National Conference members protesting
against the Government for not tabling
report of Kundal Committee in the Lower
House on Thursday. Excelsior/Ashok
House adjourned
as NC creates ruckus over Kundal report
By Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Jan 17: The much-hyped
Kundal Committee report which exposed 20
major scams in the Forest Department once
again created pandemonium in the Lower
House today with the main Opposition
National Conference resorting to massive
sloganeering and accusing the Government
of intentionally not tabling the same in
the House despite the assurances by the
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad two days
back....more
10 Sectt files’
copies seized from Noorani
*Cash recovered during raid
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Jan 17: In a major
development, police have recovered
notings of 10 different files of
Elementary Teachers Training (ETT)
courses, processed for approval in
Education Ministry in Civil Secretariat
from the house of Altaf Noorani, a driver
of Board of School Education (BOSE),
attached with former School Education
Minister Peerzada Mohd Sayeed, who had
resigned from the Ministry on Tuesday
following corruption charges levelled
against him by Independent MLA Shoaib
Lone.....more
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Peerzada:
Shoaib enacted drama of
corruption
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU,
Jan 17:
Former School Education
Minister and Congress
leader Peerzada Mohd
Sayeed today charged
Independent MLA from
Sangrama, Shoaib Lone
with enacting "a
drama of corruption"
to defame him and his
party. He subjected Mr
Lone to a counter
question as to why he
didn’t reveal the
issue of corruption for
eight months, a period
during which an Assembly
session was also held in
Srinagar.....more
NC,
BJP MLAs walk-out
Sadhotra's
bill on reservation
defeated
By Avtar
Bhat
JAMMU,
Jan 17:
Opposition National
Conference (NC) and BJP
MLA, Jugal Kishore Sharma
today staged a walk out
in the Assembly after a
Private Member’s
Bill regarding the
amendment in Jammu and
Kashmir Reservation Act
of 2004 introduced by NC
MLA, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra
was defeated in the House
after the Party pressed
for a division of vote.....more
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Who's this Dr
Tabbasum?
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR,
Jan 17:
Immediately after the Independent
MLA Shoaib Lone took objection to
the arrest of driver Altaf
Noorani and alleged that the
bribe of Rs 40,000 had been
actually demanded and received by
the Education Minister Peerzada
Mohammad Sayeed's wife on June
22, 2007, Police and intelligence
agencies have begun to delve deep
into the accused woman's
background......more
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Two killed,
3 injured as houses collapse
Passengers,
vehicles stranded on NH
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
17: About 600
passengers and 1100 trucks were
stranded at different places as
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway
was again blocked today after
heavy and continuous rainfall
since yesterday triggered massive
shooting of stones at highly
vulnerable spot of Panthyal......more
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Holiday on
January 21
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
17: The holiday on
account of Muharram which was
earlier notified on January 19,
2008 (Saturday), will now be
observed on January 21, 2008
(Monday)......more
IUM challenges
ban on Muharram
SRINAGAR, Jan 17:
Challenging the ban on Muharram
processions imposed in the summer
capital by authorities in the
High Court, the
Intihad-ul-Muslimeen (IUM) said
it was a denial of religious and
fundamental rights......more
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‘Kundal Ko
Hi Pesh Karo’
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
17: "Agar Report
Naheen Hai to Kundal Ko Hi Pesh
Karo. Yeh Report Badal Bhi Sakte
Hain (if the Government
didn’t have Kundal Committee
report, they must produce Mr
Kundal. The Government can tamper
with the report)"....more
Govt to establish
Islamic Tech Varsity
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan
17: The State
Government proposed to establish
a residential and technical
University in the State to offer
Islamic, scientific , technical
and other education as also
utilization of finances of
Jamiyat-e-Ahalihadees, Salfiya
Muslim Education Trust and Wakf
Tanzeem Trust....more
66 cross sides in
Karvan-e-Aman
SRINAGAR, Jan 17: As many as
66 passengers of Karvan-e-Aman
bus crossed sides at Kaman, the
last Indian military post on the
Line of Control (LoC) in Uri
sector in north Kashmir today,
official sources said....more
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