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| ‘Mufti's regime was an era of development’ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: Besides setting an example of good governance, the former Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayed has the distinction of taking the state towards normalcy. This stands proved by the number of tourists that visited the state during his regime.
In 2004, according to official sources, 69.21 lakh tourists visited the state. This includes 7.67 lakh tourists who visited the valley and 61.45 lakh pilgrim-tourists coming to Mata Vaishno Devi Ji Shrine.
With the improvement in the security situation, sources said a favourable atmosphere for investment in the industrial sector was created. In the first two years of Mufti's rule proposals for investment of Rs. 2500 crores were approved and most of these projects are now in place.
Sources said the production of food crops, which occupy a major portion of the cultivated land, in Jammu & Kashmir was recorded during 1999-2000 to 2002-2003 at a lower level than the peak level achieved in 1998-99.
"However, the production reached another peak in 2003-04", they said. Significantly the production of Horticulture ... | |
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| J&K info deptt fails to cover-up | | NC-Congress split wide open | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 7: Strains in National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition are wide open yet the official medium, State Information Department, which could have given it cosmetic touch to keep spilt under cover has miserably failed in its efforts.
Instead, if the congress leaders are to be believed, it has added to the widening gulf between the two coalition partners, National Conference and Congress. The department has made scene murkier by resorting to lopsided and biased coverage when it comes to reporting official functions of congress leaders and ministers.
Senior congress leaders have already apprised the party about this irrational and illogical approach of Jammu and... | |
| | | | Who funded the anti-India meet on Kashmir? | | PIPFPD CONVENTION | | | NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 7: The so-called Pakistan-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) organized a two-day annual national convention in the highly costly Hotel Ashok on December 4-5. The convention unanimously resolved that the "time has come for the governments in New Delhi and Islamabad as well as the leaders spearheading the resistance movement (read separatist and communal movement) in Jammu and Kashmir to make a break with the past, step forward and find a negotiated settlement of the dispute."
As for the president of the PIPFPD Manoranjan Mohanty, he in his presidential address, inter-alia, said: He was in complete accord with those who said that "Kash... | |
| | | | FIR against BJP activists | | Why CM, his ministers go scot free: MLA Khajuria | | | SUMIT SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 7: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has reacted sharply over registration of FIR against some of its activists, who took part in a protest demonstration near civil secretariat yesterday.
The protest, led by senior BJP leader Ashok Khajuria, was staged against bias attitude of coalition government for Jammu region and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's controversial statement over accession of Jammu and Kashmir with the Union of India.
Today, the police registered a case against BJP activists under different sections of Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) including 353,136,147 and 427 under FIR No 207 at Pacca Danga police station.
Police lodged the case on ... | |
| | | | 5 killed, 3 hurt in road mishaps | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu/katra, Dec 7: Five persons, including a Vaishnodevi pilgrim and an army jawan, were killed and three others hurt in different road mishaps here since last night.
A Scorpio jeep (JK02X/9114) skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and fell into an over 1,500 ft deep gorge at Nera in Ramban at about 8 am today, resulting in the instant death of its driver.
Police sources identified the dead as Insaf Ali, son of Qurban Ali of Chanderkot.
Meanwhile, Surjeet Kumar (22), son of Sham Lal of Mananu, Samba, was this morning going on scooter (JK02H/0688) to drop his minor son Amit at a playway school in the area when a speeding truck (JK18/0375) hit him ... | |
| | | | Anti-terrorism front deplores govt attitude | | | | Early Times Report
KATHUA, Dec 7: 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 first... | |
| | | | Sham now 'shifts' his guns towards NC | | 'Addressing discrimination must for running coalition smoothly' | | | ET Report
jammu, Dec 7: Stirring the hornets nest, senior Congress leader and Health minister in state government Sham Lal Sharma, who advocated statehood for Jammu two days back has now shifted his 'guns' towards senior NC leader Dr Mustafa Kamal, contending it is the provocation of latter's statements against Congress command that prompted him to speak on these lines. Even as this is being seen purely as 'tactics' to shift the contours of the controversy in order to escape the 'wrath' of own party, the political corridors are ripe with rumours that 'blame game statements' from senior leaders of both allies may lead to fissures within the coalition.
In his clarification issued to the me... | |
| | | | Kashmiri leaders join hands against Sham, oppose trifurcation proposal | | JAMMU DEFEATS JAMMU | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 7: As expected, Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma's Bani (Kathua) December 5 trifurcation proposal has evoked a very strong reaction in Kashmir. Almost everyone who matters in Kashmir has opposed the trifurcation proposal and asserted that no one could divide the state. Some of those who opposed trifurcation as a lasting solution to the Jammu problem included Syed Ali Shah Geelani of Hurriyat Conference, Mustafa Kamal of National Conference, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami of CPI-M, Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen of People's Democratic Forum, Muzzaffar Shah of Awami National Conference and Langate MLA Abdul Rashid Engineer. They belong to different parties and yet they... | |
| | | | Scooterist falls into nullah, dies | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 7: A scooterist was killed after he fell into a nullah at Roop Nagar here late last night.
He was identified as Tek Krishan, son of Neelkanth of Udaywala. Police sources said he was going home on his scooter when the mishap occured. Police had registered a case in this connection.... | |
| | | | Businessman's driver goes missing with car | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 7: The driver of a businessman went missing from Trikuta Nagar area here Monday along with the latter's car.
Police sources said Ram Jain, son of Darshan Jain of Green Belt Park, appointed one Pranis as his driver two days back.Yesterday, he went in his car (JK02AE/4510) to attend a meeting at Trikuta Nagar and asked Pranis to wait outside. However, he found the driver missing along with the car when he came out after the meeting.
A case in this connection stands registered at the concerned police station.... | |
| | | | 3 hurt in scuffle at Akhnoor | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 7: Three persons, including a woman and her son, were wounded in a scuffle at Akhnoor today.
Police sources said while Beero Devi was doing some work at home,dust flew from her courtyard to the nearby house of Bittoo. Troubled by the dust, Bittoo angrily came to the Beero's house and asked her to stop the work.
This led to a scuffle in which, Bittoo, Beero and her son Bablu were injured. All of them were hospitalised. Police had registered a case in this connection.
Meanwhile, Reetu Choudhary was injured in an assault case at ShaktiNagar. She was admitted to hospital.... | |
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