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| Coordination panel to decide LS seat sharing | | Congress choice hangs between kinship and proximity to Azad | | | Bhaderwah NGOs rally behind IAS officer
ZAFAR CHOUDHARY
Jammu, March 16: Congress high command is though yet to initiate process for selecting its nominee for Bhaderwah Assembly constituency but a senior bureaucrat is not averse to taking a political plunge at safe seat vacated by Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Meanwhile, the ruling coalition partners, the National Conference and the Congress is yet to arrive at a seat sharing pact for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the minor partner is mounting pressure to get away with a major share.
Three assembly segment –Sonawar and Hazratbal in Srinagar and Bhaderwah in Jammu –that had fallen vacant, following election of Dr Farooq Abdullah and Ghu... | |
| | | | Student dies of food poisoning | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 16: One Polytechnic College student died of food poisoning and the condition of others two were stated to be critical when they fell ill after taking dinner last night at their residence here today. Three engineering students who were living in a rented house near the college premises suddenly complaint of severe pain in their stomach during dawn. They were rushed to GMC hospital where doctors declared one as brought dead while condition of others two were stated to be critical.Where as police has been seeing the incident in different angles. When SP Rural Mohan Lal contacted he said that the sample of blood, food and vomiting of the students were sent to FS... | |
| | | | BJP woos Jaitley back | | | |
New Delhi, March 16: With the spat between Party President Rajnath Singh and general secretary Arun Jaitley seeing no end, the RSS has now intervened to ease the situation.
As per sources, RSS general secretary Suresh Soni called up Jaitley late last evening to find a solution to the stand-off.
Jaitley is reportedly miffed 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 sour... | |
| | | | Time to revive peace process: Mufti | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 16: With some signs normalcy returning in Pakistan, the Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for revival of the sagging peace process on Kashmir.
Reacting to sacked Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Choudhary and other judges in Pakistan, Mufti hoped that this significant decision of Pakistani government would help in establishing political stability and peace in the neighboring country. “Political stability in Pakistan is must for establishing lasting peace in the subcontinent in general and Kashmir in particular”, he opined, adding “disturbance and political instability in Pakistan is not in the interest of the people of Kashmi... | |
| | | | Naib Tehsildar in Vigilance net | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 16- State Vigilance Organization caught red handed Abdul Hamid Khan, Naib Tehsildar Qazigund while accepting a bribe of Rs.5000 from a person in his court room at Qazigund.
The complainant Muzaffar Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Hamid Mir of Dreyan Daulatabad Qazigund approached the Naib Tehsildar Qazigund with a request to stop work on Airtel Tower coming up at Dreyan Daulatabad as the company had violated the “stay order” granted by Munsif Magistrate Qazigund. The Naib Tehsildar demanded Rs.10, 000 for stopping work, but finally agreed at Rs.5000..
Case FIR No 9/2009 P/S VOK was registered and a team of SVO officials was deputed to Qazigund where it laid a succe... | |
| | | | Pak Judges get their ‘benches’, Lawyers’ long march cut short | | | |
Islamabad, Mar 16: The simmering political crisis in Pakistan today blew over with the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calling off the long march after government buckled and announced the reinstatement of deposed Supreme Court Chief Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The denouement came early this morning with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announcing government's decision to reinstate Justice Chaudhry dismissed by then President Pervez Musharraf in 2007 emergency.
Buckling under mounting pressure, Pakistan Government today decided to reinstate controversial Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and announced a slew of measures to defuse the political crisis hours b... | |
| | | | Kathua woman makes bid on life, names SPOs as abettors | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, March 16: Alleging harassment by two Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Jammu and Kashmir Police, a 20-year-old woman attempted self-immolation at Lohai Malhaar village in Kathua district.
The victim, identified as Shahnaz Akhtar, daughter of Mohammad Akhtar, a divorcee, suffered 90 per cent burns. Before felling unconscious, she accused two SPOs of intimidating her for the last few months to make her marry one of them.
Shahnaz has been admitted to Government Medical College Hospital, Jammu, and her condition is stated to be critical.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Garib Dass, said, "A case has been registered in this regard and an inquiry has been ... | |
| | | | Govt sets panel to monitor rights issues | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, March 16: In a bid to improve the human rights situation in the state, the J-K Government has constituted a high-level committee to review the recommendations of the State Human Rights Commission.
The one-member committee, entrusted with taking action on the recommendations of the SHRC, has been set up by the state's Home Department and is headed by the Financial Commissioner, Home.
The Government has come in for sustained criticism from the SHRC for ignoring its recommendations. Since its inception in 2000, the Commission has forwarded 973 recommendations to the state government of which action has been taken in merely 447 cases. The Commission's annual repor... | |
| | | | With love to Mufti…Advani unveils Gen Sinha’s ‘magna opus’ | | | |
HAMAAD SALIF
Jammu, March 16: The much awaited book of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor, General (retd) Sinha has finally rolled out with all that one had expected. The ‘politically conscious’ book lovers had been looking towards this book for a variety of reasons and most important among them General Sinha’s documented account of his relations with his then Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Mufti-Sinha relations have been the most unusual of any Chief Minister and the Governor.
In what anyone could have expected as essence of this book, General Sinha alleges that Mufti was acting as the "spokesman" of militants during his tenure and several of his cabinet colleagues were hobno... | |
| | | | 83 Cross LoC via Chaka da Bagh | | | |
Early Times Report
Poonch, March 16: At least eighty three persons crossed Line of Control (LoC) via Chaka-da-Bagh in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, here today. Official sources said that at least 83 persons crossed over the LoC from the either side.
At least 25 persons crossed over to Pakistan side from Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir. These included 23 persons, who were returning back home after visiting the state on a permit and fresh Indian visitors who went to meet their relatives in other side of the border.
During the last two weeks, the number of fresh Indians were reduced to zero due to not issuance of permits by PoK authorities, however today 2 freshers from Indian s... | |
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