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| Close link between Al Qaeda and jehadi groups in J&K: Saran | | | |
New Delhi, Aug 28: Asking the international community not to resort to any segmentation in the war against terror, India today said there was close alignment between terrorist group Al Qaeda and Pakistan-based jehadi outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir and the scourge has to be fought comprehensively in whatever form it emerged.
New Delhi said while it sought good relations with Pakistan, the vision of a flourishing South Asia could not be realised under the shadow of terror.
"No no segmentation is possible in the war against terrorism. You cannot have a priority list...That Al Qaeda is the main target...And those jehadi groups fighting supposedly for freedom in Jammu and Kashmir a... | |
| | | | Azad addresses gathering of scholars, historians, social-scientists, intellectuals | | ‘Various historical routes crisscrossing Kashmir & Central Asia were source of economics effluence in entire region’ | | | Srinagar August 28 – “ The importance of Central Asia spread from great landmass from the Caspian sea in the West to great wall of China in the East, from the irtysh divide in the North to the Hindu Kush in the South from the historical fact that it was abode of great civilization and Kashmir culture, art and craft had its effective influence”, said Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad while speaking to a galaxy of scholars, historians, intellectuals, social scientists who have assembled in Kashmir University to participate 4-day international conference on Central Asia in retrospect and prospect, organized by Centre of Central Asian Studies University of Kashmir commenced here today.
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| | | | Appointment against fake certificate surfaces in Quazigund | | 16 candidates managed appointment in SW Deptt Anantnag. | | | Anantnag, Aug 28: All the tall claims of transparency made by the coalition government in appointments of Anganwari workers and helpers, proved to be false, when a case of fake appointment surfaced in the social welfare department, Quazigund area of Anantnag district in south Kashmir.
Sources in the department said that more than sixteen candidates have managed their appointments as Anganwari Workers fraudulently, after submitting fake Matric diplomas.
According to sources, Matric certificate bearing Roll No 124237 session 1991, submitted by one of the candidate namely Shagufta Yaseen D/O Ab.Salam Khandey R/O Choimulla Quazigund was proved fake and the same was reported to higher authorit... | |
| | | | I'LL NOT LIKE AL-QAEDA PRESENCE IN KASHMIR: YASIN MALIK | | JKLF TO GO FOR HUNGER STRIKE AND COURT ARRESTS TO PROTEST RIGHTS ABUSES IN KASHMIR | | |
Srinagar, Aug 28,: In protest against the alleged rise in human rights abuses in Kashmir at the hands of troops, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front has decided to go for a day-long hunger strike here on September 7 and court arrests in all major townships of Valley on September 9.
Returning home after his three-month long stay at United States the chairman of pro-independence JKLF, Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday asserted there has been "an unprecedented escalation in human rights excesses committed by security forces in Kashmir even after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a promise of zero tolerance to abuses on May 25 in Srinagar".
"I have decided to go for hunger strik... | |
| | | | CONTROVERSY ON AMARNATH ICE LINGAM | | JUSTICE GUPTA SAYS MY OBSERVATIONS BASED ON REPORT OF MAHANT DEEPENDRA GIRI, SASB CEO | | |
Jammu, August 28: The controversy on Artificial ice lingam has taken a rebirth following protests by the priest of Mattan and Ganeshpora shrines in south Kashmir blaming the commission for having “manipulated its report so as to please the Governor and the Shrine Board.”
President Prohit Sabha Martand Mattan Ashok Kumar Sidha on Monday said an attempt has been made to defame the priests of Mattan without providing any evidence. He said it was not physically possible for any one to reach Cave shrine in the presence of heavy deployment of security forces on the yatra route.
It may be mentioned that Mr Gupta had, in his report, observed that that involvement of priests installi... | |
| | | | Farooq Abdullah takes Vajpayee, Advani by surprise | | Will Kashmir leader divulge 'classified' information? | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 28: Farooq Abdullah, the tallest among the Kashmiri politicians, is not an ordinary person. He is a 'repository' of many a top secret. Farooq Abdullah, who was Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for two terms till his National Conference government was shown the door by the electorate during the 2002 Assembly polls, is in the possession of "highly classified" information.
And if there was any doubt about it, he himself set it at rest with his sensational revelation that former Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and his Home Minister, LK Advani, had compelled him to release Jaish-e-Mohammed founder, Masood Azhar, in 1999 after an Indian Airlines Boein... | |
| | | | HRD Minister embarrasses Cong president | | Sonia under presure to remove Arjun Singh | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 28: The Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) and Congress veteran, Arjun Singh, is in trouble, with a section of Congressmen, including at least a dozen party MPs, opposing his continuance in the Council of Ministers headed by Manmohan Singh. Arjun Singh's critics within the Congress party are building pressure on Sonia Gandhi for his removal from the Congress-led coalition government.
The controversial HRD Minister is, of late, creating problems both for the government and for his party leadership. Arjun Singh, according to his critics within the Congress party, has not been, in recent times, a source of strength for his party leadership. Sonia... | |
| | | | Union Cabinet reshuffle in the offing | | | | New Delhi, Aug 28: The Union Cabinet may undergo a major reshuffle shortly, as the search for a full time External Affairs Minister is reportedly gaining momentum.
The resignations of Union Labour and Employment Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao and Minister of State for Rural Development, A. Narendra, from the Council of Ministers over the Telangana issue, has lent grist to the rumour mill about an eminent Cabinet profile change.
According to sources, the names of senior Congress leader Karan Singh, Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal and Maharashtra governor S M Krishna, besides that of Finance Minister P Chidambaram are doing the rounds at the Congress party headquarters for... | |
| | | | Pakistan on alert after riots over killing of tribal chief | | | |
Quetta, Aug 28: Pakistan is on alert for further unrest after violent rioting over the death of a top tribal leader in a military air strike.
One person died and hundreds were arrested as protesters went on the rampage in the resource-rich southwestern province of Baluchistan, where a rebellion has simmered over the past two years.
A curfew was imposed in Quetta and paramilitary forces deployed as angry demonstrators torched buses and buildings, exchanging fire with police and setting off a bomb at a government office south of the provincial capital.
Authorities braced for more trouble on Monday after an alliance of four Baluch parties called for a general strike over the de... | |
| | | | SC issues notices to J&K govt, CBI in sex scandal case | | | |
New Delhi, Aug 28: The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir government and CBI on a petition filed by 13 accused in the Srinagar sex scandal seeking transfer of the trial outside the state.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal also issued notices to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association and the state government on a petition filed by the CBI challenging the August 11 order of the high court which was partially stayed by the apex court on August 18.
The high court on August 11 had directed CBI to hold custodial interrogation of all public functionaries named by kingpin Sabeena during investigation.
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| | | | Lawyers to return to work from tomorrow after 61 day strike | | | |
Jammu, Aug 28 Lawyers from Jammu Division would return to work and start judicial proceedings in local bench of high court and other subordinate courts from tomorrow in view of the decision taken by Bar Association of Jammu(BAJ) to call off its indefinite strike.
Baj president Ved Raj Wazir told UNI that lawyers would return to work in all the courts of Jammu divisons as per the unanimous decision, taken by the members of the association on August 25 to call off indefinite strike,in effect from tomorrow.
The decision to call off strike was taken in the General House of BAJ in view of Special Leave Petitions(SLPS) in Supreme Court, filed by the agrieved parties of the infamous K... | |
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