EVENING NEWS (Sponsored By Royal Motors, Jammu) * Bhartiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah is likely to visit Jammu on August 8 to welcome former Congress MP Choudhary Lal Singh, who may join the party in his presence. * Four heavily-armed militants were killed by security forces in Keran sector near the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. * The Public Service Commission (PSC) today declared the result of the Combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination 2013 (KAS). Ms. Saba Noor has topped in the examination. 30 female candidates figure in the list of 99 candidates. * New Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag today warned Pakistan that Indias response to any provocation - like the beheading of a soldier last year - would be more than adequate, intense and immediate. Haji Salam, supporters join NC in presence of CM * A large number of devotees including Sadhus today joined “Chhari Pujan” at a temple here, marking the beginning of the culmination phase of the 44-day annual yatra to the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas. * The Railways will run six more trains connecting Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Katra to various destinations, Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. * Delegations of Kashmiri Pandit organisations today met Union Minister Jitendra Singh today seeking the Centre’s intervention in allowing a pilgrimage to Kounsarnag Lake in South Kashmir, a day after locals had protested against the event. * 2,387devotees paid obeisance before the Ice Lingam today. With this, a total of 3, 58,051 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the Holy Cave since the commencement of Shri Amarnathji Yatra. * An inspector of Border Security Force was killed and a sub-inspector got injured in an alleged “accidental” fire in Miran Sahib area on city outskirts of Jammu. * The UPSC exam row generated heat in both Houses of Parliament with a member tearing a paper and throwing it towards the Speaker in Lok Sabha and almost the entire opposition staging a walkout in the Upper House as Government refused to set a time-line for resolving the issue. * Senior IRS officer K V Chowdary has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the top policy making body of the Income Tax department. * US Secretary of State John Kerry told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday that Indias refusal to sign a global trade deal had sent the wrong signal, and urged New Delhi to work to resolve the row as soon as possible. * Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved a screening committee for the state for the forthcoming assembly elections, comprising of Ajay Maken (chairman), Shubhankar Sarkar, Ambika Soni as general secretaries in-charge, Saifuddin Soz as Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president and Mohammad Sharief Niaz as CLP leader, as its members. * The International Cricket Council has found both Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson not guilty of breaching its code of conduct. * Indias Pinki Rani bags a bronze in the Boxing; four other pugilists including Olympian Vijendra Singh to be seen in action in semi-finals tonight.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 16:38:05 +0000
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