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Defunct traffic signals lead to jams in Jammu

September 29, 2015 Editor

There seems to be no end to the prevailing traffic chaos in the city as in some of the areas electric traffic signals have been installed, but are non-functional. The situation is more alarming in main areas of the city like Green Belt, Gandhi Nagar, Panama Chowk, etc, where the defunct traffic signals leads to traffic jams. “For what purpose the traffic lights have been installed when the authorities have failed to maintain them properly. The traffic signals installed on the Narwal bypass road on the outskirts of the city…

Strike by PHE workers enters 19th day

September 28, 2015 Editor

The strike by daily wagers working in the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department continued for the 19th day today, affecting water supply to many parts of the city and other areas. The workers protesting under the banner of All J&K PHE, ITI-Trained and CP Workers Association are demanding regularisation of their service and better wages. Wards of protesting workers also joined the strike today. Dozens of children joined the protest at the PHE office on the BC Road to pressure the state government to regularise services of their parents. Several…

Police rescues 25 bovines in Udhampur

September 28, 2015 Editor

Police rescued 25 bovine animals that were being smuggled to Kashmir from Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, while the smugglers managed to flee. Two unidentified men were on their way to Kashmir along with 25 bovine animals on foot when a police team intercepted them at Chenani on Jammu-Srinagar national highway last night, a police spokesperson said. Taking advantage of the darkness, the two smugglers managed to escape from the spot leaving behind the bovine animals, they said. “Police has succeeded in rescuing 25 bovines while manhunt has been…

Expedition takes unfamiliar route from Ladakh to Kishtwar

September 23, 2015 Editor

A group of mountaineers have successfully completed the first-of-its-kind ‘Himalayan Traverse’ from the higher reaches of Ladakh to upper Kishtwar in the Jammu region. Though several expeditions are usually undertaken in the Himalayas of Kashmir and Ladakh, the trekkers of this traverse took an unconventional route which was not properly documented. The trekkers and officials believe that the expedition will open new vistas for serious adventurers and give a boost to adventure tourism in the state, especially in the untapped upper Kishtwar area. “This Himalayan Traverse was completed in seven…

Technical snag hits power & water supply

September 23, 2015 Editor

Technical snag in the 33-KV High Tension (HT) cable disrupted electricity and drinking water supply in major parts of Jammu today. Residents faced a lot of inconvenience due to the strike by thousands of daily wagers, who had been demanding regularisation in the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department. Due to heavy rainfall, technical team of the Power Development Department (PDD) had a tough time to repair the fault and special electricity cables connecting pumping stations. At present 27 Million Gallon Daily (MGD) of water is pumped out daily by 224…

Liberal Jammu can’t co-exist with radicalised Kashmir: Hari Om

September 22, 2015 Editor

Describing the developing situation in Kashmir as deplorable, horrible and dangerous for the country, former political advisor to J&K BJP president Prof Hari Om Monday said that the liberal, all-accommodating and nationalist of people of Jammu province can’t have any kind of truck with radicalised Kashmiri leadership and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh to reorganise forthwith J&K State on regional basis. Jammu province is a shining example of communal amity and social harmony, where more than 1-5 million 1.5 million refugees from Pakistan, PoJK and…

Inclusion of Jammu in smart city project sought

September 22, 2015 Editor

The Jammu West Assembly Movement (JWAM) today demanded inclusion of Jammu city in the list of smart cities announced by the Central Government recently. The movement has alleged that the present PDP-BJP government is following discriminatory policies towards the region like previous governments, who denied Jammu its share. Activists, led by JWAM president Sunil Dimple, today held a protest against the BJP-PDP coalition government in J&K and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for following anti-people policies and alleged that most of the promises remained unfulfilled. “Where is the notification for AIIMS.…

Jammu district tops chart for heinous crimes in J&K

September 21, 2015 Editor

Jammu district has topped the list for heinous crimes in Jammu and Kashmir as 576 such crimes were registered in the district in 2014. Heinous crimes, according to Jammu and Kashmir Police, include murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping or abduction, rape, molestation, cruelty by husband, causing hurt and rioting. Cases of cruelty by husbands (159) topped the list of heinous crimes in the district followed by 86 cases of attempt to murder. The police in Jammu district also registered 21 murder cases in 2014, the highest in the entire state.…

Water supply hit as PHE workers protest

September 18, 2015 Editor

As daily wagers, casual workers and ITI-trained workers of the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department have been on a protest for the past nine days, residents of Rajouri town and adjoining areas today said they were facing hardships as they were not getting regular water supply. The protesting workers have been demanding regularisation of workers who have completed seven or more years in service, timely and regular payment of their wages and enhancement in their daily wages. The PHE employees raised slogans against the Chief Engineer and Minister for PHE,…