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| A month later, celebrations mark Azad's two years in office | | Info deptt's belated extravaganza | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30: Nearly a month after the actual occasion, the Information and Public Relations department of the government today decked the stage for celebrations to mark Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's two years in office.
Azad's had completed his two years in office as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on November 2, but it was today that the Information department got up with the idea of celebrations. Release of literature to mark achievements of the government in two years and photo exhibition of development projects were the main highlights of the "belated celebrations".
Interestingly, except for one odd Member of Legislative Council, entire brigade of the P... | |
| | | | Unrest prevails among Hajjis; why to fly from Srinagar | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30: A perceptible unrest is prevailing among the relatives of Hajj pilgrims belonging to Jammu region even as government is making all out efforts to make their take off for Jeddah possible.
For fifth consecutive day no flight could take off from Srinagar as entire Kashmir Valley was thickly fogged in. the Jammu based Hajj pilgrims stranded at Srinagar are the worst sufferers a on one hand they are caught in a hostile weather and on the other hand missing their days which they ought to spend at the holy land of Saudi Arabia.
"Our people could have traveled to Delhi to take an onward flight to Saudi Arabia, we can not understand why all of us are routed ... | |
| | | | Tony in town | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Ashok Jaitly, popularly known among his peers as Tony, was in the town today enlivening memories of the past.
However, his presence at the BJP headquarters here in the town triggered rumors that he might have joined the party.
Later sources in the BJP disclosed that Ashok Khajuria had invited Ashok Jaitley to the party headquarters over a cup of tea. The sources said that there was no question of Ashok Jaitley joining the BJP because his political views, as a supporter of the National Conference, were diametrically opposed the ideology of the BJP.
The sources said that two sides had a detailed discussion on... | |
| | | | 18 hours a day, all work and no play | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy –so says the dictionary of cultural literacy underlining the difficulties in making a fair balance between work and other activities of life.
For Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad it is work, work and all work –no other activity. This is how a spokesman of the government has today featured the Chief Minister. Interestingly, the spokesman said that the officers assisting Azad in his work get tired, the media covering him gets exhausted but the Chief Minister does not retire. It, however, could not be understood as how Chief Minister's efforts are translated into reality when the executants get tired ahead of him... | |
| | | | J&K's new scare: AIDS | | Today Is International Day Against AIDS | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30: The loss of human life due to militancy related violence may come to an end sooner or later but Jammu and Kashmir has a new problem to fight with.
World's most deadly disease, AIDS is staring the state at its face. There is an alarming and sharp rise in HIV/AIDS cases. While officials claim there are 745 such cases in the insurgency-hit state, unofficial estimates peg the number at 25,000.
In 1999, there were only two cases reported, writes Grassroots Features. The northern state lies in a low prevalence risk zone, with the infection rate among the high-risk groups (STD-infected) at 0.95 percent and among the low-risk groups at 0.06 percent.
How... | |
| | | | CM's official residence to be soon shifted from present site | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30: The traditional seat of power in the winter capital of the state, for last 60, years is all set to be shifted from the present site at one end of the Residency Road. A decision at high level has been taken by the state administration and a plan is being prepared for shifting of the residencies of the Chief Minister, other ministers and VIPs from the present site at one end of the Residency Road, to some more spacious place at one end of the city. The location selected for building Chief Minister's official residence has been at the present site where office of RTO Jammu is located, near Topi Bangla beside Jammu cantonment. This step is aimed at deconges... | |
| | | | Former CS sips tea at bjp office | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 30
It was a storm in a tea-cup. A rumour went round the city that a former Chief secretary, Ashok Jaitley, had joined the BJP when he was seen discussing various political and demographic issues with senior party leaders, including BJP Chief, Ashok Khajuria, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta and Dr Nirmal Singh, in the BJP headquarters here today.
Those who spread the rumour said that there can be no surprise when another former Chief Secretary,Vijay Bakaya,had joined the National Conference.Later sources in the BJP disclosed that Ashok Khajuria had invited Ashok Jaitley to the party headquarters over a cup of tea.The sources said that there was no question of Ash... | |
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