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Children, elderly not to be permitted in Amarnath Yatra
AGENCY
New Delhi: Children below 13 years in age and elderly persons above the age of 75 years will not be permitted to undertake the annual Amarnath Yatra which is expected to begin from June 29.
The Amarnath Shrine Board, in an advisory,…
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Police fail to trap handlers of cross-LoC arms smuggling
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
JAMMU: Even after taking into custody the driver and recovering arms and ammunition from his truck, Police in North Kashmir have failed to trap handlers of the cross-LoC arms smuggling.
In its Tuesday issue, STATE TIMES…
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Two killed, 4 injured in collision
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Two people were killed and four others got injured in separate road accidents across Jammu region.
"An old man died when he was crushed to death in Arnas area of Reasi district," police here said.
Police said that a…
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Unfairly marked MRP of medicines forces a large population to neglect health care
By Daya Sagar
Question this day is not of supplying medicines to patients at low prices, the question rather is of supplying medicines at fairly labelled MRPs. In India it is also due to cost of medicines that a large population is forced…
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Dogra Front protests hike in prices of milk products
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The workers of Dogra Front and Shiv Sena staged protest against the hike in the prices of the dairy products by 20 per cent which has disrupted and uprooted the budget of the common man as the prices of vegetables…
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Winning public trust our motto: Vaid;Calls Exec Police, Crime Wing important pillars of JKP
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Director General of Police (DGP), Dr. S.P Vaid described Executive Police and Crime Wing as important pillars of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP), saying both the agencies have great responsibility to win the trust of…
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Transparency, accountability benchmarks of present dispensation: Zulfkar
STATE TIMES NEWS
RAJOURI: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Choudhary Zulfkar Ali on Wednesday said there is no space for corrupt practices or persons in the present government as transparency and…
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Withdrawal of promotions of Jammu region Masters obnoxious: Harsh
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Expressing grave concern over the withdrawal of promotion orders of 630 Masters promoted in February 2014, Harsh Dev Singh, JKNPP Chairman and former Education Minister, on Wednesday described the government order as…
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DAK seeks price cap on pacemakers, cancer drugs
STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Following the recent price cap on cardiac stents by National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Wednesday sought a similar cap on the prices of pacemakers and cancer…
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Schools reopen in Kashmir after months
Srinagar: Schools in Kashmir division and other areas falling under the winter zone in Jammu region reopened today after remaining closed for months.
Schools in the Valley were closed due to repeated disruptions in the academic calendar…
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