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Qazi left ditches, says have resigned Azad elevates Aijaz with additional charge of H&UD 10/3/2007 10:45:04 PM Early Times Reporter Srinagar | Oct 3 Indicative of a direct affront to coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party, chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today handed over the 'additional' charge of Housing an Urban Development department to Minister of state for Forest and Higher Education Aijaz Ahmed Khan here today. The decision seems to be an indicator of growing rift among the coalition partners and Azad's bid to woo the Gujjar votes ahead of Assembly elections, which are due next year. The department of H&UD, which was under the charge PDP mascot of 2002 elections, Qazi Mohammad Afzal, who resigned after chief minister withdrew the charge of Forest department from him. Qazi Afzal tendered his resignation soon after in protest. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, in reply to a letter written by Qazi Afzal, refused to accept the resignation but retained the portfolio of Forests with him. In a handout issued here, an official spokesman said, "The chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has assigned the charge of Housing and Urban Development to Minister of State for Forest Aijaz Ahmed Khan...   READ MORE

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Confusion prevailed in education institutions, some were open, others closed 10/3/2007 10:41:12 PM By Ajay Meenia Jammu | Oct 3 Confusion prevailed all over Jammu region today with the late announcement by the Government about observance of holiday by all government and private educational institutions in connection with the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations across the state today. While some educational institutions, both government and private, observed the holiday, the majority of the schools, especially the private institutions, functioned as usual, so much so that Government college for Women Parade ground also opened as usual but was closed when authorities came to know that government has announced a holiday for all schools and colleges in the state today. The students had trek a lo...   READ MORE   Azad donates salary to rehabilitation of fire victims 10/3/2007 10:19:50 PM Early Times Reporter Srinagar | Oct 3 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has donated his month's salary towards the rehabilitation of victims of Khundroo army ammunition depot fire, an official spokesman said today. Azad signed a cheque for Rs 45,000, the amount he gets as salary per month, payable to Jammu and Kashmir relief fund, he said adding the amount will go into the rehabilitation of the Khundroo incident victims.The army ammunition depot at Khundroo went up in flames on August 11 affecting 13 nearby villages....   READ MORE   Nine ultras, two army officers killed in gun-battle 10/3/2007 10:17:46 PM Early Times Reporter Srinagar | Oct 3 Two army officers and nine militants were killed in the three-day-long gunbattle in Tangmarg area of Baramulla district which ended today. The bodies of the militants have been recovered from the site of the encounter at Ringiwalla Khall village in Baramulla district this afternoon, a defence spokesman said. The encounter broke out on Monday night when troops of 34 Rashtriya Rifles launched a search operation in the village following specific information about presence of militants. The search party came under heavy fire from the hiding militants and an encounter ensued, the spokesman said. Though the group affiliation of the slain militants was ...   READ MORE   EP department obstructing setting up of cancer hospital in Srinagar 10/3/2007 10:16:59 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Oct 3 The J&K Evacuee Property Department, which has been in the line of fire in Jammu due to its policy of harassing its tenants by issuing them ejection notices and periodical notices for entering into fresh rent deeds at enhanced rates, failing which their allotments will be cancelled, has now earned the wrath of people in Kashmir also. The department officials are reported to be blocking the proposed construction of the first cancer hospital in Srinagar by the Cancer Society of Kashmir, on a land belonging to the Custodian Evacuee Property Department. The objections, according to the society are being raised on flimsy grounds, seeking explanation of the ho...   READ MORE   Onion bringing tears to consumers, apple to growers 10/3/2007 10:15:53 PM ET Special Correspondent Jammu | Oct 3 While onions are bringing tears into the eyes of consumers, apples are making growers in Kashmir to weep. The onion prices, which in the retail market in Jammu have crossed Rs 25 kg, have upset the budget of housewives, with J&K being most hit, since the state is solely dependent on imports from other states for its requirement of onions, as the crop is hardly grown in any field in the state. The prices of onion are once again sky rocketing as a result of the failure of crop, due to excessive rains, causing floods and water logging on the onion fields, in the onion producing states. There is hardly any respite visible in the near future on the onion ...   READ MORE

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