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| Soz, Azad have cakewalk to Rajya Sabha; | | Farooq, 3 others to fight it out on Feb 13 | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6: After no withdrawal of nominations on Friday for the Rajya Sabha elections , Union Minister for Water Resources Prof Saifuddin Soz and former Chief Minister of the state, Ghulam Nabi Azad were declared elected uncontested for Rajya Sabha on the last date for withdrawal of nomination for the upper house.
Soz and Azad were the only candidates to file their papers against Notification No. 1 and 2. There will be election on February 13 for remaining two seats for which National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah, his senior party colleague Mohammad Shafi Uri, Peoples Democratic Party nominee Syed Altaf Hussain Bukhari and BJP candidate Advocate Ashok Vijay Gupta are in fray.
The announcement was made by the returning officer in Jammu. Soon after the announcement Congress workers switched to celebrations mode. Congress workers were seen dancing on the roads and beating drums.
Four seats of Rajya Sabha had fallen vacant on November 25 and 29 last year and elections to them couldn't be held in time as the 10th Assembly had been dissolved. The... | |
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| Aberrations excepted, no communal element in Army: Gen Kapoor | | | |
New Delhi, Feb 6: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor today ruled out existence of a network of communal elements within his force, maintaining that the case of the alleged involvement of a serving lieutenant colonel in the Malegaon blast was an "aberration".
He also made it clear that the army would initiate internal action against Lt Col Srikant Purohit, an accused in the Malegaon blasts case being prosecuted by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS).
Kapoor said in an interview to a news agency that the army was reviewing its internal mechanisms and processes to further strengthen them so that such incidents do not not recur.
When asked if he still maintained that the case of Pur... | |
| | | | Vajpayee put on ventilator | | | |
NEW DELHI: Health worries of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee continued on Friday with AIIMS doctors putting him on "mechanical
ventilation" after his respiratory infection worsened.
"He (Vajpayee) continues to have lower respiratory track infection which has worsened since morning. He has been put on mechanical ventilation in ICU and is being monitored by a team of doctors," Dr Sampath Kumar, head of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Sciences of AIIMS, said on Friday evening while reading out a brief medical bulletin.
All his basic parametres including blood pressure, liver and kidney functions were normal, Kumar said.
84-year-old Vajpayee continues to be in the ICU. His progress... | |
| | | | Advani gets death threat | | | |
New Delhi, Feb 6: Senior BJP leader and Prime ministerial candidate L K Advani on Thursday, Feb 5 said he received a death threat on his website. Advani informed the government that he received an e-mail threat by a Pakistan-based group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
Reports suggest that the post threatened harnessing of new technology weapons to be used against politicians and key personalities. Sources said that Advani received the threat while he was in Vijayawada. Meanwhile the senior BJP leaders and members of the national council meet is on to prepare and discuss the strategies to be executed for the coming Lok Sabha elections.
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| | | | Weather fury in Kashmir, 6 feared dead in Machhil | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, FEB 6: At least six persons have been feared dead as heavy snowfall threw life out of gear in Kashmir Valley today, snapping power supply and bringing traffic on the vital Srinagar-Jammu National Highway to a standstill. The snowfall, which started yesterday across the valley and high altitude areas of Jammu division, plunged most areas of the state into darkness and forced authorities to close the traffic on the 300-km Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which was partially restored today.
Following the heavy snowfall late last evening in the Kashmir valley, the Divisional Administration here immediately swung into action and in the wee hours today start... | |
| | | | Restoration may take one week; CM visits Doda, assures transshipment of stranded passengers | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6: As this tragedy in making was waiting to happen, two districts with Doda belt lost surface connection with rest of the region after sinking in of Batote-Doda road following incessant rainfalls of since last night.
Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today had an aerial visit of Assar area where nearly 150-metre road-stretch between Assar and Trungal was washed away due to heavy overnight rains. Four vehicles were swept away in the incident; however, no loss of life has been reported so far. The road link between Batote and Doda and onwards to Kishtwar has been snapped and it might take two to three days for restoration.
The incident occurred during last... | |
| | | | Short assembly session, Vote-on-Account likely | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, FEB 6: As preparations get underway for the upcoming assembly session –the first of the eleventh assembly –the legislators have been asked to list their Questions, Bills and Resolutions before February 14. It is learnt that the assembly session is likely to be of a short duration and the Finance Minister will present Vote on Account instead of a full budget. An official confirmation is, however, yet to be made.
The Governor, NN Vohra has summoned the Legislative Assembly session at Jammu on February 25, 2009 at 10 A.M. He will address both the Houses at Central Hall of Legislature building, Jammu, on the same day at 11.30 A.M.
After the address, each House o... | |
| | | | Kotwal takes over as Div Com Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6
Dr Pawan Kotwal today took over as Divisional Commissioner, Jammu relieving Sudhanshu Pandey. Dr Kotwal a graduate in Medicine and an IAS officer of 1994 batch of J&K Cadre has served as Deputy Commissioner in Doda, Poonch, Anantnag, Udhampur and Jammu districts. He has also served as Director Industries and Commerce and was Commissioner/Secretary Industries and Commerce prior to his new assignment. Dr Kotwal has also discharged his duties as Administrator Jammu Municipal Corporation and Secretary to Chief Minister from March 2007 to February 2008.
Dr Kotwal is known as an able administrator and bureaucrat who has always delivered in a competent and capabl... | |
| | | | Kotwal takes over as Div Com Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 6
Dr Pawan Kotwal today took over as Divisional Commissioner, Jammu relieving Sudhanshu Pandey. Dr Kotwal a graduate in Medicine and an IAS officer of 1994 batch of J&K Cadre has served as Deputy Commissioner in Doda, Poonch, Anantnag, Udhampur and Jammu districts. He has also served as Director Industries and Commerce and was Commissioner/Secretary Industries and Commerce prior to his new assignment. Dr Kotwal has also discharged his duties as Administrator Jammu Municipal Corporation and Secretary to Chief Minister from March 2007 to February 2008.
Dr Kotwal is known as an able administrator and bureaucrat who has always delivered in a competent and capabl... | |
| | | | | | | GOC 29 Infantry organizes education tour for Bani, Macheddi children
Early Times Report
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 06- As a part of Army’s “Operation SADBHAVNA” in the state, GOC, 29 Infantry Division organized 10 days Education Tour for 25 children from Bani and Machhedi tehsils.
The tour covering cities like Amritsar, New Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Agra, Dehradun and Chandigarh aims at making the children aware of the cultural diversity of the country and expose them to the development taking place in the country.
GOC, 29 Infantry Division who flagged off the tour, also lauded the civil administration and the local army units for working together to help develop the area and bring peace and harmon... | |
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