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| Power shut down | | | | EarlY Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 22
According to Superintending Engineer, Electric Maintenance & R.E Circle-I Jammu to carry out urgent work at 132/33 KV Grid Station Canal, the power supply shall remain off at Canal, Company Bagh and Medical on 23 October, 2007 from 9 am to 5 pm, Satwari, Chatta and Tope on 24 October, 2007 from 9 am to 5 pm, Medical on 25 October, 2007 from 9 am to 12 noon, Company Bagh on 25 October, 2007 from 12 noon to 3 pm, Canal on 25 October, 2007 from 3 pm to 6 pm, Chatta on 26 October, 2007 from 9 am to 12 noon, Satwari on 26 October, 2007 from 12 noon to 3 pm and Tope on 26 October, 2007 from 3 pm to 6 pm.
While as at Canal, Company Bagh, Medical Satwari, Chat... | |
| | | | IAF Jammu celebrates Durga Puja | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 22
With religious fervour and gaiety Indian Air Force (IAF) for 28th consecutive year celebrated Durga Puja at Satwari Air Force Station, which culminated today with Sindoor Puja and immersion of Goddess Durga.
Sources said that to mark the occasion a cultural programme by Air warriors and their families was presented.
Group Captain Vishwanath Prakash, who was the chief guest on the occasion, congratulated the artists for their excellent performance.
Various regional dances and songs presented by the Air warriors and their families depicted the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the country reflecting unity in diversity.
The celebrations today cu... | |
| | | | Srinagar-Leh road cleared | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Oct 22
Traffic movement on Srinagar-Leh road today remained suspended for few hours due to fresh snowfall near Zojila.
Sources said that several vehicles remained stranded at different places on the road.
However, BRO authorities pressed into service their men and machinery and cleared the snow facilitating traffic movement.... | |
| | | | In-custody Ugandan makes abortive bid to escape | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 22
A retired Ugandan Army officer, who was arrested on August 3 this year from Satwari cantonment, today created a flutter when he jumped out a police Gypsy in an attempt to escape.
Rashid Hassan alias Muhammed Yousaf, who claimed himself to be a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Ugandan Army, was being escorted back by police from Janipur court complex, today when he suddenly jumped out of the gypsy near New Plots and tried to escape, sources said.
However, cops escorting the African chased him and after a hot pursuit they arrested him from a lane in New Plots near Amphalla.
Sources said that the former Ugandan Army officer was not handcuffed and h... | |
| | | | Cabinet meet today: Kundal likely to replace Phunsog as CS | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Oct 22
Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to appoint financial commissioner Home BR Kundal as the new chief secretary of the state, replacing C Phunsog, who is retiring on October 31. The decision, to this effect, is likely to be taken in the state cabinet meeting, which is scheduled for Tuesday morning.
Well informed sources in the civil secretariat disclosed that Kundal is likely to be the first chief secretary from Jammu region. He would supercede C Phunsog, the first ever CS from Ladakh.
The name of BR Kundal, financial commissioner Home, has been cleared by the chief minister after consultation with the coalition alliance, sources disclosed ad... | |
| | | | Trans-LoC trade would soon be reality: Jairam | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Oct 22
Union Minister of state for Commerce, Jairam Ramesh today said that Trans-LoC trade would soon become a reality, as full ground work has been done by the two governments of India and Pakistan for re-starting of trade between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad. . The minister also announced that a special institute would be set up in Srinagar to impart training to the artisans regarding gems and jewelry.
The union commerce minister was here today to address the buyer-seller meet, where he further said that India and Pakistan have exchanged the lists of items of which the trade would be done.
"All the three lists prepared separately by Pakistan governme... | |
| | | | India, Pak begin anti-terror talks | | | | New Delhic | Oct 22
India and Pakistan Monday began the second meeting of their joint anti-terror mechanism, with the shadow of the Karachi blasts and a string of recent bombings in Indian towns as the backdrop.
K.C. Singh, additional secretary (international organisations) in the external affairs ministry, held talks with the Pakistani delegation led by Khalid Aziz Babar, additional secretary (UN&EC) in the ministry of foreign affairs. India is likely to bring up with Pakistan the alleged complicity of Pakistan's intelligence agencies in recent blasts in Hyderabad, Ajmer and Ludhiana. In a recent interview, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan had said that the blasts in the thre... | |
| | | | City to don election mood as Rajnath expected to blow trumpet | | BJP chief likely to declare poll strategy at Parade rally today | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 22
The city of temples, as Jammu is called, tastily decorated with saffron flags will witness the first pre-poll salvo that is to be fired by the BJP leadership at a massive public rally tomorrow. According to President state unit of the BJP, Ashok Khajuria, “Out of 37,000 polling agents,who have been appointed for keeping a watch on the polling booths during the next Assembly poll, about 25,000 were expected to be present at the Tuesday’s rally where the BJP Chief, Rajnath Singh,will unfold the party’s strategy for the election.
He said on his arrival Mr Rajnath Singh will garland the statue of Pandit Prem Nath
Dogra at the Dogra Chowk and later addre... | |
| | | | Turmoil in Pakistan feared to lead to refugees’ influx into J&K | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Oct 22
The security agencies in J&K as well as the authorities in the Union Home Ministry, responsible for taking policy decisions and its implementation at the ground level in J&K are predicting a piquant situation facing them soon, as a fallout of turmoil in Pakistan. They foresee the possibility of influx on a large scale into Jammu and Kashmir from PoK and Pakistan, particularly of the Kashmiris living there, including those who had earlier ex-filtrated to PoK and Pakistan for getting armed training in the terrorist training camps based there, for indulging in acts of terrorism, sabotage and subversion in Indian part of J&K and other parts of ... | |
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