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BJP deciding its LS nominees today, Leela Karan’s name also on table 3/13/2009 11:51:41 PM ZAFAR CHOUDHARY Jammu, March 13: The Bhartiya Janta Party Parliamentary Board is meeting in New Delhi tomorrow to finalise its nominees for the Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The Parliamentary Board meeting to be attended by senior leader LK Advani and BJP president Rajnath Singh is being held in afternoon and names are likely to be announced by evening, sources said. Four senior party leaders from Jammu and Kashmir –state president Ashok Khajuria, Legislature Party leader Chaman Lal Gupta, Shamsher Singh Manhas and Ajay Singh Jamwal have rushed to New Delhi to attend the meeting. BJP organizing secretary for North India, Manohar Lal told Early Times over phone from New Delhi that the Parliamentary Board is all set to finalise the nominees for Jammu and Kashmir by Saturday evening. There are four Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir and BJP is reportedly to planning to contest on all. It may be recalled here that during the recent assembly elections the BJP had contested on 26 seats in Kashmir Valley despite the fact that party has no base in the Valley. In al...   READ MORE

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Trouble in saffron camp, Jaitly defies Rajnath, Advani 3/13/2009 11:51:28 PM New Delhi | Mar 13: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Jaitley skipped the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting to select candidates for elections in Bihar, setting off rumours that he is unhappy with the party’s campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections. Jaitley is reportedly miffed at Party President Rajnath Singh over the appointment of Sudhanshu Mittal, a businessman known for his high connections, as co-convener of North-East Affairs and is said to have registered his protest on the issue to the party leadership. Mittal was a close aide of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan and is now close to Rajnath. His rivalry with Jaitley is said go back to Mahajan's days. Party...   READ MORE   Clashes Srinagar, over 12 injured 3/13/2009 11:51:00 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 13: At least 12 persons including five security personnel were injured when clashes broke out between police and protesters, demanding action against security personnel involved in the killing of a youth last week, after Friday prayers in the Jamia Masjid area in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Police fired dozens of teargas shells and used batons to disperse the protesters who took to streets chanting pro-freedom slogans and pelted stones and petrol bombs on police and paramilitary forces at Nowhatta chowk. The clashes, which erupted at Nowhatta and adjoining localities including Shampora, Gojwara and Rajourikadal, continued till evening, disrupting...   READ MORE   Earlier SI applicants obtain HC directions 3/13/2009 11:50:39 PM SUMIT SHARMA Jammu, March 3: As thousands of youths have responded to the Police invitation for recruitment of Sub Inspectors in various wings, those who had applied in 2003 and 2007 but went unexamined have moved the High Court seeking inclusion of their candidature in basis of previous applications. Earlier applicants of Sub Inspector posts in 2003 and 2007 moved a petition in the High Court which in turn gave instructions to the authorities to entertain the fresh forms of those aspirants who have earlier applied and are now non eligible for the posts as they have crossed the age limit prescribed. DIG Jammu, Kathua range Abdul Quyoom Manhas when contacted said, “Application form...   READ MORE   India answers 26/11 questions 3/13/2009 11:50:26 PM New Delhi, Mar 13: Responding to Pakistan's questions on Mumbai attacks, India provided more evidence, including forensic reports, to Islamabad and asked it to proceed fast in prosecuting those behind the 26/11 carnage on the basis of the 'very comprehensive' and 'solid' material. The 400-page dossier, containing replies to Pakistan's questions, was handed over by foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon to Pakistan's High Commissioner Shahid Malik, a month after Islamabad posed the queries. The Home Ministry has prepared a document which includes the DNA reports of Ajmal Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive, and the nine other gunmen killed in the attack. Pakistan, in response to the...   READ MORE   Farooq takes potshots at Mufti 3/13/2009 11:50:13 PM Early Times Report Srinagar: National Conference patron and former Chief Minister Farooq Abadullah Friday vowed to bring out what he said large scale discrepancies in Waqaf Board during Peoples Democratic Party tenure in state. Talking to reporters at Hazratbal shrine, Farooq Abdullah alleged that there were large scale discrepancies in the Waqaf board when Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was at the helm of affairs in the state. “There are large scale misappropriations against Mufti government and more skeletons will fall including the Waqf board in near future,” Farooq Abdullah told reporters. Farooq raised questions regarding Mufti’s intentions. He said that Mufti owed an explanation ...   READ MORE   Pak crisis: 24 hrs for Zardari to act 3/13/2009 11:49:46 PM New Delhi, March 13: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari reportedly has now only 24 hours to accept the compromise formula prepared by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on ending the political deadlock. According to Pakistani media, the US-backed deal instructs Zardari to leave the post if he fails to give consent to the deal aimed at calming political chaos in Pakistan. Formulated by Kayani and Gilani in consultation with powerful ‘foreign powers’, the political agreement spells out five conditions. The Pakistani media claimed that the deal has the support of Washington, London and the Army establishment. As per the deal, Gilani has to wa...   READ MORE   Myriad causes of massacres on roads 3/13/2009 11:49:15 PM Salman Nizami Jammu, March 13: The government claims that not more than 100 people were killed in the militancy related incidents across the state in 2008 but more than twice as that lost their lives to road accidents. The number of those injured on the roads runs well beyond 5000 which clearly underlines that there is an unintended massacre of innocent civilians on the roads. The responsibility is not only the killer roads but there are many mafias responsible for this senseless loss of human lives. As Jammu regions tops in the number of road accidents, the hilly areas including Doda, Kishtwar,lo; Bhaderwah, Ramban, Banihal have probably witnessed the largest number of causalities .I...   READ MORE

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