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Jammu

Festive season fails to cheer traders as sales down by 50%

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The festival season has failed to bring joy to the business community in Jammu as Diwali “sales have gone down by 50 per cent” this year. The city markets were nowhere near to usual business as people were “judicious” in spending money. The shopkeepers said the business was all time low this Diwali. “We generally have sales worth over Rs 1 lakh during Diwali but this year, it was not even Rs 50,000. The purchasing power of customers has come down drastically which has affected the entire business community of…

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Pakistan violates truce pact in Samba sector, BSF retaliates

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In less than a month after a sector commander-level meeting between the border guarding forces of Pakistan and India, Pakistan violated ceasefire in the Samba sector last night. The BSF retaliated in equal measure. “Four rounds of AK-47 assault rifle were fired from a jungle on the Pakistan’s side towards our side. There was no targeted firing and it could not be attributed to Pakistan Rangers. They could have been ultras because there are a number of them on their (Pakistan) side,” said RK Sharma, Inspector General of the BSF,…

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‘Chenab Valley a goldmine of natural resources’

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Saying that Chenab Valley is a goldmine of natural resources, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh today called upon the stakeholders to synergize their activities so that the region and other unexplored areas of the state are brought on the tourist map. The Deputy Chief Minister was speaking at a convention, which was part of  3-Day FAM tour organized by Department of Tourism. The tour was flagged off for Bhaderwah by Secretary Tourism, Farooq Ahmed Shah earlier from Jammu Tawi Golf Course Sidhra on 14th November. Dr Singh appreciated the…

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Doda-Kishtwar highway turns into death trap

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Though there is no rain in the entire Chenab region for the past one week, the 115-km stretch of the Batote-Doda-Kishtwar national highway has been in a pathetic condition. It has turned a death trap for thousands of people who regularly commute through the road. The authorities are not bothered about the loss of lives in road accidents as the region is being neglected by the government. On May 14 this year, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in his maiden visit to Doda announced the release of Rs 12 crore…

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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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