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| Govt cracks whip: 51 Medicos face music | | 26 PGs suspended, 11 Assistant Surgeons, 13 Registrars, Demonstrators reverted to Health Deptt | | | Applications Invited For Appointment Of Registrars, Demonstrators at GMCs
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: With thousands of patients running from pillar to post for medical aid, the impasse between government and agitating medicos today reached a point of no return as whip was cracked on as many as 51 junior doctors for refusing to call of the ongoing strike.
A decision to this affect was taken by the government late this evening after a high powered committee headed by the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather failed to negotiate with the doctors in its two rounds of talks held on Wednesday and Thursday. After the end of both rounds of meetings the government had claimed that talks were going on smoothly and results were expected soon. However, the government today had to initiate beginning of extreme steps by reverting a batch of doctors from Medical Education Department to Health Department while placing many others under suspension. This decision was taken after doctors refused to call of the strike on assurance of the government that their grievances shall be addressed be... | |
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| Amandeep Murder Case | | Jailed cop makes bid on life | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Jailed cop Manohar Singh, suspended and arrested in Amandeep Murder evidence destruction case, is reported to have made an unsuccessful bid on his life in central jail last night.
Sources said a jail guard spotted Manohar Singh making an attempt to strangulate himself with a loose sheet. The guard, sources said, raised alarm altering jail authorities. Sources also suggested that Manohar Singh has been showing unique behaviour in jail cell. Though there was indication of depression but sources arrested that doctors have decided him medically completely fit. Despite repeated attempts jail authorities refused to confirm this development while SIT official... | |
| | | | 2 KAS officers transferred | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: The state government has affected transfers and posting of two officers of the Kashmir Administrative Services.
According to an order of the General Administration Department, Showkat Ahmed Fazili, General Manager Government Press Srinagar has been transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to Government, Labour and Employment Department against an available vacancy.
The order further said that Latief Ahmed Zargar, Additional Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department has been transferred and posted as General Managar, Government Press, Srinagar.
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| | | | Jurisdiction of 2 CUs notified | | HRD team to select locations | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Following a decision of the Government of India to establish two Central Universities in Jammu and Kashmir the government today notified their jurisdiction even as the selection of their exact location is yet to be made by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Central University of Jammu and Kashmir established under the Central Universities Act, 2009 has now been replaced by the Central University of Kashmir with its jurisdiction over the whole of Kashmir division under the Central Universities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009 No. 8 of 2009 dated October 20, 2009 and another Central University has been established in Jammu division. The provisio... | |
| | | | Habibullah may be a force multiplier for peace process | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu,October 23 :-Wajahat Habibullah is back to Kashmir after a gap of 16 years as he has been appointed Chief Information Commissioner.His appointment is being construed as part of the centre's plan of reviving back channel diplomacy in Kashmir so that the stage was set for Delhi-separatists' talks.
Wajahat Habibullah has demonstrated his skill as a negotiator in 1993 when he was instrumental, as the then Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, in resolving the crisis triggered by the siege of the historic Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Nearly 40 militants had laid a siege on the shrine and held 170 civilians as hostages. It was only Habibullah who maintained links with... | |
| | | | 7 dead in fresh Pak bombing | | | |
Islamabad Oct 23
Seven people were killed and 13 injured Friday when a suicide bomber struck at an air force base in Pakistan's Attock district while eight people were injured in a bombing outside a restaurant in Peshawar.
The bombings took place as the army continued to tighten its grip in the country's restive northwest region dominated by Taliban fighters.
A suicide bomber riding a bicycle blew himself up at a security checkpost near Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra.
A police official told Geo TV that seven people, including two securitymen, were killed while the injured were taken to Attock Hospital.
The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex at Kamra is the country's major air fo... | |
| | | | Midnight jolts J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar Oct 23: An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir valley at around 01.21 am on Friday, but there was no report of any casualty, officials said.
Residents ran for safety as doors and windows of buildings rattled due to the quake, the epicentre of which was Hindukush mountains in Pakistan, they said.
Panic gripped the border town of Uri in Baramulla district, 100 km from here as people scampered for safety.
For nearly two hours, the residents did not return to their homes in fear, as the area had suffered extensive damage in the earthquake that struck on October 8, 2005.
Nearly 1,000 people were killed... | |
| | | | More posts along Sino-India border | | | |
New Delhi: Government on Friday indicated that it is planning to strengthen troop posts along the borders with China and acquire modern weaponry and specialised vehicles for soldiers guarding the icy frontier.
"We are considering an ITBP restructuring plan. The plan includes measures to strengthen border posts," Home Minister P Chidambaram said at the 48th raising day of the ITBP, which guards the 3,500 km long Sino-Indian border.
Surveillance equipments, modern weaponry and specialised vehicles will also be procured to equip the force, he said.
Chidambaram said the "country is going through a difficult phase" in terms of cross border terror, situation in Jammu and Kashmir, insurgen... | |
| | | | Warning at drum beats | | Nago, brothers asked to surrender | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Only five days left for presenting challan and still now clue about the alleged key conspirators; the Choudhary brothers –Nagar Singh, Ujjagar Singh and Rakesh Singh, already proclaimed offenders, were today warned on the beats of drums to surrender before the Court or the Special Investigation Team probing Amandeep murder case.
Following court orders, drum beater were seen roaming in various parts of Jammu city including Gandhi Nagar, Satwari, Narwal, BC Road, Nanak Nagar and Channi Rama this afternoon, announcing the recent court order wherein the three bothers, Choudhary Nagar Singh alias Nago, Rakesh Singh and Jaggar Singh alias Ujjagar Singh, have... | |
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