Category: Jammu

Jammu

12 Newborn girls abandoned in six months

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On his way to a nearby temple, a priest heard cries coming from near some bushes. As he went near, he was shocked to find a newborn girl wrapped in a piece of cloth. The baby was apparently abandoned by her parents. The baby managed to survive after she was admitted to the respiratory intensive care unit. The incident took place on September 18 at Karin Bagh on the outskirts of the city. However, this is not an isolated case. For quite some time, Jammu is witnessing a distributing trend…

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Divide state and tackle one community region of Kashmir: Hari Om tells Modi

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Terming PDP, NC, Congress and CPI-M as chips of the same anti-Jammu and anti-India block, senior ‘BJP leader’ and former political advisor to J&K BJP, president Prof Hari Om, Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to divide the state to end alienation in Jammu province and tackle the restive, radicalised and one-community region of Kashmir. Segregation of Jammu province from Kashmir Valley is the need of the nation and exigency of the time, he said. He added that the dangerous developments which unfolded in Kashmir after October 3 in and…

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‘Rigidity’ of Army adds to traffic chaos outside school on BC Road

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Daily traffic snarls leading to total chaos outside Saint Mary’s Presentation Convent School on the BC Road continue to take a toll on commuters and traffic policemen alike, courtesy Tiger Division of the Army, which allegedly has not been allowing the school management to use the school land for the purpose of dropping and picking up schoolchildren. “The Army doesn’t allow parents of our children and drivers of privately hired school vehicles to use the strip with our compound wall for the purpose of dropping and then picking up the…

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‘We’re living in hell, no one pays heed to our miseries’

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Displaced border residents recount tales of misery as they battle government apathy The administration’s apathy is adding to the woes of hundreds of border villagers, displaced again by border firing in Kathua and Samba districts. Around 300 villagers have taken shelter at the Santoshi Mata Temple here, being frequented by politicians nowadays, but the displaced residents have received no major help from the authorities so far. The administration has so far sent only one bag of rice, weighing 50 kg, and two bags of flour, weighing 50 kg each, for…

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Man arrested with illicit liquor in Doda

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A man was arrested with 64 pouches of illicit liquor in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Monday. Acting on specific information, a police team yesterday caught a man who was roaming around in suspicious circumstances in Pul Doda area of the district, a police officer said. When checked, 64 pouches of illicit liquor were recovered from his possession, the officer said, adding that he was arrested on the spot. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Farooq, a resident of Pul Doda, the official said. A…

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JK Speaker, BJP leaders join RSS march in Jammu

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The J&K Legislative Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta and senior Bharatiya Janata Party legislators Sunday openly participated in right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s ‘route march’ in Jammu. Gupta was in ‘Gavnesh’, the RSS uniform, during the rally that passed through several areas in the city. Gupta had recently said he was a “proud RSS man.” The Speaker—in white shirt and ‘khaki’ short joined the RSS march that commenced from DPS Ground and concluded at Hari Singh Park on the banks of river Tawi after passing through several city locations including Shaheedi Chowk,…

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RSS men celebrate foundation day

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Activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today took out a procession in the city to mark its 90th foundation day. They also carried out an annual Vijaya Dashami route march. Two processions were culminated at Maharaja Hari Singh Park on the banks of the Tawi. One procession was started from General Zorawar Singh Park at Trikuta Nagar while another was began from Rajput School Ground. At Trikuta Nagar, RSS state general secretary Parshotam Deedchi addressed the activists while at Rajput School, Brig (Retd) Suchait Singh motivated the cadre. Earlier,…

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Pakistan targets 30 border outposts of BSF in Jammu; 6 civilians injured

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Six civilians were injured on Monday due to indiscriminate shelling by Pakistani Rangers on the international border in Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu region, police said. “Pakistan Rangers used 81 mm and 82 mm mortars to target over two dozen villages and nearly 30 border outposts of the Border Security Force​ (BSF) during the night,” a senior police officer said in Jammu. “The shelling and firing continued well past midnight. Six villagers belonging to four families were injured due to Pakistan shelling in Bobiya village of Kathua district. They were…

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‘Not heard’ amid crisis, Samba village bars entry of politicians

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Bearing the maximum brunt of shelling by Pakistani troops, this border village in Samba district with around 1,700 voters today vented their pent-up anger and decided not to allow any politician to enter the village. “They be ministers, MLAs or other leaders, we will not allow them enter our village. The politicians have turned a blind eye to our sufferings… We will boycott the next elections,” said a group of angry villagers. The elderly residents claimed that never before had Mawa witnessed such destruction. “Such damage was not seen here…

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Bhaderwah shuts down to protest sacrilegious act

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After the Friday prayers, members of the majority community in the Bhaderwah area of Doda district held a massive protest against a sacrilegious act. Tension gripped Bhaderwah town on Thursday evening after some people noticed burnt firecrackers bearing Arabic script. Protesters alleged that the Arabic script on the burnt crackers were verses of a holy book. Reports said the majority community closed its business establishments on the call of the Anjuman Islamia Bhaderwah as a mark of protest and did not allow traffic on the Bhaderwah-Doda highway. They demanded action…

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