Composite culture of Talab Khatikan an example of communal harmony: BJP MLA After yesterday’s attempt to flare up communal tension in Jammu city, Muslim youth in Old City, here formed defense committees in their respective areas for their security. “The youth are patrolling the streets and lanes during the night. About 30 Muslim youth conducted night patrolling. They have been tasked to remain alert to detect any suspicious activity taking place around the Muslim areas,” said a youth pleading anonymity. About a hundred youth riding motorbikes came to Talab Khitikan…
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City drenched in festive colours
Holi, the festival of colours, was celebrated across J&Kwith traditional fervour and gaiety today. In Jammu, people celebrated the festival by splashing colours on their family members and friends. Educational institutions had already celebrated the festival on Saturday by organising cultural events. In schools, students were seen dancing to the drum beats. The public transport was mostly off the roads as people were celebrating the festival. However, groups of youths, in celebratory mode, hit the streets in cars, open jeeps and motorcycles. Reports said that Holi was celebrated with religious…
Read MoreBJP legislators take party ministers to task for ‘surrendering’ before PDP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the coalition government were taken to task by the annoyed party legislators for, what they alleged, completely surrendering before the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by endorsing highly controversial decisions recently taken by the government. Legislators of the BJP warned that they would come on streets along with people if party ministers failed to convince coalition partner PDP to withdraw such decisions, which would prove to be counter-productive for the party in the Jammu region. Highly placed sources said a meeting of the party legislators…
Read MoreCentral Govt out to appease Separatists: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits
Displaced Kashmiri Pandits have alleged that the Central Government was following the ‘appeasement policy’ towards separatists in the Valley. The community has claimed that the rising terrorist violence is the direct result of the weak policies adopted by the government. Addressing a meeting of the Jagti Tenement Committee, its president SL Pandita said militant violence had increased in the Valley in the last two years, but the Central and the state governments had no formal policy to deal with the separatists. He also demanded that the government should resume the…
Read MoreUdhampur gets Radio Station, Passport Kendra
Minister of State in the PMO, Jitendra Singh, today laid the foundation stone of a 10-kW FM transmitter with studio facility at Malhar. Speaking on the occasion, Singh said the establishment of the radio station at Udhampur was a pending demand of the locals. He emphasised that this would provide a suitable platform to the local artistes of the area as there was no place for them to show their talent. He said the radio station would play an important role in reflecting the folk art of the area. Later,…
Read MoreRestrictions in Katra after traders protest over track construction
Following the clash last evening, restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in Katra. Authorities have imposed restrictions in Katra, the base camp of the Vaishno Devi shrine, after local businessmen opposing the construction of a new track to the pilgrimage site staged protests and clashed with police. Businessmen and pony ride operators contend that the New Ban Ganga-Tarakota-Adh Kuwari track will hit their trade. Following the clash last evening, restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC have been imposed in Katra. “Peace and normalcy prevailed in…
Read MoreShadow of ‘Failed Plans’ on Jammu Master Plan-2032
Implementation needs political will, curbing of illegal construction Though the long-pending approval to the Master Plan-2032 by the state Cabinet recently has generated hope among the inhabitants of the temple city of major infrastructure rejig during the next decade, the legacy of ‘failed master plans’ since 1974 could cast its shadow on the ambitious projects. The first 20-year plan for Jammu was announced in 1978 and another one in 2004 but the city has emerged as most unplanned city in north India due to corruption, lack of foresight on the…
Read MoreBajrang Dal, VHP workers protest, burn Farooq’s effigy at NC’s Jammu office
Activists of right-wing Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal Monday protested against National Conference and burnt the effigy of NC president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah. Over a dozen saffron activists assembled outside the NC office here in the afternoon, and some of them even attempted to climb over the gates, which were closed by SSB guards. The activists were carrying saffron flags and sharp edged weapons including knives. They shouted slogans against Farooq Abdullah and termed him anti-national for his statement in which he had said that “new…
Read MorePolice arrests seven students from Maulana Azad Memorial College hostel
Youth allege ABVP-BJP-Police collusion The campus of Maulana Azad Memorial (MAM) College, Jammu remains tense after police picked up seven Muslim students late last night from the college hostel. The seven boys who have been picked up and lodged in Gandhinagar Police Station include Mohammed Israr, Rabnawaz, Fazal, Murtaza, Zulfiqar, Sheraz and Mumtaz. All these seven belong to the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch. They boys arrested after police lodged an FIR against them under sections 451, 323 and 147 RPC. Sources said that the FIR was lodged…
Read MoreGovernor, Chief Minister review ongoing development works in Katra
Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti reviewed the various ongoing development works and the future infrastructure requirements of Katra and its surrounding areas at a high-level meeting at Raj Bhawan here today. Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, MoS for Finance and Planning Ajay Nanda, Chief Secretary BR Sharma, senior officers of the government and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board attended the meeting. The Governor observed that as the base town of the pilgrimage to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, Katra is a fast expanding town where varied…
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