Pratibha Patil to visit LoCOctober 6th, 2009 JAMMU - President Pratibha Patil will visit forward positions of the Indian Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir Friday, an official said Tuesday. "She is visiting (LoC) to boost the morale of the soldiers guarding the most challenging terrain," an army official told IANS.
15 killed, many injured in Kashmir road accidentSeptember 7th, 2009 JAMMU - At least 15 people were killed and many others were missing when a bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into river Chenab in the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday afternoon, officials said. According to reports reaching here, the bus was on its way to Jammu from Doda when it skidded off the road and rolled down into the Chenab river at Assar, about 150 km north-east of Jammu.
Water, power shortages hit Jammu and KashmirJune 26th, 2009 JAMMU - Jammu and Kashmir has been hit by a major water and power crisis because of continuous dry spell and delay in monsoon, officials said here Friday. The Jammu region is sweltering with the mercury levels hitting 44 degrees Celsius in the past week.
RSS chief to visit Jammu TuesdayJune 21st, 2009 JAMMU - Right-wing Hindu group Rashtriya Sawayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Rao Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will visit the Jammu and Kashmir winter capital Tuesday. The two leaders would be here to observe the death anniversary of the founder of Jan Sangh, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, who died in a Jammu and Kashmir prison June 23, 1953.
Health Minister Azad given warm welcome in JammuJune 10th, 2009 JAMMU - Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad arrived here Wednesday to a rousing reception during his first visit to his home state Jammu and Kashmir after his induction in the central government. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was received by over 5,000 supporters who had come here from various parts of Jammu district.
Increase cross border trade in Kashmir: trade lobbyMay 20th, 2009 JAMMU - India and Pakistan should take steps to augment the cross-border trade between the two countries in Jammu and Kashmir, an industry lobby said Wednesday. Though the trade across the Line of Control (LoC) - the de facto border in the state - is picking up, there was 'an urgent need to redress the long identified problems', Ram Sahai, president of the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries, told the media.
Vote count starts in Jammu and KashmirMay 16th, 2009 JAMMU - Counting of votes cast for the Lok Sabha elections began amid heavy security in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday morning, poll officials said. The counting began at 8 a.m.
20 killed in road accident in Jammu and KashmirMay 4th, 2009 JAMMU - At least 20 people were killed and 10 injured when the mini bus they were travelling in fell into the Chenab river in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir Monday morning, police said. The accident occurred at about 9 a.m.
Kashmir government shifts to summer capital April 24April 2nd, 2009 JAMMU - The Jammu and Kashmir government will move April 24 from this winter capital to the state's summer capital Srinagar, where the offices will open May 4. The practice of shifting the Jammu and Kashmir capital, called 'darbar move', continues since the Dogra rule started it some 135 years ago.
Kashmiri Pandits to field candidates for Lok Sabha pollsMarch 28th, 2009 JAMMU - A migrant Kashmiri Hindus' group Sunday said it would field candidates from two of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. The Jammu Kashmir National United Front, a political party founded by and for the Kashmiri Pandits - Hindus who have always been seen as a political elite in the Muslim majority state - will field its candidates in their original home, the Kashmir Valley.
West Pakistan refugee enters fray in Jammu and KashmirMarch 28th, 2009 JAMMU - A Pakistani refugee will be contesting Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate in Jammu and Kashmir, a first in the post-Independence history of the state. Labba Ram, chairman of West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee, filed his nominations for Jammu-Poonch parliamentary seat Saturday.
IED recovered in Jammu and KashmirMarch 28th, 2009 JAMMU - Army troops Saturday recovered a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The three-kg bomb was recovered in jungles of Thanna Mandi in Rajouri district, about 200 km northwest of Jammu, said a defence spokesman.
From Kashmir to Pakistan, a V-Day messageFebruary 12th, 2009 JAMMU - It's the eve of Valentine's Day, and a political group in Jammu and Kashmir has decided to say it with flowers to Pakistan to convey the message of peace. Socialistic Democratic Party (SDP) activists put roses on small boats on the waters of river Chenab at Akhnoor, 30 km north of Jammu, Friday afternoon.
Jammu accords warm welcome to OmarJanuary 3rd, 2009 JAMMU - Omar Abdullah, accompanied by his wife Payal, arrived here to a warm reception from his supporters Sunday, a day before the National Conference president is to be sworn in as the ninth chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Hundreds of National Conference workers gathered at the Jammu airport to take the chief minister-designate to party headquarters Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here.
'Amarnath land row helped BJP in Jammu'December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The migrant Kashmiri Pandits in the Indian capital have attributed the good showing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Jammu and Kashmir elections to the Amarnath land row that had seen the state divided along religious lines. The BJP is leading on 12 seats in the Jammu region, compared to just one seat it won in 2002.
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