Mushrooming brick-kilns have locals worried
Samba, December 23
Residents, especially the farming community of the various villages on the outskirts of Jammu, are worried over the mushrooming number of brick-kilns that is wreaking havoc on the environment and converting the cultivable fields into barren patches.
Labourers at a brick-kiln on the outskirts of Jammu. A Tribune photograph |
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PoK woman all praise for poll process
Poonch, December 23
Sixty five-year-old Kali Bi's rendezvous with Indian democratic process while she was on 45 days travel document from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) made her strongly envious of it.
Militant-turned-SPO sings peace songs for misguided youths
Surankote, December 23
Twenty five-year-old Javed Iqbal always wanted to be a singer and spread the message of peace and love in the state hard hit by militancy.
However, he somehow went astray and became a militant in the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit.
Ancestral house of freedom fighter in bad shape
Jammu, December 23
The ancestral house of the first freedom fighter of J&K , Comrade
Dhanvantri, lies in a pathetic condition. Comrade Dhanvantri was born on March 7, 1902 in Kali Janni Mohalla in old Jammu city.
The ancestral house of comrade Dhanvantri at Kali Janni in Jammu. Photo: Interjeet Singh
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From social work to politics
Candidate promises relief for terror-hit families
Srinagar, December 23
Working for the rehabilitation of militany-hit families and highlighting problems faced by the police, Rabia
Bajee, alias Nirupama Kaul, an independent candidate from the Zaidibal constituency in Srinagar is all set to fight elections scheduled for December 24.
“For the past three years, I have been working for the rehabilitation of militant families and that prompted me to join electoral process," says 41-year-old
Rabia. |
Rabia Bajee
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UGC-NET exam
Counting in college may pose problems
Jammu, December 23
As the scheduled date for counting of votes for the state Assembly elections in MAM College coincides with the
UGC-NET examination at Jammu University (JU) on December 28, the appearing candidates may have to face hardships in reaching the examination
centre, as there are apprehensions that the area in and around the college might be sealed on the day. |
MAM College in Jammu which has been converted into a
counting centre. Tribune photo: Anand Sharma |
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