Category: Jammu

Jammu

Govt teacher suspended for taking tuitions

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Taking serious note of violation of blanket ban on imparting private tuitions by government teachers, Chief Education officer, Rajouri, C Altaf Hussain today raided some private institutions here and placed an erring official under suspension. Gulbatan Singh, a government middle school teacher at Kardinoo in the Baljaralan Education Zone, was found teaching students in SR College. Director, School Education, Jammu, vide order No DSEJ/Gen/ 32642-43 dt26/10/15, has banned the private tuitions by the government teachers and has directed all the Chief Education Officers concerned to implement the order in latter…

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West Pakistan refugees to go nationwide with their plight

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Irked over their demands not being addressed in the recently announced economic package for the state, West Pakistani refugees have decided to launch a nationwide awareness campaign to educate the countrymen about their plight. Although the refugee leadership is still hopeful that the BJP will find out “some ways” to address their long-pending demands, a group within the displaced persons is of the view that instead of solely depending upon the BJP, they should approach other political groups which are known for their “pro-weaker sections” approach. In an executive committee…

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Stalls, shoppers choke roads on Diwali eve

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As the markets in the winter capital city are abuzz with heavy rush of customers, who come along with their families for Diwali shopping, there has been traffic chaos, too, as all roads leading to various areas in the city are witnessing traffic jams. Though the traffic police have been deployed, but they too are not able to control the ever-increasing traffic. The winter capital of the city is facing heavy traffic chaos on the eve of Diwali as almost all the shopkeepers of the city have installed big stalls…

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Vaishno Devi board organises Diwali function in Katra

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The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Spiritual Growth Centre organised a function here today on the eve of Diwali. Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Shri Mata Devi Shrine Board, MK Kumar and B Mohandass, Additional Chief Executive Officers of the board, Deputy CEOs, Chief Accounts Officer and a large number of employees of the Shrine Board participated in the function. The CEO greeted the officers and employees of the Shrine Board on Diwali on behalf of Governor NN Vohra, who is also the chairman of the Shri…

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Cong holds anti PDP-BJP protest march in Jammu

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Accusing the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir of having failed to address the problems of the people, the state unit of Congress Monday held a protest march as they attempted to gherao the Civil Secretariat. Led by senior Congress leaders, including the JKPCC Chief G A Mir and former Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, a large number of Congress workers gathered at Hari Singh Park and marched towards the civil secretariat. However, their attempt to reach the civil secretariat was foiled by a large contingent of state police…

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Pandits puzzled by Centre’s silence on composite township

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Kashmiri Pandits living in the camp township at Jagti, Muthi, Purkhoo and Mishriwala here are “puzzled” by the attitude of the Central government after Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to make any mention about the proposed composite township for the displaced community in the Valley during his November 7 speech in Srinagar. Since the formation of the BJP-led government at the Centre, 3.50 lakh Pandits, who left Kashmir in 1990 after the eruption of militancy, were hopeful of resettlement as the Union Government had earlier announced a composite township for…

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Jammu-based parties unhappy with Prime Minister’s package

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A day after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Rs 80,000-crore economic package for the state, the Jammu-based parties today took on the BJP-led NDA government for “ignoring” the aspirations of the people of the region and demanded a “relook” at the components of the package. These groups also held demonstrations in the city and alleged that all issues concerning Jammu were overlooked and the Kashmir valley remained the focal point of the Prime Minister’s visit. Panthers Party activists led by provincial president Rajesh Padgotra held a demonstration outside the…

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Govt. offices to reopen in Jammu today post darbar move

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The Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to start functioning from here Monday for the next six months after shifting from summer capital Srinagar as part of the pre-independence biannual ‘Darbar Move’ practice. `Darbar Move’ is a century-old practice under which the government functions six months each in the two capital. “The Secretariat and other offices, which are part of Darbar Move, will be reopened in Jammu, for Winter season, 2015-16. All the offices started functioning from tomorrow (Monday),” an official spokesman had said on Sunday. “All arrangements have…

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Enraged over package, West Pak refugees to devise strategy today

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Enraged over their exclusion from the Rs 80,000-crore economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, an emergent meeting of the executive body of the West Pakistani Refugees Action Committee (WPRAC) is called on Tuesday to devise strategy to “fight the battle on the streets”. “Our executive committee will sit together at our headquarters at Swankha Morh in Samba on November 10 to discuss the Prime Minister’s package”, Labha Ram Gandhi, a visibly dejected convener of the WPRAC, told. “We had pinned our hopes on the Prime Minister’s…

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College students ‘beaten up’ by jawans, block road in Surankote

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Students of Government Degree College in Surankote today held a protest against the Army for allegedly disrupting regular college affairs in the name of ex-servicemen rally at Surankote. The students alleged that they were also beaten up by soldiers. They held a protest at a traffic check post (TCP) and later on shopkeepers and parents of the students also joined the protest and demanded action against soldiers who allegedly beat up students. The incident happened at about 10 am today when some college students were being frisked by the soldiers…

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