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| 'Abandoned 1964, 1975 accords are viable solution of Kashmir turmoil' | | Congress habitual of ditching NC: MLA Muastfa Kamal | | | sumit sharma
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Terming that the abandoned accords of 1964 and 1975 are viable solution of Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir) turmoil, MLA Hazratbal Mustafa Kamal, son of former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir-Sher-i-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah and stalwart of National Conference said until Centre Government gives its nod for the resumption of the same or NC is given a clear cut mandate by the people in the next Assembly elections , the turmoil in Kashmir will continue.
In a brief interaction with the ET correspondent Mustafa said that a complete solution of the problem lay in Ayub-Abdullah talks which were abandoned abruptly in 1964 due to sudden death of former Pri... | |
| | | | Power sector in J&K becomes silent victim of Kashmir violence | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, Oct 3: The power sector in J&K has become the silent victim of the 4-month-long Kashmir violence as the work on three hydro power plants remained totally stopped during the days of violence and curfew in the valley.
National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC), which is constructing these three projects totalling 330 MW, has expressed doubts over their completion by 2012 as planned earlier.
The three projects are: Uri-II with a capacity of 240 MW, Nimmo Bazgo (45 MW) and Chutak (44 MW).NHPC has cited various reasons for the delay in their completion, including the widespread unrest across the valley beginning June this year.
Inability to bring staff and labour ... | |
| | | | Omar, Remove all bunkers, withdraw CRPF from Kashmir, release all unruly elements | | STARK REALITY-II | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 3: The September 29 Unified Headquarters (UH) meeting was a golden opportunity for Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to ask the Army to quit all the civilian areas in the Kashmir Valley and go to borders. It was also an opportunity for him to order the paramilitary CRPF to quit Kashmir and go back from where this paramilitary force had come. But he didn't do so. He only disappointed the alienated people of Kashmir, separatists like Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik and the so-called mainstream People's Democratic Party, which has decided to boycott the assembly session to register its protest against the failure of the Omar Abdullah... | |
| | | | Unrest in Kashmir due to gross misrule, communal politics | | News ANALYSIS | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 3: The state government told the Legislative Assembly the other day that the current phase of unrest and violence in Kashmir is the offshoot of the alleged fake encounter in which three "innocent civilians" were killed by the Army in Machil, Kupwara sector of North Kashmir, in April this year. The state government is wrong. It is simply striving to divert the attention of the Government of India away from the real cause responsible for what has been happening in the Kashmir Valley since months. The Machil encounter has nothing to do with the current phase of unrest in Kashmir.
The causes responsible for the spurt in the anti-India activities, coupled with an ... | |
| | | | Huge sums amassed through BEd counselling of absent candidates | | Student leaders indulge in blackmailing, exploitation of ineligible administraors | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Oct 3: The mushroom growth of student leaders in Jammu University (JU) over the past few years have now started showing repercussions, as they instead of highlighting and helping the cause of aggreived students busy now-a-day in obtaining personal benefits from administration using their influence and exploiting weaknesses of ineligible and incompetent administrators.
It is openly visible in the campus that most of the students' leaders, representing various organizations or self styled ones with a small flock of students, have derailed from their mission and resorted to petty personnel issues. But, the JU administration has completely failed to keep them under c... | |
| | | | Two youth ready to join HM rescued | | | | JAMMU: With very less youth taking to militancy now and the outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI) having almost been wiped out in the hilly Kishtwar district, Pak-based militant groups were now trying to lure local youth into militancy by trying to brainwash them.
Two youth, aged between 18 to 20 years, were today apprehended by a team of police and 17 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) from Patimahal in Palmar area of Kishtwar in the wee hours of today.
They were to be included in Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) fold by the outfit's Hindu commander Subash alias Wasif today. Wasif was also to give them weapons to fight security forces, police sources said.
Sources said Mohamma... | |
| | | | Pak has a role to play in Kashmir resolution: CM | | | | Jammu: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah firmly believes that Pakistan has an important role to play in the resolution of Kashmir dispute. This has been stated by Omar in an exclusive interview with a New Delhi based English newspaper the excerpts of which have been carried by a local news agency. "New Delhi's eight point package is only a step towards resolution of the long pending dispute", he said.
Urging people not to expect miracles overnight, Omar said: "In the first instance some pickets shall be removed and then the repeal of Disturbed Area Act will be considered." He added the on-going unrest was not an agitation against his government. "It is Quit Kashmir Movement. It is a ... | |
| | | | 5 labourers died as tipper plunges into Chenab | | | | KISHTWAR : Five labourers of a private construction company were killed while another one got injured in a tragic road accident near Shasoo Padder, about 50 kilometers from Kishtwar on Kishtwar-Himachal National Highway when they were on their way from Padder to Kishtwar late last night.
According to the reports, the ill fated tipper bearing registration No JK02T-0313 owned by G M T construction met with an accident when the driver of the ill fated vehicle Madan Lal (32 ) son of Bhagat Singh resident of Padyarna lost his control over the steering with the result the sand laden vehicle plunged into the mighty river Chenab.
The injured labourer was later shifted to District Hospital Kishtw... | |
| | | | Natrang stages ‘Ghumayee’ | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 3: Grand show of the internationally acclaimed Dogri play ‘Ghumayee’ written and directed by Balwant Thakur presented here today before jam-packed audience at Zorawar Singh auditorium, Jammu.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu Ashok Kumar Gupta was the Chief Guest on the occasion while District Development Commissioner Manoj Kumar Dwivedi presided over the show.
The show was brought to the Jammu audience by Jammu Links and BIG 92.7 FM, Jammu. This globally appreciated and acknowledged play of Natrang has been selected for being presented in the Commonwealth Games on October 7 at New Delhi. Credited for being the first play of the country which made... | |
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