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AMARNATH PILGRIMAGE;Security grid geared up to ensure incident-free Yatra
PONAM MAHAJAN
JAMMU: Security agencies in the State have alerted the state police to maintain tight vigil in and around the Yatra base camps in Jammu and at other places namely Baltal and Pahalgam in Kashmir valley to ensure incident free…
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Official gets two-yrs jail in 10-yr-old corruption case
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: An official of Jammu and Kashmir Irrigation and Flood Control (IFC) Department was on Saturday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000 by an Anti-Corruption Court for demanding and taking a bribe…
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LC adjourned sine-die
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council was on Tuesday adjourned sine die after transacting business for last day of the Budget Session-2016.
Chairman, Haji Anayat Ali in exercise of powers conferred upon him under…
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LeT planning a major strike around Police headquarters
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR: Police and security forces have been alerted against a possible Lashkar-e-Tayyiba strike around the Police Headquarters on Srinagar Airport Road following reports about movement of some Pakistani militants on…
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Bill passed to allow indirect election of Sarpanchs
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Amidst protests and walkout by the Opposition parties, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council on Saturday passed an amendment to Panchayati Raj Act, allowing indirect election of Sarpanchs by Panchs instead of a…
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Pilgrims being motivated to double up as tourists to promote border tourism
AARYAN SHARMA
JAMMU: In order to tap large section of Amarnath bound pilgrims, the state Tourism Department has thought of a novel way of promoting border tourism in Jammu and Kashmir.
On Saturday the Minister of State for Culture and…
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Mansoor appointed as VC KVI; 67 nominated as Kissan board members
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Consequent upon his appointment as Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board (J&K KVIB), the State Government on Saturday appointed Mansoor Hussain Sohrawardy, former MLA as Vice-Chairman…
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DF&SS holds protest against PDD
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The workers of Dogra Front and Shiv Sena (AG) under the leadership of Ashok Gupta on Saturday held a protest in Jammu city against the shortage of electricity by burning an electric cooler. As the mercury has…
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House passes 7 Bills, returns 3
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Ten Bills were moved today in the Upper House by various Ministers out of which seven were passed with voice vote after brief discussions. Three bills were returned after consideration.
The bills which were passed…
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961.25 hectares forest land retrieved in two years
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Minister of State for Forest Mir Zahoor Ahmad on Saturday said that the Forest Department has retrieved 961.25 hectares of encroached forest land during the 2015-16 by following due procedures.
Replying to a…
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