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'Ineffective' opposition makes NC emerge 'gainer' during Assembly session PDP's boycott a political blunder? 10/12/2010 11:52:02 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 12: The Autumn session of J&K legislature, happily so, is over, writing and registering few more 'chapters' of proceedings, in particular Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's 'historic' speech in its annals of record. But contrary to what everyone had speculated earlier, it went on smoothly, with main opposition PDP having failed to take on government. In all if BJP and Panthers Party managed to register 'thunderous' presence during the last two days thereby addressing their political constituencies to some extent, PDP remained a net loser in the whole 'show', their decision of boycott being the main reason, providing rivals NC an easy opportunity to manage gain some lost ground. Even though PDP has been crying hoarse through its hard hitting statements on the Kashmir situation, cursing and abusing the NC led coalition government day in and day out, literally for everything right or wrong, the fact remains by choosing to stay away from the Assembly, it has only made itself redundant in the political space and reduced its statements to mere rhetoric, no matt...   READ MORE

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Factory owner, manager booked for employee's death 10/12/2010 11:51:38 PM ET REPORT JAMMU, Oct 12: The owner and a manager of Narmada Steel Factory, Gangyal have been booked for their alleged negligence due to which one of their employees died in an incident that took place inside the unit. A case under section 304-A Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) has been registered against both the persons. Gangyal police started inquest proceedings (174 Cr PC) following the death of the employee Ranjeet Kumar in the factory three months ago. The matter was re- investigated by SHO Satwari Bishesh Kumar and SHO Gangyal Arun Jamwal on the directions of SDPO Gandhi Nagar Mohan Lal Kaith. As a part of investigation, eye witnesses were summoned and their statements were recorded o...   READ MORE   Do Mufti's subscribe to Omar's views? PDP's meaningful silence 10/12/2010 11:51:28 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 12: Omar Abdullah's controversial speech in the Legislative Assembly last week has evoked a response from one and all including the separatists. However, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), contrary to expectations has maintained what political circles call `meaningful' silence. But can PDP afford to remain silent for long? The Chief Minister caused a stir in the sub-continent by his fiery speech and scored many a point over his rivals in the separatist as well as in mainstream camps. He won severe criticism as well. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Panther's Party (PP) in particular sought an apology from Omar. They even urged the Speaker to expunge som...   READ MORE   Itoo's order gathering dust 10/12/2010 11:51:08 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Oct 12: Although Government has strictly directed then Deputy Commissioner Rajouri in December 2009 to vacate the hostel and charge rent from these officers within a week from the issuance of the order, 10 months have passed and the action is still awaited. Sources said that government had already instructed in December 2009 to vacate this Hostel but no action was taken. Sources said that Sakina Itoo, Minister for Social Welfare had directed Deputy Commissioner Rajouri vide letter number PS/HM/SW/2009/363 dated 23-12-2009 marked as "URGENT" for vacating the hostel at the earliest. The letter read "It has been brought into my notice that one portion of Boys Pah...   READ MORE   Rajouri CEO, ZSB illegally occupy Pahari hostel From 5 to 8 years, no rent paid: 15-20 students forced to live in one room 10/12/2010 11:50:58 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Oct 12: Notwithstanding the fact that 15 to 20 students have been accommodated in a single room, major part of the Pahari Hostel Rajouri is illegally occupied by Chief Education Officer and Zilla Sanik Board (ZSB) for the last 8 years though the government had strictly issued an order to vacate this hostel, however no action has been taken by the authorities and the CEO and ZSB continue to stay in the hostel. As per details, Pahari hostel has strength of more than 125 students and only 8 rooms have been left which forced the authorities to accommodate 15-20 student in a room but the same is creating problems for the students who complained that they cannot...   READ MORE   Lop-sided approach: Dehlvi needs to be hailed and educated about J&K 10/12/2010 11:50:35 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 12: Islamic scholar and chairman of Anjuman Minhaj-e-Rasool Maulana Sayeed Athar Hussain Dehlvi (S), Qazi-e-Shahar (Uttarakhand) and Maulana Zahid Raza Rizwi and Maulana Mohammed Usman Owaisi from Ajmer Sharief, who talked to media persons here in Jammu yesterday, need to be hailed and questioned. They need to be hailed because they dismissed the demand for independence put forth by those who contest the accession of the state to India and suggested that the "issue of Kashmir should be resolved within the framework of Indian Constitution" because Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. Their suggestion could be described as a major snub to those who st...   READ MORE   NH blocked following woman's mysterious death 10/12/2010 11:50:23 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 12: Alleging foul play in the death of a young woman, hundreds of people from Ramzanpura locality in Janipur area lodged a strong protest at Narwal Balla on Jammu-Pathankot National Highway here today. The traffic on National Highway could be restored only after one and a half hour since the protesters had staged a sit-in there. The agitated people, who were perturbed over the mysterious death of Naseem Akhtar, blocked National Highway at Narwal for about half an hour and burnt tyres which disrupted vehicular movement The protesters were gathered there to express their resentment against police for not arresting the in-laws of Naseem, who was found dead a...   READ MORE   NC out to divide Jammu on communal lines, resist the sinister design 10/12/2010 11:50:15 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 12: The Regional Autonomy Committee (RAC) did acknowledge that "Jammu and Kashmir is a pluri-culture, pluri-lingual and pluri-religious state of India", but indicated its bias in favour of Kashmir and against Jammu when it said that "to a large extent, Kashmir region represents a homogenous ethno-cultural, religious and linguistic identity" and "Jammu is heterogeneous culturally, linguistically, ethnically and geographically" (Regional Autonomy Committee Report, P. 5). This assertion was not based on facts. It was a distortion of sorts. The RAC even ignored what Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister and chairman of the committee, had once said in the Jammu's...   READ MORE   Hindu epic's artistic opulence has Muslim's art chiseled to perfection 10/12/2010 11:50:03 PM Mishu Gupta EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 12: It might not lead as a revolutionary transition while setting a perfect example of communal harmony, yet the artistic opulence that gets reflected in the making of the effigies of demon kings Ravana, Kumbhkarana and Mehgnad to celebrate a Hindu epic of win of truth over evil has the chiseling hands of Muslims of Meerut beneath who are traditional makers of these effigies since times unknown. Every year a group of artisans coming from Meerut, UP camp at Geeta Mandir Bhawan at Jammu and expertise on their art of making effigies of Ravana Kumbhkaran and Meghnad that are consigned to flames on the eve of Dusherra amidst the chanting of hymns and ...   READ MORE   India becomes UNSC member after 19 yrs 10/12/2010 11:49:51 PM AGENCIES United Nations, Oct 12: India on Tuesday got a seat on the Security Council as a non-permanent member after a gap of 19 years through the elections held in the United Nations General Assembly. India got 187 votes. Earlier Kazakhstan pulled out from the race earlier this year and there is no other challenger from the region. While the Asian, African and Latin American seats are going uncontested with only one candidate each, the two seats for Western Europe and others Group are being fought for by Canada, Germany and Portugal. South Africa is a shoo-in for the African seat, which leads to a configuration of three emerging economies India, Brazil and South Africa - being on the C...   READ MORE   Gujjars up in arms over recruitment policies Cong leader asks CM to intervene 10/12/2010 11:09:21 PM Sandeep Bhat Early Times Report Jammu , Oct 12 It is evident from the past few examples that all is not going well within the coalition government, particularly between the coalition partners NC and Congress. Recent outburst raised by senior National Conference leader and MLA Hazratbal Mustafa Kamal against Congress for ditching National Conference right from Sheikh Abdullah to Farooq to present leader Omar. It is an old practice continuing in the state and Delhi always. Ch. Lal Singh, MP, Udhampur-Kathua region in a bold statement lashed out at separatists and all those who directly and indirectly supported them. In an interaction with media recently, he condemned the action of separ...   READ MORE

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