Jammu Mar 19 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited the site where a high-security prison is to be constructed for lodging treasonous and insurgent criminals in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir officials said Accompanied by JK Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Shah was briefed about the project details by the Director General of Police Prisons B Srinivas at the site in village Dambra in Mahanpur the officials said After going through the blueprint they said the home minister suggested some changes which will be incorporated according to the directions JK administrative council headed by Sinha transferred over 300 kanals 15 hectares of land in favour of the Prisons Department for construction of the high-security prison in the district last month The construction of high-security prison for lodging treasonous and insurgent criminals aims at meeting the security requirements of the region and strengthening the national security an official spokesperson had said Home Minister Shah left for Delhi after concluding his two-day visit to the Jammu region PTI TAS CK
Srinagar Oct 25 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday offered prayers at the revered temple of Kheer Bhawani in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir and said the shrine has divine power which can be felt only after visiting it The home minister visited the temple complex nestled among chinars in Tullamulla area of the central Kashmir district early Monday morning officials said Donning a traditional Kashmiri pheran Shah was accompanied to the temple by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Shah offered prayers at the temple of Mata Ragnya Devi and performed puja the officials said Taking to Twitter Shah said he had the honour of visiting the major centre of faith of the Kashmiri Pandit community which inspires the nation This holy place has divine power that can be felt only by visiting it Shah wrote in Kashmiri language using Devanagari script The shrine holds a special place among the Kashmiri Pandit community and the colour of water of the springs of the shrine area is believed to foretell how the coming year would be It has been reported that whenever the water has turned reddish bad times have fallen on Kashmir The Union Home minister arrived in Kashmir on Saturday on a three-day visit which will culminate on Monday Immediately after his arrival on Saturday he visited the family of slain police officer Parvaiz Ahmad who was killed by militants in June this year Later that day Shah reviewed the security scenario at a meeting held at Raj Bhawan here He also held an interaction with the members of the newly set-up youth clubs in the valley later that evening at SKICC On Sunday Shah visited Jammu where he also addressed a public rally PTI SSB MIJ SMN SMN
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 24 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday visited forward areas at the Makwal border in Jammu and Kashmir.
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