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PoK trade delegation likely to put off visit Jammu traders push fresh list of 20 items 9/18/2008 11:14:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 18 What should have sanely happened in the present atmosphere of mistrust, the scheduled Jammu and Kashmir visit of traders from Pakistan administered Kashmir is all set to be put off for another three weeks to a month. Meanwhile, as the list of commodities to be traded between sides of the Line of Control is being revised, the strong trade and commerce lobby in Jammu is pitching for a better deal to the region. As expected, if the visit of a delegation of AJK (Azad Jammu and Kashmir as it is known there) Chamber of Commerce and Industry gets delayed by few weeks Jammu region stands at better chances of trade which at presents appears to be largely a Kashmir affair. The 23-member delegation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry from other side of the Line of Control was expected to be in Srinagar on October 22, as per the earlier schedule. The delegation was supposed to be in the state for next five days and on the itinerary was meetings recognized bodies of industry, trade and commerce both in Kashmir and Jammu. Highly placed sources privy to c...   READ MORE

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Peace process with India not stalled: Pakistan Zardari to meet Manmohan in New York, peace team in Delhi soon 9/18/2008 11:13:15 PM Islamabad | Sept 18 Dispelling fears of a downslide in bilateral ties, Pakistan on Thursday said its dialogue with India has not "stalled" despite "hiccups" and that President Asif Ali Zardari would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York next week to take the peace process forward. A Pakistani team will visit Delhi shortly to take up Kashmir-related matters, including cross-Line of Control trade, and Islamabad believes the long-standing Sir Creek boundary dispute and the military stand-off on the Siachen glacier could be resolved by the two countries, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said. "I do not think that the peace process has come to a halt because our team is visiti...   READ MORE   J&K to have 2 AIIMS level hospitals soon 9/18/2008 11:12:37 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 18 Jammu and Kashmir is all set to become first state in India to have two government Medical Colleges on the pattern of All India Institute of Medical Sciences. With Central assistance of Rs 240 Crores, the Government Medical College Jammu and Srinagar are being upgraded to the level of AIIMS and the work is already at various stages of competition. With this Jammu and Kashmir State would become the first state in the country where medicare facilities to the level of AIIMS would be available. For the purpose, over Rs. 240 crore i.e. Rs. 120 crore for each medical college, with the state equity of Rs. 20 crore each has been earmarked for the colleges. Th...   READ MORE   ‘Check unbridled licence to sedition’ ‘Intellectuals’ warned against questioning Kashmir’s integration 9/18/2008 11:12:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 18 A group of country’s leading intellectuals, media persons, policy experts, retired bureaucrats and intelligence officers have warned the “too much liberal intellectuals and media persons” against questioning Kashmir’s integration with India. Noting that freedom of expression is supreme but it should not be misused to wage and intellectual war against the country. They observed that when the enemy is finding it difficult to wage a military war against the country, the intelligentsia is serving the same purpose. Attacking "stray voices" in the media for questioning the expediency of retaining Jammu and Kashmir as a part of India, a group of top retired...   READ MORE   Union Cabinet approves new terror measures 9/18/2008 11:11:04 PM New Delhi | Sept 18 Under flak over recent terror strikes, Government on Thursday announced several measures to strengthen intelligence machinery including creation of a wing to analyse new modus operandi being adopted by terrorists. At the same time, the government categorically ruled out any move to bring in an anti-terror law like POTA. "No, No, No. It is a draconian (law) and against human rights. If the present anti-terror laws are implemented properly, there is no requirement for additional laws," Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters. "What do you mean by tougher anti-terror laws. Some of our laws are much more strong than those in the US and UK," he s...   READ MORE   VO teams to plug food pilferage 9/18/2008 11:10:41 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 18 Always under line of fire for huge pilferage of commodities especially meant the poor, the department of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has risen to the occasion by constituting vigilance committees to monitor the supplies deep the at the level of tehsils and blocks. The department has constituted as many as 2012 Vigilance Committees at district, tehsil, block and panchayat level. These Committees would keep a close vigil on the dealers and ensure smooth and timely supply of essentials in all parts of the State. The department is also contemplating to set up Consumer Clubs in various colleges and schools for creating consumer related awarenes...   READ MORE   Teacher gets promotion three years after death 9/18/2008 11:10:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu | Sept 18 Better late than never is an accommodative statement, but here is a case where justice has reached a litigant when it is literally too late. A teacher of the education department has got a High Court decision in his promotion matter eight years after he filed petition. There is nothing strange in this. What has come as bizarre in the case is the fact that the petitioner has got a decision in his favour three years after his death. Sad. Om Prakash Saini joined the education department in 1961 and was promoted to next higher grade of master in 1981 and then as lecturer in 1984. However, his services as lecturer were regularized only in 1990. In 2001, h...   READ MORE   Not Patil but system responsible for terrorism 9/18/2008 11:08:36 PM Nirbhay Jammual The opposition parties demand the scalp of the Union Home Minister,Shivraj Patil,on the charge of his failure in evolving an antidote for serial blasts in various parts of the country,especially in Delhi.Patil has started receiving brickbats within the Congress.The AICC Chef,Sonia Gandhi,wants him to act fast,Presidenrt,Pratibha Singh, while expressing deep concern over the recent serial blasts,wants the states to adopt a multi-pronged conflict management and conflict resolution strategy.The media is critical of Shivraj Patil because of his habit of wearing sparkling dresses.Others accuse him of spending more time on his immaculate dress than on law and order. Does Sivr...   READ MORE

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