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Infiltration from across picks up, hundreds waiting on launching pads 4/10/2008 11:13:45 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 10 With the assistance of professional guides, agencies across the border have already succeeded in pushing into Jammu and Kashmir more than five groups of militants, each group comprising about 20 youth equipped with highly sophisticated weapons, in recent days. Official sources confirmed today that most of the groups sneaked into the Kashmir valley from across Kupwara and Bandipore sectors. In addition to this, several hundred militants had been brought on the launching pads across Poonch, Rajouri, Tangdhar, Gurez, Bandipore and Kupwara sectors awaiting signals from their guides for infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that those militant groups already operating in Jammu and Kashmir and those being pushed into the state have been asked to lie low for another three to four months so that they were ready to give teeth to the ongoing Jehad by disrupting the ensuing Assembly poll. The hardliners, headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, have already given a call to people to boycott the elections which also have been endorsed by number of mil...   READ MORE

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13 LPAs filed in controversial selection of IRP constables DB partly allows appeal, modifies judgment of Single Judge 4/10/2008 11:13:17 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 10 Division Bench, comprising Justice YP Nargotra and Justice Sunil Hali, partly allowed 13 appeals filed by the state of Jammu and Kashmir and Others against the judgment of Single Judge passed in bunch of writ petitions challenging controversial selection of IRP constables and writ court quashed the selection made on the basis of Tehsil Wise and dropping the petitioners and also and also relaxation of upper age for the candidates belonging to SC/ST. Division Bench, after hearing Additional Advocate General BS Salathia appearing for the State and Sr. Adv DC Raina and advocates RK Koul, SS Jamwal, FA Natnoo and Surinder Kour appearing for the respondents ...   READ MORE   Azad lashes out at anti-development leaders, their pen-wielding supporters Says they want to keep people deprived to grind their own axe 4/10/2008 11:11:43 PM Early Times Reporter Ganderbal | Apr 10 Cautioning people against political leaders and their pen-wielding supporters, who want the atmosphere of violence and killings in Jammu and Kashmir to perpetuate so that they could grind their own axe, the CM said that these people only representing one percent of the population are engaged in distorting facts and presenting a negative picture of the State. Addressing a large public meeting, after launching Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, here today, the Chief Minister termed this miniscule minority as enemies of development and people of the State. He asked the masses to watch against their activities and statements. He said the negati...   READ MORE   SC upholds OBC quota, keeps creamy layer out 4/10/2008 11:11:05 PM New Delhi | Apr 10 The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law which provides for 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes (OBCs) in educational institutions supported by the Central government. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan ruled that the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, does not violate the basic structure of the Constitution. The court ruled the 93rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which was the basis of the law providing 27 per cent reservation in aided institutions, didn’t violate the basic structure of the Constitution. However, the court also ruled that creamy layer among the OBCs cannot get the...   READ MORE   Over 25,000 pilgrims worshipping at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine daily 4/10/2008 11:10:41 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 10 Navratra festival is in full swing these days. In Jammu and Kashmir, there is huge rush of devotees to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine, located in Trikuta Hills of Jammu. During these days almost everyday about 25,000 devotees pay their regards at the Holy Shrine. So far over one lakh devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi have visited the Holy Shrine and this includes 52 Hindu Devotees from Pakistan also. With this the number of pilgrims, who have worshipped at the Holy Shrine,have touched almost 15 lakhs since first January this year. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has made elaborate arrangements for the visiting pilgrims....   READ MORE   Sayeed optimistic about consolidation of peace efforts 'J&K has become hostage of Indo-Pak security syndrome' 4/10/2008 11:09:26 PM Early Times Reporter Mendhar | Apr 10 Expressing hope that the proposed upcoming visits of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Parnab Mukerjee to Pakistan, would reinforce the resolve of the two democratic governments to carry forward the sagging peace process, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed asserted that the people as a whole are yearning for peace. "Not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir but the whole sub-continent are yearning for sustainable peace and progress and ‘I hope the political leadership of the two countries would address the issues in good faith and with sincerity of purpose to realize the dream of a peace...   READ MORE   22 Central Secretaries visiting Jammu to review projects 4/10/2008 11:08:53 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 10 Jammu, Apr10- A high level team of 22 secretaries/joint secretaries from the Centre will arrive here tomorrow to review the progress on the implementation of central projects in Jammu and Kashmir under Prime Minister's Reconstruction Programme (PMRP). The team, headed by Secretary, Border Management, Ministry of Home Affairs, Shantanu Konsul, will hold deliberations with the state officers on various sectors which are under implementation in the state under PMRP, top official sources said here today. The team will review the progress of several on going projects under PMRP in both the provinces of the state, they said, adding these include roads and b...   READ MORE   21,000 vacancies being referred to recruiting agencies- CS ‘Fast tract selection on anvil’ 4/10/2008 11:08:24 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Apr 10 Over 21,000 vacancies in various government departments would be referred to the Recruiting Agencies soon for fast track selection of the candidates. Stating this here today, Chief Secretary B. R. Kundal said that government has sensitized all recruiting agencies for speedy completion of the process of recruitment so that vacancies are filled early. Chairing the meeting of administrative secretaries here today, Kundal reviewed the over all scenario of physical and financial status of development schemes and the vacancy position of functionaries in various departments. Ofthese, about 15,000 are non-gazetted cadre posts, besides, 4000 class IV vacanci...   READ MORE

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