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| Journalists roughed up, newspapers seized in Srinagar | | CM searching for ‘super CM’ who ordered seizure of dailies | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 1: Hours after a number of mediapersons were roughed up by Police and CRPF and most of the publications were seized in this capital city, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced in Legislative Assembly that Director General of Police (DGP) was searching for the authority who had ordered “unwarranted action” against the fourth estate.
Interrupting beginning of the Question Hour in Legislative Assembly, members of different political parties raised the issue of Police raids on printing presses, seizure of Srinagar-based dailies and beating up of mediapersons allegedly by Police and CRPF at several places. Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami of CPI(M), Mir Saifullah of National Conference, Harsh Dev Singh of Panthers Party, besides independent MLA Er Sheikh Abdul Rasheed, complained that the authorities had conducted pre-dawn raids on newspaper offices and printing presses, seized the publications and got the mediapersons beaten up by Police and CRPF.
According to reports available with the MLAs, Police and CRPF had torn out cur... | |
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| JKLF supemo's stand on talks irks Geeelani | | HIMALAYAN FEATURES | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 1: The separatst factions have come to a severe criticism from the civil society in Kahsmir for their changing stance on the holding of dialgue with Government as people from all shades of opinion in Valley want them to come on negotiating table to hold parlays with the Union Governemnt in ending the prevailing imbroglio.
According to sources people of the Valley who are now fed up with the ongoing agitation long for total peace and tranqulity.They are pressing hard the sepratists to give up their rigid stand and hold dialogue with the Government which has recently announced an eight- point initiative to solve the prevailing crisis in Valley.
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| | | | Sagheer’s working group pleads cause of Paharis, Kolis | | | |
Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 1: The long forgotten Justice (Retd.) Sagheer working group report on centre-state relations has in one of its major recommendations pleaded with both New Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir government to consider granting Schedule Tribe (ST) status to Pahari, Argon and Koli communities of Jammu and Kashmir.
The report which is yet to be made public by the state government and has also been thrown into the bewilderness by New Delhi is exclusively available with early times. Contents of report did appear in a local Jammu-based daily but early times is going to publish the report verbatim for the readers who have a democratic right to know what Sa... | |
| | | | Omar’s shredded body aches for 109 `martyrs’ | | Who is to own responsibility? | | |
Content Analysis
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 1: Omar sounded more like a separatist yesterday in the Legislative Assembly. Rejecting politicization of the recent killings in Kashmir, he used highly `loaded’ words in his speech. Describing those killed in the ongoing unrest as ‘martyrs’, he said he would be happy to see these ‘sacrifices’ fetching benefit to the state.
“I am sadder than anybody else. Over these 109 deaths, I feel my body has been torn into 109 pieces,” he said. “There is no harm if those involved in these killings are hanged but I would be happier when these sacrifices would get Jammu and Kashmir some benefit. My pain is more than that of Mahbooba Mufti and others. I... | |
| | | | Massive Jammu bandh indictment of Delhi, Kashmiri leadership | | STARK REALITY | | |
RUSTAM
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 1: The people of Jammu province have once again demonstrated a remarkable unity. They have rejected out-of-hand the 8-point New Delhi’s package, saying it was not only the Valley-centric but also militant and separatist-friendly. Their objections to the so-called Jammu and Kashmir package were as valid as they were reasonable. The manner in which they observed bandh on Thursday across the Jammu province, barring a few pockets, was similar to the one in which they used to organize bandhs during the 2008 Amarnath land row. During those days, they had observed complete bandh across the region for more than 50 days and suffered immense losses happily and... | |
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