Rajouri

On Thursday when a marriage party was heading towards village Laam in Nowshera area of Rajouri district every one was busy singing and dancing to the tunes of famous bollywood numbers. Heavy rains going on in the area had not dampened the spirits of party revelers as they wanted to enjoy every moment of the journey. Moments later when the over crowded bus reached local stream and was crossing the causeway the driver of the ill fated bus made an error as he failed to negotiate the road and the bus turned turtle due to fast flowing currents. Before the bus crossed the causeway bridegroom too had joined the relatives in the bus and was also washed away along with …

Rajouri deserves Municipal Council status, MLA’s partial behavior responsible for pathetic condition of town   Highlighting the lack of basic civic amenities and other facilities in the Rajouri city and outskirts, which are proving to be hurdle in the overall development of Rajouri city, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) State Vice President Advocate Vibodh Gupta today criticized the Coalition Government for its failure to judiciously utilize the funds allotted by Central Government for the betterment of the State. Addressing a meeting of the members from Muslim community, Vibodh lambasted the ex-MoS and local MLA Shabir Ahmed Khan for his partial attitude towards the Rajouri city.  “It is due to the ‘pick and choose’ policy adopted by the Shabir Khan that the …

A woman was allegedly raped by two jawans of the Indian Reserve Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district last week-end, police said on Monday. Both of them had been placed under suspension and arrested, they said. The two barged into the house of the woman in Gambhir Muglaan on Saturday night and allegedly raped her, police said. Police raided several places and arrested the two jawans last night. Residents of Kashmir, both are jawans of the IRP 6th Battalion and were deployed in Rajouri. (PTI)

Over 14.6 lakh voters will decide the fate of Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the second phase of polling on Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday. Azad is being challenged by BJP’s Dr Jitendra Singh. A total number of 13 candidates including Prof Bhim Singh of Panthers Party, Arshid Mailk of PDP and JKDF candidate Anil Gupta are in the fray. To ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of the polling the election commission of India has set up 2051 polling stations across six districts of Jammu region.     Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the election commission to ensure peaceful conduct of the polling.   The polling stations across Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Reasi, …

Making comparison between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, who is also Working President of National Conference, Tuesday said that while Rahul Gandhi represents the aspirations of modern India and is sincere in his efforts to ensure inclusive and holistic development of all sections of the society equitably, Narendra Modi is beholder of a known ideology and has not been exonerated by the people of the Country of the charges of communal riots in Gujarat in which large number of people were killed. “Rahul Gandhi is the pulse of young India and takes along with him people of all the age groups in his mission to lead India towards a modern, prosperous and scientific era and Narendra …

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Indian army, which was on a training sortie, crashed near  the line of control in Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Monday. According to official sources, the UAV crashed near Rajal village of Nowshera around 1.45 p.m. The Indian army has ordered a Court of Inquiry to inquire in to the circumstances leading to the crash of the UAV in thickly populated area. According to Ministry of Defence Spokesman in Jammu,” the UAV was on a training sortie when it suddenly developed some technical snag and crashed in Rajal village of Nowshera. The Defence Spokesman also clarified that no loss of life or civilian property was reported after the crash in the village. …