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RSS Women march in Jammu with swords

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People shower flowers on cadre Holding swords and batons in hands, around 200 women cadre of Rashtriya Sevika Samiti (RSS) – the women wing of right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – Monday participated in a “Route March” Jammu. The march-past (Path Sanchalan in the language of RSS), according to a Sangh spokesperson, is usually organised after the conclusion of its training courses. “Such march-pasts are common for women and men cadre and these are taken out after the conclusion of various training courses of Sangh,” the spokesperson said, adding,…

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Three Cops injured, Car, Police vehicle set on fire in Rajouri

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Residents protest killing of youth by rashly driven car After a youth was dragged and crushed to death by a rashly driven car near District Hospital at about 9.30 pm on Sunday, residents of the area held violent protest against the police alleging delayed action against the accused. Protesters also set on fire a “Rakshak” vehicle of the police near the hospital and car of the accused near the Khandli bridge. In the police-public clash, which continued till 11.30 pm, three policemen received injuries. Twenty-year-old Danish Malik, son of Ghulam…

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Four held with brown sugar worth Rs 5 crore in Jammu

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Four persons, including two residents of Kerala, have been arrested and over three kg of “high quality” Brown Sugar, worth about Rs five crore in local market, was seized from their possession in Jammu city. Mohammed Farooq and Javed Iqbal, residents of Rajouri district, had brought the consignment to Jammu and were to hand it over to Nawaf Khan and Mohammed Ajmel Roshan, both hailing from Kerala, when a police team arrested them, SP (city) Vinod Kumar told reporters today. On questioning, Farooq and Iqbal admitted they were in touch…

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JMC conducts drive against encroachment

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The enforcement wing of the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) conducted an anti- encroachment drive on the Akhnoor Road here today. A number of ‘rehris’ were seized for encroaching upon roadsides and causing inconvenience to pedestrians. The ‘rehris’ were destroyed. Pertinently, the JMC has created ‘rehri zones’ in the city. However, some ‘rehri’ owners were found selling their wares on the roadside instead of these zones. The enforcement wing also demolished three structures that were encroaching upon government land. The drive was launched under the supervision of JMC Commissioner Mandeep Kaur…

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With deadline a month away, Jammu flyover work takes off

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The Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) has demolished some dividers and traffic lights on the Canal Road to get the flyover work on track, which was halted due to repair work of the fourth bridge. The ERA was unable to get cemented girders, which were being constructed at Bhagwati Nagar, after the closure of the bridge as it was the only route to transport cemented girders from Bhagwati Nagar to the flyover construction site. Now to continue the work on the flyover which is about to miss its deadline of August…

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Water woes put power dept, PHE at loggerheads

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Frequent faults in special power lines supplying electricity to water-lifting stations has brought the Power Development Department (PDD) and Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department at loggerheads. It has created artificial scarcity of drinking water in Jammu and surrounding areas during summer, but the civic departments are blaming each other for the mess. For weeks now, several residential colonies are not getting regular supply of water during the sweltering summer. On Sunday, the main water-pumping station at Company Bagh remained shut from 8 am to 6 pm due to a technical…

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Jammu gears up to welcome Amarnath Pilgrims

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Spiritual ambience gripped Jammu ahead of the annual Amarnath yatra, set to commence on July 2 (Shivratri) and conclude on August 18 (Shravan Purnima and Raksha Bandhan). Sadhus started coming to Jammu to get registered for the yatra and the administration arranged their stay in different religious buildings and community halls. On-the-spot registration was arranged at Ram Mandir at Purani Mandi. Looking at the massive response of pilgrims, the state administration introduced token system at Sangam banquet hall near the railway station for on-the-spot registration. Simrandeep Singh, Deputy Commissioner (DC),…

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Govt revokes PSA order of ‘lunatic’ Doda youth

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The J&K Government on Thursday evening revoked the Public Safety Act of a “lunatic” Muslim youth who was arrested for allegedly desecrating a temple in Jammu last week. The prompt action from the Government after the issue echoed in the Legislative Assembly this morning. “The detention order Mo 08/PSA of 2016 dated June 20, 2016 is not justified…and hence has not been approved,” said an order issued by Home Department, disapproving PSA detention of the youth. As per the Home Department order, accessed by Kashmir POST, Yasir Alfaz doesn’t have…

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Strike in Doda against Indian police’s highhandedness

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Complete shutdown was observed in Doda against highhandedness of Indian police. A rally was held amid complete shutdown in Doda to protest over the use of force by the police on the demonstrations against Power Development Department last night. Call for the shutdown was issued by Seerat Committee Doda which said that the District Administration and police used brutal force against the protesters without any provocation. Thousands of people participated in the rally which passed through the main market of Doda town raising slogans against police and district administration. Meanwhile,…

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Family of Kud victim told to prove death during terror attack

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Authorities tell victim’s daughters to give proof of relationship It sounds inhuman, but is true. The authorities have asked family members of Mamata Thapa, killed by a terrorist at Kud on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on June 13, to come with proof to establish that she lost her life in the encounter to pursue the case for ex gratia. The authorities have flatly refused to provide a copy of the postmortem report to daughters of the terror victim, asking them to prove their relationship with the terror victim. The government…

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