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AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Dec 10: Hitting hard on the separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, senior leader of Hurriyat Conference (Mirwaiz faction) and Chairman of a faction of Peoples Conference, Bilal Gani Lone, today said that the mass agitation in the Valley in 2008 had failed because of the fact that “extremists and fundamentalists’ had tried to exclusively impose themselves on the Kashmiris to hijack the show. He said that everybody in the mainstream politics, from Mehbooba Mufti to Omar Abdullah and his government, had joined hands to provide one or the other support to the Kashmiri hardliners and they were all “at war with the moderate leadership”.
Breaking his 18-... | |
| | | | HC notice to Mufti in Farooq’s MAT plea | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: In a petition filed by Dr. Farooq Abdullah, presently Union Minister as Chairman Muslim Aquaf Trust and others, seeking restoration of petition which was dismissed in default of non-appearance of the counsel for the petitioners on July 29, 2009 on various grounds, Division Bench of J&K High Court Jammu Wing comprising Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir, has issued notice to the state of J&K through Chief Secretary, Commissioner/Secretary GAD, Mufti Mohammed Syed in capacity Chairman Board of Directors under Jammu and Kashmir Wakfs and Wakfs properties, Nayeem Akhter then CEO of the Board and Muzaffar Hussain Beigh, to file objection ... | |
| | | | CMO Samba suspended | | | |
Jammu, Dec 10: Allegedly caught offering incorrect information the Chief Medical Education Officer of Samba today earned ire of the Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma.
An official spokesman said that taking serious note of furnishing misleading information at a review meeting here today, the Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture, Sham Lal Sharma ordered suspension of Chief Medical Officer, Samba, Dr. P.S. Slathia with immediate effect.
The Minister asked Director Health Services, Jammu to place the Chief Medical Officer under suspension with immediate effect.
Stressing the need for ensuring total transparency and accountability in the functioning of Health Department at... | |
| | | | Omar’s Jharkhand jaunt blurs NC-Cong divide | | | |
ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, DEC 10: The other day the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sprang a surprise of sorts by joining in the brisk electioneering in far off eastern State of Jharkhand.
This move is being seen here on the part of Congress for whose candidates Omar sought votes in the Assembly polls that are slated to culminate on December 18 as a last ditch effort to face the formidable clout of Naxalites that spreads through large swaths of the State.
To make the Congress voice sound credible Omar shared dais with Congress leaders since the National Conference leader is Chief Minister of a strife torn State and Jharkhand too faces trouble and strife albeit of a di... | |
| | | | SKEWPY skewed. Isn’t it? | | | |
MUNISH GUPTA
Jammu, Dec 10:-Since Jammu and Kashmir is single cropping state the ceiling on agricultural land is fixed at 10.93 hectares for a family of five members. And for all other categories of land, including orchards, the ceiling has been fixed at 21.85 hectares for one family. If the land ceiling is any guide wards of majority of families in Jammu and Kashmir may not be eligible for securing benefits from the recently announced Sher-e- Kashmir employment and welfare policy for youth (SKEWPY), including the payment of unemployment allowance.
Under the new employment policy those who do not own more than 10 kanals of irrigated land or 20 kanals of un-irrigated land were ... | |
| | | | Krishna: Road issue taken with China | | | |
New Delhi, Dec 10 : Union Home Minister S M Krishna today said in the Rajya Sabha that the government has raised the issue of construction on the disputed border with China in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
As per the latest reports, China is building a network of roads and strengthening its military on the India-China border.
S M Krishna added the discussion is on with China over the construction at the disputed border in Jammu and Kashmir.
'Well, we have taken up (construction on disputed border) with the government of China. China has always accepted that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed area between India and Pakistan. So it has to be settled between those two countries. T... | |
| | | | SHRC chief for new rights law | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Stressing on need to update purpose-oriented serving delivery system and put in place progressive rights mechanism to deal with Human Right violations, Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (JKSHRC) chairman, Justice Bashir-ud-Din today said state government should enact law to save the defenders from false accusation and unfair trials.
"The law needs to be insulated and provided protective cover against reprisals and prevent violations of human rights of defenders. There is need to enact law/provisions by the government to save defenders from false accusation and unfair trials," Bashir-Ud-Din said while delivering a special lecture here at... | |
| | | | Only 6 onboard LoC bus | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 10: The number of cross border travellers in the Karvan-e-Aman bus remained low as only six guests arrived here from Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) while 10 from here crossed to other side of the Line of Control (LoC).
Official sources told that six guests, including one child, from PoK arrived here today in the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad since April 7, 2005.
They said nine residents of the Kashmir valley, who had crossed over to PoK also returned to their homes in the bus after meeting their relatives there. They included four women, who travelled to the other side in previous buses to meet their relatives sepa... | |
| | | | BB Vyas bereaved | | | | Early TImes Report
Jammu, Dec 10: Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have condoled the demise of mother of Bharat Bhushan Vyas, the Commissioner Secretary Planning and Development Department. Vyas’s mother passed away in Rajasthan last evening.
The Governor Vohra, on learning about the sad demise of the mother of Vyas rang him up from Delhi to express his sincere condolences and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visited his residence here to express his condolences.
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| | | | Another technocrat critical | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 10: The condition of another agriculture technocrat, who is on a 'fast unto death' got serious today and he was immediately shifted to hospital by police.
Tariq Ahmed, who has accompanied his colleagues in observing the fast, was shifted to the Government Medical College Hospital in a police vehicle this morning.
''This is the fifth incidence over the past one-week but the government is paying no attention to our demands,'' a leader of All Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Technocrats said , adding, ''our agitation will continue and intensify further.'' Meanwhile, irked over non-serious attitude of the government and deteriorating conditions of the techno... | |
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