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| Mehbooba makes u-turn on map controversy | | PDP's pictorial 'adventurism' has diplomatic implications: Cong | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Feb 14: Apparently in damage control mode, People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti today took a U-turn on what she stated in her power point presentation over Jammu and Kashmir boundary with China. She defended its truncated map of the state, parts of which were shown in China and Pakistan.
"Unfortunately, a good chunk of our territory which existed before 1947 is under the illegal occupation of China. So, when PDP talks about self rule, about resolution, about opening of trade routes, we are also talking about that part, of China. The Central government should have appreciated it, rather than getting angry about it," Mufti said.
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| | | | PDP's provocative Indian map a blessing in disguise, but… | | | | NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: PDP president and Leader of Opposition Mehbooba Mufti's February 12 "power-point presentation" on the party's vision on Kashmir in which she accepted China's sovereignty over Aksai Chin and the Karakoram region has evoked strong reaction from unexpected quarters. While the BJP and the Congress, and even the Panthers Party, have preferred not to speak on the issue of great national import for reasons best known to them, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have come out openly against Mehbooba Mufti and her party, which, like former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, wants self-rule (read a step short of complete indepe... | |
| | | | Army Chief to visit J&K today | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: Chief of Army Staff Gen V.K Singh is likely to undertake two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from tomorrow to review security scenario in the state.
''Gen Singh's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir is likely to begin tomorrow,'' sources said. He added that Army Chief will reach Northern Command Udhampur tomorrow and leave for Kashmir on Wednesday. ''During his visit, Gen Singh will interact with senior army officers and also review security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir,'' they added.
Issue of withdrawal of troops may remain highlight during his meetings with the army officers in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said.... | |
| | | | Bulla killing: 31 years, and people await probe findings | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: A family in apple town Sopore has been waiting for justice for the past thirty-one years. On February 15, one of its members was subjected to extra-judicial execution. The government also ordered a probe but the findings have not been made public till date.
Hectic political activity was going on in February 1975. The Plebiscite Front ratified the Indra-Abdullah accord and Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah assumed office of the Chief Minister with Congress support. The 22-year-old political wilderness of the leaders ended. At some places people registered protest.
A young man, Ghulam Muhammad Bulla of Sopore also registered protest in the main chowk of the town.... | |
| | | | Grenade wipes out 3 of family at Maloora | | Govt providing Rs 15 Lakh, job, plot and medical relief to survivors | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
MALOORA (SHALTENG), Feb 14: Three young members of an impoverished family got killed and two more sustained critical injuries when an unexploded shell of a Mobile Grenade Launcher (MGL) went off at their single-room residence here last night. Senior officials and leaders of the ruling National Conference called on the ill-fated family head and told him that an amount of Rs 15 Lakh, one regular job and one plot of land, besides reimbursement of entire expenditure on treatment of two injured members of the family, was being sanctioned by the state government as relief.
Size of 45-year-old Mohammad Maqbool Bhat's one-room tenement will be increasing soon to accommodate a... | |
| | | | Omar tweets for end to destruction in JK | | | | ET REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: After two children were killed in an accidental explosion of a shell in Srinagar last night, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed his outrage at the incident through a post on Twitter.
"God please please put an end to all this death & destruction. How many more graveyards do we have to fill before someone says ENOUGH (sic)", Omar said in a post on the social networking website.
A 10-year-old boy and his 8-year-old sister were killed and three other members of their family were critically injured when a shell accidentally exploded at their house in Srinagar last night.
The two children had found the unexploded shell from the debris of a ho... | |
| | | | BJP likely to discuss strategy for elections of 6 LC seats with NPP, independents | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: with elections for six seats Legislative Council round the corner hectic activities have begun in State BJP for fielding its candidate for one of the seats. The Party, which failed to ensure the victory of its candidate last time in 2009 after its nominee and present party chief Shamsher Singh Manhas lost to the ruling alliance candidate due to cross voting will try its best to ensure the victory of its nominee this time.
To ensure the victory of its candidate the BJP will seek the support of some independents and National Panthers Party MLAs. The Party which has eleven members in State Assembly needs the support of 16 members for victory of its candida... | |
| | | | DC Samba sitting over enquiry | | Agrarian land illegally transferred to industrialist | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: Deputy Commissioner Samba for reasons known best to him is sitting silently over the application of an aggrieved state subject who agricultural land has been illegally sold to an industrialist.
The aggrieved is Suhail Gupta son of Rajesh Gupta, a resident of Trikuta Nagar. According to Suhail's application which is lying in the office of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Samba, his grand father Ram Dass Gupta had bought a piece of land measuring 14 Kanals and 6 marla Khasra number 315, Khata no. 146/78, Khewat no. 7 for agricultural purposes from one Baisakiram son of Jagoo Lohar, a resident of village Meen Sarkar in Samba district.
Suhail has further alleged th... | |
| | | | Separate PSC & separate competent authority for Jammu only solution | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 14: The aggrieved and badly let down highly talented young boys and girls of Jammu province are once again up in revolt against the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC), the State Government and the Jammu-based political leadership. They are moving heaven and earth to obtain their legitimate share in the service sector on the basis of merit. They have met certain BJP leaders as well and sought their intervention so that their merit is recognized and justice done to them. The case in point is the glaring disparity in the Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) final selection list issued by the PSC four days ago.
What is the complaint of t... | |
| | | | Leh cloudburst victims still await justice,accuse Govt of betrayal | | | | JAMMU: Notwithstanding the tall promises made by both state and Central governments regarding their immediate rehabilitation the, Leh cloudburst victims still wait for justice as hundreds of families were forced to pass the chilly Winter shelter-less. Soon after the cloud burst tragedy hit the Leh township in July last year killing over hundred people and rendering equal number of families shelter-less, the Government had claimed to rebuilt the Leh township prior to onset of Winter Season in 2010.... | |
| | | | PDP leader threatens Aquaf administrator with revolver | | | | JAMMU: An Auqaf board administrator was today threatened with a revolver by a PDP leader who had allegedly encroached upon the board land at Mohalla Dalpatian.
Following complaints that 1.5 kanals of the board land was allegedly encroached by some people close to Baba Dhol ziarat at Mohalla Dalpatian, a board team, led by administrator Raj Mohammad, today visited the locality. Raj said there were also complaints that the "encroached" land was being sold to some persons.
He said when he reached the spot, the alleged land grabbers were already there.
"The ziarat was covered in a litter of cow dung. When I raised objection, one Manjeet Singh entered into a verbal brawl with me and also abus... | |
| | | | Sham serves legal notice to newspaper, says contents of news story defamatory, baseless | | | | Jammu: Terming the contents of the news item published on February 10 as baseless, far from truth ,misleading and defamatory, Minister for Health, Horticulture and Floriculture, Sham Lal Sharma has served a legal notice to the editor, reporter and management of a local daily seeking clarification of his name within five days that the contents were not directed against him. The notice served also stated that if the news paper fails to respond, the minister would go ahead with prosecution under criminal law and also claim damages to the tune of Rs. 10 crores (Rs. Ten Crores) for publishing, what has been termed in the notice as " malicious, misleading and defamatory news-item".
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| | | | Abandoned baby girl's mother comes forward | | | | JAMMU: The mother of one-month-old baby girl, who was Saturday last found abandoned in the labour room of SMGS hospital here, today came forward to take it back home.
Jyoti Devi, wife of Darshan Kumar of Hiranagar, had abandoned the baby in the hospital because she already had two daughters and wanted to get rid of the third, according to police sources.
She Saturday came to the hospital to enquire about the health of a woman, who was admitted there after labour pains. While doctors attended the patient, she wrapped her baby in an old blanket, dropped her in the labour room and then fled the spot without being seen by anybody.
From the hospital, she went home at Hiranagar and told family... | |
| | | | Probe ordered into SDM's alleged involvement in fake gun license racket | | | | JAMMU: A probe was today ordered into the alleged involvement of Mendhar SDM Mukhtar Choudhary and his clerk Khaliq Ahmad in the fake gun licence racket.
An order to this effect was issued by DC, Poonch, Kuldeep Khajuria, official sources said.Khajuria had asked ADC, Poonch, Musraf Khan to hold a detailed inquiry in this regard, the sources added.The ADC would find out if the SDM and his clerk were involved in the racket.
Khajuria said if their involvement figured, stern action would be taken against them. Mukhtar was on leave for the past one month on health grounds, he informed.
The whole racket was unearthed by Janipura police on specific information.
Police sources said a police te... | |
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