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Polity of Jammu and Kashmir: skewed to favour a few Abhishek 4/3/2007 11:28:16 PM Jammu, Apr 3 Jammu and Kashmir has been accorded a special status in the constitutional scheme of things in India. Unlike any other state in India J&K has its own constitution, own flag as well as state penal code. This unique constitutional arrangement thus accords a carte blanche to the state assembly as far as affairs of the state are concerned. Any political group which manages to win majority in polls thus becomes the master of the destiny of around 10 million people of the state for the next six years. However, this unique deal is based on very skewed principles as they were meant to pacify and appease the Kashmiri leadership in 1947. As a result of this biased political situation, the people of Jammu and Ladakh have been facing discrimination in every sphere of life since the division of India and Pakistan in two dominions. Be it developmental funds, jobs in secretariat, government jobs, seats in educational institutions every thing is controlled by the Kashmiris. Consequently, Jammu, Poonch, Rajouri, Bhaderwah, Doda, Ladakh, Kargil and similar areas which does n...   READ MORE

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ZA Bhutto was photographed naked after execution! 4/3/2007 11:24:49 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, Apr 3: Pakistan's former Prime Minister, ZA Bhutto, though dead, is being talked about once again--this time after a military official has revealed that he (Bhuto) was phoptographed naked after his execution on April 4, 1979 to see if he was circumcised in an IUslamic way. In Pakistan, the retired military offical, Col. Rafiuddin, has aid in a TV interview that some people believed that since the Bhutto family had come from India, it was possible that Bhutto had not been circumcised in an Islamic style. To remove such a suspicion, a photographer was asked to take pictures of the corpse, he said. ZA Bhutto was awarded capital punishment on the charge of abetment i...   READ MORE   Pak Premier ignores J&K separatists K-word doesn't find any mention at SAARC meet 4/3/2007 11:24:24 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, Apr 3 Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, created history on Tuesday in the Indian capital. He, for reasons best known to him and his 'boss', Gen. Parvez Musharraf, avoided making use of the word 'Kashmir' during his speech at the 14th summit of the SAARC countries. By the time the Pak Prime Minister arrived in Delhi, several separatist groups and leaders in Kashmir had anticipated that the K-word would be raised by him at SAARC summit that opened on Tuesday morning. Shaukat Aziz discretely avoided the K-word at SAARC this time. But he did raise the bilateral issues with India obliquely as the summit o...   READ MORE   SAARC summit witnesses guarded silence on terror Indian PM for end of terrorism in South Asia 4/3/2007 11:23:56 PM BL KAK NEW DELHI, Apr 3 Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has urged the SAARC nations to implement in a "meaningful and sincere manner the commitments and pledges to root out terrorism" in South Asia so as to create the atmosphere in which "our endeavours can succeed". In his address to the SAARC nations at the 14th summit that opened in New Delhi on Tuesday, Manmohan Singh asserted: "A primary requirement for the fulfillment of our vision of p[rosperity and cooperation in South Asia is peace". The summit, significantly, saw a rather understated reference to terrorism by the Indian Prime Minister. There was a matching response from his Pakistani counterpart, Shaukat Aziz...   READ MORE   Fraudulent withdrawl of Rs 5.08 Lacs for repair work SVO registers case against ZEO, 2JEs, Contracotr 4/3/2007 11:20:44 PM Jammu, Apr 03 State Vigilance Organisation today registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act and RPC against Smt. Uma Devi then Zonal Education Officer Drabshala, Shri Abdul Majeed Bhat, JE Education Department, Shri Abdul Gani Sheikh, JE PWD and Shri Farooq Ahmed Keen resident of Patnazi Kishtwar and others for fraudulent drawal and misappropriation of Rs.5.08 lacs drawn on account of repairs / renovation of School Building Patnazi, without executing the work. On receipt of a complaint State Vigilance Organisation conducted a joint surprise check during which records relating to repairs and renovation of school building of Govt. Middle School Patnazi were scrutinized an...   READ MORE

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