No EVMs, ballot boxes to be used in Panchayat polls

30,000 POLLING STATIONS TO BE SET UP ACROSS JK

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, July 23: With Panchayat and civic bodies’ polls in J&K drawing nearer, the administration as well as election commission has geared up its men and machinery to make arrangements for holding elections to these institutions, likely to be held in the October and November. Official More

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Vehicles to move on fixed speed limit on roads

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, July 23: Faced with severe criticism over frequent road mishaps which claimed hundreds of lives in this hilly State, the Transport Department has embarked upon a new strategy to check the over speeding of vehicles to decrease the number of accidents. According to official sources, More

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Students boycott classes

HIKE IN PASSENGER FARE

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, July 23: The students of four colleges in Jammu city on Friday boycotted their classes to protest the government’s decision of increasing the passenger fare by 13 per cent. They also expressed resentment against the Jammu University’s decision to hike fee structure of various Post More

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JMC, PCB at loggerheads over disposal of seized polythene

SYED AMJAD SHAH

Jammu, July 23: While Jammu region continue to grapple under the menace of polythene, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Pollution Control Board (PCB)-the two agencies authorized to enforce ban on its use are on loggerheads over the disposal of quintals of polythene confiscated over a period.  More

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Trooper killed

Jammu, July 23: A trooper was killed as he slipped from the mountains and fell on a landmine that went off near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir today. During patrolling, a trooper slipped from the mountains along LoC and fell on the landmine, resulting in a More

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2 poachers held in JK

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu: Two poachers have been arrested by wildlife department for killing a deer in Poonch district of Jammu, officials said. The duo was arrested yesterday by the officials while they were cooking the deer at Loran area of Mandi, they said. Some uncooked meat was also seized from the More

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BSF lodges protests with Pak over firing

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu: BSF today lodged a strong protest with Pakistan Rangers against ‘heavy firing’ along the Indo-Pak border here on Wednesday. An Assistant Commandant-level flag meeting was held at a border outpost and a protest was lodged with Pakistan Rangers, BSF officials said. The flag More

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HC quashes PSA of alleged OGW

Jammu: The Jammu High Court on Friday quashed preventive detention order of an alleged Over Ground Worker of Hizbul Mujahideen and directed the police for immediate release of the detainee. The order was passed by Justice Hasnain Massodi in a petition filed by Ghulam Ahmed Mir alias Zia Mir More

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