GNS RAJOURI

By: Balraj Puri     There have been recent demands for the release of the report of interlocutors appointed by the Government of India on Jammu and Kashmir. Some unofficial leaks suggest that the interlocutors have recognized special position of the state and special problems for the regions within the state.  Regional tensions continues to be as serious a problem of Jammu and Kashmir state as it used to be before independence. Before 1947, Hindu and Muslim leadership of Jammu tended to unite behind the Dogra Maharaja and supported his desire for an independent state. The people of Kashmir, in an unusual display of communal harmony, overwhelmingly supported Sheikh Abdullah's decision to accede to the Indian Union.  The State did not join India's democratic march towards power to the people in which regional identities found satisfactory status, in the form of a separate State, merger with other States, Union territory, regional autonomy union territory or some othe...

By: DR ABDUL MAJID SIRAJ More than two thousand years ago people were asking for proof that God was real. They were told that if they look out for a sign and something amazing will happen. The virgin will give birth to a son and she will name him Immanuel. The mother of Jesus Christ Mary was engaged to be married to Joseph but before they married she was pregnant by the power of the holy spirit. While Joseph was bewildered an angel came to him in dream and said ' Don't be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the baby in her is from the Holy Spirit. Sprit from God (Sura Al-Nisa : 4:171) or Spirit of holiness ( S. Al -Buqra ; 2:87). The Christian Trinitarian belief that it was Sprit of God meaning Godhead of Jesus. Jesus himself said that Allah is my Lord, so serve Him alone (S 19 : 36) ; In the same Sura 'So she came to her people carrying her baby who remonstrated her saying ' O Mary ! sister of Aaron you have committed a monstrous thing'.  Caesar Augustus is...

GNS JAMMU, Dec :  A petitioner, who produced fake documents in the High Court, was today taken into judicial custody on the directions of Justice J P Singh. The order was passed in a petition filed by Haq Nawaz Ahmed, who submitted that he had married Ambika Thakur alias Aisha after her conversion to Islam and presently his wife was in the custody of Sunil Kumar Sharma. He sought directions for production of Aisha in the court. During the course of consideration of the case, the original documents relied upon by the petitioner were examined. The marriage agreement produced by the petitioner to support his plea that he had married Ambika after her conversion to Islam, was shown to have been registered by KS Sethi, Munsiff. However, upon enquiry from Registrar Judicial, it was found that there was no such Munsiff in the State Judiciary by the name of K S Sethi. Finding the registration of marriage deed to be fishy, the petitioner was asked to disclose as to where he had got ...

GNS Jammu, Dec :   Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee President Chief & Former Union Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz (MP) has said that Congress party is on the forefront to fully empower the Panchayat Raj Institutions in the state on the pattern of 73 rd  Amendment of the Constitution in order to make the Panchayats as effective institutions of local self government. Prof. Soz said that the full empowerment of Panchayat Raj Institutions as per dreams of former Prime Minister     Sh. Rajiv Gandhi     is essential to make the Panchayats effective instruments of service to the people and to come up to the expectations of the people at the grass root level. He favoured that some honorarium should be paid to the Sarpanchs and Panches as they have to spend from their pockets to approach different authorities in the administration and government at various levels in connection with the problems of the people. PCC Chief said that he would co...

GNS R.S.Pura, Dec : An impressive rally was organised at R.S.Pura by the Congress party which was presided over by Sr. vice President PCC and Ex-MP Dharam Pal Sharma-Ex-MP and addressing by Senior leaders of the party  S/Shri G. N. Monga, S. Gurmukh Singh and Thakur Hari Singh Vice Presidents. The rally was organised by youth leader of the party Dr. Karan Bhagat. Large number of people including women participated the rally. Addressing the huge gathering Shri Dharam Pal Sharma said that Congress party has always secured the interests of the people of three regions and all sections of the society. He cautioned against the divisive and communal forces and asked the people to strengthen the congress party to ensure equitable development of all three regions Vice President of PCC Sh. G.N.Monga said that Congress has emerged a strong force in Kashmir valley too because of its policies and the keen interest of UPA government in the overall development of the state. The Cong...

Tahir Mushtaq  GNS JAMMU, Dec: The proposal for fully equipped Quick Rescue Teams (QRTs), to be deployed with ambulances for immediate rescue operations in times of road accidents on highways in the state, has been stuck with the finance department for over two year now.  “The project for purchasing equipments for QRTs on highways had been gathering dust in finance department for the last two years, with the transport ministry least bothering to make efforts for getting it cleared,” official sources said.  Sources said that though some teams were constituted under the chairmanship of deputy commissioners and deployed on accident prone areas along the highways in the mountainous Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts, yet these teams have not been provided with necessary equipments, required at the time of rescue operations, virtually making them handicapped.”  On February 2009, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had announced for deployment of QRTs equipped with ...