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Jammu

Highest rail bridge to be terror-proof

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The world’s highest rail bridge being constructed over the Chenab river in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir will be “terror attack-proof” and is expected to be completed by early 2019, the Konkan Railway has said. “Apart from being safe from all possible disasters, including earthquakes, this bridge will be absolutely safe to sustain terror strike and every precautionary step is being considered to make it foolproof,” Konkan Railway Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta told reporters, who visited the bridge site. “I want to assure you all that this…

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PoJK refugees want govt to implement relief package

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The Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir Front today sought implementation and final settlement of relief component announced by the Central Government for the displaced comm-unity members. The front warned of agitation if the Central and state governments continues to discriminate with the community. Led by president Rachpal Singh Chib, protesters claimed that then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee had sanctioned a financial package of Rs 112 crore in 2000 for the rehabilitation of the refugees from Mirpur, Bhimber, Kotli, Deva, Watala, Chamb, Nah, Manawar and Muzaffarbad after 1947, but the package…

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Seven day Holi bonanza begins in Rajouri

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Holi, the festival of colours, has a special significance here as Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims celebrate the festival a week in advance by taking out processions on alternate days in the name of Lord Bhairon. Rajouri city today witnessed the beginning of the 7-day-long Holi festival when the Bhairon Committee took out the procession of Bhairon Devta which passed through various bazaars and lanes followed by hundreds of youth from both the communities. Inhabitants of Rajouri city feel that by celebrating this festival they are saved from evils. Tight security…

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Two killed, three hurt as rain triggers landslides in Ramsu area

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Taxi plunges into nullah after being hit by shooting stones; Srinagar, Kishtwar highways shut Two persons were killed and three others sustained grievous injuries after a Jammu-bound Sumo taxi skidded off road and plunged into the turbulent Bisleri Nullah at Gangroo in the Ramsu area of Ramban district. Three passengers of the taxi went missing after the mishap and a search was launched to trace them. The vehicle reportedly skidded off road after being hit by shooting stones around 12 noon. The deceased have been identified as septuagenarian Haji Mir…

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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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