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| Omar packs PDP, BJP in single box, says both parties faces of same coin | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
KALAKOTE, Feb 15: Taking a dig on the politics of People’s Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that while the former has developed the trait of making brazen faced lies in public, the later has the habit of opposing all good things for the sake of opposition.
Addressing a mammoth public meeting here, Omar said that the records in Legislative Assembly are testimony to the fact that PDP voted against the resolution, moved by the CPI (M) leader, M Y Tarigami, and supported by the National Conference regarding the surrender and rehabilitation of the youth, who had crossed across LoC and borders during militancy.
“Some people are habitual of telling lies in private while others shamelessly speak falsehood publicly,” he said, referring to the claim made by PDP that the party supported the idea regarding surrender and rehabilitation of militants.
Reiterating his Government’s firm commitment for upholding human rights and punishing the culprits on this count, the Chief Minister said that his government would not allo... | |
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| Cabinet keeps Pak talks options open | | | | ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, FEB 15: Forty-eight hours after Pune bomb blast the Cabinet Committee on Security met here this evening to take stock of initial investigations into the ghastly incident. It also reviewed the general security situation after the blast that killed nine people, including two foreigners, and injured over 50 others on Saturday evening.
The issue of the forthcoming talks with Pakistan between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries too came up for discussions. After the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram indicated that talks between the Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan scheduled to take place on February 25... | |
| | | | Info Deptt needs policy, organizational overhaul | | Breeding corruption, nepotism | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 15: Grappling with the problems of nepotism, blatant favouritism and "dis"information since long, the state information department (SID) is in dire need of an immediate overhauling for its "smooth and flawless" functioning.
Flouting all norms, the department heads have allegedly been giving unfair advantages to their juniors that they like best with impunity from law.
In December 2009, SID director Farooq Ahmad Renzu ordered promotion of Surinder from qatib to TPO (teleprinter operator), allegedly ignoring department's seniority list.
Even as Surinder fell at No 4 in the list, he was benefitted by the director, bypassing the seniority of others.
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| | | | Isolation forces terminally weakened Azad to take full about turn on surrender’ policy | | COMMENT | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 15: On February 9, Union Health Minister and former J&K Chief Minister and JKPCC president Ghulam Nabi Azad criticized J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for asking the Union Government to allow him to implement a new surrender and rehabilitation policy for militants, operating both in the Indian-administered J&K and Pakistani-occupied-Kashmir.
Azad was right when he questioned the rationale behind the proposed surrender policy. His stand on the suggested surrender policy had evoked a highly positive response from unexpected quarters – the BJP and the RSS. Both these groupings showered all kinds of praises on Azad.
The arguments of Azad against the proposed su... | |
| | | | One killed, 30 injured in mishap | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 15 : One passenger was killed and 30 others were injured when a bus met with an accident in Mendhar area of bordering Poonch district today, police sources said.
A bus, which was heading from Balakot to Mendhar in the morning, met with an accident at Pir Ki Gali, about 30 km short of its destination, the sources told UNI.
One passenger died on the spot while 30 others were injured in the accident, they said.
The injured have been admitted to civil hospital Mendhar, the police added.
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| | | | Tragedy averted in Kashmir | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Feb 15: Jammu and Kashmir police averted a major tragedy when they detected and defused a powerfull Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by militant under a bridge to disrupt road communication in Baramulla district, official source said here today.
They said a specific information was received that militants had planted a 5.5 kg IED under Neeth bridge connecting several villages in Sopore, about 55 km from here.
Traffic on the bridge was immediately stopped and those present in the area were taken to safer places.
Later, Bomb disposal Squad (BDS) was summoned and the IED was defused without causing any damage.
Had it not been detected and defused on t... | |
| | | | Banking body comes under RTI, says CIC | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Feb 15: The Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) is an organisation covered under the RTI Act and must comply with its provisions, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held.
The Commission has held that although the institute is a non-governmental organisation, it receives substantial funding from public sector banks which are covered under the RTI Act, thus bringing it under the ambit of the transparency law.
The CIC made the ruling while hearing an RTI application filed by Mukul Srivastava seeking information in respect of the JAIIB Examination held on November 18, 2007, including the complete marks obtained by candidates for both tests of the exam... | |
| | | | Getting Dogri on celluloid –nothing artistic about it | | CONCERN | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Feb 15: It is only to keep their artistic pursuits get going that they have to perform in Dogri serials and telefilms, otherwise alternate openings are completely wanting in these endeavors which could ever fetch them any worthy chance to compete in the film world, say busiest stars of Jammu artistic cadre.
They also say that whatever is being attempted on the state panorama regarding promotion of Dogri through films and serials is just exploitation by some self-styled producers and directors having indecent liaison at different levels that secure handsome amount on the promotion of Language and execute it through an insignificant puppetry.
“We are made the... | |
| | | | After blast, congratulatory calls to PoK | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI/PUNE, Feb 15: Phone intercepts after a meeting between top Lashkar operatives, a Brigadier rank officer of the ISI and one Colonel Rashid of the Pak Army in PoK early this week indicate that terrorist handlers in India were given a green signal to strike elsewhere in India while continuing jihad in Jammu and Kashmir.
Hours after the Pune blast, agencies also picked up some calls to PoK with congratulatory messages, said sources, adding that these coincided with Jamaat-ud-Dawa deputy chief Rehman Makki’s warning at a rally in Islamabad on February 5 that earlier jihadis were interested only in Kashmir but the water issue had ensured “Delhi, Pune and Kanpur” were fair tar... | |
| | | | CM meets Guv | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called on the Governor, N. N. Vohra, at Raj Bhavan, here today. Their discussions last for about an hour.
The Governor and the Chief Minister discussed the recent incidents in the Valley and the action taken in regard thereto. They also discussed the overall security situation, particularly with regard to the continuing infiltration attempts in the Kashmir and Jammu zones.
The discussions relating to developmental issues included the elections to urban and rural local bodies and the need to further speed up work relating to all projected hydro-electric projects.
The Chief Minister, inter alia, briefed the Governor about his... | |
| | | | Maqbool Bhat had Dr Farooq to vouch for him | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 15: The car came to a screeching halt near the erstwhile Broadway cinema. Farooq Abdullah was furious and gave two of his colleagues on the rare seat a scornful look. “Tell these bastards to get down. They have insulted a patriot”, Farooq told his colleague who gave him company on the front seat.
It was 1975. The political firmament of Jammu Kashmir had changed. National Conference had been revived and people were desperate to join it. Farooq Abdullah was taking Waheed Raina and Sharief-ud-Din to Ghulam Rasool Kochak’s residence. Noted columnist and former bureaucrat, Zahid Muhammad accompanied them.
Kochak, Waheed and Sharief-ud-Din had joined Satantara... | |
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