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| Cong leaders rush to Delhi to complain high command about NC | | Cong sufferer of debate on Article 370 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Worried over war of words between Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and BJP on Article 370, State Congress leaders have decided to bring this matter to the notice of the high command because party suffering due to this "verbal dual" .
Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Said Ud Din Soz has already reached New Delhi this evening and other party leaders are also expected to reach Union capital on Wednesday morning.
Insiders in the Congress said that party leaders have realized that by indulging into war words both National Conference and BJP have been attracting their respective constituencies. Congress is the biggest sufferer in case this debate on Article... | |
| | | | On World Disability Day, disabled protest State apathy | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Dec 3: On World Disability Day today, the disabled people at many places across the Kashmir protested against the state's apathy and demanded special facilities.
Dozens of disabled boys and girls who had come from different parts of Kashmir protested in Srinagar against the state government for depriving them of their basic facilities which include separate schools and monthly financial assistance.
Boys and girls with different disabilities carrying placards and banners in press enclave Srinagar put forth their demands. "We are disabled but please separate us from handicapped. We need our separate rights." Read one of the placards. Likewise boys with speaking di... | |
| | | | TSO files contradictory affidavit, Director CA&PD directed to probe | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Dec 3: Director Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD), has been directed by State Information Commission to probe the veracity of the ration card issued in favour of one Reeta Devi wife of Sohan Lal, further directing him to take appropriate action against Tehsil Supply Officer (TSO) Samba namely Sahil Sharma under service rule applicable to him for filing contradictory oath in affidavit before State Information Commission.
The direction came on the complaint filed by Kovid Khosla, advocate J&K High Court, who in his complaint to SIC alleged that Anshu Mali ,Assistant Director (CA&PD) who happens to be the PIO has failed to provide the requisite and co... | |
| | | | J&K to introduce Right to Education ordinance soon; gets Finance, Planning Deptts approval | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 3: After a lapse of four years, Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to promulgate ordinance for making free and compulsory education a fundamental right for children from 6 to 14 years of age.
Sources informed Early Times that Jammu and Kashmir Children Right to Free and Compulsory Education Ordinance-2013 has got concurrence from the Finance and Planning Departments for being made applicable to the state of Jammu and Kashmir within shortest possible time. After these mandatory approvals, the ordinance is now being sent to the Law Department for legal vetting.
Once the Law Department vets the ordinance, it would then be sent to the State Cabinet for ap... | |
| | | | ‘3 militants killed in Handwara encounter were Pakistani nationals’ | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Dec 3: Three militants killed in night long Handwara encounter were Pakistani nationals owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit, police sources said today.
A residential house where the militants had taken refuge was damaged in the 15-hour long encounter. Security forces belonging to 21 RR and SOG personnel of J&K Police launched a joint operation on Monday afternoon after receiving information of militants hiding in a forest village in the Handwara region, army spokesman Lt Colonel Nitin Narhar Joshi said. After the two sides exchanged gunfire for hours, three rebels were killed early today, Narhar said.
There were no casualties reported among... | |
| | | | KP employees ready to make 'retreat', RC intervenes to stall move | | PM package blues: Protest staged against Govt | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Tired of false assurances and promises made by the government to improve their living conditions, the KP employees under PM's package working in Kashmir Valley packed their bag and baggage to move back to Jammu for good, without caring a bit about implications it could have on their job prospects. Timely intervention of the Relief Department authorities to prevent this step which could have proved an embarrassment to it, however, saved the government from facing such a situation. Crying hoarse for basic facilities for the last three years of their stay in Kashmir Valley, the employees today staged protest demonstration to register their anger and resentme... | |
| | | | Farooq agrees women being discriminated in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Former Chief Minister and NC patron Dr Farooq Abdullah apparently shares the view of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that women were being discriminated against if they got married to a non resident of J&K.
In an interview with a Delhi based new channel Abdullah said he personally thinks that women who marry outside must get same rights as men. However, the Union Minister got so upset and angry on this question that he left the interview midway. It is a major shift for the party which had opposed granting equal rights to women in the court. The NC had even supported the bill which attempted to negate the direction of the High Court. Suna... | |
| | | | Term Kashmiriyat was not in vogue before 1975 | | Ill-informed anchors | | | Neha
Jammu, Dec 3: What is Kashmiriyat? What does it stand for? When was the term Kashmiriyat coined? Who coined it and for what? The Left-oriented and essentially pro-Congress and ragtag UPA news channel, NDTV India, on November 1 organised debate on Article 370 under its programme "Badi Khabar" between 6 and 7 p.m. The anchor was sophisticated Nidhi Kulpati.
One of the five participants, Om Thanvi, like the anchor, was absolutely ignorant about Article 370. They were neither here nor there. Two of them - Union Minister Harish Rawat of the Congress of communalists and separatist MP Mehboob Beg of the pro-autonomy National Conference - exhibited their hatred for the Indian laws and use... | |
| | | | Kashmiri leadership's stand on Article 370 evokes strong reaction in Jammu | | Paving way for disintegration of State | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 3: The rigid and communally motivate stand of the Kashmiri leadership on Article 370 would hasten the process of the state's disintegration. The reason is that neither the people of Jammu province, barring a handful of communalists and vested interests, nor the people of Ladakh appreciate this Article. They oppose it tooth and nail and seek its abrogation so that they are fully merged with India.
The religious and ethnic minorities in the state, including Kashmiri Hindus, besides the refugees from West Pakistan, hate this Article and want solution to their problems through the Indian statute book, sans Article 370. It is not just that the BJP and the JKNPP oppose this ... | |
| | | | Babus pay Govt money for vanity numbers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Different departments of the state government spend thousands of rupees on the vanity numbers on the official vehicles of their officers.
Many of the government vehicles can be seen with a vanity registration number on its number plate, but that vanity number is being issued by the Regional Transport Office after the minimum payment of Rs.5000. The Regional Transport office charges minimum amount of Rs.5000 for vanity number, and whenever two or more people apply for the same vanity number, RTO calls for open bid, which may reach more than a lakh.
The officers and ministers are enjoying the vanity number on their official vehicles with the fee paid from... | |
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