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Sensing ‘mischief’ by Mir, Ansari, Govt deputes Kamaal to defuse crisis Tension begins to recede on day 3 of curfew in Pattan villages 2/27/2010 11:46:12 PM AHMED ALI FAYYAZ SRINAGAR, Feb 27: Taking cognizance of the resentment against Minister of Agriculture, Ghulam Hassan Mir, among the Shias and against the Shia cleric-politician, Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, among the Sunnis, Omar Abdullah-led coalition government has deputed senior National Conference (NC) leader and former MLA of Tangmarg, Dr Mustafa Kamaal, to defuse the sectarian strife in over two dozen villages in Pattan-Magam belt of Central Kashmir. Ansari’s brother, Maulvi Abid Ansari, and Dr Kamaal today visited Shia and Sunni villages respectively with the administration’s facilitation amid curfew in the worst affected locality and reports said that tension began to recede by late this evening. Authoritative sources revealed to Early Times that mass resentment against Minister of Agriculture and MLA of Tangmarg, Ghulam Hassan Mir, in Shia-populated villages and against the Shia cleric-politician and PDP’s MLA of Pattan, Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, in the Sunni-populated villages, today forced the coalition government to depute senior NC leader and forme...   READ MORE

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As consumer state J&K will feel pinch of hike in petrol and diesel prices 2/27/2010 11:12:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu,Feb 27: Notwithstanding a word of praise from Prime Minister,Manmohan Singh,to the Finance Minister,Pranab Mukherjee,for having presented a good budget which was bound to accelerate the growth rate to nine per cent a wave of resentment has swept the entire country.It is so because people believe that the imposition of central excise duty on petrol and diesel by Re one per litre has already escalated the level of inflation.And as compared to other major states people in Jammu and Kashmir may have to bear the brunt of the ill impact of hike in petrol and diesel prices.Since the state of Jammu and Kashmir imports over 65 per cent foodgrains,80 per cent other consume...   READ MORE   3 kg RDX recovered in Mahore 2/27/2010 11:11:15 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: Three kilograms of deadly RDX was recovered by security forces from Natoli in Mahore, Reasi, Saturday evening. Police sources said security forces were making routine searches in Natoli village in the evening when they came across a bag. The search of the bag led them to the recovery of 3 kg RDX, the sources added. ...   READ MORE   DIO manhandled for praising govt 2/27/2010 11:11:04 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: District Information Officer, Poonch, Mohammad Akbar was manhandled by a crowd at Mandi in Poonch today for his fault of listing "good works" done by the government in the area. He represented the Poonch district administration in a function held at Mandi in the afternoon.Official sources said various people, who spoke on the occasion, criticised the government and the Poonch district administration for their failure to provide basic amenities to the people. Trouble, however, started when, in his address, Akbar started listing "good works" done by the government and the district administration in Mandi and other Poonch areas. While he gave a resume...   READ MORE   NC-PDP feuding raises Left hackles 2/27/2010 11:10:46 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Feb 27 　 The continuous squabbling between the ruling National Conference and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly has provoked senior Left leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami to propose that they be given a separate place "to settle their scores". Tarigami, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and three-time legislator, told the assembly speaker: "Let there be a separate place for the NC and PDP to settle their scores, so that we can raise issues of public importance." Chief Minister Omar Abdullah whose taking over the reins of the state in January last year had sparked a lot of expectations among the people, es...   READ MORE   PM steps up diplomacy, pushes neighbourhood upto Saudi Arabia, offers Pak an olive branch 2/27/2010 11:10:30 PM ABID SHAH NEW DELHI, FEB 27: On a day when Indian Air Force aircraft was landing here with the bodies of slain Army men and others in yesterday’s Kabul attack by Taliban, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been all set to leave for Saudi Arabian Capital Riyadh for a summit meeting with King Abdullah. He said that this may open a new chapter in strategic arena, pointing to Indian desire to mend relations with not only with West Asia but also the Muslim world or Islamic countries at large. Nearer home his visit is bound to cast a reflection on India’s ties with its other South Asian neighbours. And, thus, Prime Minister’s Riyadh visit is of direct significance for the troubled northern...   READ MORE   Killed in Kabul, Jammu engineer's body to reach here today 2/27/2010 11:10:19 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: Killed in a blast in Kabul on Friday, the body of 52-year-old electrical engineer Bhola Ram of Jammu would be flown to his hometown Sunday. He was among the 17 people, including nine Indians, who were killed in the blast. He was deputy general manager with the government-owned Power Grid Corporation of India. He was on an official assignment to Kabul.“His body would be brought to Jammu Sunday morning and consigned to flames at the Shastrii Nagar cremation ground at 1 pm,” a company official said. He said Bhola was posted in Kabul in connection with the Afghanistan Re-construction Project for the laying of 220 KV S/C Phul Kumari- Kabul Transmissi...   READ MORE   Soz asks party cadres to gear up for municipal, panchayat polls 2/27/2010 11:10:07 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: Asserting that Congress had emerged stronger in the state, PCC president and former union minister, Prof Saifudin Soz today asked the party cadres to gear up for the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections. Addressing a mammoth gathering at Kathua, he said by fulfilling the promises made to the people during elections and focussing on people-friendly programmes, the party had emerged stronger in the state. Soz asked the Congress workers to further strengthen the party by apprising the common masses of the party programmes and policies designed for their welfare. He said since the municipal and panchayat elections were going to be held in the state...   READ MORE   Mufti unhappy over failure of talks 2/27/2010 11:09:52 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu Feb 27: Expressing disappointment over Indo- Pak secretary level meeting, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has said the two countries need to display a better sense of purpose in pursuing the dialogue process. In a statement here today, he said such hollow and purposeless engagement would only fuel cynicism and help negative forces. He said while it was becoming clear with every passing day that there was no alternative to dialogue for resolution of issues, the zero sum game defied logic. "If we talk we have to do it with clear objectives, a sense of purpose, political will and an open mind" he said and stressed the current stalemate ha...   READ MORE   Two kg explosive recovered from Manda 2/27/2010 11:06:42 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: At least two kilograms of explosive powder was recovered by police from bushes at Manda near here Friday evening. The spot is about 100 ft from the Manda police checking point and nearly 150 ft from the giant gates of the Amar Singh Palace. Packed in a polythene bag, the explosive also contained shrapnels, police sources said. The bag was recovered by army troops during routine checking in the area. When contacted, a senior police officer, however, said it was an ordinary low-intensity explosive powder used in locally made detonators for fishing or other blasting purposes. It was, however, sent to Forensic Science Laboratory for its examination, th...   READ MORE   Two held for selling local cement in Ambuja bags 2/27/2010 11:06:27 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: Two persons were arrested Friday evening from Batal Baliyan in Udhampur for allegedly selling locally made cement in Ambuja bags. Cops of Udhampur police station raided a shop at Batal Baliyan yesterday evening and seized filled and empty bags of Ambuja and J K Cements, a local cement manufacturing unit.Police sources said a total of 190 filled and 200 empty bags were seized from the shop. Sources said during investigation, police found that the accused had been selling cement of J K Cements in Ambuja bags. Two persons, who owned the shop and who were present there at the time of police raid, were arrested by the cops, the sources added. The accused ...   READ MORE   NC Wrong: 1975 accord was implemented in full in 1975 itself STARK REALITY 2/27/2010 11:06:11 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 27: National Conference (NC) leader and MLA, Mustafa Kamaal is unhappy with the Congress party. The speech he made in the assembly during the debate on the motion of thanks on the Governor’s address on Thursday indicates that he is angry with the Congress for three specific reasons. One is that the successive Congress-led governments at the Centre extended as many as 92 Central laws to the state between 1953 and 1975 using unconstitutional methods to erode the state’s special status. The other is that the Congress stabbed his father Sheikh Abdullah in the back by withdrawing support to his government in 1977. The third reason is that the 1975 ac...   READ MORE

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