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CM: 370 Article of faith, won’t be fiddled with
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given “100 per cent” assurance that he would back the PDP-BJP government’s ‘Agenda of Alliance’, which says that the status of Article 370 can’t be “fiddled with”. She, however, evaded a direct reply on whether the PM had given an assurance on safeguarding the constitutional status quo for the state.
6 killed in accident
Jammu: Six persons were killed and nine were injured when a vehicle fell down a gorge near the Puneja area in Doda district on the Thathri-Chirala link road today.
Despite requests, govt fails to provide ambulances near LoC
Rajouri: After heavy mortar shelling by the Pakistan army in October, November, April, May, June and July, many VVIPs, including the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Health Minister and the Divisional Commissioner, visited families of those killed and met affected people and migrants at Nowshera.
Gorakhpur hospital tragedy: Yogi Adityanath orders probe, strict action
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh on Saturday assured that quick action would be taken against those involved in the alleged disruption in the supply of liquid oxygen at Gorakhpur’s Baba Raghav Das Medical College hospital, following which over 30 infants lost their lives.
Rs155 cr for four bus stands in state: Bali
Kangra: Transport Minister GS Bali today flagged off AC bus service from the Kangra bus stand for the Dharamsala-Shimla route via Hamirpur and Ghagas.
BJP making mountain out of molehill: CM
Shimla: Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said that the vandalism and hooliganism being indulged in by the BJP won’t be tolerated as they are trying to make a mountain out of molehill just to make headlines.
Rain damage in Kangra, Chamba worth Rs60 cr
Dharamshala: Heavy rains have led to damages worth Rs 60 crores in Kangra PWD circle that includes Kangra and Chamba district. Chief Engineer PWD, SK Ganju said the maximum damage had been caused to roads in various parts of Chamba and Kangra districts. A bridge has been damaged in Tuhati, a tribal area of Chamba district.
Petrol pumps shut down in Hisar
Hisar: All 160 fuel stations in the district observed a strike today to protest the rising number of incidents of crime at petrol pumps. The All Haryana Petroleum Dealers Association (AHPDA) had given the call for the strike, demanding the arrest of accused in several incidents of loot at petrol pumps. They decided to protest against police functioning after robbers took away Rs 2.65 lakh from the petrol pump in Chaudhariwas village on Wednesday.
State govt urged to have disabled-friendly offices
Karnal: Demanding implementation of the Persons with Disabilities, Act 1995, disabled friendly government offices, formation of the Disabled Welfare Commission, sports policy and welfare fund for disabled, scores of disabled across the state, who have been staging dharna in front of the Mini Secretariat for the last 10 days today took out a protest march on their tricycles.
Murder accused shot dead in Rohtak
Rohtak: Ankit, a resident of Rithal village in the district, was shot dead by unidentified assailants on the Ladhot road on the outskirts of the town today. Ankit was an accused in the murder of a national-level kabaddi player. He along with a friend was going to court for hearing in the murder case when he was attacked.