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| Flood situation in Ladakh stabilising, rescue work on | | | |
Jammu, Aug 8: The flood situation in Ladakh triggered by sudden heavy rains appeared to be stabilising as the Army stepped up rescue and relief efforts today with the death toll rising to 17.
More than 950 people had been shifted to safer areas and some 2,500 of the affected had been provided with food, Defence officials said here.
They said the troops had been scouting the flood-hit areas of Leh and Kargil districts of the frontier region for three days and the "situation now is slowly stabilising".
More than 120 big tents housing the flood-hit were pitched at five different places, they said. ... | |
| | | | Cellular phone guns enter J&K | | India-Pakistan quarrel unlikely to end soon | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8: In a swift turn of events, Pakistan has, following its serious diplomatic row with India, put on alert its troops and paramilitary Rangers close to the frontier with India. Last 40 hours have witnessed a flurry of activity in Pakistani defence formations across the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, according to intelligence reports.
According to these reports, the mood of the average Pak soldier across the Jammu and Kashmir frontier has suddenly changed--from peaceful to aggressive. These reports have also made a reference to the "sudden" movement of military personnel and vehicles in Skardu region across Kargil f... | |
| | | | Beggar mafia-doctor nexus | | Authorites dragging their feet on the issue | | |
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8: It has been a week since a private television channel, CNN-IBN, exposed the beggar mafia-doctor nexus and caught some doctors on-camera willing to amputate beggars’ limbs in exchange for a paltry sum. The expose created a storm both in medical circles and in Parliament where powers that be criticised the gruesome practice and called for strict action.
But despite promising action, authorities seem to be dragging their feet on the issue with the concerned doctors still roaming free. In the impact that followed the expose, Dr Bansal was picked up for questioning by the Delhi police only to be let off later.
The Indian Medical Associa... | |
| | | | Religion for them is a binding factor | | Seven Hyderabadi Muslims on cycles to perform Haj | | | EARLY TIMES DELHI BUREAU
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8: Age and physical weakness do not fail them when it comes to iron-like determination to achieve their goal — to go on Haj pilgrimage on bycycle to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia. The is what a group of seven Hyderabadis have proved as they set out on a thousands of miles long journey on bicycles to perform Haj.
A report received from Hyderabad sxaid that the group led by 60-year-old Mohammed Haneef, has elderly members, youngest of them being 42- year- old Mohammed Rafeeq. All of them are auto rickshaw drivers, who gathered their meagre resources and received some help from well wishers to embark upon a journey, which will take t... | |
| | | | Nehru's constituency lost on Cong. map | | | | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, AUG. 8: If Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh (UP) elected India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, today's Congress high command finds it necessary to accord greater attention to the parliamentary constituencies of Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul Gandhi.
The Congress party has launched its 'Quit Mulayam' campaign in UP. But Nehru's constituency (Phulpur) is now lost on the Congress map. And it matters little in any political equation. Nehru won the polls hands down from Phulpur in 1957and 1962.
Some visitors to the Phulpur village have found that the face of Congress there is wrinkled, old and quivering. A frail frame emerging from the ruins of... | |
| | | | NDA boycotts Lok Sabha to protest against Speaker | | | | New Delhi, Aug 8: The NDA today boycotted the Lok Sabha and held a sit-in in the Parliament compound to protest against Speaker Somnath Chatterjee whom it accused of suppressing the Opposition's voice in the House.
Led by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani, NDA members sat on a pathway along Mahatma Gandhi's statue facing the Parliament's main gate.
Neither did they sign their daily attendance register, nor attend their daily meeting with the Speaker before the House assembled.
The NDA members also declined their daily Parliament allowance for today.
The Opposition leaders accused the Speaker of refusing them an opportunity to speak yesterday when the House witness... | |
| | | | Landslide disrupts yatra briefly | | | | Srinagar, Aug 8: A landslide at Brarimarg near here disrupted briefly the annual pilgrimage to Amarnath which is coming to an end tomorrow even as the holy mace left for Panjtarni this morning.
The landslide struck Brarimarg blocking the shortest Baltal-cave route stranding a number of pilgrims including a fresh batch of 70 persons who had left Nunwan base camp on their way to the 3,880 metre high holy cave today, official sources said.
However, authorities immediately pressed men and machines and managed to restore the track for the pilgrims heading for the cave, the sources said adding the track was completely restored after several hours paving way for those returning to the base c... | |
| | | | Fidayeen attack foiled | | 3 JeM militants gunned down in encounters | | | Jammu, Aug 8: Three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, two of whom were tasked to create trouble on the eve of Independence Day, were shot dead by police in fierce gunfights early today and a cache of arms and ammunitions recovered from them, a senior police official said.
Acting on specific information, police launched a cordon and search operation in Jagti-Negrota in the outskirts of the city in the wee hours, Jammu district police chief Mukesh Singh said.
A gun-battle took place between the ultras and security forces lasting close to an hour during which two top JeM militants, who had come to the city to possibly disrupt the Independence Day celebrations, were killed, Singh said.
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