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| NC, Azad group unanimously come to rescue of PHE Minister; knock at Patel's door | | House committee probe into land grabbing allegations | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Oct 22: National Conference (NC) and some Congress MLCs have been mulling the option of unanimously coming to the rescue of Minister of PHE and Irrigation Taj Mohiuddin who is facing an inquiry in the upper House of State Legislature.
Sources said that National Conference (NC) is mulling the option of withdrawing names of its MLCs from the house committee while MLCs claiming allegiance to the faction of Congress led by Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad have been advised to approach the Speaker of Legislative Assembly Mohammed Akbar Lone against the decision of Chairman of the Legislative Council.
They have been told to plead before th... | |
| | | | Papa kehtay thay bada naam karega....! | | BREAKING VIEWS | | | ET Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Same day, same venue, same ceremony and same VIP, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir addressing his police force to commemorate those who laid down their lives in discharge of their duties. Omar Abdullah this time doing the duty he has been doing for the fourth time and his ancestors for decades before him. It will mean a headline in the local papers a photograph with a karakul among hundreds of peak and barrette caps after everybody has gone back home without any kind of a feeling or emotion.
GM Shah also did it twice in his short stint in power. In 1984 a stir was caused at the venue when instead of laying the wreath at the police memorial a senior officer tur... | |
| | | | Three statements, three contradictions and J&K's ills | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Three statements, three perceptions and three contradictions. State CM says time is ripe for AFSPA withdrawal and there should have been more progress on this account so far. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde says security forces would only be withdrawn after complete peace returns to J&K. State PHE Minister Taj Mohiuddin says J&K cannot run without Central funds for even a day!
Interestingly all the three statements were made during one day by the three leaders. While Omar Abdullah's assertion speaks of his political compulsion to please a specific constituency in the Valley, Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde has spoken of a national realit... | |
| | | | Legislators "keen" to inflict political injuries to their own blue-eyed…? | | Election to BDC | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Are the Legislators belonging to ruling as well as opposition political parties "interested" to inflict political injuries to none other than their own respective close confidants aspiring to contest Block Development Council (BDC) election?
And the answer is being perceived as yes.
As reported number of times, in the recent past, by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that "it is the Legislators, who do not want Panchayats to be further empowered," there are simmering in the middle level political circles of almost all the political parties with block level leadership including the probable candidates quite critical against the reported approach of their ... | |
| | | | BJP High Command serious on re-entry of seven expelled MLAs | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 22: As the expulsion of seven MLAs from the Party is going to hit its poll prospectus in next Parliamentary and Assembly elections in the State, BJP High Command is seriously thinking of re-admitting them in party fold.
According to Party sources the BJP national chief Nitin Gadkari who had called the core group of Partymen from J&K to deliberate various issues pertaining to party affairs in the State, has reportedly asked them to evolve a consensus on various issues confronting the Party as well as re-admission to expelled MLAs into the Party prior to Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Sources said Gadkari has urged the Partymen from the State to gear up... | |
| | | | Ahead of polls for new state chief uncertainty grips among BJP workers | | Will it be election or selection process.....? | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Oct 22: Even as countdown has started for the process of election to the highest post of president in State unit of BJP, the activities within the party have slowed down lately in terms of workers active participation in the routine programmes and meetings. Ahead of election of president uncertainty has begun to grip the workers and cadres as to who would be the new incumbent under whom the 'show' would run for next term.
Sources within the State unit of BJP say that in contrast to the zeal and enthusiasm party workers involve themselves with any activity, the response these days is on ebb. "They are not keen and prompt as they normally remain in associating themselves... | |
| | | | ET stands vindicated on AFSPA revocation | | | | Early Times stand vindicated with the assertion of Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde that Armed Forces Special Forces Powers Act would not be revoked.
After reviewing the security situation on his visit to Jammu and Kashmir region, Home Minister Shinde had said: "Time is not ripe of revocation of AFSPA. The Act can't be revoked."
1. -First to report that Act wouldn't be revoked
ET had first reported that after the change of guard in Home Ministry, the new incumbent had categorically told the Chief Minister and State Government officials that Act can't be revoked as situation is not conducive.
ET was also the first to report that new Army chief Gen Bikarm Singh had also briefed the Chie... | |
| | | | Advanced winters advance power, water woes in Kashmir | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Oct 22: As the harsh winters have set in Kashmir earlier than scheduled , power and water woes have begun in villages across Kashmir and the unscheduled power cuts have become order of the day resulting in complete darkness across the length and breadth of the valley. Pertinently, the erratic power supply is witnessed in both metered and non-metered areas equally.
Massive power cuts have snapped the patience of people as they prepare for the long and grueling winter ahead. This has given rise to another kind of unrest in the valley as the people in hundreds including men, women and children are coming on streets every day since last one week or so protest... | |
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