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Omar's political pen drive, coalition Govt subservient to party interests of NC? 'Ministers at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan, Nawa-e-Subah complex' 2/16/2013 12:18:41 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Feb 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by a stroke of pen has seemingly made coalition Government, of which Congress is a part, subservient to the interests of National Conference, of which he is Party President. Legislative Assembly members of National Conference (NC), who are Ministers in the ruling coalition, have been asked to follow wisely made roaster vis-a-vis their attendance at the party headquarters in Jammu and Srinagar respectively. Omar as President of the Party, issued a roaster unilaterally without even taking his coalition partner, Congress into the confidence. It needs a special mention that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah never issued any such roaster till the time Jammu NC was headed by a little known Rattan Lal Gupta and Kashmir by Ali Mohammed Dar, who is now a member of the upper house of State legislature. No such roaster was issued for the Ministers of the ruling coalition during the last four years. But when two close buddies of Omar offered a so-called sacrifice, from MPs to MLAs to MLCs to Ministers, all were summoned to the two par...   READ MORE

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'No use of firearms; engage ex-stone throwers' Police put their experience to good use 2/15/2013 11:33:56 PM Mustansir Srinagar, Feb 15 : The fear that the situation might spill out of control in the aftermath of hanging of Parliament attack convict, Jammu and Kashmir police issued orders that no security personnel can carry firearms while dealing with mobs. The forces have been asked to be in complete riot protection gear and use only accepted mob control measures like teargas and batons. The order which was passed by Inspector General of Jammu and Kashmir, S M Sahai, was communicated to other forces including CRPF as well. Though the decision was taken following dead of three protesters in North Kashmir's Sumbal and Watergam areas, however, the decision by the police not to carry f...   READ MORE   DB issues notice to Home Secretary, DGP Acquittal appeal in NDPS Act treated as PIL 2/15/2013 11:33:36 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 15 (JNF) : A Division Bench of State High Court Jammu Wing comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Hasnain Massodi today treated a criminal acquittal appeal in NDPS Act filed by the State of J&K Vs Ghulam Nabi & Ors and took serious note for low conviction in NDPS Cases and observed that Almost everyday acquittal appeals are filed by the State against many orders passed by the trial Courts and it is revealed that on account of non production of material witnesses' prosecution has failed. The DB also observed that another common feature discernible from the order passed by the trial Court is that the case property has not been produced. We asked the le...   READ MORE   NC's lie caught; Not UPA, Congress hanged Guru Kamaal, Tanveer defend being in power with New Delhi 2/16/2013 12:17:14 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Feb 15: State Congress which was until yesterday 'responsible for all ills in Jammu and Kashmir' has overnight become guardian of the interests of Kashmir people and is not related to New Delhi Congress. Not only this, Congress did not hang Afzal Guru but it was the coalition Government i.e. United Progressive Alliance (UPA) which took the decision to execute the judgement of Supreme Court. This is what Additional General Secretary of NC Dr. Mustafa Kamaal as well as the spokesman for Kashmir valley Tanveer Sadiq wants us all to believe. They have saying this in response to justification being sought from them for continued relationship with Congress in the State...   READ MORE   Time to stop terming Mirwaiz as moderate Pandering to regressive forces 2/16/2013 12:16:00 AM Neha JAMMU, Feb 15: It is time to stop terming APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and his outfit "moderate". Mirwaiz is not "moderate". He is more fanatic than APHC-M chairman and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. In fact, he is more dangerous than Geelani and other Kashmiri separatists. He is more dangerous like certain "mainstream" Kashmiri leaders who masquerade as "sane" elements in the Kashmiri society seeking settlement of the so-called Kashmir issue through discussion and dialogue in the sense that he speaks in different languages. Geelani is dangerous but not so dangerous because his views are too well-known; because he says things without mincing words; and because ev...   READ MORE   Jughal, Pardeep among contenders from Kishtwar Selection of MLC candidate 2/15/2013 11:33:12 PM Kishtwar, Feb 15 : As the date of filing nomination papers for the eight seats of the legislative council, the selection of candidates is getting murkier. February 18 happens to be the last date of filing nominations and the polling is scheduled for March 7. The electorate has to elect four members from Kashmir and four from Jammu. One seat from Jammu is reserved for erstwhile Doda district now divided into Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban districts. The Chenab basin having six assembly seats is considered as a strong bastion for Congress party as out of six seats, Congress presently have five MLA's and One MLC Sham Lal Baghat from Doda, while Kishtwar assembly seat belongs to NC's Sajjad Ahmed ...   READ MORE   PDP, PP all set to fight together Hectic lobbying on across state's political spectrum 2/15/2013 11:33:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 15: Amid hectic lobbying for nominations by candidates across the political spectrum, the state is witnessing new political alignments with opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Panther's Party (PP) all set to come together in the elections for 8 seats of the Legislative Council scheduled for March 7. While rejecting possibility of any understanding with National Conference, Congress and the BJP, the Panther Party patron Bhim Singh today said rest of the opposition parties will do everything to try and defeat candidates of the three parties. "We will want opposition candidates to win at all costs. If the PDP candidates are seen to be wi...   READ MORE   PDD Engineers, employees warn strike Attachment of AEE, 6 employees snowballs into a major controversy 2/15/2013 11:32:43 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 15 : The attachment of Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) Maintenance Sub Division Hiranagar has snowballed into a big controversy with employees and engineers of Power Development Department (PDD) openly challenging the Minister's decision and terming it a personnel vendetta. PDD engineers belonging to degree and diploma cadre as well as the employee have taken strong exception to the Minister's decision regarding the attachment of AEE and warned agitation in case the attachment order was not rescinded. The organizations of both degree and diploma engineers of PDD as well as employees of the Department are up in arms against the MOS Power who issued order...   READ MORE   Where are the self acclaimed Champions of 'Kashmir cause'? While Kashmiris face curbs, separatists enjoy life outside Valley 2/16/2013 12:19:14 AM Early Times Report ANANTNAG, Feb 15: While Kashmir continues to real under strict curfew clamped after the execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the separatists leaders, who stir up emotions of the Kashmiris by projecting themselves as the champions of Kashmir cause including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mohd Yasin Malik and others are enjoying life in Jammu, New Delhi and abroad issuing shutdown calls from the comforts of the cosy bedrooms of their palatial resorts outside the Valley. South Kashmir's Mirwaiz Qazi Ahmad Yasir, a well known separatist voice who played prominent role in instigating 2008 and 2010 agitations in Anantnag, reportedly fled from the Va...   READ MORE

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