Jammu, Jan 23 : The Army and Doda District Police busted a militant hideout exclusively used by top Lashkar-e- Toiba commanders in Badani Nallah in Bhaderwah.

The crackdown was facilitated by information provided by an arrested Lashkar militant Imtiyaz Ahmed alias Saidullah, Security forces searched the forest area of Puneja in Bhaderwah and busted the concrete hideout.

Two Aircel sim cards, 40 kgs of ration, four blankets, a kerosene stove and a communication set were recovered from the hideout.

Srinagar, Jan 21 : A resident of Srinagar has succeeded in growing oranges in the backyard of his house.

Kashmir''s climate is not suited for cultivating oranges as the temperatures in the valley fall to sub-zero levels during winter with frost being common to which oranges are sensitive.

However, Abdur Rashid Badyari has succeeded in growing the lone orange tree in Srinagar.

Badyari has a hobby of planting a variety of plants since his childhood days but never did he ever expect that he would be able to grown orange tree.

Rajouri, Jan 20 : Trout fish cultivation has gained fillip in Jammu and Kashmir''s Rajouri District as the State Fisheries Department is successfully harnessing the potential to produce trout, a valuable commercial fish.

Trout, both brown and the rainbow species, is a coldwater fish found aplenty in the Beas, Sutlej and Ravi rivers flowing in from the upper reaches of the Himalayan range.

In 1984, a trout fish-farming project was set up at Kokernag, 79 kilometres south of Srinagar with assistance of the European Economic Community (EEC).

Srinagar, Jan 19 : The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the lone road

Srinagar, Jan 19 : With migratory birds flocking Jammu and Kashmir, authorities are taking all measures to prevent outbreak of avian flu.

A large number of birds take their flight to the Kashmir valley every season as temperatures dip.

The Departments of Animal Husbandry in the state has alerted its staff around all wet lands of Kashmir valley to keep watch for any virus.

Srinagar, Jan. 18 : Heavy snowfall blocked traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Sunday as the Kashmir valley received the first snowfall of the season.

Srinagar shivered as temperature dipped and the region received a fresh spell of snowfall to the delight of the locals expecting tourists.

The upper reaches of the valley experienced heavy snowfall pushing the temperature down. With Srinagar city witnessing a freezing temperature, the strategic
300-kilometre-long National Highway 1-A was blocked leading to disruption of traffic.