The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday released Rs.100 crore each for the administrations in the Kashmir valley and the Jammu region for temporary restoration of infrastructure following the massive floods.


Kashmir releases Rs.200 crore more to restore infrastructure


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London, Sep 16 (IANS/RAY) Priti Patel, a British MP of Indian-origin who has been appointed "Indian Diaspora Champion" by British Prime Minister David Cameron, Tuesday defended her non-participation in last week's Kashmir debate in the British parliament.


Indian-origin British MP defends non-participation in Kashmir debate


The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Tuesday started despatching petroleum products to flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir following the reopening of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said.


Fuel rushed to Kashmir as Jammu-Srinagar highway reopens


Chief of Indian Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha Tuesday visited the flooded-affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir and carried out an aerial survey of these areas.


IAF chief carries out aerial survey of flood-hit Kashmir


Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth Tuesday reviewed the relief and rehabilitation work in flood-affected Jammu and Kashmir here and advised the state chief secretary to execute relief measures on a war footing.


Carry relief measures on war footing, Centre advises Kashmir


The CBSE Tuesday announced the postponement of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir.


CBSE postpones Teacher Eligibility Test in flood-hit Kashmir


The road network south of the Pir Panjal range has been restored in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir on all important routes, including the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway which opened Tuesday.


Jammu-Srinagar highway reopened


Reckless developmental activities with no regard for nature conservation could be the prime cause behind the recent floods in Jammu and Kashmir, a conservationist organisation said Tuesday.


Wetlands destruction caused Kashmir floods: BNHS


US Ambassador to India Kathleen Stephens Tuesday announced an aid of $250,000 for relief and rehabilitation work in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir.


US announces $250,000 aid for flood-hit Jammu & Kashmir


Himachal Pradesh Tuesday announced it was sending Rs.1 crore to flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir for relief and rehabilitation.


Himachal gives Rs.1 crore to flood-hit Kashmir


Tawheed Bazaz, 35, a resident of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, had a premonition that the flood waters which had inundated the city centre, Lal Chowk, early last Sunday, would also reach their Mandir Bagh locality. "It came true just hours later as the muddy flood waters made their first appearance in our locality that evening after having inundated the posh areas of the capital," Tawheed told IANS.


Bazaz's Kashmir premonition came true hours later


As historical records confirm that the recent floods in Kashmir have been worse than the worst ever - that in 1893 - the human suffering and devastation caused have few parallels in the Valley's recent history.


Paradise on Earth becomes horror for its residents


The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was re-opened for vehicular traffic Tuesday after it remained closed for 14 days.

We should rebuild and rehabilitate in planned manner: Omar Abdullah

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In April, Leh district's last village of Kanji in the western Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir received electricity for the first time. It was only last year that a tarred road was built to connect this remotest hamlet to the world. But a school has been operating here since 1960 - giving students wings to dream!


Leh's remote school where dreams are born through education


A porter working for the security forces was killed and three people were injured in an explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.


One killed, three injured in LoC blast


Flood water in Jammu and Kashmir was receding fast, and more and more people were returning to their homes, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Monday.


Flood waters receding fast: Omar Abdullah


The central government has sought daily report from the Jammu and Kashmir government on the relief and rehabilitation work being carried out in the flood-hit state, a home ministry statement said here Monday.


Kashmir flood relief: Centre seeks daily report from state


Abu Dhabi, Sep 15 (IANS/WAM) Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE ruler's representative in the country's Western Region and chairman of Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), has ordered the provision of urgent humanitarian assistance to the victims of the floods, which hit India recently.


UAE aid for Jammu & Kashmir flood victims


The armed forces and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have rescued over 234,000 flood-hit people in Jammu and Kashmir as relief efforts continued in the state Monday.


Over 234,000 rescued in flood-hit Kashmir


The Supreme Court Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to consider giving ex-gratia payment for people affected by the floods and to immediately take up the issue of restoring banking facilities in the affected areas.


Consider giving ex-gratia for flood-hit people: SC to Kashmir government


About 20 Riyadh-based Indian organisations have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a massive response to the unprecedented disaster caused by floods in Jammu and Kashmir on a scale similar to that carried out during the Uttarakhand landslides.

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