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| Senior Hurriyat leader's nephew joins PDP | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 31: In a major blow and an embarrassing situation for the separatist Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a close relative of a senior secessionist leader is among the four important entrants who have joined Mehbooba Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party here last week.
Aga Syed Hussain of Hassanabad Rainawari joined the PDP alongwith activist Bari Andrabi, journalist Tahir Sayeed and one-time associate of the Peoples Conference founder Abdul Gani Lone, Deen Mohammad Cheetah. Before working for different mainstream parties, lastly the BJP, Cheetah operated as a counter-insurgent in early 1990s.
Aga Syed Hussain is the real nephew of the prominent... | |
| | | | Students forced to study under open skies | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, Mar 31: Last year on January 24 Government Higher Secondary School Baramulla for Boys was gutted in fire, in which a major portion of the building caught fire and changed into black rocks in no time. Fourteen months later, school has not been repaired yet.
The repairing work has hit the 1500 students enrolled in the school. These students are braving harsh weather conditions due to which these students are taking their classes under open sky and in make shift arrangements.
Mohammad Assadullah Wani an academician of the district said, "Town has not only lost a precious asset but the glorious heritage of the district. Irony is the school building is just at a ... | |
| | | | "Dr Farooq defended Modi in 2002 for Omar's job" | | NC was in love with NDA during Gujarat carnage: Karra | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 31: Accusing the National Conference (NC) of acting as a collaborator in the Gujarat massacre of 2002, the senior People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former Finance Minister, Tariq Hameed Karra said NC did not part away from NDA after Gujarat carnage fearing power loss to Omar Abdullah.
Karra accused Dr Farooq Abdullah of defending Modi after the Gujrat massacre. He described father- son duo as opportunists and said that NC sided with NDA Government during the censure motion in the Parliament by abstaining from the House.
Addressing party workers in Shivpora, Srinagar, Karra said while the Gujarat riots are rightly condemned by everybody but NC to... | |
| | | | Angry workers turn 'defiant', say won't garner support for NC | | Congress chief faces stiff opposition from workers | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Allies of ruling coalition National Conference and Congress may well be seen riding on a 'collaborative' wave while jointly moving on a campaign trial for two Parliamentary seats of Jammu, the sailing is not smooth at all in Kashmir valley on this front. Congress is facing a stiff resistance from its workers across the Valley in garnering support for National Conference and they are seen in a defiant mode to work for the NC candidates . The bitterness is being attributed to the indifference shown by NC all through to Congress workers during the past over five years which has made the rank and file of Congress in Kashmir valley quite angry with the NC and p... | |
| | | | Enemies to Singh become active to settle old score with him | | Differences between Cong leadership, Lal Singh widening with every passing day | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is Congress candidate for Udhampur-Doda-Kathua Lok Sabha seat, has started aggressive campaign in Reasi and Ramban districts but the party has failed to pacify Chowdhary Lal Singh, the sitting Lok Sabha member from this segment, who has been denied mandate due to unknown reason.
Congress leadership is very much aware that support of Chowdhary Lal Singh is must to ensure smooth sailing for Ghulam Nabi Azad but party has completely isolated and this action of the party leadership is going to have effect on the elections.
Credible sources said that Ghulam Nabi Azad is himself not happy over the ... | |
| | | | "Law & Order machinery failure led to Dalit's departure of faith from present Government" | | Mayawati likely to take up issue of dalit killings in state | | | Ajay Sharma
JAMMU, Mar 31: While the Bahujan Samaj Party is considered to be the caretaker political organization of the dalits and downtrodden, its party supreme Mayawati addressing the Jammuites tomorrow may allegedly take up the much publicised encounter which took place near Satyam Resorts in which one dalit Rakesh Kumar alias Giri was killed and Yudhvir alias Babloo was injured.
While the case still remains pending for the final disposition, many insinuations about the whole episode had made rounds about the encounter which hit the headlines in Dec 2010.
As the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati takes centre stage at Jammu's Parade Grounds for the public address, expectations go h... | |
| | | | CAG indicts Govt of proposing development projects in coherent to legislations, SC guidelines | | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, Mar 31: The ambitious project of the State Government of making Surinsar-Mansar an Eco-Tourism destination has fallen flat due to overlapping of the norms of Wild Life Department and Surinsar-Mansar Development Authority, indicting the Government of lack of foresight and directions of the Apex Court guidelines in this regard.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report said an area of 97.82 sq. kms adjoining the Surinsar-Mansar lake was declared as wild life sanctuary under Jammu and Kashmir Wild Life Protection Act, 1978 in 1990 for protection and preservation of its eco-system.
"Under this Act the entry of general public is restricted and is allow... | |
| | | | Jammu-Poonch seat promises most intriguing electoral battles | | Congress, BJP, PDP swear upon respective bastions | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Mar 31: In a three-cornered contest between the incumbent Congress, Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha constituency is witnessing one of the most 'engrossing' electoral battles ever in the state as all the three political parties have their areas of dominance in the largest Lok Sabha segment of the state.
But going by the history of Jammu- Poonch Lok Sabha seat compressing 20 Assembly constituencies, it would be a tough ask for all the three parties viz Congress, BJP and PDP to hold their bastions and make a dent in the opposition's strongholds.
Out of the 20 Assembly segments falling in this Lok Sabha seat t... | |
| | | | Yousuf Bhat to fight LS polls as independent from Srinagar, may spill beans about Haji Yousuf's mysterious death | | Trouble for National Conference as senior party man resigns from Ganderbal | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Mar 31: National Conference more so it's working President and Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah faced yet another embarrassing situation as one of the senior party workers from Ganderbal being represented by Omar today resigned from the party and decided to fight the forthcoming Parliamentary elections from Srinagar-Budgam seat as an independent candidate.
Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, a key witness to the death of another National Conference worker Haji Yousuf today decided to part ways with National Conference. Yousuf has decided to fight Lok Sabha elections against National Conference President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah at a time when the party is already up against a revolt ... | |
| | | | Only two CCTV cameras functional in Jammu, District level project yet to take off | | Kathua terror attack gives sleepless nights to security agencies | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
JAMMU, Mar 31: The Friday's terror attack in Kathua in which two civilians, one army personnel and three militants were killed in a day long encounter has given a sleepless nights to the security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir particularly among the officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Police as the police infrastructure structure of the state lacks teeth to counter such terror attacks without the proper help of army and other security agencies.
As per the sources, after fresh terror inputs from various central agencies with regard to the possibility of Kathua like terror attack during election and festival time, the Jammu and Kashmir Police with the help of CRPF has intensif... | |
| | | | Guru's Hanging: Farooq fixes blame on then Home Secretary | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Union Minister and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah has suggested that a Home Secretary is more powerful than even the Prime Minister as he blamed former Union Home Secretary RK Singh for hanging Afzal Guru.
Former Home Secretary has now joined BJP.
The decision to hang Afzal Guru was taken by the Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, with whom Singh didn't have cordial decision. The media reports had suggested Omar Abdullah was informed well in advance about the scheduled execution who had according to the reports suggested that Guru should be hanged during Chila-e-Kalan (severe winter period) so that law and order could be contained as peop... | |
| | | | Will NC groom the youth leadership? | | | |
Early Times Report
KALAKOTE, Mar 31: Terming Modi wave a mere hoax, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said India wanted youth leadership to come forward to strengthen secularism in the country. He was addressing election rally at Nowshera.
The youth are always ready, Omar must know to play their part to take the country to new heights but traditional politicians believe in Family Rule. The youth and ordinary civilians are not welcome in the political parties.
An example of this came to fore today when a NC leader from Ganderbal severed relations with the party for which he worked for four decades.
Giving reasons for quitting the party, he said the organisation he loved is run by the ... | |
| | | | Itoo invokes religion, Farooq Kashmiriyat for votes | | Dogriyat deserves appreciation | | | Neha
JAMMU, Mar 31: Convinced that the general elections will turn out to be a waterloo for the ruling National Conference (NC), its leaders have started invoking religion and the so-called Kashmiriyat for getting votes of a community to which they belong. While NC president Farooq Abdullah has been saying that Kashmiriyat depends on NC's success in the election, NC leader and Social Welfare Minister Sakina Itoo has been vitiating the Kashmir's election scene by invoking religion and showing disrespect to the sacred book of the Muslims. It is hardly necessary to point out what Itoo did to communalize the ongoing electoral exercise as everything is in public domain and it is under scrutiny.... | |
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