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Obama takes over, says terrorists can’t outlast 1/20/2009 11:50:35 PM AGENCIES Washington, Jan 20: Beginning a presidency towards which not only America but the whole world seems to be watching with hope, Barack Obama said in his inaugural speech " We have chosen hope over fear and terrorists can't outlast us." America's first black president, Barack Hussein Obama said on Tuesday that the nation must choose "hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord" to overcome the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. In frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of more than a million packed the National Mall and parade route to celebrate Obama's inauguration in a high noon ceremony. Cheering and waving, spectators stretched from the inaugural platform at the U.S. Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial far in the distance. With 11 million Americans out of work and trillions of dollars lost in the stock market's tumble, Obama emphasized that his biggest challenge is to repair the tattered economy left behind by outgoing President George W. Bush. "Our time of standing pat, of protecting narrow interests and putting off unpleasant decisions...   READ MORE

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RS poll schedule announced, SC to examine notification 1/20/2009 11:50:17 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 20: The Supreme Court has taken up for hearing a petition filed by Panthers Party leader Bhim Singh challenging the Election Commission decision of issuing separate notifications for election to four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, the Election Commission today issued schedule for the election process which clearly underlined that there will be three separate notifications for the four seats. The Supreme Court will examine on Friday the Election Commission’s decision to conduct biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha in three phases for four seats instead of one phase. The court was hearing a petition alleging that phased elections wou...   READ MORE   2008 was most peaceful year in militancy history 1/20/2009 11:49:53 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 20: With a sharp decrease in terror incidents last year, which also saw huge turnout during the almost incident-free legislative elections, 2008 remained the most peaceful time in the troubled Jammu and Kashmir since 1990. According to official figures, the number of militancy related incidents came down to three digits - 708 - for the first time in the nearly two decades of separatist insurgency during which 42,876 people have been killed. The dead include 16,832 civilians, 5,204 security personnel and 20,840 militants. The figures indicate that from 1990 to 2008, a total of 67,430 militancy related incidents have been registered in Jammu and Kashmir. The...   READ MORE   The language they speak 1/20/2009 11:49:27 PM ET REPORT Jammu, Jan 20: When some members of the Assembly took oath in Kashmiri and Dogri languages today there it was not an unconstitutional exercise because the two languages stand included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India. And when Nazir Gurezi took the oath in Shina language again there was to violation of the constitution because Shina language is included in the 6th schedule of the State constitution. In fact when the BJP had announced a day earlier that its members would take the oath in Dogri language members from the PDP had already made the preparation for causing a breezy embarrassment to the BJP MLAs, especially its chief, Ashok Khajuria. PDP members were ri...   READ MORE   J&K gets 18 new polytechnics 1/20/2009 11:49:09 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, JAN 20 – On the intervention of the Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah, the Government of India has approved 18 more polytechnic colleges in the State to cover the uncovered districts. This is in keeping with the emphasis the Chief Minister has been giving on skill development of youth to enhance their employability in the job market within and outside the country. Accordingly, he had taken up with the Centre the establishment of one polytechnic each in uncovered districts of the State. According to an official spokesman, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry has authorized the Jammu and Kashmir Government to set up 18 polytechnics and also ag...   READ MORE   Admn Secys to hear public between 2-4PM 1/20/2009 11:48:59 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, JAN 20: The Administrative Secretaries have been asked to remain available between 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. in their offices for meeting the public to hear their grievances on a daily basis. According to a Circular issued by Government here today, the Administrative Secretaries have also been asked not to fix any meeting in the said period and monitor redressal of grievances brought to their notice in a time-bound manner....   READ MORE   Police to take front charge in Srinagar 1/20/2009 11:48:27 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, JAN 20 – In a significant decision, the Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah has issued instructions to deploy Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel in the forefront at all public places in the Srinagar city. These will be, as hitherto, supported by other Central forces. The deployment of the State police will facilitate better police-public relations. The move can be seen in the backdrop of the Chief Minister's recent statements in which he had asked the Police authorities to improve their delivery system to match the expectations of the people. Besides improving the public-police coordination, it will also result in speedier redressal of public grievances and s...   READ MORE   Five promoted in Planning Deptt 1/20/2009 11:48:06 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 20: Five officers have been promoted and consequently their fresh transfers and postings ordered in Planning Department. According to an orderRakesh Jamwal, Chief Planning Officer, Udhampur has been promoted as Joint Director, Rural Development Department, Civil Secretariat. He will also hold the charge of Social Welfare department till further order. Veena Kumari Thapur, Dy. Director, Statistical Training School, Jammu has been promoted as Joint Director, Statistical Training School, Jammu against available vacancy. Athar Hussain Qadri, Chief Planning Officer, Ganderbal, has been promoted as Joint Director in the office of Financial Commissioner (Revenue)...   READ MORE   CM hosts dinner for MLAs 1/20/2009 11:47:45 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, JAN 20 - The Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah today hosted dinner for the newly-elected Members of the J&K Legislative Assembly, who were administered oath by the Pro-tem Speaker earlier this morning. Cutting across party lines, the MLAs attended the dinner and were seen interacting with the other invitees. The Chief Minister also interacted with them and exchanged pleasantries....   READ MORE   Uproar in House 1/20/2009 11:47:16 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 20: While assertion of linguistic identity remained major attraction of the occasion, commotion was created in the Legislative Assembly today when state BJP President and MLA from Jammu East Ashok Khajuria sought to swear in the name of Mata Vaishno Devi instead of Parmatma. Meanwhile, all members of BJP, two members from Panthers Party and one independent legislator took oath in Dogri. Similarly, the National Conference MLA from Gurez took oath in his mother tongue Shina and independent MLA from Langate took oath in Kashmiri. All other MLAs took oath either in Urdu or English. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members created a furore when BJ...   READ MORE   80 MLAs sworn in; Mufti, Azad missing 1/20/2009 11:46:44 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 20: Amidst sporadic scenes of uproar and laughter, 80 members of the eleventh legislative assembly were today administered oath by Pro-Tem Speaker Choudhary Mohammad Aslam. Former Chief Ministers Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Ghulam Nabi Azad were among those six members who were not present for the oath ceremony. Newly-elected MLAs take oath The Chief Minister Mr. Omar Abdullah was the first to take oath, followed by the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Tara Chand. They were followed by Ministers Mr. Abdul Rahim Rather, Minister for Finance, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, Minister for School Education and Public Enterprises Department, M...   READ MORE

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