News Topic:Poonch
Jammu
LG Sinha announces jobs for NOKs of Pak shelling victims
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced that government jobs will be provided to the closest kin of victims, who lost their lives in Pakistan shelling earlier this month.
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Politics
Mehbooba Mufti urges Rs 50 lakh compensation for border shelling victims
Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the government to compensate border residents who have suffered total losses due to cross-border shelling.
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Education
Border schools reopen after two-week closure amid cross-LoC shelling
After nearly two weeks of closure due to intense cross-border shelling, schools situated along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir reopened on Monday.
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Views
Kashmir, a nuclear flashpoint, can explode anytime: Mirwaiz
Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday termed Kashmir as a nuclear flashpoint which can explode anytime.
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Politics
Deliberate bid to harm civilians in cross-LoC shelling: Omar Abdullah
J&K CM Omar Abdullah said that a deliberate attempt was made from across the LoC to inflict maximum civilian harm in recent cross-border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Politics
J&K Cong chief demands PM package for rehabilitation of shelling affected people
Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday said that Prime Minister should announce a special comprehensive package for the relief and rehabilitation of the affected population.
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Jammu
Border dwellers shifted to safer locations, panic in Jammu
In view of heavy shelling along the international border and the LoC, the administration has shifted the border dwellers to safer locations in several areas across Jammu.
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J&K
Army soldier among 15 people killed in cross-border shelling in Poonch
14 civilians, including a woman and four children, and an Army soldier were killed and as many as 60 injured after Pakistan resorted to heavy mortar shelling.
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AIP questions Demography Committee’s scope, says LoC displacement must be assessed
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900 doctors appointed, 400 more underway, says Sakina Itoo
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