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Founder of J&K Panthers Party, Prof Bhim Singh passes away at 80

May 31, 2022 Editor

Professor Bhim Singh was expelled from the party he had founded for taking part in a meeting of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) at the Bhatindi residence of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Professor Bhim Singh, founder of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, passed away at his residence in Jammu on Tuesday. Singh was 80. Condoling the demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Singh would be remembered as a grassroots leader who devoted his life for the welfare of Jammu and Kashmir. “He was…

J&K Tunnel Collapses: One labourer’s body found, 9 remain trapped in caved tunnel in Ramban

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022 Editor

One person has died after an under-construction tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district caved in Thursday night. Nine others are still trapped. The dead man was from West Bengal, deputy commissioner Mussarat Islam said, adding that of those still trapped, four more were from that state. Two of the trapped men are from Nepal, one is from Assam and the other two are locals, Islam said. The cave-in occurred at Khoni Nallah on the Jammu and Srinagar national highway. A part of the tunnel collapsed during an audit, injuring…

BJP Councillor Narottam Sharma moves resolution for removal of Illegal loudspeakers

May 16, 2022 Editor

Amid controversy over loudspeakers on religious institutions across the country, a councilor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (MC) is planning to move a resolution against the noise pollution caused by loudspeakers. Narotam Sharma, Councillor, Ward No. 3, has drafted a resolution and is planning to move it in the MC House. “It is a lawful and moral duty of the House to prevent all kinds of pollution, including the noise pollution. Scientific research has proved that noise pollution is responsible for several kinds of health problems, including stress, sleep disorder…

At 43.5°C Jammu sees season’s hottest day

May 15, 2022 Editor

Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season so far with the mercury touching 43.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday as the heatwave intensified, engulfing most parts of J&K. The maximum temperature in Jammu was 6.6° Celsius above season’s average, forcing people to stay indoors. PTI

4 Dead, 22 Injured after bus catches fire near Katra

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Editor

Four persons were charred to death and 24 others suffered burn injuries when a passenger bus, carrying Vaishnodevi pilgrims, mysteriously caught fire on Katra-Jammu road on Friday. Eyewitnesses said that the passenger bus, bearing registration number JK14-8131, was full of Vaishnodevi pilgrims and was on its way to Jammu from Katra, when the mishap occurred. The bus, according to the witnesses, was outside the town of Katra when it mysteriously caught fire. In panic, the passengers jumped out of the burning bus, they said, and added that the police and…

Heritage Festival organised at Ramnagar Fort to promote tourism

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Editor

Continuing the Celebration of ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ Directorate of Tourism, Jammu was organized Jammu Heritage Festival at Ramnagar Fort on May 5, 2022 in collaboration with District Administration, Udhampur and Archaeological Survey of India. This was the second program in the series of Heritage Festival as the first was conducted at Bhimgarh Fort, Reasi. While addressing the media Vivekanand Rai, Director of Tourism, Jammu explained that the sole purpose of organizing these events is to promote Heritage Tourism in Jammu. Ramnagar is not only popular for Ramangar Fort but…

Reclaim Pak-occupied region: PoJK Refugees

May 9, 2022 Editor

Refugees from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) today participated in a rally in Jammu, organised by the J&K People’s Forum, to paid homage to those who were killed in the occupied region during raids of Pakistan’s tribals in 1947. Different social and religious organisations of the community took part in the rally in which they vowed to get back the PoJK from Pakistan. Bollywood actor Mukesh Rishi also addressed the gathering. Members of the community recalled the sacrifices of PoJK refugees who had to come to Jammu and other areas.…

ASI killed, 4 Security personnel wounded in Sunjwan encounter: Police

April 22, 2022 Editor

An assistant sub-inspector of CISF was killed and five other security personnel wounded in an ongoing gunfight with the militants in the Sunjwan area of Jammu district on Friday. “During the night, we had laid a cordon in the area (Sunjwan) following inputs about the presence of terrorists who were planning to do something,” ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh told journalists. He said that during early morning hours, the security personnel was fired upon by the militants in which one security man was killed and three to four others wounded. “Encounter…

Govt to lift AFSPA from Jammu?

April 6, 2022 Editor

Speculation is rife over the possibility of lifting AFSPA from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir after the controversial law was partially removed from Nagaland, Assam, and Arunachal. Under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA), a geographical location is declared as a disturbed area to facilitate operations of the armed forces. “A highly sensitive decision like AFSPA withdrawal from some parts of J&K can be taken only at the highest political level,” a senior government official said when asked about the matter. There has been speculation that to…

Arms Licence Row: 16 Properties of bureaucrats attached in J&K

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Editor

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached 16 properties of IAS and JKAS officers allegedly involved in the infamous arms license case. The attached properties are worth Rs 4.69 crore. The case is being investigated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, registered in 2020 against several serving as well as retired bureaucrats, officials, several arms dealers, and brokers of J&K. On March 24, the ED had searched 11 premises, including those of IAS officer Rajeev Ranjan, JKAS officers Itrat Hussain Rafiqui and Ravinder Kumar Bhatt among other officials…