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| Iddgah constituency to be developed as model: Speaker | | Gul visits Rathpora fire suffers, assures every possible help from Govt | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 7 : The Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Mr. Mubarak Gul today visited Rathpora area in the old Srinagar city and took stock of the damages caused due to fire incident in which five houses were burnt yesterday. He directed the revenue authorities to assess the losses caused due to fire and submit the report to the Government so that necessary relief would be sanctioned in favour of the fire victims under Natural Calamity Relief Fund. The Speaker on the spot distributed cheques worth Rs.5000 to each family as ex-gratia relief and announced that Rs.25000 will be given to fire suffers out of Constituency Development Fund (CDF), besides 2 mo... | |
| | | | NMC demands exemption of income tax on DA | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 7: President of the National Mazdoor Conference (NMC) Subash Shastri today demanded exemption of Dearness Allowance from the ambit of income tax as this is linked with price index.
Addressing an impressive rally of NMC workers here, Shastri said that the price escalation is directly linked with the Dearness Allowance of the salaried class and pensioners but it was strange that the income tax is also imposed on the increase of the salaries because of DA. NMC chief also asked Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram to reconsider the practice. Shastri, meanwhile, added that provision with regard to 20 per cent interim relief to the Central and State Government... | |
| | | | HRA, Katra donates Rs 1.62 lakh for Uttarakhand disaster | | | | KATRA, July 7: Hotel & Restaurant Association (HRA), Katra has donated Rs 1.62 lakh as a relief for the state of Uttrakhand which witnessed devastating rains and flash floods. In a well attended function organized at "The Vaishnodevi IRCTC Guest House" main Railway Station building Katra in connection with handing over the collected amount received from the members, the president of the association Shyam Lal Kesar presented drafts and cheques worth Rs 1,62,750 to District Development Commissioner Reasi, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.
Speaking on the occasion, DDC Reasi thanked the association for making efforts for raising the amount for this noble cause and asked the people for coming forward in... | |
| | | | Development of remote, distant areas Govt.’s aim: Taj | | Those demanding abrogation of Article 370 befooling people | | |
Early Times Report
PULWAMA, July 7 : Minister for Medical Education, Youth Services & Sports, Mr. Taj Mohi ud Din today said the Government aims to develop all regions and areas particularly far flung and remote areas. He said those advocating abrogation of Article 370 are actually befooling the people as the same cannot be scrapped.
Addressing a well attended public meeting at Chak Badri Nath, Rajpora today, the Minister said Government has fashioned its development initiative in such a manner that the far flung and remote areas get their due share.
He said political executives and senior Government functionaries regularly undertake visits to these areas to ascertain the developm... | |
| | | | 2 teenage girls died in shooting stone incident | | | | Kishtwar : Two teenage girls were killed after being hit by shooting stone in village Drubeel, Chatroo, in Kishtwar. According to police, Sushma Devi (14 yrs) daughter of Krishan Lal and Diksha Devi (12 yrs) daughter of Satish Kumar both resident of village Drubeel Chatroo in Kishtwar district died were killed after they were hit by shooting stone, while grazing cattle in nearby forest area.
As soon as local people received the news, large number of people rushed to the spot and recovered the dead bodies. Police also reached the spot and after completing all legal formalities handed over the bodies.
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| | | | Technical snag detected in Delhi bound Spicejet flight | | | | JAMMU, July 7: A Delhi bound Spice Jet flight SG 858 was grounded at Jammu airport for about three hours following timely detection of a technical snag minutes before it was scheduled to take off on Sunday. The flight which was scheduled to take off at 3.20 pm was delayed by almost 3 hours and took off from Jammu at 6 pm causing lot of hardships to passengers. According to official sources, while the flight was being parked at Bay 2 airport the staff detected smoke billowing out from the tail end of the plane. After the plane was halted and preliminary checks were conducted the technical snag was detected in the Auxiliary power unit of the plane.
The flight engineers later removed the ... | |
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