Pollution hits water chestnut production in Wular

TARIQ RASOOL

Bandipora, Aug 7: The increasing pollution in the Asia’s largest fresh water lake, Wular here has adversely affected the production of water chestnut, threatening the livelihood of scores of people.  More

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HYDERPORA FLYOVER ‘BREACHES’ PRIVACY

Residents aghast, seek fibre glass walling; Will do it, assures minister

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 7: At a time when governments even in the metropolitan cities like New Delhi are so sensitive towards people’s privacy living in the vicinity of flyovers, that they got fibre glass walls More

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Shabir for strict action against black marketers, profiteers

‘PAY IMMEDIATE HEED ON CONSUMER COMPLAINTS’

Jammu, Aug 7: Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and Power, Shabir Ahmad Khan directed CA&PD authorities to keep close vision on black marketing and undue profiteering at More

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HOPES FOR KARACHI SURVIVORS FADE; TOLL 21

Karachi, Aug 7: The death toll in the Lyari building in Karachi collapse rose to 21 as rescuers recovered nine more bodies from the rubble and feared more people, alive or dead, were still under the debris More

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America's deadliest day in Afghanistan

KIMBERLY DOZIER

Kabul, Aug 7: Insurgents shot down a US military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama Bin More

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