213 PAK HINDUS PAY OBEISANCE AT VAISHNO DEVI

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Jammu, July 4: A group of 213 Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan paid obeisance at the Vaishno Devi cave shrine in Trikuta hills in Reasi district, official sources said here today. They said that the group of Pakistani pilgrims had specially arrived to visit Vaishno Devi shrine. This is for the More

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Fresh batch of 3,165 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

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Jammu, July 4: A fresh batch of 3,165 pilgrims left here on Sunday for their onward journey to the Amarnath cave shrine. The batch comprising 2,157 males, 699 females, 111 children and 198 Sadhus, left in a convoy of 228 vehicles. With this batch, over 12,000 pilgrims have left Jammu More

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PRE-MONSOON RAINS LASH JAMMU

Slight dip in temperature

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Jammu, July 4: The pre-monsoon rains, which lashed Jammu on Sunday, brought respite to people who were reeling under intense heat wave for days.   Officials of the Met department said the rain was an indication of the ensuing monsoon. Though the day started with intense heat More

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Political parties hail people

POOR RESPONSE TO JAMMU BANDH

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 Udhampur, July 4: Various political parties with diverse ideologies have hailed people of Jammu for what they said was befitting reply to communal forces. Members of District Congress Committee Udhampur appreciated people of Jammu for giving a befitting reply to communal elements by More

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Cultural workshop for tribal children ends

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Jammu, July 4: Production Oriented Children Theatre Workshop organized by Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation concluded, here today. The workshop, aimed to develop creativity among the nomadic Gujjar children up to the age of 15–concluded with presentation of a Gojri  play  “ More

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Slathia visits Vijaypur

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Jammu, July 4: Minister for Industries and Commerce, S S Slathia visited Vijaypur and made series of announcement relating to construction of roads, water supply schemes. During his tour, he addressed meetings at Dasal, Palouta and Vijaypur. At Dasal the Minister announced black More

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Chib reviews works in Suchetgarh

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Suchetgarh, July 4: Minister for Medical and Technical Education, R S Chib today reviewed ongoing works in Suchetgarh.   Chib met deputations who highlighted their demands.  Addressing public, Chib cautioned the people against the communal forces who, according to him were hell More

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Step down: NSF to VC JU

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Jammu, July 4: National Secular Forum on Sunday asked Prof. Varun Sahni to step down from the post of vice-chancellor of the Jammu University for his alleged failure to run the administration of the varsity.  The demand was raised by NSF president, Vikas Sharma while welcoming new members in More

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Probe into official- contractor nexus in R&B: JKNPP

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Jammu, July 4: The National Panthers Party has demanded probe into alleged official- contractor nexus in R&B department In a statement, NPP MLA Harsh Dev Singh called for a probe into the alleged nexus and the practice of repeated delays in completion of R&B schemes in violation of the agreements More

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Ministers lay foundation of GDC Chatroo

Give 54 appointment orders

Kishtwar, July 4: The Minister for Higher Education, Abdul Gani Malik and Minister for R&B, G M Saroori jointly laid the foundation stone for the construction of Government Degree College Chatroo, here today.  They also distributed 54 appointment orders under Rehbar-e-Taleem among the appointees More

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Cultural workshop for tribal children ends

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Jammu, July 4: Production Oriented Children Theatre Workshop organized by Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation concluded, here today. The workshop, aimed to develop creativity among the nomadic Gujjar children up to the age of 15–concluded with presentation of a Gojri  play  “ More

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Youth murdered in Jammu

Jammu, July 4: A youth was killed allegedly by three persons during an altercation at a marriage function in the outskirts of Jammu city, police said today. The incident took place when Tilal Raj, the victim, had a heated argument with bridegroom Darshan Ram alias Sethi in Chatha area last night, More

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Cop dies of heart attack, trooper injured in accidental firing

Jammu, July 4: A policeman died of heart attack during duty while a CRPF trooper was injured when his weapon went off accidentally in separate incidents in J&K. Constable Kasturi Lal suffered a severe heart attack when he was on night duty at Bishnah police station in Samba, police said More

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Power shut down on July 6

Jammu, July 4: To carry out the erection of 33 KV (Canal Medical line) self supporting structure at Reshamghar, Bakshi Nagar Jammu, the power supply to Bakshi Nagar, Shakti Nagar, Rajpura, Maheshpura, Rehari and part of Sarwal shall remain affected on July 6 from 6 a m to 1 pm. According to More

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Police recruitment postponed

Jammu, July 4: The recruitment of constables in Jammu and Kashmir Executive Police for district Kishtwar, scheduled from July 5 to 9 has been postponed till further notification.  According to an official communiqué, fresh dates would be notified later. More

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ABJM to launch awareness prog

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Jammu, July 14: Akhil Bhartiya Gujjar Mahasaba is going to launch an awareness programme among Gujjar youth in Poonch to ensure their participation in the development of the state.   In a statement, its president Eshaf-Ur-Rehman Poswal demanded road connectivity from Poonch to Gulmarg- More

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