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| 2 dead, 11 injured in accidents | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 1: In separate road accidents, two persons died on spot in Rehmbal area of Udhampur district while as eleven others including five students of Army School Kaluchack, received injuries after the school bus collided with a minibus, here today.
In yet another accident that occurred on the second consecutive day today in hilly district of Udhampur, two persons died on spot while six others received critical injuries when a vehicle they were traveling in struck with a rock in Palata area in Rehmbal on Jammu-Udhampur National Highway. The injured are being treated in GMC hospital where condition of four among six are stated to be critical.
The incident occurred w... | |
| | | | Transfers in Revenue Deptt | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 1: Government today ordered transfers and postings of Assistant Commissioners and Collectors in Revenue Department.
As per order, Inderjeet Singh attached with the office Divisional Commissioner, Jammu has been posted as Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) Jammu vice Rajinder Singh.
The services of Rajinder Singh are placed at the disposal of GAD for further postings.
S K Kapoor, Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) Kathua has been transferred and posted as Principal RTI, Jammu vice Jatinder Singh.
Jatinder Singh has been posted as Assistant Commissioner (C) with Divisional Commissioner, Jammu vice Javed Balwan.
Javed Balwan has been posted as Administra... | |
| | | | PC kicks off hope to break the ice between India and Pak | | | |
ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, FEB 1: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has indicated the possibility of a bilateral exchange of views between India and Pakistan in case he is able to visit the neighbouring country which is hosting a three-day conference of Home Minister of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries.
The conference begins from February 20 in Pakistan and today Chidambaram was answering reporter’s questions after presenting the monthly report card of his Ministry as he does on the last day of every month. He interacted with media persons today to present the account of the first month of 2010 since yesterday was a Sunday.
"If I presume that I go to Pa... | |
| | | | Youth lash out at Geelani, Mirwaiz | | Hurriyat call for strike today | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Feb 1: Angry youth today lashed out at Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for “getting hefty sums from Pakistan in the name of movement.” They raised slogans against the duo and made clear that the “movement was run by the youth and not by any leader.” The Hurriyat factions reacted by calling general strike tomorrow (February 2).
Thousands of youth, some of them masked assembled at Jamia Masjid here this morning to offer Nimaaz-e-Jinaza to Wamiq Farooq who was killed by a tear smoke shell last evening in Down Town. The youth did not allow any separatist leaders to lead the funeral prayers. Instead, a young man from Rainawari identified as Arif S... | |
| | | | Jairam in Mansar today | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 1: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent Charge), Jairam Ramesh is arriving Jammu tomorrow by Rajdhani Express. He will proceed to Mansar Wetland by road to participate in the function of World Wetland Atlas Day there.
Ramesh will release Wetland Atlas for seven States and also the Field Guide for Birds, Mammals and Floral Diversity. In these programmes, the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah will also participate.
Jairam Ramesh will return to New Delhi tomorrow evening.
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| | | | ‘Scope for speedy withdrawal of troops, paramilitary forces limited’ | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 1: Senior police functionaries in Srinagar find no scope for handing over the law and order to the police in Jammu and Kashmir.
While commenting on the latest statement of the Defence Minister, A K Antony, in which he had said that the ultimate aim of the Government was to handover the law order in Jammu and Kashmir to the police these functionaries said that there were three inherent odds against the move to withdraw troops and the paramilitary forces within the state, especially within the valley.
Explaining it they said that first of all the numerical strength of the police was not sufficient to meet the new challenges that could be posed by the mil... | |
| | | | PM asks top Babus to meet challenges | | First CS Conference | | |
AGENCIES
New Delhi, Feb 1: Calling Chief Secretaries as the pivotal point in state administration, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it was incumbent upon them to ensure that the administrative apparatus is geared to match the challenges it faces.
Inaugurating the two-day Conference of Chief Secretaries of States/Union Territories, Dr Singh said ''the Central Government has attached the highest importance to our growth being inclusive in nature.'' ''But since India lives in states and unless the states move forward at a pace that is adequate to the challenges, we face, we cannot claim that we have delivered inclusive growth,'' the Prime Minister stated.
Urging state govern... | |
| | | | Pak training Indians for terror project: Report | | | | AGENCIES
New Delhi Feb 1: Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI is planning to carry out terror attacks in the country and has put together a team of Indian Jihadis in Karachi for the same, a media report claimed on Monday.
According to the said reports the alleged plot has been revealed to investigators by terror suspects David Coleman Headley and Mohammad Amjad Khwaja.
The FBI had arrested Headley in Chicago in October last year. He is accused of conducting a recce of Mumbai and several other Indian cities on behalf of Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) for the 26/11 attacks.
‘Khwaja, who is a member of Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul Jihad-i Islami (HuJI), was ... | |
| | | | Thousands join 15-year-old student’s funeral in Srinagar | | Separatists call for shutdown today; Govt assailed on HR abuse by Police | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Feb 1: Shouting pro-Azadi, pro-Islam and anti-India slogans, thousands of people in downtown Srinagar today participated in the funeral of a 15-year-old student who had died in tearsmoke shelling of Police on a group of stone-pelting youth in Rajouri Kadal area here last evening. While mainstream politicians like Hakeem Mohammad Yasin and Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami alleged that civilian killings by Police were now increasing fast in Omar Abdullah government, most of the separatist organizations have called for a total shutdown in Kashmir against the young student’s death on Tuesday.
Notwithstanding considerable tension over the death of an unidentified you... | |
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