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JAMMU, Nov 4: The workers of Dogra Front & Shiv Sena (DFSS) under the leadership of their president Ashok Gupta held a protest demonstration against Pakistan for his involvement in Pulwama attack in which our CRPF Jawans were martyred.
Gupta said that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had in an important meeting admitted their country’s involvement in Pulwama attack.
He said that the FATF had recently extended Pakistan’s grey listing after it failed to take action against terrorists and their groups targeting India. The official admission will further hamper Pakistan’s chances of getting out of FATF’s ‘Grey List’ and may also be put in the ‘Black List’, he added.
“Pakistan has admitted its hand behind Pulwama terror attack. Now all those people or political party’s who talked of conspiracy theories must apologize to the country,” he said and asked the politicians who had termed the Pulwama attack as a match fixing between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Imran Khan, to apologize to the country.

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JAMMU, Nov 4: High Court has directed the Government to consider and take decision on the objections/suggestions relating to delimitation of territorial constituencies of District Development Council.
The order has been passed in a petition filed by Javed Iqbal seeking direction to the respondent authority to consider and decide the objections/suggestions dated 23.10.2020 to the notification dated 19.10.2020 submitted with respect to the delimitation of the territorial constituencies in Rajouri, limited to Block Budhal Old and its adjoining areas, as well as the objections to the notification dated 27.10.2020 as the same are within time.
After hearing Advocate Vikarma Sharma appearing for the petitioner, Justice Tashi Rabstan disposed of petition with a direction to the respondent authority to consider and decide the objections/suggestion for delimitation of territorial constituencies of DDC if there is no legal impediment within a period of ten days.

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JAMMU, Nov 4: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved the zonal committees of the party unit Nowshera in district Rajouri with immediate effect.
“On the approval of party president, Mehbooba Mufti, the party zonal unit of Nowshera is hereby dissolved”, party general secretary and former legislator Surinder Choudhary said.

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KATRA: Nov 4: Shiv Kumar Sharma, former president, Hotel and Restaurant Association, Katra on behalf of business community of Katra has appealed to Lt.Governor, Manoj Sinha of J&K UT for deployment of trains and charted buses to the holy town of Katra for enhancing the yatra flow to Mata Vaishno Devi Temple as limit of 15000 yatries a day has been enhanced but yatra flow at present is very low due to lack of transport facilities.
In a statement issued here, today Sharma said that likewise earlier experience Yatra flow to the holy town increases after Diwali every year and the same is also expected this year, but it is possible only, if trains and inter State charted buses are permitted so that yatries interested to visit the holy shrine get proper transport facilities.
Katra Business community also conveyed its gratitude to the LG of J&K for acceding to their demand for increasing yatra flow up to 15000 a day said Shiv Kumar Sharma.
Meanwhile, social activist Shamsher Singh Bhandari has also complimented the Government for increasing the daily yatra to holy shrine upto 15,000. He demanded that the efforts be made to increase the pilgrims visiting to other shrines of Jammu region including Sukhrala Mata in Billawar, Chechi Mata in Samba, Sarthal Mata in Kishtwar district and other shrines besides ensuring proper transport facilities to these shrines.
Bhandari supported the demand of plying of trains and chartered buses to holy town of Katra for proper transportation of pilgrims saying the flow of pilgrims will likely increase after the Diwali festival as has been a precedence.

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POONCH, Nov 4: The Police arrested one person, Mohd Saleem, son of Munir Hussain resident of Chunga in Mendhar for running fake cars sale business.
The accused had recently sold two Maruti 800 cars to the two different buyers but both the cars had same registration number and same body colour and number plates.
Both cars were also recovered and seized and a case vice FIR No. 183/2020 under section 420 IPC stand registered against the above said person at Poonch Police Station.
Police team from Poonch led by SHO SD Singh Jamwal, under the overall supervision of SSP Poonch Ramesh Angral unearthed this fake racket. Further investigation was in progress.

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Srinagar, Nov 4: Anganwadi workers under the banner of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Union today staged a protest demanding the release of their honorarium which lying pending for long.
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Scores of such workers assembled in the Press Enclave and raised slogans in favour of their demands and impressing upon the Government to address their issues for the efficient functioning on the ground.
The workers demanded that they should be given their honorarium on monthly basis and also demanded that their honorarium which has not been released for last more than 8 months should be released without any further delay.
“Beti Bachao Beti Padhao is the slogan of the Government, but we are suffering due to the non-payment of our honorarium. We appeal the Government to take measures so that our honorarium is paid every month,” Latiefa Ganai, State Vice-President of Anganwadi Workers-Helpers Union said.
She said that the honorarium is pending for the helpers to supervisors due to which they are facing immense difficulties.
She said that the last DPC in the department was carried out in 2011 and since then they are waiting with having worked in the department for the last many years.
“We demand that the DPC must be conducted without any further delay and should be carried out as per seniority and those who highly qualified with PGs should get the preference,” she said.
The workers appealed the LG Manoj Sinha and other higher-ups to pay heed to their issues and take steps to fulfil their genuine demands.

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JAMMU, Nov 4: Police arrested two bookies involved in betting in ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.
As per police sources, on specific information, a team from Nagrota Police Station conducted raid and apprehended two persons involved in carrying out illegal betting during IPL matches.
The arrested persons were identified as Parshotam Kumar, son of Hans Raj and Vikram Singh, son of late Amar Singh, both residents of Nagrota District Jammu.
A case under FIR Number 411/2020 under Sections 420 IPC and 3/4 Gambling Act has been registered against them at Police Station Nagrota and investigation started.
Police team led by SHO Nagrota Inspector Mohammad Showket made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Parupkar Singh and SP Rural Sanjay Sharma.

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SAMBA, Nov 4: Continuing its Drive against illegal mining and illegal transportation of construction materials, Samba police today seized two tractors, in the jurisdiction of PP Rakh Amb-Talli.
Acting on reliable information, regarding illegal mining at Border area, Under the overall supervision Rajesh Sharma, SSP Samba. A team of PP Rakh Amb Tali headed by Sub Inspector, Ashish Sharma rushed to the spot and caught the culprits red handed who were engaged in illegal mining.
Two tractors bearing registration Number JK21A 3189, JK21C 7014 9000 were seized on the spot and the case, entrusted to Geology and Mining Department, Samba.

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Srinagar, Nov 4: Police today said to have booked a man from Pampore for posting pictures of a female on social media platforms
“Awantipora Police took cognizance on a complaint received by Police Station Pampore from the family of a lady that some miscreants have been blackmailing her and had uploaded her obscene pictures on social media which pose intimidation to her modesty,” the police said.
It said that acting swiftly Police Station Pampore has arrested one individual identified as Asif Rasool Wani resident of Drangabal Pampore.
Case FIR Number 89/2020 under Section 354A, 354C, 354D, 509, 500, 406 IPC 66A, 66E, 67A IT Act stands registered in Police Station Pampore and investigation has been initiated.