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| Congress leaders move Sonia’s court as factionalism deepens | | | |
MUNISH GUPTA
Jammu, Nov 18: Fearing explicit exploitation by big ruling brother National Conference, a worried lot of alliance partner Congress has pleaded before the President Sonia Gandhi seeking her to cast the whip and reign in factionalism in state unit of party which is already eating into vitals of the organization.
Many senior leaders in Jammu and Kashmir continue to be worried over the infighting within the organisation which seems to have assumed serious dimensions. A number of congress ministers today admitted that the tussle between the duissidents and the loyalists in the congress could prove harmful to the party in the long run.
These ministers, including RS Chib, Minister for Technical and Medical Education, and Raman Bhalla, Revenue and Relief Minister, said that infighting in the congress could be exploited by the National Conference and the PDP. They said that during the last five years number of congress leaders had either joined the PDP or the National Conference after they felt disappointed with the tussle between the dissidents and the loyalists. ... | |
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| 6 DIGs, Brigadiers killed in 20 years of J&K militancy | | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Nov 18: Army’s brigade commanders and Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) of Police and paramilitary forces are the highest ranking officials killed by separatist militants in 20 years of armed insurgency in Jammu & Kashmir. While as Army has suffered the loss of 3 Brigadiers, followed by 2 DIGs of the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF), one-odd DIG of Jammu & Kashmir Police (JKP) was eliminated in a broad daylight shootout when he was coming out of a mosque in this capital city after performing his prayers on occasion of Idd-ul-azha five years ago.
Death of BSF’s DIG Provisioning and incharge Sector Commander in Samba-Ramnagar border belt in Jammu,... | |
| | | | SIT moves sessions court for custody of Nago, brothers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: A day after controversial business tycoons Chowdhary Nagar Singh, his brothers Rakesh and Ujjagar, father and uncles of Jatinder Singh, the main accused in Amandeep murder case surrendered before the Court and were remanded to judicial custody, the Special Investigation Team, probing murder and evidence destruction case, today moved the court for their police remand to carry out the custodial interrogation.
The Special Investigating Team constituted in the Amandeep murder case today filed an application before the Court of Principal Sessions Judge Jammu seeking police custody of Choudhary brothers for investigation in case FIR 247/2009 registered with... | |
| | | | Capital’s elite social center gets first woman secretary | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: It was a wafer thin margin but the victory was historic in sense –the Amar Singh Club today elected its first ever woman secretary, setting a gender trend of the sorts at capital’s elite socializing hub.
Manjeet Manocha was elected first women secretary of the club for which elections were held here today.
She received seven votes, against her nearest rival Sidharth Sharma who got only six votes out of 15 votes. One member didn’t cast his vote and the other vote was found invalid. So out of thirteen votes, the winner stole the show with a narrow margin of one vote.
The tenure of the secretary is for two years. It is pertinent to mention tha... | |
| | | | Govt goes humane: panel to study cutback of sentences | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, NOV 18: The state government has today constituted two high level boards –separate for Kashmir and Jammu provinces to consider and recommend the cases of convicts for remission of their sentences.
This move is being seen as a humane and pragmatic step and big relief for the prisoners who have become reformed beings while serving their jail terms. The boards, both headed by Director General Prisons Dr Ashok Bhan, will study the individual cases of convicts to make recommendations for remittance of their sentence.
An official spokesman said that the Government has constituted two Review Boards, one each for the Jammu and Kashmir divisions, to consider... | |
| | | | Pakistan knocks US doors against J&K power projects | | | | AGENCIES
Islamabad, Nov 18: Pakistan has sought the US intervention in stopping India from building mega power projects, ahead of the start of the construction of the second phase of Baglihar and several other projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
The work on the second phase of the project is to start in next six months time, and its survey report would be ready by this month-end.
Baglihar stage-II (450MW), Sawlakote (1200MW), Kirthai-I (240MW), Kirthai-II (990MW), Lower Kalnai (50MW), New Ganderbal (93MW) and Parnai (37.5 MW) are being taken up in the state sector for execution.
Under central sector Bursor (1020 MW), Uri-II (240MW), Kishen Ganga (330MW), Nimo-Bazgo (45MW), Chutak (... | |
| | | | Army to get avalanche victim detectors | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: With high altitude mountainous belts in the state already under heavy snowfall, army is procuring around 600 state-of-art technological equipments for its use in the avalanche prone areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
The army's northern command has already issued tenders for purchase of 600 Avalanche Victim Detector (Triple Antenna) for its use in the mountainous belts of Kashmir, Ladakh and Jammu and other vital areas in the state.
"These AVDs would be used for locating victims caught in avalanches in the mountainous belts. This is of most importance for the troops serving in the high altitude and mountainous areas," a senior officer said.
The AVDs... | |
| | | | NH blocked by landslide | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18 : Vehicular movement on 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-1A) was halted today due to landslide at Nachlana area, 176 km from here, in Ramban district, police sources said.
''A big boulder has slid on the national highway blocking the road for vehicular movement'' the Police Control Room said.
Resumption of normal traffic on the highway could take some more hours as the boulder, which has blocked the road, would have to be exploded, the PCR said.
Traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, the busiest and the only land communication link with the Kashmir valley, was closed due to heavy landslide last evening. Sources said about 6... | |
| | | | 5 from J&K among 50 , Indian Haj pilgrims die | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Nov 18: With the death of one each pilgrim from Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh, the death toll from the country during this year's Haj pilgrimage in the holy cities of Makkah and Madina has reached 50, reports said here today.
More than 1.25 lakh pilgrims from India, including about 8,000 from Jammu and Kashmir, had gone to undertake the pilgrimage this year.
The reports said 67-year-old pilgrim Mohammad Hussan Khan died due to cardio respiratory arrest at Makkah.
So far, five pilgrims from the state have died due to heart attack and road accidents since October 20, when the first flight from India landed at Jeddah.
With the death of Sagir A... | |
| | | | Mann for pre-1953 status to J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 18: Prominent Sikh leader and President of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann today suggested the restoration of pre-1953 position to the state before initiation of any dialogue with Kashmiris.
"Quiet diplomacy is a trap and whosoever falls in this trap will get eliminated from the political scene of Kashmir..
whether the person belongs to separatist camp or mainstream," Mann told a meeting of intellectuals, religious and political leaders here.
Supporting restoration of pre-1953 status to Kashmir, Mann said the position should be restored before initiation of any talks aimed at resolution of Kashmir issue.
Mann arrived h... | |
| | | | Curtain raiser on Parliament session UPA aims to tag Pak with terror,deal Kashmir issue separately | | | |
Early Times
NEW DELHI, NOV 18: Distancing Pakistan from Kashmir and keeping it confined to respond to last year’s attack on Mumbai by stepping up the demand for the arrest and trial of the plotters of the 26/11 attack are parts of ruling United Progressive Alliance for Parliament’s Winter Session beginning tomorrow morning.
This is how the Government plans to back its diplomatic efforts to bring peace and stability to Kashmir particularly at a time when the United States of America is quite keen that India and Pakistan resolve and end their long standing enmity over Jammu and Kashmir.
Highly placed sources here say that the Winter Session of Parliament may well be used to the ... | |
| | | | SIT moves sessions court for custody of Nago, brothers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: A day after controversial business tycoons Chowdhary Nagar Singh, his brothers Rakesh and Ujjagar, father and uncles of Jatinder Singh, the main accused in Amandeep murder case surrendered before the Court and were remanded to judicial custody, the Special Investigation Team, probing murder and evidence destruction case, today moved the court for their police remand to carry out the custodial interrogation.
The Special Investigating Team constituted in the Amandeep murder case today filed an application before the Court of Principal Sessions Judge Jammu seeking police custody of Choudhary brothers for investigation in case FIR 247/2009 registered wi... | |
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