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UPDATE NEWS (19:40 IST)
Kashmir
Highway reopens for
one-way traffic
Srinagar
: The
300-km-long
Srinagar-Jammu national
highway, which was closed
this morning due to heavy
snowfall and slippery
road conditions, reopened
this afternoon for
one-way, a traffic police
official said....more
J-K
assembly adjourned after
protest over forest scam
JAMMU,
The
Jammu and Kashmir
legislative assembly was
today adjourned for an
hour amidst uproar over
the Kundal committee
report with opposition
parties demanding sacking
of two ministers, for
their alleged involvement
in the forest scam.....more
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Harshdev
for fresh polls, Tarigami
wants retirement age up
Govt too
responsible for
Oppn’s
non-cooperation: Mir
By Avtar
Bhat
JAMMU,
Jan 28: People’s
Democratic Party (PDP),
MLA from Tangmarg, Ghulam
Hassan Mir today made it
clear that all claims
regarding good governance
will prove futile if
State Assembly does not
function smoothly.....more
‘Trial
balloons enhance
separatist feelings in
J&K’
Rajnath
attacks Cong-PDP
coalition Govt
NEW
DELHI, Jan 28:
The BJP today
attacked the Congress-PDP
coalition Government in
Jammu and Kashmir for
"constantly floating
trial balloons that
enhance separatist
feelings" and sought
scrapping of Article 370
and implementation of
Uniform Civil Code to
bring the troubled State
into the national
mainstream. ....more
Awarded
on Jan 26, Capt Sunil
sacrifices life next day
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 28:
The body of martyr
Captain Sunil Kumar
Chaudhary, who laid down
his life while fighting
with ULFA militants in
Assam yesterday, reached
his hometown Govindsar in
Kathua district this
evening......more
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Civilian gunned
down in Handwara
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Jan 28: Unidentified
gunmen, believed to be militants,
have kidnapped and subsequently
shot dead a civilian in Handwara
area in north Kashmir today.....more
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Omar
chairs LP meeting
NC gives
Option No. 2: CBI probe
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 28: To
break stalemate in the
Assembly, the Opposition
National Conference today
came out with an option
to its demand for
resignation of two
Ministers—Tariq
Hamid Qarra, Incharge
Finance and Qazi Mohd
Afzal, Incharge Forests,
both from PDP....more
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Where
is Guru’s clemency
appeal? asks BJP
NEW
DELHI, Jan 28: The
BJP today claimed that
terrorists would not have
dared to strike at the
courts in Uttar Pradesh
had the Centre not taken
"so long" to
act on the Supreme Court
decision to hang
Parliament attack convict
Mohammad Afzal Guru....more
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PDD
X-En office sealed
Excelsior
Correspondent
KISHTWAR,
Jan 28:
The district
administration has sealed
the office of Executive
Engineer, Power
Development Department....more
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Snowfall
hampers searches for
bodies
SRINAGAR,
Jan 28: Fresh
snowfall on the upper
reaches has dashed the
hopes of early recovery
of bodies of soldiers and
porters who were buried
under huge snow avalanche
in Uri sector early this
month. ...more
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97
cross sides at LoC
Excelsior
Correspondent
POONCH,
Jan 28:
A total 97 persons
from both the sides of
Jammu and Kashmir,
crossed the Line of
Control (LoC) for meeting
their relatives from
Chakkan Da Bagh LoC point
in district Poonch today....more
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Fake
passport racket unearthed
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 28: Police
today unearthed a fake
passport racket by
apprehending a person of
Nowshera from Bishnah. He
was trying to cheat some
Bari Brahmana persons by
giving them fake
passports...more
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