JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
INDIA
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Dussehra
Greetings
to all our readers.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along
with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and
Union Urban Development Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
addressing a press conference in Srinagar on
Tuesday. Excelsior/Amin War
SRINAGAR,
Oct 11: Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today announced that
with the additionality of Rs 500 cr, the
Centre’s rescue and rehabilitation programme
for the victims of the Saturday last earthquake
in Jammu and Kashmir would be of an order of Rs
642 cr. He said even that stipulation could be
temporary as the Centre could provide more
financial assistance in accordance with the
genuine requirement in the tremor-ravaged border
State..............more
NEW
DELHI, Oct 11:
"Close monitoring" of faults neighboring
the one that ruptured under the Himalayas on Saturday in
the 7.6 magnitude earthquake is required as the Indian
plate boundary has become seismically "very
active", according to top Indian seismologists here.
.......more
TANGDHAR, Oct 11: As rescue
workers struggle to remove the rubble and
search for the dead or survivors in the
quake-affected areas of Jammu and
Kashmir, the threat of epidemic looms
large with several hundred decaying
bodies still under the debris. ............more
NEW DELHI, Oct
11:Seven
Indians, including the Tandon
family, stranded in
Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir
following the devastating
earthquake, will be flown to
Islamabad tomorrow, official
sources said here tonight. ...........more
JAMMU, Oct 11: Death toll
in Saturday’s earthquake in Jammu
region today rose to 19 with a minor
girl, who had suffered trauma following
earthquake, breathing her last in the
hospital while heavy traffic was diverted
on a newly laid Pantoon bridge in Akhnoor
as the main bridge was left for plying of
small vehicles only due to damage caused
by the quake...............more
TEETWAL,(LoC), Oct 11:Dead take
the last ride. This is the maxim the Army
and Air Force pilots are following as
they ferry the countless injured from the
14 quake-ravaged villages of Teetwal in
Tangdhar area of north Kashmir. ......more
JAMMU, Oct 11: Notification of
transfer of Justice Bashir Ahmed Khan,
presently Acting Chief Justice, Delhi
High Court, issued by the President of
India, has been received in the High
Court of J&K today............more
SRINAGAR, Oct 11:Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh today said no
decision had been taken as yet on the
transfer of power in Jammu and Kashmir
from People’s Democratic Party to
the Congress scheduled for next month......more
TANGDHAR, Oct 11:Assuring to
rebuild Tangdhar again, the Union
Minister for Urban Development Ghulam
Nabi Azad said there has been a
considerable improvement in the relief
efforts since Sunday. ......more
SRINAGAR, Oct 11
:Heavy snowfall in
the upper reaches of Tangdhar
sector today is likely to hamper
rescue and relief operations in
the quake-affected area. ...........more
SRINAGAR, Oct 11:
Two days after
security forces wiped out an
8-member group of infiltrating
militants in Gulmarg sector,
troops have eliminated yet
another infiltrating group of 8
militants in Nowgam sector of
Handwara in Kupwara district.............more
ISLAMABAD, Oct
11:The World
Bank-appointed neutral expert has
convened a meeting with Pakistan
and India in Geneva to debate the
controversial 450-megawatt
Baglihar Hydropower Project from
October 19 to 21, a media report
today said...........more
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