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Women’s Reservation Bill a ‘beacon for women emancipation’: Soz 3/13/2010 11:50:35 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: Aimed at increasing participation of women at each level of legislative decision-making, starting from the Lok Sabha down to state and local legislatures, the Women's Reservation Bill has again become the focus of attention after an exile of 14 years. The proposed legislation to reserve 33.3 per cent seats in parliament and state legislatures for women was first drafted by the United Front government headed by HD Deve Gowda 14 years back. Terming the passage of the bill by the present UPA government at the Centre as a revolutionary step to end the gender bias, PCC president and former union minister Saifudin Soz today said it would be beacon for women. The bill would go a long way to change the state of women in India, he said and added that the Congress was committed to provide equality of status to women. Speaking at a seminar on Women Awareness at Gandhi Nagar Women College here, the PCC president said the UPA Government, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, was making tireless efforts to uplift the status of women in the society....   READ MORE

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‘No question to support PRC issue’ 3/13/2010 11:50:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: With the PDP seemingly going whole hog to woo the ruling coalition partners in support of the Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Certificate Bill, Congress today sought to dissociate itself from the controversial issue. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a seminar held at Gandhi Nagar Women College here Saturday, PCC president Saifudin Soz ruled out any support to the bill seeking cancellation of permanent resident rights of domicile women marrying outside Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was not on party agenda. He said the Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Certificate bill, introduced by PDP in the legislative council, "is not on Congress ...   READ MORE   Police station, DM's office attacked Shopian on boil again 3/13/2010 11:50:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: Police resorted to cane charge and lobbed scores of tearsmoke shells to disperse angry demonstrators protesting arrest of a relative of two women allegedly raped and murdered in May last year. The demonstrators attacked police station and the district magistrate's office. The demonstrations left several persons wounded. According to reports, Shakeel Ahmad brother of Aasiya and husband of Neelofar-two women who were raped and subsequently murdered last year was taken into custody by the police today for unknown reasons. Reports said Shakeel, a local businessman was dragged from his shop and beaten to pulp by the police after he exchanged heated argu...   READ MORE   ‘CM has been mislead….he should have called me Sectt’ Beig retorts in LA 3/13/2010 11:50:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: After a brief lull, PDP today broke the silence in the Legislative Assembly today, this time using arguments as tool to corner and attack the National Conference. Using his articulating skills well once again, it was Muzaffar Hussain Beig , the former Deputy Chief Minister of the state who countered the allegations of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on funds having been 'mismanaged' during PDP tenure by the then Finance and Planning Ministers. Beig spun his arguments with figures about funds of his time, contending that Omar has been 'misled' by some one, other than senior bureaucrats or the Finance Minister AR Rather. "I do not doubt the intentions o...   READ MORE   God chose Mufti, Azad to fulfill Sheikh's dreams’ 3/13/2010 11:49:48 PM The veteran PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig who was in his best of oratory abilities in the Legislative Assembly today took a dig at Abdullah family, hitting hard, albeit in a scornful and satirical manner. The political salvo this time was spun with some humour in what he targeted NC for trying to take credit of all the major development works being done in the state, particularly in Kashmir. " Ismey Koi Shak Nahin Hai Ki Sheikh Sahib key Is state main Bahut Ahsaan Hai….Jo Log Yeh Nahin Mantey Hain Voh Tarikh Ko Nakartey Hain….Lekin Unkey Khwaboon Ki Tameer Key Liye Almighty Ney Mufti Sahab Aur Azad Sbahab Ko Hi Chun Liyea (there is no denying the fact that Sheikh had dreams for this ...   READ MORE   BJP, JKNPP, JSM stage walkout, Cong opposes move Uproar continues over 'daughters' Bill 3/13/2010 11:49:38 PM ARTEEV SHARMA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 13: The Lower House of State Legislature continued to witness uproarious and noisy scenes on second consecutive day today with Jammu based legislators cornering the ruling coalition partners over introduction of Permanent Resident Disqualification Bill in the Legislative Council by a Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) legislator. Accusing the National Conference led government of "anti-Jammu" and "discriminatory" against the women, all the legislators of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and Jammu State Morcha (JSM) staged a walkout from the House. The PDP legislator, Murtaza Khan introduced a P...   READ MORE   38-year-old producer dies under stress from DD Kashir 530 J&K producers being forced to cough up Crores on Srinagar-Delhi shuttling 3/13/2010 11:49:22 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Mar 13: While Doordarshan is forcing 530 freelance television producers, based in Kashmir valley and Jammu, to spend Crores of Rupees on account of shuttling between the state and the union capital in connection with the commissioned programmes of DD Kashir, scores of the filmmakers in trouble have fallen in deep stress and agony. After he found his programme allotted to a different producer, 38-year-old veteran producer Syed Gulzar Rizvi died of cardiac arrest at his home in Budgam last month. Syed Gulzar Rizvi was a 38-year-old producer running entire livelihood of himself and his family on the television productions which he continued to pursue in the wor...   READ MORE   Black-badge protest awaits Banerjee at SKICC 3/13/2010 11:49:07 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Mar 13: Over 200 freelance television producers, based in Kashmir and Jammu are planning to greet Senior Director of Kashir Channel (DD Kashir), Ananya Banerjee, with a black-badge protest over bunglings and brazen violation of guidelines in allotment of the commissioned programmes for 2009-10. Ms Banerjee is scheduled to participate in finale and prize distribution ceremony of DD Kashir's musical competition 'Milay Surr' at SKICC here on March 15th. Informed sources said that the aggrieved producers, whose proposals have been either fully rejected or slashed to peanuts of two to four episodes to accommodate more than 50 ineligible applicants, have decided to ...   READ MORE   Employees defer strike till Mar 19 Work paralysed in govt offices on 5th day 3/13/2010 11:49:02 PM ET Report Jammu, Mar 13: A day after the State government's dialogue offer to the striking employees, the representatives of different factions of employees have decided to defer their strike till March 19, the date finalized for holding parleys between Cabinet Sub-Committee and protesting employees. The State Government had invited the striking government employees for talks and it had constituted a cabinet sub-committee for the purpose yesterday. About four lakhs government employees observed five days long strike across the State in support of their demands including release of Sixth Pay Commission arrears with effect from January 2006, enhancement of retirement age from 58 to 60 ye...   READ MORE   Jammu gets Rs 2.29 lakh, Kashmir Rs 364.07 lakh Height of Discrimination 3/13/2010 11:48:46 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 13: There is feeling in Jammu that the Jammu-based ministers are responsible for the neglect of this province, which contributes to the state exchequer every year over 70 per cent revenue and, in return, gets only crumbs. The feeling is well-founded. There is no doubt that it is the Jammu-based leadership that has consistently failed the people of Jammu province, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs included, for promoting their personal interests. One can catalogue here innumerable instances to prove that the Jammu-based leadership has always supported the anti-Jammu policies being diligently devised and ruthlessly implemented by the rulers, without any excepti...   READ MORE   SVO presents challan against treasury employee 3/13/2010 11:48:32 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: The state vigilance organisation (SVO) today presented challan against an accounts assistant in the court of special judge anti-corruption, Jammu, in a corruption case. When he was caught by SVO last year, Subash Chander Raina was posted as accounts assistant in the additional treasury at New Plots. As per the chargesheet, one Radha Rani lodged a written complaint with SVO against Raina on April 22, 2009, alleging that he was demanding a bribe of Rs 2,000 from her 70-year-old mother Usha Rani for the release of family pension. Acting on the complaint, SVO had caught Raina red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 2,000 from the complainant in the presence...   READ MORE   Doc, 2 held for ‘molesting’ patient in Doda 3/13/2010 11:48:24 PM Jammu: A senior ayur-vedic doctors and two others, including a pharmacist and a nursing orderly, were today arrested by police for allegedly molesting a patient in a primary health centre (PHC) at Assar in Doda. Police sources said a woman, who was admitted to PHC, Assar, lodged a complaint of molestation against three persons, including a senior ayurvedic doctor. Acting on the complaint, police raided the PHC and arrested the doctor and two others named as accused by the woman. A case was registered against the three, including a pharmacist and a nursing orderly, the sources added. ...   READ MORE   Mankotia stages walk out 3/13/2010 11:48:16 PM Jammu: Accusing the ruling dispensation of "suppressing" the voice of deserving Public Health Engineering (PHE) workers, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) MLA from Udhampur, Balwant Singh Mankotia today staged a walkout from the Legislative Assembly during the question hour. The furious Panthers Party MLA alleged that the PHE workers, who have been working for the past 10 years and have not been recognized by the government, are getting meager salaries of Rs 300, Rs 500 and Rs 700 per month. "As they have not been recognized by the administration, the government is trying to suppress their claims through this verification process," he charged. Though the Speaker suggest...   READ MORE   Mayor’s extend 3/13/2010 11:48:08 PM Jammu: A Bill seeking amendment in the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act to extend the tenures of Mayors and Deputy Mayors and change the mode of their election from secret to open ballot was introduced today in the state assembly. The legislation tabled in the House by Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand seeks to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act 2000 to increase the existing one-year term of Mayors and Deputy Mayors to two and a half years and change the mode of their election from secret to open ballot....   READ MORE   21 held while using mobiles for copying 3/13/2010 11:47:56 PM JAMMU: A cellphone demerit, which went neglected in the previous at least three exams of higher secondary part II, did not go unnoticed today when police caught 21 students while using mobile phones for copying in an examination centre here. All the students, who were caught, had hidden cellphones inside their turbans for the alleged purpose of using them for copying, police sources said.Sources said someone from outside the examination centre was reading for them the answers of the examination questions. Acting on a tip-off, a police party, led by DSP MS Gill and Miran Sahib police station SHO, Sub-Inspector Paramjit Singh, raided examination centre No 254 at the New Gandhi Memorial B.Ed...   READ MORE

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