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PoGB leaders express concern over wrongdoings of government in land leasin
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Opposition leaders in Gilgit City of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) this week organised a press conference raising their concerns over the wrongdoings of the ruling party and the matter of leasing guest houses and forest lands to private entities in PoGB
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Himachal CM expresses concern over forest fire incidents
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday presided over a meeting of the Forest Department here today and expressed serious concern over the forest fire incidents
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J-K: Massive forest fire breaks out near Suigarh forest in Doda district
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A massive fire broke out in a forest adjacent to NH 244 near Suigarh forest in the Pul Doda area in Doda district on Tuesday evening, Ministry of Defence, Jammu said in a press release.
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Pakistan finds it hard to control forest fires as heatwave sweeps nation
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The authorities in Pakistan are finding it tough to control the forest fire as a severe heatwave has gripped the nation. Authorities on Sunday doused another forest fire that erupted on Margalla Hills part located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to Geo News.
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Forest fire in Jerusalem's Valley of the Cross forces evacuation of Israel
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Eight firefighting planes and 23 firefighting crews battled the blaze in 34° weather.
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J-K: Massive fire breaks out in Ramnagar forest division
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A massive fire broke out in the Ramnagar forest division in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.
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Forest fire breaks out at Gangera Hil in J-K's Udhampur
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
"The fire erupted in the morning. Upon receiving the information we reached the spot and started dousing the fire. It is still going on," Bharam Dutt Sharma, block forest officer in Udhampur told ANI.
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Fire breaks out at Dingu Forest of Himachal's Bilaspur
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
A fire broke out in the Dingu Forest of Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.
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J-K: 19 fire incidents reported in May in Udhampur
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
As many as nineteen fire incidents have been reported in the month of May in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, officials said on Friday.
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"Most fires are man-made, rarely they occur naturally": Nowshera DFO on fo
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
She also mentioned that people smoking cigarettes and throwing their buds in the forest area, which gets dry during summers is also one of the factors in increasing forest fires.
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Protests erupt in PoGB after administration leases out governmental land f
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Hundreds of residents from Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) organised a major protest over the administration's recent decision to lease several government guest houses and forest land to private business owners from the Punjab Province, a local news outlet from PoGB, Skar
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Rajasthan: Sariska's tiger population goes up to 40 with four new cubs
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The number of tigers in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) has gone up to 40 with the birth of four cubs recently, Forest Minister Sanjay Sharma said.
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