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| NC may ask for MAT control | | | | ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, Jan 18: Signaling the making of an interesting political controversy, the National Conference has written to the government for examining and investigation the affairs of the Muslim Wakf Board which was created after dissolution of the Muslim Auqaf Trust.
The most power religious philanthropy of Jammu and Kashmir, the Muslim Auqaf Trust remained under the management of National Conference and particularly the Abdullah family ever since it was founded by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. However, on September 8, 2003 the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Government took over management of MAT major political development which could simply have been described as a “bloodless overnight coup”.
Looking after 89 shrines in 39 other properties in Jammu and Kashmir the MAT was always a power symbol for the National Conference till the PDP led coalition government took it over on a wide range of reasons: alleged mismanagement of funds and properties and not efforts on utilization of shrine donations for the public good. MAT’s takeover was such a serious setback to NC that a day afte... | |
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| RAINS WREAK HAVOC | | NH closed, 2000 vehicles stranded | | | SASE issues avalanche warning, one dies of cold
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: The all-important Jammu-Srinagar national highway, which is the only surface link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, was today closed following heavy snowfall and landslides.
Over 2000 vehicles have been stranded at several places on the 300-km long stretch, which was blocked following incessant snowfall at Jawahir Tunnel and Patnitop and landslides at Panthial, traffic police officials said.
The highway also became slippery at several places in Ramban-Banihal belt today, they said.
Authorities are working round-the-clock to clear the highway of snow, which was opened for one way traffic yeste... | |
| | | | More flyovers needed to end traffic congestion | | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu, Jan 18: The Jammu city roads can no longer sustain the level of vehicular traffic. The result is traffic jams, traffic chaos. If one drives between Nanak Nagar Gurdwara to Bahu Plaza,or between New Plots to Roop Nagar, or from Jewel Chowk to Shaheedi Chowk, or from Jewel Chowk to Bhori,or between Bikram Chowk to New Plots or from Mainstop, Gandhi Nagar, to the Green belt park one becomes convinced that the city has become almost a parking zone for the two and four wheelers. It is traffic chaos on the Residency road because cars, three and two-wheelers stand parked on 50 per cent road stretch. The traffic situation in Raghunath Bazaar has slightly eased after the road... | |
| | | | Balbir joins PDP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 18: Despite being out of power, the Peoples Democratic Party is getting people in –latest is former legislator and once a senior Congress leader Thakur Balbir Singh.
An organizational man of the Congress, Balbir Singh has won the 1996 assembly elections. He lost in 2002 and was denied ticket in 2008 elections. However, he contested the 2008 elections as an independent candidate.
Welcoming Balbir Singh in his party at a simple function organized here today, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said that PDP has been emerging as biggest political force in the state and party would act as an effective opposition in the legislative assembly. He hoped that with Balbir Singh'... | |
| | | | LeT ready to shun gun for K-solution | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 18: The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist group, blamed for the November 26 Mumbai attacks, has said it was ready to shun arms if the Kashmir issue was resolved peacefully.
In a statement issued to the media here late Saturday, Abdullah Gaznavi, the spokesman of the outfit said: “If the world listens to our cries, and plays its role in resolving the Kashmir issue, there is no point continuing the fight."
In an apparent reference to the al Qaeda terror network, the LeT spokesman said the group had no association or relationship with guerrilla groups operating globally.
“Our struggle is only confined to Kashmir and we have no relationship or association ... | |
| | | | JUSTICE DELAYED | | ‘10,000 more courts can clear backlog’ | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 18: Warning that the law and order situation would be seriously impacted if criminal courts continued to be flooded with cases, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan has proposed that 10,000 more subordinate courts be set up to clear the staggering backlog of 3.5 crore cases.
"There are 15,000 subordinate courts but only about 13,800 something actually are working strength. At least 10,000 courts more should be there," the CJI said.
He said as the head of the judiciary, the biggest worries for him is not corruption but the existence of less number of courts to deal with the increasing pendency of cases.
"Perhaps it (corruption in judiciary) is not that much s... | |
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