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| J&K CABINET GETS A LITTLE BIGGER WITH EXPANSION | | NOW 22 MINISTERS, 3 MORE TO BE INDUCTED LATER | | |
Srinagar, Aug 29, : The slim cabinet in Jammu and Kashmir got a little bigger when the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday expanded his council of ministers with nine new ministers.One minister of state from Congress quota was elevated to the rank of cabinet minister.
At a ceremony held here at Raj Bhavan the first expansion of Azad's government –after he took over as the Chief Minister in November last year,Governor S K Sinha, administered oath of office and secrecy to Dilawar Mir (PDP), Gulchain Singh Charak (Cong) and Jugal Kishore Sharma (Cong) as cabinet ministers.
Among the three, Singh is the only one to be elevated to Cabinet rank after previously having been a Minister of State (MoS) in the Azad government with Independent charge. The new Ministers of State are Javed Mustafa Mir, Peer Mohammad Hussain, Manjit Singh, Mohammad Khalil Bandh (all from PDP), Ramesh Chandra Sharma, Prem Sagar Aziz and Aijaz Ahmad Khan (from Congress).
In the eyes of Political analysts expansion should be seen as a shock to Abdul Gani Wakil of Congress and rebel PDP leader Ghu... | |
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| New Delhi lacks knowledge on Balochistan | | Islamabad can't be faulted for its anti-Delhi diatribe | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI: The Congress-led coalition government at the Centre--the Ministry of External Affairs, to be precise--has unnecessarily commented on the situation in Pakistan's Balochistan province following the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti. Had India's Foreign Office done proper home work before issuing a statement, Islamabad would then have taken a different stand. Clearly, New Delhi's lack of knowledge on how Bugti operated in his territory forced Pakistan's Foreign Office to tell India to mind its own business and focus on putting its own house in order.
Islamabad's loud and clear message to New Delhi ran thus: "India should focus on putt5ing its own house in order rather ... | |
| | | | 'Lady James Bond' from Kashmir? | | Punjab police claim doesn't find many takers | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 29: Intelligence Bureau (IB) is reported to have rubbished the claim of Punjab police that a 'Lady James Bond' from Kashmir is on the prowl and that she could prove to be deadlier than terror operatives trained in Pakistan. According to the Punjab police, she is a pretty and demure-looking Irafata, a Kashmiri woman in her 20s.
Much is not known to the Punjab police about the Kashmiri 'Lady James Bond'. Yet, she is high on the Punjab police wanted list. On this August 20 the Irafata story began, with the arrest of four suspected Hizbul Mujahideen operatives in Madhopur near Pathankot. This was followed by the circulation of reports from Pathanko... | |
| | | | Army Headquarters' signal to Northern Command | | Major terrorist offensives in J&K not ruled out | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 29: Government of India has issued fresh instructions, calling for tighter security measures in Jammu and Kashmir. And by far the most significant signal from the Army Headquarters to the Udhampur-based Northern Command has insisted on the need and relevance of 'heightened vigilance' in view of the likelihood of major terrorist offensives in some parts of the troubled State.
These areas have been identifed as Doda, Rajouri and Poonch as well as RS Pora sectors of Jammu region and Pulwama and Baramulla districts of Kashmir Valley. According to sources in the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the need for stepped-up vigilance and tighter security measures has been occ... | |
| | | | LeT founder re-arrested in Pakistan | | | | Islamabad, Aug 29 Shortly after his release following a court order, Lashkar-e-Toyaba (LeT) founder Hafeez Muhammed Saeed was re-arrested for a two-month period and lodged in Lahore jail.
Saeed's lawyer Nazir Ahmed Ghazi said that his client was released for an hour yesterday following the Lahore High Court's order but was arrested again from his residence late in the evening.
"He was brought from the Shiekhpura guest house where he was earlier lodged and released in Lahore. But he was detained for a two months period once again an hour later," Ghazi said adding, "he was brought home and taken to a local jail." Ghazi said he would take up the case in the Lahore High Court again.
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