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Christmas celebrations pick up in Jammu

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People from various communities, faiths join Christians in celebrating the festival With Christmas celebrations gradually picking up in the city, Christians, who feel more secure and safe in the heterogeneous society of Jammu, say that people from various communities, faiths and beliefs join them to celebrate the festival. Domes, minarets and tombs of temples, gurdwaras, mosques, Sufi shrines and monasteries in Jammu stand testimony to Jammu’s heterogeneous character, which has withstood many onslaughts in the past to polarise it. “While successive governments never bothered to give the community its share,…

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Will get chopper tax on pilgrims withdrawn, says state BJP chief

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New state BJP president Sat Sharma has vowed to get ‘jaziya’ levied on Vaishno Devi pilgrims withdrawn. In an Interview, Sat Sharma, also sitting MLA from Jammu West, said, “This is the main demand of the party. We will take up the issue of withdrawing the tax on pilgrims with the government again.” On September 2, the Finance Department issued a notification, directing Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, to impose 12.5 per cent service tax on pilgrims travelling by helicopter. This was being seen as interference in the working…

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Three Kashmiris attacked by Hindu miscreants in Udhampur

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Three Kashmiri passengers were thrashed by a group of Hindu miscreants at Udhampur, where four Kashmiri truckers were attacked—one of them died later in September this year. According to Kashmir Media Service, the victims, Hilal Maqbool Malik, Yawar Hanief Butt and Bilal Ahmad Butt work as medical representatives for a pharmaceutical company. “Around 11 am, we hired a taxi from Banihal Railway station to Jammu. We stopped at a Dhaba near Udhampur for snacks. Suddenly a group of men started thrashing us,” Hilal told media men. “While raising anti-Kashmir slogans,…

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Jammu Airport expansion to be complete by June next year

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The wait for the modified and expanded Jammu Airport will be over by June next year as the authorities have speed up work. The airport authorities have directed the construction agencies to complete the expansion and upgrade work of the Jammu Airport by June 2016. The airport, which was ranked the 27th busiest airport of the country, needs immediate upgrade as the flow of air traffic and passengers have increased manifold in the past few years. The Centre had proposed expansion and upgrade of the airport to increase its landing…

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Govt has no plan to smoothen traffic in overburdened Jammu

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Despite huge traffic problem in the winter capital of the state, the authorities have no plan to smoothen its flow, except creating “check nakas” to fine private and commercial vehicles. The Jammu roads are flooded with vehicles these days as for the limited road length (about 500 km), about 6 lakhs vehicles have been registered in Jammu district. As many as 5,86,388 vehicles stand registered with the RTO, Jammu, till March 2015. Now with the Durbar Move in Jammu, about 50,000 vehicles have been added to the city. “Traffic jams…

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Announcement of IIT jacks up realty prices in Jagti

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In the backdrop of the snow-clad Pir Panjal range and NHAI’s neatly laid highway that meanders along hillocks, at the first look, it resembles an exotic and picturesque place of Europe. And announcement of setting up an elite Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has increased the prices of reality in the Jagti area of Nagrota. The government has already identified the land for the IIT at Khanpur in the vicinity of Jagti. “The four-lane National Highway 1A (NH1A) project had already changed the look of this area and now the…

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Transformers supplied under Central scheme of poor quality: MLA Rajouri

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A majority of the transformers supplied by the contractors in Rajouri district under the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) are allegedly made of sub-standard material. The Rajouri MLA raised the issue with the Executive Engineer, EM & RE, Rajouri Division, here today. Following the power crises in Rajouri district, especially in the Rajouri Assembly constituency, MLA Qamar Hussain today held a meeting with the Power Development Department (PDD) officials, including the Executive Engineer. Hussain expressed resentment over frequent damages to the transformers supplied by the contractors under the RGGVY.…

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Shias protest killings in Nigeria, Syria

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The Shia community today protested against the killing of innocent people in Nigeria allegedly by the Nigerian army and massacres by the ISIS in Syria. Under the banner of Anjuman-e-Imamia, Jammu and All Ladakh Muslim Association (ALMS), the protesters alleged that world was totally silent on the atrocities against Shias. Protesters alleged that thousands of innocent people had been killed in Nigeria, Syria and Pakistan in the recent years, but western powers had adopted a discriminatory policy towards fighting terrorism. Anjuman president Amanat Shah said, “We condemn the killings in…

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Youth ‘lynched’ in Katra village, another struggling for life

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Three persons arrested, one still at large: Police A youth was allegedly lynched in a village of Katra allegedly by the family members and neighbours of a girl, to whom the victim along with his friend had gone to meet during the intervening night. Quoting investigation, a senior police officer wishing anonymity, told that Rahul (21) son of Sham Lal of Mara Morh in Udhampur and his friend Abhishek (21) son of Prithvi Raj of Udhampur went to a village Bhagta in Katra. “They allegedly entered into the house of…

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Mobile towers increase in city despite restrictions

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With the telecom companies in the winter capital making efforts to increase their subscriber base by installing more base transceiver stations (BTS), there has been a mushrooming growth of mobile towers in the residential areas of the city. Some of the companies have even bypassed the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to get the required permission for setting up mobile towers. However, the corporation is watching as a “mute spectator”. Mobile towers on roof tops in many residential areas of the city has become a common sight. Sources said few years…

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