Day: July 18, 2020

GoI changes laws to aid the construction of armed forces facilities outside cantonments

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Slum rehabilitation, Special townships, New Housing Policy approved in J&K Over 2 lakh houses to be built in the next few years 7 models of housing development in JK The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the proposal of Housing and Urban Development Department for adoption and notification of J&K Housing, Affordable Housing, Slum Redevelopment, and Rehabilitation and Township Policy, 2020. The policy envisages seven models of housing, ranging from in-situ slum redevelopment to integrated township, to cater…

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Kashmir could be Next Big Flashpoint between India and China: US Experts

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These moves in Kashmir will add more tensions to already strained ties between India and China. According to experts, “Exploiting India’s vulnerabilities is an essential element of China’s “contain India” policy.” Tensions between India and China have not even cooled down and experts have already warned that Kashmir could emerge as the next big flash-point between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. And this time, India and China would be joined by the third claimant to Kashmir – Pakistan. India has vehemently objected to the construction of multi-billion-dollar Diamer Bhasha multipurpose dam…

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Udhampur – Srinagar -Baramulla railway link to completed by 2022: V.K. Yadav

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The Indian Railways is hopeful it will complete the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link by December 2022 and the central government is closely monitoring its progress, Railway Board Chairman V.K. Yadav said on Friday. Addressing a virtual press conference, Yadav said, “Execution of the last stretch of 111 km from Katra to Banihal is in progress and the project is targeted to be completed by December 2022.” The Chairman stressed that the balance section of the project is one of the most challenging tasks as it entails large scale tunneling and bridge…

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