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| Cabinet expansion today | | Aslam, Ramzan, Hakeem, Mir, Raman, Akhoon among Cabinet Ministers; Manohar, Ajaz, Shabir, Kichloo, Nasir, Agha may be MoS | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 10: All is set for expansion of six-month old Omar Abdullah led coalition ministry of the National Conference and the Congress but the Ministers in waiting are yet to be made ‘very sure’ about their elevation tomorrow afternoon.
The cabinet expansion with 13 to 15 new faces is slated for Saturday at 4 PM at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Center along the banks of Dal Lake. Governor NN Vohra will administer oath to new members of the Council of Ministers which has only ten members so far and its maximum capacity is 25. Late night reports suggested that the Chief Minister may keep two seats vacant for another expansion in future.
Sources said that that cabinet expansion will be followed by a meeting of the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Though its was reported to be a routine and introductory meeting after taking new Ministers on board but the sources maintained that some top level transfers and postings in the administration in tomorrow’s cabinet meeting were not ruled out.
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| Jammu cool by 14* as it rained so well | | | |
Munish Gupta
Jammu , July 10: The prayers of the residents of the Jammu region were answered by the rain God, as the much-awaited brought some relief to them. The residents had been reeling under intense heat wave for the past few weeks.
Since morning the residents didn’t have any respite from the humidity and high temperature. Suddenly, the city experienced a heavy down pour around 6 pm, which continued for almost hours. Few hours of rain, inundated the city roads affecting residential and commercial areas.
The pre-monsoon showers accompanied by a thunderstorm lashed Jammu city since afternoon, brining down the daytime temperature in the city by almost 14°C. According to met depart... | |
| | | | Baglihar project unit shutdown, turbine develops fault | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 10 Power generation of one of the three 150 MW units of 450 MW Baglihar Hydro Electric Power Project has shut down after its turbine developed some technical fault, a officer of project said.
"We have shut down one unit for a week after some technical faults were found in the turbine. The repair work is being undertaken," Executive Engineer, Baglihar HEPP, Sudhir told from Chanderkote.
He further said that the turbine is in guarantee period and is being repaired for early re-start of power generation of one of three units.
Two units of 150 MW each of 450 MW project are running fine and only one unit was shut down for a week, he said adding that due to sh... | |
| | | | BSF gets first cadre officer at top post | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, July 10: The BSF on Friday got its first additional director general from its cadre ranks, a post till now held by IPS officers.
Naresh Gaur, who joined the Border Security Force (BSF) 40 years ago in 1969, was till now the Inspector General (IG) after serving the force in various posts before being appointed as the ADG on Friday.
Gaur will be the second in hierarchy, in the more than 1.5 lakh border force, after the director general, a post essentially held by an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer till now.
Hailing it as a "defining move", a cadre officer of the CISF said the latest appointment will open avenues for other cadre level officers to rise to the to... | |
| | | | Two Vaishnodevi pilgrims die in JK | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 10
Two pilgrims today died due to heart attack on their way to cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Katra belt of Reasi district, police officials said here.
60-year-old Ameer Lakshmi Chand of Chamboor, Mumbai, suffered a heart attack this morning near Adhkuwari enroute to the cave shrine. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.
In a separate incident, 42-year-old Sharad Kesar of Pune, Maharastra, also had died due to cardiac arrest near Bhawan enroute the cave shrine, they said.
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| | | | Third tunnel at Vaishnodevi shrine to facilitate devotees | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu July 10 : To meet the huge rush of the devotees at Holy Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine which is roughly estimated to witness one crore pilgrims annually, the shrine board has drawn up a major expansion plan and begun work on a third tunnel to streamline the free flow of devotees.
"A major expansion plan of Vaishnodevi shrine has been set into motion. We have started work on the construction of a third tunnel as well," Additional Chief Executive Officer of the shrine board, Manoj Dewadi said.
The board has drawn a comprehensive plan to create state-of-the-art infrastructure to meet the future target of one crore pilgrim turnout annually.
"After construction of third t... | |
| | | | PC’s advice to CM: Handle Kashmir situation with care –politically, swiftly | | | |
EARLY TIMES DESK
Jammu, July 10: A day after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah returned home after elaborate meetings with top central leaders explaining them the latest Valley situation, the Union Home Minister P Chidambram has dropped for him a piece of advise - handle the unrest in Kashmir politically and handle it swiftly.
Speaking to a news channel Union Home Minister Chidambaram said the response to the strife in the Valley has to be political.
When asked about the state government's decision to withdraw CRPF from Baramulla after the killing of four civilian protestors, the Home Minister said that he supported the phasing out of the central forces from the Valley. The minister, how... | |
| | | | Govt unveils Jan panel report, main culprits still not known | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 10: After nearly 40 days of rigorous and hyped probe, the Government today said that it has adopted the report of the one-man Commission of inquiry headed by Justice (retd) Muzaffar Jan but ironically the voluminous report does not carry any information about the real culprits involved in rape and murder of two women in Shopian.
Accepting the recommendations of the judicial commission which probed the Shopian rape and murder incident, the government has decided to set up a Special Investigation Team under state’s IG (CID) to probe the role of the suspended policemen.
Law Minister Abdul Rahim Rather told a press conference here today that "the Commis... | |
| | | | Staff of JU, KU, both SKUASTs to get hiked salaries next month, Omar’s varsities to wait | | SMVDU also gearing up; Wakf funded BGSBU, IUST have no funds | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, July 10: After a long wait, the teachers and officers in four Universities in Jammu and Kashmir are all set to get their enhanced salaries as per the recommendations of Sixth Central Pay Commission, the cash rich Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University is also exploring possibilities of implementing new package around same time but the government appears to have disowned the Wakf funded newly come up Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri and the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora.
A meeting of the Vice Chancellors of four Universities was held today in Srinagar under their chairman of their Chancellor, Governor NN Vohra and atten... | |
| | | | Jammu gets first swine flu suspect, but all drugs are away in Srinagar | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 10: While authentic test results are still awaited, the fear of swine fly has finally arrived in Jammu as first ever suspected case in the state has been quarantined for treatment at the Government Medical College here.
Serious lapses of the state government in handling this nationwide health epidemic in Jammu came to the fore with detection of first suspect when it was found that not even a single dose of drugs or precautionary accessories like masks etc were found in the Government Medical College. All drugs and masks obtained from the Central Government had been dispatched to Srinagar despite the fact that Jammu received thousands of pilgrims everyday ... | |
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