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| Ghulam Nabi, Tara Chand and Lal Singh salute Kathua martyrs | | | | Munish Gupta
KATHUA, NOV 5 – The valiant tradition of the patriotic people of this town of Jammu region of defending their motherland from repeated covert and overt assaults from across the borders was hailed today by a large gathering that observed Martyrs Day here today amid distinguished guests and dignitaries. This historic day to commemorate the memory of countless martyrs from the town was observed for the 11th time on this day at the call of Lok Sabha member from Doda-Udhampur Parliamentary seat, Mr Lal Singh.
Among others the Deputy Chief Minister Mr Tara Chand was present to welcome chief guest and Union Minister for Health and Medical Education, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, who honoured martyrs by garlanding their portraits and expressing solidarity and unstinted Government support to the martyrs’ families and dependents who often lost their breadwinners in the fight to defend their country and fellow citizens.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Azad said, “The terror situation which was patronised by the rulers of Pakistan, including its Army Generals, in the past resulting int... | |
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| SC asks Army Chief to explain summary court martial trials | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today frowned upon the practice of adopting summary court martial proceedings to sack lower rank army personnel and directed the Chief of the Army Staff Gen Deepak Kapoor to explain if there are any guidelines to prevent its abuse.
A bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and H L Dattu at one stage threatened to summon the Army chief to the court as the union government failed to explain adequately whether proper guidelines are in place to prevent abuse of the colonial era method of dealing with erring army personnel.
However, the court later relented and directed the Army Chief to file an affidavit within three weeks.
Summary court martial p... | |
| | | | Sachin scales new height; conquers mount 17K | | | | Agencies
Hyderabad: After a long, agonizing wait, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar finally eclipsed the 17000-run mark during the fifth ODI against Australia at Hyderabad.
The packed crowd at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium went berserk as the maestro glanced Ben Hilfenhaus for a single to score his 17000th run in ODI cricket.
Sachin, who was also the first batsman to complete 10,000 runs, is not only the highest ever run getter in ODIs but also has the maximum number of ODI centuries (44) to his credit.
In Tests, again he is the highest run-getter with 12, 777 runs to his kitty besides scoring the maximum number of tons (42).
Sanath Jayasuriya is second on the ODI top-scorer... | |
| | | | Government mulling FDI increase for print media: Soni | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni on Thursday said the government was assessing the request of media houses to scale up FDI from the existing 26 to 49 percent in the print media and promised her support to the recession-hit magazine business in India.
"The government is evaluating the request of media houses to further increase the FDI (foreign direct investment) limit from the existing 26 percent to 49 percent in consultation with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)," Soni said at the annual Indian Magazine Congress here.
Alluding to the growing international interest in the Indian magazine business and the government's nod to ... | |
| | | | Brahmaputra a problem, if diverted by China: India | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Nov 5 : The Centre today said there was no cause for concern over reports that China was constructing a dam to divert water from the Brahmaputra river, maintaining there was 'no evidence of diversion of water'.
Reacting to reports of attempts by Beijing to divert river waters from flowing into this country, Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal said the water storage project, being built inside Chinese territory, was for their local use.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a workshop on Parliament and the media, he clarified that "It is obviously a concern that China should not raise the height of the water storage project." However, he underlined, th... | |
| | | | HC reserves order on bail applications of Choudhary brothers | | Arrested police officers bail case adjourned | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 05- The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today reserved the order on the bail application of Choudhary brothers after hearing senior Advocate MA Goni and Advocate Ashok Parihar appearing for the applicants namely Rakesh Kumar, Choudhary Nagar Singh alias Nago and Jaggar Singh at length. However, Advocate Sunil Sethi appearing for the SIT opposed the bail applications on various grounds.
Meanwhile, Principal Sessions Judge Jammu BL Bhat adjourned the bail applications of arrested/suspended police officers namely then SSP Manohar Singh, then SHO Sultan Mirza and IO Satnam Singh, Sarwar Hussain Bhukahari then Ballistic Expert FSL and Raj Singh of FSL after hearing b... | |
| | | | Apex court to hear plea against pre-paid mobile ban in Kashmir | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Nov 5 The Supreme Court Thursday refused to give urgent hearing to a plea for scrapping the ban on pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir, imposed by the central government apprehending the possibility of its misuse by terrorists.
The plea was made by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers’ Party chief Bhim Singh, who appeared before a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and apprised it of his lawsuit filed in the apex court’s registry.
The bench, which also included Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice P. Sathasivam, declined an urgent hearing, telling Singh to wait till Nov 16 - when the matter has been listed for hearing.
Through his lawsuit, Singh ... | |
| | | | UID Cards will be Available in the Next One Year | | | | Agencies
BHOPAL | NOV 05, 2009
The Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani said that the government would be rolling out first set of Unique Identification Cards (UIDs) in the next 12 to 18 months.
Nilekani who made a video presentation on the UIDs at the Mantralaya here last evening in the presence of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni and other bureaucrats emphasised the importance of the cards which he said would be helpful in nation's security and identifying beneficiaries of various government sponsored schemes.
After the presentation, Nilekani faced a volley of questions from senior bureaucrats on the implementation mechanism, utility ... | |
| | | | Azad Rules Out to Return to J&K Politics | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU NOV 5: Ruling out his return to Jammu and Kashmir politics, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that he has a greater responsibility now to serve the people of the country.
"There is no question of returning to state politics, let others perform the job now," he said yesterday addressing a felicitation function organised by a group of lawyers here.
"Some people in Delhi used to say that the political soil in Jammu and Kashmir was barren, but it is not so," he said, adding, "the fact is that the political soil of the state is very fertile and there needs a specialist to sow, irrigate and reap the harvest."
"It is very imp... | |
| | | | J&K Guv for gallantry award to Rukhsana | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 5 : Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra has recommended the name of Rukhsana Kausar to the Union Home Ministry for gallantry award for her courage.
Mr Vohra, in a letter to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has recommended Rukhsana's name for National Bravery Award for her valour in killing a Lashkar-e-Toba (LeT) top commander on September 27 in Upper Kalsi village of Shahdara Sharief in Rajouri district, an official spokesman said.
The Governor after the incident, had asked for a report from the Director General of Police (DGP) to recommend the girl’s name for the gallantry award.
Meanwhile, Mr Vohra after receiving the report from the DGP, has written a lett... | |
| | | | NC asks separatists to join proposed talks with Centre | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 5 (PTI) Appealing to separatists to participate in the proposed talks with the Centre, the ruling National Conference today said there was no other way than dialogue to resolve all issues facing Jammu and Kashmir.
"People of Kashmir bore the brunt of turmoil during the past 60 years and dialogue is the key to relieve them of the miseries and difficulties," party General Secretary Sheikh Nazir Ahmad told workers at NC headquarters here.
He said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah describing Kashmir as a "political issue" has made the atmosphere for talks conducive. "We appeal separatists to participate in the proposed talks with the Centre."
Nazir criticis... | |
| | | | Ghulam Nabi Azad rules out to return to J&K politics | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu: Ruling out his return to Jammu and Kashmir politics, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that he has a greater responsibility now to serve the people of the country.
"There is no question of returning to state politics, let others perform the job now," he said yesterday addressing a felicitation function organised by a group of lawyers here.
"Some people in Delhi used to say that the political soil in Jammu and Kashmir was barren, but it is not so," he said, adding "the fact is that the political soil of the state is very fertile and there needs a specialist to sow, irrigate and reap the harvest."
"It is very important to ... | |
| | | | Students show way to politicians, forced authorities to restart DMU services | | | | CHAMAN KAUL:
UDAMPUR/JAMMU, NOV 5: Bizarre but true. Just after two days the rail services were started to connect South Kashmir to its northern part by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the same services were withdrawn by authorities from Udampur to Jammu, which was also flagged off by Prime Minister two years earlier with similar enthusiasm. On the time of flagging off almost all the politicians from Jammu were present but when the DMU services were withdrawn not even a single politician showed concern throwing passengers especially students and employees at the mercy of God.
According to sources story goes like this, as, on 28th October DMU services were started in Kashmir and on 30... | |
| | | | NCAMT-2009,Souvenir Released by Prof. N.K.Bansal, VC, SMVDU along with other dignitaries | | | |
NEW MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES RECOMMENDED AT SMVDU
Early Times Report
Katra Nov 5. A Two day conference on emerging technologies in manufacturing took off to a flying start at SMVDU at Katra. The conference NCAMT-09 inaugurated here today at SMVDU
Speaking on the occasion Prof. N.K.Bansal, Vice Chancellor Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University highlighted the importance of an integrated approach to engineering particularly for manufacturing. Prof Bansal said that the national conference will provide exposure to the young budding Engineers especially engineering students of SMVDU in the latest field of developments in the manufacturing and advanced technology in order to equip them to... | |
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