Added on August 2, 2022
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Jammu: Hundreds of daily wagers of the Jal Shakti Department staged a protest and blocked a highway in Jammu on Monday to press their demand for regularisation of services. The Jal Shakti (PHE) Employees and Workers Association, which organised the protest, said the daily wagers have been struggling for over two decades for regularisation of […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has not only foiled evil designs of the neighbouring country but uprooted terrorism and its ecosystem from many areas, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday. He said the Jammu and Kashmir Police is also the finest example of superior internal security machinery for protection of integrity and sovereignty […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Srinagar: NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer met Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhawan on Sunday and discussed a range of issues pertaining to development of the Union territory. The Lt Governor said that J&K UT government has taken steps to strengthen the democratic system at the grassroots level, public participation […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 704 fresh Covid cases on Sunday that took the infection tally to 4,64,764, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,771, officials said. Of the new cases, 210 were reported from the Jammu division and 494 from the Kashmir valley, they said. There are 4,859 active cases in […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Kathua/Jammu: Three people were washed away in a flash flood amid heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. The three were washed away in the district’s Tarnah nallah, they said, adding that rescue operations have been started. The three people have been identified as Dev Raj (50), Bablu (48) and […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has provided security cover to advocate Monika Kohli, the standing counsel for the CBI in the high court who has been handling some sensitive cases related to terrorism, officials said on Sunday. Kohli is the chief prosecutor in two key cases against Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin […]
Added on August 1, 2022
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Jammu: The Army has built a 170-feet long bailey bridge on a river to facilitate pilgrims visiting the Himalayan shrine of Mata Machail in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Sunday. The bridge was recently washed away due to a flash-flood. The 40-day annual Shree Machail Mata yatra, which started on Monday after […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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Says more stringent laws needed for anti-narcotics efforts
Chandigarh: The Centre’s zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics is showing results, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday, noting that there were seizures of 3.3 lakh kg drugs and a 260 per cent increase in arrests in the 20014-21 period compared to 2006-13. Stating that the drug problem was “more” in Punjab, a border state, […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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New Delhi: The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 cannot be enforced in a dispute between two sects of the same religion, the Supreme Court has said while refusing to entertain a petition related to a dispute between two segments of the Jain community on “conversion” of places of worship. The top court was […]
Added on July 31, 2022
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Says ease of justice equally important as ease of doing business, living
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed that ease of justice was equally important as ease of doing business and ease of living, as he urged the judiciary to speed up release of undertrials awaiting legal aid and languishing in jails. The urgent need to address the plight of the undertrial prisoners by […]
