Day: February 14, 2019

Against controversial Ladakh order, Shutdown, Protests continue in Kargil on the ​sixth consecutive day

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Protests and shutdown continued for the sixth consecutive day in Kargil district of Ladakh division on Thursday to demand rotational divisional headquarters. Reports said the people from Sankoo sub division, Tai Suru block, Barsoo, TSG block, Minjee, Drass Sub-division, Batalik, Shakar Chiktan, Wakha, Shargole protested while demanding equal representation and share in Ladakh Division. Meanwhile, the Joint Resistance Committee, which spearheads the agitation to demand rotational headquarters between Leh and Kargil addressed a presser at Ismalia School Chowk about the future course of action. The JRC warned that the people…

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20 CRPF personnel killed, Scores injured after explosives-laden vehicle rams into a bus in Pulwama

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At least 20 CRPF troopers were killed and some 25 others injured on Thursday when a van packed with explosives reportedly rammed into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. In what is being described as one of the biggest attack on the forces in one single incident, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bus was ambushed in Lethpora town, about 30 km from Srinagar. The incident took place when some 2,547 CRPF personnel were coming in a convoy of 78 vehicles…

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After weeks closer​ Highway opens for one way traffic, No livestock inspection point on new highway

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The Srinagar-Jammu highway remained open for one-way traffic on Wednesday as around 3357 vehicles crossed over to Srinagar from Jammu. IGP Traffic, Alok Kumar told Kashmir Post that the one-way vehicular movement had been restored from Tuesday. “We allowed around 1500 trucks carrying essential commodities, cooking gas, petroleum to cross the highway till 5 am on Wednesday. In addition, 450 other vehicles also crossed,” he said. Alok said, besides, all passenger vehicles that were stranded in Jammu including the trucks on the highway, especially at Ramban stretch, were allowed on…

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For polluting Chenab and Tawi rivers, NGT slaps Rs 2 crore fine on HCC and Gammon India

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The NGT has slapped a penalty of Rs 1 crore each on the Gammon India Limited and the Hindustan Construction Co (HCC) Ltd for damaging the environment by dumping soil in Chenab and Tawi rivers for construction on a stretch of the Udhampur-Banihal Highway in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also ordered them to furnish a performance guarantee of Rs 1 crore for improving the situation within the next three months. “The deposit of compensation be made with the…

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