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Jammu

PHE Dept presses for more tube wells for water needs

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Rising pollution and decline in water discharge during dry months in the Tawi is forcing the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department to rely on costly tube wells to meet the supply of 15 lakh residents of the city. There are already 262 heavy tube wells operating in the temple city and over a dozen more are being planned in the coming months. Sources said with the fate of the Chenab water diversion project hanging in air and the Tawi being exploited to hilt, the PHE officials were seeking greater investment…

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Dineshwar Sharma arriving in Jammu today to visit migrant camps

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The Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma will be in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow for his second visit to the state during which he will visit migrant camps in Jammu as well as epicentres of unrest in the Valley. Sharma, who visited Srinagar and Jammu earlier this month, will be in the state for four days, spending two days in Jammu before going to Kashmir, officials said. In Jammu, he will visit camps of migrants from Kashmir as well as those displaced from border villages following shelling from Pakistan. In Kashmir,…

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Students refuse to stand, click selfie during National Anthem at BGSB University Rajouri

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In yet another shocking incident from Jammu and Kashmir, some of the students at the Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGBSU) in Rajouri refused to stand during the National Anthem. National anthem debate: Can wait outside a restaurant but not stand for 52 secs? Asks Gautam Gambhir The incident took place during a valedictory function of the Silver Rolling Trophy. Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, SSP Rajouri and Vice-Chancellor of the University were among dignitaries present on the occasion. People don’t need to stand up in…

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Celebrating World Heritage Week, while Jammu’s cultural heritage cries for attention

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The rich cultural heritage and untapped tourism potential remains in a state of neglect in Jammu city, famously known as the City of Temples. As the state is celebrating World Heritage Week, attention has been again drawn towards the failure of the successive governments to safeguard some of the finest historical monuments in the state, especially in the Jammu region. Despite having a rich historical past, Jammu, once the seat of the Dogra dynasty, has remained neglected when it comes to preserving its history. World Heritage Week commenced on November…

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Kathua residents urged Mehbooba Mufti to scrap Lakhanpur toll

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Kathua residents meet Mehbooba, raise issue of illegal mining from Ravi canal The toll at Lakhanpur, the gateway of J&K, and the unabated illegal extraction of minerals from the Ravi canal predominantly came under discussion of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti with local deputations during a grievance camp in Kathua today. The camp was organised under the Chief Minister’s Public Outreach Programme. “The continuation of toll at Lakhanpur after the introduction of GST in the state has defied the idea of ‘one nation, one tax’. It is like people being looted…

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‘Denial’ of ration to West Pak refugees: Cong slams BJP

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Saffron party says ‘administrative lapse’, Dy CM wants probe Slamming the state government over the deletion of West Pakistan refugee families from the list of ration beneficiaries, the Congress today described the alleged move of the government as “inhuman”. The party has asked the BJP whether it was a “healing touch” to them under its repeated commitments to this section of society. On November 17, we had exclusively reported that the state government had allegedly initiated the process to delete the names of West Pakistan refugees from the list of…

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Jammu man shocked on seeing his picture among dead terrorists

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In a faux pas, several media houses on Sunday reportedly carried the picture of a local lad as one of the six Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists killed in a fierce gun battle in Bandipora district of north Kashmir yesterday. In a faux pas, several media houses on Sunday reportedly carried the picture of a local lad as one of the six Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists killed in a fierce gun battle in Bandipora district of north Kashmir yesterday. “I was shocked on seeing my picture among the dead terrorists in electronic and print media.…

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Govt policies strengthening separatism: Panun Kashmir

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Panun Kashmir, a frontal organisation of displaced Pandits, has alleged that the policies of the PDP-BJP coalition government were strengthening separatism in J&K while the recent dialogue process initiated by the Centre had sidelined nationalist segments. Addressing a press conference Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Chrungoo and convener Agnishekhar claimed that the dialogue process started by the Centre-appointed special representative, Dineshwar Sharma, will eventually promote the interests of radical fundamentalism. “If the dialogue process is based on same promises and political motivations as guided by the previous team of interlocutors led…

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Rats having free run in Jammu city as admin looks other way

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The rat menace has taken the Jammu city by storm as almost every household is affected by them while the authorities, it seems, have no plan to check the problem. It has been a common phenomenon in the city, particularly the old city, where many houses used to remain infested with rats. The rodents used to eat up leftovers in kitchen besides shredding the clothes kept in stores. However, now the increasing number of eateries in the city have added to the woes of the people. Earlier, the grocery stores…

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Don’t see much hope in peace initiative: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits

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Families living in camps say they need a united front Despite being badly affected by Pakistan-supported militancy in J&K, displaced Pandits living in camps in Jammu see themselves as becoming “irrelevant” in new political initiatives being taken to bring peace in the Valley. As Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma recently visited the state. Thousands of families living in camp township of Jagti and housing units built by the government at Purkhoo, Muthi and Nagrota expressed their doubts about any positive outcome regarding rehabilitation of the community in their homeland. Further,…

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