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| Media is under my control, asserts Speaker | | Scribes boycott proceedings in LA, stage dharna, ask to withdraw statement - - Ministers' plea to Speaker: Media trial going on….take strong notice | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: Media representing various national, international and local organizations today and boycotted the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly in protest against Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone's ruling that the "Media was under his control and the scribes cannot write and report the way they want things to be highlighted" . The entire journalists fraternity including the scribes from Kashmir staged dharna outside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly complex , taking serious note of the move ,which they felt was onslaught on freedom of Press and amounted to gagging of media. They demanded that Speaker should withdraw the statement as to media has to work under their control.
It was in the middle of the proceedings in the House , Speaker's 'direction' came to the Press , in which emphasis was in asking the members to 'behave' and follow the rules of reporting strictly. However, what irked the media gallery was the comment by the Speaker who upon some points made first by Prof Chaman Lal Gupta and later by PDP's Nizamdin Bhat, asserted that "Media is a... | |
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| Farooq, Omar 'poster boys' of New Delhi: Mehbooba | | 'Gag on media intolerable' | | | Sandeep Bhat
Jammu, Feb 27: Strongly condemning the gag on media in Jammu, People Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti today called Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his father, ex-Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah 'poster boys' of New Delhi.
"They have always acted as 'poster boys' of New Delhi and ensured people of Jammu and Kashmir remain at a distance from New Delhi. They cannot act independently and hence, have always gagged media which is intolerable," said Mehbooba while addressing a hurriedly called press conference at her residence here today.
She said "In Kashmir, media is gagged by calling it anti-national. Now they have begun to apply a similar yardstick to media in... | |
| | | | Civil society fully backs media's operation expose' against corruption | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: The civil society in J&K has extended full support to media for launching the operation expose against the corrupt ministers and bureaucrats in the state.
The civil society of the state while extending full support to media in its operation expose said the corruption is a cause of concern for the common man as it is eating up the vitals of the society.
Hailing the media for its role the members of civil society in the state said it will extend all cooperation to media persons in exposing the corrupt elements in the society and clean it from them. The media being the fourth estate is an important pillar of the democracy and it has played a vital role in s... | |
| | | | Mr Speaker it's source which forced resignation of US President | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: The direction of Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone to media to disclose its source while reporting is not in contravention of the Supreme Court ruling but is also symptomatic of the growing tendency of government to control the media.
The media relies on its sources to get inside information about the working of the government in reporting. In a process it informs the public about any wrong doing done by the government and in the process helps it correct itself.
The famour Watergate scandal, which proved involvement of US president Richard Nixon and eventually leading to his resignation, was made possible only by the inside information provided by the source c... | |
| | | | Another attack on Fourth Estate | | Speaker mauls scribes' pride | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: The on-going budget session of the Legislative Assembly (LA) has been no different for the scribes. Last year they were `persecuted' and today their pride was mauled on the floor of the house. The news makers became news once again as they staged a dharna outside the Assembly Complex.
The media persons boycotted the LA proceedings and walked out of the House when the Speaker stated that media was `subservient' to us. "They (media persons) have to do what we tell them to do", he said. His statement evoked a severe response from the media persons who walked out in protest and then staged a dharna for two hours outside the Assembly complex.
Expressing so... | |
| | | | PDP moves adjournment motion | | 'Appeal press to resume normal functioning' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: PDP has given adjournment motion in the Legislative Assembly, asking the Speaker to adjourn the business on Tuesday, Feb 28 in the wake of boycott by media fraternity in covering the Assembly proceedings.
"Since media has gone on boycott of the proceedings of Assembly against the remarks of some ministers and the Presiding Officer made on the floor of the house by them on 27-02-2012 during the course of proceedings , an ugly situation has been created with a potential danger to divide the 4th Estate and Legislature at peril of the larger legislative practices. Also , it has the repercussions which are likely to cause irreparable loss to the stat... | |
| | | | Case against Gola Shah, for selling land illegally to kin of SSP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: Following the directions from court for preparing forge documents and committing fraud with the court, the Police today lodged a case against Ravinder Gupta @ Gola Shah and his associate for selling land illegally to kin of a senior police officer to the rank of Sr Superintendent of Police.
Sources said that police today registered a case against Ravinder Gupta and his associate Jarnail Singh of Narwal Pain, Satwari on the direction of court for preparing forge documents and committing fraud with the court.
"A case under FIR NO 31/ 2012 under section 420,467,471 RPC has been registered against them by R S Pura Police, sources said.
Sources revealed th... | |
| | | | HC directs SVO SSP not to proceed against DSP Kaith | | Gola Shah CD case: | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 27: High court judge, Justice Hasnain Massodi today directed SSP of state vigilance organisation (SVO) not to proceed in the matter against DSP Mohan Lal Kaith till next date of hearing.
Special judge anti-corruption had Thursday last forwarded a complaint filed by Ravinder Gupta alias Gola Shahagainst Kaith to SVO SSP for verification of allegations to the extent of agreement or attempt to pay and receive illegal gratification by the accused and further necessary action under law.
Gola had levelled serious allegations of corruption against Kaith and claimed that the latter had booked him in wrong cases. He had also produced a CD in the court of law in supp... | |
| | | | 3rd accused of 'gang rape' arrested from Kathua | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 27: The Jammu police have claimed to have resolved the gang rape case with the arrest of third youth wanted in the gang rape case, police said.
"Amit Jasrotia alias Mittu son of Tarsem Singh of Budhi was hiding at his residence when police team of Bari Brahmna conducted a raid and arrested him," Police said further maintaining that with his arrest police has worked out gang rape case.
Earlier, two accused identified as Sandeep Singh alias Sunny, son of Balwan Singh, resident of Shama Chak, Akbar Ali, son of Mohd Salim, resident of Malik Market, Jammu were arrested by police.
Police added that earlier two accused were arrested when the kidnapped girl, who wa... | |
| | | | Cong criticising BJP and its own govt on the same issue | | Neglect Of Jammu | | | Neha
Jammu, Feb 27: What has gone wrong with the Jammu-based Congress MLAs? They are criticising the BJP and their own government on the same issue: The neglect of Jammu province and the state government's discriminatory policies. This is not an overstatement. This is a statement of fact based on what transpired in the assembly on February 24 and 25.
On February 24, BJP MLA from Jammu East assembly constituency tore into the state government in general and Jammu-based Congress ministers in particular and accused them of perpetrating injustice after injustice on the people of Jammu province. Participating in debate on Motion of Thanks to the Governor's Address, Ashok Khajuria, inter-alia, ... | |
| | | | Cong ignores Kamaal's tirade against Sonia | | Serious Allegations | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 27: NC president and Union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah's brother and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's uncle, Mustafa Kamaal is once again in the news. He has once again started raking up issues for which he was removed last year from two party positions - additional general secretary and chief spokesperson. It is difficult to say whether Farooq Abdullah removed Kamaal from those positions out of conviction. However, Farooq Abdullah did create an impression that he took an extreme action against his brother simply to keep the NC-Congress coalition intact and respect coalition dharma.
Kamaal had, it bears recalling, -- apart from attacking the Army and paramili... | |
| | | | Chaos in house during question hour, Er Rashid lock horns with the rest | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb27: Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly Monday witnessed unruly scenes with members from both treasury and opposition benches were up in ante first against Independent MLA Er. Rashid which was followed by noisy scenes from 4 BJP MLAs on the issue of settlement of West Pakistani refugees.
As soon as house resumed its business after one day break, Er. Rashod stood up from his chair and wanted to know as to why his resolution on clemency of Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru does not figure in the business and condemned the statement of National Conference President and Union Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah that Afzal Guru shall pay the price. Speaker Muhammad Akba... | |
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