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Rats nibble patient in Rajouri district hospital

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A paralytic patient at the government district hospital in Rajouri district was allegedly bitten by rats, as hospital administration said the incident was old and corrective measures have been taken. A paralytic patient at the government district hospital in Rajouri district was allegedly bitten by rats, as hospital administration said the incident was old and corrective measures have been taken. Wali Mohammed, suffering from full-body paralysis and undergoing treatment at the district hospital, was seriously injured when rats nibbled at his body as he lay on his hospital bed two…

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Jammu erupts in protests against rash driving, traffic police under fire

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Police have launched special drive against minibus operators indulging in rash driving: SSP (Traffic) A day after a Class XI student became the latest victim of rash and negligent driving, protests erupted in the city today with various groups accusing the traffic police of having failed in discharging its duty effectively. The protesters raised slogans against the traffic police and demanded strict action against all minibus and bus operators indulging in rash and negligent driving. Residents of Talab Tillo and adjoining localities held a noisy demonstration against the failure of…

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Jammu to witness intense heat wave for next five days

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Sizzling conditions will prevail in Jammu during the next five days as maximum temperature will hover between 40-42 degrees Celsius, making next week the hottest one since the onset of summer. According to the advisory issued by Agromet division of SKUAST, Jammu, between May 18-22 the state, especially the plains and kandi areas, will witness a blistering heat wave. The minimum temperature during the period will remain between 26-28 degrees Celsius. “The maximum and minimum temperature will be above normal by two-four degrees with no possibility of rain during the…

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Residents protest ban on entry of vehicles in Mubarak Mandi Complex

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Demand removal of executive director of Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society Local residents and the Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society (MMJHS) today had a tussle after the latter decided not to allow the entry of vehicles on the heritage complex, a move set off the debate against the alleged “partisan way of working of MMJHS”. Residents of various localities, including Chowgan Salthian, Panjtirthi, Mubarak Mandi and Pacci Dhaki, supported by political groups, held a noisy demonstration on the heritage complex and threatened that they would not allow the implementation of…

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Heavy rain wreaks havoc in Batote

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Heavy rain and a reported cloudburst in the Patnitop area on Thursday wreaked havoc and caused widespread destruction in the Batote tehsil of Ramban district. Three minor students and many heads of cattle were reportedly swept away. Several houses, link roads, culverts and crops were damaged due to the downpour, particularly in Boon, Badi, Gami and Tringla. The traffic on the Batote-Doda and Jammu-Srinagar highways was disrupted for about two hours due to the landslides at several places on Thursday evening. Slush entered the mosque in Boon. A total of…

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Drug peddler arrested with brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore

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A suspected drug peddler was arrested and brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore along with Rs 2.2 lakh in cash found in his possession, police said on Thursday. The accused, Vicky Kumar, was arrested after police stopped him and checked a bag he was carrying. Police found 1.5 kg brown sugar worth over Rs 1 crore. They also seized cash worth Rs 2.20 lakhs from his possession,” a police officer said. A case has been registered in this regard.

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Mobile towers on roadsides pose threat to commuters

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The recently issued guidelines by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) regarding installation of communication (mobile) towers in the city having a provision of imposing heavy penalty on violators seem to have no impact in the city. It can be gauged from the fact that the base transceiver station (BTS) towers are now being installed by various private telecom companies on the roadsides in many areas of the winter capital posing threat to the lives of people, especially commuters. Under the new guidelines the telecom operators who have erected mobile phone…

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Three students swept away in Ramban flash floods

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2 bodies recovered, several houses damaged in Chenani Three students were washed away in a flooded nullah following flash floods after a downpour at Ladhwal in the Batote area of Ramban district this afternoon. According to sources, the bodies of Rakesh Kumar, 14, a student of Class VIII, and Shallu Devi, 5, were recovered from a nullah this evening. However, efforts were on to trace the body of another missing girl, identified as Pallavi Devi, 14, a student of Class VIII. It is feared that she might have been washed…

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Police officer arrested on rape charges in Akhnoor

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Policewoman taken into custody for abetting the crime A sub-inspector (SI) has been arrested on the charge of raping a woman at a police station in the Akhnoor subdivision for two successive nights six months ago. A policewoman was taken into custody for allegedly abetting the crime. The arrested cop was identified as SI Mohammad Iqbal Chagatta, who was SHO of the Khour police station in Akhnoor subdivision of Jammu district. Iqbal, who was attached to the District Police Lines, Jammu, was accused of raping the woman at the police…

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Two kidnappings within 24 hours in Jammu

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Two kidnappings in Jammu district within 24 hours have led to fear among residents. People have expressed concern over the rise in incidents of crime in the winter capital. Fifteen-year-old Vishal Sharma, son of Sarvottam Sharma of Kullan in Bishnah, was abducted on gunpoint from outside his house around 7 pm on Sunday. “When he did not return home by 9 pm, the police were informed and searches conducted. The family got a telephone call from Pathankot today that the teenager was in custody of the Punjab Police and they…

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