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| Trucks crossing LoC today, Jammu isolated | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: As the convoy of trucks prepares to leave for a historical journey to Muzaffarabad and Rawalakote crossing the Line of Control on Tuesday, the trade Center of Jammu seems to have been pushed in isolation despite the overwhelming support of traders to the Cross-LoC trade.
Governor NN Vohra will launch trucks from Srinagar for Muzaffarabad while his Advisor Dr Sudhir Singh Bloeria will show the green flag at Chakkan-da-Bagh (Poonch) for onward journey to Rawalakote. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee were expected to launch the service from Srinagar and Poonch, respectively, but imposition of Model Code of Conduct appears to have cancelled the programme.
Eleven trucks load of fruits, kidney beans (rajma), honey, spices, walnuts and almonds will leave Srinagar for Muzaffarabad. Similarly, three trucks loads of kidney beans and vegetables will leave Poonch for Rawalakote.
It is surprising that not even a single truck of any commodity is going from the trade hub of Jammu either via Srinagar-Muzaffarabad ro... | |
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| When politics of opportunity took over national interests | | Congress & Kashmir-IV | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: From the clay Nehru took charge of Kashmir affairs to the exclusion of everybody else congress approach towards this State has been dictated by political opportunism rather than national interest. When Sheikh Abdullah began showing signs of breaking free of the union and creating his own independent state, the situation was brought to Nehru’s notice by the Praja Parishad as well as the Bharatiya Jana Sangh whose then president, Dr Syama Prashad MookerJee, repeatedly raised the issue in Parliament only to be rudely snubbed by the Prime Minister. For instance, in his inaugural speech in the first session of the first elected parliament of Independent India (... | |
| | | | 54 DySP adjusted, 16 transferred | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: Government orders transfers and adjustments of the following newly promoted 54 Dy SPs Rana Sajad has been adjusted as Dy.SP Kashmir University Guards, Vijay Kumar has been adjusted as Dy SP IR 3rd Bn, Ashutosh Sharma adjusted as DySP JKAP 3rd Bn, Kiran Bala adjusted as DySP JKAP 8th Bn, Gurmeet Singh adjusted as DySP Police component Anantnag, Abdul Rashid adjusted as DySP JKAP 7th Bn, Mohammad Yasin adjusted as DySP IR 7th Bn, Ghulam Nabi adjusted as DySP IR 7th Bn, Krishan Singh adjusted as DySP JKAP 13th Bn, Bihari Lal adjusted as DySP Civil defence Udhampur, Rafique Ahmed adjusted as DySP CIDCI Kupwara, Mohan Singh adjusted as DySP JKAP 8th Bn, Abdul R... | |
| | | | Jammu has more electors than 4 Valley distts | | Highest electors in Gandhi Nagar segment | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: With Gandhi Nagar assembly constituency of the winter capital city having highest number of electors, Jammu district comprising eleven constituencies has more voters by over two lakhs than a cumulative electoral list of at least four districts in Kashmir Valley.
Gandhi Nagar constituency in Jammu district has 152,100 voters which more than the entire elector strength of Shopian district in South Kashmir or Ganderbal district in Central Kashmir. Ganderbal and Shopian having two constituencies each have 137,495 and 139,475 voters, respectively.
Entire Jammu district based on eleven constituencies has 943,389 votes while four districts in Kashmir Valley –... | |
| | | | 58 breaches since 2003 | | BORDER CEASEFIRE | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Oct 20: Pakistan had violated the five-year-old pact on ceasefire 58 times since the ceasefire agreement came into effect from November 2003, the the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
Replying to a question in Parliament, Defence Minister A K Antony said since January 2008, Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) have been fired upon 34 times, while the total ceasefire violation by Pakistan has occurred on 58 counts.
On measures taken up by the government to prevent recurrence of such incidents, Antony said, protests are registered through the established mechanisms of hotline, flag meetings as well as weekly talks between the Director General of Military Oper... | |
| | | | Transfer list still in pangs | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: Uncertainty is still prevailing over the high powered transfer list of the Governor’s administration which were ordered on the eve of election announcement.
Hours after the election announcement, the government had on Sunday released a list of transfers and postings in civil administration and Police. The transfers affected key officers including Home Secretary, Deputy Commissioners of three districts and Superintendents of Police earning a criticism of the Election Commission which stayed implementation of the order.
All officers transferred on Sunday and asked by the Governor’s administration to take over new positions with immediate effect are still... | |
| | | | Vohra assures free polls | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 20: The Governor NN Vohra today had a meeting with representatives of different political parties in Srinagar and assured them of free, fair and impartial elections.
Interacting with leaders of various political parties here this afternoon, the Governor said that the Control Rooms would function round the clock and remain positioned till the ongoing Election process is over. He said that the telephone numbers of these Control Rooms would be notified in the next few days to the headquarters of all the political parties as well as to the public at large, to be able lodge reports and seek urgent help.
Vohra reiterated his Administration's resolve to ensure f... | |
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