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| Avinash Bhatia receives Rajiv Gandhi award | | | | Jammu | Feb 23
Jammu and Kashmir Gandhian Society has conferred Rajiv Gandhi excellence award to Mr. Avinash Bhatia, a young and an enthusiastic social worker and youth activist, who has rendered excellent service in the field of Sadhbhawna and communal amity between various sections of the society.
Acknowledging the stupendous task of young Bhatia and with a view to encouraging him to further intensify his endeavours in this direction as cherished by Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhian society awarded Mr. Bhatia with the prestigious award.
The award carried gold medal, a shawl, certificate and a lifesize portrait of late Rajiv Gandhi.
The award was given away by Minister for Healt... | |
| | | | Indo-Canadian cooperation vital for world peace: Governor | | | | JAMMU | FEB 23
Governor Lt. Gen (Retd) S K Sinha today appreciated the endeavours being made by Jammu University in having linkage with Canadian Universities for binding academic and cultural bonds.
Inaugurating 3-day International Conference on Canadian Studies in university campus here this morning, Governor reminded the high class gathering about various commonalities between India and Canada and said that both the countries were mutli-cultural, multi-linguistic and secular committed to the cause of world peace.
General Sinha, who is also the Chancellor of Jammu University, expressed happiness over launching of a course in Canadian literature in collaboration with a Canadia... | |
| | | | 5,000 dollars per NATO soldier a month | | | | NEW DELHI | FEB 23
NATO forces in Afghanistan continue to face many a hardship. It is a different story that each NATO soldier costs an average of 5,000 dollars a month to maintain in Afghanistan, while the average ANA (Afghan National Army) soldier takes home 60 dollars a month. A pay raise plus a more robust training program for ANA and ANP personnel would surely attract more Afghans to serving the national security force and, for those who are already part of it, reduce the high rate of desertion.
Will the resources spent on an expanded NATO and US military mission be replaced with a new strategy? A precise answer to this question is pretty difficult to seek in the prevailing un... | |
| | | | India remains concerned over infiltration: Kalam | | New threats to national security increasingly visible | | | NEW DELHI | FEB 23
India remains concerned over infiltration and cros-border terrorism, President, APJ Abdul Kalam said on Friday. He has emphasised that the success of the dialogue process "is predicated on Pakistan fulfilling its commitment not to permit any territory under its control to be usd to support terrorism in any manner".
In his address to two Houses of Parliament on the opening day of the two-month-long budget session, the President observed: "It is a matter of satisfaction that the dialogue process with Pakistan is progressing steadily". He said that the composite dialogue, the Joint Commission and the anti-terrorism instituional mechanism "have provided a structural fra... | |
| | | | Another smuggler lands in lockup | | | | Srinagar | Feb 23
Another timber smuggler landed up in police custody today when he was caught red handed by a team of forest department while smuggling 25 slippers of Deodar in Rafiabad area of district Baramulla.
According to reports, a team of Forest Division Langate led by DFO Mir Mushtaq laid a special naka at Hyderpora in the outskirts of Rafiabad, late last night. The naka party reportedly arrested one Muhammad Hussain Khan who was smuggling timber from the area. At least 25 Deodar slippers were recovered from the smuggler, who was handed over to police. Divisional Forest Officer Langate, Mir Mushtaq said that the department has seized 7100 Deodar clefts worth Rs 90 lacks, in the ... | |
| | | | Housing employee beaten to death, ASI arrested | | Third instance of killing by police in ongoing month | | | Jammu, Feb 23
Another instance of police atrocity came to light today when an Assistant Sub Inspector allegedly beat a Housing Corporation employee to death. It is the third incident during the ongoing month in which a civilian has been reportedly killed by Police in Jammu region. Meanwhile, the accused ASI has been arrested and proceedings under CrPC 174 have been initiated against him.
According to reports, an ASI Lal Chand posted in Gharota Police Station beat the employee deputed by the corporation as chowkidar at a piece of land in Gharota. The employee who felt unconscious was later shifted to Sarwal Hospital from where he was referred to Government Medical College (GMC). The docto... | |
| | | | Div Com inaugurates youth Red Cross unit | | | | Jammu | Feb 23
A Youth Red Cross Unit, first of its kind in the State, comprising of 60 young dedicated Volunteers of Government Women College, Parade, Jammu, was inaugurated by the Divisional Commissioner Jammu Pramod Jain, who is also the Chairman of the Indian Red Cross Society, here today. The girls enrolled in the unit were earlier screened by a committee constituted for the purpose.
In his inaugural address Jain said that he is very glad to inaugurate this unit, first of its kind in the State of J&K, and complimented the Jammu District branch for taking the initiative. He said that youth represent a substantial part of the membership of Red Cross for its humanitarian commitment. He ... | |
| | | | ‘Illegal transportation of Pashmina’ | | Timely Vigilance action leads to recovery of over Rs.8.45 lakh | | | Jammu | Feb 23
Deputy Commissioner Commercial Taxes (Vigilance and Inspection) Kashmir imposed a penalty of Rs.4, 22, 250/- on a firm M/s Altaf & Brother, Nowpora, Srinagar for evading Sales Tax and transporting raw Pashmina from Leh to Srinagar illegally. In addition to the fine, the firm deposited an equal amount as security for under valuation of the material.
Giving details a Vigilance spokesman said today that on January 30 last, the firm M/s Altaf & Brother transported 1250 kgs of raw Pashmina from Leh to Srinagar through Indian Air Lines flight No IC 447 to evade the sales xax. However, acting on an input the officers of the State Vigilance Organization, Kashmir, with the assistanc... | |
| | | | Train blast: Police focuses on seized bottles | | | | NEW DELHI:
The police are focusing on the make of the bottles which had been kept inside suitcases used to plant bombs in the Samjhuta Express. These bottles carrying either petrol or kerosene had been packed along with the bombs to ignite a fire after the blasts.
"All the bottles have the same name on them. The name and quality of these one-litre bottles suggest that these could even be manufactured at home. As of now the manufactures have not been identified,’’ said a police officer, adding that the bottles are also of a ‘peculiar’ shape, the kind of which is not seen in the markets. The Delhi Police have now sought help of their counterparts in several other states for identifying th... | |
| | | | Bomb hoax on two Mumbai trains | | | | MUMBAI:
At least two calls claiming bombs being planted on a Western Railway commuter train and the Ratnagiri Express sent security agencies into a tizzy, but they turned out to be hoax, railway police said on Friday.
"There were at least two calls regarding bombs being placed in a suburban Virar-bound train on Thursday night as well as the Ratnagiri Express early Friday morning. However, after checking both, they were found to be hoaxes," a railway police official said.
The police said they received anonymous calls saying a bomb could be placed in a Virar-bound train between 7:00 am and 7:30 am and early morning in the Ratnagiri Express.
Railway police, which had been put on ... | |
| | | | 13 women gang raped in UP village | | | | LUCKNOW:
As many as 13 women were allegedly gang raped by armed bandits at a brick kiln, reportedly owned by ruling Samajwadi Party leader OP Singh, in eastern Uttar Pradesh, police said.
While the incident took place in a remote village in Ballia district, about 400 km from here, around midnight Wednesday, information reached the state headquarters on Friday. Director General of Police Bua Singh gave instructions to register a case.
"The Ballia police have registered a case of gang rape against unidentified armed bandits who were also alleged to have looted personal belongings of the women including their jewellery. The women were engaged as ordinary labour at the brick kiln in S... | |
| | | | BJP reminds Kasuri of Pak's anti-terror pledge | | | | NEW DELHI:
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whose government initiated the peace process with Islamabad, on Thursday reminded Pakistan of its pledge that it would not allow anti-terror activities from its soil.
He told visiting Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, who called on him at his residence in New Delhi, that issues between the two countries should not be resolved in haste.
Former External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha, who was present at the hour-long meeting along with former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra, told reporters that Vajpayee expressed his support to the peace process, but recalled that there was a condition in talks with Pre... | |
| | | | 'Death was waiting to devour my children' | | | | PANIPAT:
"Death was waiting to take my children away from me," said an emotionally-choked Rana Shaukat Ali as he struggled to identify his five kids devoured by the flames that engulfed Samjhauta Express on Sunday night.
"I came here with six children and would go back with all of them," said Ali, who arrived here along with his wife Rukhsana and one-year-old Aksa late on Thursday night.
His family was not too keen on the India visit as his children were to take the annual school exams due next month but went to Delhi to inquire about an ailing aunt.
"We crossed the border on January 23 and reached Delhi the next day. We had planned for a 10-day trip, but kept delaying the dep... | |
| | | | Mass burial of Samjhauta blasts victims tomorrow | | | | PANIPAT:
The unidentified bodies of those killed in the deadly Samjhauta Express blasts will be buried here on Saturday as authorities said they cannot preserve the corpses any longer.
The local administration on Friday got clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs for mass burial of the bodies and it will take place in Mehrana village, about five km from here, on Saturday afternoon.
So far, 38 of the 68 people killed in the blasts have been identified.
Another batch of relatives of the Pakistani victims is expected to reach here on Friday evening or by Saturday morning and the authorities have decided to give them time till 12 pm on Saturday for identifying the bodies.
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| | | | India withholding blasts victims list: Pak | | | | ISLAMABAD:
India has failed to provide a list of mainly Pakistani passengers who died in the bomb attack on the Samjhauta Express five days ago, Pakistan's Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid told the parliament in Islamabad on Friday.
Addressing the National Assembly lower house, the minister protested the omission by Indian authorities investigating the carnage.
"If India had to face the same consequences, they would have raised a hue and cry," Rashid said, the Online news agency of Pakistan reported.
He said India had not shared any information with Pakistan regarding its probe into the incident, which occurred around midnight last Sunday.
Sixty-eight passengers died and doz... | |
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