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Chenab valley shuts over trucker’s death

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Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar national highway halted; train services affected Members of the majority community observed a shutdown in Doda, Kishtwar and Banihal towns on Monday in protest against the death of Kashmir-based trucker Zahid Rasool Bhat, who succumbed to injuries received in the petrol bomb attack in Udhampur on October 9. Supporting the call given by Anjuman Islamia Doda, all business establishments of the majority community remained closed in Doda district. The protesters took out a peaceful demonstration and demanded strict punishment for the attackers. The procession passed through various…

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Families reject ‘rejoining-encounter theory’; demand probe

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Killing of SPOs-turned-militants Slain militants can’t narrate their tale We thought they are on mission in forests The family members of two SPO-turned-militants killed by the forces in forests of Doda, Friday demanded high-level probe into the claims about rejoining of militancy by duo and also apprehended foul play in the encounter. “We have apprehensions about the way they were killed after they mysteriously disappeared along with their service weapons from police department and rejoined militancy,” said Farooq Ahmed, elder brother of slain Mohammed Riaz. Farooq expressed shock over his…

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Amid azadi slogans, former state home minister leads thousands in funeral of 2 militants

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Pro-azadi slogans resonated in the mountainous district of Doda on Thursday during the funeral of the two policemen-turned-militants, which was led by a senior National Conference leader and former minister and attended by thousands of people from several villages of the district. Hundreds of people converged outside the house of slain militant Ghulam Mohammad Mangnoo in Shah Mohalla village of Doda, when news about his death in a gunfight spread like wildfire this morning, witnesses told . The crowd swelled in numbers by the time body of the slain militant reached the…

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Govt appoints panel to probe illegal appointments of ReT teachers

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Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed a one-man panel to probe alleged illegal appointments of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in Doda district of the state. “On the recommendations of State Vigilance Commission (SVC), government has appointed Joint Director Education Jammu as inquiry officer. “He will identify all those responsible for making appointments of ReT teachers without advertisements and vacancies in Doda zone in violation of rules and initiate departmental and legal action against them,” an official spokesman of SVC said. The alleged irregularities came to the fore after hearing a complaint…

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Students of this school are barred from singing national anthem. Know why

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National Panthers Party (NPP) leader Harsh Dev Singh on Wednesday condemned the diktat issued by the teachers in a government school of Doda district strictly telling the students not to sing the national anthem in the morning assembly and termed the entire episode as `obnoxious`. He urged the state government to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter and initiate strict action against the teachers involved. “This is something obnoxious, highly intolerable and condemnable. It is regrettable that no action has been initiated against the teachers of Doda district of Jammu…

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Bhadarwah-Doda road remains closed for 15 days; locals suffer

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The locals and tourists in the mountainous town of Bhadarwah continue to face inconvenience as the authorities fail to fully restore Bhadarwah-Doda road closed for the past 15 days due to landslides triggered by heavy rainfall. Incessant rains in the region, which further triggered landslides, led to closing of the road in Doda district since past few days. Deputy Commissioner, district Doda, Bhupinder Kumar said, “To completely remove the debris from road in the area we will have to completely suspend the traffic for at least three days, but as…

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