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Day after stampede, Vaishno Devi Shrine Board decides yatra bookings to go onlineSubscriber Only
January 3, 2022 10:14 IST
🔴 A Shrine Board official said that while on an average, only 2,000 daily yatra slips are issued online, around 28,000 are issued to pilgrims on their arrival at Katra.
Survivors relive Vaishno Devi shrine horror: ‘some fell, were run over’Subscriber Only
January 2, 2022 11:25 IST
🔴 The stampede that killed 12 pilgrims at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K early on Saturday also left indelible scars in the minds of those who survived the horror.
New Year tragedy at Vaishno Devi shrine: 12 killed in rush, stampede in early hoursSubscriber Only
January 2, 2022 00:48 IST
🔴 50,000 visitors; scuffle between two groups near shrine leads to the stampede. 16 injured in first-ever stampede at shrine; probe ordered.
Hyderpora encounter: Killed Ramban youth’s father files plea in HC to seek return of son’s body
December 31, 2021 07:42 IST
Police, who have so far returned the bodies of two local Kashmir residents to their families, have not handed over Amir Magray’s body to his family yet, saying he was an associate of the Pakistani militant who was also killed in the encounter.
J&K admin signs realty MoUs worth Rs 18,900 croreSubscriber Only
December 27, 2021 20:13 IST
🔴 Nineteen of these MoUs were related to the residential sector. Eight were for commercial projects and four were for hospitality. There were three MoUs for infrastructure, two for finance and three for the film and entertainment sector.
‘No need for it’: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha rules out possibility of AFSPA repeal
December 27, 2021 14:42 IST
His comment came a day after the Centre instituted a committee to examine whether AFSPA can be withdrawn from Nagaland.
Azad targets Centre, says J&K suffering after constitutional safeguards taken awaySubscriber Only
December 27, 2021 04:55 IST
Addressing the rally at Khour, which is along the Line of Control, Azad said that even for small jobs, applications were being called for from across the country.
Ghulam Nabi Azad: Not fear of sword, people convert on getting influencedSubscriber Only
December 26, 2021 07:46 IST
🔴 “It is good work and character of individuals which are influencing people,” Ghulam Nabi Azad said.
Jammu: NIA files chargesheet against three in IED recovery case
December 23, 2021 19:09 IST
The probe also unearthed a larger conspiracy of recruitment and plans to activate a significant number of radicalised youths of the entire valley to target security personnel and public places to wage a war against the government of India.
Mehbooba likens government to Zia’s rule, says Pakistan still regretting regimeSubscriber Only
December 23, 2021 06:53 IST
🔴 If they want to train their guns from the Army's shoulders for everything, the PDP leader said, “then what is the difference between them and that general in Pakistan’’.
Among Jammu parties, a sense of disquiet over delimitation proposalSubscriber Only
December 23, 2021 11:39 IST
🔴 So far in J&K, there has been political reservation only for Scheduled Castes. With no SCs among the Muslim community, Kashmir division had no reserved seats while Jammu had seven such seats.
Gupkar alliance says delimitation panel proposal ‘divisive’, plans Jan 1 protestSubscriber Only
December 22, 2021 03:40 IST
The meeting said the proposal “will further divide the ranks of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, deepen their alienation and create a much bigger void between communities and regions’’.
After marathon discussions with J&K admin, power employees call off strike
December 21, 2021 13:44 IST
The administration agreed to put on hold the move to create a joint venture of its power transmission corporations in both the divisions with Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL), and examine other issues raised by the employees.
Employees’ Strike: One-third of Jammu without power, admin seeks Army helpSubscriber Only
December 20, 2021 12:03 IST
More than 20,000 employees, including linesmen and engineers, of the UT's power transmission and distribution corporations are on a strike since Saturday against the administration's decision to privatise assets and delay in payment of salaries.
Rawat remarks: School founder, 2 others get bailSubscriber Only
December 18, 2021 04:52 IST
The two youths were also granted bail on bail bond and surety of Rs 50,000 each.
Will not forget or forgive those behind breeding terrorists: J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha
December 16, 2021 19:59 IST
Sinha said the neighbouring country running the "biggest terror factory in the world" must remember the crushing defeats of 1947, 1965, 1971 and 1999.
Since Art 370 abrogation, outsiders bought seven plots in J&K, all in Jammu: GovtSubscriber Only
December 16, 2021 03:02 IST
The stripping of the erstwhile state’s special status on August 5, 2019 had led to apprehensions in the region that outsiders would take away land and jobs of the local people and, in turn, change the demographic character of the place.
Attack on Police bus in Srinagar: Anger, grief as bodies of cops brought homeSubscriber Only
December 15, 2021 03:36 IST
On Tuesday, 38-year-old Ali’s body was brought to Reasi district police lines where his colleagues paid tributes, before it was taken to his village Mamankot in Mahore block – 110 km away – which was once a hot bed of militancy.
J&K: Anger, grief as bodies of cops brought home
December 14, 2021 23:50 IST
Village Sarpanch Ghulam Nabi asked the government to take bold steps to eliminate terror, which was being aided by Pakistan. “Those behind these killings cannot be Muslims as killing innocents is against Islam,” he said.
Demolition order: Permission not taken for Nirmal Singh bungalow, tribunal toldSubscriber Only
December 14, 2021 19:43 IST
The Army too has filed a petition in the J&K and Ladakh High Court, challenging the construction of the bungalow as it is located just 580 yards from the boundary wall of its ammunition sub-depot.
Kashmiri Pandit leaders urge delimitation panel for representation
December 13, 2021 08:16 IST
In a letter dated December 12, senior community leaders said that the proposed draft for delimitation of constituencies in J&K should include the reference of Kashmiri Pandits via constitutional measures.
Army Major commits suicide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban
December 12, 2021 13:39 IST
Identified as Major Parvinder Singh of Priyadarshini Vihar in New Delhi, sources said he was posted at Mahu Bal Post as Company Commander, Alpha Coy.
Aadhaar, mobile-linked revenue passbooks for J&K landholders soon
December 11, 2021 19:57 IST
Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta said the need to connect revenue records with mobile and Aadhaar numbers of owners is to check benami properties as well as prevent the sale or encroachment of properties without the knowledge of owners.
Shopkeeper arrested in J&K’s Rajouri for sharing derogatory post on CDS Bipin Rawat
December 11, 2021 13:01 IST
🔴 Meanwhile, cops in Udhampur district have forwarded to the Pulwama police a complaint by right-wing groups seeking action against a lecturer who allegedly made unsavoury remarks against the CDS.
J&K LG sets up 3-member committee to select new Jammu University vice chancellor
December 10, 2021 14:18 IST
The term of present Vice Chancellor Professor Manoj Kumar Dhar expired in June this year.
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