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| I want to be remembered as a good human being: Kalam | | | | Srinagar, July 29 President A P J Abdul Kalam today said he wants people to remember him as a good human being.
The President said this when a student from Tibetan Public School, Srinagar Humaira, asked him if he would like to be remembered in history as a great Scientist, as the President of India or as a great teacher, during the question-answer session.
Dr Kalam to another question about Indian astronauts being able to reach the moon said ''We have Chandrayan programme--an unmanned Moon Mission. The next effort will be to have a manned mission to Moon based on a national requirement. As and when decided, Indian Space Research Organization will be able take a mission.'' When a stud... | |
| | | | Give NCC training to youth, allow people to curb terrorism, Kalam | | | | Srinagar, July 29 : Stressing the need to provide NCC training to all the students in school and colleges, President A P J Abdul Kalam today said citizens must be allowed to participate in large numbers for curbing terrorism in the state.
Addressing diamond jubilee celebrations of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Complex on the bank of Dal Lake here, Dr Kalam said for promoting faster development of the state, restoration of peace is essential.
He said there are four important components--economic zone near the Line of Control, social development in difficult areas, state level movement to eliminate terrorism and citizen security-- which can ... | |
| | | | No more seeing off at rly stations | | | | Kolkata, Jul 29 Against the backdrop of the Mumbai blasts, the railway ministry is introducing strict security measures in stations to keep away non-passengers from entering platforms and planning to instal CCTVs.
"After the Mumbai blasts, we are now introducing strict security measures at the stations. Only bonafide passengers will be allowed on the platforms. Seeing-off will have to take place outside," Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said inaugurating the country's first multi-modal transport system (MMTS) at NSC Bose International Airport here.
Other security steps would include installation of close circuit televisions inside the stations for round-the-clock vigil, installation of ... | |
| | | | Terrorism-related case should be dealt on priority: Kalam | | | | Srinagar, July 29: Stressing on speeding up the judicial process in Jammu and Kashmir, President A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday said terrorism-related cases should be dealt with on a priority and "without sacrificing" the principles of natural justice.
"The judiciary must consider creation of a fast judicial process for settling terrorism-related cases. It can find a method by which cases pertaining to terrorism are dealt with on a priority and they are not allowed to drag on through multiple adjournments and multi-level of appeals," he said during the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
He said a system needed to be designed to resolve the issue "fast w... | |
| | | | Court granted bail in MBBS Examination Scam | | | | Jammu, July, 29 : Chief Judicial Magistrate Jammu Mr. Sanjay Dhar has granted bail to two accused namely Bharat Bhushan Gupta and Hoshnak Singh on medical ground and old age with the direction furnish bail bond and one surety in the amount of Rs 20,000/- each.
While granting the bail CJM observed that accused Bharat Bhushan Gupta is suffering from some ailment and advised complete bed-rest as per the photocopy of prescription of doctor and also keeping in view the fact that accused Hoshnak Singh is of seventy years old, accused applicants are admitted to bail with the direction that they shall appear before the Investigating Agency as and when called.
According to the ... | |
| | | | DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS OF HIGH COURT: LITIGANTS AWAIT SPEEDY JUSTICE | | | | Jammu, July 29 : The CBI, the state authorities and the police messed up the sex scam case. Its fallout was hazardous on the unit of the members of the Bar Associations in Srinagar and Jammu and that of several hundred litigant public.
And the very mess-up cast its shadow on the diamond jubilee celebrations of the state High Court held in Srinagar where besides the President of India, Dr A.P.J.Kalam,Chief Justice of India,Justice Mr Y.K.Sabharwal, and prominent lawyers, jurists and political leaders were present.
Again the mess-up kicked up a piquant situation. While the Bar Association in Jammu went on an indefinite strike in protest against refusal of the concerned authorities for t... | |
| | | | Mainstream political leaders vie with one another for appeasing militants and Islamabad | | | | Srinagar, July 29 :- Leaders of mainstream political
parties in the Kashmir valley vie with one another as far as appeasement of militants,separatists
and the Pakistan establishment was concerned.
A senior Congress leader,Mr Ghulam Rasool Kar,has
gone a step ahead of those who have been shouting
loud against the security forces during any incident
of human rights violations but remain mute spectators
whenever militants kill innocent civilians.Mr Kar,during a recent public rally in remote Trehgam
area in Kupwara district,praised Maqbool Butt,founder
President of the JKLF who was executed in Tihar jail
in 1984 on charge of having murdered an
intelligence official.
While sho... | |
| | | | Pak must dismantle terror infrastructure: India | | Troops withdrawal from J&K is ruled out | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, JULY 29: Troops in Jammu and Kashmir will not be withdrawn in the given situation. Neither will any reduction in the existing structure and strength of the Indian troops be allowed in the troubled State, according to a senior Ministerial source.
The government of India, the Ministerial source told EARLY TIMES, had strong reasons to support and justify the standpoint taken by the Jammu and Kashmir government against the withdrawal of troops from the State. The Udhampur-based Northern Command, too, was opposed to the idea for the troops withdrawal.
The J&K government headed by the Congress stalwart, Ghulam Nabi Azad, had, the Ministerial source added, made it ... | |
| | | | Chowmahla palace out of bounds for Manolya, Niloufer | | | |
EARLY TIMES DELHI BUREAU
NEW DELHI, JULY 29: Chowmahla palace? It is located in Hyderabad, capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Manolya? She is ex-wife of Hyderabad's former Nizam. Niloufer? She is Manolya's daughter.
A report just fed to EARLY TIMES Delhi Bureau says that Manolya Onur, the third divorced wife of Nizam Mukarram Jah, was made to realise how unwelcome she was in the royal palaces when she along with her daughter, Niloufer, tried to enter the famous Chowmahla palace in Hyderabad.
The security personnel at the palace prevented and turned them away when both women, accompanied by the media tried to go around the palace, which are open to the visitors. The security staff ... | |
| | | | Polio finding its way back, affecting adults | | Popular aspirin drug increases risk of impotence | | | SUNDAY SPECIAL
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, JULY 29: Sterner sex will have to be extra-careful while consuming daily doses of the drugs. If a new study by researchers at Finland's University of Tampere were any guide, consumption of the popular aspirin every day increases the risk of impotence of men. Men--the sterner sex.
There is no denying that everywhere across the globe NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), are widely used to treat pain and inflammation. They are also prescribed by medical practitioners or doctors to patients suffering from arthritis on high daily doses to ease swollen, painful joints.
However, the new study has this piece of interesting message: drugs ... | |
| | | | Pak must dismantle terror infrastructure: India | | Troops withdrawal from J&K is ruled out | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, JULY 29: Troops in Jammu and Kashmir will not be withdrawn in the given situation. Neither will any reduction in the existing structure and strength of the Indian troops be allowed in the troubled State, according to a senior Ministerial source.
The government of India, the Ministerial source told EARLY TIMES, had strong reasons to support and justify the standpoint taken by the Jammu and Kashmir government against the withdrawal of troops from the State. The Udhampur-based Northern Command, too, was opposed to the idea for the troops withdrawal.
The J&K government headed by the Congress stalwart, Ghulam Nabi Azad, had, the Ministerial source added, made it ... | |
| | | | Evidence of Pak's role in cross-border terror strong: NSA | | | | New Delhi, Jul 29: Objecting to certain comments made by US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher after the Mumbai bomb blasts, India has said the evidence with it about Pakistan's role in cross-border terrorism was "stronger" than what Washington had after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
National Security Adviser M K Narayanan said Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashker-e-Toiba had international influence and it was important for the US to understand its "ramifications".
"Mr Boucher did not talk to anyone of us. (But) he has made a statement," Narayanan told Karan Thapar's 'Devil's Advocate' programme on CNN-IBN when referred to the US official's remarks suggesting that India... | |
| | | | Security tightened at Amarnath route; 503 pilgrims leave for shrine | | | | Jammu, July 29: Security arrangements have been tightened in the city including sensitive installations, temples and dharamshalas here in view of recovery of high grade explosive from Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant outfit's hideout at Srinagar and its plan to target Jammu-Srinagar national highway and Amarnath pilgrims.
Police sources told UNI tight security arrangements are already in place and alert is being maintained.
The HM plans to target the national highway and Amarnath came to light with the arrest of three militants and recovery of 250 kg of high grade explosive from hideout at Bijbehara.
Meanwhile, a fresh batch of 503 pilgrims today left from here for Darshan of th... | |
| | | | CBI files chargesheet in J&K sex racket case | | | | Srinagar, Jul 29 : CBI today filed the second chargesheet against two former Jammu and Kashmir ministers and a senior IAS officer in the sex racket case.
Besides filing the charges against Raman Mattoo and G A Mir, both former ministers and Iqbal Khandey, a senior IAS officer, the agency also charged Mohammade Ashraf Mir, Deputy Superintendent of Police, and Rayaz Kawa, a hotel owner in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate M Y Akhoon.
CBI sources said the alleged kingpin of the racket Sabina and her husband Abdul Hamid were named in all the five chargesheets. ... | |
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