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| Winds take power out | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
Fast winds blew over Jammu City and its adjoining areas this afternoon uprooting many trees and taking away electric wires at several places.
A sense of commotion prevailed in the Winter Capital City in the afternoon when thick dark cloud hovered over. Immediately after this followed the fast windstorm and then heavy rains.
The intensity of the windstorm was so high that that it took away several dozens of hoardings, trees and electric wires. After the windstorm and heavy rainfall the city plunged into darkness and the electricity could not be restored in many areas till late this evening.
Reports said in the hilly districts of the region, the ra... | |
| | | | 5 SPs shifted | | Prabhat, Raghubir swap places | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
Making atleast four officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police and two Deputy Superintendents to wait for a while, the Government today ordered transfers and postings in the Police Department.
Several Police officers at different levels were moved out of their postings during the days of Jammu agitation –either on allegations of unleashing excesses on the agitators or inept handling of the situation. Senior Superintendent of Police Jammu Alok Kumar and his successor Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal were two such officers removed from Jammu.
Among other officers were SP Shailinder Singh and DySP Mohan Lal Kaith. There were also protests against SP Samb... | |
| | | | Baglihar being tested | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
The 450-MW Baglihar hydro electric power project on the Chenab river has commenced its test trials today, following the clean chit received from Pakistan.
"The project is likely to be commissioned by end of this month. But before that we have started test trials of its three turbines and first turbine was switched on," Power Development department Secretary Sandeep Naik said.
The Baglihar project, which has three turbines of 150 MW each was started in 1999.
On July 31 this year, a three-member team from Pakistan led by Central Water Commission (Indus Water Treaty) Commissioner Syed Jamait Ali Shah had visited Baglihar project and had given a clean... | |
| | | | ….but if figures are fudged? | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
With population statistics harming the cause of Jammu in getting equitable share in political decision making process, a historian politician seems to have put in an extra effort to point out fudging of figures.
Whenever Jammu asks for hike in number of assembly constituencies to undo the regional bias in decision making, the voices are muzzled on pretext of population figures. “There is no reason to believe the ten lakh deficit between Kashmir and Jammu…the census figures have been grossly fudged to our loss”, says Dr Nimal Singh, a historian and BJP leader.
According to the 2001 census, the population of Kashmir province is 54,76,970. The break ... | |
| | | | Act on ‘pact’ or face another stir: SAYSS | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 5
Taking a tough posture just within one week after the Jammu shutdown was called off, the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti today threatened the government to revise agitation if the promises made in the ‘August 31 Pact’ were not implemented forthwith.
The Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS) –which spearheaded 63-day long agitation on the shrine land issue –has alleged that despite an agreement reached at with consensus, the government agencies were still harassing the people against whom cases were registered during agitation. The Samiti also pointed out that the Police officers accused of excesses on the agitators have not been punished ... | |
| | | | Teacher-pupil warmth getting friendlier than ever | | | | Munish Gupta
Jammu | Sep 5
There is a synonym for the word ‘teacher’ in Sanskrit. It is ‘guru’—the one who dispels darkness and kindles the light within. The teacher has the ability to not only mould the students’ minds, but also affect their attitude and character. The abilities of the teaching community have been acknowledged worldwide. In ancient Greece, teachers were responsible for inculcating good values and developing the facilities of logic and rhetoric in their students-most of which is sustained in varied forms even today. The role of a teacher today is that of a friend, philosopher and guide, while his prime responsibility rests in the restoration of the higher values of life... | |
| | | | Make hay while the sun shines | | | | Nirbhay Jammual
While the members of the election commission continue to wrangle over the procedure the commission has adopted by inviting political leaders for discussion the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir before debating the same issue with the Defence Secretary people and political leaders in the state fear that if the poll was held by the beginning of November the polling percentage was bound to be very poor.Poor polling percentage could be a slur on the face of those speaking volumes about healthy democratic traditions in the Kashmir valley.There are indications that polling percentage could be witnessed in Poonch,Rajouri and Doda districts also.
In the given situation wil... | |
| | | | Obama hits Pak on Kashmir | | | | New York | Sep 5
Noting that Pakistan has tolerated or in some cases funded the Mujahideen in Kashmir, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said such efforts are "counterproductive" for Islamabad.
Ahead of his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Obama said historically Pakistan has tolerated or in some cases funded the Mujahideen because they think it's somehow helpful to them in Kashmir which continues to be a "constant instigator" of tension between Islamabad and New Delhi.
"We have to have an honest conservation about how counterproductive that is," Obama said in an interview, published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Asked whether US shou... | |
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