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| PDP all set with 'offensive', NC in 'defending' mode, Cong 'silent' | | NC worker's custodial death | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2 : Amid the fresh political storm triggered over custodial death of NC worker, while principal opposition PDP is all set with an offensive against ruling rival NC,the latter is preparing itself for a defensive strategy needed at least on the floor of Assembly where the PDP has come up with an adjournment motion on the issue. Major ally in the coalition Congress, as always, has maintained silence, rightly or wrongly, choosing not to become 'trouble shooter' for the partner. There is neither word nor any statement from the Congress colleagues in cabinet for a worried and harried lot of NC. On the contrary, Congress feels the incident has further 'damaged' its image in the state.
Sources said even though the Congress camp in government has chosen silence, the matter entirely and purely of NC as a party, it finds itself on an awkward and uncomfortable footing , in the wake of the fact that PDP is all set to raise a storm in the House and would vehemently rake up the demand of resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah , notwithstanding the fact ... | |
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| Don't jump to conclusions over NC worker's death: Soz | | 'Cong on right track' | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 2 : J&K PCC chief and veteran Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz today admitting that corruption was "deep rooted" in Jammu and Kashmir and said people should not jump to conclusions before the investigation into the mysterious death case of a ruling National Conference worker, allegedly in police custody, is completed.
"There should not be an urgency in reaching the conclusions. There will be an investigation. Truth is so strong that no one can hide it," Soz said.
Soz, who presided over Gandhi Jayanti function at the Congress party headquarters, said the party was on the right track and its image will not be tarnished.
Syed Mohammad Yousuf,... | |
| | | | Omar refuses to comment Agencies | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 2 :Amid Opposition PDP's demand for his resignation over the death of a National Conference worker allegedly in the police custody, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah refused to comment on the matter saying a judicial probe had been ordered into it.
"No, I won't be commenting or tweeting about a matter that has been referred to a judicial inquiry regardless of the sensationalism," Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Syed Mohammad Yousuf, an NC worker from south Kashmir's Anantnag district, died allegedly in the police custody after two fellow party workers had accused him of taking Rs 1.18 crore from them for getting them berths in ... | |
| | | | Who is funding anti- India seminars? | | CDR Gulmarg Meet -- I | | | Neha
JAMMU, Oct 2 : The controversial Delhi-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation (CDR) has been organising anti-India seminars in different parts of the country, including Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir, for quite sometime now and adopting resolutions and submitting the same to the governments of India and Pakistan which, if considered and accepted, would surely damage India, give legitimacy to the politics of separatism, based on fanaticism, and enable Kashmiri leadership to enslave the unwilling and the already suffering people of Jammu and Ladakh on a permanent basis. All the resolutions which this NGO has adopted thus far are Kashmir-centric and... | |
| | | | Did Rahul pave way for Omar's exit? | | Rotational Chief Ministership | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2 : A few months ago Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh assured Omar Abdullah a full term in office. But last week Omar's `friend' and Congress General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi visited Kashmir to revive his old ties with the one time paradise one Earth. Rahul perhaps could not revive the ties but he gave Omar the shock of his life by raising the issue of rotational Chief Ministership yet again. "The issue shall be decided by the Congress high command", he said without any ambiguity.
Omar, according to informed sources in the Congress may not be changed but he is under Congress scanner. "The moment Congress high command is convinced that the National Conference le... | |
| | | | CM won't step down on PDP's 'allegations' : Rather | | Says govt will take action against 'whoever' responsible | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Minister of Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather, today made it unambiguously clear on behalf of the state government that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would never step down on the "political drama" PDP, according to him, had enacted over the death of a National Conference (NC) activist, Syed Mohammad Yousuf, here on Friday last. He strongly refuted media reports and some opposition parties' statements which have created an impression that the NC activist had died due to perpetration of physical torture on him at the Chief Minister's residence.
In the government's first frontal response to PDP's accusation of custodial killing against Chief Minister and Minister o... | |
| | | | PDP adjournment motion shakes NC Omar, Wani's resignation demanded | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 2 : PDP's adjournment motion seeking discussion on National Conference worker's alleged custodial killing and demand for Omar Abdullah's resignation has caused a stir in the NC. An emergency meeting attended by the former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his political advisor Davinder Singh Rana was held late this evening to discuss the development. However, a senior party member said the meeting was a routine affair.
A PDP spokesman said that since high office of Chief Minister was apparently involved in the dubious killing of a citizen, besides the Minister of the state for home affairs, Chief Ministers staff and some ... | |
| | | | Did names of rape victims get disclosed by accident or by intent? | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 2 : How could the state home department, the state law department and the office of the chief minister overlook a fact that an 18-year old boy would have normally detected.
The directions of the Supreme Court are known to everybody who reads a newspaper and how could the blunder have been committed by those who specialize in scrutinizing and sniffing legal documents every day.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah may have apologized over the publication of the rape victims' names but the question now remains who is letting the Chief Minister down so badly. Many within the National Conference believe that time was ripe for some big heads to role as a signal h... | |
| | | | Azhar Ali provided vital clues, NIA claims | | Delhi HC blast investigation | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Oct 2 : National Investigating Agency (NIA) believes that tips provided by Kortbalwal Jail inmate Azhar Ali will go a long way in identifying the September 7 Delhi High Court blast which left several people dead.
Ali was questioned by a team of NIA headed by SP Ajeet Singh Salaria for two days. He is believed to have identified a few persons to whom he gave SIM cards on fake documents.
The NIA, sources said is likely to seek the help of local intelligentsia to identify the culprits. This is the first time NIA will seek the help of the local intelligentsia since most of the investigation into ongoing terror probe has been kept a secret. The sources said that N... | |
| | | | National Conference workers bewildered after colleague's mysterious death | | | | Shafiq Mir
Jammu, Oct 2 : After the mysterious death of their colleague Syed Mohammad Yousef who was the darling of chief minister Omar Abdullah and his father Farooq Abdullah till the day he died, the National Conference workers are stupefied.
The are also unable to respond to the volley of questions being asked by the common people as to how and why one of their colleagues died after he visited the chief minister's residence?
A senior party leader told this journalist over phone, that the party cadres across the state were being ridiculed by the common people as to why and how one of their colleagues died in mysterious circumstances.
"Fact is that even we people who are close ... | |
| | | | Omar has squandered the God-sent opportunity | | State Of Anarchy | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 2 : Omar Abdullah became Chief Minister on January 5, 2009, notwithstanding the fact that the NC had captured a paltry 28 seats in the 87-member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. AICC president Sonia Gandhi handed over the state power to him in what she called "national interest". It was a God-sent opportunity for Omar Abdullah in the sense that he was a green-horn in politics, notwithstanding the fact that he had served the BJP-led NDA Government in various capacities, including as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, for some years. Sonia Gandhi had reposed her faith in Omar Abdullah knowing it full well that the latter had created for himself hatred in Jammu an... | |
| | | | Fifth militant killed in Kupwara encounter | | | | Srinagar: Army personnel today eliminated one more militant in the gunbattle near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, taking the number of slain ultras to five.
"One more militant was killed in the gunbattle at Keran sector. We have recovered the body of the slain militant," an army spokesman said. There were no casualties among the security forces, he added.
Earlier, four militants were killed as army troops foiled an infiltration bid near the LoC in Keran sector of the district.
The troops had foiled the infiltration bid by militants from across the Line of Control in Keran sector on Friday.
Over the past three months, militants have stepped up infiltration... | |
| | | | Appeal to Hon'ble speaker by Shri Chaman Lal Gupta BJP MLA | | | | Sir,
I had raised a question during the last session of the state assembly seeking a reply from the government regarding the decision to stop government advertisements to the daily Early Times published from Jammu.
I had also spoken about the highhandedness of the government and its arbitrary, whimsical dispensation regarding distribution of official advertisements to the various newspapers published in the state.
Despite repeated requests, the state government did not come forward with any reply to my question and the result has been that through its decision to ignore my question the state government has covertly accepted that it does not have a reasonable answer to my question.
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