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| Leh cloudburst: Rescuers search for 600 missing persons, toll rises to 142 | | Two brothers of Doda among 11 dead flown from Leh to Udhampur | | | EArly Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 8 : As relief and rescue work continued on war footing in the cloudburst-ravaged Leh on the third day today with 11 bodies being dug out from underneath the debris of the collapsed houses, Britain revised its travel advisory to India, asking its citizens to avoid travelling to all rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
Germany, however, thanked India for its efforts to search for German nationals, about 100 of whom were stranded there while expressing grief over the loss of lives in the catastrophic consequences of the cloudburst and the subsequent flash floods and heavy rains.
While official sources said only 122 bodies had been recovered so far, unofficial reports put the number of dead at 142. All communication links to Leh were snapped and power supply was also badly disrupted due the snapping of lines.
Sources said 35 satellite phones had been despatched to Leh by the Centre to enable the authorities to remain in touch with the outside world. The road communication link was also unusable due to the washing away of the Srinagar-Leh and Leh-Manali r... | |
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| Will National Conference observe black day today? | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Sep 8: Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was dethroned and arrested on August 9, 1953. For the rest of his life he observed this day as black day. Even after assuming power with Congress support in 1975, he continued to observe it as black day. But times have changed and so has the situation. Sher-e-Kashmir was arrested for nurturing secessionist tendencies. Today's National Conference is going to New Delhi in the coming days to participate in Prime Minister's All Party Meeting where strategy to fight `growing secessionism' in Kashmir shall be discussed and chalked out. If NC follows the precedent then as a matter of principle it should not participate in... | |
| | | | Pakistan seeks internationalarbitration on Kishengang project | | India earmarks Rs.30 crores for legal battle | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 8 : For Pakistan it is either Kashmir issue or water scarcity caused by the violation of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.Invariably Islamabad uses both the water and the Kashmir issues to needle Delhi to the extent of causing economic bleed.
The latest instance is Pakistan's charge against India of violating the Indus Water Treaty by constructing 330 MW Kishenganga power projectt in Gurez valley in north Kashmir.Since Pakistan decided to go in for international arbitration as is provided in the Treaty in case of some conflict India had no other alternative but to earmark over Rs.30 crores for meeting fees of the arbitrators,umpires and experts for proceedings ... | |
| | | | SMS Service Re-Started in Leh | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Leh, Aug 8 : The Jammu and Kashmir Government has re-started SMS services in Leh, that had been banned in the state a few months ago due to security reasons, to help in relief and rescue operations in the region devastated by cloudburst and flash floods that have left 145 people dead.
State government sources said that the step was taken as a goodwill gesture as it will not only help rescue personnel but also locals and tourists to communicate with their families.
The Short Message Service (SMS) was banned in the state few months ago due to security reasons.... | |
| | | | 12-year-old critically injured in stone pelting at Sumbal | | Shutdown enforced with stone peting; Food store looted in Sopore | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: Showing little regard to separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's advice, Kashmiri youngsters today resorted to stone pelting on vehicles and shops in business at several places in Kashmir valley to enforce shutdown in the afternoon. A 12-year-old boy, whose head was broken with a stone in Sumbal, was reportedly among dozens of drivers and shopkeepers left wounded. Earlier today, business establishments and commercial traffic operated after nearly two weeks of separatists-sponsored shutdown and government-sponsored curfew in the Valley.
Shops and other commercial establishments were seen in business today after nearly two weeks of continued curfew, enf... | |
| | | | Tussle growing among Hurriyat factions to gain supremacy | | | | ashwani
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 8: With Hurriyat hardliner group headed by Syed Ali +Shah Geelani issuingfresh calendar of strike upto August 14, the tussle is increasing among the two factions of Hurriyat to have supremacy over each other in the ongoing so-called movement in Kashmir.
The moderate faction of Hurriyat which feels to be sidelined in the ongoing movement while Geelani's faction rules the roost in rural Kashmir is trying its hard to emerge as the front liner in ongoing movement in Valley. Soon after the announcement of the new calendar for strike by Hurriya hardliner leader and chief of the Dukhtran-e-Milat AshaInderabi upto August 14, the moderate faction led by Moulv... | |
| | | | Passengers looted at Rly station | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU , Aug 8: In a robbing incident at Jammu Railway station, two rail passengers were looted of Rs 12000 and some other valuables today.
The passengers who have been looted of their belongings were identified as Mohd Nasir son of Sudha and Mohd Sansal son of Shab Din, both residents of village Chattar, Jharkhand. According to police sources, the duo was working as labourers in Kashmir valley and they were going to their home state.
When they approached inquiry counter on platform number 1, both came across a youth who introduced himself as a railway employee and offered them biscuits, added sources
As soon as the victims consumed biscuits, they fell unconscious. ... | |
| | | | Flash flood alert in Jammu | | | | Early times Report
Jammu, Aug 8: As heavy rains lashed Jammu region, authorities Sunday sounded an alert about the possibility of flash floods and evacuated people living near swollen rivers.
There was possibility of flash floods in rivers Tawi, Ujh, Basantar and Ravi, which were flowing above the red mark, officials said. People were told not to venture out near the rivers which were in spate, they said.
Residents living near the rivers had been evacuated to safer places, the officials said, adding over 250 houses in eight villages had been damaged by recent floods, triggered by torrential rains, in the division.... | |
| | | | 20 soldiers at Siachen feared dead | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu , Aug 8: At least 20 soldiers deployed near the Siachen glacier in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir are still missing after Friday's devastating flash floods and are feared dead, army sources said Sunday.
These soldiers, deployed near the base camp of Siachen glacier - the highest battleground of the world at the height of 18,000 feet above sea level, were caught in the flash floods and mudslides Friday midnight following a sudden cloudburst.
Army sources said that they feared that the soldiers were dead as there was no trace of life anywhere in the area they were posted.
"Such was the severity of the flash floods and mudslides that no one has any idea ... | |
| | | | India-Pakistan dialogue: Role of people of Jammu and Kashmir | | | | rustam
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JAMMU, Aug 8: Tehrik-e-Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani has, it seems, gone astray. He has turned down the Union Home Minister's offer of talks. He has said he will consider the offer only if it is accepted that Jammu and Kashmir a disputed territory. He has also reiterated his stand that plebiscite is the only option available.
Yes, there is a dispute between India and Pakistan and the dispute is over the areas that have been under the illegal occupation of Pakistan since 1947-48, called the so-called Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. These areas were an integral part of the Jammu and Kashmir State, as it existed on August 15, 1947, when the country wit... | |
| | | | Being attractive not always a boon in workplace | | | | Agencies
Los Angeles, Aug 8: It's not always the case when bosses favour attractive women. Beauty has an ugly side too, at least for some women who look for jobs considered "masculine" by society.
Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered "masculine", and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job, according to a study conducted by the University of Colorado's Denver Business School.
Positions such as manager of research and development, director of finance, mechanical engineer and construction supervisor were not considered favourable for attractive women, Xinhua news agency reported.
In the study, the researchers gave recruiters a l... | |
| | | | Hour-long rain floods city roads | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 8:Just an hour of heavy rain this afternoon left the city inundated. Rainwater entered houses and shops in several low-lying areas as the drainage system failed to hold the water thereby exposing the claims of the civic authorities that they have spent crores of rupees for setting the proper drainage system.
The normal life in various parts of the city threw out of gear with rainwater collecting on the roads while commuters as well as pedestrians had a tough time in moving from one place to another.
The situation in posh Gandhi Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Satwari, Digiana, Gangyal, Preet Nagar was even worse as drains were choked and the rain water accumulated on ... | |
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