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EARLY TIMES REPORTER
JAMMU | OCT 25
Raju Chopra, a cement tycoon of Jammu city who was brutally murdered along with his wife, daughter and two servants, was expecting bid on his life as he got held “Maha Mrityunjaya Jaap” prior to his murder for evading danger on life. Chopra’s horoscope had clearly indicated danger to his life and a popular “Pandit” of Trikuta Nagar had carried the Jaap for Chopra but unfortunately the mantra didn’t work for him.
The Police, for getting lead into the blind murder interrogated the said Pandit and during his interrogation, he confirmed that Chopra was under the constant fear of losing his life and also speculated attack on life within 15 days of the Jaap. Even his sons confirmed that their father had sensed the danger to his life. It is also been considered that Chopra probably contacted Ranjit Singh alias Neeta, a top militant of Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) presently operating from PoK, to secure his protection from his business rivals.
According to the reports, Chopra had secured his protection through Neeta in lieu of the partnership dea... | |
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| Incident free eid-ul-fitr in State | | | |
Jammu / Srinagar,October 25:- As militants remained busy in celebrating Eid festival that state of Jammu and Kashmir witnessed an incident free celebrations on Wednesday.
The highpoint of the Eid prayers in Srinagar was the presence of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and his predecessors Mufti Mohd Sayeed and Farooq Abdullah at the Hazratbal shrine where they kneeled together and offered prayers. National Conference president Omar Abdullah was also present along with his father.
Official reports received from various corners of the state revealed that groups of militants were seen busy in merry making in the hilly belts of the state. In several camps militants slaughtered lambs and... | |
| | | | NC's decision to boycott RTC: unfortunate says Congress | | | |
Jammu, October 25 Reacting to the announcement by the NC Chief Omar Abdullah
that their party would boycott round table conference or working group meetings unless human rights violation come to an end in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress party termed it as unfortunate while BJP demanded more powers for the armed forces to tackle the spurt in incidents of militant violence in the state.
Congress spokesman Ravinder Sharma said that it is very unfortunate that NC Chief has decided to stay away from the round table conference and working group meetings on the plea of rising cases of human rights violation.
He said, instead of shying away from attending the RTC the NC should act... | |
| | | | Assam CM rings the alarm bells | | Chinese plan to dam giant Brahmaputra river | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 25: A serious situation is in the making, with uncontradicted reports fed to the government of India by the Assam Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, hinting at the involvement of China in planning to dam the giant Brahmaputra river. And these reports have triggered offical fears of an environmental "disaster" in India.
Gogoi has called for the Centre's intervention. He has informed New Delhi about his government's decision to form an expert committee to study the impact of such a move be Beijing. The Arunachal Pradesh government, too, has sought Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's intervention to persuade Beijing not to go ahead with the plan to dam the Brahmaput... | |
| | | | Surprising is Antony's appointment as Defence Minister | | Pranab Mukherjee moves closer to PMO in South Block | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI: The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has, at last, brought about the much-awaited expansion-cum-reshufle of his Ministry. It was at the reported instance of his political arm, Sonia Gandhi, that he finally put in place the new Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee. The reshuffle that was due for almost six months is also a precursor to an eminent reshuffle in the Congress organisation.
A hop, skip and jump for a hesitant Mukherjee to his new office-- almost a year after Natwar Singh had to quit after his name figured in the Volcker commission report--literally means that he moves a little more closer to the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) in the South Blo... | |
| | | | Kasuri-Mukherjee parleys next month | | Third round of dialogue process being reviewed | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, OCT. 25: Foreign offices of India and Pakistan are now in motion. Following the appointment of India's new Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee, Islamabad has revived contact with the Foreign Office in New Delhi on the resumption of bilateral talks without further delay.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri, has sent in a significant message, stating that he would review the third round of the bilateral composite dialogue process with his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, when he visits the Indian capital next month. Forthcoming deliberations between Kasuri and Mukherjee will, onpresent indications, focus on the issues of Kashmir a... | |
| | | | Mufti Sayeed to talk on J&K 'self-rule' at UN | | | | Jammu, October 25, 2006
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has been busy meeting political leaders and others ahead of his visit to the United Nations where he is expected to project India as having a "better and workable solution" to the Kashmir crisis.
Mufti Sayeed, who leaves on Sunday, will represent India as head of its non-official delegation.
After having met all the major national leaders, including United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Inder Kumar Gujaral and VP Singh, Mufti Sayeed is all set to offer a realistic solution to the Kashmir problem.
"Th... | |
| | | | India to share with Pak evidence of ISI role in 7/11 blasts | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 25 India will share with Pakistan the
evidences of ISI involvement in the 7/11 Mumbai bomb blasts
as the two countries will discuss, among other issues, the
recently-announced Joint Working Mechanism on Terrorism at
the upcoming Foreign Secretary-level talks here from November
13 to 15.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who took
charge this morning, told reporters in a brief interaction
that Indian law-enforcement agencies had gathered some
evidences about ISI involvement in 7/11 Mumbai bomb blasts
and the government would share these with Pakistan.
''We can't alter our neighbours...we have to live in
peace and create a tension-free situation i... | |
| | | | Mukherjee for 'tension-free' atmosphere on borders | | | |
New Delhi, Oct 25 Taking over as External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee today sent out a message to Pakistan and other neighbours that "tension-free" situation should be created on the borders to enable countries of the region to live in peace.
He steered clear of the controversy over the kind of proof collected by security agencies with regard to Pakistan's involvement in the July 11 Mumbai blasts, saying "certain evidence" had been gathered which will be shared with Islamabad.
"We cannot alter our neighbours. As we cannot alter our neighbours, it is desirable to live with our neighbours in peace and create tension-free situation on our borders with our neighbours," Mukherjee t... | |
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