Jammu Jan 24 PTI The Raj Bhawan on Monday night decided to cancel this years Republic Day At Home reception in view of the spike in coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir Liutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has urged the people of the Union Territory to follow Covid Appropriate Behaviour CAB and safety protocols issued by the health officials a Raj Bhawan spokesman said Jammu and Kashmir on Monday recorded 5394 fresh cases of coronavirus taking the infection count to 402596 while eight deaths due to the virus were reported in the past 24 hours officials said Out of the fresh cases 2045 were from the Jammu division and 3349 from the Kashmir division they said PTI AB CK

Jammu Dec 21 PTI CPIM leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has termed the draft recommendation of the Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir as divisive and unacceptable claiming that it is another step to further disempower Kashmiris politically He said the distribution of newly created assembly constituencies with six going to Jammu and only one to Kashmir is not justified and it will increase gaps between regions and communities The constitution of Delimitation Commission under JK Reorganisation Act-2019 in itself is questionable as the Reorganisation Act has been challenged in the Supreme Court he said The constitution of commission was akin to contempt of the court as how can the Government of India do so when the matter is sub-judice he said The CPIM had recently moved an application in the apex court for early hearing of the writ petition filed in 2019 against unconstitutional and undemocratic revocation of special status of JK under Article 370 and JK Reorganisation Act-2019 We had apprised the apex court that despite the matter being sub-judice the Government of India was taking irreversible steps which were harmful for the interests of people of JK Tarigami said He said they will continue with their legal and political fight against the arbitrary unconstitutional and undemocratic decisions of the BJP government PTI AB CK

Jammu Nov 17 PTI BSF troops recovered and defused an old mortar shell in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday officials said The old and rusted shell was found in a farmers field in Chachwal village the officials said The bomb disposal squad later destroyed the mortar shell and averted a possible tragedy they said PTI AB CK

Jammu Oct 26 PTI A drug smuggler was arrested and heroin recovered from him in this city on Tuesday night officials said A police team intercepted a vehicle at Milan Sahib in the city and recovered from it some quantity of heroin they said The smuggler identified as Manpreet Singh alias Sartaj of Simbhal camp was arrested and his vehicle seized they said Singh has four cases registered against him the officials said Police are probing the matter PTI AB CK