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Diabetes Epidemic in Jammu: Study Reveals 18.9% Prevalence Rate

October 21, 2024 Editor

18.9 per cent overall prevalence of diabetes in Jammu: Study Jammu, Oct 20: The overall prevalence of diabetes in Jammu is 18.9 per cent, with an alarming 26.5 per cent in urban areas and 14.5 per cent in rural areas, a study had revealed. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in collaboration with the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF), has released critical data from the ICMR-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) national study, which includes data for Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This first-of-its-kind study in the region also revealed that…

Omar Abdullah Pledges Inclusive Governance During First Jammu Visit

October 20, 2024 Editor

Will work for all irrespective of voting pattern: CM during 1st Jammu visit after taking oath On his first visit to Jammu city after becoming the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Saturday said his government is for all irrespective of the voting pattern during the recently held Assembly polls. “When the election results were out, some rumours were spread that Jammu will be punished because they have not voted for the National Conference-Congress coalition candidates. But I make it clear that this government will be for all, irrespective of whether anyone…

Haryana Company’s Multi-Crore Fraud Scandal Unfolds in Jammu

October 13, 2024 Editor

Haryana-based company booked for multi-crore fraud in Jammu The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday registered a case against a Haryana-based private company for an alleged multi-crore fraud, an official said. The case was registered against the Managing Director, Director and other promoters of Messrs Future Maker Life Care Private Limited, Hisar, for criminal conspiracy and multi-crore cheating with several people of Jammu on the pretext of doubling their amount, the official said. The official said a written complaint was received in Crime Branch Jammu from the victims of the…

Darbar Move Restoration: A Crucial Step for Jammu’s Economic Revival

October 1, 2024 Editor

Restoring Darbar Move key issue as Jammu awaits economic revival Jammu, Sep 30: Amidst a cacophony in bustling Jammu’s Moti Bazar, Chandan Gupta is attending a customer in his tastefully decorated fabric store. As the customer walks out, Gupta expresses his hope that the new government heeds the business community’s call to restore the practice of Darbar Move. The Lieutenant Governor’s administration ended the 149-year-old bi-annual Darbar Move practice in 2021, putting the business community in a bind. The key issue of restoring the age-old Darbar Move practice is on the minds…

Kathua Tragedy: Policeman Killed, Two Officers Injured in Intense Gunfight

September 29, 2024 Editor

Kathua, September 28, 2024 – A tragic encounter unfolded in the Kog-Mandli village of Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, resulting in the death of a police head constable and injuries to two other officers. The incident occurred during a cordon and search operation aimed at flushing out terrorists hiding in the area. The gunfight began late Friday evening when security forces, acting on specific intelligence inputs, launched an operation in the Kog-Mandli village of Billawar tehsil. The terrorists, believed to be affiliated with the Jaish-e-Mohammad group, opened fire on the advancing security…

Lal Singh’s Challenge: Reviving Congress Fortunes in Basholi After 20 Years

September 29, 2024 Editor

People are frustrated with the L-G admn and the BJP govt. They want an end to this BJP’s dictatorship and cruel regime. They will vote the BJP out across Jammu and make Congress victorious. Lal Singh, Cong candidate, Basholi Kathua district goes to polls with battle lines clearly drawn between the Congress and the BJP across all six seats with focus on the Basholi Assembly constituency, where three-time MLA and two-time MP Choudhary Lal Singh faces a Herculean task to reclaim his traditional stronghold for the fourth time. Basholi has sent…

Empowered Voices: Nearly 40% of Migrant Kashmiri Pandits Vote in Jammu

September 27, 2024 Editor

The highest number of 2,796 votes were polled in the Habakadal constituency, which was once a bastion of Kashmiri Pandits, followed by 909 in Lal Chowk, and 417 in Zadibal Nearly 40% of migrant Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu cast their ballots in the second phase of polling for the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (September 26, 2024) officials said. “Nearly 40% polling was registered at 19 polling stations in Jammu, followed by 37% in Udhampur and 43% in Delhi in the second phase of the Assembly elections,”…

Ravinder Raina Labels NC and Congress Leaders’ Statements as Treason

September 23, 2024 Editor

BJP President Accuses Opposition of Supporting Terrorists and Separatists in Jammu and Kashmir Rajouri, Sept 22 : Reacting to National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah’s remark questioning whether the central government has eliminated terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP President Ravinder Raina said that the statements made by Congress leaders and the NC chief are treason and “supporting terrorists and separatists.” “Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a grand public meeting in Nowshera, thousands of people came to hear him. There is a massive wave of BJP in J-K right…

Rajouri, Poonch, Reasi Gear Up for Phase 2 Polls: BJP’s Muslim Candidates in Focus

September 21, 2024 Editor

Saffron party banking on six Muslim candidates in three districts The BJP is banking on six of its Muslim candidates out of a total of 11 in three districts of the Jammu region where the second phase of the Assembly elections will be held on September 25. The focus of all political parties has now shifted to the crucial second phase of the Assembly elections for which polling will be held in the Pir Panjal region of Rajouri and Poonch, besides Reasi district of the Jammu division. Some constituencies in…

Ticket Denied, Loyalty Changed: Bishnah’s Former MLA Joins NC

September 13, 2024 Editor

Former Bishnah MLA Kamal Arora, in his address, highlighted his disillusionment with the BJP’s policies and expressed confidence in Abdullah’s leadership and NC’s vision Rattled by desertions over ticket distribution, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday suffered another setback after former legislator Kamal Arora and Rinku Arora joined the National Conference (NC). The formal induction took place in Srinagar after the duo met NC president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah. The BJP has fielded Rajeev Kumar Bhagat from Bishnah, the seat that Arora had won on an NC ticket…