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| General's opening salvo: no troop cut | | New Army Chief Kapoor says, situation not normal | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 1
On his first day in office, the new Army Chief has not washed away what he predecessor held the previous day but also he ruled out any immediate pull out of troops from Jammu and Kashmir.
The outgoing Chief of Army Gen JJ Singh had said in Sunday that situation had generally improved in Jammu and Kashmir thus livening up the scope for demilitarization politics. However, on the day one in office, the new Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor ruled out any withdrawal of troops saying that normalcy had not yet returned to Jammu and Kashmir.
General Deepak Kapoor, who took over the position of Army Chief from General Joginder Jaswant Singh on Sunday, said, "The decision to withdraw troops from Jammu and Kashmir and the north-east should be taken only after considering the situation in these states."
The new Army Chief also ruled out any dilution of army's role in fighting terrorism and said re-deployment of forces in Jammu and Kashmir can be considered if there is further improvement in the situation.
"Though there is an improvement in the situation in Jamm... | |
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| At SKICC, Azad pockets history today | | 50,000 students at Gandhian elocution first event in country | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 1
Tomorrow, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti –if all goes as decided –a history of sorts shall be written as more than 50,000 active participants would gather to share their views on the Gandhian philosophy.
A unique concept conceived by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Gandhian elocution contest and debate will go as first such event in the country. Obviously, as long as this event is recalled in the public memory, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will always be remembered for this pathbraking initiative –a rare tribute to father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The event held at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Center on banks of Dal... | |
| | | | Kashmir First: Paswan promises steel, fertilizer unit in Valley | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 1
"Kashmir first" is perhaps the mindset of all at the helm of affairs as the visiting Union Minister for Steel and Fertilizers Ram Vilas Paswan promises a steel and fertilizer unit in the Valley.
The demand was made before Paswan by senior Peoples Democratic Party leader and Agriculture Minister Abdul Aziz Zargar who hosted an Iftaar party in honour of the visiting Union Minister. Paswan was quick enough to agree to the demand without going into formalities of feasibility whether a steel and fertilizer plant can do well anywhere in Jammu or in Kashmir Valley.
Paswan was in Kashmir on a private visit to access the scope for his party –the Lok Jan Sha... | |
| | | | No, Court tells JDA | | Bahu Plaza cancellations stayed | | | Early Times Reporterdd
Jammu | Oct 1
The state government today had a bout of humiliation as the High Court stayed an order of General Administration Department canceling 31 allotments of prime business apartments in Bahu Plaza made by the Jammu Development Authority.
The cancellation order was issued on September 22 on instructions of the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who has to do this following the media expose that his brother was an illegal beneficiary of the allotments. The government had then acted in haste and instead of ordering a probe cancelled 31 allotments when allegations were made just one –the Chief Minister's brother.
Hearing a battery of lawyers appearing for part... | |
| | | | 4 SFC officials in dock for fake financing | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 1
Who says industrial cultural is lacking in Jammu and Kashmir. Industries are prospering and the government is even financing the ventures –but the projects are confined to papers only.
In such a case of Doda district, the Vigilance Organisation have learnt about non-existent industrial units and means of financing them. Four officials of the State Finance Corporation have been booked for financing the fake units thus bringing loss to the government exchequer.
The Vigilance Organisation has registered a case against Ravinder Mishra, then District Manager, SFC Doda, Majid Khan, then Supervisor SFC Doda and middlemen Parvez Ahmad Ansari of Ambedkar N... | |
| | | | Shut your mouth, Surekha's daughter told | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 1
The BJP's forgotten martyr of ideology Surekha Chowdhary has not only been written off by the party but even an appeal for the space she deserved is being seen as contempt.
Her daughter, Komal, who had expressed her reservation at the BJP headquarters on removing the portrait of her mother is not being threatened against raising her voice. "We know you want to occupy in party the position your mother had…you better keep quite", this is what she has been told.
After a report on Surekha appeared in Monday edition of the EARLY TIMES, Komal continues to get crank calls on her cell phone all the day. A caller who refused to identify himself, threatened Ko... | |
| | | | Jawan commits suicide | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu |Oct 1
An army jawan allegedly committed suicide in the wee hours of Monday in Nagrota by shooting himself with his service weapon.The jawan was performing duty at the time of incident in his own unit.
Army authorities have ordered a court of inquiry and police has also registered a FIR to investigate the case.
According to defence spokesman, a jawan of 17 engineers M Rajesh resident of Banglore allegedly committed suicide while on guard duty in Nagrota around 1.55 a.m with his service weapon.
The jawan had recently returned back after a long leave and joined his duty last week, defecne spokesman said without commenting on the reasons behind the alleged ... | |
| | | | Hey Ram! Gandhi is alive in name but dead in spirit | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Oct 1
While observing Gandhi Jayanti today, we are reminded of many paradoxes and ironies about our evaluation and admiration of the Father of Nation. While Gandhi still lives in name, Gandhi is dead in spirit. Though he was killed physically on December 30 1948, his spirit has died later. Today Gandhi ji's relevance and admiration has crossed the territorial limits and even ideological divisions, but his name gets more of lip sympathy and praised as a rhetoric than with any sincerity.
Even those who were opposed to Gandhi ji during his life time and indulged in hate campaign against him, due to his alleged policy of appeasement towards Muslims ... | |
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