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Jammu

Rehabilitation of Gujjars continues to be elusive

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Encroachments by community members traced to vote bank politics The onus of illegal encroachments on the state land, including forests, by nomadic Gujjars lies with the successive governments which exploited them for their vote bank. Insensitivity on the part of the governments can be gauged from the fact that Central laws available to nomadic tribes in other parts of the country are not implemented in J&K, leading to illegal encroachments by Gujjars at the behest of political parties. In the backdrop of the Sarore incident in which a youth, Yaqoob…

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Farmers get tips on advancements in medicinal, aromatic plants’ cultivation

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A national seminar-cum-exhibition on Kisan Mela, entrepreneurship programme and flower show was organised by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, at Chatha Farm today. The event is being organised in collaboration with the Department of Floriculture, Jammu. Director, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu, Dr Ram Vishwakarma informed the audience about the aims and objectives of the programme. He added that the event was organised annually to introduce the latest advancements in the area of medicinal and aromatic plants aiming at improving the socioeconomic conditions of the…

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One killed, 2 injured as car falls into gorge in Doda

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One person was killed and two others injured when the car they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. The driver of the car last night lost control over the vehicle due to slippery conditions and it fell into the gorge on the Thathri-Gandoh road in the district, a police officer said. After getting information, a police team and locals rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the Community Health Centre Thathri, where doctors declared one…

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BJP opposes J&K Estates dept’s ‘pick & choose’ policy

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The BJP on Sunday accused the Estates department of Jammu and Kashmir of adopting a “pick and choose” policy in serving eviction notices to former ministers of the BJP-PDP coalition government in the state. “While the step asking the BJP-PDP ministers to vacate their ministerial bungalows is in right direction, the Estates department has adopted a pick and choose policy while serving the eviction notices as several leaders of various political parties continue to occupy the bungalows even after leaving office more than a decade ago,” BJP MLA RS Pathania…

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Irked BSF man creates ruckus at Union Minister’s function

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Criticises Jitendra for hoodwinking people by making hollow promises An enraged youth today lambasted Minister for State (MoS) in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh for allegedly hoodwinking people by making hollow promises to them. The Union Minister had to face the wrath of the youth this afternoon when he was attending a religious congregation at the Jasrota area in Kathua district. It all started when Jitendra Singh, the Lok Sabha member from the Kathua-Udhampur parliamentary constituency, was being felicitated by community members after completing his address. Suddenly, a local…

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Schools in Doda, Udhampur closed after avalanche warning

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The authorities on Saturday ordered closure of all schools in Udhampur and Doda districts following an avalanche advisory by meteorological department . “Following the avalanche advisory issued by the MeT department in the wake of ongoing heavy rainfall in the state, the authorities have decided to close all the schools in Doda and Udhampur districts,” an official said. MeT department has predicted heavy rainfall and also issued avalanche warning in the district for today and tomorrow, Chief Education Officer of Doda, Mohd Ashraf Rather said, adding that holiday has been…

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City to organise ‘Jammu Festival’ after 8 years

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After a gap of more than eight years, the Tourism Department is going to organise “Jammu Festival” this year from March 24-27. The city of temples will witness a series of mega events after a gap of around eight years during “Jammu Festival”. The festival was an annual feature of the Tourism Department from 2002 to 2008 on the eve of Baisakhi, but it was later ignored by the department. However, the department has organised small events meanwhile to show their presence in the state, but the practice of organising…

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Main accused in laborer’s killing found posing with BJP Union Minister, 3 Chenab Valley MLAs

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Kishtwar Riots-2013 Creating a political storm, main accused in the killing of a Muslim labourer has been roaming freely and posing in a picture with three BJP legislators of Chenab Valley and Union Minister Dr Jatinder Singh. The picture has gone viral on social media. Even as police knows whereabouts of Hari Krishan alias Kasooru of Padder (Kishtwar), the main accuses in the killing of Lassa Khanday during Kishtwar riots 2013 has not been arrested allegedly due to political pressure from the saffron party. During infamous riots of August (2013)…

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Top RSS leader (Dattatreya Hosabale) to be in Jammu for 3 days

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RSS general secretary (‘sarkaryavah’) Dattatreya Hosabale, considered close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is scheduled to visit Jammu on March 15. Dattatreya is the second in command in the RSS hierachy after ‘sarsanghchalak’ Mohan Bhagwat. Dattatreya is likely to stay in Jammu for three days. He is scheduled to preside over RSS meetings and deliberate over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. He will hold parleys with various RSS and civil society organisations to get political feedback. RSS general secretary Krishna Gopal may accompany Dattatreya. Krishna Gopal holds a significance…

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Airport Road witnesses unending traffic chaos

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Restriction on the entry of vehicles of passengers inside the Jammu airport leads to unending traffic chaos on the Satwari-airport road. As the entry of the vehicles of common passengers is restricted inside the Jammu airport, long queue of private and commercial vehicles outside the airport creates traffic chaos in the area. “Despite repeated complaints to the airport and traffic authorities, no action has been taken. It creates massive traffic jams from Satwari Chowk to the airport,” said Subash Dogra, a shopkeeper on the airport road. “Sometime passengers miss their…

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