TOP STORY OF THE DAY |
|
|
| Mill monopoly set to go, life may return to SRTC | | | |
OVERDUE OVERHAUL
• Supply orders to be distributed fairly among all mill owners by tenders, rate fixing etc
• No hiring of vehicles from any mill
• No CAPD sale outlet to remain dry; first 15 days of every month for stocking, next 15 days for sales
• Half of flour supply to rural areas being replaced with wheat grains on experimental basis
• All government departments/agencies, Army to hire vehicles from SRTC alone; In case of shortage all private hiring via SRTC only
• Process initiated to adjust idle staff of SRTC in MVD, State Motor Garages; 150 already adjusted.
Jammu, Aug 2: The Departments of Consumer Affairs & Public Distributions (popularly known as food and supplies) and Transport have always remained in the eye of storm for a variety of reasons ranging, invariably, from scarcity to pilferage of food grains and from frequent road accidents to slow death of state owned transport corporation. It has all been due to shortsighted policies, lack of follow-up and often succumbing to powerful food and transport lobbies.
Things are, however, up for... | |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRONT PAGE STORIES |
|
|
| STATE GOVT ON BACK-FOOT | | JU’s Center for Exclusion Studies, Deptt of Journalism hang in balance | | |
Early Times Special
JAMMU, August 2: The State Government has been stalling the creation of a Centre for Exclusion Studies at Jammu University for the last three years. The centre, if and when set up, will carry out research and offer teaching programmes on marginalized sections of society.
The centre is meant to carry out research on marginalized sections like Gujjars and Bakerwals, Gaddis (sheep-rearing community) and members of the Scheduled Castes (SC) etc in a holistic manner.
The research, inter-disciplinary in nature, will focus on the specific problems faced by these marginalised communities and in devising solutions. Researchers drawn from the field of political science, hist... | |
| | | | Want talks, not war: Pak | | | |
Agencies
Islamabad: Pakistan is ready to discuss all outstanding issues, including Kashmir, with India as war is not the solution to any problem, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said. It is necessary to resolve all issues between India and Pakistan so that the countries could give attention to the problems of the people, he said in an interview to a TV news channel. Replying to a question about Pakistan's relations with India, he said Islamabad has always maintained that the ties "should be on the basis of equality".
Resolving outstanding issues would allow the two countries to focus on the problems of the 1.5 billion people of the subcontinent, including unemployment, price r... | |
| | | | Four infiltrators dead, six exfiltrators nabbed | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: In the first such case this year, six youth were arrested by police in Kupwara district while they were attempting to exfiltrate to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) for arms training, a senior police officer said on Sunday.
"We have arrested six youngmen who were planning to go across the border for arms training," Senior Superintendent of Police, Kupwara, Uttam Chand told reporters on phone. He said the youth, hailing from Tarzoo village of Sopore in Baramulla district, were arrested from Lolab valley yesterday following a tip off.
"They are being questioned," the Kupwara police chief said adding they were not accompanied by any guide at the time of the a... | |
| | | | Gujarat charas racket has Kashmir links: ATS | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials have made headway in the investigation of the charas racket busted in July and tracked the route of the contraband. The nexus exposed by ATS officials shows that the contraband used to come from Jammu and Kashmir and was supplied to more than 10 places in Gujarat.
According to ATS officials, the accused in the case have sold charas worth more than Rs 1 crore over a period of six months. It was by far the biggest consignment that the officials got to know about the consumption in the state.
Ajay Tomar, inspector general of police, ATS, said that they have earlier nabbed Mohammed Haneef Memon and Mohammed... | |
| | | | Central University Issue | | First organised protest: | | |
Virodh Diwas today
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: The Central University Andolan Samiti (CUAS) spearheading the ongoing movement for setting up Central University in Jammu today announced to observe “Virodh Diwas” tomorrow August 3 in entire province.
Announcing this in the meeting of Core Committee of CUAS today, the convernor, CUAS Pavitar Singh said that in order to show the resentment against the delay and discriminative tactics of State Government in establishing Central University in Jammu, the CUAS will observe ‘Virodh Diwas’ tomorrow and will hold protest demonstration in all Degree Colleges of entire Jammu province.
He informed that during protest, the effigies of State... | |
| | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|