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| NC-Cong coalition on edge, trust deficit at its peak | | Cong 'angry'……, NC feels 'humiliated', fissures deepen | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 11: Post Peerzada resignation development that was swiftly followed by 'non acceptance' by the party high command, the NC-Congress coalition is on the edge and the already existing fissures have only deepened and widened between the allies. While NC and Chief Minister who despite being head of the Council of ministers was 'deliberately' sidelined by Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed by directing his resignation to party president and the latter not accepting it, finds his prestige having been lowered, Congress camp too is not comfortable with all what is going on.. The trust deficit within both the alliance partners has reached its peak with some leaders hav... | |
| | | | Peerzada to continue in cabinet | | Just a storm in cup of tea | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: In a bizarre turn of events the State education Minister Peerzada Sayeed said he would continue to work as a soldier of the Congress party and also continue as a minister in the Jammu and Kashmir cabinet.
Peerzada said he had submitted his resignation to the Congress President Sonia Gandhi who had rejected his resignation and told him to continue in the state cabinet.
"I will do nothing to harm the interests of the party and I will continue to work for the development of the state", he told reporters here today.
Speculations had run high that the future of Peerzada had come to an end after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met the senior Congress leaders in ... | |
| | | | Supporters say Peerzada a strong Congman | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: Fresh fissures have surfaced in coalition led by Omar Abdullah with former Education Minister Peerzada Mohammed Syed openly refusing to submit his resignation to the Chief Minister. As peerzada's supporters in congress and his Kokernag Constituency term the allegation a conspiracy against the strong Congman in Valley who they said stood through thick and thein with party even when it faced crisis after Mrs Indira Gandhi was ousted from power during the times of emergency.
Terming Peerzada a strong Congman who joined the Party as student under the leadership of his uncle Peer Hussam-ud_Din, ther former Education Minister never shifted loyalty to any othe... | |
| | | | Cong asserts by retaining Peerzada as minister | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: The Congress party by not accepting the suggestion of the chief minister Omar Abdullah to sack Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed from the council of minister has asserted its supermacy.
The party by this action has made it clear to its coalition partner- National Conference- that decision with regard to the functioning of the party can be taken by itself and not by the coalition partner.
As things stand now, even though, the Peerzada has been divested of his portfolio of school education, he continues to be the minister, though, without portfolio.
The talks are doing rounds that Peerzada may be given another portfolio after the Budget session of the State asse... | |
| | | | Cong leaders 'hate' each other, says Kamal | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: Hours after Party high command rejected Peerzada Syeed's resignation National Conference criticized Syed for 'violating' the state constitution. Senior National Conference senior leader and former spokesperson Dr Mustafa Kamal while terming the resignation move as an absolute violation of state constitution told that the congress minister undermined the Chief Minster's chair.''
Senior NC leader Kamal said that Peerzada was not resigning from his parent party but from the cabinet which was headed by Omar Abdullah and thus he ought to submit his resignation to Chief Minister but to his party chief.
"He not only has violated the constitution of stat... | |
| | | | Nothing against Peerzada, Chairman BOSE in CB report | | Report kept confidential deliberately to let media create hype | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 11: At a time when Congress President Sonia Gandhi asked the Education Minister to continue and returned his resignation without accepting it, the actual contents of the report of Crime Branch submitted to the chief Minister Omar Abdullah reveal that nothing substantial was found against the Minister and Chairman of State Board of School Education (BOSE) Shiekh Bashir Ahmad. In fact the authenticity of so called preliminary report of joint Secretary, (KD) dated 25-12-2009 leaked to the Press conspicuously (the only document that essentially became the basis of the news stories against the Education Minister and Chairman BOSE) has a big question mark.
At the same t... | |
| | | | 2 cops among 5 hurt as miscreants create trouble at power project site | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Feb 11: Five persons, including two cops, were today injured after some miscreants stoned labourers engaged in the making of an approach road for hydel project to be constructed by GVL Ltd on the bank of Chenab river.
The miscreants, including activists of different political parties and criminals, assembled outside the office of GVK Ltd here and started creating trouble. They also threatened the company employees.
After protesting for over 3 hours outside the office of GVK, the trouble makers stoned the labourers who were engaged by the company to construct a road to the project site.
Two cops and three labourers were injured in the incident. The machinery of ... | |
| | | | Two suspected ultras, one Pak woman among six arrested | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Feb 11: Six persons including two suspected militants and a Pakistan based woman were arrested from a city based hotel in a raid that was conducted by Special Operation Group here at late night.
Meanwhile, police also busted a trans border smuggling bid and arrested youth in a naka that was laid on Ploura road and recovered 10 packets of heroine valuing crores in international market. The arrested has been identified as one Ranjeet Kumar son of Balkrishan of village Sianth, Khour. The youth bought the consignment from one Rakesh Kumar of Khour. The manhunt was on to arrest the latter. The consignment was brought from Pakistan, sources within police said.
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| | | | Rafiabad tense as soldier guns down civilian | | MoS Home, DGP, Corps Commander douse the flames; Inquiries ordered | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Feb 11: On the anniversary of the execution of Kashmir's separatist icon and JKLF founder Maqbool Bhat, troops have gunned down a youth in Rafiabad area of Baramulla district. Even as senior Police and Army officials and Minister of State for Home, Nasir Aslam Wani, visited the village, apologized to the bereaved family and ordered separate inquiries, Rafiabad was reportedly tense over the civilian killing that came after a long pause but could generate a fresh demand of revocation of J&K Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
Informed sources in North Kashmir told Early Times that late last evening troops from D-company of Rashtriya Rifles 32 Bn, alongwith a ... | |
| | | | Even Sonia's tears didn't move insensitive PM, HM! | | Defending Terror For Votes | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 11: "When I showed her the pictures of the Batla House encounter, Soniaji (AICC president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi) wept bitterly and asked me (not to show these pictures to me and) go to the Prime Minister so that something could be done…The government was set to appoint an enquiry panel headed by a former Chief Justice to examine the genuineness of the Batla encounter but had to abort its plans in view of the ensuing 2009 general". Who made these startling revelations and when and where? Law and Minorities Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid made these starling disclosures at Azamgarh (UP) on Thursday while addressing an election rally. His whole objective was to w... | |
| | | | Justice for Jammu impossible under existing set-up, say people | | Trifurcation The Only Way Out | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 11: The "NC would not appreciate the needs, aspirations and compulsions of the people of Jammu province because it is essentially a Kashmir-based and Kashmir-centric party". This is what an overwhelming majority of the people here in this grossly ignored and politically marginalised Jammu province believe. In fact, this majority believes that "no Kashmir-based party would ever dispense justice to the people of Jammu province because the Kashmiri leadership believes that their empowerment would not only mean an enormous loss to Kashmir, but would also mean the defeat of those who wish to give a particular type of orientation to everything in this province, which is opposed t... | |
| | | | Process of religious cleansing in Kashmir still on | | Number Of Christians Dwindling | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: The growing stranglehold of radical fundamentalist on various organs of the society in Kashmir Valley during last few years is taking a shape which only blind can ignore. Even the very small number of Christians living in the Valley, which as per local estimates is not more than 400, is coming down through a silent process of internal displacement due to fundamentalist intimidation. As per the knowledgeable sources within the Christian community living in the Valley, around 200 of this small population have already shifted to safer places outside the Valley. The intimidation and constant mental attrition to which this small miniscule group of Christians ha... | |
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