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| Hold on. Poll bonanza in making | | All-please sops: 30,000 plus jobs, retirement age may go up | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 5
Just hold on. You thought party is over. No, it is not yet. Once the dirty dust of scams and allegations is settled down, the government is all set to come up with massive poll year sops.
Wait for the lucky card. When it opened there is luck for all –the youth, the elders, the employed and unemployed –all have their piece of cake in the poll bonanza which may start showing up in very near future.
Sources in the government have told EARLY TIMES that the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has worked out a model blue print which may be unveiled at an appropriate point of time to sweep the public mood. “There may be historic public welfare measures and a positive answer to a slew of demands pending since many years to enliven the public sentiments in favour of the ruling coalition regime”, said the sources.
Among the massive “all-pleasing” decisions, the government is most likely to enhance the retirement age of Jammu and Kashmir government employees from the current 58 years to 60 years. The Chief Minister has already indicated this. Sensing the ... | |
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| Army to purchase snow mobiles | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 5
With an aim to guarding the inhospitable terrain and snow-carpeted barren mountain chains bordering Pakistan, Army has decided to purchase latest snow mobiles to ensure the mobility and intensified patrolling along the Indo-Pak border in Ladakh frontier region.
"Latest all-featured snow mobiles are being purchased soon for their use in border patrolling and for mobility of troops along Indo-Pak border in Siachen-Kargil sector of Ladakh Region," defence sources said.
In the first phase, 25 snow mobiles will be purchased by the Northern Command Headquarters (NCH) at Udhampur, the sources said, adding NCH has already floated global tenders regarding this... | |
| | | | Sawalakote: Tareekh Pe Tareekh | | Case adjourned till first week of March; Singhvi appears | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 5
Recalling a scene from the Hindi blockbuster Damini one can still feel fresh the loud vocal of muscleman Sunny Deol –My Lord Tareekh Pe Tareekh. This is perhaps what is happening with the prestigious Sawalakote hydro-electric project which entangled in a prolonged litigation thus marring the better power generation prospects for Jammu and Kashmir.
Today once again the hearing on the 1200 Mega Watts project was adjourned. Justice JP Singh of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Jammu after hearing senior Abhishek Manu Shinghvi appearing for the petitioner project construction consortium adjourned the case and fixed first week of March for further hearing.
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| | | | Terror scare puts off Advani’s Jammu rallies | | Fresh schedule after March 20 | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 5
The newly emerged Prime Ministerial candidate of the BJP, LK Advani had to call off his rallies in many states including Jammu and Kashmir following terror threat to his life.
BJP today announced postponement of most of L K Advani's rallies following advice from the Government to scale down his public appearance in the wake of credible intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack on him.
The rallies over the next one month as part of Advani's 'Sankalp Yatra' starting tomorrow in Jabalpur to highlight the UPA Government's failures have been postponed and will now be rescheduled after March 20. Besides Jammu and Kashmir, Advani had to address a se... | |
| | | | J&K chill worst in 45 years | | Snow alert sounded in Valley, NH remains closed | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 5
As the chill maintains across the state and temperatures continue to dip, the whether experts say that Jammu and Kashmir is passing through the lowest temperatures of past 45 years. The present extremely cold weather coupled with rains and snowfall in the upper reaches is likely to continue for sometime.
Meanwhile, in a grim reminder of the devastating snow Tsunami of 2005 which took more than 200 lives in the state, the authorities have sounded a snow alert in Kashmir Valley.
The troops and other people have warned against avalanches, particularly along the National Highway and around the areas of Jawahar tunnel.
As a fall out of the worsening wea... | |
| | | | Domicile certificates for WP refugees | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 5
The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken an initiative to solve the six-decade-old multi-dimensional refugee problem which has its origin in the partition of the State in 1947.
In a policy decision, the State government has decided to give West Pakistan refugees domicile certificate thus enabling them to seek employment though they would not get a Permanent Resident Certificate.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the government was ready to give all other facilities to West Pakistan refugees within the purview of State government. He admitted that consensus eluded an all-party meeting, called by him last year, on granting State subject rights to r... | |
| | | | Jammu tourism promotion … only promise galore--ll | | Actions do not match words | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Feb 5
News Analysis
The Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has repeatedly stressed on developing Jammu region as hub of pilgrim tourism, with the region having plethora of ancient religious shrines of all the communities, particularly with abundance of Hindu religious shrines. He has recently also underscored the need for imparting training to the youth to serve as tourist and pilgrimage guides by giving them preliminary knowledge about the historical background, legends attached to as well as the locations and other aspects of potential tourist and pilgrimage spots. A laudable suggestion indeed!
But what is the reality? There is a vast difference ... | |
| | | | Kandahar verdict: three get life term | | | | A special court in Patiala today sentenced to life imprisonment three accused in the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Kathmandu to Kandahar in Afghanistan on December 24, 1999. Sessions Judge of Patiala Inderjit Singh Walia, who is the Special Judge in the case sentenced Abdul Latif, Bhupal Man Damai alias Yusaf Nepali and Dalip Kumar Bhujel to life term under sections 302, 307, 363, 342, 467 of the IPC and under 25 Arms Act and sections 4 and 5 of the Anti-Hijacking Act and section 120B of the IPC for criminal conspiracy. ... | |
| | | | Markets consolidate, Sensex ends flat | | | | The stock markets today showed signs of consolidation with the benchmark Sensex ending flat on alternate bouts of buying and selling despite weak global trends.
Most of the Asian indices ended in the red, following bearishness on Wall Street last night. European markets also opened subdued today. The weak global cues weighed on the local bourses which have seen choppy sessions for the last two days. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange barometer concluded the day at 18,663.16, a mere rise of 2.84 points, over its previous close. The Sensex during the day moved in the range of 18,729.83 and 18509.54 points, reflecting volatility. ... | |
| | | | ICICI Bank may cut rates | | | | Country's largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank today kept its cards close to the chest on the possibility of an interest rate cut, saying it was still assessing the demand-supply position for credit. "Let's wait see what happens. This is the last quarter of the year where rates normally tends to increase. It would be unwise to say how rates will move in the next six weeks. We have also to see the demand-supply gap," Chairman K V Kamath, told reporters here. Asked about the slow-down in the bank's credit offtake during the fiscal, Kamath said there has been a slow-down in automobile and mortgage portfolios. ... | |
| | | | Dawood Still in Pakistan: CBI | | | | CBI Director Vijay Shankar today lambasted Pakistan for its uncooperative approach in matters related to terror and said it was still harbouring India's most wanted underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. ''The kingpin of the Mumbai serial blasts Dawood was still in
Pakistan,'' the CBI director said.... | |
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