JAMMU (JAMMU & KASHMIR)
INDIA
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Jubiliant Omar Abdullah in company
of Abdul Rahim Rather and Dr Farooq Abdullah,
after being re-elected as president of National
Conference. Excelsior/Amin War
SRINAGAR,
Dec 19: Elected
as president of Jammu & Kashmir National
Conference (NC) for the second consecutive term
of three years, Omar Abdullah today asked both,
militants as well as security forces, allow peace
to return without any more mayhem and bloodshed.
Describing his party’s support to Ghulam
Nabi Azad’s coalition Government as
conditional, Sheikh Abdullah’s grandson
berated Congress party as a mistress of mistakes
for Kashmir. He complained publicly that Dr
Manmohan Singh’s Government at the Centre
was "completely non-serious" with
regard to holding the exercise of talks with the
Kashmiri leadership. According to him, the
Congress-led coalition Government’s Kashmir
policy was "nothing but to humiliate
Kashmiri leaders in the trap of a dialogue
process" which, according to him, had not
moved a step forward beyond the courtesy of a cup
of tea in the last few years............more
JAMMU, Dec 19: The State Cabinet, which
met here today under the chairmanship of Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, approved the transfers
and postings of 12 senior officers in the
administration........more
JAMMU, Dec 19: The State Cabinet,
which met under the chairmanship of Chief
Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad today,
accorded sanction to the implementation
of State’s prestigious and mega
hydro power project, Sawalakote with 1200
MW installed capacity.........more
Jammu, Dec 19: The State
Cabinet that met here today with
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
in the chair, approved the
promotion of Sayeed Khurshid
Ahmad, Chief Engineer,
Generation, J&K State Power
Development Corporation to the
grade of Rs 16400-450-20000 with
effect from December 1, 2005............more
JAMMU, Dec 19:As only 35
percent work on doubling of
Jammu-Lakhanpur railway track has been
completed in three and half years,
Northern Railways may not meet the target
of this 80 kilometre track which has been
fixed at mid 2007.......more
Srinagar, Dec 19: A top commander of
Jaish-e-Mohammed militant outfit was
killed in an encounter at Lolab Kupwara,
north Kashmir today while as in south
Kashmir district of Anantnag a fierce
encounter was going on between the holed
up militants and the troops in which one
militant was reportedly killed till last
reports came in......more
ISLAMABAD, Dec 19:India and
Pakistan are expected to resume another
round of composite dialogue process to
resolve all bilateral issues, including
Jammu and Kashmir, next month, Foreign
office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said
today...............more
Jammu, Dec 19: The State Cabinet,
which met here today under the
chairmanship of Chief Minister, Ghulam
Nabi Azad took many decisions and
accorded approval to the filling up of
916 posts of class-IV vacancies under
SRO-43, besides ordered creation of two
Development Authorities........more
Jammu, Dec 19: Justice B.A.Khan,
Chief Justice of the State Court, today
administered the oath of office to
Justice Hakim Imtiyaz Hussain as
Permanent Judge of the High Court of
J&K........more
Jammu, Dec 19:
Justice Nisar Ahmed
Kakru of the State High Court
Jammu Wing today in batch of writ
petitions filed by the aggrieved
licencees of liquor-vends, has
ordered status-quo as on date
with regard to the business in
question ( Sale of IMFL). .......more
NEW DELHI, Dec
19: Resolving their
differences, NDA leaders today
unanimously decided to oppose a
Constitution Amendment Bill
providing reservation in private
educational institutions but
exempting minority institutions
from its purview........more
CHANDIGARH, Dec
19: The Army will be
replacing its fleet of Cheetah
and Chetak helicopters by the new
upgraded choppers in a phased
manner, Army Vice Chief Lt Gen S
Pattabhiraman today said. .......more
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