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No need for prior environmental clearance for NH projects: SC

New Delhi: The central government is not required to obtain prior environmental or forest clearance under the laws before declaring a stretch as national highway (NH) and expressing its intention to acquire the land for building, maintenance or operating such roads, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday. This significant observation was made by the top […]

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Justice Bindal appointed acting chief justice of JK High Court

New Delhi: Justice Rajesh Bindal was on Tuesday appointed as the acting chief justice of the common high court for the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, a Law Ministry notification said. He was the senior-most judge of the high court. He has been asked to perform the duties of the office of […]

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Arrest of three Kashmiri men: Court sends detained men to police custody

New Delhi: Five persons suspected to have militant links and arrested after an encounter here were remanded for custodial interrogation of four days by a Delhi Court on Tuesday. According to the police, Shabir Ahmad, Md Ayub Pathan and Riyaz Rather were allegedly affiliated with terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen while Gurjit Singh and Sukhdeep Singh […]

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Mehbooba says she was put under house arrest

Wanted to visit families evicted from forest land in Budgam

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday authorities prevented her from leaving her residence here as she wanted to meet the families evicted from forest land in Budgam district of central Kashmir. Mehbooba took to Twitter to claim that she has been detained. Police did not comment on the alleged detention of the former […]

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Functioning of DDC will open new chapter for JK: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said the constitution of District Development Councils (DDCs) will open a new chapter for Jammu and Kashmir. He said people are going to get a voice through these councils which will have a communication channel for redressal of their issues. “Constituting of District Development Councils will be […]

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Gupkar gang’ built palatial estates, govt built bunkers for jawans: BJP leader

Jammu: Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Tuesday targeted the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) and alleged that the gang built big palatial estates and encroached the state land while the Narendra Modi government built bunkers for the jawans at the border. Thakur, who hit the campaign trail for the 5th phase […]

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BJP’s official social media handles launched in JK

Srinagar: BJP general secretary and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Tarun Chugh on Tuesday launched official social media handles of the party’s unit in the union territory. Launching the Twitter handle, and Instagram and Facebook pages of the Jammu and Kashmir BJP, Chugh said, “BJP wants to have an impact and wants the people to join […]

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Missing electoral rolls, alteration in constituency Hampering KP’s voting in DDC polls: BJP

Jammu: BJP leader and former legislator G L Raina on Tuesday said Kashmiri migrants were facing problems in exercising their franchise in the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls due to missing electoral rolls and alteration in names of constituencies, even as he welcomed the decision to allow the community to ‘vote in person’ and […]

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BJP fighting polls on agenda of development: Jitendra Singh

Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said that the BJP is fighting the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir on the common agenda of development of all regions of the Union Territory and among every section of society. Accusing the Congress, National Conference and the PDP of resorting to their […]

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Call for Bharat Bandh draws more support

Centre issues advisory, BJP slams opposition

New Delhi/Chandigarh: A nationwide strike on Tuesday called by agitating farmer unions to press for repeal of the Centre’s agri laws is likely to have an impact in some northern states after several trade unions extended support to it even as the farmer leaders said that no one should be forced to join the shutdown. […]