Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: A traffic policeman was suspended and a departmental inquiry ordered after a video purportedly showed his subordinate demanding bribe from a driver to allow him a passage, officials said on Saturday. They said the department will also take action against the subordinate officer, an SPO, for his “gross act of indiscipline”, misconduct and dereliction […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: After a week-long delay, monsoon showers lashed Jammu on Saturday providing relief to the people from the sweltering heat as the mercury dipped several degrees below the season’s average for the first time in the last fortnight. Jammu recorded 7.6 mm rain during the day as people came out in large numbers to get […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: A 17.5-metre high statue of BJP ideologue Syama Prasad Mookerjee, his first in Jammu and Kashmir, was unveiled in Kathua district Saturday, coinciding with his 118th birth anniversary. Union minister Jitendra Singh unveiled the statue at a ceremony, attended by senior BJP leaders National vice-president Avinash Rai Khanna, National Secretary and former MP Maheish […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: Two Army personnel were injured in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, officials said on Saturday. The soldiers, who were manning a forward post in the Romali Dhara area of Nowshera sector, were injured in the firing from across the border on Friday night, they added. A defence spokesperson […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: The seventh batch, comprising of 5,124 pilgrims, Saturday left Bhagwati Nagar base camp here amid tight security arrangements to pay obeisance at the 3,880-metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, including 864 women, 187 sadhus (saints) and 19 children, left in a convoy of 226 vehicles […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: An alleged drug peddler was arrested Saturday with six gram heroin in Samba district, police said. During checking, a motorcycle rider Teg Ali, a resident of Malani village of Ghagwal, was intercepted at Y-Junction on the Rajpura-Malani road, an official said. The official said initially Ali tried to escape but was apprehended along with […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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NEW DELHI: Petrol price was Saturday hiked by a minimum Rs 2.40 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.36 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for 2019-20.Petrol price in Delhi was increased by Rs 2.45 per litre to Rs 72.96 while the increase in Mumbai was Rs […]
Added on July 7, 2019
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress Saturday termed the Union Budget 2019-20 as “totally disappointing” for the people of the state. “The BJP cannot take the people of the region for a ride after seeking huge mandate on various important commitments… The budget is totally disappointing for the people of the state,” […]
Added on July 6, 2019
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Govt proposes new tax on super-rich
Govt proposes new tax on super-rich
Added on July 6, 2019
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Jammu: A police constable was Friday arrested for allegedly recording the video of women devotees taking bath at a camp during the ongoing Amarnath Yatra here, a senior officer said. Tariq Ahmed was serving in the 19th battalion of the Indian Reserve Police and a case under Section 354 (intent to outrage the modesty of […]
