1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (434+ words) Kashmir Life SRINAGAR: The 36th University Council meeting of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) on Wednesday approved a series of institutional reforms and considered an ambitious roadmap aimed at transforming the university into a globally competitive,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (307+ words) SRINAGAR: Minister for Jal Shakti, Forest, Ecology, Environment and Tribal Affairs, Javed Ahmed Rana, on Saturday chaired a review meeting to assess preparedness measures for the ongoing summer season and the forthcoming monsoon in Jammu Division. The meeting was convened…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (272+ words) Speaking to reporters during a farmers" training programme organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Advisory Board for Development of Kisans, Dar said farmers are being provided opportunities to learn about modern agricultural technologies and innovations through exposure visits and training…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (298+ words) SRINAGAR: Apple orchards in Kashmir will be brought under insurance coverage, Director of Horticulture Kashmir Vikas Anand said while assessing hailstorm damage in Kulgam, marking a significant step aimed at protecting growers from weather-related losses. The announcement comes in the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (188+ words) SRINAGAR: PDP MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para on Monday joined local farmers in paddy transplantation in Pulwama's Padgampora area, protesting against what the party described as government attempts to evict cultivators from the land. Para was seen driving a tractor…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (215+ words) SRINAGAR: The Horticulture Department in Bandipora has issued an advisory for orchardists following a recent hailstorm in parts of the district, recommending preventive fungicidal and nutritional sprays to protect affected fruit crops. Officials said orchardists growing apple and pear have…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (523+ words) SRINAGAR: Repeated hailstorms and stormy winds over the past two months have devastated orchards across Kashmir, triggering panic among lakhs of families dependent on the horticulture sector and pushing many fruit growers deeper into debt. The Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (125+ words) Central Kashmir: Hundreds of Apple Trees Felled; Police Register Case Kashmir Life SRINAGAR: Hundreds of apple trees were cut down by unidentified persons in the Rangeen Kultreh area of Chadoora in central Kashmir's Budgam district during the intervening night of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (182+ words) SRINAGAR: The Government has revised the Minimum Assured Procurement Price (MAPP) of onion stocks from Rs 1, 270 to Rs 1, 580 per quintal, with the revised rate coming into effect from Saturday. Government revises the Minimum Assured Procurement Price (MAPP) of onion stocks…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (995+ words) SRINAGAR: Kashmir's worsening climate instability is now unfolding in increasingly destructive and unpredictable ways, with repeated hailstorms across the Valley devastating orchards, vegetable fields and paddy saplings, pushing thousands of farming families into distress and once again exposing the absence…...