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Srinagar, Feb 7
Only one-way traffic will continue to ply on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country.
One-way traffic has proven to be a success and for the past more than a week, traffic is plying normally on the highway, which otherwise was witnessing heavy traffic jam for hours.
On Friday, traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction, a traffic police official told this morning.
He said Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) were allowed to move in the morning while Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) will be allowed in the afternoon. "Only one-way traffic will continue on the h | |
| | | | J&K Police Special-22 set to tackle terrorist attacks | | | |
Jammu, Feb 7
To counter terrorist attacks , Jammu and Kashmir Police have constituted "Special 22" member team of commandos named as 'Crisis Response Team' on the pattern of Para Commandos of Indian Army.
"To deal with terrorist activities, "Special 22" commandos team of Jammu Police has been set up named as 'Crisis Response Team' and they are laced with hi-tech gadgets and refined weaponry," sources here told
They further said that the team takes 4 to 5 minutes to deal with the situation, adding, "in January 13 Nagrota encounter, not only Jammu Police, Army and Paramilitary Forces eliminated the three Pakistani origin Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists but also arrested three terrorists | |
| | | | Jammu CB arrests fraudster for issuing fake appointment orders in MES | | | |
Jammu, Feb 7
The sleuths of Crime Branch Jammu on Friday arrested a fraudster for duping people and issuing fake appointment orders in Military Engineering Services.
Official Spokesman here said that Crime Branch men have arrested fraudster namely Pawan Kumar of Bhagwati Nagar Jammu for duping the complainant and unemployed youth fraudulently of huge money to the tune of Rs. 12.00 lakhs in one case after inducing and luring them on the pretext of providing Govt. jobs in MES Headquarters, Srinagar.
The accused was evading his arrest since long by changing his locations frequently in West Bengal and Punjab but the professional team of Crime Branch coordinated their efforts very well an | |
| | | | HC dismisses plea challenging detention of Mian Qayoom under PSA | | | |
Srinagar, Feb 7
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA) of Kashmir Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom and held that preventive detention was not a punitive measure.
Justice Tashi Rabstan, while dismissing the petition, said it was sans merit.
"A law of preventive detention is not invalid because it prescribed no objective standard for ordering preventive detention and leaves the matter to subjective satisfaction of the executive," the court observed.
It held that the preventive detention is not punitive but preventive and is resorted to with a view to prevent a person from committing | |
| | | | H&ME accords sanction to placement of GMC faculty on higher posts | | | |
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 7: As per an order issued here today by the department of Health and Medical Education, sanction has been accorded to placement of various faculty members of Government Medical College, Jammu as Professors and Associate Professors in their own pay and grade for a period of six months or till the posts are filled up on regular basis on the recommendations of the DPC/PSC, whichever is earlier.
As per the order, Dr. Rachna Mangotra, Associate Professor Anatomy and Dr. Sindhu Sharma, Associate Professor Pathalogy have been placed as Professor while Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Assistant Professor Anatomy, Dr. Satish Parihar, Assistant Professor Surgery, Dr. Mohammad Riyaz, Assistant Pr | |
| | | | Div Com reviews demarcation work of parks, development of internal roads | | | |
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 07: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today convened a meeting of senior officers of JMC, PHE, Housing Board and Irrigation Department to review demarcation work of the parks of Jammu city and development of internal roads of Housing Board colonies.
Div Com asked the senior officers of concerned departments to take necessary actions for early completion of all aspects in this regard as early as possible.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, Commissioner JMC, Avny Lavasa, Director Floriculture Kishore Singh Chib, Managing Director Housing Board, Arvind Kotwal, DFO Urban Forestry, Sunil Singh Manhas, Executive Engineer PHE Mechanical North Jammu, Raj Kumar | |
| | | | DC Jammu visits RS Pura, inspects progress on disbursement of crop loss compensation | | Directs concerned to speed up the process of disbursement | | |
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 07: Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Sushma Chauhan today visited R S Pura, Sub Division of district Jammu and inspected the progress on disbursement of compensation among farmers for crop loss.
During the tour, she visited R S Pura SDM office and inspected the progress of disbursement; SDM briefed the DC about details of total amount disbursed among the farmers so far in their area jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, DC also visited SDM South Office and inspected the progress on disbursement of compensation, SDM informed the DC about the progress achieved so far.
It is pertinent to mention here that, the paddy crop has been damaged by unseasonal heavy rainfall and windstorms/hailstorms | |
| | | | Kathua gang rape, murder case: SC stays JJB proceedings against ''minor'' | | | |
New Delhi, Feb 7
The Supreme Court Friday stayed the proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) against a ''minor'' allegedly involved in the sensational gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua.
A bench of Justices N V Ramana, Ajay Rastogi and V Ramasubramanian stayed the proceedings after Jammu and Kashmir administration claimed that the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had erroneously affirmed the order of a trial court holding him as juvenile at the time of the offence in 2018.
"Having heard senior advocate P S Patwalia, appearing on behalf of the petitioners and after perusing the averments made in the application for stay, we direct that the fu | |
| | | | Movie Shikara sails through J-K High Court hurdle as court quashes plea seeking stay on release | | | | New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a stay on the release of Vidhu Vinod Chopra-directed Shikara. The movie uses a love story to depict the exodus of Kashmiri pundits from the erstwhile state in 1990.
The petition was filed by three social activists seeking a stay on the release of the movie arguing that is it is not based on facts and being “communal” in nature.
"In view of the averments made in the petition and the relief claimed, we feel that there is a real urgency involved in the matter and that the response of the official respondents should be obtained in the context of the interim relief prayed for by the petitioners | |
| | | | After 'threat to life' plea, J&K DSP Davinder sent to Kathua jail | | | | Srinagar: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Davinder Singh who was sent to 15-day judicial custody, will be put up in a Kathua jail instead of a Jammu jail after he raised "threat to life" alarms.
According to sources Singh pleaded for sending him to the Heeranagar jail and told that there is a threat to his life in the Kotbalwal Jail which housed militants who were arrested in operations led by him.
A Special NIA court in Jammu on Thursday sent Singh and four others to judicial custody.
Singh was on Friday sent to the Heeranagar jail while the other four, including Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu have been put up in the Kotbalwal jail in | |
| | | | After 'threat to life' plea, J&K DSP Davinder sent to Kathua jail | | | | Srinagar: Suspended Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Davinder Singh who was sent to 15-day judicial custody, will be put up in a Kathua jail instead of a Jammu jail after he raised "threat to life" alarms.
According to sources Singh pleaded for sending him to the Heeranagar jail and told that there is a threat to his life in the Kotbalwal Jail which housed militants who were arrested in operations led by him.
A Special NIA court in Jammu on Thursday sent Singh and four others to judicial custody.
Singh was on Friday sent to the Heeranagar jail while the other four, including Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu have been put up in the Kotbalwal jail in | |
| | | | Only one-way traffic to continue on highway, up convoy | | | | SRINAGAR: Only one-way traffic will continue to ply on the 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the road connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country.
One-way traffic has proven to be a success and for the past more than a week, traffic is plying normally on the highway, which otherwise was witnessing heavy traffic jam for hours.
On Friday, traffic will ply from Jammu to Srinagar and no vehicle will be allowed from opposite direction, a traffic police official said this morning.
He said Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) were allowed to move in the morning while Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) will be allowed in the afternoon. “Only one-way traffic will continue on the highw | |
| | | | Amid tussle, Russia terms India's move to buy American Sig Sauer guns as 'unusual decision' | | | | NEW DELHI: Amid America-Russia tussle over the supply of arms to India, Russian gunmaker Kalashnikov expressed apprehensions over Indian Army`s choice to procure US-made Sig Sauer assault rifle as an "unusual decision".
India has bought 72,400 SiGSauer assault rifles for its frontline infantry troops while it is going for a joint venture with Russian Kalashnikov to acquire over 6.5 lakh AK-203 assault rifles for replacing the INSAS rifles.
"I don`t know what is the purpose for the Sig Sauer rifles because normally this kind of rifle will be used as a designate marksman rifle, as a semi-automatic sniper rifle and using that as a basic infantry rifle is a very unusual decision. We don | |
| | | | Setback for Pakistan as Saudi Arabia rejects demand for OIC meet on Kashmir | | | | New Delhi/Islamabad: In yet another setback to Islamabad, Saudi Arabia has once again declined Pakistan`s request for an urgent meeting of the council of foreign ministers on Kashmir at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), according to the Pakistani media reports.
In December, Pakistan had trumpeted that it secured a diplomatic win by prevailing on Saudi Arabia to hold a special session on Kashmir at the OIC. However, officials in New Delhi had expressed scepticism about the news, saying that the OIC did not make any official announcement or issue any confirmation of the meeting.
Pakistani media had reported on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan`s plea for a discussio | |
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