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| EU and India share onus to combat terror: Azad | | | |
Wednesday, September 20th,
Brussels - The European Union and India have enormous responsibility to promote peace and prosperity and combat terrorism all over the world, says Ghulam Nabi Azad, chief minister of the troubled north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
‘Both the EU and India have suffered immensely from terrorism and Jammu and Kashmir has borne the brunt of these terrorist attacks,’ Azad told a gathering of diplomats, journalists and officials here.
Azad, who is on a two-day visit to the EU capital, was invited by Brussels-based think-tank European Institute for Asian Studies to speak on ‘EU - India: Pluralism and Diversity’.
He is also expected to meet European Parliament (EP) President Josep Borrell, chair of EP’s foreign relations committee Elmar Brok and other MEPs during his visit.
Commenting on EU diversity and the shared values of democracy, pluralism and human rights, Azad said, ‘We see EU strategic partnership with India as a remarkable recognition of our modern pluralist state.’
He stressed that the Kashmir problem could only be solved bila... | |
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| J&K earns Rs 75 crore through export of vegetables | | | | September, Sept 20: Jammu and Kashmir has changed its image as a perennial importer of food items by exporting 16,500 metric tonnes of vegetables and earned Rs 75 crore last year, said an official spokesman.
The vegetables, exported to different parts of the country, were produced by the state agriculture department, the spokesman said after a meeting chaired by Minister of State for Agriculture Aijaz Ahmad Khan yesterday.
Last year, 6.15 lakh hybrid vegetable seedlings were raised in departmental nurseries. Of these, 2.92 lakh seedlings were distributed among farmers at concessional rates, he added.
The state agricultural department covered 814 hectares of land under vegetable... | |
| | | | CHOPRA SONS BID TEARFUL ADIEU TO PARENTS, SISTER | | TRIKUTA NAGAR SIMMERS IN ANGER, OBSERVES COMPLETE SHUT DOWN | | |
Jammu, September 20 : Family friends and close relatives bid tearful adieu to Rajinder Bhushan Chopra along with his wife Madhu Chopra and daughter Saloni as his two sons Rohit and Punit lit funeral pyre here at Jogi gate crematorium amidst chanting of hymns, three days after they were brutally murdered by unidentified assailants along with their domestic servant and driver on Sunday night.
Large number of people which included traders, class mates of Saloni attended the funeral procession and paid their last respects with sobbing eyes.
Residents of posh Trikuta Nagar colony observed complete shut down for second say in succession in protest against the gruesome murder and joine... | |
| | | | Will Salahuddin listen to Islamabad’s advice on declaring ceasefire in Kashmir ? | | | |
Srinagar, September 20 - Will the Hizbul Mujahideen supreme and Chief of Muzaffarabad based United Jehad Council,Syed Salahuddin,respond to the suggestion from Pakistan Government seeking his declaration on ceasefire during the month of Ramdan ?
The question has assumed significance following reports from across the border suggesting that Islamabad had advised Syed Salahuddin to declare ceasefire days before the start of the holy month of Ramdan.
Reports said that after Pakistan President,Gen. Musharraf and Prime Minister,Dr Manmohan Singh,agreed to resume the process of dialogue and work out modalities for adopting a joint mechansin for counter terrorism strategy,Islamabad has st... | |
| | | | HELLO, HELLO! LOTSCHUM IN LADAKH SANS TELEPHONE | | | |
Srinagar, Sept 20, : In today's 'information and networking' age several areas in hilly Ladakh region like 'Lotschum'–only 22 Kms from Kargil headquarters, sans telephone facility.
"In spite of the fact that we, the residents of 'Lotschum', have applied for telephone connections by depositing Rs 1250 (INR) with the exchange office of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in year 1997, but more than eight years down the line, the telephonic facility remains a far-fetched dream for us," Mohammad Ishaq, the Panch of Lotschum, told 'KIP' on phone from Kargil.
Mr Ishaq, the head of the area, informed that Lotschum comprises of six villages which include 'Darkeet', 'Nunamche', 'Samboh', '... | |
| | | | Fake Appointment of SPOs | | Police presented Challan against police officials involved in the case | | |
Jammu, September, 20:- Jammu police today presented Challan in a much publicized fake appointments of SPOs in the police Department in which police officials have made fake appointments after taking bribe from the innocent peoples.
The Challan was presented in the Court of Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu; Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Mr. JR Kotwal directed the accused Pardeep Kumar Head Constable, Mohd Yousaf Constable, Narinder Kumar Constable, Ram Lal SPO and others to furnish bail bond and personal bond to the tune of Rs 20,000/- each.
According to the Challan, the accused persons issued fake appointment orders by fabricating the original orders and adjusted/appointed pe... | |
| | | | 'Inspired' reports in circulation in Pakistan | | India won't withdraw troops from Siachen | | |
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NEW DELHI, SEPT. 20:It is official: Government of India has no plans, at present, to order withdrawal of its troops from the strategic Siachen glacier in Ladakh in eastern Kashmir.
Even as India has re-emphasized the objective of achieving cooperative and friendly relations with Pakistan, New Delhi's decision is against effecting any change in the present size and structure of the troops deployed on the 18,000-foot-high Siachen glacier area. The move seems to have been necessitated by two developments, one in India and the other in Pakistan.
The development in India was the product of the animated discussions on the question: Will New Delhi allow reduction or withdrawal o... | |
| | | | Musharraf upbeat on talks with India | | | |
Wed Sep 20, UNITED NATIONS
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday said a solution to festering conflicts with India, including over Kashmir, are within reach after a recent summit with his Indian counterpart.
Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, he also warned that without an end to "foreign occupation and suppression of Muslim peoples, terrorism and extremism will continue to find recruits among alienated Muslims in various parts of the world."
During a summit of Non-Aligned Movement nation in Cuba last Saturday, Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed to resume peace negotiations put on hold after a July bombing in Mumbai that killed 186 pe... | |
| | | | Hizbul Mujahideen offers conditional ceasefire during Ramzan | | | |
Islamabad (Pak), Sept 20: The biggest Pakistan-based militant group fighting in Kashmir on Wednesday offered a conditional cease-fire during the month of Ramzan, which is set to begin next week.
Ehsan Elahi, chief spokesman for the Hezb-ul Mujahideen group, said the limited cease-fire depended on Indian troop reductions on its side of the Line of Control separating the war-divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
"If the Indian Government agrees to scale down troop presence, stop human right violations and release all political prisoners, we will also consider a cease-fire in attacks against them during Ramadan," Elahi told mediapersons.
Earlier on September 12, Chief Minist... | |
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