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| SFC sanctions fake loans worth crores of rupees | | Scam carried out with the involvement of agents, officials likely to be arrested soon | | | Jammu | Feb19
The scam worth several crores of rupees in State Financial Corporation (SFC) in which vehicles had been financed without completion of formalities, a result of which the loanees became defaulters and the Corporation had to suffer huge financial losses, has been unearthed by the Crime Branch Jammu. A case under FIR No. 17/2007 and Sections 419, 420, 467, 468 and 120-B RPC was also registered in this regard by the Crime Branch. Meanwhile, arrest of some senior SFC officials, whose involvement has figured in the scam, was on the cards, official sources told Early Times.
According to highly placed sources, investigations by Crime Branch have established the involvement of some officers and offi¬cials of the SFC in the scam. Scrutiny of record, seized by Crime Branch, revealed that the SFC officials had sanctioned loan worth several crores without even obtaining mortgage from loanees as well as from guarantors. Only affidavits had been entertained for the purpose, which was shocking and a clear violation of set guidelines for sanction of loan.
A number of persons, who we... | |
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| Samjhauta blast: India in the dock for lax security | | | | New Delhi | February 19
An embarrassed Indian government, hit by allegations that it had failed to secure the Samjhauta Express, attempted to deflect suggestions on Monday of a possible security lapse, by saying its attention was focused on providing succour to victims of the "tremendous humanitarian tragedy".
Asked to comment on the security lapse, the spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs Navtej Sarna said, "I do not think this is the time for searching for headlines. It is a tremendous humanitarian tragedy. Let us keep our eye on that, let us try and bring succour to those who are injured and to the kin of those who are dead," Sarna said, strongly condemning the blasts and c... | |
| | | | One person detained for train blasts: Lalu | | | | NEW DELHI | FEB 19
One person has been detained in connection with the twin blasts on the Lahore-bound Samjhauta Express that left 67 people killed, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav said here on Monday.
“On the basis of information given by eye-witnesses, one person who was present in one of the two coaches that caught fire has been detained,” Lalu Prasad told reporters after visiting the blast victims admitted to Safdarjung Hospital.
The minister also said that eye-witnesses, including one of the injured, a Pakistani national Rana Shaukat Ali, had told him when he visited Panipat that two persons were sitting in the coach, their faces hidden behind mufflers and looking suspicious. A... | |
| | | | Saif Ali Khan hospitalised | | | | Mumbai| Feb 19
Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan on Sunday night underwent an angiography after he was admitted to a hospital here following chest pain and his condition is stable.
"Khan has undergone an angiography and his condition is stable", Narendra Trivedi, Vice-President of Leelavati Hospital in suburban Bandra, said, adding that the actor was likely to be discharged within the next two days.
Mr. Khan, who got the Star Dust award for the best negative role in "Omkara," was rehearsing for a dance performance at an award function when he complained of chest pain.
Saif, son of yesteryear cricketer Mansur Ali Khan and actress Sharmila Tagore, complained of chest pain just before... | |
| | | | Kasuri's message to Pranab Mukherjee | | Pakistan for Siachen talks on Feb. 26 | | | NEW DELHI | FEB 19
Even as the government of India has yet to convey its 'yes' to Pakistan, Islamabad has formally proposed to New Delhi that Directors-General Military Operations (DGMOs) of the two countries meet on Feb. 26 to discuss the Siachen glacier issue.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, is reported to have sent a message to his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, urging the latter to lend support to the former on Pakistan's proposal favouring talks on the Siachen issue in Islamabad on Feb. 26 at the level of the DGMOs of the two countries.
Pranab Mukherjee had announced at a joint press conference after his talks with Foreign Minister, Khurshid Kasu... | |
| | | | Indian security forces on highest alert | | Bomb blasts kill 66 in Samjhauta Express fire | | | NEW DELHI | FEB 19
At least 66 people have been killed in a fire on Samjhauta Express in the northern State of Haryana midnight on Sunday. The number of wounded has been put at 75. Two bombs exploded aboard the train bound from India to Pakistan, sparking a fire that killed at least 66 passengers in what the government of India called an "act of terrorism".
Most of the victims were Pakistanis but included some Indians and three railway policemen, said officials who described the attack as an apparent attempt to undermine the peace process between the nuclear-armed rivals. Two other unexploded suitcase bombs were also found on the train, one of them still lying by the side of the track t... | |
| | | | BAN ON TRAFFIC MOVEMENT IN RAGHUNATH Bazaar: CUSTOMERS,PATIENTS FACe HARDSHIPS | | | |
Jammu | February 19
More than two weeks after the famous Raghunath market in Jammu was declared out of bounds for motorists by the traffic department shopkeepers, bank customers, tourists, and regular visitors are facing many hardships.
The Raghnunath market houses big showrooms, bank branches, cinema hall, doctor’s clinic, tourist market, eating points and various other business establishments and witnesses’ huge rush of consumers throughout the day.
Owners of business establishments, regular bank customers and those who regularly come for shopping in the high profile market are the worst sufferers. Ever since the ban was imposed on the movement of four wheelers through the market... | |
| | | | RAILWAY SECURITY REVIEWED AT HIGH LEVEL MEETING | | | |
Jammu | February 19
Railway security apparatus on the Jammu Pathankot and Jammu Udhampur section Railway line has been strengthened following train blasts in Samjhauta express on Sunday midnight near Deewana in Haryana. A separate alert has been sounded in the region to prevent repeat of any such attack.
The security of the railway track and on the railway platforms was reviewed freshly during a high level meeting held here.
Few preventive steps such as regulating flow of traffic outside the main entrance of the railway station, monitoring of vehicles in the parking area, regular patrolling on the railway track and on the railway platform and in the surroundings of the railway s... | |
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