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| Self Help Groups help JK girls turn dreams into reality | | Abhishek | | | Jammu, Mar 8
On this Women’s Day Manmeet Kour from Jammu, Tabassum from Kupwara and Shamshad from Kishtwar feel emancipated and truly empowered they feel that the world is at their feet today.
All this has become possible due to the new skill and training, which has been imparted to them by the Jammu and Kashmir Women Development Corporation under the self-help group schemes launched in the state.
Manmeet Kour, member of Lotus Self Help Group, while talking to Early Times, said that they had been greatly benefited by the scheme launched by the JKWDC.
“I did not know anything about business and trade nor I had any expertise in making any thing which could be sold”, she said, adding that the training, which she had undergone, had changed the world for her.
Twenty girls belonging to the Lotus Group have learnt to make glass paintings, Screen painting, tie and dye products and they are also planning to take individual loans from the JKWDC and pool this money for setting up a small scale business.
An interesting thing that was revealed during the interaction with these girls i... | |
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| An Indian businessman's huge unacccounted wealth | | Income Tax department uncovers 'treasure' | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8: A highly sensational report from the Income Tax department: Hasan Ali, a Pune-based businessman, owns unacounted wealth valued at Rs 35,000 crores. The huge wealth was traced to accounts operated by Hasan Ali.
The Income Tax department conducted raids on Ali's residence in Koregaon area of Pune on January 5, and found details of his accounts on computers. Coordinated raids were also conducted across Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore where Ali owns properties.
Subsequently,the Income Tax department informed the Central Board of Direct Taxes and the Finance Ministry. And the Enforcement Directorate (ED), too, was brought into the case. According to offic... | |
| | | | Indian women for combat roles in Army | | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8
Indian women, who aspire to become combatants in the country's Armed Forces, will have to wait. How long? A precise answer to this question is not forthcoming at a time when the three Services' chiefs have advised against induction of women in combat roles.
Women officers are already being inducted in some arms and services duties in the Army - like Army Air Defence, Corps of Signals and Corps of Engineers, Army Service Corps and Army Ordnance Corps. Significantly, however, a study on all aspects related to women officers in Armed Forces has recommended the exclusion of women officers from combat duty for the present.
The study conducted under the super... | |
| | | | Parliament's 'gift' on International Women's Day | | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8
Literally, softer sex in two Houses of Parliament were on Thursday allowed by the sterner sex to feel fresh and excited. In fact, Parliament on International Women's Day got united across party lines with women and women's issues dominating the proceedings. Understandably, the focus was 33 per cent reservation for women.
In Rajya Sabha, Bhairon Singh Shekhewat, Chairman, suspended the Question Hour and allowed women members to speak their minds. Sushma Swaraj from the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) said: "I would like to request the PM (Prime Minister) to pass the women's reservation bill giving true expression to the views of women". Film star-turned parliamen... | |
| | | | Delhi rejects Islamabad's allegations | | India has nothing to do in Balochistan: Mukherjee | | | BL KAK
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8: The government of India has taken strong exception to the allegations by Pakistan against Indian intelligence agencies. Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for External Affairs, on Thursday categorically denied that India was in any way involved in an "activities" in Pakistan's Balochistan proivince, as Islamabad has alleged.
Pranab Mukherjee said in the Rajya Sabha in response to a question from Shobhana Bhartiya on the state of India-Pakistan relations: "I can state that neither any Indian agency or consulate is involved in any activities in Balochistan". And Mukherjee maintained: "In the past, Pakistan has raised objections to some of our consulates in Afghanistan... | |
| | | | Four retd Indian judges proposed for jt committee with Pak | | | |
NEW DELHI, MAR 8
In pursuance with an understanding with Pakistan, India has set up a four-member team of retired judges who will form part of a bilateral committee to look into the issues of prisoners of the respective countries.The names have been communicated to Pakistan, External Affairs Ministry said here today.
The nominees include Justice K R Vyas, former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, Justice Amarjit Choudhary, Justice A S Gill, both former judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court, and Justice M A Khan, former judge of Delhi High Court.
A decision to set up the committee of retired judges of superior judiciary on prisoners was taken by the two countries during the visit ... | |
| | | | Sheikh Hasina's home raided, Zia's son arrested | | | |
DHAKA, MAR 8
In a major development, security forces in Bangladesh arrested outgoing prime minister Khaleda Zia's son and raided the residence of a number of politicians including that of former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed as part of an ongoing drive against corruption.
Tarique Rahman, the elder son of Zia and senior joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was picked up from his house in Dhaka Cantonment early today, police said.
The New Age newspaper, quoting family and political sources close to Rahman said a contingent of security forces picked up Tarique at around 01.10 am (local time). Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's "Shudha Sadan" residence was ... | |
| | | | Govt to deal firmly with any terror design: PM | | | |
NEW DELHI, MAR 8
Sending a tough message, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the government would deal firmly to defeat any terrorist design but would not hesitate to talk to those who want peace.
"At the outset, let me say that I have always condemned violence and extremism in Assam and elsewhere and never hesitated to say that we can negotiate only with those who want peace, not with those who kill innocent people," he said replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address in Lok Sabha.
"We will never hesitate to sit down and talk to a fellow Indian - howsoever misguided he or she may be - if such conversation can bring peace to our people," Singh said referri... | |
| | | | Delay in release of funds delays power supply improvement | | | |
Jammu, March 8
The upgradation of power supply system in Jammu and Kashmir has been delay following delay on the part of superintending engineers in releasing funds,allotted by the state Government,to the Departmental field agencies.
Sources in the Power Development Department (PDD) said today that the state Government had cleared all the projects related to installation of new transformers, augmentation and improvement in the entire supply system for which funds were released four months ago. The Development Commissioner Power took more than 45 days for securing reports from all the PDD divisions and for screening them before
releasing funds to the Chief Engineers.
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| | | | DPP urges Centre to restore original status to Jammu Radio Station | | | |
JAMMU, MARCH 08
Duggar Pradesh Party (DPP) has urged the Central Government to restore the original name of Radio Station Jammu, as Radio Jammu instead of Radio Kashmir Jammu, which is symbolizing the hegemony of Kashmir over Jammu region and is against all realities.
In a handout the DPP said radio station in the state was first established in Jammu and was called Radio Jammu and with the establishment of Radio station at Srinagar, the name was changed to Radio Kashmir Jammu just to please Kashmiris.
Urging the Centre to restore the regional status of Radio Jammu in accordance with the Akashwani manual, the DPP has alleged disparity in allotment of funds. It said presently Jammu stat... | |
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