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| Farooq pitches for autonomy, confident of Delhi ‘agreeing’ | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 14: The ruling National Conference President and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today urged the Centre to grant internal autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir to facilitate peace in the border state.
The central government needed to take expeditious steps to implement the report of justice (Retd) Saghir Ahmad to create conducive atmosphere for peace in the state", the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy told reporters at his Gupkar residence here today.
He asserted that restoration of internal autonomy to J and K was not the demand of his party but the "constitutional right" of the people of the state.
"I (as president of NC) have recommended implementation of the report of justice Saghir Ahmad to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. He has already interacted with the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in this regard. Now it is hoped that autonomy in its original shape is restored in the state", he said.
Defending the demand for restoration of autonomy to the state, Abdullah said autonomy to the state is constitutional right of the people of all... | |
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| Rivals pace up activities, Civics’ bodies polls likely on time | | | | ARTEEV SHARMA
JAMMU, Jan 14: The much-awaited civics’ bodies polls (Municipal Corporations and Municipal Committees elections) are likely to be held on ‘right time’ in the State and the key players eying top seats of urban local governance –the Congress, National Conference and BJP –have intensified their activities.
Highly placed sources said that hectic parleys were held between the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah and the Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, who is also the Minister for Housing & Urban Development Department, for past two consecutive days here.
“During the closed doors meetings, hectic discussions were held between Omar Abdullah and Tara Chand. The upshot of deliberati... | |
| | | | Night curfew along IB | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, JAN 14: District Magistrate, Jammu, MK Dwivedi has restricted the movement of any person or persons during the night hours from 2200 hours to 0500 hours in the area falling on this side of International Border within one kilometre distance from the IB.
This has been done in view of apprehension of smuggling of weapon, as also likelihood of subversive and antinational activities from across Indo-Pak Border, which is likely to result in the loss of life/property and disturb public peace and tranquillity on this side of the border and restrictions on the movement of the people during the night hours are necessary for safety of the public life and property.
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| | | | Only seven through cross-LoC bus | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR: Only two Kashmiris travelled to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) while five fresh guests arrived here from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Karvan-e-Aman bus today.
Official sources said that two residents of the Kashmir valley, including a woman, travelled to POK for the first time to meet their relatives across the border.
Three residents of POK, who had arrived here in previous buses also left for their homes after meeting their relatives here.
As many as five residents of POK, including two women, also arrived here after crossing on foot the Aman Setu at Kaman post, the last Indian military post near the LoC.
They arrived here for the firs... | |
| | | | Heroine smuggling spans Afghan, Pak, J&K | | Some cops too under scanner for "links" with smugglers | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 14: A packet of 900 gms of heroine seized last week from a militant hideout in Gandoh forests of Doda had Pakistan markings on it. And, the heroine packets seized from the J&K cadre IPS officer Saji Mohan by the country's anti-terrorist squad (ATS) in Mumbai in January last year too bore similar markings.
Astonishingly, the 900 gms brown sugar packet seized from four persons, including Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teacher Sanjay Kumar and R&B department employee Rakesh, at Kishtwar yesterday was also Pakistan-made. But it had on it 'Made in Afghanistan' marking too.
So the ATS suspicion that the drug smuggling spans Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir, ... | |
| | | | Factional fights not any lesser in BJP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 14: Even after the installation of Shamsher Singh Manhas as President of the party the BJP unit in Jammu and Kashmir continues to be a divided house. The party seems to be witnessing new combinations among the leaders. The filling of the President's post is said to have widened the distance between the BJP and the RSS because the latter wanted either Jugal Kishore or Bali Bhagat to replace Ashok Khajuria. But the two senior BJP leaders, including Shanta Kumar, favoured appointment of Shamsher Singh as the party president after majority of senior party leaders supported his candidature.
Party sources said that the BJP unit is divided mainly between two group... | |
| | | | Night temp dips | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 14: After a brief respite due to a cloudy sky, night in the Kashmir valley and Ladakh region again became cold with the minimum recorded between minus 3.6 and minus 28 degree Celsius this morning.
After minus 1.4 degree minimum yesterday, it was again minus 3.6 degree this morning, freezing taps in some areas in the summer capital, Srinagar.
The sky was clear during the night resulting in drop in the temperature, official sources said, adding that due to cloudy weather yesterday there was some improvement in the minimum temperature.
However, Pahalgam, the base camp of holy Amarnath cave in south Kashmir, was coldest in the valley after the minimum ... | |
| | | | BSF's bark does not match bite | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 14: After its DIG O P Tanwar was killed by a booby trap by infiltrators in Ramgarh sub-sector on November 17 last, the angered BSF had warned the Pak Rangers in a Flag Meeting of a stern repulsive action if militants attempted more intrusion bids in future.
Few days later, ie on November 26, five BSF jawans were hurt in an IED blast triggered by infiltrators again in Ramgarh. And, since then the Pak-based militants have attempted at least 10 forced infiltration bids on the International Border (IB).
However, following yesterday's three forced infiltration from the Tent outpost area in Kanhachak, BSF today repeated its November 17 warning in yet another F... | |
| | | | Is Wajahat trying to push quiet diplomacy by meeting Geelani? | | | | ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, JAN 14: Signs of Centre’s quiet diplomacy vis-à-vis Kashmir being underway became pronounced today amid a news agency report saying that senior bureaucrat and Centre’s Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Wajahat Habibullah called on senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani here on Wednesday evening.
Not only this but today’s developments indicate that the CIC has initiated a move to seek legal opinion regarding entertaining requests for information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act by those who move before the Commission with this with regard to human rights violations in the wake of actions by personnel of paramilitary forces.
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