1. The Centre has sanctioned projects worth Rs 66,300 crore...

1. The Centre has sanctioned projects worth Rs 66,300 crore in the Rs 80,068 crore special package for Jammu and Kashmir announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 2. The Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC) Friday accorded sanction to a set of exemptions for making the 624 MW Kiru hydro electric project (HeP) commercially viable. 3. The Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here Friday under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik approved Rs 186 crore project for rejuvenation of Devika and Tawi rivers in Udhampur district of the state. 4. The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here Friday under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the first-ever drug de-addiction policy in Jammu and Kashmir. 5. The Jammu and Kashmir administration Friday launched an e-challan project which will help in improving service access and transparency in the traffic management system. 6. The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday issued an advisory refraining officials from transferring government money to their personal bank accounts. 7. The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was again closed Friday due to heavy snowfall. 8. Three officials of the Traffic Police department were suspended for dereliction of duty by allowing vehicles on the Jammu-Srinagar highway despite one-way traffic restriction. 9. The Congress on Friday reached out to the people displaced from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), who were on a indefinite chain dharna here since December 27 demanding implementation of '2014 package', and urged the Centre to hold talks with them. 10. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav met Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati in New Delhi on Friday as the two leaders discussed a possible tie-up to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections this summer. 11. In a fiery "point-by-point" rebuttal to Congress's charges on the Rafale deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday accused it of spreading "falsehood" on the issue and said while the Bofors scam brought the party down, Rafale will help Prime Minister Narendra Modi retain power.

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