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| Mahajan lays foundation stone of school building | | | | JAMMU OCT-06
Peoples Democratic Party leader and MLC Ved Mahajan laid the foundation stone of Primary school building at Pargalta in Nagrota constituency at an impressive function today.
As a good will gesture two locals Munshi Ram and Kali Ram donated 17 marlas of land for the purpose.
The foundation stone was laid amidst chanting of Vedic Shalokas and performing of Havan and other rituals.
Addressing the gathering Mahajan enumerated the measures taken by the coalition government in spreading the education network in the State especially in far flung and rural areas and appealed the people to maintain peace and tranquility pre-requisite for speedy development of the State.
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| | | | 26 hrs long gunbattle ends; 2 militants, 5 cops among 10 dead | | Over a dozen police, CRPF personnel among 18 wounded | | |
Srinagar, Oct 05 : More than twenty six hours long gunbattle between the militants and security forces at busy Lal Chowk area of Srinagar ended this afternoon as the security forces claimed to have gunned down both the militants, who were holding up in a hotel, since Wednesday morning.
As the encounter ended the officials put the death toll to ten including a civilian, five police personnel and two CRPF jawans. More than eighteen persons, mostly para-military and police personnel have also received injuries in the attack.
Official sources told News Agency of Kashmir that security forces tightened the cordon of the Standard Hotel, where the militants were hiding during the wee hours tod... | |
| | | | BJP-led NDA faces serious challenge | | Ruling UPA’s non-Cong groups alter political situation | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI: Political scenario at the national level has just witnessed a change of tremendous significance, with the non-Congress groups in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) poised to put in place a mechanism to make them promote regional non-Congress cooperation.
This follows an equally significant development on the BJP-led NDA front, which seems to have been stirred, if not shaken, as a result of the refusal by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to walk back into the NDA. The TDP has already snapped its ties with NDA. With this, the TDP supremo, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has brought down the curtain on a political liaison he had built at the cost of... | |
| | | | Govt. grants have been misused | | Several NGOs play undesirable role | | |
B L KAK
New Delhi, OCT. 5: The government of India has been cautioned against the dangers inherent in the far-from-satisfactory performance of a number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs). And the government cannot afford to be indifferent after parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) put in black and white the undesirable role of several NGOs in different parts of the country.
The Department of Women and Child Development, forming part of the HRD Ministry, is a highly important establishment. The parliamentary standing committee, while taking cognizance of the HRD Ministry engaging NGOs for implementing some schemes of the Depart... | |
| | | | Govt. won't allow bias against girl child | | Nearly 20 million females have been eliminated | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 5: An estimated 20 million females in India have been eliminated following sex determination tests, despite the fact that Indian law prohibits such tests for this very reason. Prosecutions of a number of mothers involved in the crime have not done away with the female infanticide or foeticide.
In the southern state of Tamil Nadu, for example, such practices have been on the rise, and prosecutions of several mothers involved in female infanticide or foeticide have not deterred others. One of the reasons behind the phenomenon is preference for male children, especially among illiterate and rural families.
Other reasons include extreme poverty, ... | |
| | | | Politicians dividing people on religious, caste, creed lines enemies of humanity: Azad | | Lal Singh describes Azad man of masses | | |
Kathua, October 05 – Entire Kathua today assembled to receive Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad when he reached here to participate in Kathua Martyrs’ Day observance. Enthusiastic public showered flowers and garlanded Mr. Azad raising slogans ‘Azad Sahib Zindabad’ cheered and waved with love and affection for their beloved leader.
Mr. Azad was carried in a procession from Kalibari to Hutli More along national highway and then to the venue of Shaheedi Chowk. The entire 10-km long procession route witnessed thousands of men, women, young and old enthusiastically waiting to receive Mr. Azad and on his arrival they extended warm welcome to him affectionately.
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| | | | SUPREME SACRIFICE : | | ACE SHOOTER ARRIVED HOME DRAPPED IN TRICOLOUR | | |
Jammu, October 5 : Till Wednesday morning Joga Singh and Pritam Kour, ageing parents of Constable Randhir Singh (Jimmy), an ace shooter of Jammu and Kashmir police special operations group, were eagerly awaiting arrival of their son from Srinagar after he informed them on telephone that he was likely to be transferred to Jammu during the next week and was awaiting formal marching orders.
Randhir had also applied for leave from October 5 to join his family including wife and four month old son Harman.
But on Thursday, when Randhir arrived at his residence, drapped in National tricolour, his parent’s couldn’t stand on their feet to have a glimpse of their son for the last time.
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