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Police registers case against doctor for negligence 8/21/2006 12:18:36 AM EARLY TIMES REPORTER Jammu | AugUST 20 Gandhi Nagar Police has registered a case of negligence against a doctor and paramedical staff of Gandhi Nagar government Hospital after they give overdose medicine to a seven year child who died this afternoon. Sources informed that Sushant S/O Praveen Kumar of Chatta was brought to Ghandi Nagar Hospital with the complain of gastroenteritis early this morning. Doctors on duty, according to family members admitted the child and keep him under observation for some time, and later a doctor who according to them was on duty prescribed injection for the boy and directs his paramedical staff on duty to give him an injection. It was learnt from family members of the child that an overdosed injection was given to him after which he fell unconscious. However the reason of unconsciousness was not immediately known. On knowing about the condition of the boy the parents and other relatives gathered inside the ward and start crying and the father of the child immediately rushed to Police station Gandhi Nagar and informed them about the incident, W...   READ MORE

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Dividing line between separatists and PDP, National Conference fast receding 8/21/2006 12:18:16 AM EARLY TIMES REPORTER JAMMU | AUGUST 20 With the return of National Conference patron,Dr Farooq Abdullah,from his recent London trip his organization has started locking horns with its main political rival,the PDP,over the issue of self-rule.The NC leaders have begun castigating the PDP leadership for misleading people with the slogan of self-rule. A senior NC leader,Dr Mehboob Beg,has claimed that the PDP Chief, Mehbooba Mufti,does not even know the meaning of self-rule.But Mehbooba continues to be articulate over three things,self-rule to be experimented as a solution to the Kashmir issue,demilitarization followed by handing over security affairs to the police and end to human rights ...   READ MORE   Miracle or Myth? Krishna's idol drink milk 8/21/2006 12:17:54 AM DEVENDER PADHA JAMMU | AUGUST 20 Adding to the series of mystical events countrywide, idol of lord Krishna has also started accepting offerings of devotees in the form of milk in Jammu. This magical event was witnessed at Shiv temple in situated in Bhour Pind, Chattha near here today. According to the devotees thronging the temple, the idol of Lord Krishna was accepting the milk offered by them since this evening. In the first two hours itself hundreds of local villagers offered milk to the lord. Talking to “Early Times”, one of the villagers said that it’s a good omen for Jammuites as Lord Krishna is accepting the offering of the devotees in the form of milk in this Kalyuga....   READ MORE   Cabinet likely to clear quota bill tomorrow 8/21/2006 12:17:38 AM New Delhi | AugUST 20 A meeting of the Cabinet scheduled for tomorrow is likely to clear a bill providing 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in government-aided institutions of higher learning. The Cabinet is likely to consider only the legislation concerning aided institutions like IITs and IIMs, though the Human Resource Development Ministry has also prepared a draft bill regarding quotas in unaided universities, official sources said. The government's urgency in delinking the unaided institutions from the process was aimed at getting the quota bill pertaining to aided institutions passed as the monsoon session of Parliament will end on August 25. The govern...   READ MORE   Fake Indian currency in three sensitive regions India-based jihadis face finacial crunch 8/21/2006 12:17:25 AM B L KAK NEW DELHI | AUGUST 20 Pakistani agencies have revived attempts to flood three sensitive regions of India with fake Indian currency. This, according to intelligence inputs, has been necessitated by the reported financial crunch being faced by Pakistan-aided subversives and jihadis in parts of India. The three regions have been identified as Jammu, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Selection of Gujarat and Rajasthan as launching pads for the passage and circulation of fake Indian curency in major parts of Indis is to be viewed in the context of the geography of the two States. Gujarat is bounded on the north-west by Pakistan, on the north by Rajasthan, on the east by Madhya Pradesh and...   READ MORE   Ritual presentations spell bound tour, travel delegates Azad accords rousing send-off to Kailash yatris 8/21/2006 12:16:40 AM early times reporter BHADARWAH | August 20 It was amidst chants of Jai Naga Vasuki Ki, Bholay ka jaikara hoi gaa nishkara that the annual pilgrimage to revered Kailash Kund was accorded a rousing send-off by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad from the historic Vasuki Nag Mandir at Gatha in Bhadarwa, here this morning. Attired in traditional outfits, the pilgrimage to Kailash Kund commenced with performance of rituals and oblations by the devotees of the Vasuki Nag and local priests, while the other pilgrims intoned the mantras and hymns. The Chief Minister participated in all the ceremonial and traditional rites associated with the commencement of Kailash Yatra that invariably incl...   READ MORE   Main accused in Kashmir NGO sex scandal surrenders 8/21/2006 12:14:55 AM early times reporter Srinagar | August 20 The main accused in the Handwara NGO sex scandal has surrendered before the Jammu and Kashmir Police while another person was arrested in connection with the racket. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Baramulla Abdul Subhan Lone told reporters that Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat alias Raja Mohiuddin of Handwara was taken into custody last evening in connection with the Handwara sex racket. A school teacher, Ghulam Rasool Tantary, was also arrested in connection with the Handwara sex scandal. ''Raja Mohiuddin is the main accused in the sex scandal and we have concrete evidence against him. He coordinated the activities related to the sex rack...   READ MORE

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