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| MUNICIPAL TRAGEDY | | Gutter gas leak takes over dozen school children ill, one serious | | |
DyCM orders inquiry
SUMIT SHARMA
Jammu, Feb 5- At least fifteen school children of SM Jain Higher Secondary school Rani park area in old city were hospitalized here today when they inhaled poisonous gas leaked from the septic tank in the vicinity of the school premises. They were first taken to GMC hospital and after medical treatment they were shifted to SMGS hospital where condition of one child identified as Sourabh, class 5th student is stated to be critical.
Meanwhile, ln the instructions of Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Tara Chand, the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu has ordered an enquiry into the alleged negligence on part of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) for keeping the gutter uncovered near Jain School, Rani Park, Jammu, as a result of which a number of students of the school have fallen ill, because of emanating foul smell.
Various dignitaries including health minister Shyam Lal, Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Pawan Kotwal and outgoing Div Com Sudanshu Panday and Mayor Kavinder Gupta were reached on the spot to apprise their condition.
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| Scenario’s change, take fresh approach: Mufti | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 5: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for a fresh approach to the resolution of Kashmir issue in view of the newly emerging political scenario in the region.
Mufti was addressing an impressive function here today organized in connection with joining of two prominent political figures Shahzad Khan and Sagar Chand in the party. While Khan recently contested assembly election as an independent candidate from Rajouri constituency, Sagar Chand is a former MLA.
"A fresh approach is needed to address both the internal and external dimensions of the Kashmir issue with the current legislature playing a pro-a... | |
| | | | Adani meets CM | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, FEB 5: Noted industrialist, Mr. Gautam Adani of Adani Group, today called on Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah and showed keen interest in investing in infrastructure development in J&K State.
Adani Group deals in ports, infrastructure, Special Economic Zones, power, energy and oil and natural gas exploration
Welcoming Mr. Adani, Mr. Abdullah asked him to come up with a specific proposal for J&K and assured him that the Government would extend all possible help to invest in the State. He also asked Mr. Adani to contribute to social causes by upliftment of weaker sections of the society in the State like orphans, widows and downtrodden.
The Chief Minister duri... | |
| | | | 26/11 organisers creation of ISI | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 05: Coming out in the open about its findings on Mumbai terror probe, India has alleged that the attacks were a handiwork of the notorious spy agency, the ISI. Foreign Secretary Shiv Shanjar Menon on Thursday said the attacks were planned and launched from Pakistan.
“In each case the perpetrators planned, trained and launched their attacks from Pakistan, and the organisers were and remain clients and creations of the ISI,” he said while alluding to the bombing of the Indian mission in Kabul and the Mumbai mayhem.
India had all along pointed at ‘elements’ in Pakistan while the latter had maintained that ‘non-state’ actors were involved in the attacks that occur... | |
| | | | Terror groups’ meet in Pok | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 5: Global pressure on its tacit support to terrorists seems to have come to naught as Pakistan reportedly hosted a meeting of terrorist groups in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The militant groups, including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Al-Badr, called for strengthening the jihad in Jammu and Kashmir. The diverse groups also agreed that armed struggle was the only way to “resolve” the conflict.
The groups also asked the Pakistani government to release the 150 terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa, who were detained after the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Another demand made at the terror conclave was that Pakist... | |
| | | | BJP national exec meet today | | | | Agencies
Nagpur, Feb 5: The BJP's National Executive and National Council meets here tomorrow to prepare a roadmap and finetune strategies for the coming Lok Sabha elections as it searches for new allies to bolster the NDA led by the saffron party.
The three-day conclave of the main opposition party in this orange city in Maharashtra hopes to zero in on issues that could woo voters to give the mandate to help it regain power and make its stalwart L K Advani the next Prime Minister.
The mega events of the saffron party are considered crucial important as it provides the last chance for the party to get its act together ahead of the polls and steer the National Democratic Alliance(NDA).
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| | | | RS ELECTIONS | | Soz, Azad all set to be declared elected today | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 5: Union Minister for Water Resources and Pradesh Congress Committee president Prof Saifuddin Soz and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad are all set to be declared elected without any contest for Rajya Sabha on Friday while National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah and his senior party colleague Mohammad Shafi Uri will have to face election on February 13.
Other candidates in the fray are Syed Altaf Hussain Bukhari of the Peoples Democratic Party and Advocate Ashok Vijay Gupta of the Bhartiya Janta Party.
Friday is the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers and as such Soz and Azad are all set to be declared elected to the Rajya Sabha wit... | |
| | | | Budget session to be of short duration | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu: The first session of the State Legislature, to be held from 25 February, is likely to be of short duration in view of the likely imposition of Model Code of Conduct by the election Commission of India for Lok Sabha elections.
While the decision about the duration of the session would be taken after the meeting of Business Advisory Committee (BAC), sources said that it will be of a short period.
Sources said that ECI is likely to impose Model Code of Conduct in the state on March 10 and state government is legally bound to adhere to it.
The State Cabinet which met yesterday with the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah in the chair, decided that the session of the S... | |
| | | | Rural area at priority: CM | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb, 5: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has said that the development of rural backward and far-flung areas would receive priority attention of his Government in the development process. The State and the District plans would focus on the integrated and large scale development of these areas, he said adding that economic betterment of the people living in far-off areas could be assured through massive development activities in these areas.
The Chief Minister was interacting with several deputations from Banihal, Kastigarh, Jajjar Kotli, Khansahib and other areas who called on him here on Wednesday evening to present the memoranda of demands.
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