Jammu and Kashmir
Desh Ki Baat: Mehbooba Mufti urges J&K parties to unite against additional troops' deployment
Mon, Jul 29, 2019
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged political parties in the state to unite against Centre's decision to rush an additional 10,000 troops.
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Kashmir Issue Solution is on the Cards: Rajnath
Sun, Jul 21, 2019
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday assured the country that a solution to the vexed Kashmir issue was on the cards and Jammu and Kashmir would get rid of militancy soon. “Kashmir samasya ka hal jaldi hone wala hai (the resolution of the Kashmir issue is on the cards). I am assuring it with full responsibility,” Singh told a gathering after inaugurating a bridge over the Ujh river in Kathua district built at a cost of Rs 50 crore. He said as home minister in the previous Narendra Modi government, he had made numerous attempts to hold talks with stakeholders to thrash out a solution to the decades-old dispute.
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Authorities issue ‘barcode-enabled’ slips to keep track of Amarnath pilgrims
Mon, Jul 01, 2019
A ‘barcode-enabled’ authority slip is being issued for Amarnath pilgrims. The facility has been started to keep a track of actual number of people travelling to and from the cave shrine. Director of Batlal base camp, Krishan Lal said, “Amarnath Shrine Board has started it, CRPF has been assigned the task.
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Ram Madhav: Article 370 has to go lock, stock and barrel
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
After Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement in Parliament on Friday, BJP leader Ram Madhav today advocated for abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, and blamed Congress as well as National Conference for rise of terrorism in the state. Watch this video to know more.
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Desh Ki Baat: New reforms will really do any help in water crisis?
Fri, Jun 28, 2019
Government of India is likely to introduce water cess on petrol-diesel products in the budget for fiscal year 2019-20 (FY20). In this segment of Desh Ki Baat, our topic is 'New reforms will really do any help in water crisis?'
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Amarnath yatra: Mock drill conducted by security forces at Jammu Railway Station
Tue, Jun 25, 2019
The security mock drill was conducted for upcoming Amarnath Yatra by Jammu and Kashmir Police and Government Railway Police (GRP) at Jammu Railway Station on Monday. While speaking to ANI, SSP Railway Katra, Ranjit Singh Sambyal said, “We have strengthened our security. We have deployed men at the station in civil uniform as well.”
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4 terrorists killed in Shopian encounter
Sun, Jun 23, 2019
Four terrorists were killed in an operation by security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian on June 23 morning. A police spokesman said that on a credible input about militants, a cordon and search operation was launched at Panzar area in Shopian by the security forces.
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Hoshiarpur farmer sets a shining example of apple cultivation in Punjab
Mon, Jun 17, 2019
Traditionally limited to states like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh, apple cultivation has now picked up pace in Punjab. Gurinder Singh Bajwa, a farmer from Ludhiana, is producing apples on a large scale in his farm in Chahal village in Hoshiarpur. Gurinder Singh Bajwa, farmer-turned-horticulturist, is producing apples of Anna variety, Dorsette golden variety, and pink lady, on 2 acres land at his farm in Chahal. Following in his footsteps, Colonel (Retd) RP Singh has also started cultivating apples here. Speaking to ANI, he told, "I used to work for a private firm in Srinagar and spray chemicals at apples. I thought of growing apples in Punjab but they were of high-chilling varieties. A few years ago I got to know that the Himachal Pradesh government has introduced low chilling varieties, which I later grew here."
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