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MG Hector showroom demolished in Jammu Bivek Mathur JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Feb 11: Amid heavy deployment of police and paramilitary personnel, a prominent showroom of a car brand was demolished here in Jammu today as part of an ongoing anti-encroachment drive being launched across the UT to retrieve the State land. The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department have also issued notices to the encroachers in order to retrieve the water bodies encroached u...

It’s a routine exercise DCs perform: Div Com Jammu Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Feb 7: Even after recurring instances of earthquakes, landslides and subsidence in parts of Jammu and Kashmir like other Himalayan States, the UT Government is yet to prepare the plans to conduct any major study to reach at a conclusion as to why the intensity of the natural disasters has increased over the years. Soon after taking over as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed […]

Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Feb 5: Over one and a half month since its constitution, the Selection Committee of J&K Government that was tasked with completing the process of appointment of a Chairperson and Members of the Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Jammu and Kashmir, has not made any headway yet, official sources said. Pertinently, the procedure for constitution of a committee that will recommend a Chairperson and Members of the Commission to the Government has been laid down [&hel...

Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Jan 29: West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka are among the 15 States which have confirmed their participation in the debut SARAS Mela being held in Jammu from February 4 onwards. The 11-day-long mela being conducted by the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) aimed at reviving the art and culture of Jammu and Kashmir and traditional foods of Jammu region in particular will showcase the particular handloom and handicraft products of all the 2...

Bassan disaster left 36 families homeless Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Jan 19: Close on the heels of Joshimath crisis in Uttarakhand that started in April last year, a complete village, Bassan in Reasi District, also sank into a nallah at the base of the village due to recurring landslides caused by undercutting between July 29 and August 1, last year, a Geology and Mining Department expert panel has concluded in its report submitted to Joint Director Geology and Mining, Jammu. The […]

Gurdaspur-Jammu Tawi Gas Pipeline Project Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Jan 10: After completing the public consultation process, the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), has invited bids from the interested entities for laying of the 175 kilometres long gas pipeline from Gurdaspur in Punjab to Jammu, a senior PNGRB official said. “We have invited online applications-cum-bids from the interested and eligible entities for authorization of Gurdaspur-Jammu Natural Gas Pipeline with...

Jammu, Nov. 22: The Northern Army commander on Tuesday said that the total number of militants active in Jammu and Kashmir is 300 that includes 82 foreign militants and 53 locals while all efforts are on to foil their plans of targeting security forces in the UT. Addressing the press conference on the occasion of Poonch Link Up Day, the General officer Commanding-in-Chief northern command Li