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| Panchayat polls, a litmus test for ruling coalition | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 9: Now that the state cabinet has set the stage for a three-tier Panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir from March onwards the poll will be the first litmus test for the National Conference-Congress coalition Government in general and Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah in particular.
The test will be not only in the shape of ruling coalition's success in the polls but also in the form of the level of peoples' participation and the Government's ability to complete the elections in all the Panchayat bodies at the village and the district level. When the Panchayat elections in the state were held over a decade ago, after about a gap of 23 years, the polling could ... | |
| | | | Why is Delhi Police reluctant to arrest Geelani? | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Feb 9: The Hurriyat G chairman, Syed Ali Geelani is currently in New Delhi. He is meeting a variety of people ranging from the Pakistan High Commissioner to Sarabjeet's sister. The Delhi police have registered a case of sedition against him but seem reluctant to effect his arrest. Similarly other accused including the noted writer Arundhati Roy have not been taken into custody till date.
While New Delhi seems to have shelved the idea of putting Geelani and other accused on trial for sedition, the senior separatist leader is least bothered about the case. He is not only seeking participation of the people of Jammu Kashmir in talks concerning future of the sta... | |
| | | | Self-rule fundamentally bad and retrograde - I | | | | NEHA
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JAMMU, Feb 9: People's Democratic Party leaders have unleashed a no-holds-barred propaganda blitz to enlist the people's support in favour of their self-rule doctrine. On Tuesday, they again reiterated their stand. They sought to convince everyone that self-rule doctrine not only has the potential of defusing tensions between India and Pakistan, and ending the ongoing violence in Kashmir and resolving the Kashmir issue, but it has also the potential of ending regional tensions in the state as the doctrine has inbuilt mechanism that prevents any region of the state from dominating and exploiting another.
It can be said without any hesitation that the self-rule doct... | |
| | | | Drama over murder in Kathua | | SI slaps Kathua NC leader, SSP denies | | | Early Times Report
KATHUA, Feb 9: Youth National Conference (YNC) leader of Kathua district was allegedly slapped by a police sub-inspect who was in plain clothes in SSP office Kathua where he was allegedly protesting against the lax attitude of police in investigating a murder case.
Eyewitnesses said that it all started when District President of Youth National Conference (YNC) Harpreet Singh Sethi who was leading a delegation of the relatives of one Raj Kumar son of Dewan Chand, resident of Ambi Kharkra in Kathua, found dead under mysterious circumstances, was told to leave the office premises after he was allegedly raising too much of noise inside the SSP's office.
Police sources... | |
| | | | Valley stone pelters prefer cricket over Azadi | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 9: After having quelled the summer violence, Jammu and Kashmir today held first interaction more than 150 protesters and stone-throwers implicated in various cases.
"Most stone-throwers stressed need to fight drug menace in society, aspired for higher education, focussed on following religious value systems and highlighted their responsibility to take care of their parents," a police officer said. And, despite their avowed opposition to the state, no protester stressed for Azadi or vouched for any separatist cause.
In return, protesters asked police to withdraw cases against them, create youth and sports clubs, make a concerted drive against drugs and pro... | |
| | | | Conspiracy against Jammu Sheikh assured loyalty to Hari Singh for personal power | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 9: The BJP has once again held Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for all the troubles in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a radical change in the Kashmir policy. It has said that had Nehru and Sheikh Abdullah of National Conference not joined hands on the eve of Indian Independence and immediately thereafter, the situation in the state would have been totally different and the state would have been brought at par with other states of the Union in 1947.
There are potent reasons to endorse the viewpoint of the BJP, notwithstanding its acts of omission and commission, including the controversial handling of Kashmir by the BJP-led government between 1998 and 2004. It w... | |
| | | | CMO, MS Budgam attached; Dir Health under scanner | | Minister orders inquiry into multi-Crore NRHM scam in Valley | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Feb 9: Minister of Health, Sham Lal Sharma, has taken strong notice of the embezzlement of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) funds in Budgam district. Amid reports that similar irregularities had taken place at a large scale in several other districts with the involvement of senior officers of Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, Minister of Health has not only ordered a high level administrative inquiry into the NRHM scam but also immediate attachment of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Budgam, and Medical Superintendent of Aga Syed Yousuf Memorial District Hospital Budgam.
In hours of Early Times breaking the story of a major embez... | |
| | | | Man hangs himself to death | | | | JAMMU: A man allegedly hanged himself to death from the ceiling fan hook in his house here this morning.
Police sources said Sushant Sethi (45) was found hanging from the ceiling fan hook in his room in the morning. He hailed from Subash Nagar.
After completing legal formalities, police removed the body to the GMC hospital mortuary where post-mortem was conducted on it. Later, it was handed over to his family members for last rites.
Sources said Sushant seemed to be in deep frustration as over a hundred cigarette butts littered the floor of his room. "We feel that he consumed so many cigrattes before deciding to end his life," the sources added.
Sources said he had invested a lot of m... | |
| | | | Giri's brother, accomplices held at Kunjwani | | | | JAMMU: Rakesh Giri's brother and his two accomplices, who had Sunday last allegedly stabbed a contractor at RS Pura, were today apprehended by police from Kunjwani here.
Police sources said Giri's brother Rocky and his two gang members -- Sunny and Toti -- were arrested at Kunjwani on a tip-off. They had Sunday stabbed Contractor Vijay Kumar with sharp-edged weapons at RS Pura, suspecting him to be behind the Giri's police encounter in Marble Market area here last year.
Vijay, alleged to be a Giri gang member, was admitted to the GMC hospital with multiple stab wounds.
He was also allegedly involved in a shootout along with Giri at Bari Brahmana a month, or so before the latter's death i... | |
| | | | 561 promoted as ASIs | | | | JAMMU: 561 police headconstables were today promoted as assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs).
The order to this effect was issued by a departmental promotion committee which met at zonal police headquarters here under the chairmanship of IGP Dilbagh Singh.
The other committee members included IRP DIG Danish Rana, IGP's staff officer AK Atri, IRP 3rd Bn commandant S L Koul and SP (headquarters) Shailender Singh.... | |
| | | | Tremors rock Kashmir valley | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU Feb 9: SRINAGAR: A moderate intensity earthquake rocked the Kashmir Valley Wednesday morning, but no loss of life or property has been reported, an official said.
"A moderate intensity earthquake, measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, rocked the valley at 10.07 this morning," an official of the local weather office said. "Epicenter of quake lay somewhere in northwest Kashmir," added official. Lecturers hold protest across the state against govt's apathy
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