A sizzling summer weekend with the temperature likely to touch 41°C in the next two days. Today, the temperature was recorded at 39.7 °C, which is seven degrees above normal. A scorching heatwave has gripped the region, especially the plains, with the temperature floating between 38-39 °C. The weathermen believes that the heatwave may intensify in the coming days and the trend may lead to breaking of all previous records of May and June. According to the forecast by the meteorological department, the maximum temperature will be above 40°C on Thursday…
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Since PDP-BJP took over, RSS makes strong inroads in JK
Sangh Shakhas Increase By 20%; 45 Swayamsevaks Recruited Daily Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the parent organization of BJP, has made strong inroads in Jammu and Kashmir since the formation of BJP Government at the center and its coalition government in the state with Sangh Shakhas in the state increasing by 20%. From 372 Shakhas before the formation of BJP Government at the center, the RSS, at present, is running a total of 465 Shakhas across the state, a whopping increase by 20%, reliable sources informed Kashmir Post. The RSS Shakhas…
Read More4 Day ‘Jammu Mahotsav’ begins from today, Tourism Director on deputation
The state government decision of allowing the Director, Tourism, Jammu, to proceed on a deputation to a mid-career training programme just before the start of the much-hyped “Jammu Mahotsav-2017” event has raised many eyebrows here. The decision is being seen as a “setback” to the event as the Director, Tourism, Jammu, is the nodal officer for the four-day mega event to be organised at Bagh-e-Bahu. On Tuesday, the government assigned the charge of the post of the Director, Tourism, to Manesha Devi, Director, Floriculture, Jammu, after the Director, Tourism, Jammu,…
Read MoreBajrang Dal activists brandish Swords, Trishul’s in Jammu: Hanuman Janmotsav
‘Will drive out Rohingya Muslims, Bangladeshis from Jammu’ Brandishing sharp edged weapons, Bajrang Dal activists Tuesday took out a rally in Old City Jammu to strengthen movement to evict Rohingya Muslim refugees from Jammu region. The rally started from Akhada near Tawi Bridge on the occasion of Hanuman Janmotsav, where over 200 youth joined Bajrang Dal, in presence of senior saffron leaders. After the function was over, the Bajrang Dal activists took out a motorbike rally brandishing swards and trishuls. The activists took rounds of the City before the rally…
Read MoreRohingyas in Jammu have overstayed their welcome
There can be no justification for these foreigners who entered unauthorisedly into the Indian territory, travelling several hundreds of miles to settle in Jammu, the northern end of the country. It is patently wrong to paint the voices seeking deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis settled in Jammu as an onslaught on any particular community. This is a cry for weeding out the security threat elements from the peace-loving people of Jammu who have lived in peace for decades. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians have been living in one another’s neighbourhood…
Read MoreRohingyas emerge as new security concern for state
Refugees on Intel radar after recovery of fake identity documents Dealing with armed insurgency for the past 28 years, the state is now faced with new security concerns emerging from the illegal settlement of Rohingya Muslim refugees in Jammu, forcing the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to think of their deportation to their country. The issue snowballed into a major controversy when some refugees managed to acquire important documents such as Aadhaar cards, ration cards, fake permanent residence certificates and election identity proof through fraudulent means with the help…
Read MoreJammu Festival sans Mubarak Mandi disappoints residents
Restoration work by Archaeological Survey of India prohibits cultural activity at heritage site While Jammu Festival returns to the region after a decade promising a four-day fiesta of fun, music, dance and culture starting April 13, it, however, will bring along a conspicuous miss with monumental Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex not participating in the festivity. The reason: Ongoing preservation and restoration work prohibits any activity at the venue that may cause damage to the fragile structure. This has led to disappointment among people of Jammu who have been regular visitors…
Read MorePost controversy, Mubarak Mandi–Bahu Fort Cable Car Project tender cancelled
After the J&K State Cable Car Corporation (JKSCCC) cancelled its controversial tender having change in the nomenclature of the Mubarak Mandi–Bahu Fort Cable Car Project to the Mubarak Mandi-Shahabad Project, the government tried to shield the officers who were responsible for issuing the controversial tender. Even as the government sought to clarify that there was no renaming of Bahu Fort, there was no formal notification in this regard. In a hurriedly called press briefing at her office chamber in the civil secretariat here, Priya Sethi, Minister of State for Tourism,…
Read MoreBJP under fire over ‘Renaming’ Mubarak Mandi -Bahu Fort
The change in the nomenclature of the Mubarak Mandi-Bahu Fort Cable Car project to the Mubarak Mandi-Shahabad project is set to snowball into a major controversy as Jammu-based groups have upped the ante against the “attempt to change the demography” of the winter capital of the state. In other terms, the name of Bahu Fort no more exists in the official records of the cable car project as it has now been named “Shahabad Station”. The ruling alliance partner, BJP, has come under fire not only from the Opposition but…
Read MorePDP unlikely to surrender Poonch seat to BJP
Even as the BJP is staking its claim on the Legislative Council seat reserved for Poonch district, sources said the PPDwas unlikely to leave the seat for its coalition partner as the party had set a target to make the twin border districts of Poonch and Rajouri its citadels. For the PDP, Poonch and Rajouri are politically “fertile” belt in the Jammu province so the party leadership is likely to leave no opportunity to make inroads into the mountainous belt, the sources said. The BJP during its state election committee…
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