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| Sanju admires Jammuites | | | |
Katra, Sept 1: Bollywood heartthrob Sanjay Dutt, now known more by his Munna Bhai identity today offered an ovation to the people of Jammu for their peaceful and loving nature as the actor arrived here to pay obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Trikuta Hills.
Dutt, who could not reach here yesterday due to bad weather today reached Katra to pay obeisance at the shrine but he could not reach at the holy cave as chopper service remained suspended against due to the bad weather. "Munna Bhai would not offer puja at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine on Monday," said Jammu SP, Katra Ashok Sharma. The Jammu and Kashmir police had made special security arrangement for the Bollywood star.
Though he never claimed his marriage to Manyata, the lady was seen accompanying him to the pilgrimages and visits to the shrines.
After his release from the jail, Sanjay Dutt today had first elaborate interaction with the media. Several media persons from Jammu had rushed to Katra to speak to the popular actor who spoke at length. During his interaction with the media persons, Sanja... | |
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| Center-State WG meets | | | |
New Delhi, Sept 2: The Working Group set up by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh met here today under the chairmanship of Justice Saghir Ahmad. The meeting was attended by all the members representing various political parties.
The issues relating to regional imbalances in development and related matters came up for discussion in the meeting. The matters pertaining to backward areas within the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh were also discussed.
Among others the meeting was attended by Union Minister for Water Resources Prof. Saiffudin Soz, Members of Parliament Mr. Arun Jaitley, Ms. Mehbooba Mufti, Choudhary Aslam, Speaker Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Mr. Tara Chand and l... | |
| | | | Peerzada says survived militant attack, Police denies | | | | Jammu, Sept 2: In an interesting event, the President of the Pradesh Congress Committee and Education Minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed today claimed to have survived a fatal militant attack but Police denying any such thing described the incident as a minor tyre burst.
It happened this morning at Potkhah near Pattan on Srinagar-Baramullah road when Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed was on way to a public meeting that a deafening sound created panic leading to fire in retaliation by the Army jawans who were just passing by.
Peerzada and his aides said that they came under militant attack but a Police spokesman told EARLY TIMES over phone from Srinagar that a worn out tyre of a front escort TATA ... | |
| | | | VO faces cold blow | | Was he Danveer Karan of Kalyug? | | | Jammu, Sept 2: The hot pursuit vigilance campaign against corruption has been dealt with yet another cold blow as court has asked the probing agency to release the confiscated property of a government official.
The petitioner in the case, a Range Officer in the Forest department had submitted in the court that the property confiscated by the Vigilance Organisation for allegedly being disproportionate to his known sources of income, actually belonged to his father. On perusal of the record and after hearing arguments, the Special Judge anti-corruption asked if the petitioner was a Danveer Karan of Kalyug that he allowed his raised property to be divided among brothers. "The Designated Auth... | |
| | | | Cabinet reshuffle likely next week | | | | Jammu, Sept 2: After a prolonged delay, the much awaited cabinet expansion and reshuffle in the council of ministers has become a near certainty coming week.
Highly sources told EARLY TIMES that the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is most likely to induct some new ministers and change portfolios of some other on September 6. "The expansion and reshuffle is tentatively slated for September 6 and if this date is not kept the expansion may seen an ordinate delay", said a top political source.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who is away will be returning to Srinagar on September 5 –a day ahead of the expansion. Sources also pointed out that the Chief Minister decisively planned an itinerary... | |
| | | | Qaazi not Raazi | | | | Early Time Reporter
Jammu, Sept 2: In a major development, first of its kind after the formation of present coalition government, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today stripped Peoples Democratic Party's Qazi Mohammad Afazal of the charge of Forest department.
Qazi Mohammad Afzal, an MLA of the Peoples Democratic Party from Ganderbal constituency was a Minister for Housing and Urban Development and Forests. The Forest department was held by Tariq Hamid Qarra till last year before he was made the Finance Minister.
Official sources described this as exercise of the prerogative by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Till any further decision, the Chief Minister has retained the charge o... | |
| | | | Sanju Baba finally makes it to Maa’s feet | | | |
Katra, September 2
Munna Bhai aka Sanjay Dutt may have been making all possible efforts to visit Mata Vaishno devi shrine but two days after moving out of his home he is yet to perform darshan inside the cave shrine situated in trikuta hills,13 kms from here.
After spending night in New Delhi Sanjay arrived here in Jammu en route Katra and was again stuck up there due to bad weather conditions and till late evening was resting in his hotel room along with girl friend Manyata and close relatives.
Sanjay could not reach bhawan as chopper services from Katra to bhawan remained suspended due to poor visibility and was expected to complete the trek to the bhawan on foot in the evening.Sa... | |
| | | | Can Congress rule the state on its own? | | New Analysis | | |
The ambitious target set by Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad for the Congress to form the next government on its own, winning a simple
majority in the House of eighty-seven, though highly difficult, yet not out of the realm of achievement, provided a proper strategies and new combinations and permutations are evolved. His bid to rope in the
Gujjar community and its leaders into the Congress fold can definitely pay electoral dividends to the party, with the vote bank of the community holding a balance in over a dozen seats in Jammu and
Kashmir. But he shall have to take care that in the process the Paharis, the term used for the inhabitants in the mountainous areas in
Jammu region, o... | |
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