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| KP intellectuals persuading PK factions, others to put a united face before Govt on return | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 20: With various KP organizations vying for return and rehabilitation of displaced Pandits to Valley and implementation PM's package on war footing there is a rethinking among the main stream KP organizations over the issue.
Though all the three factions of Panun Kashmir (PK) are totally opposed to return of displaced pundits to Valley under prevailing circumstances, the Kashmiri pandit Conference (KPC), Kashmir Samiti Delhi (KSD) are also opposed to return to Valley and favour settlement of community at a single consolidated place with free flow of Indian Constitution. In addition to it All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference (ASKPC) an old organization of KPs also favours settlement of community at a single consolidated place with free flow of Indian Constitution.
However various other organizations of Pandits including some groups of unemployed youth demanding the implementation of PM's employment package have shown their willingness to return to valley and join their duties there. Out of 3000 for which advertisements were issued in 2010, over 14... | |
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| llegal mining goes unabated on fragile forest land in Lowemunda | | 'Culprits enjoying political patronage' | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Mar 20: The illegal stone quarring on the fragile forest land along the foothills of Peer Panchal in Lowemunda area of south Kashmir is posing a severe threat to the ecology of the area. The culprits are allegedly enjoying the political patronage.
Hundreds of people could be seen carrying out the stone quarrying on the fragile forest land at nearly a dozen places along the 3 km stretch on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near lowermunda. "The illegal extraction of stones on the fragile forest zone has completely ravaged the ecology of the area and has marred its natural beauty to the hilt.The authorities meant to protect the forests are acting as mute spectato... | |
| | | | Never too late to mend, opposition unites over DDB status issue, stages walk-out | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Mar 20: Entire opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Legislature Tuesday Tuesday displayed a united show while lashing out at the Omar Abdullah led coalition government for rendering the institution of District Development Boards useless by not implementing the decisions being taken in the meetings of the District Development Boards and discriminating the opposition in allotment of plan size and additionalties. The issue rocked the House today and entire opposition staged walk-out in protest.
The trouble started when the Finance and Planning Minister Ab. Rahim Rather could not satisfy the opposition while replying to a question raised by Ch. Zulfkar Ali of Peoples Democratic... | |
| | | | For power National Conference compromises its ideology | | Advantage PDP, integrationis | | | Rustam
Jammu, Mar 20: PDP president and Leader of Opposition in legislative assembly Mehbooba Mufti yesterday tore into the ruling NC and described as "betrayal" its vote in the Lok Sabha for the Presidential Address which contained a reference to the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). The voting took place on Monday. The NCTC of India has been facing stiff opposition from various states, including West Bengal, that consider establishment of the NCTC in its present form as an encroachment upon their law and enforcement powers and federalism features of the Indian constitution. Under the NCTC, which would be located in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the offi... | |
| | | | Jammu has 215 fewer girls to per 1000 males | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 20: Jammu-the city of Temples- has 215 fewer girls to 1000 males. The state as a whole has only 859 girls per 1000 males. This information has been provided by the government in the Legislative council.
However, even though the figures are alarming but the minister is not worried, in fact he had termed them as satisfactory.
Addressing a function in Jammu on Sunday, health minister Sham Lal Sharma had said 'indicators are satisfactory and this trend needs to be maintained."
The government in reply to a question by Ravinder Sharma over child-sex ratio, provided figures according to which as per the 2011 Census Kargil has the highest 978 girls per 1000 males... | |
| | | | `It has never happened before’ Kashmir’s tryst with the storm | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 20: It was a nightmare. Scared Srinagar stayed awake all night seeking pardon for their sins as ferocious whistling winds blew away rooftops and uprooted trees. Nobody was in a position to help anybody. The call for prayers in wee hours brought some respite though for a brief while.
“This has never happened before”, said 88 year-old Ali Muhammad of Lachmanpora , Batmaloo. “I have never witnessed such a storm”, he said.
Mukhta Bhat who lives in Khankah area of old Srinagar recalled her childhood. “I was a student of fifth standard in Mallinson School. My mother witnessed something falling from the sky. She lifted the bottom of her Phiran (a sort of gow... | |
| | | | India Exports Water, Pakistan Exports Terror | | Evaluating IWT | | | NEHA
JAMMU, Mar 20: The other day the legislative assembly witnessed a debate on the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan. Secretary CPI (M) and MLA Kulgam, M Y Tarigami urged the assembly for "comprehensive evaluation" of the IWT so that it could become "more purposeful and beneficial to both neighbouring countries". Participating in the debate on demand for grants for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Departments in Legislative Assembly, he said, "among many hostilities in different spheres between India and Pakistan, IWT, is perhaps the only treaty, which is functional" and added that "some world renowned expert agency needs to be engaged to evaluate how this treaty is ma... | |
| | | | Unprecedented windstorm causes havoc in Valley | | |  early times report
Srinagar, Mar 20: The unprecedented windstorm in the Valley Tuesday caused widespread devastation killing one person and injuring 17 others even as more reports of damage to public and private property continued to come in till late in the night.
A spokesperson of the divisional commissioner's office said one person was killed in Kachnambal village of Ganderbal district while 17 others sustained injuries due to uprooted trees, rooftop collapses and other related incidents.
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