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| Mainstream political parties rendrawing pre-poll sttrategy | | | |
Jammu, May 24
Though the next Assembly election is scheduled to be held in September-October 2008 various mainstream political parties have started what is called pre-poll strategy. At present the arch political foes, the National Conference and the PDP, seem to be trying to outwit each other.
The decision of the National Conference President, Mr Omar Abdullah, to spend more than one week in Poonch-Rajouri belt, where he has been drawing large crowds to his mass contact programme, has indicated that the NC leadership has plans of making up the loss the party may suffer in the Kashmir valley from the muslim belts of Poonch and Rajouri. The twin-border districts have eight Assembly seats.
Inside reports said that the National Conference leadership has become aware of the erosion the PDP has suffered in the Jammu region after it raked up the issue of demilitarisation, the demand having not been relished by majority of people in the region, it has decided to make fresh roads in areas where the PDP leaders, Mufti Mohd.Sayeed and his daughter, Ms Mehbooba Mufti, had dented... | |
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| Annual Inter-School tournament in hilly zone Gool, Arnas concludes | | | |
UDHAMPUR, MAY 24
The Annual Inter-School tournament in Arnas and Gool Zones organized by the Youth Services and Sports Department at Government HSS Arnas and Gool respectively concluded here yesterday with the participation of over 600 students in age group of 17 and 14 years boys and girls category in the events like Volleyball, Kabaddi and Kho-Kho.
At Arnas, Principal of the host school was the chief guest while at GHSS Gool, District Youth Services and Sports Officer was the chief guest and Ex-MLA Gool and ZEO were the guest of honour.
The outstanding performance by the students of Govt. Middle School, Khanni-Kote, a remotest backward area of Arnas Zone was the main highlight... | |
| | | | Re-designation of Resident Commissioner, New Delhi | | | |
Srinagar, May 24
Government has accorded sanction to the re-designation of the posts of Resident Commissioner J&K Government, New Delhi as Principal Resident Commissioner as and when the posts is held by the officers of the rank of Principals Secretary to the government and above and Secretary in the Resident Commission as Deputy Resident Commissioner and Ex-Officio Secretary, Resident Commission.
Consequent upon the said orders, S V Bhave Resident Commissioner has been designated as Principal Resident Commissioner J&K Government New Delhi and M H Malik, Secretary in the Resident commission has been re-designated as Deputy Resident Commissioner and ex-officio Secretary, Resident Commis... | |
| | | | Accident victim’s kidneys, liver transplanted to two Army personnel | | | |
Jammu, May 24
In a first ever case in the Army, kidneys and liver of an accident victim were successfully retrieved late last night and transplanted today to two army personnel in Army Hospital (R&R) in New Delhi and one lady in the Naval Hospital, Ashwani in Mumbai.
Ramesh Chand, 60- year old father of Havaldar Madan Mohan of the Indian Army and Corporal Kamlesh Kumar of the Indian Air Force was injured critically in a hit and run road accident at Faridabad on Monday last. He was operated upon at Army Hospital (R&R) here. He, however, breathed his last late last evening. Mrs Hemlata, wife of the deceased desired to donate the organs; however, being a road accident case, postmortem was... | |
| | | | Unprecedented act by 5-year-old Indian boy | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 24
An Indian boy, aged just 5, has thrown a challenge to those who want him to sit home and avoid dreaming of creating history of sorts. The boy who once attempted a 70-kilometer marathon, will defy a government decision to ban him from a long-distance walk in searing heat.
Budhia Singh will, however, reduce his walk to 100 kilometers, while his supporters will cover the entire 500 kilometers from Bhubaneswar in Orissa to Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, coach Biranchi Das told mediapersons on Thursday.
"I will walk to Kolkata and nobody can stop me", said Budhia Singh, who also took some questions from reporters. The walk is scheduled for June 6, ... | |
| | | | Amitabh Bachchan praises Shah Rukh Khan | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 24
The living super-hit turns sweeter towards another living super-hit, in the Bollywood. Indian movie icon, Amitabh Bachchan, says that actor Shah Rukh Khan, who is known to his fans as 'King Khan', has done a great job as his successor on a popular television show--'Kaun Banega Crorepati'.
Bachchan told Stardust movie magazine in its June issue that he disliked comparisons with Shah Rukh Khan, 41, who replaced him as the host of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati,’ a game show based on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire.’ Indian media have often published reports about a rivalry between the two stars.
'He is enjoying doing it and is receiving g... | |
| | | | Shilpa Shetty's undiminished glow in UK | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 2
Yet another feather in the cap of spicy star, Shilpa Shetty: British TV regulator Ofcom has asked Channel Four's reality televison show 'Celebrity Big Brother' to apologise on air over racist bullying of the Indian actor. On Thursday, it was divulged that Ofcom's investigation found that Channel Four made serious editorial misjudgments, compounded by a serious failure of its compliance process.
Ofcom has, therefore, found Channel Four in breach of the Broadcasting Code and has imposed a statutory sanction on Channel Four. The statutory sanction imposed by the British media watchdog directs Channel Four to broadcast a summar... | |
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