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| Mufti wins Azad loses the battle | | ‘Sinha the most misunderstood constitutional head’ | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 12
The PDP has won and the Congress has lost as far as the issue of allowing Governor, S. K. Sinha, to continue till the end of the Assembly election, due in October. Mufti Mohammed Sayeed had his say and Wednesday proved to be his day when a statement from the Rashtrapati Bhawan announced that the President of India had appointed N. N. Vohra, a former bureaucrat, as successor of Sinha. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's support to S. K. Sinha did not carry any weight.
In fact the PDP leadership had been gunning for Sinha for the last over two years. It was no longer a secret that the relations between the Mufti and Sinha had remained sore during the last over four years. The reason for it was the duration proposed by the
Government for the annual Amarnath Yatra. Had not Ghulam Nabi Azad backed, the Governor Sinha would have been told to hang his boots over a year ago when his
term ended on June 4, 2008. Reports said that a week before Sinha had to retire, the Centre had decided to allow him to continue till at least the Amarnath Yatra and the A... | |
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| VIPs will have to queue up for Vaishno Devi darshan | | Vaishno Devi shrine scraps paid entry scheme | | | Early Times Reporter
Katra | June 12
Withdrawing the recently introduced paid priority darshan system, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board today decided to scrap all modes of priorities for out of queue darshan at the Holy Cave Shrine.
Announcing this here this afternoon, after interacting with the Committee set up to examine the issue, Governor and Chairman, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) Lt. General (Retd) S K Sinha said the system had been introduced on experimental basis. However, respecting the popular demand, it has been decided to dispense with all sorts of priorities including the paid ones, he added.
General Sinha said the Board would soon devise a mechanism to pr... | |
| | | | Transporters' strike called off in J&K | | Passenger fare hiked by 14 pc | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 12
All Jammu and Kashmir Transport Welfare Association has called off its state wide indefinite strike after the state government's assurance to hike passenger fares by 14 percent and withdrawal of other taxes including service tax, passenger welfare tax etc within a week.
Sources informed News Agency of Kashmir that the high level team of state government held a negotiation meeting with the representatives of the Association this afternoon and it was decided to hike passenger fares by 14 percent in view of hike in prices of petroleum products, adding, the meeting which lasted for about two and half hours this afternoon also decided to look into the oth... | |
| | | | Rajnath Singh to visit Jammu on June 15 | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 12
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh will visit the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir on June 15, an official spokesman here said today.
''The BJP president will be visiting Jammu to address 'Satta Parivartan Rally' of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on June 15," official sources told the sources adding, "Mr Singh will address the rally on June 15 besides national executive meetings of BJYM, which will be held on June 14.'' However, the meetings would be held to mobilise the youth of Jammu and Kashmir and to expose the 'anti-youth' policies of the Congress led coalition government, sources added.
''Though the state government has prom... | |
| | | | CM launches 3-day Ladakh Sindhu Festival | | ‘Festival promotes culture, tourism in region’: Azad | | | Early Times Reporter
Leh | June 12
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the 3-day Ladakh Sindhu Festival here today with thousands of people witnessing the colourful inaugural ceremony held on the banks of the famous Indus River.
The opening ceremony was also attended by Minister for Industries & Commerce, Nawang Rigzin Jora, Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh, Chhering Dorje, Executive Councilors and Councilors of LAHDC, senior officers of civil, Army and Para Military forces. The members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Art, Culture and Tourism, currently on a study tour of Ladakh, also witnessed the gala event that included cultural items performed by Ladakhi artistes... | |
| | | | MBA student, beau held guilty in poisoning case | | | | Pune | June 12
The infamous case of a woman and her fiancé, both MBA students, killing a fellow student by offering him ‘prasad’ laced with poison last year drew to a close with the district and sessions court here pronouncing the couple guilty on Wednesday. The quantum of punishment will be decided on Thursday.
The woman, Aditi Sharma (25), of Jammu, her fiancé, Pravin Khandelwal (25), of Jaipur, and the deceased, Udit Ashwinikumar Bharati (25), of Jammu, were first-year management students at a Wakad-based institute.
Aditi and Udit had fallen in love while studying at an engineering college in Jammu and had decided to get married with the consent of their parents. However, they decided... | |
| | | | Trial run for Kashmir's first train begins | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 12
Kashmir valley will get its first train service later in June and the train begun its trial run on Thursday. Senior railway officials are present for the trial run of the 55-km long Anantnag-Kakapora-Badgam track.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to inaugurate the service by the end of June. The train has air-conditioned coaches with a heating system and pushback seats. It is the first time that a train with all these facilities will cover short distances.... | |
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