Farmers forced to give up land for peanuts

SKUAST-J backtracks From Promise Of Providing Jobs

ARUN SINGH

Jammu, Aug 19: Over two dozen farmers in Chatha Pind area on the outskirts of state’s winter capital are facing gross injustice at the hands of the authorities of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) Jammu. For past five years these hapless farmers are being deprived More

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Crippled for life, BSF porter awaits justice

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Aug 19: It was sunny morning of February 23, 2003, Subash Chander, who along with more than one dozen labourers, all hailing from village Abdullian of RS Pura sector, were heading towards International Border (IB) with a group of paramilitary BSF men of 60th battalion, to erect barbed wire More

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6 soldiers injured in Rajouri accident

Press Trust of India

Jammu, Aug 19: Six soldiers were injured in a collision between their vehicle and a passenger bus in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The collision between the Gypsy, carrying soldiers of the Raj Rifles unit and a video coach bus occurred near Nariya village on the Jammu-Poonch More

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Lt Gen Parnaik greets people

Udhampur, Aug 19: The Army Commander, Lt Gen KT Parnaik, has greeted the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. In his message, Lt Gen Parnaik said that Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, a period of fasting, prayer and charity, will More

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Tara Chand tours rural belts

Jammu, Aug 19: Continuing with the drive to bring the administration at door step and redress the grievances of people, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand today on second consecutive day along with a team of senior sectoral officers visited far-flung border areas. Addressing rally at Selanwali More

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Detecting Tunnels on Indo-Pak border

BSF LAUNCHES EXHAUSTIVE SURVEY AT VULNERABLE SPOTS

Jammu/New Delhi, Aug 19: The BSF has begun an exhaustive survey of all those vulnerable spots along the Indo-Pak border to detect any possible signs of a tunnel similar to the one recently unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district. A team of BSF officials have been tasked to carry out More

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Govt refuses sanction in PCD Flood Light Scam

Vigilance files closure report after 6 yrs probe

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 19: Refusal of the state government to grant prosecution sanction has forced the State Vigilance Organisation Jammu to close investigation in an alleged multi-lakh flood light scam, which surfaced in Police Construction Division, after six years of probe.The Organization filed a closure More

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