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| Heavy rains lash Jammu | | | |
>>Traffic on National highway, Amarnath yatra disrupted
JAMMU AUGUST 6:-(KIP) Heaving rains lashing Jammu since this morning forced the closure of 300 kilometer Jammu Srinagar National Highway, for about seven hours, as heavy shooting stones blocked the highway in Ramban. The closure of National Highway also halted the batch of Amaranth pilgrims at Ramban.
Heavy downpour of rains started from wee hours today giving some relief to Jammuites from humidity. Normal life come to stand still with roads blocked and drains chocked with water.
School, college going students and the employees were worst hit by these monsoon showers on the first day of the week. Students and employees of both private and government were seen carrying umbrellas and wearing rains coats.
"Though we got some relief from sweat and heat due to this rains, but this heavy downpour has increased my worries. The roads and streets are filled with water and one cannot move on scooter or auto. We have to wait with umbrellas for matadors and by that time all our clothes are wet", said Rahul, a class XII student.
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| Azad supports reservation to Gujjars | | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, Aug 6: Reaching out the Gujjars with all his magnanimity, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that he favours political reservation for Scheduled Tribes if the community prevails upon all political parties for a consensus.
Azad said that while speaking at a function organised by the Gurjardesh Charitable Trust where hundreds of Gujjars cutting across the party lines raised demand for reservation to Gujjars in the legislature.
On the occasion the Chief Minister also gave away prizes of distinguished contribution to the promotion of Gujjari language to three persons. Shaan-e-Gurjar was presented to Mohammad Yusuf Taing, former Secretary of the Cultural Academ... | |
| | | | PDP working out alliance strategy with Congress | | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, Aug 6: After a long drawn war of wits with its coalition partner, the Peoples Democratic Party leadership is sensitising its cadres for fresh electoral alliance with the Congress in run up to the next elections.
Magnitude of political battle between the two coalition partners had given the Peoples Democratic Party men to understand that the possibility of an alliance with the Congress for the next elections was not even a remote imagination. Now when the party leadership is dropping hints of alliance, the PDP leaders who have taking the Congress to task on the ground are quite surprised.
the PDP's top leadership is now asking its men to prepare their "minds and he... | |
| | | | NH closed, yatra suspended | | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, Aug 6: The heavy rainfall which lashed the region since early this morning blocked the Jammu-Srinagar National highway stranding thousands of vehicles on either sides of the landslide prone areas.
The only road link between the capital cities remained blocked for about seven hours, as heavy shooting stones blocked the highway in Ramban. The closure of National Highway also halted the batch of Amaranth pilgrims at Ramban.
National highway was also closed early this morning due to heavy land slides and shooting stones at Panthiyal in Ramban area. The traffic on National Highway was, however, resumed late this evening. Number of vehicles and people got stranded due to... | |
| | | | Rains expose potholes | | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, Aug 6: Exposing the claims of construction and maintenance agencies the heavy rainfall that lashed city since early this morning choked the drainage system and gave way to potholes in the roads and streets.
Though it was a respite for Jammuites that rains fell following humid and hot weekend, but the intensity of rains exposed the concrete beneath tarcoal of the roads particularly on outskirts of the city.
Heavy downpour of rains started from wee hours today giving some relief to Jammuites from humidity. Normal life come to stand still with roads blocked and drains chocked with water.
School, college going students and the employees were worst hit by these monso... | |
| | | | Raghunath Bazaar: sad tale of a dying mall | | | |
NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, Aug 6: Wishing all well, but just imagine the options if some body in Raghunath Bazaar or its peripheral residential areas falls critically ill and needs to be shifted to hospital without wasting a single minute.
The people of Raghunath Bazaar and its peripheral residential areas are caught in a situation of devil and deep sea due to the bureaucratic inertia and lack vision among the local political leaders and representatives.
Just recently one Himanshu Arora of Raghunath Pura –a residential cluster behind Raghunathpura –died and his body had to be shifted to his residence. The cops manning the barricade did not allow the vehicle as they advised Himanshu's... | |
| | | | State cabinet to meet on Aug 10 | | | |
Jammu | Aug 6
The state cabinet is likely to meet at the summer capital on August 10 to discuss some important matters especially the posting of officers in the newly created districts.
Apart from this the cabinet is also likely to order some transfers and postings in the Police Department. The sources said that the matter regarding posting of DIGs of Police in the new districts is also on the agenda to be discussed by the cabinet in the August 10 meeting to chaired by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Transferred of some SSP’s, DCs and Additional DCs is also on the agenda of the cabinet, the sources revealed.
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| | | | Two LeT militants killed in encounter | | | |
Jammu | Aug 6
Two hardcore militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit wee eliminated by police in an encounter at Gugnallah,Trakar Dhar Trenkal area under the jurisdiction of police station Gandoh.
According to reports Doda police received specific information that some militants were hiding in the area and accordingly a policy party rushed to the spot, laid a cardon and started search operation. The searching party came under heavy gunfire from the hiding ultras which led to an encounter. During the encounter lasting for a long period, both the terrorists identified as John Mohd code Bilal resident of Kunthal and Abu Shakeel Afghan resident of Pakistan were gunned down. One SLR rifle al... | |
| | | | Militants hold meet, devise strategy to disturb ID celebrations | | | |
Govind Chouhan
Jammu Aug 6- To chalk out its strategy to disturb the Independence
Day celebrations, create large scale disturbances and to make their presence
felt, the top ranking militants of LeT are reported to have held a close door
meeting somewhere in Poonch district today.
The meeting chaired by Abu Katal district commander of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit was held at Chunga area in Mendhar of Poonch district in which Mussa and Sabar Khan, of Tehreeq-ul-Jehad (TUJ) outfit, Abu Hamza of LeT outfit, Abu Sohail and Abu Meraj, both real brothers and foreign militants belonging to LeT outfit and some other local and foreign ultras were reported to be present.
The meeting, source... | |
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