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| Pak using OIC to rake up Kashmir | | | |
ABID SHAH
New Delhi, Sept 30: Pakistan is, indeed, trying to play the Islamic countries card vis-à-vis Kashmir through their broad outfit called Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) with utmost astuteness this time on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting held at New York.
According to reports reaching here, Pakistan Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has addressed the OIC’s contact group on Kashmir, calling for an international probe into alleged killings by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. Among other things he is reported to have also mentioned the double murder case of Shopian which is now being probed by CBI.
Obviously, the idea behind this is to deflect ... | |
| | | | Progress on Kashmir dialogue: PC | | | |
New Delhi, Sept 30: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday indicated that there was "progress" towards initiating talks with Kashmiri separatist groups but refused to give any details on the developments.
He was responding to queries from reporters whether Home Ministry was going to resume the stalled talks with separatists including that with Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farroq.
"At this stage I am not willing to share it in great detail but I will only tell you - Yes! there is some progress," Chidambaram told reporters in New Delhi.
According to sources in the ministry, back-channel talks were already on to have the dialogue at official level in the coming months and the... | |
| | | | Docs in the dock over Shopian fudging | | Action likely against CMO over departmental inquiry report | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Sep 30: Government is likely to take administrative action, including suspension and attachment, against two more doctors of the state Health Department over the report of an in-house inquiry being conducted by a 3-member committee headed by Director Health Services of Kashmir, Dr Mohammad Amin Wani.
Minister of Health, Sham Lal, told Early Times that he had ordered the departmental inquiry after he found “indications of serious lapses” on the part of the doctors who had conducted the post mortem of the two women, Neelofar and Aasiya, found dead in Shopian in mysterious and controversial circumstances on May 30th this year. He said that Dr Nighat Shahee... | |
| | | | Eliminating militants, plugging infiltration top priorities: Jaswal | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: As he moves out of Shimla to take over the reins of Indian Army’s most strategic and challenging Command, the Northern Command headquartered at Udhampur, Lt Gen BS Jaswal has outlined eliminating militants and checking infiltrations from Pakistan and its occupied Kashmir into Jammu and Kashmir as his top most priority.
Until now the Chief of Shimla based Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Lt Gen BS Jaswal will be taking over as new Army Commander in Northern Command at Udhampur on Thursday. Before leaving ARTRAC for his new assignment at Udhampur, Jaswal told reporters at Shimla that creation of conducive atmosphere in Jammu and Kashmir would be at the top... | |
| | | | CM stresses judicious, timely utilisation of distt plan funds | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: The annual plans for three Valley districts, Budgam, Shopian and Pulwama were today approved today at Rs 77 Crore, Rs 57 Crore and Rs 60 Crore, respectively, in the district development board meetings held at Srinagar under the chairman of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Addressing the meetings, the Chief Minister laid stress on the meaningful, judicious and timely utilization of funds and said that the challenge before the administration is to spend the funds in right direction setting up the timeframe for tendering, procuring material, tying up the labour, execution of the works and completing the schemes. “We have shorter season to complete the proje... | |
| | | | Don’t leak reports to media: | | HC tells CBI in Shopian case | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to share details of its probe into the rape and murder of two women near Shopian with the media but reveal it only to the court.
'The CBI should not reveal anything to the press about the investigations part of the Shopian case and should present status reports to the court,' a division bench of Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir observed.
The bench was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), in which the local bar association is a party.
CBI counsel assured the bench that details of the investigation would be divulged only to... | |
| | | | Bhardwaj takes overas Vice Chief today | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: The outgoing Chief of Udhampur based Northern Command, Lt. Gen. P.C. Bhardwaj will Thursday take over as the Indian Army's new vice chief. He will replace Lt. Gen. Nobel Thamburaj, who retired Wednesday.
Bhardwaj has been appointed the vice chief bypassing the senior-most three-star general, Lt. Gen. V.K. Singh, who is tipped to become the Indian Army chief when incumbent Gen. Deepak Kapoor retires in March 2010. Thus, for six months, Singh would technically be reporting to an officer who is his junior.
In the normal scheme of things, Singh would have, in all probability, become the vice chief when Thamburaj retired. However, the defence ministry accept... | |
| | | | Air India pilots call off strike | | | |
New Delhi, Sept 30: Air India pilots called off their five-day strike today following assurances from the civil aviation ministry that there would be no salary cuts.
"We have received official communication from civil aviation minister (Praful Patel) and he himself has assured that there would be no salary cuts. So we immediately call off the strike," said Captain V.K. Bhalla, a senior executive pilot who was spearheading the strike.
"We have no reason to not trust the civil aviation minister. I am asking all the pilots to come back on work. We would now fully cooperate with the management. We also apologise to passengers for the inconvenience caused," Bhalla added. "I (Capt V K Bhalla)... | |
| | | | Security grid for valiantGujjar family in Rajouri | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sep 30 : At least ten police personnel would maintain vigil and 'guard' the house of a Gujjar family, who killed a Pakistan based militant and, injured another when their house was attacked by the militants on Sunday night in Thannamandi area of Rajouri district.
''Apprehending another attack by the militants to take revenge, a team of ten policemen have been deployed around the house of the Gujjar family, who after militant's attack on Sunday, scuffled with them, killed one of the militants, injured another and also snatched their two weapons including an Ak-47 and an Ak-56,'' police sources said here today.
The family has been provided protection on the dire... | |
| | | | ASI held for graft | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 30: Sleuths of vigilance department today arrested an assistant sub-inspector for demanding and accepting Rs 5000 as bribe in Reasi district.
Acting on a complaint, a trap was laid and assistant sub-inspector Manzoor Hussain posted at Mahore Police station in the district was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 5000 from one Pushminder Singh, the spokesman said. A case has been registered and and the ASI taken into custody for further investigation.
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| | | | Two permanent Judgesat HC take oath today | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 30- Justice JP Singh and Justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir presently Additional Judges of J&K High Court will take oath as Permanent Judge of the J&K High Court tomorrow.
President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil has issued warrants of elevation of both the Judges as Permanent Judge of J&K High Court. In this connection the Ministry of Law and Justice Union of India has issued notification for the elevation of both the Judges as Permanent Judge of the State High Court. The Warrant of elevation issued by the President of India and notification issued by the Ministry of law and Justice Union has been revived by the Registrar General.
The oath ceremony will take p... | |
| | | | Office reporting at 10 AM from today | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, SEPT 30: According to an order of the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, the working hours in the State Government offices located in Jammu Division shall be observed from 10 AM. to 4 PM. with effect from October 1, 2009 and this schedule shall continue till April 30, 2010.
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| | | | Srinagar data on official website fudged | | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
JAMMU, Sept 29: The creation of new districts during the tenure of Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad some years ago seems to have created some problems for the administration. It remains an ``unfinished agenda'' and the boundaries of the new districts, besides statistical data pertaining to them are all in a mess.
This becomes clear when one goes through the official websites of the various districts of Jammu & Kashmir. Leave aside other districts, even the data regarding the summer capital, Srinagar, given on the official website www.srinagar.nic.in, is inaccurate, incorrect and fudged.
Whether the statistics have been fudged deliberately, have resulted due to ignorance or due to... | |
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