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Militant attack rumour triggers panic in Jammu

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A hoax call on Tuesday about spotting of militants triggered panic and fear as it kept the Army and Police on their toes due to search operation. “An government employee gave a call to police about the spotting of militants in Janipur belt”, a senior police officer said. As the police got a call, it alert Army and Police and cordoned-off entire Janipur belt in Jammu city and evacuated students from three schools in the area, he said. Several panic-stricken schools in Jammu called parents to collect their children while…

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Dy CM reviews works at 450 MW-Baglihar Power Project

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After introducing amnesty power scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh visited Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project in Ramban district to review ongoing work there. Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation is set to commission the 450-MW Baglihar-II hydro-power project by end of this year. Dr Singh, who is also the Power Minister, today visited Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project Phase II at Chanderkote in Ramba district, an official spokesman said. Dr Singh called for time bound competition of the project. He expressed satisfaction upon the ongoing…

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Pilgrim dies enroute to Vaishno Devi shrine

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A pilgrim on his way to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine died of heart attack today near Adh Kuwari in Katra belt of Reasi district, police said. The deceased, identified as Pawan Kumar (30) of Kaithal in Haryana, had come on a pilgrimage to the cave shrine along with his cousins and a group of fourteen other persons, they said. He fell unconscious and was taken to a dispensary where doctors declared him as brought dead, police said. A case has been registered and further investigation has started in this regard,…

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Protests in Jammu against ‘sacrilegious’ act

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Massive demonstrations were held all across Jammu shortly after Friday prayers in protest against the dumping of flood hit religious books. The protesters demanded thorough investigations into the whole episode and registration of criminal cases against the arrested persons. Eyewitnesses said that people in large numbers took to streets in different parts of Jammu division including Rajendra Bazar, Bari Brahmana, Residency Road, Gujjar Nagar, Bhatandi, Malik Market, Kathi Talab and Kalu Chak. Large contingent of police and Para-military troopers had been deployed to maintain law and order. The protest marches…

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Curfew Imposed in Samba Over Alleged Communal Clashes

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Curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district late on Thursday following communal clashes, authorities said today. “Curfew was imposed in Samba district after violence erupted there following alleged religious sacrilege by members of one community,” a police official told IANS in Jammu. Violent clashes erupted yesterday evening at Raya Morh area in Samba district where protesters torched the vehicle of the district magistrate and smashed other vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Several policemen and protesters were injured in the clashes. Army was called during the night to install…

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One dead, 5 injured due to blast in Jammu factory

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A factory worker was killed whereas five others were injured when some explosive material went off at Narbada steel factory in Bari Brahmana area, police said on Thursday. “They were processing the scrap and some explosive material went off in which one worker identified as Ranjit Yadav (45) died on the spot and five others were injured,” a police officer said. He said that a case of negligence has been registered against the owner of the factory, and the supervisor of the factory has been taken into custody. PTI

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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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Ceasefire violation by Pak continues, J&K posts targeted

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Pakistani troops heavily shelled border hamlets and army posts along the LoC with mortar bombs for the eleventh consecutive day in two sectors of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, which witnessed two fresh ceasefire violations from across the border on Wednesday. The firing drew strong retaliation from the Indian army. “Pakistan violated the ceasefire twice today by resorting to heavy shelling of 120 mm, 81 mm and 60 mm mortar bombs on civilian areas and army posts along the LoC in Hamirpur and Mendhar sectors of Poonch district, which started around…

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Congress asks BJP to show notification over AIIMS in Jammu

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The state unit of the Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of failing the people of Jammu region and asked the party to show the appropriate notification for a separate AIIMS in Jammu. “We question the BJP leadership for the failure of the central government to issue appropriate notification for separate AIIMS in Jammu till date, as required under the AIIMS Act,” party chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma said in a statement here today. While reacting to the repeated claims by the BJP leadership that the demand of the people of Jammu has…

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J&K Deputy CM visits shelling affected hamlets

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Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh along with minister and others on Tuesday visited shelling hit areas in Poonch district and conveyed their condolences to the bereaved families who lost their family members in the shelling. Singh and Minister for Public Works Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari visited Balakote area and interacted with the people at village Hamirpur near LoC here, an official spokesman said. They were accompanied by MP, Jugal Kishore Sharma and Haveli MLA Shah Mohammad Tantray. The shelling on LoC in Balakote and Sawjian sectors in…

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