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| When a Muslim seeks RSS Chief's help to save Hindu temples | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
Paradoxically enough, a Muslim writes to RSS Chief K R Sudarshan, complaining against BJP led Madhya Pradesh government not doing enough to protect Hindu temples against threat from mines. An ASI official has given the Congress led UPA government and particularly Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Ambika Soni, who were in the line of fire by the saffron brigade over goof up about historicity of Ram and Ram Setu, to now beat the Hindutva leaders with the same stick.
Superintending Archaeologist of ASI, Bhopal Circle K K Mohammed last week wrote a letter to RSS Chief K Sudarshan seeking his intervention to save a group of Shiva temples in Batshwar in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, which were threatened by illegal mining in their vicinity.
It is unfortunate that though there is a BJP government in Madhya Pradesh the illegal mining continues threatening very existence of ancient Hindu temples, Mohammed wrote to Sudershan on October 15. Mohammed said he sought the intervention of the RSS Chief because he had exhausted all other options. ... | |
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| When a Muslim seeks RSS Chief's help to save Hindu temples | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
Paradoxically enough, a Muslim writes to RSS Chief K R Sudarshan, complaining against BJP led Madhya Pradesh government not doing enough to protect Hindu temples against threat from mines. An ASI official has given the Congress led UPA government and particularly Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Ambika Soni, who were in the line of fire by the saffron brigade over goof up about historicity of Ram and Ram Setu, to now beat the Hindutva leaders with the same stick.
Superintending Archaeologist of ASI, Bhopal Circle K K Mohammed last week wrote a letter to RSS Chief K Sudarshan seeking his intervention to save a group of Shiva temples in Batshwar ... | |
| | | | Fly more as GoAir comes more | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
The low budget flyers can now think of flying more as the economy airliner GoAir has announced to add more flights on Jammu and Srinagar sectors.
The Low-cost carrier GoAir on Thursday said it will double its flight network to Jammu and Kashmir to 39 weekly flights from across the country.
The airliner would increase its flights to Jammu and Kashmir from the winter schedule announced recently, GoAir said in a statement.
GoAir at present operates 18 weekly flights to and from J&K from two airports in the state -- Jammu and Srinagar.
The company would operate 22 flights from Jammu airport and 17 flights from Srinagar airport after the planned netw... | |
| | | | Baglihar holds overrun reputation intact | | Next commissioning deadline set out for April | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
In sync with its bad precedence of overrunning the deadlines, the prestigious Baglihar hydro-electric project has reached nowhere near completion so as to turn functional on the slated deadline of December this year.
Even though on the occasion of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's visit to the project site a couple of months back, a batch of journalists was taken to Chanderkote where officials claimed that the project is on final stage but the deadline is all set to be run over once again.
It will now be commissioned in mid-April -- a delay of almost four more months for the project, which was to be commissioned in December 2004. The delay is becaus... | |
| | | | SAC for inquiry against Mangat | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
Congress veteran and Health Minister Mangat Ram Sharma may have been a part of the cabinet which decides stringent measures against misappropriation of official authority but the state's top anti-graft watchdog wants a regular inquiry against the minister to find out whether he was a party to some illegal appointments in a department once held by him.
The state Accountability Commission has ordered regular inquiry for ascertaining whether Mangat Ram Sharma, Minister for Health, and two KAS officers were involved in approving "illegal and backdoor appointments in the Khadi and Village Industries Board or not.
The order was issued on a complaint filed... | |
| | | | Grand Mufti opposes marriage registration | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
Even though the Supreme Court ruling on marriage registration has been widely welcomed by the moderate Muslims of the country, but the grand Mufti of Kashmir says that the order if unwanted and out of place.
Opposing the Supreme Court direction to make the registration of marriages compulsory, the grand mufti of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday said Muslim marriages cannot be bound by the new ruling.
"Muslim marriages are solemnised in the presence of witnesses and recorded with the signatures of all concerned. Court registrations would give rise to a lot of problems. Muslim marriages cannot be made bound by the new ruling," Bashirrudin Ahmad said in a s... | |
| | | | Mild quake in Kashmir | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Oct 26: A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.1 on the richter scale shook the Kashmir valley on Friday.
The tremor was recorded at 1220 hours in Srinagar and adjoining areas, a spokesman at the divisional disaster management control room said.
There were no reports of any damage or casualty, he said. The epicenter of the quake was located 35.8 degree north latitude and 76.9 degree east longitude on the Indo-China border of Jammu and Kashmir, the spokesman said.
Kashmir is placed in seismic zone five, making it highly vulnerable to earthquakes. ... | |
| | | | Crime Brach move against own men | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
In a rare but interesting case, the Crime Branch –the premiere investigation wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police –has registered cases against its own officers for misplacing official records pertaining to some particular cases under investigation.
According to the FIR registered today under section 409, 201 RPC against SI Mohinder Singh, SI Madan Lal (retired) Inspector Multan Singh (retired) SI Harbans Lal, DySP PM Tickoo, Inspector Romesh Chander (retired) Inspector RN Dhar (retd), and Inspector Sher Ali have been booked for a probe against them.
According to the FIR the case is that the FIR No 1/1992 u/s 420, 467, 468, 471 and FIR NO 8/1992 u/s 420... | |
| | | | 17 of family return home illegally | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
In a bizarre incident, the Army today detained 17 people for entering to Indian side of Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani side without valid travel documents.
The three men, four women and 10 children were intercepted and detained said a Srinagar based spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir Police.
The detained people, belonging to four families, said they were returning to their homes on the Indian side of the cease-fire line dividing Kashmir after 15 years, said Lt. Col. A. K. Mathur.
They said they traveled to Pakistan-held Kashmir in the early 1990s after an insurgency broke out in the Indian side, and that they were residents of Gawalan and Nambl... | |
| | | | CRPF warns against troop cut, says intrusions escalating | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 26
Ahead of Defence Minister AK Antony's significant situation assessment visit to Srinagar, the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force has warned of any move to reduce the troop strength in Jammu and Kashmir as the infiltration from across the border is reportedly escalating.
The CRPF commenting on the seriousness of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir also indicated the possibilities of militants possessing liquid weapons in the state.
The statement of CRPF Director General SIS Ahmed assumed significance as Defence Minister AK Antony to arriving in Srinagar Saturday to make an assessment of the situation.
Speaking to reporters in Delhi t... | |
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