Category: Jammu

Jammu

Jat stir: Train, bus services remain suspended

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Nearly four-fold increase in airfare between Jammu & Delhi The Jat agitation in Haryana has cut-off Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country as all Delhi-bound trains and bus service have been hit. About 15 pairs of Jammu-bound trains remained suspended for the second consecutive day today. Bus operators have also suspended their services till the situation improves. Thousands of out-bound passengers, including Vaishno Devi pilgrims and security forces personnel, continued to suffer due to cancellation of trains and bus service. Taking advantage of the situation, airline operators…

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Protests across Jammu over JNU row

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BJP’s aggressive campaign against separatism symbolised by the events at Jawaharlal Nehru University has put the Congress on the back foot as the latter had defended those who stirred anti-national emotions in New Delhi. A majority of the people in Jammu joined the BJP-sponsored demonstrations in solidarity against the “anti-national” elements. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had supported JNU students. As the JNU controversy is directly related to “religious separatism” of the Kashmir Valley, the BJP is leaving no stone unturned to target the Congress on the issue and it has…

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Tension prevails at Gole Market after crackdown on illegal shops

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Tension prevailed in the Gole market area of Gandhi Nagar this morning over the demolishing of illegal shops on the Auqaf land by the Jammu Municipal Corporation last evening. Sensing violence in the market, hundreds of policemen were deputed at Gole Market this morning following the demolishing of shops and rehries on the land of the Auqaf Board at Gandhi Nagar. A team, headed by Joint Commissioner RS Jamwal, demolished shops and rehries at Gole Market, Gandhi Nagar, during an anti-encroachment drive on Wednesday evening. Objecting the drive, the shopkeepers…

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Rajouri residents catch SPO for ‘burglary attempt’

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A Special Police Officer (SPO) associated with the Special Operation Group of the Rajouri police has reportedly been caught red-handed by local residents during his involvement in a burglary attempt. The SPO has been identified as Bashir Ahmed of Saj village. Officials of the District Police Lines said the SPO in question was not on their rolls. In the wee hours on Thursday, he was reportedly attempting to remove batteries from a tractor parked near Thandi kassi village under jurisdiction of the Rajouri police station. Residents of Thandikassi spotted the…

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Protests erupt in Jammu over JNU sedition episode

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Various non-political and student organisations today staged demonstrations against the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) incident where some students allegedly raised “anti-India” slogans and demanded registration of sedition case against the culprits. In Jammu University (JU), the National Panthers Student Union (NPSU) held a protest on the campus and forced the boycott of classes in many departments. The protesters demanded slapping of sedition charges against the culprits. Activists of the NPSU who assembled in front of the administrative block raised “pro-India” slogans and barged into various classrooms urging the students to…

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ABVP activists block road, clash with police over JNU incident

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Protesters demand action against ‘anti-national’ elements Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today took out a protest rally on the Jammu University campus and blocked the Bikram Chowk-university road against the controversial Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) episode in which some students allegedly raised “anti-national” slogans during an event. The event was held at JNU last week to mark the third death anniversary of terrorist Afzal Guru, who was executed three years ago. The protesters had a minor scuffle with the police after they burnt tyres in the middle…

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Protests rock Sunjwan, Bathindi against demolition drive

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Protests erupted in Sunjwan and Bathindi areas here Friday after an under-construction house was demolished by administration with the affected family alleging harassment at the hands of authorities. According to reports, during an anti-encroachment drive Friday afternoon, a team led by SDM South and DFO South, demolished the house of Ishtiaq Ahmad for ‘being constructed on the forest land.’ The head of the aggrieved family said the administration targeted his house among a cluster of over 50 buildings in the colony for unknown reasons. Following the demolition, hundreds of locals…

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Shrine board CEO meets langar organisations

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Asks them to maintain cleanliness in yatra area and refrain from use of polythene To discuss issues regarding setting up of langars (community kitchens) for this year’s Amarnath pilgrimage, Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) today held a meeting with the apex bodies of langar organisations — Shri Amarnath Barfani Langars Organisation (SABLO) and Shri Amarnath Yatra Bhandara Organisation (SAYBO). This year’s annual Amarnath pilgrimage would commence on July 2 and conclude on Shravan Purnima (Raksha Bandan) on August 18. On the directions of Governor NN Vohra, who is also the…

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For Health & Medical Education Deptt, Lal Singh still a minister

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Although, the new government in Jammu and Kashmir is still to be formed, but for Health & Medical Education Department, Lal Singh still continues to be a minister and attends to people’s complaints as per the banner inside Super Specialty Hospital reading, “Hello Health Minister New Initiative”. “Although, the phone number mentioned in the banner erected inside the premises of Super Specialty Hospital, Jammu, for lodging complaints is functional and the complaints are also being attended to by the staff, but the dates and timings mentioned for the former health…

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Now, acquiring PRC gets cumbersome

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Residents cry foul as authorities now insist on name of kin on 1951 voter list For the last three months, 52-year-old Tilak Raj, a resident of the Digiana area, is moving from pillar to post to acquire Permanent Resident Certificates for his three children. Although Tilak Raj is a resident of J&K, he is losing hope of acquiring the PRCs, popularly known as State Subjects, for his children because there is no record of his father or grandfather in the 1951 voter list. The authorities have recently imposed the new…

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