Month: March 2016

Top RSS leader (Dattatreya Hosabale) to be in Jammu for 3 days

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RSS general secretary (‘sarkaryavah’) Dattatreya Hosabale, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is scheduled to visit Jammu on March 15. Dattatreya is the second in command in the RSS hierachy after ‘sarsanghchalak’ Mohan Bhagwat. Dattatreya is likely to stay in Jammu for three days. He is scheduled to preside over RSS meetings and deliberate over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. He will hold parleys with various RSS and civil society organisations to get political feedback. RSS general secretary Krishna Gopal may accompany Dattatreya. Krishna Gopal holds a significance…

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Climate change, pesticides affecting farmers, consumers, say scientists

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Heavy use of pesticides in cultivation and climate change is adversely affecting farmers and consumers as they are directly exposed to toxic chemicals. This was stated by senior scientists during a workshop organised by the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) -Jammu. Organised by the Agromet Research Centre, the programme was attended by more than 100 farmers who were made aware of climate change and other issues confronting the cultivators. Scientists urged the farmer to take the advantage of such programme and explained to them the role of…

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Army issues warning as stone pelting during operations rise in Kashmir

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The army has sent out a strong warning to crowds hurling stones at security forces during anti-terror operations in Kashmir. “In case a crowd takes the law in its hands and threatens life and property, security forces will be constrained to initiate appropriate action to counter it,” said a defense spokesperson. The army said more than a dozen soldiers and an officer were injured on Tuesday after a crowd hurled stones on them at Ashmuqam village in Anantnag district. Two persons were injured when the army fired back. In a…

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Div Com reviews functioning of train services in Kashmir

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Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, today held an officers meeting to review functioning of train services in Kashmir valley. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Chief Area Manager, Deputy Director Tourism, ACR Budgam, AEE (PDD), Deputy Director Planning, Chief Town Planning officer, SSP PCR Kashmir, SP Railways and other concerned officers. The meeting discussed threadbare several issues regarding operations of train services in the valley. Div Com was informed that in order to cope with huge rush of passengers additional 26 boggies and 6 engines have…

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Addressing public grievances Govt’s highest priority: Parvez Dewan

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Advisor concludes 2-day visit to Kashmir Advisor to Governor, Mr Parvez Dewan on Thursday said that addressing public grievances is on high priority for the government. “We make sure to reach out to as many people as we can to address their grievances,” Mr Dewan told hundreds of people, who had come to meet him at PWD Guest House here. “I would like all my officials and heads of the departments to hold regular meetings with the public and address their grievances on priority,” he said and added that people…

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State under Rs 8,000 crore burden ahead of Budget

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The PDP-BJP government had created a structural liability of Rs 8,000 crore in the last financial year, making the task enormously difficult for the 2016-17 Budget. In the Budget presented by then Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu on March 22 last year, Rs 4,336 crore was marked under unfunded or additional resources required by using the additional line ‘to be financed through prepositioning of 14th Finance Commission grants’, which was not done during the tenure of the PDP-BJP government and was technically impossible as per financial experts. The Finance Department not…

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Airport Road witnesses unending traffic chaos

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Restriction on the entry of vehicles of passengers inside the Jammu airport leads to unending traffic chaos on the Satwari-airport road. As the entry of the vehicles of common passengers is restricted inside the Jammu airport, long queue of private and commercial vehicles outside the airport creates traffic chaos in the area. “Despite repeated complaints to the airport and traffic authorities, no action has been taken. It creates massive traffic jams from Satwari Chowk to the airport,” said Subash Dogra, a shopkeeper on the airport road. “Sometime passengers miss their…

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Geelani Suffers a Heart Attack in Delhi; Admitted in ICU

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Hurriyat Conference (g) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has suffered a heart attack in Delhi Thursday and was rushed to Max Hospital for immediate treatment. He is in ICU right now. Family sources from Delhi said the ailing leader was driven to Escorts Hospital in the morning for routine health check up. He returned within two hours and was at his Malviya Nagar residence. It was there that he suffered a heart attack. His daughter who was attending to him drove him to Max Hospital which is the closet to his…

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Militants escape after brief gunfight in Ganderbal

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Militants gave slip to security men during a brief gunfight in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday. A senior police official told KP forces launched a combing operation in Wanihama Bala area of Shuhama in Ganderbal district following inputs about presence of militants there. “The hiding militants fired towards the security men. The fire was returned by the troops. Both sides exchanged fire for some time,” he said. The official said after the brief gunfight, militants managed to escape under the cover of dense forest. “An AK-47 rifle was recovered by…

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Guv sanctions land for old-age home in Jammu

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Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has approved the transfer of two acres of state-owned land for establishing an old-age home in Jammu district. The Governor has transfered two acres of land to Social Welfare department (SWD) for setting up a composite home for elderly at village Ghaink in Tehsil Bhalwal of Jammu district, an official spokesman said. The state government had enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2014. The spokesman said that Vohra has directed the Secretary, Social Welfare Department, to urgently…

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