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June 22, 2018 No Responses

BJP workers wary of mobilising support for Amit Shah’s rally

The Bharatiya Janata Party, now out of the government, is under pressure to mobilise cadre for party national president Amit Shah’s rally on June 23. Immediately after state president Ravinder Raina’s press conference on Wednesday, a meeting of the office-bearers...

June 21, 2018 No Responses

To retrieve lost ground, BJP to pitch for its core agenda, Amit Shah to visit Jammu on June 23

After pulling out of the alliance in J&K, the BJP will go back to its core agenda, including the abolition of Article 370 and ending of ‘discrimination’ with the Jammu and Ladakh regions, to regain its lost ground in the...

June 13, 2018 No Responses

Four BSF personnel killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Samba sector

Two officers were among four Border Security Force (BSF) men were killed and three others were injured in firing by Pakistan Rangers along the international border in another ceasefire violation near the famous Chamliyal shrine in Ramgarh sub sector of...

June 13, 2018 No Responses

Flood threat looms large as Polythene continues to clog drains across Jammu City

The decade-long ban on polythene carry bags in the state has not been effective. They continue to choke drains in Jammu city, creating a problem during rains. There have been no serious efforts to replace polythene as a packaging material....

June 11, 2018 No Responses

Power crisis hits water supply, Govt goes for rationing in Jammu region

With the power crisis hitting the working of lifting stations and filtration plants, the government has now opted for rationing of drinking water in the Jammu region. Official sources in the public health engineering (PHE) department revealed that the resident...

June 9, 2018 No Responses

Rajnath Singh fails to placate border dwellers

Even as Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday announced a slew of incentives, border dwellers said these are not going to address their grievances. “Our main concern is security. We want to live a peaceful and dignified life, like...

June 8, 2018 No Responses

Ramadan truce hasn’t received good response: Dy CM Kavinder Gupta

Amid reports that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will extend the ongoing ceasefire beyond the holy month of Ramadan, Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta on Thursday said the unilateral truce announced by the Centre on May 16 had not received...

June 5, 2018 No Responses

J&K Police withdraws plea to shift Kathua accused to Pathankot jail

The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday withdrew its application requesting that the seven accused in the Kathua rape and murder case be moved to a Pathankot jail after the Punjab government told the court that their prisons were overcrowded,...

June 2, 2018 No Responses

Plea to shift Kathua Case accused to Pathankot jail

J&K Government’s special public prosecutor Santokh Singh Basra has moved an application with District and Sessions Judge Tejwinder Singh seeking shifting of seven of the eight accused to the Pathankot sub-jail in the Kathua rape-murder case. The eighth a...

June 1, 2018 No Responses

Water, Power crisis worsens in Jammu

Only 25 water tankers for 72 wards one-hour power cut every 2 hours Jammu, the city of Temples, has been hit by the worst-ever water crisis in the recent times with many areas of the city not getting water supply...