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CM adapts Mufti Model for wooing angry Kashmiris Omar the separatist! 10/9/2010 10:37:27 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: The Chief Minister, it seems, has adapted what political circles call Mufti Model. The Mufti Model stresses need for speaking in a separatist tone when going gets tough and in mainstream tone when it gets easy. Omar has disappointed the opposition but has managed to dominate the political discourse in Kashmir, at least for the time being. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron, Mufti Muhammad Sayed has never won an election on his own till 2002. It was because of Dr Farooq Abdullah that he got elected to the Rajha Sabha in late 80s. But, in 2002 elections he created history by forcing National Conference to sit in the opposition. People close to PDP say, Mufti won the elections particularly in South Kashmir with tacit support of the separatists. It is believed that the Mufti was instrumental in wiping out Hizbul Mujahideen from South Kashmir. During 2008 agitation, the PDP became more separatist than the separatists. It talked about Kashmir resolution, self rule and abrogation of Indus Water Treaty. The Hurriyat Conference was pushed to the w...   READ MORE

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‘State's water will fetch 800 Cr annualy’ No vote of thanks motion, assembly adjourned sine die 10/9/2010 10:36:44 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: As many as ten bills were introduced in the legislative assembly today to pave way for setting up of three universities in the state and to ensure proper and judicious use of state's water by various agencies. Later the assembly was adjourned sine die without moving any vote of thanks motion. The most important among them is L.A. Bill No. 28 of 2010. It was introduced by Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din. The Bill will deal with everything related to use of water including the measurement, construction, control and management of works with respect to water storage, conservation and protection, the irrigation, water supply, drain...   READ MORE   J&K on the brink of starvation Food deficit to touch 60 percent by 2020, Supreme Court strongly rebuts govt claims 10/9/2010 10:36:21 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: Unyielding, ill-conceived and illogical stated positions of so-called separatist leaders and mainstream political parties has begun pushing slowly but steadily the beautiful valley of Kashmir to the brink of starvation. Strife has already wreaked havoc and caused irreparable damage to the economy of Jammu and Kashmir. Frequent long protests, strikes, curfews and hartals (strike action) in the valley since the militancy began in 1989 has further increased vulnerability of the valley since these have by and large always hindered smooth move of food supplies in the state. These spine-chilling facts have been brought forth in a survey of ...   READ MORE   Let Omar play safe by following Farooq and not Sheikh 10/9/2010 10:35:46 PM ET REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: Has Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, the potential for emerging as strong a political leader in Kashmir as his grandfather, Sheikh Abdullah, had remained for about 50 years? This question has seemingly assumed significance after Omar Abdullah, tried a short-cut method for stepping his feet in the shoes of his grandfather. Whatever may have been the reason for Omar to fulminate against the centre by questioning the finality of the state's accession with India he has displayed, for the first time since he was installed as Chief Minister over a year ago, the Shekhian temperament. However, he seems to have not been told that Sheikh Abdullah could afford to take up cud...   READ MORE   Husband axed wife to death Week ended with 2nd blind murder 10/9/2010 10:35:26 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Oct 9: Following murder of newly elected President of Post Graduate College Rajouri on October 6, a husband has axed his wife to death on Saturday in Thandi Kassi area of Rajouri. As per reports, Tasveera Begum of Thandi Kassi village 4 kilometer away from Rajouri on Jammu-Poonch Highway was axed by her husband Mohammad Tufail early in the morning. Sources said that Mohammad Tufail pushed his 7 children out from the room and attacked his wife with axe. Within no minute, the wife succumbed to her head injuries, police sources said. When the news circulated in the area, the residents rushed to the spot and found blood in the whole room. Police also reached the ...   READ MORE   Omar goes too far…… emabrassing for Farooq? Abdullah v/s Abdullah 10/9/2010 10:35:04 PM Vijay Gupta EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: The curious case of Abdullah V/s Abdullah originated on July 23,2008, the day after Omar Abdullah had made a brief but controversial speech on the floor of Parliament while speaking against a no-confidence motion brought about by the opposition parties against the then UPA government headed by S. Man Mohan Singh. Previous night, interpreting the contents of Omar's speech differently, a vocal section of the national print and electronic media had bestowed upon the younger Abdullah the status of a youth icon next only to Rahul Gandhi. On this 23rd day of July ,2008, on return from Delhi while addressing a large gathering of his workers in Kupw...   READ MORE   Tiwari's faux pas: Congress needs spokespersons who know J-K history 10/9/2010 10:34:08 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: Munish Tiwari, Congress MP from Ludhiana and national spokesperson, knows nothing about Jammu and Kashmir. Nor does he know that the Instrument of Accession signed by Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, Hari Singh, was similar to the one signed by other 560-odd princely states and that it was framed by the State Department (read Home Ministry) of the Government of India. It needs to be underlined that the Instrument of Accession signed by Hari Singh and other princely states was in the same format. There was no difference whatsoever. But Munish Tiwari practically endorsed the viewpoint of Omar Abdullah on the issue of accession by virtually saying the Instrument...   READ MORE   NC-PDP two sides of one and the same coin, seeking to break India 10/9/2010 10:33:55 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: The People's Democratic Party's February 11, 2007 Jammu resolution, among several other very controversial things, also says: "The use of force is no substitute for a policy of engagement and dialogue. Armed forces are meant for extraordinary situations and crisis. They are not meant to find solutions to political problems. People's Democratic Party has, in a previous resolution, called upon the Government of India to reduce the strength of armed forces, engage in anti-militancy operations…The local police battalions can be raised to meet the challenge of internal security and to fight militants. The armed forces Special Powers Act should be withdra...   READ MORE   Pak currency notes found in border field at Khour 10/9/2010 10:33:37 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: The Pakistani currency notes were today recovered from a border field at Balli in Khour sub-sector of Akhnoor. The currency notes were first sighted by some villagers while working in the field. After they contacted them, police reached the spot and took the notes into their custody, police sources said. "Some locals this morning informed police as regards the recovery of Pak currency notes from a field in the border Balli village of Khour Sector," SP (rural) Mohan Lal said. A police team was immediately rushed to the spot, he added. "Six Pak currency notes in the denomination of Rs 5 each were recovered from the spot," the SP said and added that the sec...   READ MORE   Crackers worth Rs 15 lakh seized, two held 10/9/2010 10:33:19 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: Chinor police conducted a raid in the residential area of Lakshmipuram and seized crackers worth Rs 15 lakh. Police also seized fifty commercial gas cylinders and arrested two brothers who were holding the consignment in the three rooms of their residence. Based on specific information that the crackers worth Rs 15 lakh were stored in a residence, a police party headed by In-charge Police Post Chinore Sub Inspector Ajay Chib conducted a raid. Police sources said that the consignment of crackers was dumped to sell it in the open market on the occasion of Deepawali but before the crackers' delivery to the markets for sale purpose, the same were seized. Th...   READ MORE   Infant crushed to death 10/9/2010 10:32:28 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 9: A 1-year old male child was crushed to death by a speedy car on National Highway Bye Pass near ASCOMS hospital, Sidhra here today. The deceased child has been identified as Panrup Singh son of Mohan Lal resident of Madhaya Pradesh He was rushed to the nearby ASCOMS hospital where he was declared as brought dead. Police has arrested the accused driver identified as Rakesh Jalali of Gandhi Nagar and seized the vehicle. After conducting the postmortem at Government Medical College and Hospital, the police handed over the body of deceased to his family members....   READ MORE

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