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Doda, Kishtwar areas running short of many essentials, profiteering makes way in crisis 2/8/2009 11:27:40 PM Shariq Nabi Doda, Feb 8: Despite efforts from government to maintain supply lines in the cut off regions of Doda and Kishtwar, black-marketing and profiteering has found its way in the hours of crisis. Chemist shops are running short of medicines, LPG Gas is being sold on higher rates and auto fuel is almost running out. Many traders here are exploiting the situation and are selling goods at higher costs on the pretext of extra labour charges etc. This all is being done right under the nose of district administration and even after the appraisal of various senior citizens administration has not been able to take action against the culprits. In this connection when Deputy Commissioner Doda, Sharief-Ud-Din was contacted he denied any black marketing and added that they had made checking squads to keep vigil over such elements. Speaking over the road connectivity he said that there is alternative route of Bani-Basoli road which too will be made operational within a week of time. Moreover he said that they have permitted the shoppers to have extra of Rs 10 from consumers as l...   READ MORE

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Congress ready for polls: Sonia 2/8/2009 11:26:52 PM New Delhi, Feb 08: Sounding the poll bugle, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday declared her party was "ready, prepared and confident" to face the coming Lok Sabha elections and that it will seek another mandate to rule on the plank of "solid and substantial achievements" of the UPA government. "We ask the people to reaffirm their faith in us so that we can continue to provide each and every Indian a life of security, dignity and prosperity. We are ready. We are prepared. We are confident," Gandhi said at a conclave of district and block level party office-bearers in New Delhi. In a speech that virtually kick-started the Congress election campaign, Gandhi said, "As we approach...   READ MORE   “Definitely Yes” –Army Chief on Surgical Strikes in Pakistan 2/8/2009 11:26:37 PM New Delhi, Feb 8: Against the backdrop of much-debated option of surgical strikes against terror infrastructure in Pakistan post-Mumbai terror attack, Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor has said that such strikes are ‘very much feasible’ militarily. "Surgical strikes are definitely feasible but whether you wish to take that decision or not not is a separate issue," he said when asked by news agency whether such strikes were feasible. "Definitely yes. Whether you would like to look at doing it (carrying out such strikes) by air or artillery or by another means or physically there," he said in reply to questions. Asked if the armed forces were ready for such strikes if the political leade...   READ MORE   NC issues whip to MLAs 2/8/2009 11:26:17 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 8: The Chief Whip of National Conference, Mr. Mubarak Gul has issued whip to all the National Conference MLAs asking them to remain headquartered at Jammu from February 11 to February 13. ...   READ MORE   Swedish tourist arrested in Gumlarg for pasting Quranic verse on skiing equipment 2/8/2009 11:25:45 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb. 7: A Quranic verse pasted on one of the skis of a Swedish tourist today took the skiing paradise of Gulmarg by storm. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets crying “sacrilege” but the skier has told police he had pasted the sticker carrying the verse for divine protection against any harm. The police have detained Hans Patrick, who works in Qatar, for questioning but the protesters want him punished. Kashmir police chief B. Srinivas said Patrick was married to a Muslim woman in Qatar who had given him the sticker for good luck. “She had given him the sticker to protect him from harm since he had come here for skiing. He inadvertently put the s...   READ MORE   Saji names 27 accomplices Govt, Police monitoring officers who worked with tainted officer 2/8/2009 11:25:21 PM ET DESK Jammu, Feb 8: Arrested in the drug smuggling case, the IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre Saji Mohan has named 27 more accomplices even as the State government and the Police have initiated internal monitor on all those officers and men who were associated with the tainted officer during last years of his tenure here. The Anti-Terror squad of the Mumbai Police, which is probing the drug case, took into custody Balwinder Singh, a SP of the Narcotics Control Bureau in Chandigarh. Singh had been summoned by investigators questioning Mohan, as both the officers were responsible for huge seizures of heroin in Chandigarh about two years ago. Police officials here said there wer...   READ MORE   Omar calls on ailing Vajpayee 2/8/2009 11:24:59 PM Early Times Report New Delhi, Feb. 8 : As the nation prayed for the health and well being of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Kalyan Singh visited AIIMS on Sunday to enquire after him. Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt also paid his visit to AIIMS to enquire after Vajpayee's health. Vajpayee, who was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after complaining of severe chest pain last Tuesday, is currently in the ICU. His condition is stated to be stable. A medical bulletin released on Sunday morning said, "He is on a mechanical ventilator. His condition is ...   READ MORE   Employees set for showdown; KAS officers offer breather 2/8/2009 11:24:43 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 8: With no arrangement of funds yet to meet their demand, over four lakh employees are once again gearing up for a showdown with the government even as the Finance Minister Abdullah Rahim Rather has taken the KAS officers on board and they have pulled out of the agitation for implementation of the pay commission report. Since Monday is a holiday, the employees are all set for strike on February 10 and 11 and this time it is likely to be more vigorous as both faction factions of Employees Joint Action Committee and different other unions and organizations have joined hands to come on a common platform for the pay issue. The government has though hold ou...   READ MORE

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