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| PICTURE IN ARMS, PRAYER ON LIPS NIRMAL KOUR EMBARKS ON HER LIFES’ TOUGHEST JOURNEYS IN SEARCH OF HER HUSBAND, | | APPEAL IRC TO HELP POW REUNITE WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN INDIA | | |
Jammu, May 29,
Holding picture of Subedar Assa Singh, one of the 54 prisoners of war believed to be languishing in Pakistani jails in her arms, silent prayer on her lips and blessings of God almighty and all other near and dear ones, Nirmal Kour, flanked by her seven children from all sides, on Tuesday evening stepped out of her house in search of her missing husband in foreign land.
Before starting her journey she also appealed to the
International red cross society and various NGO’s,social and political organizations working in Pakistan to come forward and help them reunite with their loved ones languishing in different Pakistani jails for past 36 years.
"I appeal to all the agencies working in Pakistan to come to our aid and help us reach our loved ones kept in differnt Pakistami jails for pat 36 years," Nirmal Kour said before embarking on her lifes’ toughest and longest journeys ever in search of her husband all alone.
Nirmal Kour is awaiting arrival of her husband from the war front since 1971 from where he was captured by Pakistani army and held back a... | |
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| >>Tug of war: Kashmir’s love for age old political supremacy and Jammu’s struggle for genuine right | | JKNPP dares to utter K-psychic of Kashmir based parties over delimitation and demilitarization | | |
Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu May 29
The Ghulam Nabi Azad government’s move to increase Assembly seats by 25 pc before the 2008 polls has run into rough weather, ending in the arch rivals PDP, NC and CPI jointly to enter in a tug of war with Jammu based parties claiming more seats for Jammu.
Indeed the political parties are in virtual wrestles for the survival and to save their political ideologies viz. Kashmir based parties want Kashmir an upper hand while Jammu based parties demand more seats for the Jammu region.
‘The Kashmir based parties under age old political compulsion has stepped ahead to throw the dice for winning at the same time JKNPP, BJP and other Jammu based parties ... | |
| | | | Adult breastfeeding prescription from Muslim scholar | | | |
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NEW DELHI, May 29: The term 'fatwa' is often made use of in places and countries with the presence of a substantial number of Muslims. Now a fatwa has come from a scholar in Cairo's Al-Azhar University. It is con sidered to be the world's leading Suni university. A fatwa by an Islamic scholar permitting women to breastfeed adults with whom they work has culminated in his suspension from the university.
The scholar has been identifed as Dr Izzat Atiyaa. According to a report in The Australian, Dr Atiyaa had issued the fatwa as a way around the prohibition in Islamic religious law against a woman working in private premises with a man who was not her close relative. Breastf... | |
| | | | Delhi's Chandni chowk not to choke! | | | |
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NEW DELHI, May 29: Spotlights are on Delhi's historic Chandni chowk. It is going toi be a Black Friday for more than one lakh rickshaw pullers in the congested area. Civic authorities are ready with their teams to seize any rickshaw plying the main roads of the area from Friday (June 1) following a formal notification issued by the Delhi Traffic Police last Friday, banning cycle rickshaws, hand carts and animal-driven vehicles.
The cycle rickshaws are to be replaced by a fleet of 15 CNG-propelled buses, which would arrive at the stops every two minutes and charge a flat fee of Rs5. The decision is part of the grand plan to decongest Chandni Chowk and redevelop it in or... | |
| | | | Row over Indian territory of Arunachal Pradesh | | India, China to hold their first defence dialogue | | |
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NEW DELHI, May 29: Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee, has achieved a major breakthrough by making China accept the idea favouring first defence dialogue between New Delhi and Beijing. The two countries have agreed to set dates for their first defence dialogue.
This follows a 40-minute meeting in Hamburg between Pranab Mukherjee and his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi. This was the first meeting between Mukherjee and the new Chinese foreign minister.The discussion took place on the sidelines of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) that India is attending for the first time.
According to a statement isued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in Nedw Del... | |
| | | | Mufti losing clout in Delhi after stretching demilitarization demand | | | |
Jammu,May 29
The quantum of support the PDP
leadership,especially Mufti Mohd.Sayeed,had been
getting from the
central Government and the Congress
High Command has been dwindling after the Mufti and his
daughter,Ms Mehbooba Mufti,continued to stretch the
demand for demilitarisation beyond a reasonable
proportion.
Highly placed informed sources said that Chief
Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,has regained the ground
which he had lost as far as the support from the
Congress High Command was concerned.In fact Mr Azad is
said to have staged a coup against the Mufti in the
corridors of power in Delhi when his arguments against demilitarisation were
accepted by senior
party leade... | |
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