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STATE SIKH LEADERS NOT HAPPY WITH RIVAL FACTIONS OF AKALI DAL

7/6/2006 9:59:48 PM

Jammu, July 06 : Images of warring factions of Akali Dal clashing with each other inside Golden temple on the occasion of 400th celebrations of Akal Takht has not gone down well the leaders of several Sikh organizations in Jammu and Kashmir as well. Presiding a meeting of several prominent sikh leaders, Mr S.S.Wazir, a former President of the state Gurdwara Prabandhak Board, along with other Sikh leaders described the clash between the supporters of Akali Dal (B) and Akali Dal(A) as "shameful". The Sikh leaders said the incident could have been avoided adding that it had pained every member of the community.The leaders regretted that Sikh leaders came to blows in the holy premi...

J&K = 22 districts

J&K will have 22 districts, 8 more than existing 14

7/6/2006 9:58:05 PM

Srinagar,July 06 : "Keep yourself abreast with general knowledge and those interested in current affairs must make a note; reason: instead of fourteen (14) the state of Jammu and Kashmir will now comprise of 22 districts". Eight new districts, three sub divisions and 14 tehsils were created along with setting up of Delimitation Commission for creating new assembly constituencies, a Finance Commission and sub committee of State Cabinet for reviewing situation on Human Rights here on Thursday in a landmark decision taken by Ghulam Nabi Azad-led-coalition government. Soon after an extensive meeting of state cabinet chaired by him, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told a packed news conferen...

Geelani camp forces moderates to defer election in Srinagar

7/6/2006 9:52:22 PM

Srinagar,July 6:- The hardliners in the separatist camp,led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani,demonstrated their strength when they forced Jamait-e-Islami to defer its organisational election for Srinagar district. According to eyewitness accounts,when senior Jamait-e-Islami leaders reached the party unit in Soura on Wednesday for conducting the election of representatives for Srinagar district,supporters of Mr Geelani trooped into the area and shouted slogans against Jamaat leaders. Amid growing tension the Jamaat leadership decided in favour of postponing the election. Wednesday's development was a fallout of the growing rift between the moderates and the hardliners in Jamait-e-Is...

Traders demand keeping Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road and Poonch- Rawalakot routes open for trade

7/6/2006 9:51:34 PM

Srinagar, July 6 (KIP):- Traders and fruit growers in Jammu and Kashmir continue to prod the Government for throwing open Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road and Poonch-Rawalakot route for trade. The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road was opened for traffic from April 7, 2005 and the Poonch-Rawalakot route last month. Since fruit dealers and growers have been piqued over the way their product gets sold for a song in Delhi they want facilities for exporting fresh fruit to Pakistan and occupied kashmir in order to ensure better returns. Mohd.Amin, a fruit dealer, said that the season of fresh fruit in the Kashmir valley has already started and "we have mounted pressure on Chief Minister, Mr Ghulam ...

Assam Muslims show the way

Muslims in UP, Delhi redesign their priorities

7/6/2006 9:50:01 PM

POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, July 6: The growth of political opportunists at the national and state level has set in motion various leaders belonging to the two major communities of India--Hindu and Muslim. And the developing situation is certainly not without a mixture of hunger for power and vote-bank politics. No wonder, the high-profile Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid, Maulana Ahmed Bukhari, has come out along with many of his co-religionists to make others realise and accept the 'enhanced relevance' of the Muslim community in the political arena. His latest message is highly important: If Muslims in Assam could succeed in their State in the recent Assembly polls, it sh...

Pyongyang drops the brick on US

Japan and South Korea on high alert

7/6/2006 9:49:28 PM

From B L KAK NEW DELHI: North Korea has triggered alarm in foreign capitals with the firing of a flurry of missiles on Wednesday, July 5--yes, barely a day before the US President, George W. Bush's birthday. Was North Korea's action Pyongyang's birthday gift to Bush? Undoubtedly, Pyongyang has shocked the world. Not an ordinary development: Test-firing a series of missiles, including a long-range missile Taepodong-2 that could strike as far as Alaska. And all this in complete defiance of international warnings. In a quick reaction, United States, Japan, Russia, South Korea and many others have deplored the action. Japan, the immediate neighbour of North Korea, has vowed to deal wit...

India, China reopen ancient Silk Road

Nathu La pass makes new history for Asian giants

7/6/2006 9:48:53 PM

From B L KAK NEW DELHI, July 6: Nathu La pass on India-China border made a big news on Thursday, 44 years after a bloody war between the two Asian giants, India and China, shut down the ancient route, known as Silk Road. New Delhi and Beijing put aside their differences on the boundary dispute and added a new leaf to the chequered history with the reopening of the Nathu La pass. Indian and Chinese soldiers on either side of the Nathu La pass help up umbrellas in the pouring rain ; they were without automatic rifles they usually carry. Senior officers from Indian State of Sikim and Chinese Tibet cut a ribbon marking the border at the Nathu La. Nathu La means the pass of the listeni...