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Shun hard-line path, Azad to separatists

1/29/2011 11:05:49 PM

KUNAL SHRIVATSA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 29: Asserting that Government of India has already adopted a flexible approach for initiating a dialogue process to resolve Kashmir impasse, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad today called upon the separatists to shun the rigid and hard line path and accept centre's offer for talks. "I request them (separatists) to show some flexibility in their attitude as it is high time to seize the opportunity and enter into a dialogue with Interlocutors. Even the Chief Interlocutor Dileep Padgaonkar has also remarked that anything will be meaningful only when the separatists come on board." Azad told reporters here today in...

No rotational CM

1/29/2011 11:05:33 PM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU Jan 29: The former Chief Minister and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today categorically ruled out the possibility of a rotational Chief Minister between the ruling alliance partners. Azad said rotational tenure for Chief Minister was an arrangement made before the formation of Cong-PDP coalition in 2002 only and the two parties followed it. However, when the present coalition was formed with National Conference no such agreement was entered into by the two allies.Ghulam Nabi Azad also said that he would not return to state politics before the completion of his tenure as Union Health Minister....

Two Congress rallies: Testing time for those playing double

1/29/2011 11:04:16 PM

SHAFIQ MIR EARLY TIMES REPORT Rajouri, Jan 29: Two Congress rallies being organized by two warring groups in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on 30th of January in state's winter capital are being seen as a testing time for those who have been playing double with both the groups in the past two and half years at least. And these rallies are likely to decide their fate of power in future. The state congress unit in Jammu and Kashmir was divided soon after Prof. Saif-U-Din Soz was appointed as PCC chief in 2008 by the party high command and the situation remained same during his past two and half year tenure. One group was led by Soz while the other group came openly with former Chief Minis...

State of Congress in J&K, Battle-lines clearly drawn

1/29/2011 11:03:56 PM

NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 29: Is the Congress party in Jammu is over? Leave alone Kashmir where the Congress has little or no stable support-base and where the political behaviour of most of the Congress leaders, including ministers, and NC and PDP leaders and separatists is almost identical in the sense that they always identify themselves with those who have scant regard for India. Take, for example, Abdul Ghani Vakil's stand on the hoisting of national flag at Srinagar's Lal Chowk. The answer to the question seems to be in the affirmative. That the Congress has not been able to hold its own could be seen from the fact that most of the Congress ministers have not been able to ...

Indo-Pak Dialogue: For Islamabad water, not Kashmir, core issue

1/29/2011 11:03:38 PM

RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 29: Reports from New Delhi clearly suggest that hectic discussions are on to restarted dialogue with Islamabad. Reports also indicate that Indian and Pakistani officials are in touch to give final agenda ahead of the foreign Secretary-level talks scheduled next week at Thimpu, Bhutan. At the same time, Indian Foreign Office (IFO) is not very sure if anything tangible would emerge during the talks. The apprehension is well-founded. New Delhi is aware of the Pakistani antics. There are elements in the IFO who are convinced that the forthcoming meeting between the foreign secretaries may end in a deadlock as before. Moreover, Islamabad has already made ...