J&K: Katra protest against ropeway enters 5th day, BJP MLA also joins in

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Jammu's deputy chief minister, Surinder Choudhary, condemned the proposed ropeway project in Katra, arguing it threatens 40,000 livelihoods. The town, a base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, remained shut in protest. Choudhary urged the shrine board and lieutenant governor to heed local concerns and highlighted the risk to...

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Member of the Legislative Assembly

Representative of voters to a regional or sometimes national legislature
SP MLA Rafiq Ansari was acquitted in a 1995 riot and arson case by the MP-MLA court due to lack of evidence. The case involved allegations of rioting and arson..
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Region administered by India
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Surinder Kumar Choudhary

Indian politician (born 1968)

Katra, Jammu and Kashmir

Place in Jammu & Kashmir, India
Katra, the base camp for Vaishno Devi temple resumed normalcy after a week-long shutdown. The government released 18 protesters and suspended the ropeway project..
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The shutdown in Katra town, Jammu against the proposed ropeway project continues into its sixth day, extended until Jan 1 by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh..
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Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, remains shut for the fifth day due to protests against a proposed ropeway project. BJP MLA Baldev Raj..
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Katra town continues its shutdown for the third day against the proposed ropeway project, which locals believe would harm their livelihood and religious..
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Indian political party
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City in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir
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Vaishno Devi

Hindu mother goddess
A 72-hour shutdown in Katra against the proposed Vaishno Devi ropeway project has entered its second day, with protesters on a hunger strike demanding the..
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Jammu's deputy chief minister, Surinder Choudhary, condemned the proposed ropeway project in Katra, arguing it threatens 40,000 livelihoods. The town, a base...
4 days ago • IndiaTimes

Katra, the base camp for the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, remains shut for the fifth day due to protests against a proposed ropeway project. BJP MLA Baldev Raj...
5 days ago • IndiaTimes

The shutdown in Katra town, Jammu against the proposed ropeway project continues into its sixth day, extended until Jan 1 by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh...
3 days ago • IndiaTimes

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