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| Media boycott of Legislature proceedings ends | | I never intended to hurt scribes…..some misunderstanding cropped up: Speaker | | | Saroj Razdan
Jammu, Feb 29: Boycott of Legislature proceedings by media in J&K for the last three days ended today with Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone clarifying in the House that he did not intend to hurt the media while he commented on its functioning. Welcoming the media in the House Lone said he had respect and regard for media persons and it was only on account of some misunderstanding and communication gap that the situation arose and they stayed away from the Legislative proceedings. He asserted that sanctity and sacrosanct position of the House was supreme and it was for everyone to maintain the credibility of the institution.
The reconciliatory efforts by government and som... | |
| | | | PDP relieved as media resume work | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today expressed its delight when the agitating scribes ended their boycott of Legislative Assembly proceedings.
The scribes, angered by remarks of the Speaker on February 27 walked out of the House and staged a demonstration. They also decided to boycott eh proceedings of the House till the Speaker withdrew his remarks. The Speaker while responding to a news report had said that media `was under his control'.
A spokesman of the PDP expressed strong hope that not only will such piquant scenes be avoided in future but it should augur well for the relationship of legislature and the media. "The role of media in public awar... | |
| | | | Omar happy over deadlock end | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is delighted over end of deadlock betweenth 4 speaker and the media.
Talking to a local news agency, Omar said that there was some communication gap between the media persons and the speaker that was finally resolved today amicably by the speaker.
Asserting that his government was enjoying a very good working relationship with the press, he said both media and government were playing their defined role constructively. "The media was fully cooperative in discrimination the right information to the people and highlighting the achievements of his government", he said.
Omar clarified his recent statement w... | |
| | | | Mehbooba criticizes Government | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: Admiring the media for not succumbing, Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti criticized the government for mishandling the situation that arose in the backdrop of controversial remarks made by Speaker in the assembly.
"The situation could have been avoided, had they handled the media the way they behaved today", Mehbooba told a local news agency.
She said that media was the fourth pillar of democracy and a bridge between government, legislature and the people. She regretted that the proceedings of the house could not reach to the people for three days because of the boycott of the media due to the mishandling of the situation by the gove... | |
| | | | Media boycott: PDP showed creative mind; BJP, Panthers did lip service | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: The three day media boycott, which ended on Wednesday after clarifaction by the Speaker has exposed certain hardfacts about the deeds and actions of the political parties.
Except PDP, seen as Kashmir centric party, no other political parties, especially Jammu region based, where the boycott was being taking place, took a strong and hard stand in support of media fraternity.
PDP was the only party which moved an adjournment motion on issue though it was not accepted. The same party had earlier moved an adjournment motion on the issue of corruption.
The moving of adjournment motion, which as per rules is moved when the matter is utmost public interest or... | |
| | | | HC grants Mukhtar-ul-Aziz anticipatory bail, puts restrictions | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: High Court has granted anticipatory bail to ex-Joint Director Handloom Mukhtar-ul-Aziz who has been facing allegations of duping the state exchequer of Rs. 1 crore.
Although. Police never tried to arrest the accused officer but as a pre-emptive measure, Aziz approached the High Court for a preventative security. The anticipatory bail was granted by the court of Justice Mohammed Yaqoob Mir after hearing the counsel of the accused and the additional advocate general of the state. Court ordered that if arrested in connection with case FIR no. 25/2011, Aziz should be released on furnishing bail to the tune of Rs. 30, 000 and personal bond to the satisfaction ... | |
| | | | Missed Opportunity: JKNPP missed a 'golden opportunity' to enchash | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: The recent stand off between the media fraternity and Speaker for the three days have virtually put the Jammu Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) sp called proponent of Jammu's cause completely aside when it utterly failed to take up the issue in its real spirits.
Prof Bhim Singh led JKNPP had never missed an opportunity to boast of championing the cause of Jammu region and its people but his actions hardly match with party's tall claims of only party to raise Jammu's cause.
Be it, Central University Jammu (CUJ) row or PRC Disqualification issue or the refugees' issue or be it the issue of the unemployment among youths, the party now a... | |
| | | | Omar needs to learn from Mufti art of disarming critics with a hug | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, has said that he is not as good a media manager as has been the PDP patron, Mufti Mohd. Sayeed. It is a statement which is 100 per cent correct. Omar goes on to add that he cannot be a good media manager like the Mufti because he (Omar) does not have the talent for hosting sumptuous lunches and dinners where mediamen are entertained with tasty and dainty dishes. This is incorrect.
By claiming that the Mufti's good PR work is the outcome of his art of throwing lavish luncheons and dinners for the mediamen Omar has not as much berated the PDP patron as much he has tried to soil the image of mediamen. If his brief statement on ... | |
| | | | I walk my sincere steps more than you : Omar to PDP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 29: Accepting China as a party to the Jammu Kashmir dispute besides India and Pakistan, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah promised to take a leap forward towards PDP if it moved one step towards him sincerely.
"On this floor of house, I am on record to commit 10 steps forward movement towards the main opposition (PDP) if it rises above politics and moves one step forward sincerely towards me to help address the political issue of Jammu and Kashmir," Abdullah said while replying to the debate on motion of thanks on the governor's address.
The speech was actually delivered on Tuesday. However, it could not be reported as media had boycotted assembly proceedin... | |
| | | | Left to NC it would not mind gagging media | | Revisiting 1952 -- II | | | Rustam
Jammu, Feb 29: The February 27 Mehbooba Mufti's statement that "the National Conference (NC) has the history of gagging those exposing its misdeeds" was not based on heresy. It was based on hard facts. The NC was hostile to the Press in the 1950s and it is hostile even today.
Take, for example, what happened in Jammu in 1952 and what the then Sheikh Abdullah-led government did. (The Sheikh had formed the government in 1951 after rigging elections wholesale. His administration had rejected the nomination papers of almost all the candidates seeking election to the Constituent-cum-Legislative Assembly. The then Indian Prime Minister and enemy number one of Maharaja Hari Singh, Jawahar... | |
| | | | Jammu's changing attitude towards Cong | | Discrimination The Reason | | | Neha
Jammu, Feb 29: The Congress party's support-base is dwindling in Jammu by the day because the people are fed up of its discriminatory policies, as also because it is sharing power with a party which is known for its bias against them. Actually, the Congress party would have bitten dust in 2008 itself, but it captured 13 seats because of the follies of the BJP, and even of the Panthers Party (NPP). The Congress captured as many as 7 seats in the Muslim-dominated assembly constituencies, located in the erstwhile Doda district, Poonch, Rajouri and Reasi districts. The Congress won 5 out of 6 seats in the erstwhile Doda district -- 4 Muslim-dominated constituencies and 1 Hindu-majority co... | |
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