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All is not well within coalition, Cong facing embarrassing situation with NC's role 11/20/2010 11:58:15 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: All is not well in the functioning of the state collation as the Congress is not happy with the style of functioning of its alliance partner National Conference and statements of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. Though Congress has not publicly came out against the Chief Minister's style of functioning and his recent controversial statements but the concern shown by the senior functionaries of the Party at a function organized on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi here today has revealed that the Party is facing embarrassing situation in public with the NC's style of work. The vice president of the Party, Dharam Paul Sharma who chaired the function as former Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma who was to preside over it had to leave the venue earlier due to his pre-occupation showed his total dissatisfaction over the role of NC saying it ahs created an embarrassing situation for Congress. He alleged that the Party leadership as well as Congress ministers have failed to take a stand in Coordination Committee and ...   READ MORE

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Pooja Express halted at Kathua after 3 passengers claim there was bomb in train 11/20/2010 11:57:57 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 20: Panic gripped Pooja Express and all the passengers got down at Kathua after three persons, who had a fight with army in a general bogie, claimed they had planted a bomb in the train. Five persons had a verbal duel with army jawans over some issue in general bogie of Pooja Express, which left the Jammu railway station in the evening. Police sources said when they continued teasing the jawans, they latter beat them up. While two of them got down near Samba, the three continued to travel in the general bogie. Sources said when the threesome said they had planted a bomb in the train, the jawans caught hold of them and gave them a severe beating. They were th...   READ MORE   Most corrupt state is best in health care! 11/20/2010 11:57:36 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT NEW DELHI, Nov 20: The India Today survey that shows `remarkable improvement' in governance in the last two years has been taken with a pinch of salt in Jammu as well as in Kashmir. The survey comes barely two months after New Delhi saw `trust deficit' and `governance deficit' in the state. The Jammu and Kashmir State has been adjudged the best State in the Country for successful implementation of schemes in Primary Health Care sector and Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). The State has also been ranked third in Micro Economy, fourth in Primary Education and Investment Environment while it stands at rank sixth in Consumer Markets sect...   READ MORE   LeT operative killed in gunbattle at Keshwan People term encounter as fake, damage police post; SI among 10 hurt 11/20/2010 11:57:07 PM Early times report KISHTWAR/JAMMU, Nov 20: While security forces last night killed a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative in a gunbattle at Nagnigad in Keshwan, Kishtwar, the angry people damaged a police post and stoned cops, alleging that the encounter was "fake". In stone-pelting, a Sub-Inspector (SI) and at least nine others sustained wounds, police sources said. Acting on a tip-off about the presence of LeT district commander Habib Gujjar alias Salman and his three to four accomplices at Nagnigad, a joint column of police and army rushed to the village late last night. While the jawans were laying a cordon around the area where the militants were suspected to be, they came under h...   READ MORE   Delhi subverted democracy in J&K on day one to appease Kashmir Betrayed Jammu -- II 11/20/2010 11:56:47 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: The motion moved by Gopalaswami Ayyangar had generated a lot of heat in the Indian Constituent Assembly which debated upon this issue for hours as objection after objection was raised against the suggested formula. Members of the Assembly such as Pandit Lakshmi Kanta Maitra (west Bengal), H V Kamath (CP and Berar) and Prof K T Shah (Bihar) vehemently opposed the official motion on five counts. First, it provided for a mechanism that was not in conformity with "such rules as contained in Rule 4 of the Indian Constituent Assembly Rules". According to Rule 4, the seats allotted to the princely States had to be filled up not less than half by the elect...   READ MORE   Hurriyat's new to Kashmiris: US and Iran are on our side Shutdown fails but Geelani says keep it up to have Kashmir in limelight 11/20/2010 11:56:23 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz Early Times report SRINAGAR, Nov 20: Separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani today described continued shutdowns as the only means to keep the Kashmir dispute in limelight. While claiming that the world nations, including USA and Iran, were supporting the Valley's "freedom struggle"---a claim made simultaneously by head of the Hurriyat's rival faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq---Geelani alleged that the government had "purchased" the transporters to fail his calls of strike. Addressing a news conference at his Hyderpora residence, Geelani argued that observance of strikes and shutdowns had become a "necessity" for the Valley's separatist movement as these were the only mea...   READ MORE   Govt opts for inaction against economic and social offenders 11/20/2010 11:56:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 20:-The National Conference led Government seems to have opted for a passive role vis-a-vis profiteers,hoarders,blackmailers and land grabbers.This is evident from the faulty tackling of these social and economic offenders in the recent months. Soon after the rise of civilian strife in Kashmir since June 11 the National Conference-Congress Government ,informed sources said,has decided to avoid taking any action against these eonomic and social offenders so that the ongoing anti-Government agitation did not assume bigger dimensions. It can happen only in Jammu and Kashmir where the state Government has failed to ensure that traders, especially those...   READ MORE   Leaders differ on panchayat poll participation 11/20/2010 11:55:43 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: In the party workers convention, while the BJP talked about coalition government's intentions on holding Panchayat elections in the state, differences of opinion on participation of party viz-a-viz some aspects related to the poll came to fore with local stalwarts speaking almost in different tone. While party veteran and leader of opposition in Assembly Prof Chaman Lal Gupta said that party should rethink and consider well whether it should contest polls in the backdrop of government's wavering stands as also its reluctance to implement 73rd and 74th amendments of constitution, state president Shamsher Singh Manhas categorically stated that Party must con...   READ MORE   Unrelenting, BJP challenges Omar to speak on "Accession" from public platform Unfolds strategy to take on CM , UPA govt 11/20/2010 11:55:00 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Nov 20: Adhering to the strategy of what looks like 'provoking' the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah , BJP today dared him challenge to make his utterances on Accession of J&K from a public platform and 'face the consequences'. The party, having decided to clasp the issue close to its political priorities, is all set with renewed schedule of protests against Omar Abdullah and UPA government, the first one to begin from November 27 . Blaming Abdullahs as mother of all evils related to Kashmir problem, the BJP leaders said while it started with Sheikh-Nehru friendship in 1947, the present turmoil is being 'imposed' on people on account of Rahul- Omar friendship. The ...   READ MORE   JU VC Sahni vindictive, save university from JNU liabilities ISCAS Seminar 11/20/2010 11:54:42 PM NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: "NO one had ever imagined that "Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University, Varun Sahni, would become so vindictive and stoop so low that his administration would cancel the allotment in the Guest House at the nick of the time and jeopardize the efforts of the organizers of symposium." This is what is talked about in the University of Jammu these days. The case in point is the "sudden decision" of the Sahni administration to "cancel the allotment of rooms in the university guest house." According to sources, the Indian Association of Solid State Chemists and Allied Scientists (ISCAS), University of Jammu, had booked around ten rooms in the university guest...   READ MORE   Theft in primary school 11/20/2010 11:54:14 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: Burglars last night broke into a government primary school at Kartholi in Bari Brahmana and decamped with some door frames.The theft was detected this morning when teachers went to the school, police sources said. Sources said four steel door frames were stolen by the burglars from a room of the school.Police had registered a case in this connection. ...   READ MORE   Explosives recovered from Reasi 11/20/2010 11:53:54 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: UBGL grenades and other explosive items were recovered by security forces from Richh Bangla area of Reasi Friday evening. Official sources said a joint column of police and Rashtriya Rifles (RR) came across some explosive items during searches in Richh Bangla area of Reasi. The recovery included one UBGL, six UBGL grenades, one .12 bore double barrel gun, one single barrel gun and two blankets....   READ MORE   Shop burgled at Udhampur 11/20/2010 11:53:25 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: Burglars last night broke into a shop at Chabutra Bazar in Udhampur and decamped with cash and some material worth thousands of rupees. Police sources said burglars entered Sohail Agencies at Chabutra and stole Rs 35,000 in cash and material worth thousands od rupees. The shop belongs to Koushal Gupta. Police had registered a case in this connection....   READ MORE   Mystery shrouds bride's death at Sunderbani 11/20/2010 11:53:05 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 20: A day after her marriage, a bride died under mysterious circumstances at her in-laws' house at Kalideh in Sunderbani, Rajouri, Friday. She was identified as Manju Bala, daughter of Chhattar Singh. She was married to Gulshan Kumar of Kalideh Thursday. Police sources said while a function was on in Gulshan's house Friday, Manju's condition became serious. She was admitted to Sunderbani hospital from where she was referred to the GMC hospital, Jammu, but she died on the way. After post-mortem, the body was today handed over to her family members for last rites. Sources said during initial investigation by police, it became known that she had consumed som...   READ MORE

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