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| Omar is great dream seller even if there is no buyer | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 9 :Who says Chief Minister,Omar Abdullah,has not been performing well ?Those who say so are wrong.Definitely they are wrong.Certainly they are prejudiced against Omar.One should not forget that Omar is on the move.He has been more on the move than stationary.He is in Jammu in the morning,afternoon he is in Srinagar and in the evening he is in New Delhi.Still opponents criticise him for poor performance.Is he a performer ?As chief Minister he is supposed to be a performer,if not an actor like his father.
Like his father he is at ease whether he is presiding over the a cultural evening,a Sufiana music concert,or a cabinet meeting.He is at ease whether he is addressing a public meeting or presiding over annual function of an educational institute.The only difference between him and his father is that Omar does not wear as much smile on his face as Farooq Abdullah has been seen wearing.Another difference:during a cultural function Omar neither sings nor dances with the dancers whereas his father would mesmerise people with his sweet voice and jokes.
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| De-tensioning Kashmir borders critical to South Asia security: US | | | | AGENCIES
Washington, Dec 9 : US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has said that the resolution of the Kashmir issue is critical for establishing peace in the region and to de-escalate the heightened tension between India and Pakistan.
Speaking to media persons at the Foreign Press Centre here, Mullen said : "De-tensioning the Kashmir border is "absolutely critical" to South Asian stability."
"In the long-run, resolution of the border in the east in Kashmir is a very important outcome. Obviously, that is a principal concern to India and Pakistan. But there is a concern to many others in terms of stability of the region. I think that is a key part of what needs to hap... | |
| | | | J&K Govt stopped Ladakh road: Krishna | | | | ET DESK
Jammu, Dec 9: The Centre today washed its hands off the decision to stop work along the Sino-Indian border in Jammu and Kashmir after Chinese protest, saying it had no role in either starting or halting the project and that it was entirely an affair of the State government.
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna told the Lok Sabha that the Centre was not consulted on the road project and that it had come to know of it only through the media.
"The Government of India had no role to play in starting the road project or halting (it). It was fully a decision which the Jammu and Kashmir government took," he said,replying to a short-duration discussion on the relations with China... | |
| | | | Jammuites to pay less for pulses, vegs, fruits | | Prices being slashed from Dec 15 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu Dec 9: Inflation may by countrywide cry but Jammu has a pleasant news to hear -prices of pulses will be slashed by 5 to 10 percent while as that of vegetables and fruits will be reduced by 30 to 40 percent in the coming days. The new rates will be released by the Government by the 15th of this month .
This consumer friendly measure was mutually resolved at a high level meeting of the officers of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (CA&PD) with the representatives of the various trade bodies including, wholesalers and retailers chaired CAPD Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon.
The meeting was convened to device ways and means for checking price increase of variou... | |
| | | | Kulwant lost his school but got a class in jail | | Prisons get IT labs, inmates turning buffs | | | ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Dec 9: A teacher of repute and proven results Kulwant Singh is now, unfortunately, in the prison but he has a reason to rejoice over and a cause to pursue. As he did in the normal life, Kulwant has a class to teach inside the four walls of prison and his students are unexpectedly receptive, bit dull yet sensitive –making the two-hour long daily affair encouraging and interesting.
In his class of 46, at district jail of Jammu, Kulwant bears a broad smile as Johail, 13, and Birbal, 58, repeat the sentences after this teacher finishes reading. The youngest and the oldest students in the class, respectively, Johail and Birbal were never to school before Director Gen... | |
| | | | Narrow escape for President | | | | Agencies
Bhubaneshwar, Dec 9: President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday narrowly escaped in a helicopter mishap at Bhubaneshwar airport. She was travelling to Bhubaneshwar after inaugurating an Urban Haat at Puri.
President Patil was accompanied by her husband Devisingh Shekhawat and Orissa Governor M C Bhandari when three blades of the helicopter ferrying them back from Puri hit the asbestos shed of a shed at Bhubaneswar airport this evening. Afterwards, the pilot managed to land the helicopter safely.
All three VVIPs are safe, a senior official said.
Three blades of the 16-seater helicopter struck the shed, uprooting its asbestos roof, he said adding the three blades bent under th... | |
| | | | First suicide case surfaces in Leh | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar Dec 9: A youth committed suicide at Leh in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said here today.
They said one Jigmat Wanchok, a resident of Martselang hanged himself at Thiksay, Leh.
However, before he could be rescued, he died, they said adding it was not immediately known why he took this extreme step.
This was perhaps first such case in the Ladakh region. However, it was common in the Kashmir valley where despite fatwa against it by the Muslim ulmas, at an average of two persons, mostly women, commit on attempt suicide daily.
Proceedings under section 174 CrPC have been initiated in this regard.
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| | | | 80% Pakistanis fear leaving home due to security threats' | | | | 80% of Pakistanis fear stepping out of their homes to visit public places like markets and hotels, according to findings of a poll survey released today.
Asked to what extent the increasing security threat had affected their visits to places such as markets and hotels, 36 per cent said recent incidents of terrorism had affected them "a lot" while 44 per cent said they had been affected "somewhat."
Nineteen per cent said the terrorist incidents had not affected their visits to markets, hotels or other places while remaining one per cent gave no response.
The survey was carried out by Gallup Pakistan for Gilani Research Foundation.
While the daily hustle and bustle in Pakistan... | |
| | | | Tainted cops’ bail plea adjourned for Dec 19 | | Amandeep murder case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 9: The Sessions Court granted time to Special Investigation Team till December 19 for filling supplementary challan against the accused Nago brothers who are allegedly involved in fudging evidence on the much publicized murder of Amandeep Singh. The SIT has already filed objections on the two bail applications of Choudhary Nagar Singh, Rakesh Singh and Choudhary Jagar Singh seeking rejections of the bail applications.
The alleged accused namely S Manohar Singh former SSP Jammu, then SHO Sultan Mirza, Satnam Singh Sub-Inspector then posted in P/S Gandhi Nagar, Sarwar Hussain Bhukhari then Ballistic Expert FSL and constable Raj Singh attached FSL and alleged ... | |
| | | | Violence in J&K ebbing: Center | | | | ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, DEC 9: Amid the Centre’s move to reduce the deployment level of armed personnel drawn from various Central forces as also from the Army in Jammu and Kashmir, the Rajya Sabha has been told today about decline in violence and casualties in the troubled border State.
Disclosing figures of death of both security forces and civilians in violent attacks by militants in Jammu and Kshmir, Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken said in a written reply in the Upper House of Parliament that 123 people were killed in militant related violence during the first ten months of this year. This indicates a decline in casualties when compared to last years’ figures about those ... | |
| | | | J&K RTI 2009 is flawed on residency | | NEWS ANALYSIS | | | SANT KUMAR SHARMA
Jammu, Dec 9: The Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act of 2004 was signed into a law and gazetted on January 7, 2004. Section 4 the JKRTI 2004 describes the applicability of the Right to Information as: ``Subject to the provisions of this Act, every citizen shall have the right to obtain information.’’
The Central Act, enacted in the year 2005, applies to all States and Union Territories, except J&K. Section 3 of the CRTI 2005 describes the applicability of the Right to Information as: ``Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information.’’
The J&K government headed by the Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, found the state la... | |
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