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| Recalcitrant JU shuts doors at RSS, saffron brigade vows to open | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 22: In interesting turn of events, the authorities at the University of Jammu late this evening decided to ‘cancel’ a booking for tomorrow at its famed General Zorawar Singh Auditorium citing reasons that the campus premises cant be used for political purposes –the slated function is a lecture in memory of Bhartiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and is scheduled to be addressed none other than RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and BJP chief Rajnath Singh.
There has been an advance booking for the event which is split into two sessions –an academic session between 9:30 and 1:30 and a national remembrance convention between 3:30. The second part is to be addressed by Bhagwat and Singh and this is what the University is fussy about. To make proceedings of entire day appear academic and not political, the University authorities want the first session prolonged to accommodate the second one as well. “We can allow only academic proceedings at the Auditorium and not political”, said the Auditorium administrator DL Choudhary. However, Neeraj Puri, a me... | |
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| SP Javed, SFL head among 5 officials suspended for lapses | | Jan Commission confirms rape and murder of 2 women, doesn’t identify culprits | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Jun 22: On 23rd day of continuous shutdown in Shopian, Government has today ordered immediate suspension of four Police officers, including then SP Shopian Javed Iqbal Matoo, as also head of Home Department’s Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), for their inefficient handling of the matter of rape and murder of two young women on May 29th. One-man Commission of Inquiry, comprising Justice (Retired) Muzaffar Jan, had recommended suspension of the identified officials as also departmental inquiry into their conduct in its interim report that was submitted to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here last evening.
Official sources revealed to Early Times that Chief ... | |
| | | | Goswami, Kotwal may join Azad on deputation | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 22: The Union Minister for Health and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad take on deputation to his office some senior IAS officers of Jammu and Kashmir cadre and the choices are learnt to be quite obvious.
Sources said that to keep his linkage intact with Jammu and Kashmir, Azad is intending to take local IAS officers on deputation to his office so that they can liaise on the home state affairs. Azad’s intentions of rebuilding and strengthening his political constituency in Jammu and Kashmir are no more secrets and deputation of home state cadre officers to his office in New Delhi may help further the cause.
Sources informed Early Times that Principa... | |
| | | | Petro prices to go up | | | | Agencies
New Delhi June 22: The government is considering raising petrol price by Rs 2 a litre and diesel by Rs 1 per litre as an immediate fall out of the firming international oil prices.
State-run fuel retailers are losing about Rs 135 crore (Rs 1.35 billion) per day on sale of petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene and the government is looking at proposals to make up for these losses, a senior official said.
"Equitable burden sharing principal would entail consumers having to bear marginal increase in fuel prices while the rest of the losses would be made up by issue of oil bonds and upstream assistance," he said.
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| | | | 79 cross side via Chakan-Da-Bagh | | | | Early Times Report
Poonch, June 22: No first-timer from this part of the state could make weekly Poonch-Rawlakote bus service as seventy nine persons exchanged sides through the Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point at Line of Control (LoC) on Monday.
Official sources said that 29 civilians left for Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) from Poonch. All of them were returnees from Pak. No first-timer travelled to Pak from this region.
From PoK, 50 persons reached Poonch. They include 45 first timers from PoK and five returnees, who came back to Poonch after their 28 day stay in PoK.
As many as eighty six persons exchanged sides through weekly Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road in Uri town of North Kashmi... | |
| | | | PDP troupes to Raj Bhawan Vohra denies audience | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 22: A day after Justice Jan Commission of Inquiry proved Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s assertions of ‘no rape, no murder’ wrong, the Peoples Democratic Party today further upped the ante and trouped to the Raj Bhawan petitioning before Governor for repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. The Police, however, thwarted the move and they were stopped at Dal Gate from moving forward.
The procession was led by Mehbooba Mufti and accompanied, among others, by senior party leaders including Molvi Iftikthar Hussain Ansari, Dillawar Mir, general secretary, Abdul Rashid Kabuli. The Governor refused to meet the PDP president and her colleagues citing his p... | |
| | | | Don’t violate cadre rules, advises CAT | | | | ET REPORT/JNF
Jammu, June 22: Fearing lawlessness in civil postings, the Central Administrative Tribunal has strongly recommended that the cadre vacancies should be manned only by the cadre officers.
In a petition filed by one PK Singh Indian Forest Service Cadre seeking adjustment on the cadre post, Central Administrative Tribunal ordered that the cadre vacancies as far as possible to be manned by the cadre officers
In the petition it has been submitted that there are 17 applicants all of them are members of All India Forest Service (IFS). Their service conditions are governed by the All India Services Act 1951.
CAT Chandigarh Bench comprising Justice M Ramachandran vice Chairman, ... | |
| | | | Center to fund Rs 1100 Cr Dal project | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 22- Assuring Center’s full support in protecting Jammu and Kashmir’s environment and forests, the Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said that 40 per cent work of Rs.300 crore Dal cleaning project has been accomplished and the remaining work would be completed within the next two years.
Addressing a jam packed press conference at Srinagar today, the Union Minister said both the state and the central government have agreed to work proactively so that projects taken up for conservation of lakes and forests in the State are completed in a time-bound manner. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was also present at the conference.
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| | | | 77% of J&K’s villages have cell phones ringing, 40 lakh people have talking device in their pockets | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 22: This is what if not a millennium revolution –nearly a decade ago, a telephone in any village would make its owner special and privileged, today more than 77 per cent of Jammu and Kashmir’s villages have the cellphones ringing.
Getting its first cell phone as late as in 2003 –around eight years later then rest of the country –today Jammu and Kashmir is among the fastest growing cell phone circles in the country. With more than 40 lakh subscribers already on the register of various companies, over one-third of state’s total population is armed with talking device in their pockets.
This information was revealed in a meeting chaired by the Chairman Tele... | |
| | | | Dialogue ball in Pak’s court: PM | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jun 22: Manmohan Singh today said he had already set the ball rolling for a dialogue with Pakistan and it was now up to Islamabad to respond.
Talking to a delegation of CPI(M) leaders from Jammu and Kashmir who called on him, the Prime Minister said he favoured resolution of all outstanding issues, including Jammu and Kashmir, with Pakistan through dialogue and reconciliation. Speaking to reporters here after their meeting with the Prime Minister, leader of the delegation Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami said a dialogue with Pakistan was imperative for peace in the state.
According to Mr Tarigami, Dr Singh told him that India could prosper only in an atmosphere of cooperativ... | |
| | | | Cable operator, PSO held with Rs 15 lakh | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 22: In a bizarre incident, the Doda Police have arrested a cable operator, his personal security officer and a scribe along with a whooping cash amounting Rs 15 lakhs being carried in suspicious circumstances.
Sources said that a cable operator identified as Reyaz Abdrabi, his Personal Security Officer Imtiyaz Ahmed son of Ghulam Mustafa, and a reporter of a Jammu based English daily newspaper were traveling in a private car when they were intercepted by an Army post. Immediately on interception, they handed over the money bag to the PSO and asked him to run away. The Army men, however, chased and caught hold of him. Seeing huge amount of cash the trio were... | |
| | | | Blaze at Sanjhi Chhat, yatra suspended | | | | Early Times Report
Katra, June 22: The pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi shrine was suspended following the fire incident occurred in Sanjhi Chhat.
The blaze of fire was so high that it effected Chopper service. Efforts were on to extinguish the fire which broke out at noon in the forest of Sanji Shat till evening. The reason behind the incident has yet to be ascertained where as fire fighters were on job to curb the fire. SMVDSB in order to thwart any untoward incident stopped the yatra slips in their counters resulting heavy rush of devotees at the base camp,Katra.SDPO Reasi Jugal Sharma informed that the decision was taken keeping in view the possibilities of stone shooting on yatra track ... | |
| | | | Al-Qaida: Will use Pak nuclear arsenal | | | | Agencies
DUBAI June 22: If it were in a position to do so, al-Qaida would use Pakistan's nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks aired on Sunday.
Pakistan has been battling al-Qaida's Taliban allies in the Swat Valley since April after their thrust into a district 100 km (60 miles) northwest of the capital raised fears the nuclear-armed country could slowly slip into militant hands.
"God willing, the nuclear weapons will not fall into the hands of the Americans and the mujahideen would take them and use them against the Americans," Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, the leader of al-Qaida's in Afghanistan, said in an interview with Al Jazeer... | |
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