India Forum Archives: Jammu and Kashmir
The firing erupted at 6.30 pm, immediately after the breaking of the Ramadan fast, at the gate of the corps headquarters, located in the heavy security Badami Bagh neighbourhood. There is a.. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_521232,000900010002.htm Press Trust of India Jammu, January 6 Jammu and Kashmir government has sought foreign funding for two mega integrated sewerage and drainage projects for capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu.
India/ Pakistan: Heavy monsoon rains leave at least 82 dead
The state capital of Srinagar also braced for major floods with the Jhelum, Kashmir s main river, flowing more than seven feet above the danger mark. Vast swathes of Srinagar remain inundated, with water levels just a few��.
Flood updates: Death toll soars to 359 - The Express Tribune
Rashid also said that a survey is underway to assess the amount of damage caused in the wake of the floods, after which the government will provide relief and funding for rebuilding of the damaged caused. ���... ���The danger is over,��� said Guddu Barrage Chief Engineer Deewan Dhanomal on Wednesday, adding that the water level by Friday and Saturday will not exceed the 500,000 cusecs mark. Read the full.. Do they have psychiatric clinics in Hindustan? NO!
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 27.10.09
At the risk of sounding churlish, one must say that with only single-largest party status in Haryana and just half-way mark for the Maharashtra coalition, the Congress is no runaway success in the recent Assembly elections... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Boy, do these Chinese know how to play mindgames! While we are busy wondering whether it would be prudent to allow the Dalai Lama to visit the row of Tibetan handicraft shops on��.
A Chronicle of Medieval Kashmir | A World,s Heritage Of.
He confronted Rinchan, who, some time back, had been one among his inferior servants, but he could not match him on the battlefield and, after suffering another defeat, turned back to Kathwar... 185. 69. On the left bank of Jhelum in Srinagar... The delegation impressed upon him that if the government [of the land] did not pass into the hands of a capable elderly person, there was a danger that a large number of people would fall victims to revenge and reprisals.
Govt declares flood in Kashmir as Jhelum crosses danger mark after heavy.
The government declared a flood situation in Kashmir on Monday as River Jhelum crossed the danger mark in Srinagar and Sangam with heavy rainfall lashing most parts of the state. The state administration asked people to move to higher reaches as water .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 17.09.10
Kashmirs separatist jihadis have issued a primordial challenge to the Government in New Delhi: Their goal is the creation of an Islamic state complete with shariah: Death by stoning, beheadings, floggings, amputations and much.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. COLUMN. THE BLOODY TRUTH. When I read in the papers that hospital blood banks across Delhi were running low on their supply of platelets because of the number of dengue cases flooding the capital, I was��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 29.09.10
What we saw was not Chindia In Action with China and India in a friendly competition to project to the world the best in each of them, but India In Inaction like a python after a heavy meal... HINDUSTAN TIMES. COLUMN. ITS WHAT YOU DONT SEE. SANJAY KAK. This month a muted Eid marked the end of a troubled Ramzan in Kashmir. As the protests rolled into their third month, it was obvious that the whispered Eid package from New Delhi was conjured up��.
PM arrives in Delhi after successful Japan tour
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today returned home after concluding his successful visit to Japan, which promised to give $35 billion to India over the next five years for developmental projects, as the two sides agreed to enhance their.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 12.11.09
Interestingly, the establishments reaction in Pakistan to Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs speech in Kashmir was voiced by former Senator and Muslim League politician, Mr Mushahid Hussain, who has long-standing links with the.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. THATS THE WAY OUT. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has put a date to Indias exit strategy after the financial meltdown: 2010. Some time in the next year the government should begin slowing��.
Burdwan blast: Cops arrest main accused Sajid
In a major breakthrough, Sheikh Rehmatullah alias Sajid, a JMB majlis-e-surah (central committee member) and chief of the Burdwan module, was arrested by the West Bengal police near the airport. Fake Indian currency worth Rs 1 lakh was recovered from .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.09.10
Crucially, the ratios of civilian and security forces to Maoist fatalities have been adverse in every year after 2005, clearly demonstrating the loss of initiative that has resulted from the Nitish Kumar Governments declared policy, and the rising threat to civilian lives and property. Bihar is... Yet another danger the RBI hints at is that inflation at times could also shift the focus from production activities and productivity enhancing investment to speculation and hoarding.
Coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra on high alert
Authorities were put on high alert after a deep depression lying 500km south east of Chennai intensified into a cyclonic storm and is expected to cross the coast between Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, bringing in.
Guinness record holder dies during stunt
Roy had set out to cross the Teesta river from eastern side of Coronation Bridge to the western end. A GI wire. With no rescue arrangement in place, Roy failed to move towards the finishing point and died after over four minutes of struggle.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.08.10
This is not the reason why taxes are paid and collected, nor is it the job of a secular state to look after the welfare of those who lead faith-based congregations in prayer and worship... If the Government sticks to the stance of masterly inactivity and waits to do anything until it is satisfied that the time is absolutely right, it will be unable to change the present state of affairs.. when foreign-bound Indians carry much heavier suitcases than those travelling to India.
Modiji, Kashmir is not Your Personal Property | So Sue me
Also, Modis visit comes after a recent flare-up in violence in Kashmir, with at least 20 civilian dying in cross-border skirmishes earlier this month amid mutual recriminations over who provoked the firing.. Speaking to HT from his Hazratbal residence, where he remained under house arrest on Diwali day, Mirwaiz Umar said ��� BJP led government has neither announced any package for the flood victims nor is allowing any international aid to come to the valley.
Death toll crosses 100; Rajnath Singh, Omar Abdullah survey flood-hit areas
Jammu/Srinagar/New Delhi: With the flood situation further deteriorating in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the state on Sunday to personally assess the damage caused. The decision came following a review meeting which Modi .
HR News: September 19, 2014 - human rights news bulletin
The BJP attack came a day after AAP ���linked��� the Delhi governments silence over the ���missing��� Commonwealth Games files to Dikshits comments supporting the Lt Governors move to invite the saffron party to form government in... (Hindustan Times 19/9/14). CHILDREN/ CHILD LABOUR. 18. Over 54 children rescued from bonded labour in Jaipur (14). JAIPUR: Fiftyfour child labourers were rescued by police from Shastri Nagar area on Tuesday following a tip-off.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 25.09.10
It was for the first time since the Muftis pulled out of their alliance with the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir in 2008 which resultantly brought down Ghulam Nabi Azad-led government that the Congress supremo was showing such courtsey... When CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yachuri emerged from South Block after briefing the Home Minister, he boasted over the change in the ground situation in Kashmir following the all-party delegation (APD) visit. There has been no��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.06.11
In 1976, engineers Gregory C Minor, Richard B Hubbard, and Dale G Bridenbaugh, who helped design these Mark I GE reactors, resigned because they were dangerous... For the Government of Pakistan, there would be mixed feelings ��� their sovereignty is being repeatedly violated by their strategic partner, but can they complain when someone like Ilyas Kashmiri is targeted after his 313 Brigades attack on the Mehran base of the Navy in Karachi a few days��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.09.10
Singur and later Nandigram became a symbol of the anti-farmer policies of the Left Front Government and without going into the mental and political make-up of Ms Banerjee, she was declared by all anti-Left forces in the State and the.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. COLUMN. AFTER THE FLOOD. FAREED ZAKARIA,. Ever since 9/11, liberals and conservatives have agreed that the lasting solution to the problem of Islamic terror is to prevail in the battle of ideas and to��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 27.09.10
Since it comes days after the State Cabinet decided to increase the number of Government jobs by 21,000, it is obvious that the latest move is aimed at filling the new vacancies with as many Muslims as possible... HINDUSTAN TIMES. COLUMN. LETS BACK INSANIYAT. ARUN JAITLEY. The visit of the parliamentary delegation to Jammu and Kashmir gave to some of us a feel of the ground situation. The neglected regions of Jammu and Ladakh nurture a profound��.