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| Counsel misguided to shun violence- Azad asks elders | | Says world economy at threshold of state, if peace returns | | | Srinagar, September 25 – Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that there is a tremendous enthusiasm amongst the people of USA Europe and other countries of the world to visit Kashmir and enjoy the natural beauty of this heaven of earth. He said the feelings of the people, he had had during the tour of Brussels, USA, London etc. where he met with the Parliament members of 25 European countries, participated in 8 meetings, addresses conferences, met a cross section of people, interacted with media persons, investors, traders, industrialists, intellectuals and opinion leaders, he found that people are highly eager to visit the state as tourists, invest and establish industries here. However, he added, they fear that the atmosphere is not conducive in the state for such economic activities.
Speaking to Doordarshan this afternoon, Chief Minister said that during the month of Ramdan all of us should pray in daily five prayers that peace gets strong roots and atmosphere becomes conducive adding, if that happens, the doors of entire world are going to open for Jammu and K... | |
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| Azad chairs high level meeting, reviews Ramzan arrangements | | Advises administration to keep all essential commodities available in adequate quantity with buffer stocks | | |
SRINAGAR, September 25 – Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad immediately after concluding his visit from USA, Belgium and Nanital today on the first day of holy month of Ramdan reached Srinagar and from airport straightly proceeded to Secretariat and convened a high level meeting for taking necessary measures in order to provide better facilities to the people during the holy month of Ramdan.
Minister for CA&PD Mr. Taj Mohi-ud-Din, Minister for Power, Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora, Minister for PHE, Mr. Mohammad Dilawar Mir, Minister of State for CA&PD S. Manjeet Singh, Minister of State for Power Peer Mohammad Hussain, Minister of State for PHE Dr. Romesh Chander Sharma, Chief Secreta... | |
| | | | Azad accorded warm reception at Srinagar Airport on his return from USA, Belgium | | | |
SRINAGAR, September 25 – Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad was given warm welcome at airport here this afternoon when he arrived after 10-days successful tour of USA and Belgium.
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir is the first Chief Minister who was presented such a prestigious award by one of the distinguished American Organization. The Conferment of this award of Pride by Federation of American Muslims of Indian Origin to Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad was already hailed by the Cabinet in its recent meeting.
The way intellectuals Think Tank members, European Parliament, cross-sections of USA, people of Belgium were impressed with the view point of Mr. Azad brought lurals not to ... | |
| | | | Vajpayee and I were humiliated in Agra: Musharraf | | | |
September 25, 2006
Musharraf is of the view that both he and the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had been "humiliated" at the Agra summit in 2001 "by someone above" the two of them. Writing about the failed summit in his book 'In The Line of Fire' released on Monday, Musharraf discloses that twice he had decided to cut short his stay in Agra after the Indians had "backed out" of what had been agreed earlier.
However, he had been persuaded by his diplomats not to do so. According to the General's account of the events in Agra, after two prolonged interactions with Vajpayee, a "balanced" joint declaration acceptable to both of them was drafted.
It contained a ... | |
| | | | MoS Anand Sharma won't be promoted | | Prime Minister wants Kapil Sibal to be Foreign Minister | | |
POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 25: India is to have a new Foreign Minister "soon", according to a senior Ministerial source. "You can expect a full-fledged Minister of External Affairs any time in the next few days", the source divulged on Monday.
The Ministerial source, known for his close proximity to both Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and the Congress president and chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Sonia Gandhi, also divulged that the Prime Minister had postponed the eagerly-awaited exercise of putting in place a new Minister of External Affairs as Congress leaders favoured appointment of a new Foreign Minister "only after September 25".
Anand... | |
| | | | Lady Const killed, 4 injured in grenade blast | | KILLS LADY COP, INJURES 3 others | | |
Srinagar, Sept, 25, 06 Throwing all the unverified reports and speculations about a possible ceasefire between the militants and troops in restive Kashmir during Ramadan to the winds, a grenade blast on the very first day of holy month, Monday, resulted in the killing of a lady constable, while injuring three other police personnel at about 1330 hours in the heart of Srinagar.
At around 1330 hours, an unidentified lobber tossed a grenade towards a vehicle of Women's Police Station near busy Jehangir Chowk, injuring four police personnel including two lady cops. However, the Station House Officer of Police Station escaped unhurt. Later, a lady constable identified as Gulshan hailing ... | |
| | | | Actress Padmini dies of heart attack | | | | Chennai, September 25, 2006
One of the south Indian legendary Bharatnatyam dancers and film actor Padmini died of a heart attack in Chennai late on Sunday night.
The legendary actress, who was among the first heroines to make it to Kollywood in the south, breathed her last at Apollo Hospital. She was 74.
Padmini, who was the second of the famous 'Travancore Sisters' along with Lalitha and Ragini, made her last public appearance at a function organised by Kollywood on Saturday night to felicitate Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
Padmini acted in more than 250 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada for decades since 1949.
Born in Poojappura in Thiruvananthapuram, Ke... | |
| | | | Militants unwillig on ceasing fire; explode grenade on police van | | | |
Srinagar, September 25
Militants greeted the Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad’s plea to them to cease-fire during the month of Ramdan by exploding a grenade on a police van in the interior of the state’s summer capital killing one constable and wounding five others on the opening day of the month of fast on Monday.
Intelligence agencies’ reports indicated that militants of different hues were not in favour of offering a ceasefire during the holy month.These reports said that the rate of infilitration,which had dipped during August and the middle of September,had started picking up allowing activists of Lashkar-i-Toiba,Jaish Mohammad and Al Badr to strengthen their man power in Kashmir ... | |
| | | | NC,PDP and APHC leaders happy over Manmohan Singh’s willingness to talk to people of Kashmir | | | | Srinagar,September 25 :-If not the people,atleast leaders of the All Party Hurriyat Conference,the National Conference and the PDP seem to be excited over the recent statement of Prime Minister,Dr Manmohan Singh,suggesting that he was willing to discuss all the issues,including autonomy and self-rule,with the people of Kashmir.
A senior APHC leader,Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat,told Kashmir Independent Press on Monday “it is good if the Prime Minister is willing to talk to the people of Kashmir.” He said “talks and sustained talks alone can show the way out of the vexed Kashmir issue.”
Prof. Bhat
said that talks on autonomy and self-rule,the former being the slogan of the National Conferenc... | |
| | | | Disgraced AQ Khan sold tons of centrifuge | | Musharraf pardoned him as he gave Pak atomic bomb | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 25: President of Pakistan. Gen. Parvez Musharraf, has finally confirmed that AQ Khan, considered the 'father' of Pakistan's atomic bomb, sold nuclear centrifuge dcesigns, 18 tonnes of centrifuge parts and 2,000 complete units to North Korea, Libya and Iran. Gen. Musharraf's confirmation of the misdeeds of scientist Khan came on the US soil in the course of the 60 minutes programme of CBS aired on Sunday night.
And Gen. Musharraf's confession: AQ Khan was pardoned by him (Pak President) because "today he (Khan) is a hero of Pakistan--he gave us the atomic bomb". Answering a question, Pakistan President said that scientist Khan had been kept under house arrest "... | |
| | | | Pak President spills the beans | | Many a tongue in motion after Sept. 11 developments | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI: This past week and this week also Pakistan and most other countries, particularly the United States and India, saw Gen. Parvez Musharraf in action. A lot of talking he did, partly on his own and party under pressure. And his damning disclosure that the US had threatened to bomb Pakistan back into the Stone Age after September 11 developments, has left Pakistanis as well as the rest of the world stunned.
The revelation, made by Gen. Musharraf himself during his US visit last week, could not have come at a more inconvenient point in the US-Pakistan relations. The President of Pakistan spilled the beans during an interview with the CBS — just ahead of his scheduled... | |
| | | | Chandigarh court fixes Oct 3 for next hearing | | Sex scandal | | |
Chandigarh, Sep 25 A local court today fixed October three as the next date of hearing on the bail applications of 14 accused, including two former ministeres, in the Jammu and Kashmir sex racket case.
Sessions Judge B S Mehndiratta fixed the date of next hearing on October three and observed that only six cases had been transferred to the Court here from Jammu and Kashmir so far.
The Supreme Court on September four had transferred the cases of the 14 accused from Srinagar to Chandigarh for trial after they were chargesheeted by the CBI.
The counsel for Raman Mattoo pleaded that the former minister be granted bail "as he has been charged under a same section that of Iqbal Kh... | |
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