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| India protests as Pak rockets explode in Punjab villages | | | |
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AMRITSAR: India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the firing of three rockets from across the border that exploded two kilometres inside Punjab.
The issue was raised at a flag meeting between the BSF and Pakistani Rangers in the wee hours after the missiles landed in open fields in Modhey and Dhoneya Khurd villages in Attari sector on the Indo-Pak border, prompting retaliatory gunfire from the Indian border troops. There was no damage or casualty on the Indian side due to the Pakistani action last night, BSF Inspector General Himmat Singh said.
"We held a flag meeting at about 1 am and made a very strong protest to them (Pakistani Rangers) about this incident," he told reporters here.
"Yesterday night, at about 10 pm, the BSF troops posted at Pulkanjini border outpost saw flashlights and firing from Pakistan territory and after a very short gap, they heard explosions," Singh said.
"Our troops on the border retaliated immediately, very strongly...after that no incident of fire from Pakistani side was reported," he said.
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| Post Bloeria Commission | | A remedy worse than the disease | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
Jammu, Sept 12: During the recently concluded session of Legislative Assembly the Finance Minister, A R Rather, announced the demise of the Bloeria Committee recommendations on the creation of new administrative units in the state. While making an announcement to this effect in the Legislative Assembly, Mr Rather said the committee’s report could not be implemented as it was ``incomplete’’.
Simultaneously, he also announced that a new committee would be constituted for this purpose soon. This committee would make recommendations for the creation of new tehsils, niabats etc.
The Bloeria Committee, headed by former chief secretary S S Bloeria, was constituted during the... | |
| | | | Blast in Srinagar ahead of Iftaar | | Three cops, woman killed, 15 others wounded | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 12: In a clearly pre-decided attack on Jammu and Kashmir Police, militants this evening triggered a remote controlled explosion killing at least three cops and a passing by woman in a busy locality of the city. At least 15 others including civilians and cops are reported to have been injured, some of them seriously and toll was likely to go up as the Police van was blown into pieces.
Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, Farooq Ahmed told Early Times that the van had halted for a while when the blast took place. He said that the blast is believed to have masterminded by Rehman Bhai, the self-styled district commander of militant outfit Lashkar-e-To... | |
| | | | JDA confirms ET report | | Allotment of bus stand premises to private party | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 12: Sitting over facts for two days after Congress Member Parliament Madan Lal Sharma accused the Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand of patronizing shady deals in the departments under his charge, the Jammu Development Authority, in its official clarification, today almost confirmed a report carried in the Early Times.
Senior Congress leader and Member Parliament from Jammu-Poonch constituency Madan Lal Sharma had told Early Times that part of premises of the General Bus Stand in Jammu, owned and managed by Jammu Development Authority, had been sold to the private parties.
Reacting to the report in this newspaper the Vice Chairman, Jammu Development Auth... | |
| | | | Chenab Valley legislators meet PM on drought relief | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 12: Six Legislators of the Chenab Valley region –comprising districts of Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban –today called on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi to take up the case of crop loss in the region due to poor rains.
Barring one National Conference legislator –Sajjad Kichloo of Kishtwar –all other legislators, including a Minister, are from the Congress and incidentally owe their loyalties to the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad
The Minister for Roads and Buildings, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori and the Legislators Abdul Majeed Wani, Sajad Ahmad Kichloo, Ashok Kumar, Wikar Rasool, Neresh Kumar Gupta submitted a jo... | |
| | | | South Kashmir shuts down over Shopian | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 12: A day after the High Court granted bail to the four accused cops in Shopian twin rape and murder case, the South Kashmir districts of Valley today observed complete shutdown in protest against the alleged failure of the government to identify and arrest the culprits in the rape and murder of two young girls of Shopian in May.
Educational institutions, semi government establishments and business activities remained paralysed in Shopian and Pulwama in south Kashmir and Sopore in north Kashmir today in response to the call given by Majlis-e-Mushawarat, a non-political body fighting for justice for the victims of the rape and murder in Shopian.
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| | | | Rs 2.86 Cr for militancy-hit | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 12: Nearly 9000 militancy-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir will have reasons to cheer this Eid-ul-Fitr with the state government allotting Rs 2.86 crore for their welfare.
Under the National Council for Communal Harmony scheme, the amount has been released to various deputy commissioners of the state for disbursement among 8,964 militancy-affected people, Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo said addressing a meeting of Rehabilitation Council here today.
Itoo said that directions have been issued to distribute the money before Eid-ul-Fitr.
A sustained awareness campaign is needed to be launched afresh to generate awareness about the scheme in the st... | |
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