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| ESSAR Group announces 2 BPO Centres for J&K | | Omar to India Inc: Give us a chance | | | ET Desk
MUMBAI, JANUARY 17- The Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah has asked the corporate houses to turn their attention towards Jammu and Kashmir assuring them that good news will start coming from J&K in 2009, even as ESSAR Group announced the setting up of two BPO centres–one each in Jammu and Srinagar, which would create 2,000 jobs in each city.
Abdullah was speaking after presenting Business India's Businessman of the Year 2008 Award to Mr. P. R. S. Oberoi, Chairman of the Oberoi Group, at a glittering function here last evening.
The Chief Minister was the Chief Guest for the award ceremony and dinner at a gala event attended by over 1,200 captains of business and industry.
Former Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Who is Who of the corporate world, J&K Minister for Industries and Commerce, Mr. S. S. Slathia, Chief Minister's Political Advisor, Mr. Devender Singh Rana and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Ganai were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Minister said that in 2009 good news will start coming out of Jammu & Kashmir and urged ... | |
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| ON SPIRITUAL JOURNEY? | | Omar in Ajmer, Azad on Omrah | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: As people keenly await change expected to be brought about by new government the leaders of the National Conference-Congress coalition are on a holy journey.
While Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today paid obeisance at the Dargah of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti (RA) in Ajmer Sharief, the leader of the coalition partner Congress and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is off to Saudi Arabia performing Omrah.
An official spokesman for the Chief Minister said today that Omar today visited the shrine of Hazrat Moinuddin Chisti (RA) in Ajmer Sharief to pay obeisance at the famous Sufi dargah.
The Chief Minister, accompanied by wife, Payal Abdullah, Dr.... | |
| | | | 3 sisters among 13 killed in mishap near Thathri | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: In first major road accident of the year, at least thirteen passengers, including two Special Police Officers, three sisters and three infants, were killed and fifteen others were injured, five of them critically this afternoon when a passenger bus skidded off the road on Thatri-Gandoh road in Doda district.
Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Ministers and a large section of people from the civil society have expressed their anguish over the incident.
Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand oversaw rescue and relief operations. He flew in to Doda to personally monitor rescue and relief measures at the mischief site-11 km short of Gandoh on K... | |
| | | | One dead in Udhampur blast | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: One person died while another was injured in a mysterious blast which took place inside a scrap shop at Jaganu near Udhampur on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, here today.
Sources that one person died and another was injured when an explosion took place inside a scrap shop in Udhampur. Sources added that scrap dealer was molding iron and copper scrap when the explosion took place.
The deceased have been identified as Lal son of Gutu Ram of Bhagpur Udhampur, while the injured has been identified as Om Prakash son of Jagdish Raj resident of Maga who has been shifted to Udhampur district Hospital. Police has registered a case in this regard.
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| | | | Ordinance promulgated for Central Universities in J&K, 11 other states | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 17: The government's ordinance for establishment of 12 central universities and upgrading three existing universities to that level has been promulgated by President Pratibha Patil, setting in motion the process for starting the institutions.
The government has already introduced the Central Universities Bill 2008 in the Lok Sabha for setting up these institutions. However, the government proposed to take the ordinance route as the Bill could not be passed in the last session of Parliament.
The ordinance has been promulgated by the President. The ministry has also taken the step for appointment of vice chancellors in these intuitions. Applications have been ... | |
| | | | PM asks Pak to act | | | | Agencies
Mumbai, Jan 17: Keeping on the diplomatic pressure on Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday demanded that it should make public the results of its investigation into the Mumbai terror attack without manipulation.
“We have shared the evidence with Pakistan and other nations as well regarding the attack. We expect Pakistan to come up with the disclosures soon. These evidences will be made public in a few days. I urge the Pakistani authorities to come out with a full and complete disclosure of all the facts surrounding the case, without attempts at denial, diversion or obfuscation,” the Prime Minister said at the Economic Times award in at the Trident Hotel in Mumba... | |
| | | | War against corruption | | Ranked outstanding in APRs, sacked by Azad Govt; FA comes clean from Court | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 17: In a significant judgment, Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir of Jammu and Kashmir today quashed the compulsorily retirement order of Janak Singh passed on August 14, 2006 by Ghulam Nabi Azad Government, when he was posted in the JDA as Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer and allegedly involved in much publicized case of purchases in the Education Department.
Interestingly, besides other things the Court also took on record the fact that Janak Singh was ranked ‘outstanding’, ‘excellent officer’ and his ‘integrity beyond doubt’ but still he was sacked. Singh was put on compulsory retirement by Ghulam Nabi Azad Government on August 14, 2006, in the regime’s... | |
| | | | Mess deep in RTO office: 8 accused denied bail | | | | Early Times Reort
Jammu, Jan 17- Special Judge Anticorruption, Jammu, BL Bhat today rejected the bail application of Deepak Sharma an employee of the RTO Office and 7 other agents namely Ashok Kumar Sachdeva, Daya Kumar, S Jagjit Singh, Avtar Singh, Tarlochan Singh, Jugal Kishore and Diwakar Singh, involved in the much publicized RTO Office raid case which was conducted by the Crime Branch officials on January 10, 2009.
Special Judge Anticorruption, after hearing CPO Bhupinder Singh appearing for the Crime Branch and advocates appearing for the petitioners, and also perusing the CD file, observed that investigation is at the very threshold and the record of office of RTO Jammu, the doc... | |
| | | | Think globally, act locally – Jora's new tourism mantra | | Adventure sports, cultural tourism high on agenda | | | Early Times Reporty
JAMMU, JANUARY 17 – Following the return of a democratically-elected Government in the State under the leadership of a young and dynamic leader, there is an air of expectation among the people that various potential sectors will be taken up for development on priority, which will improve the socio-economic conditions in the State. Among these, tourism sector, for long the backbone of J&K's economy, tops the list.
Not only does tourism provide much-needed foreign exchange, but also tremendous employment opportunities for our youth, since the sector is intertwined with State's rich art, culture and heritage. As of now, the sector is at low ebb, owing to th... | |
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