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Lockout on, offices deserted

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

EJAC Joins Strike
Srinagar/Jammu, Mar 10: Work in all government and semi-government offices remain paralysed in Jammu and Kashmir on the second consecutive day Wednesday on account of the five day strike called by the employees joint consultative committee - apex body of employees, to press for their demands.
The strike crippled routine work in all district of Kashmir division where most of the government offices remained locked while as thin

EJAC (K) thanks employees

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Srinagar, Mar 10: Jammu and Kashmir Employees’ Joint Action Committee (K) president and senior JCC leader Muhammad Khursheed Alam has thanked the government and public sector employees for observing strike and making it “successful on first two days” thereby adding a new chapter to the history of state trade union movement.
Alam was speaking at a meeting of JCC leaders held at Jammu to review the impact of strike call. He reiterated the pledge to continue struggle

Healthcare Affected

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Srinagar, Mar 10: The ongoing employees strike has crippled healthcare system across the Kashmir valley as most of the paramedical and clerical staff in hospitals stayed away from work on the call of the employees’ Joint Consultative Committee.
The impact of JCC’s strike call is prevalent in almost all theandnbsp;
hospitals of the Valley including premier healthcare centre SK Institute of Medical Sciences, SMHS and other government medical college associated

Decision to end stalemate soon: Govt

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Srinagar, Mar 10: With the 5-day strike called by the employees Joint Consultative Committee resulting in the virtual collapse of social services in the state, the Omar Abdullah led coalition government is mulling a solution to the stalemate.
Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather, told Greater Kashmir that the government would soon take a decision on the issue.
“The government is working on it and we will not allow people to suffer. Though the agreement reached

Mufti Azam’s mission Delhi

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Meeting PM, Sonia, PC
New Delhi, Mar 10: Terming stone pelting as a form of protest un-Islamic, the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Azam Mufti Bashir-ud-Din, on Wednesday said such violent practices were against the basic tenets of the religion whose essence is “peace and brotherhood”.
“Islam strongly prohibits any means of violence. The stone pelting practice is surely un-Islamic. It causes inconvenience to people

‘419 stone-pelters held, 27 under PSA’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Srinagar, Mar 10: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested 419 stone pelters during the last one month, booking 27 of them under the Public Safety Act.
According to official sources a crackdown was launched against the stone pelters after investigations indicated that stone-pelting has become an industry for unemployed youths.
The investigations showed that the some business houses used to channelise the money to the stone-pelters through small-time kerosene oil vendors and those

JK to build consensus on Women’s quota

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Srinagar, Mar 10: The National Conference, which supported the women reservation bill in Rajya Sabha, has said that the coalition government would build consensus before introducing a similar bill in the state assembly.
The law to provide 33 per cent reservation to women in Parliament and the state assemblies, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha with an overwhelming majority yesterday, awaits clearance in Lok Sabha. If the lower house clears the bill it would not be directly applicable

Over 100 applicants for MD SRTC

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Jammu, Mar 10: More than a hundred applicants, including seven in-service employees of the Corporation, have applied for the post of Managing Director Jammu and Kashmir State Road Corporation, advertised by the Government last month.
Over 100 applications, including seven from officials of the corporation, have been received by the Commissioner Secretary, Transport Department at civil secretariat for the post of Managing Director (MD) SRTC, advertised recently by the state government

PaK cabinet for Kashmiris’ inclusion in talks

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:31:09 GMT

Muzaffarabad, Mar 10: The Pakistan Administrated Kashmir (PaK) cabinet has called for inclusion of Kashmiris in the Indo-Pak dialogue process to find a viable and lasting solution of the Kashmir issue.
A resolution adopted at the PaK cabinet meeting Wednesday while condemning the “latest Indian firing on villages nearing Line of Control (LoC)” observed that the unprovoked firing on PaK civilian population cannot deter them from the backing the freedom struggle of their