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| Blast kills seven, injured 30 in Guwahati | | | |
GUWAHATI, MAY 26
On the eve of the Tarun Gogoi government's one year in office, the proscribed ULFA today trigerred a powerful blast in Guwahati's Athgaon area killing seven persons and injuring 30 others which prompted an irate crowd to pelt stones at police.
Police said the bomb, kept inside an auto-rickshaw near the Marwari Maternity Hospital, went off around 10.45 am killing five passersby and shoppers on the spot in the busy commercial area.
The blast also caused a LPG gas cylinder being transported at that time in a cycle-rickshaw, to burst, police said.
Altogehter 30 people were injured in the two blasts. Two vehicles and two auto-rickshaws parked there were damaged, police said.
Chaos prevailed as the people attempted to flee. Police cordonerd off the area and the injured were rescued.
Twenty-two of the injured were admitted to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, one to the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Civil Hospital and others at various other private hospitals, police said.
Local people in the area and nearby Fancy Bazar, the commercial hub of the N-E Regio... | |
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| ZVP criticizes Azad for postponing DDB meeting | | | |
DODA, MAY 26
The district unit of Zila Vikas Party (ZVP) has expressed dissatisfaction over the manner in which the proposed District Development Board meeting scheduled to be held at Doda yesterday was postponed at the eleventh hour
Addressing media persons here today the party President Abdul Hafiz said although all the officers and legislators had reached the district headquarters to attend the meeting but the postponement of the meeting at the eleventh hour by the Chief Minister has given rise to several speculations and resulted in wastage of heavy expenditure.
He criticized the CM for postponing the meeting and demanded that the expenditure incurred on organizing the meeting ne... | |
| | | | Omar for simplifying travel procedure through LOC | | 'Suggests introduction of smart card' | | |
Surnkote (Poonch), May 26
Calling for simplifying the traveling procedure through various links along the LOC, President National Conference Omar Abdullah today suggested for introducing a smart card to be used by the visitors coming from either side.
Addressing a public rally in Surnkote area of Poonch, Omar said that the people intending to travel through these links to meet their relatives are facing immense problems due to complicated procedures and added that the process of completing the formalities for getting travel documents should be simplified so that maximum number of people could avail the facility.
He said that very less people from this side are enable to vis... | |
| | | | Congress 'queen' can't dictate terms to BSP 'queen' | | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 26
Amid noises becoming louder among various political parties over the crucial presidential votes, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 'queen' and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, has emerged more stronger than many others, including the Congress 'queen', Sonia Gandhi, in relation to the just-started search for a successor to President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam.
Mayawati is the woman who holds the key to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Specifically, it was in this context that both Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, demonstrated much warmth during their separate meetings in New Delhi with Mayawati. Presidential election was d... | |
| | | | Hardliners in J&K are active as ever | | Pakistan fails to re-unite Hurriyat factions | | |
BL KAK
NEW DELHI, May 2
Behind-the-scene efforts by Pakistan to bring about a rapprochement between the two factions of All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in Kashmir have failed. The grand old man, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who is heading the hardline faction of the APHC has proved to be a hard nut to crack. And the moderates led by Maulvi Umar Farooq have demonstrated their unwillingness to follow Geelani's agenda, whichdoes not want cessation of anti-India hatred and violence.
Pakistan is a party to Kashmir issue. And Pakistan has, more often than not, demonstrated its interest and involvement in the internal affairs of Jammu and Kashmir. The role, open and secret, of Pakist... | |
| | | | Separate treasuries for industrial units: Karra | | | |
Srinagar, May 26
- Acknowledging prime importance of industries in generating economic growth, Minister for Planning and Finance Mr. Tariq Hameed Karra has said that government is contemplating to issue directions to the government departments to procure goods from local entrepreneurs through Small Scale Industrial Corporation (SICOP). This, he said, would promote marketing avenues for local industries besides facilitating procurement process of raw material for them.
Mr. Karra was addressing industrialists at a function organized by Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK) here today.
Planning Secretary Mr. S. S. Kapoor, Commissioner Secretary Finance Mr. B. B. Vyas, Commissio... | |
| | | | Azad says election as per schedule | | 'Situation not conducive yet to shift forces' | | |
Srinagar, May 26
Ruling out any possibility of early Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said that election to Jammu and Kashmir Assembly would be held as per schedule.
Speaking to media persons at SKICC here Mr. Azad said that next year and half will be dedicated to development adding it is possible because of the massive financial assistance from centre government. "We should not waste even a second in utilizing the liberal funds to make works speak on ground".
In reply to a question, Mr. Azad said that situation is not conducive to shift the security forces from internal duty yet. "Unless situation permits withdrawal of troupe... | |
| | | | And now Director ISM aims on the employees association through his dictatorial verdict | | | |
Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu May 26
Dr Kabir Director ISM J&K has issued a ‘dictatorial’ verdict from his palace to choke voices for the welfare of the employees and tighten the noose against seven employees, representing organizations / associations, to abstain from their activities (to represent their cases to the health ministry) and ordered to plead their case through proper channel that is with his consent.
A huge poster pasted on the right pillar of the Government Ayurvedic Hospital Jammu at Shalamar Road attracts people in curiosity but to their surprise they get shock after going through the hard lines / Taliban dictates to the employees and office bearers of the said associations. ... | |
| | | | 8-membered APC sets shock waves within state polity | | Refugees’ hopes suffer pendulum movement within optimism and uncertainties | | |
Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu May 26
IT SEEMS COLAITION government has already surrendered the cause of the refugees by inducting all those who have turned down their issues (by stressing “Kashmir issue is bigger problems for the state government) in the all party committee (APC).
The chief minister showing his commitance to the cause of the refugees has announced an eight-member committee though very late. However, his initiative has been taken by certain quarters just as an attempt to bring chicken before the cat. These quarters fear how those who had already opposed the supporting voices for the rights of refugees will justify the genuineness of the refugees’ issues and grievances.
Ch... | |
| | | | Satwari police solves blind murder case | | | |
Jammu | May 26
Satwari police today solved a murder case in which a woman along with her paramour had murdered her husband. According to reports, some day back one person namely Bashir Ahmed son of Bindu lodged a written report at police station Satwari that body of his son Abdul Majid who was serving in Army was lying in a room of their house at Jawahar Nagar Satwari. He suspected that some one has murdered his son. After receiving the complaint, a police team rushed to the spot and took the body to GMC for postmortem and registered a case FIR No. 86/2007 u/s 302 in this regard.
After that SSP Jammu Mukesh Singh and SP city South Jammu Zahid Manhas constituted a team headed by SHO Sat... | |
| | | | Time not ripe for reduction in the level of troops: governor | | | |
Jammu,May 26
Governor,Mr S.K.Sinha,is said to have conveyed to the centre that the time was not ripe for reduction of troops in Jammu and Kashmir.The Governor is on record to have supported the state Government’s views on troops reduction.
Informed sources said that during his periodic interaction with the field commanders and other senior functionaries of the security forces the Governor had come to the conclusion that the atmosphere was yet to be conducive for the withdrawal of troops.
Sources said that the Governor,in his reports to the centre,has appreciated the style of functioning of the Chief Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad. Mr Azad’s steps on promoting work culture and his ... | |
| | | | Infiltration BID foiled, one soldier killed another injured in exchange of fire | | | |
POONCH,May 26
Alert jawans of the Indian army on Saturday morning foiled a major infiltration bid
by a group of heavily armed militants in which one soldier was killed and another was critically wounded in Krishnagati sector in the border district of Poonch.
A Defence Ministry spokesman,Col. S.D.Goswami,said
here today "Indian troops opened fire when a group of
militants tried to sneak into Poonch sector from
across the LOC."He said that the troops came under
heavy from from the group of militants in Krishnaghati sector of
Poonch.In the exchange of
fire one soldier was killed and another one was injured.
The spokesman said that as a result of counter
offensive ... | |
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