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Jammu simmers with anger against BJP- PDP Govt

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Jammu is simmering with anger against the PDP-BJP Government “for its failure to redress various issues being confronted by the people across the division”. There are fears that situation may snowball into major agitation, ahead of Darbar move to summer capital Srinagar. To take up the agitation to its logical conclusion, prominent organizations like CCI Jammu Rakesh Gupta, Jammu Bar Association and All Sikh United Front have joined hands with the agitators “to fight for their rights”. Like Nowshera, Jammu-Samba-Kathua districts are also up in arms on various issues i.e.…

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Students went on rampage after protest turns ugly in JU

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Tension prevailed in the University of Jammu (JU) on Thursday after the students of different departments turned violent and ransacked the Vice Chancellor’s secretariat and the office of the Dean Students Welfare (DSW) against the alleged thrashing of a fellow by the latter on the campus. DSW Prof Satnam Kour, however, said she was allegedly “manhandled and pushed” by the students, who also made an attempt to “strangulate” her. She said she thrashed the student in “self-defence”. The university has decided to lodge an FIR against the students who ransacked…

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Protester attempts immolation in Nowshera over District Status

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On the 34th day of the indefinite strike by Nowshera residents over district status, a protester set himself ablaze on Wednesday. Identified as Rohit Kohli, a resident of Nowshera, he sprinkled petrol on himself and set himself ablaze. He alleged that he was thrashed by the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). He was shifted to a hospital in Jammu as he had also consumed some quantity of petrol. “The issue was related to opening of a shop during protest by some people. After protesters reacted to it, the DSP reached…

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Key Conspirator in Kathua Rape case surrenders before Crime Branch

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One of the main accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from Rasana village of Kathua district on Tuesday surrendered before the Crime Branch of the J&K Police. The surrender of one of the “main conspirators”, who is a retired official of the Revenue Department, came after the arrest of his son, Vishal Jangotra, from Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. “Yes, one of the main accused conspirators, Sanji Ram, has surrendered before the Crime Branch. His son was taken into custody from Meerut on Monday.…

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Either unfurl tricolour in Lahore or forget Kashmir, MLA Javed Rana challenges PM Modi

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If Modi has courage, he should go ahead and unfurl tricolour in Lahore, or else leave Kashmir be and forget this issue, the senior NC MLA said. Senior National Conference MLA Javed Rana on Sunday courted controversy by challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unfurl a tricolour in Lahore. Addressing the public at the funeral of five members of a family killed in shelling by Pakistan, NC MLA from Mendhar in Poonch district, Rana said, “People living on the border are getting crushed between the ceasefire violations. If Modi has…

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Kuldeep Raj Gupta picks up stone protesting razing of sons’ shops

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The shops owned by Gupta’s sons Vijay and Dheeraj were among 73 structures, including 24 shops and 59 extensions, to be demolished during the anti-encroachment drive. Senior BJP leader and minister in the ruling PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Kuldeep Raj Gupta, on Sunday picked up a stone, apparently to attack police and officials of the state government, after two shops owned by his sons were demolished during an anti-encroachment drive in Rajouri town. Gupta has, however, claimed he picked up the stone to hit himself in wake of…

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Son of Kathua Rape & Murder ‘Mastermind’ held in UP

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In a major breakthrough in rape and murder of an eight year old nomadic girl in Kathua, J&K Police has arrested son of the “mastermind” in the horrifying crime from Uttar Pradesh. Vishal, son of 60-year-old Sanji Ram, a retired revenue officer was arrested by a special team of the crime branch from Meerut three days ago. “Yes, the accused Vishal was arrested from Meerut,” the official disclosed to Kashmir Post. Ram is believed to have engineered the rape and murder of Asifa Bano to allegedly create fear among Muslim…

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Dr Amit Kumar shown door for ‘Anti-Govt’ posts on Social Media

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After booking Pakistan’s shelling victims with sedition charges for their ‘emotional outburst’ against BJP leaders, the coalition regime in the state has now terminated the services of a doctor for his alleged ‘anti-government posts’ on his private social media account. Services of Dr Amit Kumar, Registrar at Government Medical College, Jammu, were terminated for his Facebook posts, which, according to the government, violated the recently issued SRO 525 which barred a government employee from writing on the social media against the government. Although senior officers of the department concerned have…

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Ram Madhav tells BJP Cadre to support CB probe in Asifa’s brutal murder

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‘Drabu’s sacking internal matter of PDP’ BJP’s point man on Jammu and Kashmir Ram Madhav has rejected demand for CBI probe into the brutal rape, murder and killing of 8-year-old girl Asifa Bano of Kathua. The issue was raised during a closed door meeting of party leaders chaired by Madhav at the party office, here. Madhav arrived in Jammu here today to hold interactions with the State party leaders. “You are running the government. It shows you don’t trust your own government,” a senior BJP leader quoted Madhav as saying…

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Avalanche alert in Bhaderwah belt of Doda, Schools closed

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Authorities ordered closure of all schools up to 8th standard and appealed to general public not to venture in slide prone areas and near streams. Authorities on Thursday ordered closure of all schools up to 8th standard and sounded a high alert in the entire Bhaderwah belt of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir due to apprehension of avalanches after heavy rains since early morning, an official said. In the wake of inclement weather predictions by the meteorological department, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Bhadarwah Imam Din Kitchlo ordered closure of…

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