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| Farooq blasts separatist leaders over shutdowns, stone pelting | | NC patriarch also snubs Shariq, on his anti-India statements | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
Early Times report
SRINAGAR, Dec 5: National Conference President and Union Minister of New & Renewable Energy Resources, Dr Farooq Abdu-llah, today came down heavily on the Valley's separatist leaders and held them responsible for leading the Kashmiris to a quagmire of devastation. He even did not spare his own senior party colleague, Sharief-ud-din Shariq over frequently issuing anti-India and anti-Police statements.
Addressing a remembrance function on the NC founder Sheikh Mohammad Abd-ullah's 105th birth anniversary at Hazratbal, Dr Abdullah asserted that some political leaders had sacrificed everything for the prosperity, development and dignity of the people of Jammu & Kashmir but there were also politicians who forced the hapless people to sacrifice everything for making their own family fortunes.
Dr Abdullah said that violence and crass forms of resistance, like armed insurgency and stone pelting, had been employed by the Valley's separatist leadership as tools to win freedom from India. But both, according to him, were unacceptable to the civilized w... | |
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| Mind your language, Farooq tells Kamal | | `Sher-e-Kashmir was not cut out for jail life' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Former Chief Minister and National Conference patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah today cautioned his younger brother, Dr Mustafa Kamal against issuing `controversial' statements. He was speaking at a function held to commemorate the 105th birth anniversary of Sher-e-Kashmir. "Mind your words", an angry Farooq told Kamal.
"Whenever Kamal issues a statement, the media attribute it to me. But why should I do that", he said. Kamal who was also present at the function listened silently and did not show any reaction. Kamal, the youngest son of Sher-e-Kashmir has remained in news for the past few weeks for his statements against New Delhi, accession and the Congress pa... | |
| | | | Peerzada snubs CM on accession, says Kashmir an integral part of India | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 5: The Minister of School Education Peerzada Mohammed Syed today snubbed the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah saying that Kashmir was integral part of India and the accession of the state with Union of India was unchallengeable.
The Minster was speaking at a function held at CM's residence here this afternoon in connection with distribution of appointment orders to displaced Kashmiri youth.
Peerzada who was sitting along with Chief Minister on dais said that no body on earth can challenge the accession of the state with India which is a historical fact.
Maintaining that the situation was not conducive in Kashmir Valley for the return of the Pandits Peerzada ... | |
| | | | Conditions not conducive for panchayat polls: Mehbooba | | | | early times report
Jammu, Dec 5: The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today announced that the conditions are not conducive for holding the Panchayat elections likely to be held on non-party basis in January next year in the state.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was addressing a meeting of party workers in
Jammu today.
She said that the conditions are not conducive for holding of panchayat polls, hence the party will oppose the polls.
Lambasting the Omar-led government, the PDP president said that it was not the right time to hold elections and said, ''117 people lost their lives, people suffered crores of damage and many are still behind barracks, then how the governme... | |
| | | | J&K passing through critical phase: PDP President | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 5: Jammu and Kashmir is passing through worst phase of the history with uncertainty and suffering gripping its people with each passing day.
Stating this, president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said that political problem apart; this unfortunate situation has been thrust on the state by present dispensation which is deeply involved in corruption, nepotism and the maladministration. Mehbooba was addressing one day convention of the district committee members of Jammu urban
She said that while the security scenario has deteriorated in the last two years, development component also has suffered tremendously. Citing instances, she said tha... | |
| | | | HM's winter hideouts busted in Mahore, Rajouri | | | | Early Times report
KATRA/RAJOURI, Dec 5:
A large quantity of explosives and items of daily use were today recovered by security forces from two winter hideouts of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) outfit in Mahore and Rajouri areas.
Police sources said cops came across a HM hideout during searches in Purja Top forests of Mahore. Its search led them to the recovery of one country made gun, two
grenades, one grenade fuse, two IED fuses, 47 AK rounds, three pistol rounds, one IED remote, one stove, 39 pencil cells, one blanket, one suitcase, three steel plates, three glasses and other items.
The hideout was later destroyed by the cops. Launched at about 8 am, the search operation was calle... | |
| | | | Terror module busted, HM recruitment chief Chacha held in Kishtwar | | | | early times report
JAMMU, Dec 5: Smashing a terror recruitment network, police today arrested Chacha -- chief of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) recruitment cell -- from the far-flung Pinjrari hamlet of Dachchan in Kishtwar.
The terror module, mainly engaged in the recruitment of youth in HM ranks, had surfaced on November 16 last with the arrest of Chacha's associates -- Azhar Ali Bhat (28), son of Gulam Mohammad Bhat of Kijaie, and Irshad Ahmad, son of Gulam Mustafa Akhoon of Lidri, accham.
While Azhar worked with Skyline Communications, Kishtwar, as a field distributor for Airtel SIMs, Irshad tought in government primary school at Lidri as a ReT teacher.
Fateh Mohammad alias Chacha (... | |
| | | | Shamlal raises ‘pitch’ for statehood for Jammu | | “This is only option in the backdrop of autonomy or self rule for Kashmir” | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 5: In what can create furore in the political circles of the state and within the Congress in particular, senior party leader and Health Minister in Omar Abdullah led coalition in the state today raised pitch on the lines of opposition BJP, saying in the backdrop of continued discrimination with Jammu, the only realistic option was to grant statehood to this region. Drawing political comparisons, he said if the talk of self rule of autonomy are getting louder for Kashmir , there should be separate state for Jammu and UT status for Ladakh region.
“I seek the attention of the party leadership towards how Jammu and its people are being made to suffer……..the... | |
| | | | Kashmir freezes, Drass coldest with -19 deg C | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Dec 5: The Kashmir valley and nearby regions reeled under intense cold as the mercury plummeted in the state while Drass recorded the lowest minimum temperature of minus 19 degrees Celsius. Srinagar, the summer capital, witnessed the coldest night of the season after mercury dipped further to minus 2.6degrees. Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia on Srinagar-Leh national highway witnessed the coldest night in the region after the minimum dipped to minus 19 degrees.
The highway from Sonamarg on this side of the Zojila pass to Drass has already been closed from December 1 due to slippery road conditions.
The state and the Central governme... | |
| | | | Kashmir: Credentials of the self-styled track-II members | | DIRECT, MINCING NO WORDS -- iI | | | NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 5: Shoaib Iqbal: There is no need to waste precious space on Iqbal because he belongs to the LJP of Ram Vilas Paswan, who, along with Lalu Prasad Yadav of the RJD, are squarely responsible for destroying and looting and plundering Bihar and creating schism in the society. But will they do in Kashmir when they have annoyed their own constituency in Bihar?
Gopal Choudary of CPI-M and D Raja of CPI: They are not corrupt to the best of the knowledge of this scribe, but they belong to parties which, like the LJP and RJD, believe in fake secularism and accentuate angularities between the communities and set one caste against another. They believe in the Brit... | |
| | | | Record jump in separatist sponsored strikes in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times report
JAMMU, Dec 5: There has been an almost four-time increase this year in the separatist sponsored strikes and protest demonstrations in Kashmir.
While there were 35 hartals in 2009, the number of strikes rose to 131 this year, indicating an almost four-time increase, police sources said.
Data compiled by the state Home Department upto November 2010 revealed that there were 131 hartals and 134 processions and demonstrations sponsored by separatists in the state this year. In 2009, there were only 45 such demonstrations and processions and
35 days of strike, while in 2008 there were 15 protest demonstrations and 33 hartals.
There were a total of 2,096 processions and d... | |
| | | | Hostile attitude of Rehman, Nissar towards Jammu & Ladakh not surprising | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 5: According to Swami Raj Sharma and Sonam Dawa, the authorities not only adopted discriminatory attitude towards Jammu province while allocating funds for the development of agriculture sector and gave a preferential treatment to Kashmir, but also adopted discriminatory attitude when they allotted funds for the Roads and Building Sector. For example, they have revealed that while Kashmir was allocated Rs 24124 lakh, Jammu province was allotted Rs 16455 lakh (Rs 7669 lakh less as compared to Kashmir) in the 8th Five Year Plan period. The story, according to them, was no different in 9th Five Year Plan period. During this period, Jammu province was allo... | |
| | | | Sadhu withdraws Rs 1.3 lakh from ATM, caught | | | | JAMMU: A sadhu was today apprehended by police for allegedly withdrawing Rs 1.30 lakh from an ATM of State Bank of India through fraudulent means. Police sources said a woman of Janipura was regular visitor to the kutia of one Gautam Bawa at Purkhoo.Few days back, when the sadhu demanded money from her, she gave him her ATM card of SBI and asked him to withdraw the cash from her
account.
Sources said the sadhu used the ATM card and withdrew Rs 1.30 lakh from the account.
The card, which the woman had given to the sadhu, actually belonged to an army jawan and the bank had given it to her by mistake.In the meantime, the jawan came to know about the fraudulent withdrawal from his account a... | |
| | | | Papad factory raided, owner held | | | | JAMMU: A papad factory, allegedly manufacturing poor quality product, was today raided at Janipura here and its owner arrested by police.
Police sources said Sandeep Kumar, son of Mohan Lal of Rehari, was engaged in the manufacturing of poor quality papad in an unauthorised factory at Janipura for the past sometime.
Acting on a tip-off, police today raided the factory and seized a large quantity of adulterated material used in the manufacturing of papad.
Some packets of manufactured papad were also seized. Sources said Sandeep had allegedly been packing poor quality papad in the packets of a reputed company.
He was lodged in the Janipura police station lock up where a case was registere... | |
| | | | Mystery shrouds AsI's death in hotel | | | | JAMMU: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of police was today found lying dead under mysterious circumstances in a hotel at Talab Khatkiyan here.
Police sources identified the dead as ASI Mohammad Amin, son of Abdul Ghani of Bijbihara. He was at present posted in IRP 14 Bn at Anantnag, Kashmir. From the hotel room, police seized some liquor bottles and other intoxicants which were sent to FSL for verification, the sources added.
He booked a room in hotel Benazir Saturday night. He was this morning seen in an unconscious condition by some waiters who informed police.
He was rushed to the GMC hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
Police had registered a case in this connection ... | |
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