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| Farooq being asked to quit in 3 days | | Delhi takes it as political bribe, not 'party fund' | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
srinagar, Oct 5: Even as Omar Abdullah government is likely to remove IG Crime and SSP Crime for allegedly advising two National Conference (NC) activists to change their statement so as to protect members of the ruling family, UPA leadership in New Delhi is asking Dr Farooq Abdullah to stay away from the Cabinet till he comes clean in disputed death of Syed Mohammad Yousuf. According to well-placed authoritative sources, New Delhi has refused to accept the "political bribe" of over Rs 1.00 Cr as NC's "routine party fund".
Paradoxically, the stand taken by Dr Farooq Abdullah as well as Omar Abdullah in a many political controversies---LK Advani, Kamal Nath, Lalit Modi, Shashi Tharoor and, latest, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori---is now being used against the NC top brass. Informed sources in the union capital disclosed to Early Times that in an attempt to prevent advancement of the Srinagar damage to the already beleaguered UPA government at the Centre, Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh were now persuading Dr Abdullah to step down as Union Min... | |
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| Eyewitness exposes "murky trail of payoffs in J&K politics" | | Yousaf's mysterious death: | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 05: Throwing new light on what might have happened on September 29 last at the Srinagar residence of chief minister Omar Abdullah that led to the mysterious death of NC worker Mohammad Yousaf, Abdul Salam Reshi, an eyewitness, today made certain revelations to a national news channel, exposing alleged murky trail of payoffs in state politics.
Reshi alleged that Yousaf had given Rs 85 lakh but that time there was no talk of why he had given the money. No one discussed that there. The only thing Yousuf said was that until Dr Farooq returned, he could not give the money. This was the conversation.
When his attention was drawn towards the point that people g... | |
| | | | Govt harping on cardiac arrest theory of Syed Yousuf | | Can it be absolved of crime of 'harassment ' that caused heart attack…? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: Ruling NC, Chief Minister and his administration is harping on the theory of cardiac arrest with regard to death of Syed Yousuf in custody as a 'tool' to save skin from any involvement in the crime that has shook the state and political scenario. Pending a judicial inquiry under which the government, NC and CM intends to take refuge, at least for now as a 'breather', even as that theory is deemed as true, but one is prompted to ask few questions which arise from this 'make believe' fold of the story as well.
Much before the judicial probe, truth has started coming out about the ugly episode not only about the circumstances and events that led to death o... | |
| | | | Omar must resign to allow fair probe: Mahbooba | | `Yusuf died in illegal detention' | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 5: The police used force to disperse PDP rally here today. The rally was held to protest corruption in NC and the government she said time had come to change the entire system upside down in order to provide the state decent and accountable governance.
Addressing the rally, PDP President Mahbooba Mufti said the death of Haji Yusuf in `illegal detention' has exposed the rot that the Abdullah family is presiding over both in NC and government. The rally comprising party workers and sympathizers was taken out from the party office and marched through the main street of the city before it was intercepted by police. Even though the rally was completely peaceful... | |
| | | | Police Inspector in Kishtwar booked for rape charges on his housemate | | Accused inspector pledged innocence, says handiwork of his wife | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Oct 5: In a shocking incident, 17 years old housemate accuses a senior police Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir police Vijay Kumar Bhagat for attempting rape on her when she was alone at home.
According to the reports, after receiving a complaint from the complainant who was accompanied by the wife of accused police Inspector, Kishtwar police swung into action and arrested the accused inspector for committing rape on her house mate.
The complainant in his complaint stated that she was working as house inmate at the residence of accused Vijay Kumar Bhagat and when she was alone at home, the accused taking plea of his aloneness at home since the wife of the accuse... | |
| | | | Syed fell to `betrayal' of Abdullahs? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: Braving militant threats and grenade attacks in early 1990 when militancy was at its peak, Syed Yusuf did not desert National Conference like most of his party men. He reposed trust in the party that he loved but fell to a dispensation headed by the closest man in his life.
Syed was a frequent visitor to Sheikh Family. The guards posted at the gates of the Sheikh mansion at posh Gupkar knew him well. He was perhaps the only person who was spared frisking by the guards. According to his brother, Farooq Abdullah frequently invited him and ensured his favourite food at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Syed helped his relatives, friends, neighbors, of course in... | |
| | | | For Afghan President India is a great friend and Pakistan a twin brother | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: Fearing adverse reaction from Islamabad over the latest agreement Afghanistan President reached with New Delhi Hamid Karzai, who had detailed discussion with Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in the union capital the other day, has conveyed to Pakistan that the deal was not going to affect Kabul's ties with Islamabad.
Yes, the latest Indo-Afghan agreement may cause fresh strains in the already fragile relations between New Delhi and Islamabad because the former has not favoured growing influence of Indian agencies in Afghanistan.
At the sametime Afghanistan cannot afford to annoy Islamabad because of geographical proximity and the influence of the Pak Army ... | |
| | | | In separation from Kashmir lies Jammu's salvation | | Emotive Issues & Empowerment | | | Rustam
Jammu, Oct 5: The 9-day session of the state legislature is over and nothing was done during all these nine days to discuss the issues facing the people of Jammu and Ladakh. The presiding officers have adjourned the legislative assembly and the legislative council sine die. All these 9 days witnessed a high drama, chaos and anarchy and the ruling party and the main opposition crossing all the lines, thus shaming themselves and the constituencies they represent and bringing bad name to the state. It was a free-for-all situation.
It was not the ruling party and the main opposition party which indulged in activities the state legislature had never witnessed before. The coalition partn... | |
| | | | Congress causing more harm to Jammu | | No Delimitation -- II | | | Neha
Jammu, Oct 5: The Congress again became part of the government in January 2009. In fact, it was the Congress that helped the NC capture power in the state and decided to become its junior partner. The people of Jammu province again expressed the hope that the Congress this time would not let down them and that it would fulfill what it had promised in its election manifesto. It was a false hope.
If between 2002 and 2005, the Congress put all its eggs in the PDP basket and allowed the latter to ride roughshod and jeopardize the legitimate rights of the people of Jammu province, between 2002 and July 7, 2008, when the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led ministry fell under the Jammu's pressure, the C... | |
| | | | BJP Demands Omar's Resignation | | | | NEW DELHI: BJP today demanded Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's resignation in the wake of the alleged custodial death of a NC worker in the state, saying an impartial probe into the case is not possible as long as he is in office.
National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yousuf allegedly died in police custody after being handed over to the Crime Branch. The opposition has been demanding that his killers be identified and brought to justice.
"Eyewitness claims point to graft and murder. How can there be an impartial probe if Omar is in office?" BJP national Secretary Varun Gandhi said on Twitter.
Yousuf's death in mysterious circumstances last week has created a political... | |
| | | | Youth consumes poison, dies | | | | Jammu: A youth today allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at his residence at Dolian Jattan in Kote Punnu area of Rajbagh, Kathua.
Police said Karanveer (22), son of Rodu Ram of Dolian Jattan, consumed poison at his residence and died.
Rajbagh police had registered a case in this regard.... | |
| | | | Pak national repatriated | | | | Jammu: A Pak national, who yesterday crossed over into Indian territory and was arrested by BSF troops in the border Chambliyal area of Ramgarh, Samba, was repatriated today along the Indo-Pak border.
Safir Ahmad (19), son of Mohammad Bashir of Rashiqui in Mandi Babuldin, Pakistan, was apprehended by BSF personnel after he crossed over to this side of the International Border (IB) from Chambliyal area.
He told his interrogators that he had come to this side of the IB to have darshans of Baba Chambliyal.
As nothing incriminating was recovered from him, he was repatiated to Pakistan after commander-level meet between the two sides at Chambliyal at about 6.30 pm.... | |
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Jammu, Oct 4: Breaking its silence after five days, the state unit of BJP today said that the issue of mysterious death of National Conference activist Syed Mohammad Yusuf Shah is no longer an internal matter of that party. In what can be seen as the first reaction to the issue which has triggered political storm in the state with ruling NC in the centrestage of contoversy, BJP said the matter had facets beyond custodial death particularly in the wake of allegations of torture death. What mae BJP reaction even more cosnpicuous today is that the party has related it to one more controversy ,contending that the issue also involves serious angle of "cash for MLC seat... | |
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