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| Minor reshuffle in J&K administration | | | |
Srinagar, Sep 8 The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet has effected a minor reshuffle in the state administration.
The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad approved the transfer and posting of seven Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) officers.
Mr G M Mir has been posted as Secretary in the Higher and Technical Education Department, Mr Abdul Rashid Mir, has been posted as Director Land Records, Kashmir in place of Mr Abdul Majid, who has been transferred as Director Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department, Kashmir.
Ms Dilshada Khan, Additional Commissioner, Kashmir, has been posted as Director Social Welfare Kashmir in place of Mr Mushtaq Ahmad Shei... | |
| | | | 30 killed, 56 injured in Malegaon twin blasts; curfew imposed | | | | At least 30 people are feared dead and more than 100 people have been injured after bomb blasts rocked Malegaon town in Nashik district of Maharashtra.
As per reports, the injured have been taken to different hospitals in Malegaon, including Farhan Hospital, Ali Akbar Hospital, the Rural Hospital of Malegaon and Medicare Hospital.
Also, around 112 people who have been injured have been admitted at Wadia Hospital. Reports also state that minors have been killed in the stampede after the blasts.
The situation in Malegaon is now growing tense. There have been reports of an incident of stone pelting at Wadia Hospital and crowds have surrounded Azadnagar Police Station.
Reports als... | |
| | | | Indo-Pak talks hinges on PM-Musharraf meet | | | |
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the meeting of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with President Pervez Musharraf in Havana next week, India on Friday made it clear that unless the issue of terrorism is addressed in a "substantive way" by Pakistan, it would be difficult to carry forward the dialogue process.
New Delhi said the dates for the Indo-Pak Foreign Secretary level talks, aborted in the wake of July 11 Mumbai blasts, could be set only if there is "satisfactory" outcome of the parleys between Singh and Musharraf and Islambad shows willingness to work with India to eliminate the "shared threat" of terrorism.
"Both leaders (Singh and Musharraf) are very conscious of the importance of the Indo-... | |
| | | | WILL PDP STAKE CLAIM FOR ONE VACANT CABINET SEAT? | | | | Jammu, September 8, :- After patch up with party patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed, Will Mr Muzaffar Hussain Baig,former Deputy Chief Minister who resigned from the cabinet after being recalled from the council of ministers by the PDP leadership, find a place in the ministry again ?
This question has assumed significance following reapproachment between the Muftis’ and Mr Baig. Mr Baig has decided to stay put in the PDP which the party leadership has accepted. He, however, does not seem to be keen in getting reinducted in the cabinet despite the fact that the electorates in his Baramullah constituency have staged black flag demonstration against his ouster from the cabinet. The constituency witn... | |
| | | | WILL PDP STAKE CLAIM FOR ONE VACANT CABINET SEAT? | | | | Jammu, September 8, :- After patch up with party patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed, Will Mr Muzaffar Hussain Baig,former Deputy Chief Minister who resigned from the cabinet after being recalled from the council of ministers by the PDP leadership, find a place in the ministry again ?
This question has assumed significance following reapproachment between the Muftis’ and Mr Baig. Mr Baig has decided to stay put in the PDP which the party leadership has accepted. He, however, does not seem to be keen in getting reinducted in the cabinet despite the fact that the electorates in his Baramullah constituency have staged black flag demonstration against his ouster from the cabinet. The constituency witn... | |
| | | | WILL PDP STAKE CLAIM FOR ONE VACANT CABINET SEAT? | | | | Jammu, September 8, :- After patch up with party patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed, Will Mr Muzaffar Hussain Baig,former Deputy Chief Minister who resigned from the cabinet after being recalled from the council of ministers by the PDP leadership, find a place in the ministry again ?
This question has assumed significance following reapproachment between the Muftis’ and Mr Baig. Mr Baig has decided to stay put in the PDP which the party leadership has accepted. He, however, does not seem to be keen in getting reinducted in the cabinet despite the fact that the electorates in his Baramullah constituency have staged black flag demonstration against his ouster from the cabinet. The constituency witn... | |
| | | | Flood loss estimated at 189 crore | | | |
Srinagar, September 8,
The Kashmir Valley suffered losses of Rs 188.811 crore in the recent floods with paddy spread over 92,724.75 hectares and other crops in 34,250 hectares of land destroyed, according to preliminary estimates.
In addition, 382 houses were been heavily damaged and 6,103 partially damaged in the six districts of Jammu and Kashmir as per tentative information collected from across the Valley, officials said on Friday.
They said 425 villages were affected by incessant rains and floods of which 68 were in Pulwama, 50 in Badgam, 68 in Srinagar and 221 in Anantnag districts.
As many as 8,415 stranded people were evacuated and 263 rescued from flooded areas, they s... | |
| | | | NC, Farooq Abdullah can't be written off | | Anti-incumbency factor will help NC, BJP: Nehru | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 8: Arun Nehru, former Union Minister of Internal Security, has forceast that the anti-incumbency factor will help the National Conference in Kashmir Valley and the BJP in Jammu region. And this despite "good and effective" governance by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and then by Ghulam Nabi Azad, Nehru says.
Arun Nehru, who is counted one among Kashmir 'specialists', has put himself on record saying: "The ground reality in Kashmir is that as elections (to the J&K Assembly) approach, the PDP (People's Democratic Party) is under pressure from the National Conference (NC) in the Valley, and in Jammu the BJP is ahead of the Congress". That the J&K Congress is unli... | |
| | | | UN unlikely to oblige Kashmiri separatists | | MEN & MATTERS | | |
B L KAK
Much water has flowed down the rivers in Jammu and Kashmir in recent years. Different solutions have been offered by different leaders to the Kashmir issue. And diferences persist between the moderates and hard-liners of the Kashmir Hurriyat Conference. This has not prevented a section of the Muslim separatists in Kashmir Valley from continuing the talk in support of the UN resolutions on Kashmir.
How many of them know that the United Nations (UN) is unwilling to oblige those Islamist separatists who are for implementation of UN resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir? In fact, the UN has, after 55 years, clearly indicated that it is neither anxious nor eager for invoking the 1949... | |
| | | | Infiltration, ex-filtration continues inJ&K | | Obstacle system being provided on Jammu border | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 8: As part of the Union government's plan to curb cross-border terrorism and infiltration and ex-filtration, the international border in Jammu region as well as certain points along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch and Rajouri districts are being provided with an obstacle system.
Erection of an obstacle system along Jammu’s international border has been planned, according to a Ministerial source. Other measures taken by the government to prevent infiltration on international border and Line of Control (LoC), he told EARLY TIMES, included better border management, multi-tier deployment of security forces and police, improved collection of sharing of intelligen... | |
| | | | Mumbai on alert following Malegaon blast | | | |
Mumbai, Sep 8 Mumbai was placed on high alert following a blast in Maharashtra's textile town of Malegaon today, police said.
The entire city and especially some sensitive areas have been placed on high alert, they said.
Security has been stepped up at entry and exit points, at vital intallations and places of worship, police said.
In view of the July 11 serial train blasts in the city, security forces have already been on alert.
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