74 PARAMILITARY COMPANIES TO GUARD PILGRIMAGE ROUTE

AMARNATH YATRA 2012

ASHWANI LANGEH

Jammu, May 9: The Union Government has approved deployment of additional 74 companies of paramilitary forces for the smooth conduct of upcoming Amarnath Yatra in the state. These companies of security personnel, including CRPF and CISF, would be deployed along the Yatra track from Lakhanpur up to More

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Each district in state to get Mobile Medical Unit

Centre releases ` 8.25 crore for first phase

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, May 9:  With a view to improve delivery of health care services in rural areas, Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to purchase 22 Mobile Medical Units (MMU), one for each district of the state.Sources informed Greater Kashmir that under National Health Rural Mission (NRHM) the More

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Court frames charges against accused

FAKE PRC CASE

Jammu, May 9: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Pawan Dev Kotwal has framed charges against a Naib Tehsilar and other accused facing trail in a fake PRC scam case.The accused Parasram, Mangat Ram, Devi Ditta, Ramesh Kumar have been charged for fraud, forgery and criminal conspiracy, while Naib More

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Preliminary assessment puts losses to ` 3 crore

FIRE AT NARWAL FRUIT-VEGETABLE MARKET

ARUN SINGH

Jammu, May 9:  The losses in the last night’s devastating fire at biggest fruit and vegetable market of the region at Narwal have been assessed to be of the tune of Rs 3 crore.The traders put the preliminary assessment of loss of goods and property at Rs 3 crore, which they said could go More

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Stray-dogs sterilisation project for Jammu city hangs in balance

JMC- SKUAST fail to embark on MoU signed 4 months back

ARUN SINGH

Jammu, May 9: Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC)-the premier civic body of the winter capital is without foolproof mechanism in place to curb the growing population of stray dogs which has already exceeded over twenty thousands and multiplying with the birth rate of 20-30 percent per year.While More

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Moral education, value system pillars of society: Dy CM

Jammu, May 9: Laying stress on promoting value education among students, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand said traditional value system and moral education are pillars of age old Indian society. He said value loaded teaching needs to be encouraged among youngsters for laying foundation of a strong More

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7 injured as roof of mud house caves in

Jammu, May 9: At least seven villagers were injured, two of them seriously, when the roof of an under-construction kacha house caved-in at village Kalaba of tehsil Mahore of district Reasi, police sources said.They said that the seven villagers were buried under the debris when they were helping More

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Section 144 of CrPC imposed along river Ravi

Kathua, May 9: Responding to a number of complaints received regarding illegal extraction of bed material from river Ravi, District Magistrate, Kathua, Zahida Parveen Khan alongwith officers of Flood Control, Irrigation, Geology Mining, Police, Industries & Revenue department conducted a joint More

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Use of force on employees condemned

Jammu, May 9: United Forum of State,Central, Private, Public Sector Trade Unions of Jammu has condemned lathicharge on the protesting employees under the banner of Joint Consultative Committee of Employees Joint Action Committee  at Srinagar.In a an emergent meeting of the United Forum held More

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32 pilgrims injured in Katra accident

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, May 9: Atleast 32 people were injured when a bus, in which they were traveling, turned turtle at Moori area of Katra this evening, police said. Police said that the bus (UP86T-0824) carrying pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi, was on its way from Katra to Jammu when it met with the mishap More

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