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DODA DISCONNECT 2/12/2009 12:22:09 AM Early Times Report BATOTE, FEB 11: The Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah today inspected the alternate road alignment at Assar and climbed up to the last height of trans-shipment route from Batote side. To feel the degree of difficulty the people were facing in trans-shipment, the Chief Minister climbed up to 1½ km to reach the highest point. He took an on-the-spot assessment of the ongoing works, following the caving in of the road-stretch between Assar and Tungral on Friday last. On his arrival from Srinagar, the Chief Minister directly flew to Batote and later went to Assar by road. He was accompanied by the Deputy Commissioner, Ramban. This is the Chief Minister's second visit to the area in less than a week to get a firsthand review of the progress of the restoration work. Expressing satisfaction over the trans-shipment arrangements made by the administration, the Chief Minister climbed up and down nearly three kilometres and en route interacted with the general public, who were part of the trans-shipment of people and travelling on ponies and on foot. The Chief Minister ...   READ MORE

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‘Peoples expect more from PDP than Govt: Mehbooba 2/12/2009 12:21:38 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb11: Underlining the role of an effective and responsible Opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today said that people are expecting more from her party than the government. Mehbooba was talking to reporters here today after she was elected as leader of the PDP legislature party. The PDP president said that her party wants to give government ample time to perform and deliver on the its promises of governance while being an active watchdog in the opposition. “We don’t want to make early judgments, let them perform and deliver”, Mehbooba said when she was asked to comment on the efficiency of the new coalition government. The ...   READ MORE   SAYSS to resume protests on Feb 13 2/12/2009 12:21:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 11-Months after it reached an agreement with the government on the use of land during the Amarnath yatra, the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh Samiti (SAYSS) today said it will protest in Jammu on February 13 against the non-implementation of the deal. With elections round the corner, the Samiti accused Omar Abdullah government of dragging its feet on the issue, saying the present government has "not even cared" to meet the committee leaders who tried to resolve the issue. The SAYSS, which spearheaded the two-month-long agitation on Amarnath land row last year paralyzing life in the city, said demonstration will be held at district and tehsil headquarters th...   READ MORE   Mir Mustafa’s killer gets 18 years term 2/12/2009 12:20:43 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 11- In a much publicized case of kidnapping and killing of Mir Mustafa-ex MLA, Presiding Officer of Court under Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, today awarded 19 years rigorous imprisonment to accused Mohammed Maqbool Tantray, after 18 years and issued general arrest warrant of other accused Mohammed Rafiq Beigh u/s 512 Cr PC. In his 61- page judgment the Presiding Officer, after hearing both the sides, observed that the prosecution witnesses did not identify the gunman or they deposed falsely out of fear of militancy. It cannot be lost sight that all these witnesses belong to Kashmir Province which at the time of their deposition was in...   READ MORE   Jammu Bar president joins NC 2/12/2009 12:20:19 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 11: The President Bar Association and senior advocate Sunil Sethi with several other advocates joined National Conference Party in presence of Dr Farooq Abdullah, at function organized at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan here today. Abdullah welcomed the Sethi and the other new faces who joined the party and appreciated the intellectuals and other educated people of the society for reposing faith in the leadership of National Conference. On the occasion Sethi assured Abdullah that he will work with honesty and dedication for the party so as to help people to overcome difficulties in life and congratulated Abdullah and the Chief Minister on being responsive towards th...   READ MORE   Employees toughen stand on salaries, another three-day strike from Feb 16 2/12/2009 12:19:37 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 11: Lakhs of employees today hit the streets completely paralyzing work in government offices across Jammu and Kashmir for second consecutive day. After two days of near total boycott of work in almost all offices, the employees, demanding implementation of the recommendations of sixth pay commission, have announced yet another three-day strike beginning February 16. All J&K Employees Joint Action Committee and a number of other unions, organizations and associations of employees had called for the two day strike demanding implementation of 6th pay panel report and enhancing the retirement age to 60 from the present 58 years. The strike has also affected...   READ MORE   LS session begins today 2/12/2009 12:19:03 AM New Delhi, Feb 11: The last session of the current Lok Sabha beginning on Thursday is expected to be stormy with political parties likely to extract the maximum mileage ahead of the general elections. The session spread over ten sittings is essentially for taking a vote on account on Railway and General Budgets but being the first one during the year, it will begin with the President's address on the opening day. An inkling of the shape of things to come was evident when the ruling Congress and main opposition BJP virtually kicked off their poll campaign on Sunday, taking on each other on issues like terrorism, unemployment and inflation. The controversy over Chief Election Commission...   READ MORE   Tara Chand ‘wins over’ Jammu Corporators 2/12/2009 12:18:42 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 11: Listening with rapt attention a five-hour long marathon of questions and complaints, the Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand today literally won the hearts of the elected Corporators of Jammu Municipal Corporation by being the first ever Housing and Urban Development Minister to attend to their grievances. Corporators of Jammu have always nursed a serious grouse against the administration of Corporation and the Government for not taking them seriously. They have often minced no words about making this public. However, the way Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, who is also Housing and Urban Development Minister, attended to the complaints Corporators in...   READ MORE

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