'CPI, CPI (M) will
be joining Third Front any time in March
or April'
Farooq
says Kashmir problem can't be
put to cold storage
From Ahmed Ali
Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Mar 10: National Conference
patriarch, Dr Farooq Abdullah, today
welcomed the Pakistan People’s Party
leader Asif Ali Zardari's statement over
normalisation of relations between New
Delhi and Islamabad but he cautioned that
the six-decade-long Kashmir problem could
not be put to cold storage without
finding its solution. He said that CPI
and CPI (M), who were still constituents
of the ruling United Progressive Alliance
(UPA) at the Centre, would soon join the
non-Congress, non-BJP political alliance
known as 'Third Front'......more
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It
took Zulekha 60 years to
travel 200m across LoC
*133 cross
Chakkan-Da-Bagh
By Gopal
Sharma
JAMMU,
Mar 10:
Although Zulekha
Bi’s house is just
stone’s throw from
her brothers (parents)
house in PoK, yet it took
60 long years to this
hapless old woman
separated by the Line of
Control (LoC), to travel
from one corner of
Guntrian village to the
other.....more
Govt
to raise strength of
para-military forces
INDRAPURAM,
UP, Mar 10:Government
today said it will raise
the strength of
paramilitary forces and
update them with new
technology to outsmart
anti-national forces in
the fight against
terrorism.....more
PDP
MLA Sarfaraz strikes on
Muftis
Excelsior
Special Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
Mar 10:
PDP's MLA from
Beerwah and former
Minister of State,
Sarfaraz Khan, today held
out his banner of revolt
against the party Patron,
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed,
and President, Mehbooba
Mufti, when he said that
the Muftis had adopted
the policy of
"divide-and-rule".
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SRTC workers call
off strike, fleet operation from
today
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 10: J&K
State Road Transport Corporation
employees and workers called- off
their 21-day long strike,
following assurance from the
Minister for Transport Hakeem
Mohd Yasin here today......more
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Four suspects
arrested
Fidayeen attack
in Valley foiled
Excelsior
Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 10:
Police claimed to have foiled a
militant plan to carry out
Fidayeen (suicide) attack here.....more
ILFS conducts survey
on Mata Vaishno Devi track
SMVDSB moots
escalators, ropeway to smoothen
yatra
By Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Mar 10: In a bid to
smoothen the pilgrimage, save
timing of the yatris and attract
more pilgrims, Shri Mata Vaishno
Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) has
proposed construction of
escalators at some places where
it was feasible in place of
stairs and a ropeway between
Vaishno Devi Bhawan to Bhairon
Ghati......more
Don’t speak
on alliance: Azad
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 10: Chief
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has
asked Ministers, Legislators and
other leaders of the Congress
party in the State not to issue
statements or speak in public
about the subject of electoral
alliance of the Congress with any
political party.......more
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Judges retirement
age may go up
NEW DELHI, Mar
10: There is a proposal
to increase the retirement age of
the Judges of the Supreme Court
and the High Courts by three
years, Law and Justice Minister H
R Bhardwaj told Rajya Sabha
today....more
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SC/STs seats to
be increased
NEW DELHI, Mar
10: A bill seeking to
increase allocation of
Parliamentary and Assembly seats
for Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes in the country
in the wake of the delimitation
exercise was introduced in the
Lok Sabha today. ...more
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Extend loan
waiver to orchardists: Mehbooba
Excelsior
Correspondent
Jammu, Mar 10: People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) president
Ms Mehbooba Mufti has sought the
extension of agriculture loan
waiver facility, recently
announced in the Union budget, to
the horticulture sector in the
State....more
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NPP MLA booked
for assaulting SPO
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 10: National
Panthers Party (NPP) MLA was
today booked by the police for
assaulting a Special Police
Officer (SPO) at his residence in
Akalpur area under the
jurisdiction of Domana Police
Station late last night....more
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20 SOs promoted
as Under Secys
Excelsior
Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 10: The
Government today ordered
promotion of 20 Section Officers
of J&K Secretariat
(Subordinate) Service as Under
Secretaries in J&K
Secretariat (Gazetted) Service-I.....more
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