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17 people injured after bus turns turtle in Rajouri

5Dec

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Rajouri, State

17 people injured after bus turns turtle in Rajouri

Rajouri, Dec 5: Seventeen guests on board a bus carrying wedding guests were injured in a road accident in Tarkundi near Line of Control in Rajouri district on Monday, officials said. As per police, the accident took place on Monday morning when the bus was plying on Tarkundi LoC road, and it turned turtle. The officials said that seventeen people were injured in the accident with four of the injured are having serious injuries. Soon after the accident, teams of army from Rashtriya Rifles camp under the aegis of Romeo Force launched a rescue operation. All the injured were rescued who have been rushed to the hospital, the officials said.

‘Kashmir Files’ best cinematic expression of Kashmir pain: Chugh

4Dec

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Jammu, Kashmir, National, State

‘Kashmir Files’ best cinematic expression of Kashmir pain: Chugh

Srinagar, Dec 4: BJP national general secretary, Tarun Chugh, who is the party incharge of J&K, on Sunday described the movie Kashmir Files as a historic cinematic expression and lambasted the International Film Festival jury for passing negative remarks about it. In a statement, Chugh said those who termed Kashmir Files movie as vulgar are are suffering from mental frustration. "It was real and tragic too which happened with our Kashmiri Pandit brethren. Those who termed the movie as vulgar are suffering from mental frustration", Chugh said while speaking to the media. He said entire world came to know about this tragic and heart wrenching incident after 32 years. He also said that truth cannot be concealed. "Be it genocide carried out by Hitler against Jews; genoci...

216 kanal govt land retrieved by admin in Samba

4Dec

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Jammu, Samba, State

216 kanal govt land retrieved by admin in Samba

Dec 4, Samba: On the direction of Deputy Commissioner, (DC) Samba, Anuradha Gupta, the District Administration Samba launched a massive anti-encroachment operation in district and evicted about 219 kanal State/Roshni land in different villages of the Border district. A team of Revenue and Police Officers/Officials headed by Sub Divisional Magistrate Vijaypur Vinay Sharma conducted an anti-encroachment in village Palli, Kanda Madana, Rakh Barotia, Gurgaon Salathia and retrieved about 93 Kanal 13 Marla of Government land under Khasra No. 261, 1142, 931/840. After the anti-encroachment operation, the signage boards were also erected on the evicted land. Similarly, anti-encroachment drives were also launched in the Samba division in village Pangwal, Nehari during which around 44 Kanal...

2nd FASTag-enabled parking system of India in Jammu

4Dec

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Jammu, Jammu, National, State

2nd FASTag-enabled parking system of India in Jammu

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday got its maiden FASTag-enabled Parking Management System (PMS) at Multi-Level Car Parking (MLCP) General Bus Stand Jammu. This state-of-the-art cashless initiative is second across the country. India’s first FASTag-based and Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based cashless parking facility was launched by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) at its Kashmere Gate Metro Station in North Delhi on July 6, 2021. The parking at Jammu Bus Stand would work through an app called Park+ and Jammu residents by using the app can now discover, book, and prepay for a parking spot. Additionally, they can also use the FASTag on their car to pay for a parking spot, without any human intervention, a first of its kind initiative in Jammu. Principal Secr...

7 Lakh Rupees stolen from a store of Jammu

2Dec

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Jammu, State

7 Lakh Rupees stolen from a store of Jammu

2 Dec, Jammu: On Wednesday night burglars stole around round Rs. 7 lakhs from a shop near Super Market in the City Chowk Shalamar, Jammu. President of Beopar Mandal, Ashok Kumar Gupta told media that burglars broke open the shutters of a shop and ran away with Rs. 7 lakhs. “The Police need to look at the non-local rehriwalas and shopkeepers as this purchasing place by no means witnessed robbery,” Gupta stated and expressed suspicion on the non-nearby traders working in Jammu. Following the theft incident, the shop proprietor has lodged a complaint with the Police.

Land Revenue Act Amended for Jammu Kashmir

2Dec

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Jammu, Kashmir, State

Land Revenue Act Amended for Jammu Kashmir

Jammu, Dec 2: J&K government on Thursday amended the Land Revenue Act and directed that the legal heirs viz., Mother, Father, Spouse, and Kids of an agriculturist would also fall inside the agriculturist category for the purpose of section 133-H of the stated act. According to an order issued by way of Commissioner/Secretary Revenue Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, the revenue area formation have been receiving the packages in which wife, kids and their kids have been also claiming to be an agriculturist for the purpose of the stated act and as a result the matter become referred to this branch for taking the selection. Section 141 of J&K Land Revenue Act, Svt. 1996 enables the government to make such provision for removal of problems and the problem faced by means of the revenue field f...

Mother-Son among 3 killed in Kathua road accident

1Dec

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State, Kathua

Mother-Son among 3 killed in Kathua road accident

Kathua, Dec 1: Three members of a family, including a mother-son duo, died and two others were critically injured in a road mishap in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday night. Police sources said that five members of a family were travelling in a car when the driver lost control and it skidded off the road and plunged into a 300-ft-deep Sewa ‘nullah’ in Mangiar near Bani, leaving two occupants dead on the spot and others injured. A rescue operation was launched and the injured were evacuated to the hospital where one of the critically injured also succumbed to the injuries. The deceased have been identified as Monika Gupta (40), wife of Sanjay Gupta, Sheikher Gupta (45), son of Ram Lal and Sidharth Gupta (11), son of Sanjay Gupta. Tw...

Atal Dulloo reviews working of FPOs in Jammu

27Nov

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Jammu, State

Atal Dulloo reviews working of FPOs in Jammu

Jammu, Nov 26: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, today held a meeting to review the working of Farmer's Producer Organisations (FPOs) in Jammu division. Additional Chief Secretary had a detailed assessment of progress achieved by the Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) formed under Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) since February 2020 in the division. Vice Chancellor, SKUAST Jammu, J P Sharma, HoDs of Agriculture and allied departments besides representatives of concerned implementing agencies were also present in the meeting who briefed about the performance of the FPOs of Jammu division. The concerned authorities and implementing agencies like NABARD and Cluster Based Business Organizations working with var...