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| Azad likely to contest LS elections | | RS choices almost final | | | Farooq, Soz, MY Khan, Altaf Bukhari to file papers
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 1: Repaying the courtesy of 2002, the Congress-National Conference alliance has offered to support the Peoples Democratic Party for one seat of Rajya Sabha, for which elections will be held, if required, on February 13.
While National Conference President and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and Union Water Resources Minister Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz are all set to be elected to the Rajya Sabha, the Congress has staked claim on only one seat and the National Conference has been allowed to contest on two seats. There are four Rajya Sabha seats to be filled in from Jammu and Kashmir.
Contrary to expectations, the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has not been cleared by the Congress to go to the Upper House of the Parliament. Azad was widely expected to take the RS route to return to the national politics. However, sources said that the Congress wants him back in New Delhi but in the Lok Sabha.
Sources claimed that Ghulam Nabi Azad will be Congress candidate for Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Lok... | |
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| J&K Schools likely to get unique subjects | | | | Munish Gupta
Jammu, Feb 1: Widening the career options and paving a way for gainful employment, the School Education department is likely to add some non-conventional subjects in the curriculum of higher secondary schools by upcoming session.
Director School Education, Zahida Parveen Khan said that there has been some proposal on the introduction of new subjects during the ongoing session from Board of School
Education but the final decision to this effect has not been taken yet. She further told that addition of new subjects in the list during the session will be decided at a high level meeting between the Board of School Education (BOSE) and the Department of School Education which ... | |
| | | | Qadri to be new AG | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 1: The government is reported to have cleared the name of senior advocate Ishaq Qadri for appointment as Advocate General of Jammu and Kashmir.
A formal order to this effect is, however, yet to be issued. Sources said that the Government has approved Qadri’s name and an order may be issued on Monday.
Qadri’s appointment as Advocate General comes after resignation of the incumbent DC Sharma who was appointed as Advocate General by the Governor’s administration. Sharma resigned few days after installation of the popular government, paving way for appointment of new AG.
Appointment of Advocate General and other Government advocates have always been almost... | |
| | | | Illegal urban constructions: Deputy CM order probe | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, FEB 1: Expressing concern over coming up of illegal constructions and encroachments at different locations in the Jammu city, especially along the bypass road, Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Tara Chand today ordered an enquiry under District Development Commissioner, Jammu on the status of unauthorized constructions and encroachments.
Tara Chand also directed the Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation to allow construction work of Government and private buildings only after they submit the required construction drawings and obtain proper permission. He also asked the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation to submit a detailed report about the ongoing construction ... | |
| | | | PM discharged from AIIMS | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, Feb 01: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Sunday discharged from AIIMS, more than a week after he underwent a successful coronary by-pass surgery at the prestigious hospital.
PM seemed eager to go back home, skipped breakfast"Prime Minister has been discharged from AIIMS. He was very cheerful and was enquiring about activities and happenings. He is on his way to recovery," Union Health Minister Ambumani Ramdoss told reporters here.
"I am sure he will recover quickly and it is going to take him about 2 to 3 weeks to come to office and work. In fact, in a week's time, he will start working from home. By the pace of his recovery, I am sure he will come to... | |
| | | | Pak move on Kashmir resolution scuttled | | | | Agencies
Islamabad, Feb 01: The Pakistan government has scuttled a move by some ruling and Opposition parliamentarians to introduce a resolution in the National Assembly asking US President Barack Obama to appoint an envoy on Kashmir.
The resolution was sought to be introduced by PML-Q parliamentarian Marvi Memon, who is known for her virulent anti-India views and fierce criticism of New Delhi's policies on all issues. It also had the backing of parliamentarians from the ruling Pakistan People's Party, Opposition PML-Q and PML-N, Awami National Party and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
The resolution, which sought to ask Obama to appoint an envoy on Kashmir or to include the settlement of the Kash... | |
| | | | POLL COMMISSION MESS | | Congress unhappy with CEC as he overruled Center on J&K elections | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 31: As the hostility continues between the Election Commission a new veiled countercharge has come against the Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalawami on taking the Congress by surprise when he announced to go ahead with assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
In his letter to the President of India, Gopalaswami had leveled a volley of allegations against Election Commissioner Navin Chawla squarely indicting him for favouring the Congress in deciding timing of elections in various states. In a countercharge, the Congress appears to have clearly taken side with Chawla as Gopalaswami went against its wishes atleast at two occasions.
The party indicated t... | |
| | | | Immunity granted to judges will not be extended to district collectors: SC | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb. 1: The Supreme Court has ruled that a district collector or the land acquisition officers cannot ask for protection from prosecution under IPC Section 77.
A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal said that the immunity granted to judges under Section 77 IPC would not be extended to district collectors to seek immunity from the criminal cases.
The apex court rejected a Rajasthan High Court order that quashed the FIR registered against the Jaipur district collector in a land acquisition case.
“The Collector is neither a Judge as defined under Section 19 nor does he act judicially, when discharging any of the functions under the (Land Acquisition) Act... | |
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