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| National Conference opens its innings with a flag war | | | | Jammu, March 29
flags were votes the National Conference has won the initial battle against its political foes in Jammu and Kashmir.This was evident when the city of temples wore a festive look with the red NC flags fluttering on each main rotaries,road arteries and on buses and matadors on Thursday when the National Conference demonstrated its strength by holding a massive public rally in the parade grounds.
“Omar hamari jaan hein,farooq hamari shaan hein”(Omar is our life and Farooq is our honour) slogans embossed on banners attracted peoples’ attention.It was a colourful show.People atop buses and matadors,carrying plough engraved red flags,shouting full-throated slogans were seen making it to the parade grounds.The passenger transport system was affected when several hundred buses and matadors,carrying party supporters and workers,moving on the Jammu roads caused traffic jams.
Another attraction was the presence of elephants,horses,camels moving lazily towards the parade grounds.Dance and music troupes danced their way to the venue of the public rally and the beating o... | |
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| Omar suggests Azad to resign if centre sides with Mufti on troop cut | | | | Jammu, March 29
National Conference Chief Omar Abdullah on Thursday advised Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to immediately resign from his post and not to return home from New Delhi if centre did not listen to his viewpoint on the issue of troop cut.
“Azad sahib you have discussed the issue in separate meetings with Prime Minister and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and now I advise you not to return home if centre decides to back PDP patron Mufti Mohd Sayeed’s viewpoint on the contentious issue sidelining your viewpoint".
"It would be appropriate for you to send your resignation instead of returning home, Omar said amid thundering applause from the strong gathering.
Addressing a... | |
| | | | WHO recomends circumcision to prevent AIDS virus | | | | NEW DELHI, MAR 29
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially recomended circumcision as a way to prevent heterosexual transmission of the AIDS virus, setting the stage for donor agencies to begin paying for the operation. According to reports received in New Delhi, the WHO acted after the clinical trials in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, overseen by the national health agencies of the United States and France, found that male circumcision reduced the risk of infection of men through heterosexual sex by about 60 per cent.
No countries have yet adopted circumcision as part of their AIDS prevention plans. “But I hope this recommendation will lead some to do so”, Dr. Kevin De Cock... | |
| | | | Judicial activism in India a stark reality | | Supreme Court delivers yet another historic ruling | | | NEW DELHI, MAR 29
Sex and pregnancy. These two crucial biological needs have been taken due cognizance of by the Supreme Court while dealing with a divorce petition. And the apex court has, in an interesting judgement, granted divorce to an IAS officer and his IAS wife as the wife refused to bear children for her husband. And the Supreme Court, while expanding the scope for mental cruelty, has said that "if the wife refuses to have/bear the child for her husband, it will be a valid ground for divorce".
Jaya Ghosh had refused to have children saying that it would affect her career adversely. The same law will apply in the reverse--if a husband undergoes a sterlisation operation without... | |
| | | | Sinha, Azad eulogize odyssey to academic excellence | | | | JAMMU, MARCH 29
Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha has said that the temple city of Jammu is fast emerging as the centre of academic excellence with thrust on intellectual activities. After inaugurating General Zorawar Singh Auditorium Complex in Jammu University Campus here late last evening, the Governor, who is also the Chancellor of various universities in the State, said that the state-of-art auditoriums are also slated to be inaugurated in University of Kashmir and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in coming weeks. He complimented the Vice Chancellor and his team in Jammu University for taking the institution to highest pinnacles of excellence and said the university has become a hu... | |
| | | | Life sentence for three in 1984 anti-Sikh riot case | | | |
NEW DELHI, MAR 29
Three persons were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here today for lynching three members of a Sikh family during riots that followed the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi in 1984.
"Killing of innocent persons due to communal reasons is an indelible blot in the history of human civilisation," said Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, terming the carnage as "a virtual holocaust in independent India".
Shastri, however, rejected the prosecution's contention that the case falls in the "rarest of rare" category and warranted the death sentence for the convicts -- Harprasad Bharadwaj, R P Tiwari and Jagdish Giri.
The three were held ... | |
| | | | CCS discusses troop reduction, relocation in J&K | | | |
NEW DELHI, MAR 29
An "informal" meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was held here today to discuss the issue of troop reduction and relocation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and attended by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister Shivraj Patil and Defence Minister A K Antony.
"This was an informal CCS meeting," Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters when asked about the outcome of the meeting.
While officially, the Government was tight-lipped on the issues that were deliberated at the meeting, sources said that troop reduction and relocation in Jammu and Kashmir was among the ... | |
| | | | Azad rushes to Delhi meets defense minister | | Cabinet meet postponed | | | Jammu, Mar 29
The chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who rushed today to New Delhi to meet Congress high command has reiterated his stand of taking all political parties in confidence before taking a decision on withdrawal of troops from civilian areas.
Sources close to power corridors told News Agency of Kashmir that Azad was asked to come over to Delhi by the party leadership last evening.
As the chief minister left for Delhi, this morning, the cabinet meeting scheduled for today was postponed.
Sources said that during his meeting with defense minister, Azad repeated his stand that withdrawal of troops could lead to fresh escalation in militancy adding that the time was not ripe for su... | |
| | | | United Students welcome SC order staying 27% reservation | | | | Jammu, Mar 29
United students a Delhi based student union has hailed apex Court order staying the government decision of 27% reservations in centrally funded universities.
In a press statement youth activist Aditya Raj Kaul said that by pointing out that the Government has failed to provide any authentic or reliable data to justify its policy of reservation, court has vindicated the stand of the student groups stand that the Mandal Commission report be categorically rejected.
United Students have also demanded that the an empirical study should be conducted into the effectiveness of the reservation policy over the past 50 years. They said that without such study expansion of the reser... | |
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