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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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50,000 Pilgrims at Vaishno Devi shrine per day as National Green Tribunal caps number

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Only 50,000 pilgrims will be allowed to visit the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu to avoid any untoward incident, the National Green Tribunal directed on Monday. The green panel also said that a new path to the shrine exclusively for pedestrians and battery-operated cars will be opened from November 24. The NGT directed that no horses or mules shall be allowed on the new route to the shrine and these animals shall be removed slowly from the old path as well. It also directed the authorities to impose a fine…

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Opposition slams coalition govt’s ‘Failure’ on all fronts

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It was a day of protests in the winter capital of the state with different political and social groups taking their fight to the streets against the alleged “discriminatory policies” being pursued by the ruling PDP-BJP government. All major city roads echoed with anti-government slogans while security personnel had a tough time preventing protesters from marching towards the civil secretariat, the seat of the government, which reopened in Jammu after a gap of six months. Opposition leaders courted arrest to highlight the alleged failure of the government, especially the BJP,…

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The forgotten Jammu Genocide- Was it planned?

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Millions of people were brutally killed by communal mobs under the tutelage of erstwhile Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in the winter capital in the months of October and November in 1947, but, one of the biggest genocide and ethnic cleansing in the contemporary times hardly finds a mentions in the pages of history. Each year, India— ‘the world’s largest democracy’— commemorates, April 1919, Jallianwalla Bagh massacre in which British army’s Brigadier General Reginald EH Dyer fired over crowd for nearly ten minutes and killed hundreds and left thousands injured,…

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Amid bandh call, civil secretariat to reopen in Jammu today

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Amid a bandh call, the civil secretariat and other offices will reopen in the winter capital here on Monday to continue the pre-Independence ‘Durbar move’ tradition started by Dogra ruler Maharaja Ranbir Singh in 1872. Authorities have made elaborate arrangements to maintain law and order as the Durbar offices will reopen amid the strike call given by some organisations against the alleged failure of the PDP-BJP coalition government on all fronts. “Apart from normal arrangements, this time we have prepared a contingency plan to maintain law and order by deploying…

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Nov 6 Jammu bandh call gets support

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Lambasting the PDP-BJP coalition regime for allegedly betraying people of Jammu in general and unemployed youth in particular, Team Jammu today called for a strike on November 6 to lodge a protest against “discriminatory policies” of the present dispensation. “Every section of society is bearing the brunt of the discriminatory policies being propagated by the coalition but the youth are the worst victims. Selection lists of the J&K Public Service Commission and other recruitment bodies are glaring example of discrimination against qualified and deserving youth of the Jammu region,” Zorawar…

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