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| Tharoor resigns | | | | ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has resigned. He was summoned to 7, Race Course Road residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here this evening for the second time today. His chauffeur driven car did not have a red beacon light tonight. And his face looked fallen when he last went to tender his resignation to the Prime Minister.
Later, a Government statement said that Shashi Tharoor has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister which has been accepted by Manmohan Singh who has forwarded it to President Pratibha Patil.
The decision to ask him to resign came after a nearly two-hour-long meeting of top Congress brass - Sonia Gandhi, Manmoh... | |
| | | | Crops burnt in RS Pura, Kanhachak | | | | JAMMU: Fire Services Week celebrations by the directorate of fire and emergency services notwithstanding, fire tenders Sunday reached late to extinguish fire in the fields of RS Pura and Kanhachak.
Due to the late arrival of fire tenders, crops in several acres of agricultural land were reduced to ashes at the two places, according to police sources.
When the fire broke out in R S Pura fields, farmers wasted no time in alerting the local office of the fire and emergency services.
Sources said fire tenders reached the spot after about two hours when crops in several acres of land had been reduced to ashes.The farmers later held a demonstration against the department, saying had the fire t... | |
| | | | Four die of heart attacks | | | | JAMMU: Four persons, including two police cops, an army jawan and a Vaishno Devi pilgrim, died of heart attacks here today. Mona Bhai (35) suffered a heart attack at Adhkunwari while she was on her way to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi, police sources said.
She died while being shifted to hospital. She hailed from Ramgarh in Madhya Pradesh.
Cop Razak Ahmad (35) of district special branch of police, collapsed at Jewel Chowk, where he was deployed, in the afternoon. He was shifted to the GMC Hospital where he died. He hailed from Talab Tillo.
Cop Arshad Ahmad Bhatti (31), who was on duty at high-altitude post at Thilloo in Reasi, suffered heart attack while he was keeping vigil ... | |
| | | | Tragic twist of fate takes lives of man, daughter | | | | JAMMU: In a bizarre and tragic twist of fate, a man poisoned himself to death at his residence in Doda after he discovered that he had given his daughter "rat killer" kept in an empty bottle of cough syrup.
Sabiya (10), who was not keeping well, coughed all Saturday night at their residence at Gandana Gadtar in Doda, police sources said, quoting family members.
Father Ghulam Mohammad Bhat took out a cough syrup bottle from an almirah and gave two to three spoonfuls of the "medicine" to his ailing daughter.
Sabiya, a class V student, died soon thereafter. Bhat then realised that the liquid in the bottle was poison used to kill rats and not cough syrup.
He had given poison to his daughte... | |
| | | | Krimchi temples-a victim of govt's neglect, apathy | | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 18: Contrary to tall claims of state tourism department to promote cultural heritage and develop tourist places in Jammu region, the ancient Pandva temples at Krimchi in district Udhampur are continuously facing neglect and official apathy.
Only a few days back, the Minister for Tourism Nawang Rigzin Jora while addressing a function in connection with the three day Baisakhi Festival, organized by Tourism Department, said that Jammu being the potential pilgrim tourism destination is receiving focused attention of the government. He said "To meet the challenges in tourism our emphasis is on diversification and providing requisite infrastructu... | |
| | | | Significant Development: Lawyers also demand local VC for CU | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 18: 4. "The agitating student community, ably backed by the civil society, fought relentlessly… in 1960s and 1998 and forced the authorities to establish the University of Jammu in 1969 and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Technical University, Katra (Jammu) and Agriculture University, RS Pura (Jammu), in 1998. Had the then governments not conceded the demands of the people of Jammu province, these would have collapsed… It was expected that the authorities would recognize the talent of the Jammu-based academicians… and appoint them as Vice-Chancellors of these universities. But it did not happen. The Jammu-based Mata Vaishno Devi Technical University and the Agr... | |
| | | | JU's allied courses trading high on unstructured fees | | | | ARTEEV SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 16: In sharp contrast to its objective of diversifying and providing educational opportunities far beyond the close confines of a classroom, Jammu University's certain allied courses catering to academic and professional pursuits of the students have a fee structure burdening the learners. This apparently is for an "open business" traded by the institution with no stipulation attached to it.
A careful study of the fee structure for different courses offered through Directorate of Distance Education, University of Jammu reveals some unethical demeanor that calls for an opinion in an open debate.
For instance, Post Graduate Course in Sociology's... | |
| | | | Increase in Durbar Move allowance in offing ? 'Leaders' rigidity makes govt reluctant' | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 18: Even as the Civil Secretariat employees have resumed their duties after remaining on strike for over two weeks, the government seems to be in no mood to consider their fresh demand of increasing Durbar Move allowance, something which around 5000 move employees are eagerly looking forward to at this point of time.
According to sources, the employees' leaders are themselves responsible for loss on this account as it their 'adamant' attitude which has made the government take their hands off this matter. Sources said during the recent round of negotiations with the leaders of various employees bodies, the cabinet sub committee members in order to break the... | |
| | | | Soz calls on Sonia | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 18: The president Pradesh Congress committee and MP Prof Saif-ud-Din called on UPA, chairperson Sonia Gandhi at New Delhi yesterday and discussed political situation of the J&K state with her.
As per press release Soz also apprise her about the recent strike by the state government employees and urged upon her that the arrears of the employees needs to be considered sympathetically as the employees have called off the strike.
Soz in, particular, apprised her about the programmes chalked out in Kashmir and Jammu in connection with Congress party's foundation day (125th year) celebrations for the entire year 2010 and how party workers have been participatin... | |
| | | | AO Hume promoted British interests by dabbling into Indian politics | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 18: Congress is busy these days in celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Indian National Congress (INC). Its stated objective is to use this opportunity to emphasize the need for the country's unity and integrity and promote communal amity and brotherhood.
The JKPCC organized one function in this regard on Saturday at Anantnag. It was addressed, among others, by a senior Congress leader, who is also a minister in the Omar Abdullah government. Commenting on the role of the Congress in the Indian Freedom struggle, he hailed the contribution of the various Congress leaders and said that it was because of their role that India attained freedom from the British... | |
| | | | Chib castigates Congress dissidents | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 18: Expetedly the Minister for Medical and Technical Education, R.S. Chib, has shown his guts in identifying people who were trying to weaken the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir by organising parallel functions. Chib did not even spare even his ministerial colleague, G.M. Saroori, whom he blamed for not having given permission to the Congress for holding a function in the Dak Bunglow in Anantnag in connection with the 125th anniversary of the party.
The Rajput blood in Chib boiled when he came to know that Ghulam Nabi Azad had travelled all the way from Jammu to Shangus to be part of the function held in connection with the death anniversary of Maqbool Dar, Un... | |
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