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ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, JAN 16: After a week of Supreme Court expressing its displeasure over denial of 15 percent Centre’s share of seats in post graduate medical courses by medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, the State’s Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services and Sports RS Chib says that he would get the “issue examined before taking suitable action”.
Asked about the response of the J&K Government in the wake of Supreme Court turning down on January 8 the plea of an alumni from a J&K institution of medical learning for being allowed to appear in the entrance test for postgraduate education in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, the Minister said that... | |
| | | | CM heads seven-member Ministerial panel on UID | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Months after IT whiz and one of the finest visionaries of the country Nandan Nilekani made the headlines, the Jammu and Kashmir government has taken first major lead towards implementation of the Unique Identity Project.
Though Jammu and Kashmir is not among the pilot states to be covered in first phase of project but government has constituted a high powered committee to oversee and guide implementation of Unique Identity Project. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah heads the seven member panel of Ministers. Other six members are Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar, ... | |
| | | | It will be a ‘mandatory’ policing for all Cops! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: In what could be seen as a modern trend of policing, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to rope in all men and women in Khaaki, posted in any of the wing to help their area police in curbing crime and other anti-social activities.
Well placed sources in government revealed to Early Times that after long deliberations with top police brass, the Home department has directed the Police Head Quarter (PHQ) to work out of modalities as how the services of each and every police personnel including all ranks can be availed to give a facelift to the image of Jammu and Kashmir police.
“The said thought,” sources disclosed, “came following suggestive inp... | |
| | | | Congress can integrate all regions of state: Soz | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Jan 16: Asserting that the Congress is the only party which can integrate the state together, former Union Minister and Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief, Saif-ud-Din Soz today called upon the cadre to strengthen the party at gross root level, besides displaying unity and harmony.
The JKPCC president, who is also the chairman of Congress Coordination Committee, maintained that the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah led coalition government would complete its tenure and all the regions of the state would witness overall and equitable development.
Addressing series of public meetings at Gandhrwan and Chowki Choura in Akhnoor, Bamla, Sun... | |
| | | | Rebel attacks on security pickets aimed at derailing dialogue process | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: The militant attacks on the police station at Sopore, in which one policeman and a civilian were killed and six others injured, and on a CRPF picket at Kawdara in interior of Srinagar are part of the plan of demoralising the security forces, especially the police that has begun mounting pressure on the terrorists by eliminating a large number of them during the last three months. These attacks are also aimed at sabotaging the ongoing secret dialogue process between the Kashmiri separatists and Delhi and at derailing the peace process in the state.
Militants, operating in Jammu and Kashmir, are under instructions to strike against the security pickets,... | |
| | | | RBI likely to get woman chief | | | |
New Delhi, Jan 16: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today exuded hope that a woman would soon occupy the coveted post of the RBI Governor, so far a male domain.
"Up to now no lady has become the Governor of RBI and I hope soon it will be changed," Mukherjee said addressing a select gathering on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) here today.
He said the apex bank has occupied a pivotal position in the institutional fabric of the nation's economy playing a key role in its development and the RBI governors have contributed significantly to it.
"The RBI has also been particularly fortunate to have distinguished personalities at... | |
| | | | Militants hurl grenades at CRPF in Srinagar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar Jan 16: Unidentified militants hurled two grenades in quick succession at a CRPF picket in old city area here one of which hit an armoured vehicle, police said today.
The second grenade did not explode and there was no casualty in the incident which occurred late last evening, police said adding that the picket was manned by jawans of the 49 Battalion at Kawadara.
Following the incident and a similar attack on a police station in Sopore, 55 kms from here, security has been stepped up and frisking of vehicles intensified ahead of Republic Day celebrations to thwart plans of militants to unleash violence.
In the city, especially in the busy Lal Chowk area, whi... | |
| | | | Jammu temperatures still below normal | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar Jan 16: Jammu reeled under intense cold with night temperature in the region slipping by a few notches, even as mercury improved in Kashmir valley.
Banihal recorded a low of minus 1.3 degrees Celsius making it the coldest place in Jammu region today. Bhaderwah recorded a night temperature of minimum 1.7 deg C, MeT officials said.
Jammu, the winter capital of the state, recorded a low of 4.2 degree Celsius today, nearly four degrees below normal.
Katra recorded 8.0 deg C followed by Batote at 5.6 deg C.
Meanwhile, temperature improved in Srinagar with the city recording minus 3.2 degree Celsius, one degree above normal, as against yesterday's temperature o... | |
| | | | Forest along LoC catches fire | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: About seven km stretch of forest area along Line of Control (LoC) today caught fire after heavy gunfire from Pakistan side on army posts in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, sources here said.
The pine trees and other vegetation in Mankote forest area of Mendhar tehsil caught fire after heavy firing on Army posts along the LoC, sources said.
''The area between Gohi, Ghoda Post and Chhaja Maan post of the army was targeted from across the LoC between 2315 hrs to 0015 hrs.
About 12 to 14 big shots were also heard after which the vegetation in the entire area caught fire,'' sources said.
Thick clouds of smoke were seen billowing f... | |
| | | | Two killed as truck falls into nullah | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 16: A truck today fell into a nullah at Hingad near Ramsoo on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway as a result of which its driver and conductor were killed instantly, while another man sitting in the vehicle survived with critical injuries.
The ill-fated truck (JK05B/2762) was on its way from Jammu to Srinagar.
Police sources said the truck skidded off the road and fell into the nullah when its driver Abdul Hamid Dar failed to negotiate a sharp curve.
Dar, who hailed from Doroo, and conductor Nazir Ahmad of Sopore were killed on the spot, while Bilal Ahmad, who was travelling with them, sustained serious injuries.
Bilal was undergoing treatment in the R... | |
| | | | Will provide security to Pandits willing to return to Valley: Omar | | | |
Bhopal: Jammu-Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that his government will ensure security and provide economic package to Kashmiri Pandits willing to come back to Valley after they left it nearly two decades ago to flee the insurgency.
"We have announced an economic package and also made provisions for repairing houses of those Kashmiri Pandits who have left the valley due to insurgency," Abdullah told reporters during the Eighth Annual Adventure Tourism Meet here.
"As the security situation is improving in the Valley, they can come back to the state," he said.
On the issue of Sageer Committee report regarding strengthening Centre-State relations, he said that his ... | |
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