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| Rejected by people, rewarded by Govt | | Upper House turned into rehabilitation centre for defeated candidates | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 27: Advocates of the 33% reservation for women in legislative bodies have one the one side closed all doors for women, representatives of economically weaker sections, intellectuals and the high-profile men in education and other social services but at the same time created the dubious precedent of accommodating as many as 11 of the defeated candidates in the Legislative Council in Jammu & Kashmir. In a few days from now, exactly 33% of the seats in the ‘House of Elders’ will be occupied by those politicians of different political parties who have been rejected by people of the state in the recent Assembly elections---if the Government succeeds in hoodwinking Governor N N Vohra, who has been a career bureaucrat for decades.
According to political sources, quite a number of the defeated candidates of his party had started building up pressure on the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Prof Saifuddin Soz, seeking “rehabilitation” in the Legislative Council (LC) immediately after formation of the coalition government and announcement of the electio... | |
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| Rajnath blames Cong for ‘communalising’ situation | | BJP blows poll bugle in Jammu | | | Munish Gupta
Jammu, Mar 27 : Bharatiya Janata Party kicked off its poll campaign in a good way on the very first Holy navratra when in a well attended public rally party national president Rajnath Singh blew the electoral battle bugle here today at Parade Ground Jammu.
Reacting to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remarks against BJP leader L.K. Advani regarding the Babri Masjid, Rajnath Singh said Dr. Singh’s remark was outcome of his frustration caused due to the failures of his government and the disarraying UPA.
Addressing a massive gathering here today Mr Singh alleged such remark just ahead of general election is evidence that Congress is trying to create a communal polarization... | |
| | | | Home Secy gets 3 months extension | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Mar 27 : The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension of tenure of Madhukar Gupta as the Home Secretary for another three months.
Gupta, who is an IAS officer of Uttarakhand Cadre of 1971 batch, would be retiring from the Home Secretary post on March 31. Now, the government has approved the extension of his service for a period of three months beyond the date of completion of the two years of his tenure on March 31, 2009, i.e. until June 30, 2009.
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| | | | 50 killed in umpteenth suicide strike in Pak mosque | | | | Agencies
ISLAMABAD, Mar 27 :At least 50 persons were killed when a suicide bomber struck a mosque packed with worshippers for Friday prayers in Pakistan’s restive north-west Khyber tribal region today and the two-storey shrine also collapsed in the blast.
In one of the worst terror strikes in the country, the mosque situated in Jamrud area of Khyber tribal agency was targeted leaving at least 100 persons injured. About 300 persons were reported to be inside the mosque at the time of the attack.
Assistant political agent Fida Bangash of Khyber Agency told TV channels that at least 50 people were killed after a suicide bomber blew himself up. Among the dead were 15 members of the local pol... | |
| | | | 3 Hizb ultras held in north Valley | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 27 : Police claimed to have arrested three militants in different areas of North Kashmir on Friday and recovered Arms, ammunition and a Pakistani passport from their possession.
Police sources told that acting on specific information regarding the presence of militants in Nihalpora area of Pattan in Baramulla district; a joint party of Army’s 29 Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group (SOG) of police conducted raids in the area on Thursday night leading to the arrested of two militants associated with the banned Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit.
Police sources told Press Bureau of India that the two Chinese pistols, 10 rounds, and 2 magazines were... | |
| | | | Court comes to rescue of J-K couple in Delhi | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 27 : A team of police personnel belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday traced the couple who had gone missing from Udhampur district in Jammu division six days back.
A police source told that Khemraj son of retired army personnel hails from Doda, was pursuing his master’s degree course in Commerce stream. Sources said that Khemraj had met Anjum, a Bsc 2nd year student hailing from Nagrota area few months back and both developed a liking for each other.
Sources said that both eloped from Udhampur and fled to Delhi where both of them got married clandestinely with the help from an NGO and some of their friends.
Police sources told that followin... | |
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