Union
Minister for Railways
Lalu Prasad Yadav before
boarding Diesel Multiple
Unit at Nowgam Railway
Station, Srinagar on
Tuesday.
Lalu
reviews progress on
Kashmir rail project
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Apr 8: Union
Minister for Railways
Lalu Prasad Yadav today
reviewed progress on the
Kashmir valley railway
project and had a little
duration travel in the
train......more
Pak
moots different approach
on
Kashmir,
wants more trade
ISLAMABAD,
Apr 8:
Pakistan’s new
Government has ruled out
putting the Kashmir issue
on the backburner but
said it will not shy away
from taking a
"different"
approach on the problem
by using trade with India
as means to move from
"conflict management
to conflict
resolution".....more
NC
ready to accept better
solution than autonomy
SRINAGAR,
Apr 8: Seeking
support of the youths for
its demand for
restoration of autonomy
to Jammu and Kashmir,
Opposition National
Conference today said it
was ready to accept any
better and popular
solution to the Kashmir
issue. ...more
PM
visiting Jammu for 2 days
from Apr 25
By Mohinder
Verma
JAMMU,
Apr 8: After
United Progressive
Alliance (UPA)
chairperson Sonia
Gandhi’s visit to
Jammu on April 12, Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan
Singh is arriving here
for two days visit from
April 25.....more
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HM comdr among 2
ultras killed
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: Two
militants of Hizbul Mujahideen
outfit including a
‘divisional commander’
of the outfit were gunned down by
police during two separate
encounters in Doda and Kishtwar
districts. Besides arms and
ammunition, a fake identity card
carrying signatures of Executive
Magistrate Ist Class, Kishtwar,
was also recovered from the
‘divisional commander’......more
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Youth arrested
with grenade
Excelsior
Correspondent
RAMBAN, Apr 8: A youth was
arrested by police tonight along
with a Chinese grenade from
village Palli near the town here.....more
14600 in queue to
visit PoK
SRINAGAR, Apr 8: Many of the
14,600 aspirants who want to
cross the border to
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)
on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus
will have to wait more than a
decade for their wish to come
true, if there is no change in
the frequency of the existing
service......more
'Army shall have to
vacate all civilian areas in
J&K'
Mehbooba in Pak:
J&K, PoK Assemblies be
converted
into Regional Council
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Apr 8: People's
Democratic Party (PDP) president,
Mehbooba Mufti, today revealed
that, during her recent visit to
Pakistan, she had proposed
conversion of Jammu & Kashmir
Legislative Assembly and 'Azad
Jammu & Kashmir Assembly'
into a Regional Council in order
to evolve a joint mechanism on
the divided State between New
Delhi and Islamabad. She argued
that increasing the rentals of
the land in possession of
security forces was no substitute
for reduction of troops and
asserted that Army shall have to
vacate all civilian areas in
Jammu & Kashmir......more
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Class IV posts
qualification fixed
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: The
Government today fixed minimum
and maximum qualification for
appointment of Class-IV posts
under direct recruitment....more
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2 yrs RI to Arya
Mission MD
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: Sub-Judge
Jammu Y P Bourney today awarded
two years rigorous imprisonment
and fine of Rs 5 lakh to Ashok
Mahajan, Managing Director of
Gopal Arya Mission in a cheque
bounce case....more
Militant killed
in Kupwara
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 8: Security
forces gunned down a militant in
an encounter in North Kashmir, a
police spokesman said today. ...more
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Vyas re-appointed
NCW chairperson
NEW DELHI, Apr 8:
Dr Girija Vyas has
been re-appointed Chairperson of
the National Commission for Women
by the Centre for another term of
three years-the first to head the
rights body for a second tenure...more
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Dutt, Manyata say
not married
MUMBAI, Apr 8: Actor
Sanjay Dutt and his friend
Manyata told a court here that
they are not legally married,
giving a dramatic twist to the
case relating to the
couple’s marital status. ..more
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India ready to
release over 100 Pak prisoners:
Burney
NEW DELHI, Apr 8: India
is ready to release more than 100
Pakistanis lodged in prisons here
unilaterally, Pakistani Human
Rights campaigner Ansar Burney
said today. ..more
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