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| Wah! In reckoning is Shah | | ANC seeks independent election observers | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 28: It was in early 1990s when had just started to understand why Kashmir is writhing with violence that Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah's estranged son-in-law GM Shah had proposed holding a tripartite conference on the issue. 15 years down the line, hundreds of times schedule and names of participants have undergone a change but the Intra-Kashmir conference has not happened.
Interestingly, as the general elections in Jammu and Kashmir draw near, Shah's party, Awami National Conference has sought from the government of India appointment of independent observers to oversee the conduct of elections. The ANC may not have even a single candidate to field anywhere in Kashmir but it has roped in the Communist Party of India to support its demand for independent observers.
An assurance to this effect was given by CPI general secretary AB Bardhan to Muzzafar Shah, senior working committee member of the ANC, at a meeting in New Delhi, reports said.
The meeting was first of a series of meetings with mainstream national parties proposed by the ANC working comm... | |
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| Mush does the unthinkable, sheds skin | | | | EARLY TIMES DESK
Rawalpindi/Jammu | Nov 28: Blinking back tears, Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan's military commander Wednesday, fulfilling a key opposition demand a day before he was to be sworn in as civilian president.
Key opposition leader Benazir Bhutto welcomed the belated step, but she said her party had yet to accept him as head of state.
Britain, which shares the United States' deep concern about Islamic terrorism emanating from Pakistan, said Musharraf's move was "an important part" of his plan to restore constitutional order.
"We understand the threat to Pakistan's peace and security, but I have urged President Musharraf to use the normal democratic process to r... | |
| | | | Hajjis in perpetual fix | | Flights may operate from Jammu | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 28: An unprecedented cold wave and thick jacket of fog have put the Hajj aspirants in a grave inconvenience despite best possible efforts of the state government to ensure their timely landing in the holy land of Saudi Arabia.
It has been third consecutive day that no Hajj flight could take off from Srinagar due to poor visibility. Even though the government has pressed all its machinery into action but those who have missed their flights are in a perpetual quandary as the planes for them would take off only after approval from the Saudi government.
If the hostile weather continued to persist in Kashmir, the government may make arrangements for taking o... | |
| | | | Yashpal stays put, Congress on backfoot | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 28: In a major embarrassment for the Congress, its rebel Yash Pal Sharma has refused to pull out of the contest for assembly by-polls in Poonch-Haveli constituency.
On the last day for withdrawal nomination papers, one candidate –a covering candidate of BJP –has withdrawn his nomination papers.
Though eight candidates are still in fray but the contest is a purely triangular between Yash Pal Sharma, Jahangir Mir of Congress and Ajaz Jaan of the National Conference. Reports reaching here said that Sharma is sweeping a sympathy wave as he had lost by a little over 600 votes during the last assembly elections.
The Congress party had put in all its pressur... | |
| | | | Join BSP; get a ticket from Dr Sat Pal | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Nov 28: "Dr Sat Pal" is these days the most hotly discussed name in the political circles of "social engineering thoughts" drawing inspiration from Bahujan Samaj Party president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati.
After Mayawati's huge public rally in the town last week, many would have thought joining the Bahujan Samaj Party. It is a good party with a social cause but one may have a look at the background of Dr Sat Pal before arriving at a logical understanding.
The EARLY TIMES, a couple of months back had reported what happened with Dr Sat Pal. Some highlights are reproduced here below to understand background of the most interesting controversies ... | |
| | | | Weather: chilling; environ: hot as parties await elections | | | | Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu | Nov 27
Though no polling season is on cards right now but the political barometer is rising with the heated political activities in the winter capital of the state these days. Within the tug of war between the two major allies the Congress and the PDP over demilitarization issue and withdrawal of JKNPP over Talwara immigrant issue, the national parties BSP and Samajawadi Party too have started toeing their grounds in the simmering political state.
Not only the mainstream national political parties like Congress, BJP, Janta Dal (U) and Samajwadi Party but the regional political parties namely National Conference and the People's Democratic Party are busy in setting... | |
| | | | Will Taslima Nasreen prove second Shah Banoo for saffron brigade? | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Nov 28
Taslima Nasreen has come as a God given gift to the BJP, Sang Parivaar and other Hindutva forces to beat the Congress, its UPA partners and the left parties with their stick, charging them of succumbing before the pressure from Islamic fundamentalists and thus treating the Bangladeshi writer most shabbily. Like the Shah Banoo case in early 1980s which gave boost to the saffron surge in the country, with the Hindu vote bank consolidating for the first time against the so called pseudo secularists, discomfiture and harassment being caused to the Muslim Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who has been hounded out of her country and is under de... | |
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