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| Warning against landslides on Srinagar-Jammu highway | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 15 : The weather office issued an advisory on Saturday asking travellers on the Srinagar-Jammu and Srinagar-Leh highways to guard against possible landslides triggered by heavy rains.
"People intending to undertake journey on the highways must exercise caution because of possibility of landslides in Panthal and Zojilla Pass sectors," Sonam Lotus, director of the weather office, told .
Mr Lotus said heavy rains in Jammu and Kashmir would continue on Saturday, but the weather conditions would improve from Sunday.He said the present spate of rains were caused by easterly and westerly winds. "There will be snowfall in the higher reaches of the Kashmir Vall... | |
| | | | JD (Secular) extends support to JU's employees strike | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 15 : The Janta Dal (Secular) has extended its support to ongoing strike of IV class Employees of Jammu University. According to press release, a meeting of office bearers was held here today under the leadership of S. Kulbir Singh, working state President. Addressing the meeting Singh expressed his concern over the strike of IVth class employees of Jammu University and asked the JU authorities to negotiate with employees.
He also asked the state government not to shifts General Bus stand, as the existing one is approachable to GMC, Civil Secretariat and other offices important offices at winder capital. The meeting also expressed serious concern over freque... | |
| | | | Roof of a five decade old School in Rajouri damaged | | | | Rajouri, Jun 15: Thunder storm followed by torrential rains damaged the roof of 50 years old government girls higher secondary school situated in the heart of old city. According to locals a portion of the galvanized steel sheets was found lying on the ground in the morning when they visited the campus early in the morning.
"The school was constructed about 50 years ago and the students often have been complaining about the frequent leakage of the roofs during rains for the last many years, they said further lamented that though the matter was brought several times in the notices of concerned minister, successive DDCs, CEOs and ZEOs but nothing was done in this matter. "And the squall that... | |
| | | | Master Plan Yusmarg gets cabinet nod: Rather | | Addresses public meeting at Goggipathri | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 15: Minister for Finance and Ladakh Affairs, Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather today said that Yusmarg will be developed as a major tourist destination as per its Master Plan which has been approved by the State Cabinet recently. He said that a road will be constructed to link the historic Nilnag and Goggipathri with Yusmarg to give boost to the economic activities in the area. Both these places have already brought under the ambit of Yusmarg Development Authority (YDA). Addressing a public meeting at Goggipathri in tehsil Chadoora, Mr. Rather said that in view of tourism emerging as global economic force, the present government has attached much importance to thi... | |
| | | | Contractors slam govt for not clearing their dues | | Threaten to stop ongoing works | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 15 : Jammu and Kashmir Contractors Coordination Committee, an apex body of all the civil contractors of Jammu and Kashmir Saturday took a dig at the state government for failing to clear the pending work done claims of contractors 'which have now reached up to Rs 700 crores.' Addressing a press conference General Secretary of the organization Sardar Balvinder Singh informed that some claims of the contractors were four to five years old. "Several of our colleagues have taken loans even from private persons as well as from the financial institutions with hefty interest rates and with the dilly dallying approach of the government in clearing our dues we are for... | |
| | | | 'Not my concern', says Rahul on Modi's elevation | | | | Budgam (JK) : In his first comments on developments in BJP, Rahul Gandhi today said he was not concerned about the elevation of Narendra Modi nor was he going to invite its ally JD(U) to UPA fold. "It (elevation of Modi) is their (BJP's) internal matter. It is really not my concern. My concern is how the Congress party is doing and how we are doing in different states. What are the different types of action we are taking to benefit the people," he told reporters He was asked about the elevation of the Gujarat Chief Minister as the Lok Sabha election campaign head by BJP. To a question whether Congress would invite JD(U), which appeared to be splitting with BJP, the Congress Vice President... | |
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