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Monday, April 21, 2008

7 airlifted, 21 sent by road to GMC
Another mishap claims 11 lives, renders 32 injured

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: In yet another tragic accident within a week’s time, 11 persons were killed and 32 others received injuries, seven of them critically, when a bus plunged into a 400 feet deep gorge due to the negligence of the driver, near Battery Chashma under the jurisdiction of Ramban Police Station this evening....more

 

Union Minister for Water Resources Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz addressing a public meeting in Sopore on Sunday.
Union Minister for Water Resources Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz
addressing a public meeting in Sopore on Sunday.

No HR violations in 6 months: Soz

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Apr 20: Expressing satisfaction over turn around in the situation due to the efforts of Centre and State Governments, Union Minister for Water Resources, Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz today said that not even a single case of human rights violation was reported in the last six months....more

Turmoil in J&K affects Bakerwali dogs too

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: Expressing apprehension that the vegetarian "Bakerwali dog" working with Gujjar and Bakerwals to protect their livestock from wild animals from centuries, will become a history of the past, the Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation (TRCF) has appealed to the State Government to save the existing rarest of rare specie. ...more

Govt directive to Central institutions
Implement quota from 2008-09: Govt

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: Ending a week-long uncertainty, the Government today directed all the Centrally-funded elite educational institutions including IIMs and IITs to implement the OBC reservation from this year.....more

HM militant, 3 LeT OGWs arrested

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Apr 20: A top Hizbul Mujahideen militant and three Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) were arrested by the security forces today in Kashmir valley......more

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Now, officers shift assets, cash on Orderlies' names

By Sanjeev Pargal

JAMMU, Apr 20: During investigations of a number of corruption related cases involving senior officers, the State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) has come across a unique modus operandi under which some officers had shifted their assets on the name of Orderlies and other Class-IV employees of their Departments and even kept their valuable articles in their houses.....more

Yashpal Sharma joins PDP

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: Prominent political leader Yashpal Sharma, who had lost December by-election in Poonch Assembly segment as an independent candidate by a narrow margin to Congress nominee, today joined PDP, a coalition partner of the Congress......more

300 bags of cement seized

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: Police today seized a truck loaded with 300 bags of cement, which had allegedly been smuggled from Irrigation Department’s canal store and were being taken for off-loading at a cement depot at Kot......more

US offers help to counter terror

NEW DELHI, Apr 20: The United States has offered India help in effectively combating "fundamentalist Islamic terrorists" in Jammu and Kashmir by sharing training and expertise....more

HM ultra surrenders in Doda

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Apr 20: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant today surrendered before DIG Doda range Hemant Kumar Lohia in Doda. He has been identified as Ghulam Qadir (code name Abdullah) son of Mehar Bakshi, a resident of Chilly Pain, Gandoh....more

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