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| Leadership crisis deepens in Jammu region | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 26: Leadership crisis in Jammu region after Amarnath agitation has deepened and people have been virtually left desolated with their issues of social, geographical, economic and political significance.
They are looking heavenwards and waiting for the arrival of an Avtaar who would guide them in this hour of crisis and despair. Their faith on the political parties has been shaken time and again. They have been and are searching for a selfless leader who would take their battle for equality, economic empowerment and development to the logical conclusion.
Right from 1947, Jammu region has seen emergence and doom of political leadership owing to its peculiar religious, economic and geographical composition. If Jana Sangh leadership was not acceptable to majority of Muslims, National Conference and other regional parties failed to present a respectable and acceptable Muslim face as their leader to the people of Jammu region.
More importantly, none of the regional political parties considered Jammu region of any political importance... | |
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| Power cut schedule in Valley’s metered areas first time in 6 years | | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Dec 26: Even after importing 720 mws of power from Northern Grid every day and pressing into service two units of gas turbine at Pampore, Power Development Department (PDD) has for the time in six years ordered a heavy load-shedding schedule in most of the metered areas in Srinagar and other major townships across Kashmir valley from today.
With the difference of 10 days, this exactly was the season and weather conditions when Omar Abdullah took over as Chief Minister on January 5th, 2009. Discharge in most of the power generating rivers is exactly that of December 2008. Lesser was the quantity of power generated domestically and imported ... | |
| | | | Angry mob ransacks Reasi hospital over alleged negligent death | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
KATRA, Dec 26: Protesting against the death of a man due the alleged negligence of doctors, an angry mob today ransacked the district hospital in Reasi.
Ram Singh of Seila, Reasi, was admitted by his family members to the hospital in the morning after he suffered a heart attack, police sources said.
He, however, died soon after his admission to the hospital. Alleging that he died due to the negligence of doctors, his family members and relatives damaged the emergency ward and other wards, breaking the the furniture and smashing the window panes.
They also broke the medical equipment, including oxygen cylinders and some machines, the sources added.... | |
| | | | Failure of authorities to affect detachments of teachers hits education of students | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 26: Notwithstanding the claims of the State Government regarding the cancellations of all the attachments of teachers and Plus 2 lecturers in the state, the authorities in the Education Department shirk in laying their hands on the members of teaching community enjoying the patronage of the politicians and their relatives.
There are a large number educational institutions in the Jammu region where the teachers are much more less than the staff strength of the schools there by affecting the education of the students to a great extent.
In Government Girls Middle School Grota in Raipur Damana Constituency which has 170 students on its roll and a staff strength ... | |
| | | | Anti-terrorism front deplores govt attitude | | Murder of Democracy | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
KATHUA, Dec 26 : State Anti-Terrorism Front launched door to door signature campaign under the leadership of state president Surinder Singh against the undemocratic and anti national attitude of state government towards the print media.
In a handout issued here today, Singh stated that coalition government has been harassing and threatening Early Times news paper. He said that government has directed all the agencies not to publish government advertisements in this particular newspaper. State president Surinder Singh said that such atrocities by the government on media should not be tolerated at any cost. Campaign started from ward no 16 of Shiv Nagar and on very fir... | |
| | | | Deviation from Vajpayee line provokes separatists, "mainstream formations" | | BJP & Kashmir - I | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 26: It was expected that what the top-ranking BJP leaders spoke in Jammu on December 23 and 24 would provoke Kashmiri leaders of all hues, including separatists, and it has actually happened. Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, Yasin Malik, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and others of their ilk have denounced the BJP leadership and its stand on J&K. Similarly, the Kashmir-based "mainstream" leaders like PDP patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and CPI-M leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, too, have roundly criticized the BJP leadership for what it said regarding the state in the winter capital, Jammu. Even one Jammu-based NC leader and minister in the Omar Ab... | |
| | | | Moderate separatists call Kashmir 'Pakistan's jugular vein' | | Delhi's investment on separatists---heavy Police protections and BP cars included---goes down the drain | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Dec 26: That New Delhi's entire investment on encouraging "moderate separatists" in Kashmir---heavy Police protections and bulletproof cars included--- has gone down the drain became unmistakably clear yesterday when two of the most pampered separatist leaders declared Jammu & Kashmir as "Pakistan's jugular vein" and asserted that Pakistan was incomplete without Kashmir's separation from India and its annexation to the Islamic Republic.
'Azad Kashmir Unit' of Anjuman-e-Sharyee Shia'an, headed by Budgam-based Shia cleric and separatist politician Aga Syed Hassan Al-Moosavi, on Saturday organized a conference in the Pakistani capi... | |
| | | | 4 killed, 8 hurt in road mishaps | | | | JAMMU, Dec 26: Four persons were killed and eight others hurt critically in separate road accidents across the state today. Anupam Sharma of Krishna Nagar, New Delhi, was killed and his wife
Vandana Sharma and sons -- Ashok and Karan -- were wounded seriously when their car (HR26AX/7838) was hit by a speeding bus (JK02N/3107) at Panama Morh, Kud.
The injured were admitted to the Udhampur district hospital where their condition was stated to be critical.
Police had arrested bus driver Mohammad Iqbal of Chambalvas, Banihal, and registered a case against him.Anupam and his family were going from Katra to Patnitop after having
darshans of the goddess Vaishnodevi in the Trikuta Hills o... | |
| | | | 4 HM hideouts busted in Doda, arms seized | | | | JAMMU, Dec 26: A large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from four militant hideouts smashed by security forces in Doda today.
Police sources said three hideouts belonged to HM divisional commander Javed Qureshi and his accomplice Jameel Ahmad, who were held in Dehradun on December 16.
From there, security forces recovered six AK rifles along three magazines and 84 rounds, one grenade, one radio set, one cellphone with an Aircel SIM, a fake identity card and Rs 45,000 in Indian currency.
Another hideout was busted by the troops of 11 Rashtriya Rifles in Trenna Nala forests. 686 AK rounds, 7 UBGL grenades, 2 Chinese handgrenades, 2 small grenades of unknown make, 2 AK... | |
| | | | Passenger vehicles to remain off roads today | | | | JAMMU, Dec 26: All commercial vehicles would remain off the roads Monday in protest against the government notification to enhance passenger tax.
The call for strike was given by J&K transport passenger welfare association.
The association senior functionary Anil Chopra said buses, minibuses, autorickshaws, Tata sumos, tempo travelers and other vehicles would remain off the roads Monday from Lakhanpur to Leh.If the government did not withdraw its notification, transporters could plan to go far indefinite strike, Chopra added.
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