Category: Jammu

Jammu

High Court restrains state from closing any Govt School

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Bench takes suo motu cognisance of news item, treats it as a public interest litigation In a major setback to the administration, the J&K High Court today took suo-motu cognisance of the state’s decision to close Government Girls High School, City Chowk, for creating a parking lot and restrained it from closing any government school. The High Court took notice of a news item regarding the closure of government school for creating a parking lot and treated it as public interest litigation (PIL) under the name of court on its…

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Congress protests hike in ration prices at govt depots

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The Congress today staged a demonstration against the hike in prices of ration being supplied to the public at fair price shops in the state. Hundreds of Congress workers, led by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) general secretary Manmohan Singh, assembled at Shaktinagar Chowk and took out a procession up to Gurah-Morh, Bakshi Nagar. Carrying placards, the protesters raised slogans against the ruling PDP-BJP coalition and slammed it for hiking prices of ration at government depots. Manmohan Singh, while addressing protesters, alleged that the PDP-BJP combine had failed to fulfil the…

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Militants attack Army camp in Nagrota; BSF patrol party targeted in Samba

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Heavily armed terrorists attacked an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota area on Tuesday. The militants attacked the Army camp at around 5:30 am. Unfortunately, two jawans were injured in the exchange of fire. Heavy firing exchanges are now going on between the militants and security forces. Meanwhile, the state administration has ordered shutting down of schools in Nagrota. The field regiment camp is located in the garrison town of Nagrota near the headquarters of Army’s 16 corps in the state. BSF patrol party attacked A Border Security Force (BSF) patrol…

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VHP launches membership drive in Jammu

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VHP on Tuesday launched its membership drive in Jammu, the winter capital city of Jammu and Kashmir. Vice-President BJP Yudhvir Sethi launched the signature campaign cum membership drive of the VHP, at Parade Chowk here. Stressing on imbibing spirit of nationalism, Yudhvir said that the motherland is supreme and everyone should join hands in strengthening the VHP, which is working towards nation building. “Our aim is to reach the target of one lakh membership in the region and we should be geared to take the movement and ideology of the…

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Imposters collect villager’s bank details, promise funds transfer

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As commoners are facing hardships due to demonetisation, some unscrupulous elements are all out to take advantage of the prevailing situation to adjust their “surplus money” in bank accounts of gullible rural people. One such incident was reported in the border village of Rampur where some unidentified persons collected bank account numbers, Aadhaar card details, BPL card numbers and other documents from over 100 innocent villagers with a promise that some amount would be deposited in each of their accounts under a special scheme. Vivek Kumar, a shopkeeper of the…

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Slow cash flow a big blow to traders across Jammu

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The demonetisation of higher currency notes by the Central government has made the markets sluggish due to cash crunch. Manufacturing units are also facing scarcity of cash to get the raw material and make payments. The trade bodies have extended support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move, but a majority of the businessmen are apprehensive about the long-term effect of the decision on the economy and employment generation. Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) said traders were suffering, but they expect that things would get back to normal…

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Markets deserted across Jammu as people queue up at banks

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Jammu is finding it difficult to handle the crisis caused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. The routine life of people of the Jammu region, which attracts pilgrims and tourists, has been hit by the move. While markets are wearing a deserted look, traffic is off the roads at many places. In panic, people are heading to banks to either deposit their hard-earned money or withdraw it for daily expenses. Jammu markets that have already been hit by the four-month long…

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Uproar over Jammu varsity VC’s Burhan comment, JU clarifies on VC’s remarks

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The ‘controversial’ statement of Vice Chancellor of the University of Jammu Prof RD Sharma in which he reportedly opposed the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani has evoked strong reaction from various sections of society. While student organisations have demanded that the VC be sacked for, what they alleged, insulting security forces, other groups have brought the matter to the notice of Governor NN Vohra. The state unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today said that such irresponsible utterances amounted to humiliating the security forces fighting the…

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Over 220 villages affected in Jammu province due to cross border firing

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Over two hundred and twenty (220) villages, which are within zero to five kms (0 to 5 kms) distance from borders, have been affected by ongoing cross border firing in Jammu Province, officials said. “These villages fall in shortest firing range, have been “directly targeted” and “badly” affected in Pak firing and shelling since the ‘Surgical Strikes’ were carried out by India inside Pakistani territory on September 29”, official sources informed. Sources said that around 22,000 people from these villages have taken shelter in the relief camps, while others are…

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Massacre of Jammu Muslims in 1947 worst tragedy: Geelani

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Terming the massacre of Muslims in Jammu in 1947 as the “worst tragedy,” the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today said, “Slaughtering lakhs of Muslims by Dogra army, Indian forces, fascist groups like RSS and other communal forces is a brazen and most barbaric incident human history can ever come across.” “All the areas of Jammu region witnessed the ugliest and most brutal human carnage and all streets and fields of Jammu region were flooded with blood and flesh of Muslims,” Geelani said in a statement. “In these…

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