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| Omar’s team takes over; Tara DyCM | | Rather, Sagar, Slathia, Taj, Peerzada, Jora, Altaf, Sham sworn in Ministers | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: National Conference President Omar Abdullah was today sworn in as the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, ending six months of governor's rule in the state.
Abdullah, 38, scion of the first political family of Jammu and Kashmir, took oath along with nine ministers, including Tara Chand of the Congress as his deputy. Congress President Saonia Gandhi, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, several senior political leaders and leading industrialists of the country were among those witnessed the swearing in ceremony.
After Omar Abdullah, Tara Chand of the Congress was the first to take oath. He is the Deputy Chief Minister as per National Conference-Congress coalition government though a formal notification to this effect was yet to be issued by the Chief Minister.
Besides Omar, of the nine Ministers sworn in today, four were from National Conference and five from the Congress.
Barring Tarachand and Sham Lal of the Congress, all others who were sworn in have been former ministers. They include Abdur Rahim Rather, Ali Mohammad Saga... | |
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| No room for divisive politics: CM | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: Immediately after being sworn as new Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah cautioned political parties against playing "divisive politics" that divides people on communal or regional lines, saying it could further complicate the situation in the border state.
"The state is overcoming a bad phase of divisive politics and I am sure that this phase will be over soon," said the Chief Minister.
There have been vested interests in the Valley as well as in Jammu, who have sacrificed the interests of people over petty politics. This need to be stopped at once," the young Abdullah said shortly after taking oath as the youngest Chief Minister of the state. He asked every... | |
| | | | Lopsided affair, says BJP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: Sitting in the opposition, the composition of Omar Abdullah cabinet has not gone well with the BJP which has described as imbalanced.
Terming the formation of 10-member state cabinet, which was sworn- in here today, as lopsided and most imbalanced, the former Union Minister and leader of the Pradesh BJP legislators’ party, Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta said that in the Cabinet formation little care has been taken to give due representation to different areas as also to various sections of the people. This indicates the inner of the Congress-NC coalition about the future things to come, he added.
After the swearing-in-ceremony of the Omar led coalition Ministry... | |
| | | | Poonch encounter enters fifth day | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: At least 10 militants are believed to be holding out in concrete bunkers by reinforcing the existing natural caves, as their encounter with the security forces in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir entered the fifth day on Monday during when two jawans were injured.
An intense gunbattle continued with Army troops firing rockets and mortars targeting the militants' cave hideouts in Bhati Dhar forest area near the Line of Control(LoC) in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, defence sources said.
The sources said over 10 militants are hiding in the area and intercepts decoded have revealed that some top commanders of Jaish-e-Mohammad, al Badr and Lashker-e... | |
| | | | 5.8 quake rocks Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 5: A quake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale rocked the summer capital and other parts of the Valley in Jammu and Kashmir today, second time during the past 24 hours, forcing people to run out of their houses.
The tremors, which were felt at 0443 hrs, lasted about several seconds.
Despite biting cold outside, people rushed out of their homes to take shelter in open space in panic as the entire region falls in the most earthquake prone Zone-5.
A weather office spokesman said this morning the tremblor was epicentered at 36.60 degrees north latitude and 71.0 degrees east longitude in Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan.
Yesterday 6.4 intensity quake... | |
| | | | Harsh Panthers LP leader | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, JAN 5: Chairman JKNPP, Prof. Bhim Singh has nominated Harsh Dev Singh as the leader of Panther’s Party legislature in J&K Assembly. MLA Samba, Yashpal Kundal will be the deputy leader while Balwant Singh Mankotia the chief whip of the party.
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| | | | Papa Kehte Hain… | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: As Omar Abdullah was Monday sworn in the youngest chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, father Farooq congratulated his son melodiously.
Asked how he felt after his 38-year-old son's elevation, Farooq began singing: “Papa Kahte hain achha kaam karega; logon ki mushkil door karega; logon ko aagey le jaayega; Kaam mushkil hai zaroor; irada nek hai to phir sab kuchh ho jayega”. (Papa wishes the son will do well, he will mitigate peoples' problems. The job is difficult but if the intention is good, everything will be done successfully).
Farooq, a former chief minister, was singing his modified version of a song from a 1988 Aamir Khan starrer "Qayamat Se Qaya... | |
| | | | Governor’s rules goes | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, JAN 5: Governor, Mr. N. N. Vohra, today issued a Proclamation to revoke an earlier Proclamation, issued by him on 10th July 2008, in exercise of powers conferred on him by Section 92 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, whereby he had assumed all the functions of the Government of the State.
According to a Raj Bhavan Spokesman, the Governor issued the Proclamation before swearing in the new Council of Ministers headed by Mr. Omar Abdullah, here this afternoon, bringing to an end the period of Governor’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir which had commenced on 10th July 2008.
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| | | | The new team | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5
Even though Omar Abdullah’s cabinet, sworn in today, is not fully representative of all regions and aspirations and a hope lives on, except a lone face all Ministers inducted today come with a rich experience in the previous governments.
The Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand is a legislator for third time and has been a Speaker of the previous Legislative Assembly.
Born at Chak Malal, Chhamb on April 25, 1963, Tara Chand was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the year 1996 from Chhamb constituency. He was again elected from the same constituency in the year 2002 and 2008. He was elected Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly in the year 200... | |
| | | | India hands over Mumbai terror evidence to Pak | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 05: India on Monday handed over the dossier of evidence to Pakistan proving the involvement of elements in that country in the Mumbai carnage. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said that not only was the conspiracy behind the attacks hatched in the neighbouring country but it was hard to believe that no one in the administration was aware about it.
Addressing the media here, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said that now that India had provided evidence, Pakistan should extend all its assistance to bring the perpetrators to Indian justice.
Observing that the investigation into the serial terror attacks in Mumbai were not over, the Foreign Secretary said whil... | |
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