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| AZAD’S KARVA CHAUTH GIFT TO LADIES CLUB | | 16 ladies, children’s parks for Jammu, Srinagar, 2 parks each for all districts | | | Jammu,October 09 : Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday won many a womens hearts when he announced that his government was handing over Maharaja Hari Singh Zanana park back to ladies club after restoring it to its past glory.
"Take it as a gift from the state government on the occasion of Karva Chauth,Chief Minister announced after inaugurating the parkamidst thunderous applause.
Chief Ministers announcement, however, came with a rider.
"My dear sisters,I know you are all good at homemaking and keep your houses clean but I would request you to maintain this park as if it is your own house.
The state government has spent Rs 62 lakhs to bring it to its past glory, he added asking them to bring only small children to the park and to avoid bringing grown up kids to avoid damage to the park.He also advised ladies club members to constitute their executive body to take charge of the entertainment club to run it administration properly.
He also promised that the state government would identify open spaces to develop three more zanana park along with separate children pa... | |
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| AAj koi khabar nahi doonga : Azad | | | | Jammu,October 9: Ever since Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azads stand on the issue of capital punishment to Mohd Afzal Guru has been made public he has been maintaining a low profile and prefering to keep mum.
On Monday also when mediamen approached him at the venue of the inauguration of rechristened Maharaja Hari Singh Zanana park, to comment on the issue of self-rule and Mohd Afzal Guru he made efforts to steer clear his way guiding media men to take pictures of the park before reaching his official vehicle.
On two such previous occasions during the last four days Azad also made efforts to keep medimen at bay and desisted from making any comments on the PDP stand on self-rule or... | |
| | | | AAj koi khabar nahi doonga : Azad | | | | Jammu,October 9: Ever since Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azads stand on the issue of capital punishment to Mohd Afzal Guru has been made public he has been maintaining a low profile and prefering to keep mum.
On Monday also when mediamen approached him at the venue of the inauguration of rechristened Maharaja Hari Singh Zanana park, to comment on the issue of self-rule and Mohd Afzal Guru he made efforts to steer clear his way guiding media men to take pictures of the park before reaching his official vehicle.
On two such previous occasions during the last four days Azad also made efforts to keep medimen at bay and desisted from making any comments on the PDP stand on self-rule or... | |
| | | | N.Korea test will have fallout for India : Experts | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 9
The nuclear test by North Korea will have "serious" implications for India, former diplomats feel, with one of them blaming the US and its western allies for adopting "very soft" approach towards the clandestine axis of atomic cooperation between Pakistan, China and North Korea.
"On the basis of information available so far, it (North Korea's test) seems to be like Pakistan's nuclear capability which is based on clandestine procurement of nuclear technology," former Foreign Secretary Shashank said when contacted by .
Shashank said this will have implications for India, which must take up the issue with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and ask it... | |
| | | | Cooperation between India, UK on terror significant: PM | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 9
Observing that United Kingdom is one of India's most important dialogue partners, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said that cooperation between the two countries in the area of combating terrorism is significant.
"Given the common threats we face, cooperation in the area of combating terrorism has become particularly significant," he said before leaving on an official visit to the UK and Finland.
During the last three years there has been a substantial deepening of relations between India and UK in all key areas like trade and investment, science and technology, energy, education and research and cultural ties, he said. PTI
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| | | | Russia's KGB against press freedom | | Slain journalist re-establishes journalism of courage | | |
NEW DELHI:
The most shocking news for journalists across the globe has been the murder of celebrated Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya. The assassination is a tragedy that will be remembered long after her departure. The fact that Politkovskaya died doing her duty and fighting for her beliefs is the ultimate tribute to the fearless reporter and soldier of truth that she was.
Doubtless, Politkovskaya paid the ultimate price for her courage to expose what she called Russia’s ‘dirty war’ in Chechnya. It was thanks to her fearless reporting of the long running Chechen conflict that the world got a peek into shocking atrocities and grave human rights abuses by Russian tro... | |
| | | | Ominous J&K-related signals from Pakistan | | 'Jihad' alone will 'liberate' Kashmir: Salahuddin | | |
NEW DELHI, OCT. 9
Beleaguered Kashmir will continue to bleed, with Hizbul Mujahideen declaring from the soil of Pakistan that 'jihad' is the only means to "liberate Kashmir from Indian occupation". Hizbul Mujahideen is one of the biggest terrorist organisations involved in bloodshed in Kashmir.
The talk of 'jihad' in Indian Kashmir received a new impetus at a conference held at Peshawar, where the Hizbul Mujahideen's supreme commander, Syed Salahuddin, criticised the policies of Pakistan President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf, and said that due to his Kashmir policy, the "cause of Kashmir had received a setback". Salahuddin, according to Pakistani newspapers, spewed fire during hi... | |
| | | | Spotlights are on Rashtrapati Bhavan | | Afzal Guru's future divides Indian nation | | |
NEW DELHI, OCT. 9
A piquant situation has arisen for the Congress-led coalition government at the Centre, with groups of people in Delhi and Kashmir engaged in the task of building up a movement that aims to save the prime accused in the December 2001 Parliament atack case, Mohammed Afzal Guru, from being hanged on October 20. Clearly, the question whether he should be hanged has divided the entire nation.
The President, APJ Abdul Kalam, has reserved his ruling on the mercy petition, which was submitted to him by Afzal Guru's wife last week. Kalam has referred the matter to the Union Home Ministry for its comments. And since the Afzal Guru episode has been politicised in t... | |
| | | | HC says no to post-mortem of Kanshi Ram's body | | | | New Delhi, Oct 9 The Delhi High Court today refused to order a post-mortem of the body of BSP leader Kanshi Ram, who died in the capital late last night.
Justice S N Agarwal, however, granted police protection to Harbans Singh and Swarn Kaur siblings of Kanshi Ram to attend his cremation at Nigambodh ghat.
Founder of Bahujan Samaj Party, Ram, died due to complications arising out of multiple ailments he had been suffering for quite some time. PTI
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| | | | 50 fresh dengue cases in Delhi | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 9
Fifty fresh cases of dengue have been reported in the national capital taking the total number of people afflicted by the virus to 936 even as the NCT government claimed that the outbreak appeared to "slow down." As many as 41 dengue patients were admitted in the last 24 hours ending 8:00 A.M. At the AIIMS alone where 173 people are undergoing treatment for the viral disease, Medical Superintendent D K Sharma told reporters.
Twenty-two people have succumbed to the viral disease in the capital this year.
Eighteen patients, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's grandson Rohan, have been discharged from the AIIMS in the last 24 hours.
Singh's grandson Madhav and so... | |
| | | | N Korea stuns the world with its first nuclear test | | | |
Seoul, Oct 9
North Korea carried out an underground nuclear test on Monday, North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The test was carried out at 0706 hrs IST in Hwaderi near Kilju city.
"Our science research section has safely and successfully conducted an underground nuclear test on October 9," it said.
It added that there was no leak or danger from the test.
South Korea's presidential Blue House said a tremor had been detected in North Korea on Monday.
It said South Korea's Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources had detected a tremor of a magnitude 3.58 to 3.7 at 07.00 am.
Officials in neighbouring Japan and China had no immediate comment on... | |
| | | | Stop employing children as workers: PM | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 9
With a countrywide ban on child labour coming into force on Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appealed to people to stop employing children as workers and actively encourage children to join schools.
In his plea on Monday, just before departing for Britain, Singh called on forums representing voices of all sections in society, employees of government and other public institutions to join the government's endeavour in ensuring that the law is implemented.
The fresh notification, under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986, prohibits employment of children up to the age of 14 years as domestic servants or servants in dhabas (roadside eateries), res... | |
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