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Jammu-Srinagar highway closed for traffic due to landslides

STC NEWS DESKJAMMU, APRIL 20, (STC): Vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) has been closed both ways on Sunday due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones owing to continuous heavy rainfall along the route.According to official reports, multiple stretches of the highway have become unsafe for travel owing to the prevailing weather conditions,…

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LG Sinha warns “conflict entrepreneurs” of dire consequences

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, APRIL 19 (STC): “Conflict entrepreneurs” responsible for fuelling unrest in Jammu and Kashmir will not be allowed to re-emerge in the region, said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday while speaking at a public gathering in Srinagar.LG Sinha accused these individuals of collaborating with hostile elements across the border and held them…

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Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs arriving J&K on April 26

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, APRIL 19 (STC): A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs is scheduled to arrive in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for a six-day visit, beginning on April 26. The UT administration has appointed 25 Liaison Officers to assist the visiting committee.The Parliamentary Standing Committee from the Ministry of Home Affairs…

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Anti Corruption Bureau arrests three engineers for ‘irregularities’ in Hokersar dredging, illegal building permissions

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, APRIL 19 (STC): The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested three government officials, including two Executive Engineers and an Assistant Executive Engineer, for questioning in connection with two separate cases relating to irregularities in the dredging of Hokersar Wetland and the illegal granting of building permissions in Srinagar.Addressing a press conference, Senior Superintendent…

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