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| Omar has landed himself in trouble by not taking 'main actors' on board: Soz | | No consultation with party, Kamaal's statement leaves Congress fumed | | | Saroj Razdan
Jammu, Oct 27: In what can be seen as an inevitable political fallout for not having consulted its key ally Congress before making announcement on AFSPA, a fumed Congress leadership today openly criticized Chief Minister Omar Abdullah what it termed as his 'unilateral' decision which he took without taking the main 'players and actors' on board. PCC chief and veteran party leader Prof Saif-u-Din Soz said Omar has landed himself in 'big trouble' by choosing to do so.
Breaking his silence today Jammu and Kashmir state Congress President Saifuddin Soz said that Omar did not consult the party before announcing that AFSPA would be removed from some parts of the state. " It is no smaller issue ….it is a sensitive and very ticklish matter which cannot be decided by just one person…..", Prof Soz said, taking on Chief Minister , perhaps for the first time . The senior Congress leader , also the chairman of the Coordination Committee who has always been seen defending the ruling partner on a number of controversial issues in the past, apparently in the interests of running ... | |
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| 'Incompetent handling of AFSPA issue, CM unable to overcome traits of arrogance' | | Corruption rampant in Cricket council, Wakf board: Mehbooba tells Vohra | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: All the institutions being handled by Abdullahs have come in for adverse notice on account of large scale corruption especially Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Council and Wakf Board, both of which have again been made handmaiden of National Conference (NC) and its favorites.
President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti made these startling revelations during a meeting with Governor N.N.Vohra at Raj Bhawan. Mehooba had gone to Raj Bhawan to greet governor and lady governor on the eve of Diwali. She drew Vohra's attention to the huge withdrawals from account of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Council headed in the state by Dr. Farooq Abdullah through ... | |
| | | | Mustafa Kamaal's howler shakes Farooq & Omar | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 27: Was it a howler from National Conference spokesman,Mustafa Kamaal?Or did it reflect Political bankruptcy in the ruling NC or lack of organisational coordination that forced the elder brother to deny what his younger brother had stated and is son to disown his uncle's opinion ?
This peculiar situation was witnessed in the state's summer capital the other day.What was this peculiar and intriguing scene?It was a sort of a howler on the part of Mustafa Kamaal.Kamaal who had reacted to recent bomb explosions in which nine people,including four policemen,were injured by saying that these had been engineered by the Army to create a situation which would not favo... | |
| | | | Srinagar court to hear case today | | Yusuf killing row | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 27: A petition preferred by the relatives of deceased National Conference (NC) worker Haji Yusuf will come up for hearing tomorrow (October 28). Yusuf died allegedly in Crime Branch custody on September 20 after a row with the Chief Minister at his Gupkar residence.
The death caused a political storm in Kashmir. Noisy scenes were witnessed in both houses of the Legislative Assembly. The government was forced to order a judicial probe into the `killing'. Yusuf's son, Syed Talib, however, rejected the probe. Talking to Early Times last week, he said: "Mourning is still on. Once it ends, the family will seek judicial intervention for justice." The family, ... | |
| | | | Shah's mysterious death haunts NC men | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Though the people in the state are eagerly waiting for report of the judicial committee to probe into the mysterious death of National conference activist in the state in general and Kashmir valley in particular feel dejected and have lost their faith in party leadership.
The NC activists perturbed over the mysterious death of their party colleague whom they missed on the occasion of Diwali yesterday and will continue to miss him on the festival of Eid-ul-zuha next month are totally perturbed over the killing.
According to party sources the death has haunted the NC workers and staired the party leadership in the face as every activist in the party sa... | |
| | | | Fake currency note racket busted; BJP leader's PSO among 3 held | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 27: Two cops, including a personal security officer (PSO) of senior BJP leader Kuldeep Raj Gupta, and a medical student were today arrested by police in Rajouri for allegedly running a fake currency racket in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
Gupta was also being questioned by police as the arrested PSO was said to be attached with him for the past one decade, police sources said.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested medical student Mohammad Altaf, son of Mohammad Shakoor of Darhal, Rajouri, for his alleged involvement in the fake currency racket.
Sources said during his interrogation, Altaf allegedly told police that cops -- Pawan Kumar, son of ... | |
| | | | Demands for removal of Pathania gains momentum | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 27: Oct: Agitated over the lack of response from the Vice-Chancellor of Central University on the issue of removal OSD (Admn) Dr P S Pathania from the post, large number of National Secular Forum NSF activists shouting slogans against the Vice-Chancellor of Central University and OSD (Admn). Addressing a media here today, NSF president Vikas Sharma said, "There are many cases of corruption pending against Dr Pathania in University of Jammu. He committed several frauds in JU misusing his official positions. Now, the cases are being probed by high level enquiry committee headed by Chief Secretary Madhav Lal."
NSF State President Vikas Sharma also said the Vi... | |
| | | | 2 hours after brother gave her sweets on Diwali, woman dies of alleged torture by in-laws | | Husband, brother-in-law held | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 27: Nearly two hours after her younger brother visited her at her in-laws' house at Jatwal in Samba and gave sweets on Diwali yesterday, a newly-married woman died of alleged torture by her husband and others in the family.
She was found hanging under mysterious circumstances from the ceiling fan hook in her room. She had bled from nose and mouth, police sources said.
Pooja Sharma (21) of Mangoo Chak, Samba, was married to Sandeep Sharma of Jatwal about six months back. Soon after marriage, she complained of alleged torture by in-laws for more dowry, the sources added.
Sandeep runs a TV shop in the village and does not earn much. Along with gold and other i... | |
| | | | Swamy does some plain- speaking, says accession final & irrevocable | | Day Of Celebrations -- II | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 25: Addressing the gathering at Jammu Club, Jammu, former Law Minister and Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy not only attacked Jawaharlal Nehru for taking the settled issue of Jammu and Kashmir to the Security Council, but also denounced Lord Mountbatten for going beyond the confines of the authority vested in him by the Indian Independence Act. He said Nehru approached the UN Security Council without discussing the matter in his Cabinet and it is time for the Union Government to withdraw the complaint from the Security Council. His argument was that it was his personal decision to take the case to the Security Council and, hence, the Union Government is not bound ... | |
| | | | Has Kamal upset Omar's applecart? | | Terror Attacks & Army | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 27: On October 25, terrorists struck at two places in the heart of Srinagar city, Maisum and Batmaloo. They exploded a grenade in the CRPF bunker at Maisum and left at least three security personnel injured, one of them seriously. Almost at the same time, they attacked the police post at Batmaloo. There was no casualty. Kashmir witnessed on the same day witnessed two more terrorist-related incidents, one at Shopian and another at Anantnag. Four terrorist-related incidents on the same day laid bare the disparities between the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's stand on the Kashmir's situation and Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the realities as they exi... | |
| | | | Is beautification of ghats an alternative to misgovernance? | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Ali Mohammad Sagar, Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Parliamentary Affairs has said the beautification and landscaping of various heritage structures would be initiated on a fast track basis.
The statement comes from the state law minister when normal governance, equitable development and most of all the credibility of the government is at its lowest ebb. Why not address the present before the State government thinks of beautification and preservation of heritage for the future? If the state government continues to work the way it has been for the last nearly three years, everything in Jammu and Kashmir would become heritage.
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