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Jammu

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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In Badanaal village, water is rationed from its only well : Latur of JK

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Chowkidar guards the well 24×7; water theft carries penalty — no water for 5 days At Badanaal village in Ghatti panchayat, 25 km from Kathua district headquarters, a chowkidar-cum-panchayat member has been guarding one of two wells, the only source of water in the village, round the clock since the onset of summer to keep away “water thieves”. The second well of the village is dried up. Every morning, chowkidar Sardar Singh comes up with a measuring utensil to provide only 15 litres water per family from the well. A…

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Official from center visits Rajouri to look into farmers problems

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious Gram Uday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan is being touted as the biggest-ever exercise since Independence to give a fillip to agriculture in the country, but the question is whether it will benefit people or meet the fate of previous schemes and programmes. People of Rajouri district don’t have high hopes from the campaign as they see it as yet another government exercise. They believe whatever funds will be released from the Centre will flow through the system in place for decades. A Central government representative…

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BJP’s make-peace meeting flops, leaves MLAs fuming

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Legislators slam ‘unapproachable’ ministers The much-awaited meeting to iron out differences between BJP ministers and MLAs proved to be futile as a majority of the legislators were not satisfied with the outcome of the exercise because their grievances were not taken seriously by the leadership. Instead of giving strict directions to the ministers to immediately address grievances of the legislators, the party leadership led by state chief Sat Sharma asked legislators to give suggestions how to solve problems of the people like the scarcity of potable water and unscheduled power…

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Passengers face the heat as two trains to Katra suspended

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Commuters availing the Jammu-Udhampur rail services are facing hardships due to less frequency of the Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains. The Railways has suspended two of the four DMU trains to extend express trains to Katra, the base camp of the Vaishno Devi shrine. Due to the cancellation of the DMU trains, the other overburdened trains to Udhampur and Katra see additional rush of passengers. After the start of the train to Katra in July 2014, all four DMU trains, running between Pathankot and Udhampur via Jammu-Tawi Railway Station, were…

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Doda reels under water crisis as reservoirs go dry

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The mighty Chenab flows through erstwhile Doda district, but the district is facing acute shortage of drinking water. The natural water resources in the district are diminishing due to climate change and the casual approach of the government. About 10 lakh people of Doda, Ramban and Kishtwar district have been witnessing shortage of drinking water during the summer for the past few years. The loot of the green gold by the forest mafia has led to drying up of natural reservoirs and streams which used to be the main source…

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