The Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed on Sunday due to landslides, a traffic department official said.


Jammu-Srinagar highway closed


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A Rs 9,000 crore gas-grid project has been approved to transport natural gas among northeastern states and West Bengal, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Saturday.


Rs 9,000 cr gas-grid project for NE, Bengal: Pradhan


In a major move to fight air pollution, the Delhi cabinet on Saturday approved 1,000 Low Floor AC Electric Buses for the national capital, claiming to be the first Indian city to have such a large number of e-buses.


Delhi cabinet approves 1,000 electric buses


After 10 days of a hectic search operation, rescuers on Saturday managed to trace the body of a trooper. Four are still missing, officials said.


Body of trooper found in Himachal glacier; 4 still missing


Australian wine grape growers are applying kaolin-based clay sunscreen on their crops in a last ditch attempt to save them from the record heat in the southern districts, reports said on Saturday.


Grapes need 'sunscreen' in hot Australia


Vehicular movement on the Jammu-Srinagar highway was affected on Saturday due to fresh snowfall, although the 300 km-long road is open for one-way traffic.


Fresh snowfall on Jammu-Srinagar highway


In collaboration with its Britain-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) subsidiary DeepMind, Google has developed a system to predict wind power output 36 hours ahead of actual generation.


Google uses AI to predict wind energy output


One-way traffic was restored on the Jammu-Srinagar highway on Friday as hundreds of vehicles moved from Srinagar to Jammu.


Srinagar to Jammu traffic allowed on NH-44


Actress Parineeti Chopra urged people to eliminate the use of plastic from their daily routine.


Parineeti Chopra appeals to society to stop using plastic


The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an MoU between India and the US to access tipline reports on missing and exploited children.


Cabinet approves MoU with US on missing children


The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the National Mineral Policy 2019 with an aim to ensure more a sustainable mining sector, more effective regulation and to encourage private sector in the field.


Cabinet approves National Mineral Policy 2019


The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will be adding five more automatic stations by March for monitoring air quality in the metropolis, an official said on Thursday.


Kolkata to have 5 more automatic air quality monitoring stations by March


The Indian Army has rescued over 300 tourists who got stranded in Changgu and adjoining areas of East Sikkim due to heavy snowfall, officials said on Thursday.


Army rescues stranded tourists from Sikkim's Changgu


The Centre on Thursday approved an additional assistance of Rs 1,604.15 crore to Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Jharkhand and Rajasthan for damages incurred in natural disasters during 2018, said a Home Ministry statement.


Centre okays Rs 1,604-cr aid to 4 disaster-hit states


The West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education announced 15-minute grace time for students who struggled to reach their examination centres as large parts of the city and various districts of West Bengal were witnessed heavy rain on Thursday.


Rain affects Class XII examinations in Bengal


A day after it opened to clear stranded traffic, the Jammu-Srinagar highway was again closed on Thursday due to fresh landslide in Ramsoo-Ramban sector.


Fresh landslide shuts Jammu-Srinagar highway


Around 5,000 compressed-bio gas (CBG) plants will be set up in the country by 2023, while a city gas distribution system covering 400 districts will provide a ready market for the CBG, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Wednesday.


5,000 compressed bio gas plants to come up by 2023: Pradhan


A combined team of the Indian Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday pulled out a second body from the 370 feet deep flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district where 13 miners still remain trapped since December 13, 2018, an official said.


Second body pulled out of Meghalaya coal pit


Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday conducted an aerial survey of the Bandipur National Park after the raging forest fire there was brought under control on Tuesday.


Karnataka CM conducts aerial survey of Bandipur forest


The Himachal Pradesh capital on Wednesday witnessed snowfall that snapped internal road links but brought joy to tourists, who were seen making merry hurling snowballs at one another.


Tourists make merry in Shimla snow


Following landslides and sinking of road, the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the third consecutive day on Wednesday.

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