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Modi launches projects worth Rs 20,000k in J & K

Newsbred Staff - April 24, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened multiple projects worth over ₹ 20,000 crore in Jammu and Kashmir including the Banihal-Qazigund tunnel and two hydroelectric projects -- during...

80% of Jammu is hills; only 20% is Kashmir Valley: Delimitation can’t be a one-pony trick

Sant Kumar Sharma - July 10, 2021

Population is one of the criteria, not the only one, used for delimiting territorial constituencies for different legislatures, be it state legislative assemblies, or...

Ratle power projects: Pak’s threats don’t work on us, says Sinha

Sant Kumar Sharma - January 21, 2021

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has said that Pakistan's threats to go to the World Bank or International Court of Justice (ICJ) did not deter...

New dams in Ladakh, J & K: As always be ready for Pak spoilers

Sant Kumar Sharma - January 9, 2021

The Central government has given clearance for eight hydropower projects with a total potential of producing 144 MW for the Ladakh region. In all,...

A giant step towards 2024; A mega leap in the history of Jammu and Kashmir

Sant Kumar Sharma - January 4, 2021

The government of India has ambitions plans for harnessing the hydropower potential available in Jammu and Kashmir. Presently, 3,504 MW of electricity is generated...

BJP seems wiser than just Modi-Shah-Yogi at rallies: Hyderabad and J&K offer a clue!

Sant Kumar Sharma - December 5, 2020

Smriti Irani is busy canvassing support for the BJP candidates in District Development Council (DDC) elections now on in Jammu and Kashmir. The Union...

DDC elections today: Let’s cheer West Pakistani Refugees casting vote for the first time in J & K

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 28, 2020

It is for the first time that District Development Council (DDC) elections are being held in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir....

Sinha flags off Ratle power project; Modi reviews another as J & K switches projects on

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 28, 2020

What stalled Ratle hydel power project earlier when Power Purchased Agreement (PPA) had been signed as early as 2010? What is it that happened...

Pak ‘annexes’ Gilgit-Baltistan: What happened to its ‘freedom-for-Kashmiris’ farce?

Sant Kumar Sharma - November 16, 2020

Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of undivided Jammu and Kashmir, is in the eye of a storm now that Pakistan has formally included it as a...

Announced, abandoned, announced again: What’s in this J and K project?

Sant Kumar Sharma - October 3, 2020

On Thursday (October 1), most of the newspapers published from Jammu as also Srinagar carried a report on Ratle Hydro Electric Project. The headline...

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