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SALMAN IMTIYAZ NIZAMI
Jammu, April 26: Jammu and Kashmir is rapidly losing its forest wealth to summer fires, there is a plan for prevention but money is coming in the way.
Unbelievable it may sound, but it is a stark reality that state Government has not been considering obligatory on its past to tackle forest fires which have been destroying green gold in several hundred hectares of forest land with every passing year. Due to non seriousness of the government not only the plunder of the forest wealth has been going on unbated but the ecological balance of the state is also getting disturbed and heading the Jammu and Kashmir towards adverse climatic change.
Official sources told Ear... | |
| | | | Shoe aimed at PM, thrower forgiven | | | | Early Times Report
Ahmedabad, April 26: A man hurled a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday, in what has become a way of mark of protest during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls campaign.
Security forces promptly detained the shoe-thrower and took himto Alicebridge police station.
According to reports, the incident took place barely three or four minutes into PM’s speech when an urbane looking youth, apparently in his early 20s, sitting in the front row hurled a shoe towards the dais.
The shoe, however failed to reach the intended target and fell short by a fair distance. The PM’s security immediately detained the miscreant after wrestling hi... | |
| | | | Self Rule concept imaginary: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar Apr 26: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday alleged that Peoples Democratic Party flouted the imaginary idea of self rule at the behest of BJP to scuttle the National Conference Autonomy resolution adopted by three-fourth majority of the State legislature.
Addressing large public gatherings at Dooru and Kokernag in South Kashmir, Omar said that after National Conference made endeavors to acquaint the political leaders of the country about the importance and feasibility of Autonomy proposal, considerable pressure was mounted on the then BJP led government at the Centre leading to the constitution of a committee to discuss the Autonomy proposal. He said under a ... | |
| | | | Aspiring lecturers in fix as PSC makes them apply twice | | | |
SUMIT SHARMA
Jammu, April 26: Hundreds of aspirants for the post of Lecturers in School Education department are in a fix as the J&K Public Service Commission has issued two notifications in short span of time for the same posts.
The aspirants are in a dilemma on the mode of examination as which notification they should take final. The Public Service Commission issued a notification number 6 of 2008 inviting applications for the posts of Lecturers in different subjects. Thousands of applicants applied for the posts and were waiting for the test that a fresh notification was issued for the same posts but there was no mention about the previous notification.
The Public Service Comm... | |
| | | | Banned terror outfits in Pak float ‘Muslim United Army’ | | | |
AGENCIES
LAHORE: Banned terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Punjab province are gaining strength after joining hands on a new platform – Muslim United Army – and have become a serious challenge for the Government which lacks resources to effectively counter their activities.
The banned groups—Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi – have a common cause under the banner of MUA and their activities are also in line with those of the Taliban, according to a report drawn up by the Crime Investigation Department.
he report also said militancy has been rapidly taking roots in Punjab province, especially in the five districts of Muzaffarghar, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur, Rahim ... | |
| | | | Scientists close to deciphering Indus Script | | | | New Delhi, April 26: The myth of Indus Valley script may be solved soon. There are indications that scientists have moved closer to deciphering the Indus Valley script, believed to be one of the three oldest languages. The language was spoken at least 4,000 years ago between 2500 and 1900 BC in what is now north-west India and the eastern part of Pakistan.
The term Indus script refers to short strings of symbols associated with the Indus Valley Civilization, in use during the Mature Harappan period, between the 26th and 20th centuries BC.
In spite of many attempts at decipherments and claims, it is was yet undeciphered. The underlying language is unknown, and the lack of a bilingual mak... | |
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