Jammu,September 5 (Scoop News) -The Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand on Sunday said that massive developmental programmes have been launched across the state, the impact of which is becoming visible. He said that the present government is fully committed for all round development of the state and with active support of the people who had given mandate to the coalition government the government will complete its full term. “The government has full faith in the policies it was a pursuing to meet the developmental and social aspirations of the people” Tara Chand said while giving a resume of various mega projects taken up across the stat....

Jammu,September 5 (Scoop News) -During 20 months in power, the coalition government has made major strides in all the sectors and health and education sector has been accorded top priority, while the reach of health services has been extended to 90 percent population. This was stated by the Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture, Sham Lal Sharma at a function organized by Red Cross Society Jammu at Chowki Choura in tehsil Akhnoor, here today. The Minister underlined the need for formulating a long term policy for providing better health care facility to the people of the state. Reiter....

Jammu,September 5 (Scoop News) -Minister for Medical, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports R. S. Chib today paid floral tributes to Shaheed Ramesh Lal on his 12th death Anniversary at border constituency Suchetgarh. Shaheed Ramesh Lal laid down his life while fighting the enemy in Poonch sector. Among others, Member legislative Assembly R. S. Pura constituency Prof. Garu Ram Bhagat, Member legislative Assembly Suchetgarh constituency Ch. Sham Lal, SDM R. S. Pura Ashwani Khajuria, DSP. R. S. Pura, senior officers of various departments, senior leaders of R. S. Pura and Suchetgarh constituency, prominent citizens and a large....

Jammu/Srinagar,September 5 (Scoop News) -In a major initiative, the Scheduled Tribe Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir today offered their full support to Jat community of State in their current struggle for grant of Other Backward Class (OBC) status subject to the condition if their (Jat) community residing in other states of India is ready to support the ongoing Gujjar movements in different States for Tribal identity including the State of Rajasthan where Gujjars are struggling hard for grant of ST status since last 63 years. In a letter addressed to different Jat Organizations and community leaders sent through Tribal Research and C....

Jammu, September 04 (Scoop News) –Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand has called for expediting restoration of the city roads, lanes and by lanes in Jammu city dug up for lying sewerage lines. The Deputy Chief Minister was speaking at a meeting convened to review the pace of progress on various projects being executed in the city under flagship programme Jawahar Lal Nehru National Renewal Urban Mission (JNNRUM). Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla was also present on the occasion. MLAs, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta, Ashok Khajura, Commissioner/Secretary, R&B, K. B. Agarwal, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr.....

Jammu/Srinagar, September 04 (Scoop News) – Reiterating the stand of National Conference to accept any formula other than the Autonomy, which leads to the solution of the K-issue, the Minister for Rural Development, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar has said that the interests of the people are supreme adding that the party has rendered enumerable sacrifices for safeguarding the cause of the people before different fora. The Minister was addressing several thousand representatives of various villages of district Udhampur after inaugurating Gram Sabha organized by the Department of Rural Development ....

Jammu, September 04 (Scoop News) –Expressing concern over mounting problems of the common masses due to the wrong policies being propagated by the present dispensation, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today said that the National Conference (NC) led coalition regime has lost its credibility and leaders of the ruling party have been trying to divert attention of the people by raking up irrelevant issues. Addressing a meeting of the party workers here this afternoon, PDP leaders observed that to hide their failure, NC leaders have been shifting blames on other parties for the prevailing mess in the State. “Government has been totally paral....

Jammu, September 04 (Scoop News) –Observing as ill-conceived and lacking wisdom, the enquiry by a commission into just some death cases in course of violence in the valley, especially at this juncture of turmoil, the leader of the BJP Legislators Party, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta has demanded that an independent Commission headed by a Supreme Court Judge should be appointed to find out the causes that led to prevailing arnarchy in the valley of Kashmir and pin point those high ups who failed to perform their legal and constitutional obligations. He also assailed the coalition of the Congress-National Conference for their failure to act....

Jammu, September 04 (Scoop News) –Chairman-JKNPP and Member, National Integration Council (NIC), Prof. Bhim Singh today said that India should take up the matter of Gilgit-Baltistan before the International Court of Justice as Pakistan has violated UN Charter besides infringed the UNCIP Resolutions on J&K and further invited China to trespass into our territory in Gilgit-Baltistan threatening the international peace and security as well as India’s peaceful borders. Bhim Singh also urged Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh to wake up the sleeping Foreign Ministry so that India’s interest is genuinely and actively projected before....

Jammu, September 03 (Scoop News) –To take stock of various ongoing developmental projects in Jammu and review the functioning of the various departments, Advisor to Chief Minister, Mubarak Gul chaired a high level meeting here today. District Development Commissioner Jammu M. K. Dwivedi and other officers were present in the meeting. Gul said took a detailed review of the various projects and asked the concerned officers to ensure timely completion of important projects. He exhorted upon the officers to work with full zeal and dedication so that the common masses would avail the benefits of various development schemes launched b....