Category: Jammu

Jammu

60 C-BYTE-trained youths clear physical, medical tests of Army recruitment

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The Centres for Border Youth Training and Empowerment (C-BYTE), being run under the skill development component of the Border Area Development Programme (BADP) scheme in Jammu, have brought a new ray of hope for border youth for better future. Nearly 60 boys of border areas, who underwent training at C-BYTE since the inception of the centres on January 1 this year, have cleared physical and medical phases of the Army recruitment being held at Samba since April 2. Nearly six centres are being run at Arnia, Suchetgarh, Mandal, Marh, Pargwal…

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Navratra festivities begin at City of Temples

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On the first day of Navratras today, thousands of devotees paid obeisance at the historic Bahu Fort temple, also called Bawe Wali Mata. From early morning people visited the shrine and offered prayers. Apart from the Bawe Wali Mata shrine, special prayers were held in the temples dedicated to Goddess Durga across the region with number of social and religious organisations putting up various food stalls. The festival is also known for fasting and irrespective of age, devotees survive on fruits, curd, milk and dishes made of water chestnut flour…

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Kashmiri students attacked in Jammu after refusing to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’

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Several Kashmiri students were allegedly thrashed after refusing to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ at a college in Jammu on Thursday. A group of Kashmiri students at Government Engineering and Technology College Jammu told over phone that their valuables, books and other goods were also thrown out by ‘goons’ and local students who barged into their rooms and thrashed them. “We were in our hostels. Everything was peaceful. Suddenly we saw a large number of students along with locals shouting anti-Pakistan slogans,” they said. They said these protestors straightaway barged…

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Jammu erupts in protests against ‘use of force’ on NIT students

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Activists of various groups block roads, demand action against ‘guilty’ policemen A day after non-Kashmiri students were allegedly beaten by the local police in the Srinagar NIT campus, Jammu, the winter capital of the state, today erupted in protests with several social, political and nonpolitical groups taking to the roads against the “excessive use of police force” on the protesters. The protesters also had scuffle with the policemen after the latter tried to stop them from blocking some important road links that resulted in disruption in normal movement of vehicles.…

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Tight security measures lead to traffic chaos in Jammu during Oath Ceremony

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Tight security measures enforced due to oath-taking ceremony of the new government and Monday rush led to hours of traffic chaos in Jammu. Right from Janipur to Gandhinagar and Jewel-Canal road route thousands of vehicles were seen moving at a snails’ pace to reach their respective destinations. As there was movement of high-profile people towards Raj Bhawan, where Mehbooba Mufti was to take oath as the first women Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the police repeatedly stopped movement of vehicles to allow “safe travel” of invitees to the venue.…

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Less influx of Kashmiris hits Jammu business badly this winter

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With relatively lesser influx of Kashmiris in Jammu this winter, the local business has been badly affected. The Udhampur petrol bomb attack is considered as one of the main factors for many Kashmiris not visiting Jammu for fear of communal violence. One of the two persons injured in the attack on a Kashmir-bound truck on October 9-10 night later succumbed to injuries, triggering valley-wide protests. “Yes, we witnessed less business. Very less number of people (from Kashmir) came to Jammu because of Udhampur incident. Otherwise, we see heavy rush of…

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Parking remains a pain in Jammu

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The civic bodies fail to construct enough parking lots in the city. Not only this, most of the parking lots have been given on contract by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (MC) and Jammu Development Authority (JDA) to private contractors, who charge at their will from people for parking vehicles. Nobody is there to keep a check on them. Nearly five lakh vehicles are on roads and there is not enough parking space created by the government bodies. Little consideration has been paid to parking while building big shopping complexes and…

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Hectic lobbying in BJP as buzz about changes in Cabinet

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Ministerial aspirants head for Delhi, throng RSS office in Jammu After PDP president Mehbooba Mufti staked claim to form a coalition government with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, hectic lobbying has begun among the “disciplined” leaders of the saffron party to get ministerial berths. While some leaders have rushed to New Delhi to seek the blessings of their political mentors, a good number of ministerial aspirants have thronged the state RSS headquarters “Vir Bhawan” here with their performance reports to convince the Sangh Parivar leadership of their competence. Although…

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Ram Madhav, Jitendra Singh to meet BJP MLAs in Jammu

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BJP national general secretary and Union Minister of State in PMO Jitendra Singh will meet party legislators to review the current political situation in the state and elicit their (MLAs’) opinion ahead of meeting Jammu and Kashmir Governor on Friday. BJP high command has deputed Ram Madhav to reach Jammu along with Jitendra Singh to assess the current political situation and elicit the opinion of party legislators (over the government formation), BJP sources said on Thursday. The crucial meeting will be held on Friday in which all BJP legislators and…

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Agenda of Alliance has become tool of political blackmail: Panun Kashmir

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The Panun Kashmir (PK), a frontal organisation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, today alleged that the Agenda of Alliance formulated by the BJP and PDP to form government in Jammu and Kashmir had become a tool of “political blackmail” to force a compromise on vital national issues. Addressing a press conference, PK convener Dr Agnishekhar and chairman Dr Ajay Chrangoo blamed the BJP for undermining nationalist forces in J&K by making a compromise to allow formation of government led by Mehbooba Mufti. “We appeal to the Central Government to clearly reject…

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