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| Gujarat minister confronts Azad | | | |
Abid Shah
New Delhi, August 21: Wittingly or unwittingly, the Union Minister for Health, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, kicked off a row here on Friday. This happened after he admonished State Health Ministers at a conference for dragging their feet from an all-out fight against swine flu.
Gujarat Home Minister, Mr J.N. Vyas, took umbrage to the Union Health Minister’s drubbing. Mr Vyas then accused the Union minister of using an expletive like “bloody”, among other things. However, this was not visible in TV grabs of Health Ministers’ conference shown later.
Ever since the outbreak of swine flu, this is the second glitch that has dogged Mr Azad. Earlier, the Union Minister’s had made a remark regarding the likelihood of the infection being spread by a Pune schoolgirl who had died because of swine flu.
The girl’s family was outraged by Mr Azad’s remark and had threatened legal action against him. This had forced Mr Azad on the backfoot and he chose to apologise to the victim’s family.
Yet, on Friday, while addressing Health Ministers gathered in New Delhi from States affected by swine ... | |
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| Group of lawyers ransack farewell party at HC | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 21: Deafening sound of cutlery smashing, tables turned upside down, loud slogan and wide range of invectives –all of this, unpleasant, unbecoming and unprecedented formed an ‘approved for reporting’ scene at the ground floor of Jammu wing of Jammu and Kashmir High Court this afternoon.
It sounds daft and absurd but the free for all situation was hosted by a large group of lawyers and not any under-trial criminal gone berserk in the court premises on hearing an undesired judgment. “Unpleasant and unprecedented”, this is how many lawyers described but may wanted the Bar Association to own a collective responsibility for all that happened in presence of many ju... | |
| | | | PSC’s 208.8 cut off mark objected, HC issues notice | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 21: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued notice to the Public Service Commission in a plea filed by some candidates of reserved categories questioning the fixed slab of 208.8 marks in preliminary examinations for being eligible to appear in the mains of J&K Combined Services Examination popularly known as Kashmir Administrative Services. The candidates alleged that the criterion fixed by the PSC is in complete contravention of set rules.
A Writ petition filed by the petitioners seeking quashment of notification PSC/Exam/2009/21 of July 31, 2009 whereby PSC has fixed 208.8 marks as minimum cut of marks for appearing in the main examination, Justice Hak... | |
| | | | Legislators doing too little, too late | | | |
Early Times Special
JAMMU, August 21
A large area of Doda district, located along the mighty Chenab, has been sinking for the last few years. The incidence of landslides in the area has gone up and travelling, particularly on rainy days, can be treacherous.
This has happened mainly because of the impounding of river water for the construction of Baglihar power project. The lake reservoir created behind the dam site has led to a situation where water constantly seeps into the adjoining hills.
Weakened by the seepage, a portion of the Batote-Doda-Kishtwar road connecting had sagged a couple of months ago. Politicians, particularly from the ruling coalition, including the Chief Minister,... | |
| | | | JKNPP files petition against Delimitation order | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 21- The Panthers Party filed Special Petition against the order of the J&K High Court of June 2, 2009 in which the High Court had earlier dismissed the Panthers Party’s petition seeking fresh Delimitation of the Assembly Constituencies in J&K on the basis of 2001 census. The petition interalie says that Section 47 of the Constitution of J&K makes it mandatory to hold Delimitation of the Assembly Constituencies after each census. Census is conducted after a gap of 10 years and no census was held in 1991 because of the militancy and NC-Congress conspiracy to skip Delimitation.
The Panthers Party in its appeal has maintained that the High Court has failed to... | |
| | | | Of PM package of Rs 30000 Cr, J&K could spent only 6000 Cr in 5 years | | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Aug 21: In a startling disclosure, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, today informed Legislative Assembly that the Government of India had approved and made available to Jammu & Kashmir state Rs 30,000 crore under Prime Minister’s Reconstruction Plan (PMRP) but the PDP-Congress coalition government had spent not more than Rs 6,000 cr on the projects sanctioned by the Centre in the last five years. Tourism development and Health & Medical Education---including upgradation of Srinagar and Jammu medical colleges to the level of AIIMS---had remained worst affected till the 5-year life of PMRP expired in March 2009.
In written reply to a starred question from Harsh Dev ... | |
| | | | RSS joins CU row | | Bhagwat on revamp mission in Jammu, calls for end to Art 370 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 21: In his second visit to Jammu in less than two months, the Chief of Rashtriya Sweyam Sewak Sangh (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat strongly opposed any move to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and called for abrogation of Article 370 –the Article of Constitution of India that accords so called special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Addressing a press conference here today, the RSS chief also lent his support to the ongoing agitation for establishment of Central University in Jammu. "If need be the ongoing agitation over the central university would be further intensified to achieve its aim". The RSS chief is in Jammu on three-day visit and on his agend... | |
| | | | NPP, BJP walkout from Assembly on CU issue | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today witnessed a walkout by the National Panthers Party (NPP) and BJP after the parties were not satisfied with the reply on the issue of establishing Central University.
The trouble started when Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather, in reply to a question asked by NPP member Haresh Dev Singh, informed the House that the government was working on setting up new colleges, polytechnics, central university and IIM in the state.
However, when Mr Singh especifically asked where the Central University would be set up--Jammu or Srinagar--, Mr Rather replied a high-level state delegation, led by Chief Minister Omar A... | |
| | | | Bypoll to J &K Council on Sept 15 | | | | New Delhi, Aug 22: The Election Commission today decided to hold bye-election to a seat in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council on September 15.
Mohammad Sharief Batt, elected to the Council from Doda district of Jammu by MLAs, has resigned the seat necessitating the bypoll, an official release said.
Notification for the poll would be issued on August 29. The counting of votes would take place on September 15 after the completion of the polling, it said.
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