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| EC inching closer to decision | | ‘Yes or no’ likely by Monday, CS’ of 5 states assure support | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: The Election Commission of India is most likely to take lid off its suspense on Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections on Monday after obtaining inputs in a crucial meeting with Chief Secretaries of five states.
Highly placed sources told EARLY TIMES from New Delhi this evening that the Chief Secretaries of five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh –are reported to have assured the Election Commission to spare a cumulative strength of 4,000 to 5,000 Urdu speaking cops from their states. However, there was no official information yet.
Besides political reasons associated with the current of disturbance in Kashmir Valley, the availability of Urdu speaking cops for election duty was reported to be only hitch in taking a final decision on Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections.
Sources said that J&K Chief Election Officer BR Sharma, who also attended the meeting, has been asked by the Election Commission to stay back in New Delhi till Monday when a decision is likely to be announced. The state Election Depa... | |
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| Swamy new 16 Corps Chief | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: Lieutenant General RK Swamy, AVSM, VSM has assumed command of the prestigious 16 Corps from Lieutenant General RK Karwal, SM**, VSM today. He was commissioned into the MAHAR Regiment in Nov 1971. Immediately after commissioning the General officer participated in Operations in Rajouri Sector and was well baptaized in combat, wherein he personally led a number of successful combat missions deep into enemy territory. The initiation into active combat immediately after commissioning was a harbinger to the future course of the General officer in the Army, wherein most of his appointments as Formation Commander, Battalion Commander and Staff were in active ... | |
| | | | Sachin does India proud | | | | AGENCIES
MOHALI, Oct 17: At 2.31 pm today Sachin ‘India’ Tendulkar broke Brian Charles Lara’s two year old record of being the highest run getter in Test cricket and became the only cricketer in history of the game to score 12000 runs. As Tendulkar cruised past the feat, Sourav Ganguly notched up his 35th Test fifty, and became the fourth Indian batsman to score above 7000 runs in Test cricket.
Tendulkar, a veteran of 152 Tests, is already the world's top scorer in one-day internationals (16,361 runs), and has more Test (39) and one-day (42) centuries than any other batsman.
“It’s definitely the biggest record of my life because it took 19 years for it”, said a much delighted Sachin a... | |
| | | | SC rejects PIL on uniform civil code | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, OCT 17: The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to Parliament to enact a legislation on uniform civil code.
"There is no power with us to give such a direction", a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said.
"This court has earlier also said that such a direction cannot be given to Parliament," the Bench said adding that "it is the prerogative of Parliament to enact a legislation".
The PIL by Satya Pal said that there was a need for a uniform civil code in the country and submitted that h was approaching the apex court as Parliament has not taken any steps in this direction for the last 55 years.
However, the Bench said it wil... | |
| | | | Karva Chauth makes City festive | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: The festival of Hindu married women — Karva Chauth — was celebrated with traditional fervour here today. The city wore a festive look on the eve of Karva Chauth today as wives, even young girls attired in bright cheerful dresses, thronged the city’s markets to shop for the festival.
With bangles considered synonymous to the festival, an unprecedented rush was witnessed around bangle-sellers as women and girls waited their turn to get these slipped on to their arms.The markets were abuzz with activity till late night with mehandiwalas applying henna on the hands of women and girls. The women were seen doing last-minute shopping for the festival.
Keeping i... | |
| | | | Magic solves credit card fraud? | | Money returns to account, Interpol ‘required’ to probe | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: In a strange, yet simple, economic offence of its kind, the Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir has claimed to have solved fraudulent credit card transaction case but the investigations indicate if magic, and nothing else, worked in cracking the case. Interestingly, the case involved international ramifications.
An officer of the Jammu and Kashmir government complained before the Crime Branch that his credit card has been misused by the nationals of Germany, Spain and Latvia who booked air tickets worth Rs 10676509 since August 2007. The complainant had a credit card of the State Bank of India.
As the Crime Branch moved ahead with investigations, the mon... | |
| | | | BSP unrest settled at a cost | | Bhagat expelled; dirty linen washing goes public | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: The embarrassing unrest in the camp of Bahujan Samaj Party today settled down with expulsion of its apologetic yet defiant state president Yash Pal Bhagat who had on Friday felt “guilty” on challenging authority of its national general secretary Narinder Kashyap.
It was a tactic move from both sides but Bhagat emerged a major loser in the plot. On Wednesday he charged the all-powerful Uttar Pradesh MLC and J&K incharge of BJP Narinder Kashyap for misappropriating the process of selecting candidates for the assembly elections. Apparently under pressure, on Thursday he not only ate up all his allegations against Kashyap but also tendered a public apology.... | |
| | | | In political void, ‘troubled water Fishing’ creates powerful rippled | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: It is usual during the regimes of political dispensations but a decision billed as “historic” taken by the Governor’s administration has stirred a political controversy which is now raising the mainstream temperatures.
During visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to inaugurate Baglihar hydro-electric power project, the Jammu and Kashmir Government’s Power Development Corporation entered into an agreement with the National Hydel Power Corporation (NHPC) and Power Trading Corporation (PTC) for exploitation hydel potential of 2100 Mega Watts. The political parties have asked the Governor’s administration to explain what the state owned Power Development Co... | |
| | | | Justice Kakroo to be Acting CJ | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakroo is likely to take over as Acting Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on October 20.
The present Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Justice Manmohan Sarin, who had taken over in the month of August is retiring on October 20.
Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru born in 1949 was enrolled as a Pleader in August 1975, Vakil in 1979 and as an Advocate in 1982. He practiced in the District and Sessions Courts and other Courts in Baramulla from August 1975 to 1983. He was appointed as Public Prosecutor - Sessions Court, Baramulla in 1978. From 1984 he practiced in District Courts and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court in Ci... | |
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