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| ‘Peace OK, but this is no trade’ | | We are home, at last: PaK traders | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: “After so much of struggle and a sincere eagerness to see this day through we are feeling at home as we touch ground in Jammu breaking gap of 61 years”, this is how responded a suave and apparently well learned Zulfikar Abbasi, the president of Muzaffarabad Chamber of Commerce and Industries as his local counterparts stretched their arms over the red carpets to receive trade delegation from across the Line of Control here this afternoon.
Abbasi leads a 19-member delegation of leading traders and representatives of various chambers in different parts of Pakistan administered Kashmir. The delegation which arrived here to a warm welcome here this afternoon was later given a presentation on the trade potential of Jammu over a formal welcome meet significantly hosted by the Muslim Federation and conducted by the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Federation of Industries.
It was a melting of emotions as hall rocked with sounds of clapping when the stage introduced each of the guests from Muzaffarabad delegation. Barring one Kashmiri speaki... | |
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| EC may decide on poll schedule today | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi:
A meeting of the Election Commission on Monday is likely to decide about the schedule for assembly polls in six states including Jammu and Kashmir. Along with Jammu and Kashmir, polls are due in Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Mizoram, where the tenure of the assemblies will expire this year.
It was, however, not clear whether the poll panel would announce the schedule for Jammu and Kashmir in view of the difference of opinion among some of the political parties though the Centre was keen on holding the elections on time. Senior EC officials met today to work out details of the schedule. However, EC sources refused to give any hint on the p... | |
| | | | President gets threat mail | | | |
Agencies
Pune, Oct 12: Confirming that a threat mail against President Pratibha Patil, on a visit to Pune, has been received by Rashtrapati Bhavan, officials said central intelligence agencies were probing the case.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the e-mail addressed to the President.
Officials said here that central intelligence agencies and Delhi Police have been provided with the details and they were working on the leads.
While the e-mail also mentions Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the threat has been issued only against the President.
The mail reportedly mentions words such as "doomed" and "damned country", sources added.
The mail sent by unidentifie... | |
| | | | 70 houses gutted in Warwan villages | | Losses to mosque, shops also | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: In yet another mysterious fire incident more 70 than houses and thatched structures including cowsheds were gutted at Choidharan Hargam, of Warwan, a remote and inaccessible area of Kishtwar districts last night.
Fire broke out in the Chui Draman village late last night under mysterious circumstances and it soon engulfed the entire village, sources said adding the initial reports available with the district administration reveal that over 70 structures including residential houses, cowsheds, shops and a local Masjid suffered total damage in the devastating fire, while 20 other residential structures were partially damaged.
To provide immediate relie... | |
| | | | PM gone, Valley tension stays | | Troopers among 18 injured in clashes | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: At least 18 people, including seven security personnel, were injured today in fresh clashes that erupted during protests against the killing of two youths in police firing on Friday.
Though, the administration imposed restrictions in many parts to thwart any untoward incident, normal activities resumed in the valley after two days of a strike called by separatists against the visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the state.
Violent clashes also rocked Nowhatta and adjoining localities for the third day today, the sources said.
Reinforcements have been rushed to violence-hit areas and prohibitory orders banning assembly of four or more per... | |
| | | | BJP’s swabhimaan: a damp squib | | | |
Munish Gupta
Jammu, Oct 12: Desperate to acquire a political ground by consolidating the gains of two-month long agitation in Jammu, the enthusiastic swabhimaan rallies of Bhartiya Janta Party are turning damp squib.
Immediately after the agitation was called off on August 31 following an agreement between government and the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti, the BJP embarked on its “swabhimaan” rallies to consolidate the vote bank on discrimination plank. However, people are not responding to the calls as BJP would have expected. A cross section of people who were active during the agitation believes that they agitated for the cause of Amarnath shrine land under the stewardship o... | |
| | | | ‘Nothing new in dialogue’ | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, OCT 12: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fresh offer to hold talks with separatists in Kashmir drew a cold response from the Hurriyat Conference today which claimed there was "nothing new" in the proposal and harped on its demand for tripartite dialogue.
"Kashmir is disputed and has to be resolved through tripartite talks only and not through bilateral dialogue," chairman of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said.
Farooq said he disagreed with the Prime Minister "that Kashmir is an integral part of India and talks with separatists can be held bilaterally and not through tripartite process by involving Pakistan" into such an exe... | |
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