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Omar proposes, Defence ministry opposes revocation of AFSPA Confrontation brewing! 10/23/2011 12:03:55 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 22: In blatant rebuttal to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's recent assertion of revoking Armed Forces Special Powers Act-1990 from certain districts in Jammu and Kashmir, defence ministry on the reports submitted by army has opposed the same. Defence ministry in its written communiqué to the government of India through union ministry of home affairs has reiterated that situation may not be right as yet to consider review of continuation of AFSPA J&K in view of the continuing armed infiltration, and sometimes in very large numbers, from across the Line of Control (LOC). Army referred to continued support to militancy from across the border and urged the centre not to withdrawn this provision which would embolden the separatists and other anti-national elements, asserted sources. Withdrawing this provision from central act would demoralize forces fighting militancy in various parts of country including Jammu and Kashmir since they would have to face local courts even over false and frivolous complaints; army has reportedly told the centre. It has furthe...   READ MORE

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Omar wants AFSPA to go, impunity to stay 10/23/2011 12:03:16 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 22: At last the Chief Minister admitted that the Disturbed Area Act and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) were draconian. Although the Northern Command Headquarters strongly contested his views, yet Omar won many an admirer. However, knowledgeable quarters have criticized Omar for his contradictory views. According to them, Omar wants impunity under AFSPA to go but by talking about Truth and Reconciliatory Commission, he actually intends to confer impunity to the perpetrators in a refined form The Chief Minister has been talking about TRC for the past two years. Last month when the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) shocked the government by i...   READ MORE   Not only NC but PDP too deserves credit if AFSPA withdrawn 10/23/2011 12:02:57 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 22: Is the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir conducive for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)? It may not be totally favourable for removing from the entire state but the experiment could be carried out in areas where the level of militancy related activities has touched zero. Now that Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has given a clear indication that the AFSPA and the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) were to be withdrawn shortly from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir it needs to be fully reciprocated by the separatists in the shape of abandoning their usual practices of giving calls for shutdown and protest rallies. Repeal of the AFSPA a...   READ MORE   'UHQ discussed AFSPA revocation before Omar's announcement' 10/23/2011 12:02:36 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 22: A few days before Chief Minister Omar Abdullah announced that controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) will be revoked from certain areas of Jammu and Kashmir, a secret meeting of Unified Headquarters had been called to identify the areas where from the AFSPA can be revoked, sources. "In the UHQ meeting attended by GOC 15-Corps, Lt Gen Ata Hasnain, Home Secretary BR Sharma, DGP Kuldeep Khoda and other officers of Army, Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and intelligence agencies, the issue was discussed threadbare," they said. Sources told local news agency KNS that the AFSPA won't be revoked from north Kashm...   READ MORE   Desperate move of frustrated NC to woo Kashmiri constituency Revocation of AFSPA 10/23/2011 12:02:09 AM Rustam JAMMU, Oct 22: The NC, which is gripped by an extreme sense of insecurity, frustration and despondency, is desperate to salvage its position through desperate moves overlooking the stark realty that it has already missed the bus. It did not performance and deliver during all these more than 33 months of its rule. Besides, it utterly failed to provide a transparent, humane, accountable and corruption-free administration. It would be no exaggeration to say that the state never got such a non-functional and controversial government after 1947. Frankly speaking, the plight of the people of the state was never so miserable as it has been since January 5, 2009, when the NC recaptured powe...   READ MORE   BICS participated in conspiracy: NIA Delhi High Court Blast 10/23/2011 12:01:22 AM Asif Iqbal Naik SRINAGAR, Oct 22: After unveiling the name of three foreign conspirators of Delhi High Court blast, National Investigating Agency (NIA) probing September 7 Delhi High Court Blast during its investigation found involvement of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir (BICS). BICS Is one of the prime Bangladeshi Islamic student radical group named as, a de-fecto student wing of Prime Islamic organization of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh. According to sources, Major Yassir of Bangladesh Rifles, a key conspirator of the Delhi High Court blast among the foreign militants, who deserted the Bangladeshi army after February 2009 mutiny in Bangladesh is the prime member of Bangladesh Islami...   READ MORE   'Sensitivities demand serious, politically mature leader at the helm J&K doesn't need a 'tweeting' CM : BJP 10/23/2011 12:00:51 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 22: The two day state Working Committee meeting of BJP wrapped up on reiteration of demand that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah should resign immediately and CBI enquiry be held into Haji Yousuf's death in custody. While Omar remained under the attack during the elaborate sessions in the meeting on a host of issues, the leaders fired a volley once again on his tweeting habit, asserting J&K doesn't a need a tweeting Chief Minister…….it needs a serious and politically mature person who is able to identify the real issues confronting the state and guide resolve them . These demands and observations targetting Omar Abdullah by the party are not new nor is it tha...   READ MORE   Azad, Omar and uneven development of Bhadrwah Ignoring Machail Mata 10/23/2011 12:00:05 AM Neha JAMMU, Oct 22: Union Health Minister and former J&K Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad was not indulging in mere political demagoguery when he blamed the Omar Abdullah-led government for slow pace of developmental works in Bhaderwah and other parts of the erstwhile Doda district, which he intriguingly chose to refer as "Chenab region", which is non-existent. (Has he been influenced by Dixon plan/Farooq Kathwari/Musharaf formula?) He was simply stating a hard reality. Major developmental schemes initiated by his government are merely a few months away from completion if work is allowed to go on a normal pace in the area. For example, the road connecting the area with Chamba region of Hima...   READ MORE   Mughal road a safe conduit for smuggling of bovine animals 10/22/2011 11:59:25 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, Oct 22: Though the much talked about Mughal road was constructed for boosting the economy and trade of the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch and shorten their distance with Kashmir Valley but the road has become a conduit for smuggling of bovine animals and narcotics. According to sources the hundreds of bovines are daily smuggled from Jammu to Kashmir Valley via Mughal road since it was unofficially opened for vehicular traffic for over a year. While the bovines and milch cows are smuggled from Jammu to Valley the narcotics and charas is smuggled from Valley to Jammu and other parts of country through this road, sources added. Sources said this all ...   READ MORE   Karan asks Jammu not to reject interlocutors' report GULAB SINGH'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY 10/22/2011 11:58:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 22: Scion of Maharaja Gulab Singh and former Sadar-e-Riyasat of J&K, Karan Singh, addressed a distinguished gathering yesterday at Royal Retreat Banquet Hall, Jammu. The occasion was the 219th birth anniversary of founder of the state Maharaja Gulab Singh. Addressing the gathering, Karan Singh urged the audience not to reject the interlocutors' report on the state. He asked the people assembled there to study the report before expressing their opinion. His argument was that the report might contain positive recommendations aimed at redressing the grievances of the people of Jammu province, as also the grievances of the people of Ladakh. He also argued that the...   READ MORE

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