Jammu Apr 23 PTI The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday inked a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with the National Highways Logistics Management Limited NHLML for the development of ropeway networks as an alternate solution of mobility to improve connectivity to remote habitations on higher reaches The MoU was signed between Regional Officer National Highway Authority of India J-K Rohin Gupta and Development Commissioner Works Public Works Department Roads and Buildings J-K Manzoor Hussain at Raj Bhavan here in the presence of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha an official spokesman said Terming this much-awaited project as a potential solution to the existing mobility problem besides promoting tourism Sinha said in the long run this sustainable and environment-friendly transport system will play a significant role in decongesting the urban spaces He expressed gratitude to the central government and said as future mobility medium the proposed ropeway project will bring economic prosperity to inaccessible hilly areas It is a significant step in the direction of developing a comprehensive ropeway network to benefit all sections of the population living in remote and difficult geographical conditions of Jammu and Kashmir Sinha said Terming connectivity as top priority to increase production trade and to improve the quality of life of people the Lt Governor reiterated the unwavering commitment of the UT administration towards the rapid socio-economic development of the people living in remote areas of Jammu and Kashmir PTI TAS 4172022 AQS AQS

New Delhi Jan 29 PTI Delhi University has warned to take disciplinary action against those students found posting vulgar messages or comments during online classes In an advisory issued by the proctors office of the varsity it said admissions of students may even be cancelled in such a scenario These are very difficult times keeping in mind the pandemic the classes are going online All students are directed to maintain dignity and not indulge in any kind of activity ie vulgar message comment which is not permissible as per rules and regulations of University of Delhi If any student is found in any type of such unlawful activity appropriate disciplinary action will be initiated or their admission may be cancelled read the advisory PTI SLB AQS AQS

New Delhi Jan 27 PTI Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections leaders of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress from the poll-bound state joined the BJP here on Thursday Samajwadi Partys sitting MLA Sharadveer Singh and former minister Shivakant Ojha and former Congress MP Rakesh Sachan joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at its headquarters here They were welcomed into the party fold by Union minister and Uttar Pradesh election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan and his cabinet colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Addressing a press conference on the occasion Naqvi said a positive change is visible in Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath People are firmly standing with the BJP and Modi and will dismantle the oppositions brotherhood -- rioters musclemen and hooligans he said Pradhan said the leaders are joining the BJP as they are inspired by Prime Minister Modis leadership and asserted that they will strengthen the party PTI JTR JTR AQS AQS

Chandigarh Jan 20 PTI The BJP-JJP governments decision to increase the Haryana Rural Development Fund HRDF charge on paddy is an anti-farmer move the Congress said on Thursday The opposition party demanded its immediate rollback We strongly condemn the Khattar-Dushyant Chautala governments decision of three times increase in HRDF from 05 percent to 2 percent on all varieties of paddy including 1509 Muchhal Sarbati 1121 Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a statement here He said it is a short-sighted decision and will harm the cause of the farmers Now the farmers of Haryana will be compelled either to sell off their crops in the neighbouring states agricultural mandis or they will have to sell paddy to the traders at a price cheaper by at least Rs 100-120 per quintal Six months back the BJP-JJP government had increased the market fees from 05 percent to 2 percent on all varieties of paddy Surjewala said He said 425 lakh metric tonnes of basmati and 1509 paddy and 56 lakh metric tonnes of parmal rice was procured in Haryana last year He said while the farmers will be worst-affected due to the HRDF charge hike the decision will also impact the Arhtiyas commission agents rice millers among others The farmers will either have to sell their paddy in neighbouring states like Punjab-Delhi etc where the HRDFmarket fees is less which would be a time-consuming proposition a farmer will also have to pay the cost of transportation which will increase his cost the Congress leader said If farmers go to the mandis of other states to sell their produce they will naturally suffer financial loss but at the same time the state government will also generate less revenue as it will not get the tax he said Surjewala said on one hand the government insists that the mandis are not being abolished but the decisions being taken by the state government are clearly indicative of the governments ill intentions to lock the grain markets and hand over the farm business to the big private players PTI SUN AQS AQS

Srinagar Nov 18 PTI Authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul two civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter for handing them over to their families officials said The bodies were exhumed after sundown and are likely to be handed over to their families later in the night they said This will be for the first time that the body of a person buried under police watch is returned to his kin since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March last year The bodies accompanied by a police team are being moved to Srinagar from Handwara where they were initially buried the officials said PTI MIJ AQS AQS

Jammu Oct 17 PTI The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party JKNPP on Sunday condemned the recent killings of civilians and security personnel in attacks by terrorists and said the BJP government is responsible for the worsening situation in the union territory NPP chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh said the fast deteriorating security scenario in J-K has exposed the haughty and supercilious claims of the BJP government at the Centre of having curbed militancy post reorganisation of the erstwhile state With the situation in J-K fast reverting to early 1990s it was most disturbing to find the BJP busy in breaking opposition parties and luring the opposition leaders rather than focusing on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism he said apparently referring to the joining of National Conference provincial president Devender Singh Rana and his party colleague S S Slathia to the saffron party Accusing the BJP government of giving precedence to its political ambitions over its duties and obligations as a responsible dispensation Singh said The BJPs ambitions have lit fires which will take years and years to subside With highly ascendant and authoritarian BJP hell-bent to crush and demolish all opposition in J-K it was using all possible means to silence all voices critical of its policies the NPP leader alleged He claimed the BJP was using all possible means to suppress other political parties and to make their leaders fall in line Opposition leaders were being bullied harassed threatened intimidated and persecuted with several lucrative offers also being reportedly made to such leaders for jettisoning their respective parties and joining the BJP And all this was being shamelessly executed at a time when the J-K UT was passing through the worst phase of ethnic cleansing selective killings and terrorism exported from across the border Singh said He said while the killings of innocents in J-K is being used by the BJP leadership as a mere occasion to condemn Pakistan and promote communal hatred it has utterly failed in fulfilling its grandiloquent promises of restoring peace and normalcy in the troubled union territory PTI TAS AQS AQS

Jammu Sep 18 PTI The Border Security Force BSF on Saturday saved the life of a villager who was bitten by a poisonous snake near the International Border IB here officials said Sami Chaudhary and Subhash Kumar both residents of Bega village were cutting grass in a field near Khatmaria border post when the cries of Chaudhary attracted the attention of the BSF guards manning a post nearby the officials said They said the BSF personnel immediately rushed to the scene and found that Chaudhary was bitten by a poisonous snake The villager was given first aid and shifted to a local hospital where his condition is stated to be stable the officials said adding the locals appreciated the timely action of the troops in saving a precious life PTI TAS AQS AQS

Chandigarh Sep 17 PTI Haryana Police on Friday said it seized 28230 prohibited medicines and 104 medical termination of pregnancy MTP kits during a raid at a house in Karnal district A police team got a tip-off that accused Kamal Sikka who has been supplying prohibited medicines for a long time has brought a large quantity of intoxicants MTP kits and other banned medicines from Delhi a statement by the police said The input was that he has kept some medicines at home and went to supply the rest to someone it added Based on the credible input a police team along with drug control authorities conducted a raid at the house in New Premnagar A search by the team led to the seizure of the prohibited medicines and MTP kits police said During initial probe it was revealed that accused Kamal Sikka is involved in illegal trade of bringing prohibited medicines from Delhi at cheap prices and supplying them at higher rates The accused had brought these banned medicines from Delhi in the train The investigation also revealed that the accused was earlier arrested in 2015 by the Karnal police with prohibited medicines He came out of the jail a few months back after serving a five-year sentence they said A case has been registered in this connection and efforts are being made to arrest the accused police said PTI SUN AQS AQS