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| Moderate intensity quake jolts valley | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: An Earthquake of moderate intensity measuring 5.2 on Richter scale jolted Kashmir valley this afternoon, official sources told ..
While the jolt, triggering panic among the denizens, there were no reports of any damage or casualty, the officials added.Sources said that the quake, epicentred in the Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan, was felt at 1516 IST this afternoon in entire Kashmir valley. The temblor was epicentred at 36.5 degree north latitude and 71.2-degree east longitude, an official in the meteorological department stationed here told Press Bureau of India. The tremor created panic among the residents with some of them rushing outside their homes for safety. Reports said that the panic-stricken residents anxiously telephoned relatives and friends to inquire about their safety.
The quake reminded people of bitter memories of a devastating quake of 8 October 2005 that was recorded at 7.6 on the Richter scale and left trail of destruction apart from claiming lives of hundreds of people in both sides of the Kashmir region.
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| Cops raped 80-yr old woman, allege Doda villagers | | DC Sharief-ud-Din: Two cops have been arrested after identification parade of 18, FIR lodged, further investigation is on | | | MLA Majid Wani: I have sufficient reason to believe rape was committed; I will follow culprits to hell if system did not work
Zafar Choudhary & Sumit Sharma
Jammu, July 5: While the heat and dust kicked over rape and murder of two women in Shopian is yet to settle down that another more shocking incident of alleged rape by the cops of Special Task Force of the Jammu and Kashmir Police have come to light in a remote village of Doda district.
It sounds quite unbelievable but people of Guha village in Marmat area of Doda district have alleged that an 80 year old woman of the village was gang-raped and her sister-in-law was mercilessly beaten up, her clothes torn apart and was left naked ... | |
| | | | Pakistan-based terror group fires rocket at Indian village | | | |
Dhandae (Amritsar): In what appeared to be an attack by a Pakistan-based terror group, two rockets were fired at an Indian village late Saturday night, spreading panic in the region. Incidentally, one rocket fell within the Pakistan territory while another fell in an Indian village. No casualties have been reported. However, one person was slightly
injured with the splinter of the rocket.
The rocket, believed to be fired from the Pak soil at around 9.50 pm on Saturday night, fell in an irrigated paddy field of Dhandae village in Punjab causing blast and about ten feet wide crater. A portion of the paddy field was also burnt. Soon after the incident, senior BSF, Army and police official... | |
| | | | FOR AZAD’S DREAM CAMPUS | | JU calls interviews, forgets about funds twice, then simply postpones | | | Early Times report
Jammu, July 5: The second notification with in a span of six months to postpone the recruitments of the non-teaching staff for the Satellite campuses of the University of Jammu will no doubt result into vacant administrative chairs at the Bhaderwah campus but has once again uncovered the unplanned decisions of the University authorities related to these campuses on which the JU haven’t yet improved.
No doubt the much hyped Satellite campuses established by the University of Jammu to reach the people of Jammu region at their doorstep has suffered the government apathy and the University authorities have always been shifting the ball in the government’s court for the ine... | |
| | | | Moderate intensity quake jolts valley | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: An Earthquake of moderate intensity measuring 5.2 on Richter scale jolted Kashmir valley this afternoon, official sources told ..
While the jolt, triggering panic among the denizens, there were no reports of any damage or casualty, the officials added.Sources said that the quake, epicentred in the Hindukush mountain range of Afghanistan, was felt at 1516 IST this afternoon in entire Kashmir valley. The temblor was epicentred at 36.5 degree north latitude and 71.2-degree east longitude, an official in the meteorological department stationed here told Press Bureau of India. The tremor created panic among the residents with some of them rushing outside their home... | |
| | | | Union budget today, incentives expected | | | | New Delhi, July 5: Tax payers may get more sops in the Union Budget for investment in housing and infrastructure schemes and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee may tomorrow make popular proposals to hearten the investors and industry.
Not only the Budget proposals may contain measures for subsidised wheat and rice at Rs three a kg for the poor, in accordance with the Congress’ poll promise, Mukherjee could also announce a roadmap for disinvestment to mop up a substantial sum from sale of Government equity in public sector undertakings.
Sources in the Finance Ministry feel that there may not be any tinkering with tax rates, but the salaried-class could get additional income tax exemption be... | |
| | | | Amarnath yatra suspended due to inclement weather | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR: The annual Amarnath pilgrimage was suspended today after heavy snowfall and rains rendered the twin tracks to the cave shrine unsafe.
"No pilgrim was allowed from the base camps of Baltal in Ganderbal district and Nunwan along the traditional Pahalgam route in Anantnag district this morning," official sources said.
The yatra was suspended from both the tracks because of fresh snowfall and incessant rains, the sources said.
They said three inches of snow had accumulated in the cave shrine area, while a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains blocked the shortest 16 km Baltal route near Rail pathri last evening.
The rains also rendered the traditio... | |
| | | | COALITION’s SIX MONTHS | | Foes put it at zero, friends say poll codes etc slowed progress | | | sandeep Bhatt
Jammu, July 5: When Omar Abdullah took over as the youngest ever Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on January 6 he refrained from making nay big political commitment or setting any unachievable priority. Typical to his crisp and honest style of statement he set only one modest priority which is yet to translate his words into concrete action as the National Conference-Congress government completes tomorrow its full six months on office.
Omar had said, “challenges are many but the biggest challenge is meeting public expectations…the only top priority I see before me on this occasion is meeting public expectations”. This statement, which Omar made at Shere-e-Kashmir Bhawa... | |
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