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  Jammu
It is bounded by Udhampur district in the east and by Jammu in the South-east.
The hilly terrain of the district is ideal for guerrilla warfare and the areas bordering PoK are frequently used by militants for exfltration/infiltration and smuggling of weapons from across the border.
The district is bounded by Rajouri in the west, Jammu in the south-west, Doda in the east and Kathua in the south-east.
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 Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir is an area on the northern borders of India and Pakistan; officially known as Jammu and Kashmir.
To the east of the LOC lies the vale of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh which are administered by India.
The capitals of Indian-held Kashmir are Srinagar in the summer and Jammu in the winter; whilst the capital of Azad Kashmir is Muzaffarabad.
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 Jammu-Kashmir.Com Homepage
Three Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants, including a self-styled teshil commander, were arrested by security forces in Kishtwar district.
On a tip off, Rashtriya Rifles (RR) troops and police raided a hideout in Pattimal village of Jammu and Kashmir and arrested 3 LeT militants last night, police said on Monday.
The arrested militants were identified as Nissar Ahmed alias Abu Maaz - a self styled teshil commander, Gulam Mohmmad and Farooq Ahmed alias Abu Sofia, they said.
www.jammu-kashmir.com   (267 words)

  
  IndiaDaily - Ayodhya attack mastermind killed in Jammu & Kashmir
Inspector General of Police (Jammu Zone) SP Vaid told IANS that Qarri was one of the most active militant leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
The mastermind behind the July 2005 attack on the Ram temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh was shot dead on Saturday in a gun battle with the police on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said.
Saifullah Qarri, a divisional commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, was hiding in a house in Ramzan Mohalla of Janipur, a congested locality, with one of his associates.
www.indiadaily.com /editorial/17812.asp   (512 words)

  
  Asia Times - A brutal wakeup call in Jammu
Jammu comprises the districts of Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch, Doda, Udhampur and Kathua.
Jammu, Udhampur and Kathua districts are predominantly Hindu.
In Jammu, but for the Gujjars (who graze sheep in the upper reaches of the mountains and who are familiar with the mountain tracks) who have worked with the militants as porters and guides, the rest of the local population largely stayed away from taking up arms.
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 Jammu,Jammu Travel,Jammu Tours,Jammu India,Jammu Tour Guide,Tourism in Jammu,Travelling in Jammu
Jammu is known as 'the city of temples' because of its many shrines, with their soaring golden spires or 'Shikhars'.
In 1846 the Dogra ruler of Jammu was created Maharaja of an ill-defined Himalayan kingdom, 'to the eastward of the river Indus and westward of the river Ravi', by the treaties of Lahore and Amritsar at the conclusion of the first Sikh war.
The region remained under Dogra rule until the partition of India in 1947, when Hari Singh, the then Maharaja of Kashmir, decided that it would remain as part of India and the state of Jammu and Kashmir was born.
www.indiantravelportal.com /jammu   (679 words)

  
 Jammu   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jammu is one of the three regions comprising the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu borders Kashmir valley to the north, Ladakh to the east, Himachal Pradesh to the south and Pakistan occupied Kashmir to the west.
Jammu is well connected with the rest of India by rail, road and air, making it by far the least remote part of the state.
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  Jammu, Information about Jammu, Jammu Tour
Jammu is often known as the City of Temples due to the temples of Vaishno Devi, Raghunath Temple and Rambireshwar Temple.
It is 200 km from Jammu and 93 km.
Jammu is connected to various destinations in Jammu and Kashmir by all-weather roads to Katra, Pathankot, Kishtwar and to Ladakh via Srinagar from May to October.
www.indovacations.net /english/AboutJammu.htm   (1359 words)

  
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The climate of Jammu region is tropical while it is semi-arctic in Ladakh and temperate in Srinagar region.
In Jammu, the flora ranges from the thorn bush type of the arid plain to the temperate and alpine flora of the higher altitudes.
Jammu is the winter capital of the state and next in importance after Srinagar.
www.tourmyindia.com /states/jammu/index.html   (2495 words)

  
 The Conflict in Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir was at that time one of approximately 562 so-called "princely" states that had existed in India under the British.
Jammu and Kashmir was one of the largest of this category of princely states, which were nominally self-governing but ultimately under British control, like the rest of the subcontinent.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, is normally governed by a chief minister responsible to a bicameral legislature with one elected house and by a governor appointed by the president of India.
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 TraveliteIndia.com: Welcome to Jammu & Kashmir , Paradise on Earth   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Kashmir Valley, north of Jammu, is s fertile verdant region enclosed by high snow-capped ridges of the Pir Panjal range to the west and south and the main Himalayan range to the east.
Jammu is the last railhead in north India and though rail tracks have been extended further, Jammu receives the majority of trains from all over India.
It is perhaps the oldest edifice in Jammu and reminds one of the wars fought, invasions prevented and the grandeur of the Royal family.
www.traveliteindia.com /guide/state/jammu.asp   (5005 words)

  
 kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir Maps
Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Indian union consists of three divisions -Jammu, Kashmir Valley and Ladakh.
Jammu and Kashmir has some of the best hotels to cater to its ever-growing tourism industry.
Cattle rearing and Farming are the major contributors to the economy of Jammu and Kashmir.
www.mapsofindia.com /maps/jammuandkashmir   (311 words)

  
 UNHCR - Summary of Human Rights Concerns in Jammu and Kashmir
Torture in Jammu and Kashmir is of exceptional brutality and explains the appalling number of people who have died in custody of the security forces.
They prompted a judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to observe in October 1994: "hundreds of cases are pending [before the High Court] in which the whereabouts of the detainees are not known".
The government's unwillingness or inability to investigate torture and deaths in custody in Jammu and Kashmir is evident from its response to the 28 reports of custodial deaths which Amnesty International listed in its March 1992 report, India: Torture, rape and deaths in custody.
www.unhcr.org /home/RSDCOI/3ae6a9b618.html   (3436 words)

  
 Jammu - LoveToKnow 1911
JAMMU, or JUMMoo, the capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in Northern India, on the river Tavi (Ta-wi), a tributary of the Chenab.
The town and palace stand upon the right bank of the river; the fort overhangs the left bank at an elevation of 150 ft. above the stream.
The state of Jammu proper, as opposed to Kashmir, consists of a submontane tract, forming the upper basin of the Chenab.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Jammu   (222 words)

  
 Jammu & Kashmir, Information about Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir Tourism
The state of Jammu and Kashmir is not merely the Vale of Kashmir.
These regions are Jammu, mainly the Hindu region lies in the foothills in the south; Srinagar and the Vale of Kashmir is mainly the Muslim region and lies in the centre; Leh and Ladakh, form the eastern highlands across the great Himalayan axis and comprises of mainly the Buddhists.
Jammu is the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.
www.indovacations.net /english/AboutJammuandKashmir.htm   (1925 words)

  
 Jammu & Kashmir: Is Trifurcation a viable solution
For an academic discussion, one may like to argue that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is a rare synthesis of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, but historically all the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh always maintained their distinct regional identity.
Since the Hindus of Jammu and Buddhists of Ladakh are historically, culturally and linguistically poles apart from the Muslims of Kashmir, the political domination of the latter has never been acceptable to the remaining two major groups of the state.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah’s move for greater autonomy demand with pre-1953 status of the state encouraged certain sections in Jammu and Ladakh regions for raising the demand for division of the state into three autonomous regions.
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 Forests of Jammu & Kashmir   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jammu and Kashmir possesses vast forests stretching from the lower valleys high up into mountain passes right to the edge of massive glaciers.
Jammu and Kashmir's forests include a wide variety of species including maple (the famous "chinar" tree of the Kashmir valley), evergreens, rose chestnut, alder, pine, laurel, sal, oak, magnolia, cedar, birch, hazel, spruce, juniper, rhododendron.
In Pakistan- administered Jammu and Kashmir, there are cases of individual army officers treating their posts and soldiers under their responsibility as personal logging companies.
www.kewa.org /forest.html   (709 words)

  
 The Hindu : Jammu on the brink
Jammu was more populous than the Kashmir Valley before independence, when the State was ruled by a Jammu-based Maharaja.
Jammu politics was further polarised by the BJP and the National Conference along religious lines.
The latest in the series of steps to ``mollify Jammu's sentiments'' is the extension of Disturbed Areas Act and Special Powers Act to the whole of the region which would transfer some of the power of the ``Kashmiri-dominated'' civil administration, which had lost the confidence of the people of the region, to the security forces.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/08/21/stories/05212524.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Jammu and Kashmir travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state in India.
The last stop on the railway line north is Jammu, where you can catch onward buses and 4wd jeeps.
While the situation in the Jammu and Kashmir regions of the state has steadily improved over the last 10 years, much of the Kashmir area still remains unsafe for travel.
wikitravel.org /en/Jammu_and_Kashmir   (685 words)

  
 Jammu (Tawi)
Thus Gulab Singh integrated Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions in one administrative unit, with this the Dogra rule was established in the state.
The Brahmins of the Jammu region are mostly engaged in agriculture.
Jammu province is inhabited by diverse castes and sects.
www.kashmirherald.com /peopleandplaces/travelplaces/jammutawi-prn.html   (3340 words)

  
 Jammu & Kashmir: Self-Determination, Demands, Plebiscite, Secession, History, Accession, India
The turmoil caused in Jammu and Kashmir (JandK) by this terrorist violence has given Pakistan and many of the secessionist groups in the state an excuse to demand a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir as envisaged in the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) resolutions of August 13, 1948 and January 5, 1949.
The primary languages of Ladakh are Ladakhi and Balti, of Jammu: Dogri, and of Kashmir: Kashmiri.
The support for secession in Jammu and Kashmir is thus largely limited to the non-pastoral Sunni Muslim population of the Kashmir Valley who constitute 22% of the state's population, (or about 1.9 million people).
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 Jammu and Kashmir travel guide
Jammu and Kashmir are the two Hindu and Muslim majority (Respectively) regions that are the most densely populated, hence the state’s name.
The Jammu region is better known as the city of, temples and beautiful palaces.
Jammu, the capital, is the major city you’ll pass on your way to the Kashmir region.
www.world66.com /asia/southasia/india/jammuandkashmir   (360 words)

  
 Jammu Travel Guide, Jammu Tourism, Jammu Tour, Jammu Map, Jammu India, Jammu tourist attraction, Jammu tourist ...
Raja Jambu Lochan discovered Jammu, the ‘land of the fearless’ and the ‘land of Gods and Goddesses’ in the 9th century BC.
from Jammu to the west of the Holy Shrine of Vaishnodeviji is the Salal Dam and Lake.
RAIL : Jammu Tawi is an important railhead of the Northern Railways serving the Jammu.
www.tourtravelworld.com /city_guide/jammu.html   (1228 words)

  
 UNHCR - Appeal to Armed Opposition Groups in Jammu and Kashmir to Abide by Humanitarian Law
Jammu and Kashmir Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar, stated in April 1997 that there are some 178 armed opposition groups operating in the state.
The Jammu and Kashmir Islami Harkatul Mohmineen had in April issued an ultimatum to election candidates to withdraw from the contest or be killed along with their families.
Members of armed opposition groups in Jammu and Kashmir have increasingly targeted civilian officials who perform a public function but one that is not directly related to the conduct of hostilities.
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