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Omar to Hurriyat in Shahr-e-Khaas: “Read the writing on the wall” Dastaarbandi at shrine after months of stone pelting in downtown Srinagar 1/14/2011 10:52:51 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Jan 13: Downtown Srinagar remained out of bounds for every pro-India politician for five months of the street turbulence in 2010. ‘Go India Go Back’ was literally the only writing on all walls. This is not exactly a ‘Come India Come Back’ but what was witnessed in the core of the intellectually decorated Shahr-e-Khaas today, after 120 days of shutdown and 114 ‘killings by Police’, is a contrast by all interpretations. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was honoured with the traditional ‘Dastaarbandi’ (ritual of girdling a turban around a very respected pilgrim’s head) at a much revered shrine. Minutes later, he advised both factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference to “read the writing on the wall” and respond positively to New Delhi’s offer of resolving the Kashmir problem by way of dialogue. It was a chilly day of the core of winter---Chilla Kalaan---but there was no rain, no snow contrary to the predictions of the weatherman. The political weather was not hostile either. There was no curfew, no shutdown in this Capital city of 15 Lakh residents...   READ MORE

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Mirwaiz supports JKLF's Lal Chowk Chalo on Jan 26 BJP an opportunistic party: CM 1/13/2011 11:17:48 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 13: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Malik Muhammad Yasin has called for Lal Chowk Chalo on January 26 to counter Bhartaya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing Yuva Morcha's flag hoisting at the city centre. The Mirwaiz Hurriyat has supported the JKLF programme. Malik urged the people to make it to Lal Chowk on January 26 to show to the world as to whose flag flies high at the historic place. "Jammu Kashmir is nobody's property. It belongs to the people of the state. I urge them to march peacefully towards Lal Chowk on January 26 to convey an appropriate message to appropriate quarters", he said. Accusing BJP of nurturing double standards, Malik sa...   READ MORE   Will Omar prevent Sangh marchers from reaching Srinagar? 1/13/2011 11:17:14 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 13: Will Omar Abdullah allow Sangh marchers to unfurl tricolour at Lal Chowk? This is a million dollar question that continues to bother people not only in Jammu and Kashmir but in rest of the country. Reports said that the state Government is yet to finalise its strategy for dealing with the Ekta March of the Bhartya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) that the BJP Chief, Nitin Gadkari, flagged off in Kolkata on Wednesday. The marchers are scheduled to unfurl the tricolour at the historical Lal Chowk in Srinagar on the Republic Day on January 26. There is division of opinion in the Government. While the one set of opinion favours stern steps be initiated for preventi...   READ MORE   JK Cong delegation call on more leaders, meeting with PM today Thrust on 'rotational CM', seek action against 'indisciplined lot' in party 1/13/2011 11:16:12 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 13: In continuation of the series of meetings J&K Congress leaders have been busy with for the last few days at Union capital, today the delegation already camping there met senior AICC leaders Janardan Diwedi and Moti Lal Vora and Dr Karan Singh. Strongly seeking safeguarding of the interests of the Congress party in J&K, the local leaders elaborately explained and vehemently stressed as to why the need for adhering to the formula of rotational Chief Minister, as practiced during PDP coalition government, must be honoured in the present coalition set up. The leaders are scheduled to meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh tomorrow. Sources said the group of ...   READ MORE   Coalition Of Disparate Outfits Fearing backlash Jammu Congress leaders in Delhi 1/13/2011 11:15:47 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 13: At a time when people have returned from different places to their homes in Jammu to celebrate Lohri, most of the Jammu province-based JKPCC office-bearers, presidents of district Congress Committees and some other party leaders have gone to Delhi to discuss with the central leadership the political situation in the state, organizational matters and factionalism within the party, the nature of the coalition government and issues of national import. What seems to have motivated these Congress leaders to go to the Union capital at this juncture is the possibility of the authorities in New Delhi of going by the interlocutors' controversial recommendations reg...   READ MORE   Kashmiri commentators oppose political reservation for Gujjars 1/13/2011 11:15:20 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 13: That the relations between the Kashmiri leaders, especially leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, and Gujjar and Bakerwal Muslims have never been cordial is a well-known fact. The memory of what Geelani said contemptuously about the Gujjars only recently is too fresh to be forgotten. The memory still lingers in the Gujjars' mind. It may be recalled that Geelani had dismissed Gujjars as "non-Muslims." This had created a fierce controversy and Geelani had to withdraw his provocative remarks. As if what Geelani had said was not enough to outrage the Gujjar community, which constitutes the third largest social group in the state after the Jammu Dogras a...   READ MORE   Work on Channi Himmat green-belt park stayed by court 1/13/2011 11:15:02 PM Jammu: Four days after housing board removed alleged encroachments from the land earmarked for green-belt park at Chhani Himmat, principal sessions judge, Jammu, granted a stay in the matter. The court directive came in a petition filed by one Makhan Sharma that some of the proposed green-belt land belonged to him. The notice was served upon the housing board managing director for its implementation. The board had been directed by the court to file objections by Friday....   READ MORE   IED detected in Poonch, tragedy averted 1/13/2011 11:14:48 PM JAMMU: A possible tragedy was today averted by the timely detection of an IED which was planted by militants near a temple at Mankote on the Mendhar-Poonch road. Official sources said police got a tip-off at about 12.30 am Wednesday about the movement of suspected militants near Ramkund temple at Mankote. The cops laid a cordon around the area at about 4.30 am today and stopped the movement of vehicles and pedestrians, the sources added. Army also joined police at about 7 am. Sources said while police and army jawans were making searches, they got suspicious on the sight of the freshly dug earth by the roadside near Ramkund temple. A careful search of the spot led jawans to the re...   READ MORE   Woman killed, 17 hurt in road mishaps at Udhampur 1/13/2011 11:14:31 PM JAMMU: A woman was killed and at least 17 others were wounded in separate road accidents in Udhampur today. Srishta (25) was going to the market at Syal Sallan in Udhampur when she was hit by a speeding motorcycle. She was admitted to the Udhampur district hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. She hailed from Billan Bawli, Syal Sallan. The motorcyclist fled the spot after the incident. Meanwhile, a bus fell into a gorge at Mogli in Udhampur, resulting in injuries to at least 17 people. The ill-fated bus (JK02D/9283) was on its way from Udhampur to Pancheri. Police sources as the bus gave passage to another vehicle at Mogli, it fell into the gorge as a result of which at l...   READ MORE

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