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| CM takes stock of Jammu festival arrangements | | | | Jammu, April 11
Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad visited Bahu Fort and Parade Ground areas here this evening and took stock of arrangements finalized for 3-day Jammu festival taking off from April 13.
Minister for Tourism Mr. Mohammad Dilawar Mir, Mayor Jammu Municipal Corporation Mr. Narinder Singh, Corporators, Secretary Tourism Mr. Naeem Akhtar, Director Tourism Jammu Mr. Ajay Khajuria and other senior officers accompanied Mr. Azad during the visit.
Chief Minister got appraisal of the programme details from the concerned officers for holding various events. He discussed venue-wise details of events being organized during the festival and said that the festival should be made a memorable occasion.
Stressing for closer coordination among various agencies to make the event a grand success, Mr. Azad said that all the events should be fully publicized for greater public participation. He emphasized that all roads, lanes, drains, bye-lanes and bazars should be kept neat and clean with city giving a festive look.
During his visit to Parade Ground, Chief Minister witnessed re... | |
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| 2-month yatra to begin on June 30 | | SASB announces Amarnath yatra schedule,CEO spells out arrangements with Rs 4 Cr budget | | |
JAMMU, APRIL 11
This year’s Shri Amarnathji Yatra in Kashmir will commence on Vrat Purnima simultaneously via Baltal and Pahalgham, subject to weather, from June 30 and conclude on Shravan Purnima (Raksha Bandhan) falling on August 28.
Announcing this at a media conference here this morning, the Principal Secretary to Governor and Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), Dr Arun Kumar said that elaborate arrangements are being made for the 2-month yatra. ‘A reccee of the snow-clad route has been conducted by a party of local workers and the restoration work will start soon after the snows melt’, he added.
Dr Kumar hoped that the yatra may once again touch the 4... | |
| | | | UP polls big challenge for Mulayam Yadav | | BSP's 'Diamond' woman ahead of Congress's 'Rajmata' | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 11
As the process of putting in place a new Legislative Assembly in Uttar Pradesh is on, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by the 'Diamond' woman, Mayawati, has established a comfortable lead, politically speaking, over the Congress party headed by Sonia Gandhi, who is, for a large number of her partymen, 'Rajmata'. Even government sleuths have reportedly found the BSP's 'Diamond' woman with a larger number of takers in UP than those supporting the Congress party in the ongoing battle of the ballot.
Significantly, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) with a better political base in UP than that of the Congress is trying to ensure two things in the event of emergence of a hung As... | |
| | | | DB directs VO to present challan within 10 days | | PIL against bungling in cooperative housing societies | | | JAMMU APRIL 11
Division Bench of J&K High Court, Jammu Wing, comprising Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakru Chief Justice (Acting) and Justice YP Nargotra, today directed Vigilance Organization to produce challan against the culprits within ten days in much publicized Public Interest Litigation against bungling in the Cooperative Institutions.
President Deep Singh of Peoples Action and Public Accountability (PAPA), had filed a PIL in 2002 against the working and alleged corruption in the cooperative institutions and during these five years, the High Court issued various orders and case was transferred from Crime Branch to Vigilance Organization. VOJ in January 2007, as per the direction of the D... | |
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