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Tandon, 76 - anxious to travel again on Caravan-e-Aman With positive hopes as the nations celebrate 60 years of independence 8/29/2007 11:49:42 PM Sulaiman Shah Srinagar, Aug 29 Jagdish Kumar Tandon, 76, has a mind boggling baggage to carry to Muzaffarabad if authorities allow him to travel again on the trans-Kashmir bus between the Indian and Pakistan administered parts. He migrated along with his family to Jammu in 1947 when he was 16 years old. His two cousins were left behind but he had no idea about their welfare till a neighbor brought good news in April 2005 that they were alive and living in Muzaffarabad. This neighbor had boarded the first Caravan-e-Aman bus to Muzaffarabad. Before migrating to Jammu in 1947, Tandon and his family of 12 lived in Hatya, village in Muzaffarabad. He had three brothers and six sisters at the time of partition. In 1947 immediately after the partition of sub continent ‘raiders’ looted the village and the entire family was given shelter by the Muslim neighbours. The family was looked after for seven months by the Muslims of the village. Jagdish and his family then took refuge in the local Red Cross camp who later helped them to migrate to Jammu in 1948. Two cousins of Jagdish Kumar ch...   READ MORE

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Jammu bandh: Cong, Panthers supporters clash 8/29/2007 11:47:56 PM Jammu, August 29 The Jammu bandh for which the call was given by the Panthers Party today evoked a mixed response amid sporadic incidents of clashes between the supporters of Congress and the Panthers party at several places in Jammu region. In Kathua the Panthers supreme Prof Bhim Singh was greeted by tomato pelted byCongress supporters forcing him to cut short his rally while party workers fought street battles in Udhampur where party MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia ruffled shoulders with Congress workers and exchanged fisticuffs. ...   READ MORE   Jammu bandh evokes mixed response amid clashes between Congress-Panthers supporters 8/29/2007 11:47:04 PM Jammu, August 29 The Jammu bandh for which the call was given by the Panthers Party today evoked a mixed response amid sporadic incidents of clashes between the supporters of Congress and the Panthers party at several places in Jammu region. In Kathua the Panthers supreme Prof Bhim Singh was greeted by tomato pelted byCongress supporters forcing him to cut short his rally while party workers fought street battles in Udhampur where party MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia ruffled shoulders with Congress workers and exchanged fisticuffs. In Jammu and elsewhere majority of shops and business establishments remained closed and the public transport services remained off the road paralyzing norm...   READ MORE   Panthers to hold Assembly session at Lal Chowk Bhim appeals people to oppose, expose ‘Chengazi’ Congress government 8/29/2007 11:43:55 PM Jammu Aug-29 Declaring that Panthers Party legislators would hold Assembly session at historic Lal Chowk in Srinagar, if Harshdev Singh was not allowed to attend the Assembly session tomorrow, Prof Bhim Singh, Chairman Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, has said that today’s bandh was a referendum by the people in support of the party’s demand to revoke suspension of Harshdev Singh, leader of the Panthers Legislature party, apart from to implement the Apex Court judgment on Talwara migrants and judicial probe into the barbaric assault against the Jammu migrants and PP leaders on August 7 last. In a handout released to the press here this evening, Prof Singh has expressed gr...   READ MORE   Ashwani likely to join Congress shortly In touch with senior congress leaders 8/29/2007 11:32:53 PM ET Exclusive Jammu | Aug 29 Govind Chouhan The lone Jammu State Morcha MLA from the Bishnah constituency Ashwani Sharma is likely to join Congress party shortly and has reportedly made known his intentions in this regard to his supporters and confident workers. The lone State Morcha member who was earlier an active member of the Congress had resigned following refusal of mandate by the party during 2002 Assembly elections. According to reliable sources Sharma was likely to join his old party with in a few days. Sources said that he has expressed his desire to rejoin the party and has already discussed the matter with his close associates and key workers. Sources said that a number o...   READ MORE

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