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| Isn't it news: Mufti-Azad seen together!! | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 25
It was certainly not a chance encounter; the warmth was perceptible as Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and his predecessor Mufti Mohammad Sayeed –after a long spell –were together over the dining table.
In past eleven months this was the fourth time that Azad and Mufti were seen together. For their differences known to all and intolerance for each other quite visible, any meeting –even a chance encounter –between Azad and Mufti is seen with significance particularly in the present political scenario.
Earlier when Mufti was Chief Minister, Azad, during his Jammu visits, would always call on him. Either at his office in the Civil Secretariat or at the... | |
| | | | 'Third front may be reality' | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 25
Amidst a mainstream political fluid prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir, the CPI (M) has signaled about formation of a third front which can be a negotiating instrument if not the balancing power in any future ruling formation.
The talk of the third front has already been in the air with some dissidents of Peoples Democratic Party, Transport Minister Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen and CPM leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami toying with the idea of creating a balancing group ahead of the next assembly elections. It may be mentioned here that the third front had emerged as a powerful grouping after the 2002 elections it was later smartly neutralized by wooing some inde... | |
| | | | Nawaz returns to rapturous reception | | | | Lahore | Nov 25
Former premier Nawaz Sharif arrived here today to a rapturous welcome by supporters after a seven-year exile in Saudi Arabia, demanding that military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who ousted him in 1999, rollback emergency and provide "a level playing field" in January elections.
Wearing his trademark attire, the traditional white salwar suit and a black waistcoat, Sharif, 57, arrived in a special aircraft provided by the Saudi royal family at 6.15 PM (6.45 PM IST) amid tight security.
Thousands of Pakistan Muslim League (N) workers, chanting "Long live Sharif!" and "Go Musharraf go", massed outside the Allama Iqbal airport to greet Sharif despite orders issued by the authorit... | |
| | | | SKUAST honours Swaminathan | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 25
The Jammu University may have brought home unparalleled laurels to the state by honouring Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh, the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences which had its fourth convocation today was not too far behind.
Though honouring Prime Minister through an honorary degree was a symbolic gesture of highest order, but the SKUAST chose a person who has been featured by the Times magazine as the most influential Asian.
the Chancellor of the University, Governor S. K. Sinha conferred Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) upon Dr. M. S. Swaminathan, Chairman, MSS Research Foundation, Chennai for his outstanding c... | |
| | | | Farooq Abdullah fluctuating between liberal and fanatic | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 25
The former Chief Minister and NC patron, Dr. Farooq Abdullah is characteristic for taking divergent stands at different times and his fluctuating like the pendulum of the clock from one end to another. Like many other Kashmiri leaders, he is notorious for speaking in one language in Kashmir, in other in Jammu and still in another while in country's capital or speaking in any other part of the country. It is also characteristic of him to project himself as a staunch Indian nationalist and opposed tooth and nail to the secessionists and separatists, while in power but when out of power adopting separatist and pro secessionist stance.
Nevertheless desp... | |
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