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| Masoodi sworn in addl judge | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: Pulwama born Ghulam Hasnain Masoodi today took the oath of additional Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He was administered by Chief Justice Berin Ghosh at a simple ceremony here at the High Court complex which was attended by Judges, judicial officers, lawyers and some top government officers.
Registrar General of J&K High Court MK Hanjura read out the warrants of elevation issued by the President of India for elevation of Ghulam Hasnain Masoodi and also read out the letter of Governor authorizing Chief Justice for administering the oath.
In a simple but impressive function those present included Justice Nisar Ahmed Kakru, Justice Virender Sin... | |
| | | | J&K’s children of lesser gods | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: Deprived of the basic amenities, education and healthcare, the Gujjar children are the most dispossessed lot in Jammu and Kashmir, said a Non-governmental organisation working on the Indian tribes.
The NGO, its survey, has come across casual neglect, exploitation and limited resources of parental income as major causes pushing the Gujjar children to labour in early age. Many die very young of malnutrition and lack of access to the medical facilities, claimed the NGO.
“The parents of most neglected Ajhari and Manjhi children are not aware of the schemes launched by the government for their education and social uplift as they live in far-flung areas ... | |
| | | | Puja express delayed following bomb scare | | | | Early Times Report
Jaipur, Nov 13: The Jammu bound Ajmer-Jaipur-Jammu Puja Express remained stranded at the railway station here for about an hour for security check in the wake of bomb threat this afternoon, GRP sources said.
According to sources some anonymous caller informed Assistant Station Master Dausa this afternoon that a bomb was planted on board the Jammu bound train and that would blast soon. The railway official informed Railway Proection Force(RPF) here around 1620Hrs, soon after authorities swung into action, bomb disposal squad equipped with sniffer dogs and metal detectors was summoned which undertook thorough search on board the train which reached here from Ajmer around ... | |
| | | | Pak-China axis does not alarm India: Raju | | | | Early Times Report
Akhnoor, Nov 13: Downplaying the threat perception from China and its collaboration with Pakistan in defence areas, India today said it is not alarmed as its security and defence setups are being upgraded.
"Pakistan and China collaborating in various fields including security and defence does not alarm us at all. We are building and upgrading our security and defence setups to deal with any situation", Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju Raju told reporters after inaugurating Lauki Khad Bridge on Aknoor border belt, 58 Kms from here today.
Claiming that the armed forces are being continously upgraded in terms of weapons, he said the country needs to focus o... | |
| | | | Did Azad travel to China on stapled visa? | | | | ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, NOV 13: Even as China-bound residents of Jammu and Kashmir have been and are still being turned back from airport because of having been issued ‘phony’ Chinese visa on a mere sheet of paper, the high and mighty from the same State could easily fly to Beijing and merrily come back after attending a conference.
Exactly, this has been the case with Union Minister for Heath and Family Welfare, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad. He not only hails from Jammu and Kashmir but held the top post of Chief Minister of the State until just about a year ago.
Amid the hard stance taken by New Delhi because of Chinese Embassy’s reluctance to affix and stamp visa on the Indian Passports of visitor... | |
| | | | Pak offers options on Kishanganga | | | | AGENCIES
Islamabad, Nov.13: In an attempt to resolve the Kishanganga Dam dispute with India as soon as possible, Pakistan has proposed both the establishment of a court of arbitration and the appointment of neutral experts.
“The establishment of a court for arbitration and the appointment of neutral experts would be proposed to India, as New Delhi had failed to satisfy Pakistan in matters related to the dispute during negotiations between the Indus water commissioners of the two countries,” The Daily Times quoted Pakistan Indus Water Commissioner Syed Jamaat Ali Shah, as saying.
Shah said Islamabad is doing its best to resolve the impending crisis, and blamed New Delhi for not respondi... | |
| | | | In India, 4 lakh children die within 24 hrs of birth every year | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi, Nov 13: It's Children's Day Saturday. However, a bulk of the country's kids don't have much reason to celebrate, as they struggle everyday against vices like child labour, sex selection and malnutrition, and education is still a far-fetched dream for many, say civil society representatives.
According to ActionAid, an international charity, almost half of India's children are underfed.
Quoting the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2006, Babu Matthew of ActionAid said 46 percent children under the age of three are underweight. Also, 70 percent of all Indian children under five are anaemic.
Drawing up a report card on the status of children in India, Save the Childr... | |
| | | | Kashmir reeling under intense cold wave | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 13: People in the Kashmir valley and Ladakh region continued to shiver due to severe cold as the minimum temperature hovered between minus 0.5 degree and minus 15 degrees Celsius.
Official sources said almost all ponds, small streams and nullahs were frozen in the areas where the temperature was minus 5 degrees.
They said Drass, the coldest place in the world after Siberia, recorded minus 15 degrees this morning.
All the water bodies were frozen in Drass sector too, disrupting normal life.
However, temperature at the upper reaches, including near the Line of Control (LoC) was predicted to be between minus 18 to minus 25 degrees during night.
But,... | |
| | | | ‘23 daily wagers dying annually on PDD duty’ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: Nearly 23 linemen and other staffers of the Power Development Department are said to be dying every year while performing their official duties but the government has been accused of being insensitive to their plight. Citing this and many other reasons, the association of daily wagers of the PDD has threatened to go on strike.
The All Jammu and Kashmir Daily Wager Union (PDD) today said 350 daily wagers have lost their lives while performing duties since 1994 but the state government has not yet come with the concrete solution to their 'long pending' demands.
‘’In the year 1994, the state government recruited daily wagers in the Power Development Depa... | |
| | | | Judge Bilal Nazki is CJ of Orissa | | | | Agencies
Mumbai, Nov 13: Justice Bilal Nazki of the Bombay High Court has been promoted as the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court.
Justice Nazki, who is due to retire on November 18, will assume the charge of Chief Justice's office in Cuttack on November 14.
Born on November 18, 1947 in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, Justice Nazki obtained a law degree in 1973 from the Aligarh Muslim University.
Having served as the advocate general of J&K, he was later appointed as a judge of the J&K High Court. He was transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 1997 and then to the Bombay High Court in January 2008.
During his tenure in the Bombay High Court, Justice Nazki heard and decided a num... | |
| | | | Mirwaiz on legitimacy tour | | | | ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Nov 13: In an obvious attempt to seek legitimacy of position to get engaged in dialogue with New Delhi, the chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference has embarked on an extended tour of the Muslim majority areas of Jammu region.
Mirwaiz has launched this mass contact programme following Government of India’s exercise of launching internal dialogue for the resolution of Kashmir issues. Earlier last month the Home Minister P Chidrambram has talked about the now much discussed quiet diplomacy with different shades of opinion and later the Prime Minister during his Kashmir visit invited the separatists to join the dialogue but with a condition that they ... | |
| | | | SC asks J&K Govt to clarify stand as Rajneesh’s wife seeks CBI probe | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: With no breakthrough coming in the custodial death case of Sarwal youth Rajneesh, who had died in Police custody in Srinagar, his wife has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking directions for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Hearing the plea of Amina Yusuf, the wife of deceased youth Rajneesh, the the Supreme Court today sought the Jammu and Kashmir government's stand on a lawsuit seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the custodial death.
Rajneesh Sharma was allegedly tortured to death by state police in October this year at the behest of his father-in-law, a police inspector.
A bench of Justices Altmas Kab... | |
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