At least 600 rare Himalayan goats _ famed for their pashmina wool, also known as cashmere _ have died and thousands face starvation after their desert habitat was blanketed with snow during the region’s worst snowfall in three decades, authorities said Thursday.
SRINAGAR, India - At least 600 rare Himalayan goats - famed for their pashmina, or cashmere, wool - have died and thousands face starvation as a result of the region’s worst snowfall in three decades.
The family of an Indian man who has languished on death row in a Pakistani jail for 35 years has been traced, thanks to efforts by politicians from the two countries.
Islamabad, Feb.28 : An Indian national who has been languishing in a death cell in a Pakistani prison for the last 35 years, will return to his home in India soon, the Daily Times quoted the caretaker Minister for Human Rights Ansar Burney, as saying.
At least 600 rare Himalayan goats _ famed for their pashmina wool, also known as cashmere _ have died and thousands face starvation after their desert habitat was blanketed with snow during the region’s worst snowfall in three decades, authorities said Thursday.
Each year the rail budget promises to connect the most remote parts of the country but there’s disappointment in the valley as a proposal to connect the Kashmir valley with the rest of India has been pushed back till 2012.
Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) Two paramilitary troopers were killed in Jammu and Kashmir when guerrillas ambushed a patrol party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the police here said.
Source: Reuters SRINAGAR, India, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Hundreds of goats that provide wool for Kashmir’s famous Pashmina shawls have died and thousands more face starvation because of heavy snow in India’s Ladakh region …
Thousands of livestock, including Pashmina goats, who were stuck on the India-China border for over a month have died…
Thousands of livestock, including Pashmina goats, who were stuck on the India-China border for over a month have died due to fodder scarcity and severe cold wave condition.