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Spot the richest in fray Haul of millionaires as leaders declare their assets 11/27/2008 12:30:28 AM ZAFAR CHOUDHARY Jammu, Nov 26: • Omar Abdullah: Over Rs 347 lakhs, including a factory in HP. Bathindi House not listed • Muzaffar Hussain Baig: Over Rs 1300 lakhs, including land and house • Maulana Iftikhar Ansari: Over Rs 2200 lakhs; Highland empire not listed • Radhey Shyam Sharma: Rs 512 lakhs, including hotels and factories. Owns a fleet of 11 cars. • Ghulam Mohiuddin Sofi: Rs 400 lakhs, mostly land holdings in Handwara • Shabnam Lone: 224 lakhs, including a house in Faridabad; owns three cars • Nawang Rigzin Jora: Over Rs 300 lakhs including a hotel in Leh worth Rs 240 lakhs It is difficult to estimate who is wealthiest among all them but the ongoing assembly elections have a visible majority of millionaires in contest, while some of them are close to billions in their property statement. It appears that the most powerful and oldest political family of Jammu and Kashmir, the Sheikh family has its assets divided separately among the members as the pristine Bungalow in Bathindi has not been covered in the assets of Omar Abdullah who claims ownership of a h...   READ MORE

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Employees talk tough, not ready to relent PAY REVISION 11/27/2008 12:29:46 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 26: Differences have cropped up between state government and its employees on the issue of pay revision and other demands including hike in retirement age from existing 58 to 60 years. Following a nod from the Election Commission on implementation of the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission the government had constituted a State Pay Committee but the employees have rejected the proposal describing it as delaying tactic. Employees want government to agree in principle on the demands and then let the consultation process follow but the government wants a time period of two months to implement the pay revision and address other demands. With a deadlock pr...   READ MORE   First Hajj flight returning on Dec 13 11/27/2008 12:29:22 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Nov 26: The first return Hajj flight from Jeddah would arrive at Srinagar Airport on December 13, 2008 and the arrival process would continue till January 9, 2009. The single Hajj flight would operate for first 12 days and thereafter two flights would operate daily. The Hajjis would return on per the dates mentioned as their Hajj documents/tickets. This was revealed at a high level meeting convened at the Airport here today to finalize arrangements and facilities for the arrival of Hajjis at the airport and onward to their respective destinations. The meeting presided over by Chairman, State Hajj Committee, Mr. A.G. Shahbaz was attended by Deputy Commissio...   READ MORE   120 Vaishnodevi pilgrims taken ill 11/27/2008 12:27:47 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 26: At least 120 pilgrims of Mata Vaishnodevi from Maharashtra were taken ill after they consumed unhygienic food in a sarai at Katra in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said. 120 pilgrims were admitted to the Katra Community Health Centre after they reported uneasiness and started vomiting last night, they said. The pilgrims, who came from Mumbai, had shown symptoms of food poisoning, they said. The pilgrims were given food in Chinta Mani sarai by Durga Mandal organisation of Mumbai which had arranged the pilgrimage of the group, they said, adding police has taken the samples of the food items and investigation into the case were o...   READ MORE   Symbolic gesture: Top leaders rushing J&K for signing off campaign 11/27/2008 12:27:24 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 26: When two phases of elections are over, campaigning is about to end for third one and the fourth phase is just round the corner; the top ‘national’ leaders of both Congress and the Bhartiya Janta Party have drawn up their campaign schedule for Jammu and Kashmir. This last-end campaign schedule of the leaders underlines that for national leaders of top political parties it is the voter turnout which is a matter of concern and not that which parties comes to power. Therefore, the campaigning at this stage by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, LK Advani and Arun Jaitley i...   READ MORE   K-linked sex racket busted in Mumbai 11/27/2008 12:24:38 AM AGENCIES MUMBAI, Nov 26: Four women from Russia and one from Kashmir were held in a high-profile prostitution racket at Santa Cruz (W) on Tuesday. Beauty parlour owner Mercy D'Souza has also been arrested. Officials said the clientele included businessmen and celebrities. The women charged between Rs 15,000-20,000 for two hours. D'Souza ran Clippers, a unisex beauty parlour, at Vailankani villa in JVPD. She also owned two flats — on the ground floor and the second floor—at Asha colony in Santa Cruz (W). "Customers were given a choice between Indian and foreign women. They were then directed to the ground-floor flat at Asha colony,'' a police official said. Acting on a tip-off, the...   READ MORE   Final call is out for December 24 Process begins for 21 constituencies of capital districts 11/27/2008 12:23:34 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Nov 26: The final has been made for the last and biggest round of ongoing assembly election involving 21 segments in districts of Srinagar and Jammu. Notification for the seventh and final phase of the Assembly Elections 2008 in Jammu and Kashmir was issued today in which 21 constituencies of three districts of Srinagar, Samba and Jammu will go to polls on December 24. While December 3 has been fixed as the last date for filing nominations, scrutiny of nominations will be done the next day. The last date for withdrawal of candidatures will be December 6. Polling will take place on December 24. The final phase has the highest number of constituencies voting ...   READ MORE   Sajjad says his father Gani Lone was killed at Geelani’s behest SEPARATISTS FALL(OUT) 11/27/2008 12:23:08 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Nov 26: Bitten by the open public defiance of their poll boycott campaign the separatists now appear falling out with each other leveling serious allegations. A day after his return to Srinagar, the hardliner separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani accused the Peoples Conference leader Sajjad Ghani Lone of failing the boycott campaign by extending tacit support to three assembly election candidates in Kupwara district including Lone’s sister Shabnam. Hours after Geelani’s press conference, Sajjad Lone came down heavily on him and went on to accuse him of being a party to his father Abdul Ghani Lone’s assassination in 2002. Sajjad Gani Lone, chairman parallel fact...   READ MORE

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