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JAMMU NEWS: Protesters Evicted From Dharna Site
JAMMU: Contrary to the ruling governemnt’s claims of providing a people-friendly regime,residents of Mubarak Mandi, shopkeepers and pedestrians were subjected to hardships due to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s visit to the historical Mubarak Mandi complex. Doda migrants and Home Guards, who had been sitting on dharna outside the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu,... »
JAMMU NEWS: Six Pakistani Militants Freed
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has set free six Pakistani militants and sent them to the Attari border checkpost in Punjab for deportation to Pakistan, Official source said. Three others, including a woman caught while crossing the border, have also been set free. “At least sic Pakistani militants were set free on Tuesday... »
JAMMU NEWS: 13 Medicos Held For ‘Disturbing Peace’ In Jammu
JAMMU: Ten medical students were among the 19 people arrested by the J and K police for allegedly indulging in unlawful activities and disturbing peace in Jammu and Doda districts, police said here on Thursday. The police raided several places across the city and arrested 13 students for raising anti-India slogans outside Jammu University... »
JAMMU NEWS: Blame Game Intensifies
JAMMU: With the state and Central governments failing to find a way out of the present turmoil in Kashmir Valley, the blame game among political parties has started gaining momentum here. Leaders of various political parties are busy-mud-slinging with each trying to secure brownie points over the other. Though the main opposition, the People’s... »
JAMMU NEWS: Busted Sex Racket Tells A Sad Tale
JAMMU: The women arrested by the J&K Police on Friday for their involvement in a sex racket, except the kingpin, are either divorcees or have been subjected to torture by their husbands or in-laws. After a preliminary investigation, the police have concluded that these women took to prostitution to eke out a living. The... »
JAMMU NEWS: Boy Kidnapped Murdered In Jammu; 2 Held
JAMMU: A Class V student kidnapped on Friday night was found murdered in the wee hours of Saturday. The boy, Shaleen Gupta of Nai Basli, was murder d barely 15 minutes after the abduction in the fields on the out skirts of the city, where the kidnappers had taken him, the police said. Two... »
JAMMU NEWS: Police Teams To The Rescue OF Gujjars
JAMMU: Rescue teams of the revenue and police officials are on their way to save the Gujjars (nomads) trapped in the higher reaches due to untimely snow. The teams, sent by the Kishtwar district administration, will trek for three to four days from Wadwan tehsil, about 100 km from Kishtwar, to reach the affected... »
JAMMU NEWS: Cultural Unity Strength – Sonia
JAMMU: Congress President Sonia Gandhi In Saturday underscored “India’s Strength in its unwavering cultural unity” and hailed the Gujjar community as a leading symbol of “these traditions since the pre-independence days”. “Our nation has been able to stand strong against all adversities because of our ideology and cultural unity,” she said at a function... »
JAMMU NEWS: 16 J&K Toppers From One School
JAMMU: Sixteen students from a school run by a Christian missionary in Poonch, 300 km from here, have figured in the top 20 of the class 10th result in Jammu division. Among them is a Muslim girl who secured second position. »
JAMMU NEWS: Rain Brings Down Temp In Jammu
JAMMU: Heavy rain and thunderstorm lashed the state on Wednesday, bringing down the temperature by about 6°C and giving local residents respite from the heat. »
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