Jammu: School students stage protest over absence of teachers

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March 4, 2023

Scores of UPS Middle school Batote staging protest

Jammu: School students stage protest over absence of teachers

Jammu: Expressing concerns over the absence of teachers and lack of basic facilities, the students of Govt. UPS Middle Batote in Ramban, Jammu staged protest demonstration against the education department on Saturday.

Scores of students of seventh standard of the school assembled in their premises and sought the government to look into the matter and provide them proper teaching facility.

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“Our school have five teachers and at present there are only three”, a local man said.

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“Three of them use to give their presentations in the school and two out of the five have been sent to teach to some other school”, said a local man.

“When school opened today no teacher came here and there is strength of 150 students in this school”, he added.

“We have addressed this issue to ZEO Batote and CEO Ramban many times, but our issue is not being solved”, he alleged.

“When I went to CEO sir I came to know that two teachers of our school, who are Sanjit Rana and Santosh Singh have been sent to Bhagwa and Sanasar govt schools”, he said.

Kulgam resident arrested after recovery of counterfeit currency

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March 4, 2023

Police has arrested a local for possessing counterfeit currency in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Police also seized 37 counterfeit currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500.

Officials said as Khurshid Ahmad Naik a resident of Waripora, Kund Kulgam was arrested at a checkpoint on Srinagar Jammu national highway.

A police party from Police Post Mirbazar established a checkpoint on national highway- 44 near Manigam crossing and during checking one suspicious person was signalled to stop. However, he tried to escape from the spot but was tactfully chased and apprehended by the alert party, a police statement said.

During searches Police recovered 37 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 500 from his possession, it added.

Police said he has been arrested and a case under IPC sections 489B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes), 489C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes) has been registered at Police Station Qazigund and investigation into the matter has been initiated.

Opposition against property tax continues by locals in Jammu

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Locals staging protest against property tax in Jammu.

Opposition against property tax continues by locals in Jammu

Jammu: Since the introduction of property tax in J&K the people have been staging agitations against its imposition in the Union Territory (UT).

The locals as well as opposition parties have been opposing the local govt’s move since it came into existence on 1st of April this year.

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“No one is here to hear our woes. The poor is facing the burnt everywhere, we are daily wagers and how we will run our house households and how we will give property tax”, said a local, who works as an ATM guard.

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“I’m working as an ATM guard here and when I started this job I used to get Rs 5800 as salary and now I’m being paid Rs 8,000, how could I pay the tax”, he added.

“In J&K people are facing hardships to manage two meals a day and recently LG sir said if locals in the UT can afford to buy i-phone, petrol and can afford luxurious life style, then they can also give property tax”, said a local woman.

“The masses in J&K are poor and there is inequality here and first we have to work on that. I appeal LG sir to roll back property tax cause we don’t have an elected govt here and first we need one then things will be okay”, she added.

“So many residents in J-K are not financially sound and the people are being fooled by the administration”, a local man said.

“The govt has said that the tax will be imposed on 40%, but approximately 90% of the urban area in Jammu is coming under property tax, they lied about one nation and govt and the J&K regime has become bankrupt that’s why they’re imposing taxes on people”, he alleged.

3 IPS officers from J&K allotted cadre

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March 4, 2023

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) allocated cadres to three IPS probationers hailing from Jammu and Kashmir.

Two IPS officers Dwaraka Gandhi and Anjeet Singh have been allocated AGMUT cadre while Namneet Singh was allotted Bihar.

Jammu and Kashmir is now part of AGMUT cadre.

Jammu-Srinagar Highway closed due to maintenance

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March 4, 2023

The Jammu- Srinagar Highway stands closed due to maintenance work at Shalgidi, officials said on Saturday.

The road was closed for vehicular traffic between Jammu and Srinagar on Friday after the administration declared March 3 and March 10 as Traffic Dry Days for carrying out maintenance and repair work on the National Highway.

“Jammu Srinagar Highway is still closed due to maintenance work is in progress at Shalgadi, it will take some time. People are advised to co-operate,” Jammu and Kashmir Traffic police said.

The highway is the lifeline of Kashmir valley and the main road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country.

Kashmir-bound trucks laden with essentials and other vehicles pass through the highway and fruit carrying trucks from Kashmir head for rest of the country through this road.

Amid cloudy weather forecast, night temp falls in Kashmir, rises in Jammu

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March 4, 2023

Amid forecast for “partly to generally cloudy” weather in next 24 hours, the minimum temperature recorded a fall in Kashmir Valley and increase in Jammu on Saturday, officials said.

A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 6.4°C against 6.6°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 4.2°C for the summer capital.

Jammu recorded a low of 13.2°C against 12.7°C on the previous night. It was 0.9°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.

Banihal, he said, recorded a low of 6.4°C (above normal by 0.9°C), Batote 9.2°C (above normal by 3.4°C), Katra 13.6°C (3.1°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 7.0°C (4.9°C above normal).

Ladakh’s Leh and Kargil recorded a low of minus 2.8°C and minus 4.6°C respectively, the official added.

Regarding weather, he said it is likely to be “partly to generally cloudy” during next 24 hours with appreciable rise expected in day temperature. Clear weather is expected from March 5-12, the officials added.

Jammu: Huge Quantity Of Heroin, Over Rs 2 Cr Cash Recovered

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March 4, 2023

In a major breakthrough in its drive against narco-terrorism, the Jammu and Kashmir Police recovered seven kilograms of heroin, over Rs 2 crore cash and a pistol from the house of a notorious drug peddler along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a senior police officer said.

Additional Director General of Police, Jammu zone, Mukesh Singh said a major narco-terror module has been busted in the Union Territory, adding the search operation is still going on.

The recovery was made from the house of notorious drug peddler Rafi Dhana alias “Rafi Lala”, who was recently detained under the stringent Public Safety Act, in Mandi sector, Singh said here.
He said police along with components of the National Crime Agency and the CRPF raided the house of Rafi near the LoC on specific information, leading to the recovery of seven kgs of heroin, over Rs 2 crore and a pistol with one magazine and 10 rounds and seven rounds of SLR.
The counting of the cash is still going on, the officer said.
With Friday’s development, police and security forces have been able to bust a major narco-terror module in the Union Territory, Singh said.

“The searches are still going on in the presence of magistrates and prominent citizens. The nexus of this module with Punjab-based narcotics smugglers is being investigated,” the ADGP said, adding a case has been registered at police station Mandi and further investigation set into motion.

Avalanche alert issued for five districts: JKDMA

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March 3, 2023

Avalanche alert issued for five districts: JKDMA

Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Authority (JKDMA) on Friday issued an avalanche warning over higher reaches of five districts.

In a statement, the authority said that a ‘low’ danger level avalanche is likely to occur above 3500 metres above sea level in Doda and Kishtwar districts.

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There are chances of ‘medium’ danger level avalanches above 2500 metres in Bandipora, Ganderbal and Kupwara districts.

People living in these areas have been advised to take precautions and avoid venturing in the avalanche prone areas till further orders, it said.

Woman goes to shop, Burglars loot house in Jammu

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March 3, 2023

Woman goes to shop, Burglars loot house in Jammu

Jammu: Burglars broke into the house situated near Press Morh in Bahu fort area of Jammu on Friday, when the occupants were away and decamped with gold ornaments worth of lakh.

As per report, the burglary happened when the owner of the house went to buy momos and rest of her family members left for other places, then some thieves came in their house and ransacked the gold ornaments which were kept in the almirah and disappeared.

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“My daughter went out of the house to buy something and she didn’t even informed me, the kids were in school and some people came and looted our house”, Mrs Sandhya one of house owner said.

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“This is my bhabhi’s house and she went to a shop just for half an hour and when we came back, we saw the house ransacked”, another woman occupant of the house said.

“There were two gold sets, rings, bracelets and piggy bank from which they took away Rs 5,000 cash and left the coins here”, she added.

“I was in bank and when I returned I saw our locks broken and robbed, we used to go to school and our mother use to stay here”, said Nitish, son of the woman whose house is robbed by thieves.

Jammu Police arrested several thieves, recovered gold ornaments worth lakhs

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March 3, 2023

Jammu Police arrested several thieves, recovered gold ornaments worth lakhs

Jammu: Under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police, Samba, Benam Tosh, police have arrested six more thieves, solved four more theft cases and recovered gold ornaments weighing 10 tolas (100 grams approximately) worth rupees 5.40 lac and some other stolen items, yesterday.

The arrested thieves and dishonest receivers of stolen property have been identified as: Mehboob Akhter, son of Shamesh Din of Dodla tehsil, Basholi district, Kathua, Money Lal son of Sat Pal of Gurdaspur Punjab, Rahul Ambadass Raut alias Naina son of Ambadass Raut of Maharashtra at present Sunderbani, district Rajouri, Vikas Kumar, son of Mohinder Kumar of Gurdaspur Punjab, Aman Sambyal, son of Kuldeep Singh of Dansala Mandi Samba and Mujeeb son of Akbar Malik of Samargarden, Meerut (U.P).

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Arrests were made from Meerut (U.P), Gurdaspur (Punjab) and different places of Samba and Kathua districts by the teams led by PSI Deepak Sharma, PSI Vikrant Kotwal, SHO Police Station Ramgarh Sudesh Kumar, SHO Police Station, Vijaypur Tribhawan Khajuria and SHO Police Station, Samba, Rajeshwar Singh under the supervision of SDPO, Vijaypur, Priyanka Kumari, DySP Headquarters, Mohammad Usman and Additional SP, Samba, Surinder Choudhary.

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Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Benam Tosh said that total 45 thieves have been arrested by police in Samba district within one and half month and 22 theft cases worked out and stolen items including costly golden and silver ornaments have been recovered during intensive drive against thieves.

Investigation in all theft cases are being conducted simultaneously in highly professional manner and more arrests and recoveries are expected, he added.

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