MORNING NEWS (Sponsored by Shuhul Automobiles J&K)* About 10 days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 25 kilometers long Udhampur-Katra railway line, the first long distance train, Katra-New Delhi Shri Shakti Express would start plying from Katra railway station from today. Earlier, only three DEMU trains were shuttling between Katra to Jammu and Pathankot.* Normalcy was restored in Bari Brahmana town late yesterday nightt after more than four hours of road blockade during which mob torched two vehicles and one shop in protest against denial of permission to them tohold ‘Chinj’ (local wrestling) over a piece of disputed land at Bassi Khurd, falling on the borders of Bishnah and Bari Brahmana.* Dental Surgeons Associations (DSA) yesterday continued its dharna for the 13th consecutive day at Ambphalla Chowk, Jammu. Meanwhile, female dental surgeons also started their chain hunger strike at the same venue.* With annual Amarnath yatra picking up day by day from both Baltal and Chandanwari-Pahalgam tracks, 15,444 pilgrims paid obeisance at holy cave onDay 16 of the yatra yesterday. The totalnumber of pilgrims has reached 2,11,844.* Army chief Gen Bikram Singh yesterday called upon the troops to leave no stone unturned to make Jammu and Kashmir free of militants and give utmost importance to human rights. He lauded the Army soldiers for their excellent role in maintaining peace in the State and keeping the level of infiltration this year to zero.* Normal life remained disrupted yesterday in Kashmir valley in response to the strike called by separatist groups in memory of the 22 persons killed during protests in 1931 while authorities imposed curfew like restrictions in parts of Srinagar to foil any protest march by separatists.* In the first secretary-levelappointments by the Narendra Modi Government, Rakesh Garg was yesterday named the new Telecom Secretary while Jugal Kishore Mohapatra is to be Secretary in the fertilizers ministry. Ahead of his departure for Brazil for the BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Modi cleared fresh appointments for various ministries.* On the request of Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) and MoS, Prime Minister Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh, a Tamilian IAS officer of2002 Bihar cadre M. Saravanan has been appointed as his Private Secretary (PS).* In a historic ceremony held at the Marmugao Harbour of Goa yesterday, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Department of Personnel and Training,Science and Technology (Independent Charge), Atomic Energy, Space and Earth Sciences, dedicated to the nation the first ever indigenously built Research Vessel (Ship) “Sindhu Sadhana” acquired recently by the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography.* FIFA World Cup 2014: Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to win their fourth title. First European team to win in South American soil.
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 02:55:30 +0000
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