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| Amarnath Yatra begins today, Army engaged in track clearing | | | | Early Times Report
BALTAL, JUNE 14: With just a day left for the commencement of this year’s Shri Amarnathji Yatra from Jammu via Baltal route, the Army has stepped in to augment the track clearance on critical patch from Sangam to the Holy Cave.
Chief Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) early this morning, visited the Holy Cave and Panjtarini areas, along with senior Army and Board officers and took stock of the snow clearance work. He directed for doubling the work-force to make the track fully functional by tomorrow.
The Shrine Board officers also discussed the relocation of the helipads from the Holy Cave and inspected the proposed site at Panjtarini. The work on making the sites functional has already begun. At Panjtarini, the CEO along with the officers went round the Panchtarni Camp also and flew over the thickly snow covered track from Sheshnag to Panchtarni, parts of which are yet to fully cleared due to hurdles caused by the fresh snowfall last week.
At the Holy Cave most of the Langers have been set up while the tent-shop owners are putting up tenta... | |
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| India, US agree to increase civil aviation cooperation | | | | Agencies
Washington, June 14: India and the United States have agreed to increase their level of cooperation in the aviation sector, including its modernisation, and to meet the challenges in view of its rapid expansion.
The decision in this regard was taken following a series of meetings of visiting Indian delegation led by the Civil Aviation Secretary Madhavan Nambiar with members of the Obama Administration.
During the meetings, the two sides discussed the future direction of the bilateral cooperation, said the Indian Embassy in a statement.
The two countries agreed to work towards making Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP), signed in June 2007, more productive for India in its eff... | |
| | | | Community feasts in Uttar Pradesh on Rahul's birthday Friday | | | | Agencies
New Delhi/Lucknow, June 14 : Celebrating its gains in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh will mark party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's birthday June 19 with community feasts, mainly in Dalit-dominated areas.
“June 19 will be celebrated as Samrasta Diwas (Harmony Day) in Uttar Pradesh. Party workers at the district level and block level will distribute sweets followed by Sahbhoj (community feast) with the poor and Dalits,” Akhilesh Pratap Singh, spokesperson of the party unit in Uttar Pradesh, told IANS Sunday.
Rahul Gandhi, son of party president Sonia Gandhi and MP from Amethi, had focused on reviving the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and his strategy succeeded ... | |
| | | | Elites in good humour, Govt ensures silent death of Gujjar Board | | No Vice Chairman since June 2007, no meeting held; key decision running pending | | |
ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, June 14: Gujjars and Bakerwals, the Pahari speaking people and Scheduled Castes have always been the most important items on the election politics menu in Jammu and Kashmir but when it comes to their real welfare they don’t find any place in the packing order. This has been happening regime after regime and Omar Abdullah government has not broken this precedence of dumping these social groups into oblivion –near total death of the respective Advisory Boards for Gujjars, Paharis and Scheduled Castes is a case in point.
One after the other, the Advisory Boards for development of these communities –constituting nearly half of the total population in Jammu and Ka... | |
| | | | Vested interests marring peace chances | | | |
NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, June 14: Gradually the ruling coalition leaders too have started favouring troop reduction and the repeal of Armed Forces(special powers)Act.(AFSPA). If anyone has a doubt one needs to go through Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah's, forceful plea before the union Home Minister, P Chidambaram during his two-day visit to Kashmir.
Chidambaram had gone to Kashmir to have an on the spot assessment of the security situation. He interacted with top political leaders and Government functionaries in the civil and police administration besides the senior officers of the Army and the paramilitary forces. During his stay Chidambaram did not succumb to the demand voiced by the Ch... | |
| | | | Jammu’s health budget skyrocketing | | | | SALMAN NIZAMI
JAMMU JUNE 13: The state of health in Jammu region does not appear quite healthy if one looks at the amount spent on medicines on an annual average.
A research by Early Times has revealed that people spending at least Rs 500 Crores annually on purchase of drugs while the Government Medical College hospital alone earned Rs 1.10 Crores of selling the OPD tickets in last three years.
For last three years 10 lakh out patient department (OPD) tickets have been sold by the Government Medical College and Hospital Jammu. The Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital has sold 832045 tickets in last three years. The Health Department has sold over 50 lakh tickets in past three years.
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| | | | Singh-Zardari may break ice in Russia | | | |
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NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will travel to Russia tomorrow for a three-day visit during which he will attend two multilateral summits and meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, marking the first contact at top level between India and Pakistan since 26/11 attacks.
In his first trip abroad during the second term, Singh will visit Yekaterinburg to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) Summits, the main agenda of which is expected to include the global financial crisis, terrorism and food security.
A significant aspect of the visit in Indo-Pak context would be a meeting between Singh and Zardari on the sidelines of ... | |
| | | | CII task force on J&K meets today | | | |
Agencies
NEW DELHI, June 14 : The CII task force on Jammu and Kashmir will meet here tomorrow under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to discuss steps for promoting industrial development of the State.
The meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) task force, which was set up in January, will among others be attended by industry leaders and State Government officials, sources said.
While announcing the formation of the task force earlier in the year, Abdullah had said it would focus of improving skill sets of J&K’s youth to improve their employability.
Besides selecting relevant areas of training for youth, the task force will also identify industry segments... | |
| | | | RSS warns BJP against dumping Hindutva | | | | Agencies
Nagpur, June 14: Mired in bitter infighting after the poll debacle and questioned for lack of clarity on Hindutva by its leaders, BJP today came under attack from RSS which accused it of "inconsistency" on the issue and warned that shunning the core ideology will "automatically snap" its "umbilical cord" with the Sangh.
In terse comments, senior RSS ideologue M G Vaidya said, "The BJP has failed to convey the real meaning of 'Hindutva' to the people (in the recent elections). Probably they thought they were not deemed to climb the pedestal of power with 'Hindutva' line. Hence, BJP should now disassociate itself with 'Hindutva'."
But "if the BJP gives up 'Hindutva', it will aut... | |
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