Hindu Ekta Manch activists and Hiranagar residents on Thursday staged a protest against the government for its failure to handover the alleged rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Rasana village of Kathua to the CBI. They accused the Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police of “harassing” innocent people. The protesters blocked the Jammu-Pathankot national highway at Kootah Morh and burnt the effigies of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh for their alleged failure to fulfil their demand for a CBI probe. “The…
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No end to parking woes in city centre as authorities fail to streamline traffic system
The much-hyped mechanized car parking lot and roadside slots marked by the authorities have failed to streamline traffic in the city centre here. The woes are set to worsen after the shifting of offices to Srinagar from Jammu in May as part of biannual Durbar Move. The “state-of-the art” automated car parking at erstwhile KMD yard, which can accommodate 288 vehicles has been a failure due to “exorbitant charges” by the Srinagar Development Authority. “They charge Rs 20 for the first hour and Rs 10 for each next hour. At…
Read MoreJammu simmers with anger against BJP- PDP Govt
Jammu is simmering with anger against the PDP-BJP Government “for its failure to redress various issues being confronted by the people across the division”. There are fears that situation may snowball into major agitation, ahead of Darbar move to summer capital Srinagar. To take up the agitation to its logical conclusion, prominent organizations like CCI Jammu Rakesh Gupta, Jammu Bar Association and All Sikh United Front have joined hands with the agitators “to fight for their rights”. Like Nowshera, Jammu-Samba-Kathua districts are also up in arms on various issues i.e.…
Read MoreStudents went on rampage after protest turns ugly in JU
Tension prevailed in the University of Jammu (JU) on Thursday after the students of different departments turned violent and ransacked the Vice Chancellor’s secretariat and the office of the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) against the alleged thrashing of a fellow by the latter on the campus. DSW Prof Satnam Kour, however, said she was allegedly “manhandled and pushed” by the students, who also made an attempt to “strangulate” her. She said she thrashed the student in “self-defence”. The university has decided to lodge an FIR against the students who ransacked…
Read More45 Posts referred to SSB by health department, 90 Selected
In 2012 the state health department referred 45 posts of physiotherapists to J&K Service Selection Board (SSB) to be filled up on “priority” basis. No action followed in the next five years. And in January, the board finally issued a list, selecting 90 candidates in place of 45. Now, the administrative department of health and the recruiting agency are clueless on how to resolve the issue of surplus recruitments. A source in health department said that the issue has been taken up with the administrative department. “We are discussing what…
Read MoreEnforcement Directorate attaches Rs 3 lakh terror funds of LeT cadre in Kashmir
The ED on Thursday said it has attached Rs 3 lakh cash of alleged terror funds in connection with its money laundering probe against terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba(LeT) which operates in the Kashmir Valley. The central probe agency said that it attached the cash, in Indian currency, after it was found that the money was the “proceeds of crime” of terrorism and that it was to be delivered to hardcore militant Mohd Hussain Dar alias Raju by his associate Abdul Hamid Lone. “The attached amount was meant for militant activities,” the…
Read MoreKashmir undergoing severe water crisis, deteriorating condition of water bodies serious concern: Experts
Stressing for water conservation, authorities and experts on Thursday said Kashmir was undergoing severe water crisis. During winter, an unprecedented water crisis unfolded in Kashmir as a lengthy dry spell led to a record low water level in the Jhelum. The Jhelum, which originates in Anantnag and runs through Srinagar and various northern areas, covering around 200 kms before entering into Pak, is a major source of drinking water and irrigation. According to experts the scanty rains and receding glaciers have brought Kashmir on the brink of water crisis. “In…
Read MoreCombing operation continues in Kupwara forests, biggest operation this year, 1000 personnel involved
The army and police continued the combing operation in forest area of Halmatpora in border district of Kupwara on Thursday while IGP Kashmir S P Pani termed the operation as “difficult” and said all the five militants killed in the encounter were foreigners and belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba. An army official said a search operation was going on in the forest area. He said the police and army were conducting searches in the forest area to ensure that none of the militants was hiding in the area. The encounter broke out…
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