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Circular Road reduced to ‘free parking zone’ in Jammu

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Once an easy escape route from Jammu city to reach the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the single-lane Circular Road from the Deputy Commissioner (DC) office to Panjtirthi, has now been reduced to a free-parking zone. The Jammu and Kashmir Government has no plans to address the issue and make space available to people for parking of their vehicles. In the absence of parking lots and rising number of vehicles the road has been virtually turned into a parking zone. Daily hundreds of vehicles are parked on the road and the traffic…

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Teenage girl gang-raped, 4 arrested

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Four persons were arrested for allegedly abducting and gangraping a 15-year-old girl here, police said today. “On December 2 this year, Surinder Kumar a resident of Akhnoor lodged a complaint with Police that his minor daughter went missing on November 12,” a police spokesperson said. He said that police initiated a probe and it was established that one Gulshan Kumar, a resident of Pathankot in Punjab, had kidnapped the victim. “A police team constituted to trace the missing girl, recovered her from Kumar’s house in Pathankot and brought back to…

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Denied basic rights, WP refugees continue to live in penury

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As the world is observing International Human Rights Day today to highlight the rights violations being faced by deprived communities, the plight of the West Pakistan refugees in Jammu continues. Since 1947, the West Pakistan refugees are being discriminated against by the successive state governments. The men of the community do petty jobs to earn their livelihood. Like men, women are also denied Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) so they cannot avail themselves of the benefits of any welfare scheme launched by the government. Keeping in view their economic condition and…

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Beautification projects for Patnitop tourist resort remain on paper

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Chenani-Nashri tunnel to put question mark on its future prospects The Chenani-Nashri tunnel is nearing completion and is expected to be thrown open to traffic in May next year. The new road connectivity has put a big question mark on the future prospects of Patnitop, which will be bypassed. The successive state governments have abandoned Patnitop and projects for its maintenance and beautification has failed to move beyond paper. Even the slogan of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who is also holding the charge of the Tourism Ministry, to make…

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Minister for tough action against encroachers

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In a move to take tough action against encroachers, Minister for Revenue Javaid Mustafa Mir today conducted extensive tour of the Chowdi, Mishira walla and Birpur area of Jammu and Samba districts. He directed the officials to deal firmly w4ith encroachers, as encroaching upon public land was a criminal offence. During his surprise visit to Chowdi, Mishira walla and Birpur, Mir took serious note of encroachments on nullahs and khuds and directed the Jammu and Samba deputy commissioners to immediately remove encroachments and submit land record of the area within…

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JMC seals commercial complex housing JK Bank in Rehari

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Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has sealed a commercial complex housing Jammu and Kashmir bank branch in Jammu due to violation of building permission and lack of parking places. The enforcement staff of JMC under instructions from Mandeep Kaur, Municipal Commissioner sealed the commercial premises on the ground floor where the branch of J&K Bank Rehari colony was functioning, a JMC officer said. “In the building there was no provision for parking vehicles and the vehicles were illegally parked outside the Branch by the customers and the staff. “This created bottleneck and caused inconvenience to the general public in an…

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High profile sex racket uncovered in Jammu

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A high profile sex racket has been uncovered in Jammu after a minor girl, forcibly pushed into flesh trade, disclosed several names before police. Sources said that the 15-year old girl was arrested from Pathankot by Punjab Police a few days back with a local youth. They said that the girl, a resident of Aknoor and presently residing in PaccaDanga, Jammu, during questioning narrated to Punjab Police about her exploitation by high profile persons including politicians and businessmen. During the investigation, the girl, as per sources, has revealed names of…

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BJP appeasing separatists, says Congress

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Former minister and senior vice-president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Sham Lal Sharma today said instead of addressing the wishes and aspirations of the people of Jammu region the BJP was “concerned about appeasing separatist groups”. Addressing a meeting of party workers at Akhnoor, Sharma said: “The people of Jammu region are feeling betrayed as the BJP is busy appeasing anti-national forces.” Emphasising the day-to-day problems being faced by the masses, Sharma regretted that miseries of people were mounting and BJP leaders were “shamelessly indulging into…

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Over Rs 1,600 crore spent on relief, rehab of Kashmiri migrants this year

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An amount of Rs 1663.92 crore has been incurred on relief and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants till September this year under Security Related Expenditure (SRE) of Home Ministry, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The expenditure incurred by the Jammu and Kashmir government on relief and rehabilitation of the migrants is being reimbursed by the Home Ministry under SRE (Relief and Rehabilitation), Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said while giving details of packages of the Government from time to time for Kashmiri migrants, who left the Valley…

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Mufti tells executing agencies to meet project deadlines in Jammu

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Conducts city tour to take firsthand appraisal of ongoing developmental projects Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today directed the executing agencies not to miss deadlines in the completion of various ongoing projects in the health, education, tourism and other connected sectors in the city. He issued directions to the Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department to expedite work on the realignment of irrigation canal and shifting of utilities which would facilitate early execution of work on the much-needed expansion of the Jammu Airport runway. He issued these instructions while conducting…

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