is this, it is this... reads one of the verses coined by Firdaus, a poet in Mughal emperor Shahjahan's court, which praises the Kashmir Valley for its incomparable beauty.
RCom launches GSM service in Jammu and KashmirFebruary 5th, 2009 JAMMU - Telecom operator Reliance Communications (RCom) Friday launched its GSM services in over 50 towns and more than 5,000 villages in Jammu and Kashmir, and said its nationwide footprint has been completed. 'National and state highways, rail routes, tourist locations and places of worship have been covered,' said Arvind Kumar, RCom's head of Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab circle.
Himachal Pradesh to go 'herbal' with massive plantation driveJanuary 27th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh is going in for massive plantation of indigenous species, especially medicinal plants, to not just boost its depleting green cover but also transform the hill state into a herbal one. The state authorities planted more than 1.5 million saplings on a single day Aug 3 last year.
Massive tulsi plantation drive planned in Agra on Republic DayJanuary 24th, 2009 AGRA - It will be a plantation drive with a difference. On Republic Day Monday, thousands of tulsi (basil) saplings will be planted in Agra city, especially around the Taj Mahal, which forest officials say would 'insulate' the area from atmospheric pollution and also protect heritage monuments.
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