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| Hideout busted in Ramban ahead of CM’s rally | | | | Jammu, April 12
Ahead of chief minister’s rally in Ramban town, security forces busted a hideout and recovered arms and ammunition from general area of Nachlana on Jammu Srinagar National Highway, here today.
Acting on a tip-off security personnel raided Nachlana area on Jammu Srinagar national highway and recovered huge quantity of arms and ammunition, official sources told News Agency of Kashmir. However no arrest was made in this connection.
As per reports one pika gun, two magazines, 40 rounds, one radio set, one Chinese hand grenade and one UBGL grenade was recovered from the area.
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| Do not hype the number of tourist arrivals in the state: Dilawar Mir | | | | Jammu, April 12
‘Donot hype the increasing number of tourist arrivals in Jammu and Kashmir keeping in view the safety of the tourists, state Tourism Minister Dilawar Mir on Wednesday said requesting media men not to rake up the issue further.
Mir was addressing a press conference here in Jammu where he made this statement in reply to a question, how many tourists were expected to visit the state this year. “I am not going to reply this question and I request you not to hype the issue also. “It is better if you leave it to God to decide on its own the total number of tourist arrivals in the state”, Mir told reporters adding that as tourism Minister he is looking forward to a succes... | |
| | | | Another soldier commits suicide | | | | Srinagar, April 12
Yet another soldier has committed suicide in Jammu and Kashmir. Pradeep Yadav shot himself inside a heavily guarded camp of the anti-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles in Baramulla district, police said Thursday.
Yadav killed himself with his service rifle Wednesday night inside the headquarters of the 55 Rashtriya Rifles in Apalna village in Baramulla, 60 km from here.
Yadav died before he could be taken to hospital, a police official said. The reason behind the suicide is not yet known and an inquiry has been ordered.
This is the third incident of suicide in the past 20 days - a trend that is worrying senior security officers.
Officials here attribute the growing tendency... | |
| | | | India successfully tests Agni-III ballistic missile | | | | Jammu, Apr 12
Trailing a plume of orange and yellow smoke, India's nuclear capable Agni-III ballistic missile, designed and developed by its scientists, soared aloft Thursday to mark a major milestone in the country's efforts to achieve self-sufficiency in rocket technology.
Agni-III, an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM), lifted off from a rail mobile launcher system on the Wheeler Island military facility - a new launch site of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at the Chandipur defence base - off the Orissa coast at 10.50 a.m., the defence ministry announced.
'Agni-III has confirmed India's strategic capability for a minimum credible deterrence,' Defence Minister A.K. Antony... | |
| | | | Second charge sheet in Kashmir fake encounters | | | |
Jammu, Apr 12
Police Thursday filed a second charge sheet in the infamous Kashmir fake encounter scam before the court of the chief judicial magistrate Srinagar.
Seven police officials and five army personnel have been accused of killing Molvi Shoukat Khatana, Imam (priest) of a mosque, resident of Bannihal Jammu in a staged shootout and later passed off as a militant.
The charge sheet named former superintendent of police, H.R. Parihar, deputy superintendent of police Bahadur Ram, assistant sub inspector Farooq Ahmad Gudoo, constables Manzoor Malik and Tariq Ahmad Lone, said DIG Farooq Ahmed Khan, who is heading the special investigating team (SIT) probing the five alleged cases o... | |
| | | | Vital commitments made in manifesto, CMP fulfilled, Madan | | | | Jammu April 12
Member Parliament and senior Congress leader Madan Lal Sharma has said that the Congress led coalition government in the state has fulfilled all the vital commitments made in the election manifesto of the party and the CMP adding that this have become possible due to the full backing of the Congress leadership and the UPA Government at the Centre.
Addressing public meting at Nadd, Samba today he said the State Government headed by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi has accelerated the process of restoration of peace and all round development in all the three regions of the state and added that the development graph of the coalition dispensation on education, health, road connectivi... | |
| | | | Financial Powers delegated to PSC | | | | JAMMU, APRIL 12
Government vested in its Chairman Financial Powers, which were hitherto exercised by the Administrative Department. This delegation is aimed at enabling the Commission to function effectively as an autonomous constitutional body.
This measure is expected to make a positive impact on the working of the Commission.
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| | | | Steep increase in NPAs, touches 2995.8 lacs mark | | Non accountability, mismanagement by administration responsible: DAOs | | |
Jammu | Apr 12
The percentage of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) of the Citizens Cooperative Bank (CCB) has uninterruptedly escalated in the past few years due to the sheer non-accountability and mismanagement of the bank authorities. In 2003, the NPAs figure stood at Rs 1412.39 lacs but soared upto Rs 2995.8 lacs in the year 2005, as per the inference drawn by District Audit Officers (DAOs)
According to sources, the NPAs of the bank were 1412.39 lacs in the year 2003, which escalated to 2690.38 lacs in 2004. The same trend followed next year also and NPAs touched the mark of 2995.8 lacs in 2005. In terms of percentage, these have risen to 31.94 per cent in the year 2005 as compare to ... | |
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