30 injured in
Bhaderwah mishap
Excelsior
Correspondent
BHADERWAH, Feb
19: Thirty
passengers were injured, four of
them critically, when a bus they
were travelling in rolled down
near Boys High School in the town
this afternoon......more
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Threat looms large
over 300 families
'Sarbagni'
sinking gradually
By Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Feb 19: A village
inhabited by around 300 families
in the newly carved Ramban
district has been sinking
gradually during the past several
years and posing grave risk to
the lives of the people. However,
the Government has not taken the
issue seriously and seems to be
waiting for a major tragedy to
occur.....more
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NC wave will end
coalition Govt's tenure: Omar
Excelsior
Correspondent
Lakhanpur, Feb
19: NC president Omar
Abdullah today said that much
hyped promise of "Khushaal
Kashmir" doled out by the
coalition Government has remained
just a "hollow promise"
because of the ruling coalition's
failure to deliver. Mr Abdullah,
who started his State wide mass
contact programme here today,
said in 2002 the coalition
Government came to power on the
basis of tall promises but
unfortunately the State
Government in the last five and
half years has not been able to
perform and live upto
expectations of the people. The
total breakdown of administrative
machinery during the coalition
rule and rampant corruption has
taken the State backwards, he
alleged......more
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Petro
hike won't affect poor:
PM
UDAIPUR,
Feb 19: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh
today asserted that the
Union Government is
working for the backward
and poor people, hence
the price of kerosene was
not hiked this time.....more
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Five
DySPs transferred
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Feb 19:
Director General of
Police today ordered
transfer and postings of
five Deputy
Superintendents of Police
(DySPs)....more
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Governor
prorogues Legislature
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu,
Feb 19 :
In exercise of the
powers vested in him
under section 53 of the
Constitution of Jammu and
Kashmir, Governor Lt.
Gen. (Retd) S.K. Sinha
has prorogued both the
Houses of State
Legislature, which were
adjourned sine die by
Speaker Tara Chand on
January 30...more
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Punjab
cops get weekly off
CHANDIGARH,
Feb 19: The
Punjab Government has
given its nod to the
proposal of compulsory
weekly off to all the
non-Gazetted officers and
Other Ranks (ORs) from
Constable to Inspector as
announced by Chief
Minister Parkash Singh
Badal. ...more
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SVO
challans former CE
R&B
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Feb 19: The
State Vigilance
Organisation (SVO) today
produced challan against
former Chief Engineer,
R&B Kashmir, Nazir
Ahmad Shah in the court
of Special Judge,
Anti-Corruption, Kashmir....more
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IAF
to test missile warning
system
NEW
DELHI, Feb 19: A
missile warning system,
being jointly developed
by the Indian Defence
Avionics Research
Establishment (DARE) and
European defence and
aerospace consortium EADS
for the Indian Air Force,
will be tested in the
next four months....more
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