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| In memory of Sheikh, something for almost everyone | | Omar unveils job policy: allowance for small job hunters, easy funds for enterprising minds | | |
ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Dec 5: After a busy daylong of marathon of inaugurations, laying of foundation stones, memorial lectures and prayer services in memory of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah it was the time for making keenly awaited announcement –the job policy of the coalition government which has been much in the talk since Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather talked about it in his budget earlier in August this year.
Named after Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and unveiled on his 104th birth anniversary, the employment policy, though not a readymade job ticket, offers at least something for almost every unemployed employable person in Jammu and Kashmir. Omar Abdullah read out and explained broad contours of the policy at a crowded press conference here this evening. Though there were huge expectations in the Kashmir Valley where people expected the Chief Minister to make a speech at Hazratbal to announce the policy, but Omar had to return to Jammu to make an announcement after the proposal was cleared by the cabinet.
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| Attack on Qureshi will not interrupt peace talks: HM | | | |
New Delhi, Dec 5 : Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today condemned the attack on Hurriyat Conference leader Fazil Haq Qureshi and said such cowardly attacks would not cow down or interrupt the ongoing process of quiet talks and quiet diplomacy being carried out in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Home Minister assured the people of the state that the Centre remained committed to finding a solution through quiet talks with every shade of political opinion in Jammu and Kashmir.
''I am deeply distressed by the yesterday attack on Shri Fazil Haq Qureshi, a senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
He is now battling for his life in a hospital. My prayers as well as those of all peace ... | |
| | | | Despite threats, Delhi, Srinagar firm on ground carry on ‘quiet diplomacy’ | | | |
ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, DEC 5: A call for a bandh, reaffirmation to efforts for peace, and demands for punishing the guilty and defeating the designs of those who hold the strings of the culprits from behind are the usual outcomes of an assassination attempts whether successful or not. Yesterday’s attack on senior Hurriyat leader Fazal Haq Qureshi at Srinagar is no exception to this general rule that has inevitably been followed in the wake of similar incidents in the past.
The main problem with such a predictable course in the aftermath of nonetheless a ghastly incident is that the peace process gets defined vis-à-vis violence where buying little peace can well turn out to be a big conso... | |
| | | | J&K employees ‘bad’ taxpayers, says IT man | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5 : Several employees of Jammu and Kashmir government evade tax deductions as they do not possess Permanent Account Number (PAN), the Income Tax Commissioner said here today.
Expressing serious concern, Income Tax Commissioner B L Razdan said, ''Many government employees in the state have not acquired PAN even as they receive taxable salaries.' The Commissioner, who had also taken up this matter with the ChiefSecretary, was apprehensive that in the absence of PAN, income tax might not be getting deducted from the salaries of such government employees.
Further, Mr Razdan said, ''As many as 350 DDOs (drawing and disbursing officers) of the State government ... | |
| | | | Life paralysed in Kashmir due to strike against attack on Qureshi | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5 : Life was today crippled due to general strike called by moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) in protest against the attack on its Executive Committee member Fazal Haq Qureshi in the city by unidentified persons last evening.
However, life in Baramulla was near normal.
Shops and business establishments in the civil lines, downtown and Shehar-e-Khas remained closed and traffic was off the roads due to the strike. However, in the uptown, life was near normal with shops open and traffic plying normally.
The government offices, educational institutions, banks and ration depots remained closed on account of holiday on the 104th birth anniversary of former... | |
| | | | Emporium manager held wit Shahtoosh shawl | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Dec 5: The manager of the Jammu and Kashmir handicrafts emporium here has been arrested for trying to sell three Shahtoosh shawls made from the wool of a threatened Tibetan antelope.
'Mushtaq Ahmed was arrested Thursday for possessing these shawls. He has been sent to judicial custody,' a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesman said here.
The Kashmir emporium is located on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, along with similar outlets of other state governments. CBI sleuths raided the premises and recovered the shawls, which are manufactured with the wool of the 'Chiru' Tibetan antelope, a protected animal. The use of this wool is not permitted under the Wildli... | |
| | | | Is Wajahat coming, at all? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Amidst the reports that Chief Information Commissioner of India Wajahat Habibullah has requested the government of India for permission to withdraw his resignation, the state government has filed caveat before the High Court for an opportunity of being heard in a Public Interest Litigation challenging the appointment of chief of Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission.
Habibullah was formally appointed as State Chief Information Commissioner by the Governor in third week of October but he could not take oath and operationalise office in Jammu and Kashmir for technical reasons. The Central Right to Information Act provided that the post of the Chie... | |
| | | | China's objection to Ladakh road due to differing perception: India | | | |
NEW DELHI: Seeking to downplay the recent Chinese objection to a road construction in Ladakh's Demchok area near the LAC, India on Saturday said it was an outcome of the "differing perceptions" of the Line of Actual Control between the two countries and has already been taken up with the Chinese side.
It also hoped that both the sides will also be able to resolve all issues pertaining to border dispute peacefully.
"It has been taken up with the Chinese side during one of the flag-meetings that we have at the ground level. Let me say, that the whole issue of the differing perceptions of LAC in the area around Demchok has been taken up at many occasions with the Chinese side," foreig... | |
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