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Valley on boil over CBI report on Shopian, dozens injured 12/16/2009 1:24:50 AM AHMED ALI FAYYAZ SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Majlis-e-Mashawarat Shopian (MMS) call for total shutdown in Valley, that had been supported by Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led faction of the Hurriyat Conference and High Court Bar Association, evoked a lukewarm response in Kashmir today as reports of partial bandh poured in from several localities but traffic and shops were found operational in many other localities. Contrary to a many speculations and apprehensions of violence in the corridors of power, there was no major incident even as thin groups of demonstrators clashed with Police at a few places in the capital city. MMS had given the call for shutdown in protest against CBI’s clean chit to four J&K Police officials and instead framing nearly a dozen doctors and lawyers in a criminal matter of conspiracy and fabricating evidences. Situation today was decidedly different from what it was in the aftermath of the recovery of the dead bodies of 17-year-old Aasiya Jan and 25-year-old Neelofar Jan in the month of June this year. Amid eight days of continuous shutdown all over the Valley and ...   READ MORE

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After ‘Quiet Diplomacy’ ambassador's IB visit, ultras make two intrusion bids 12/16/2009 1:22:33 AM EARLY TIMES ANALYSIS Jammu, Dec 15: Even as the Centre has coined a new term - Quiet Diplomacy - for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir imbroglio, people in the twin capital cities of the state seem to beliterally unconcerned. In fact, such peace overtures meant a sudden rise in violence, or infiltration bids in a state where living under the fear of gun has become a way of life. Since Saturday last when the Union Home Secretary Gopal Krishan Pillay spent time with field sepoys and officers at some forward border outposts in Jammu sector to have firsthand account of the situation on borders neighbouring Pakistan, two infiltration bids have been made by the Pak-based militant...   READ MORE   Mufti’s wings to Sheikh’s dreams making difference in Rajouri 12/16/2009 1:21:58 AM Early Times Report Rajouri, Dec 15: Looking at the five-year old yet fifty-year mature Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University atop a hillock overlooking this border township, it seems that the National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah dreamed high for this region which continues to seek an identity separate from Kashmir Valley and rest of Jammu. It is different matter, though, that Sheikh’s high dreams for the twin border districts –Rajouri and Poonch –were given wings to by his political bête noire Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who later founded his Peoples Democratic Party and became Chief Minister for two and half years. The National Conference invoked Sheikh’s dreams late last m...   READ MORE   Pillai summons cell-phone bosses 12/16/2009 1:21:08 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT New Delhi, Dec 15: Even as the Center is continuously saying no to restoration of pre-paid cell phone services, the Home Ministry is reported to have called a meeting with top bosses of mobile operators tomorrow to discuss how prepaid mobile services can be made foolproof in terms of security in Jammu and Kashmir. Home Secretary G K Pillai will have a meeting with the CEOs on new security features and verification obligations ensuring the foolproof security in prepaid mobile services in the state, according to official sources. Amid security concerns, the Centre had last month banned prepaid mobile phone connections in J&K sparking widespread protests. CEO...   READ MORE   Ban in interest of security: SC told 12/16/2009 1:20:35 AM EARLY TIMES NEW DELHI, DEC 15: The Supreme Court on Tuesday was told that the ban on the pre-paid mobile telephone connections in the trouble torn border State of Jammu and Kashmir was imposed in the interest of the security. The Solicitor General of India (SGI) Gopal Subramaniam told the court that the decision to ban the pre-paid mobile telephone connection was warranted because of security reasons. The apex court bench of the Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan, Justice JM Panchal and Justice BS Chauhan was also told that the Union Home Ministry would file a detailed reply to the petition challenging the ban by January 8, 2010 when the petition would come up for hearing before ...   READ MORE   J&K gets Rs 144 cr for power reforms 12/16/2009 1:20:09 AM Early Times report Jammu, Dec 15: The steering committee of the Union Ministry of Power in its 14th meeting has approved financial assistance to the tune of Rs 144.1 crore for 30 projects in Jammu and Kashmir under Restructured Accelerated Power Development Reforms Programme (RAPDPR). This includes Rs 134.49 crore as loan component. The cities and towns where financial assistance for power development schemes has been sanctioned include Srinagar city, Ganderbal, Budgam, Anantnag, Bijbehara, Dooru-Verinag, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Tral, Bandipora, Baramulla, Handwara, Kupwara, Pattan, Sopore, Sumbal, Leh, Kargil, Akhnoor, Jammu city, R. S. Pora, Samba, Kathua, Poonch, Rajouri, Badharwah, D...   READ MORE   DyCM initiates discussions on municipal polls 12/16/2009 1:19:29 AM Early Times report Jammu, Dec 15: The Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Tara Chand, who is holding the charge of Housing and Urban Development departments convened a meeting here today to discuss the holding of Municipal Elections in the State. Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development and Tourism, Mr. Nasir Aslam Wani, the meeting was present. The meeting was attended by Chief Electoral Officer, Mr. B.R. Sharma, the Commissioner Housing, Mr. Abdul Hamid, Director Local Bodies, Kashmir, Mr Mohammad Abas Dar, Director Local Bodies, Jammu Mr. Khursheed Ahmed, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, Mr. Mubark Singh and Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Mr. Tufail Mat...   READ MORE   Azad: No Talengana type division of J&K 95% militants in state no locals 12/16/2009 1:18:49 AM Ranchi, Dec 15 : Union Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad today admitted that Telangana was not that easy a subject to deal with in haste and made it clear that Jammu and Kashmir would not be divided at any cost. ''Even before Independence, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir were together and they are united till date,'' Mr Azad told a news conference here after addressing three election rallies in Manika, Chatra and Garhwa. The Minister asserted that Jammu and Kashmir would remain united. Reacting to the BJP's allegation that there was no protest when three states - Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand - were created by the then NDA government at the Centre, Mr Azad said history of the Te...   READ MORE

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