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| Tarigami lends credence to Mir’s words, says realignment imminent | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 17
Giving wings to the imagination of expelled PDP leader Ghulam Hassan Mir and also some serious hints to the leaders of two leading coalition partners, the Communist Party of India (M) leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami today said that realignment of political forces in Jammu and Kashmir is inevitable.
Tarigami’s obvious hint was towards formation of the “Third Front” an option for which is being already explored by Ghulam Hassan Mir. Though Mir has all along been saying that he enjoys support of Tarigami and Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen, but today was the first time when Tarigami openly declared that realignment of political forces was imminent in the present political scenario.
Addressing a press conference here today, Tarigami criticized the Azad government over lack of coordination among coalition partners. "Despite coordination committee set up since the coalition government came into power, it has never met during the last couple of years," CPI(M) state secretary M Y Tarigami said.
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| Bhim, The Good Samaritan | | ‘I’ll asks Musharraf to reciprocate my efforts’ | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 17
Pakistan has finally made up mind to hand Sarabjit and the voices for mercy are slowly falling silent with no takers on any side, but one campaigner of prisoners still hold the hope –your guess is as good as ours. It is Prof Bhim Singh of Panthers Party who is planning to move Supreme Court of Pakistan for security release of Sarabjit Singh.
Bhim Singh is also planning to write to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf seeking pardon for Sarabjit.
Pakistani courts have convicted Sarbajit for allegedly triggering a bomb blast in Lahore in 1990. President Musharraf has dismissed his mercy plea. Sarabjit's death warrant has been issued and April 1 has b... | |
| | | | Do you hate Yaseen Malik…read on | | Displaced KP’s launch online signature campaign against JKLF leader | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 17
After dropping gun in mid 1990s and claiming to speak the language of peace, the pro-independence separatist and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik has been projecting himself as “Gandhi of Kashmir”. However, the displaced Kashmiri Pandits who are not ready to forget his acts before he dropped the gun have launched net-savvy hate campaign against Malik.
If you Yaseen Malik and endorse his ideology, then better prefer to ignore this story. But if you have an ire against him or if you are a displaced Kashmiri Pandit hurt by Malik allegedly did in the early 1990s, then log on to www.petitiononline.com to sign a petition ag... | |
| | | | Cabinet meets today | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 17
The state cabinet is meeting here tomorrow evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad with some major policy matters on the agenda. Strike of employees, particularly those of SRTC, anomalies in the wages of contractual workers are reported to be some of the major agenda points, said the sources. The meeting will be held at 6PM and earlier in the day the Chief Minister is scheduled to address a public meeting in Peeri village of Darhal constituency in district Rajouri.
Sources said that enhancement of retirement age of the government employees from 58 years to 60 years is also a point on agenda as cabinet may also consider releas... | |
| | | | Valley gets Int’l trade center | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 17
The state government has kick started the process to set up an International Trade Centre to boost trade in the state. The beginning has been made from South Kashmir.
Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh laid foundation for Rs 115.84-crore International Trade Centre (ITC) at Pampore.
The ITC would have state-art exhibition halls and spread in an area of about 19 hectares. It would facilitate international exhibitions in the valley during summers, a season of extreme hot weather, which does not permit to organise exhibitions in other parts of the country.
The project would be completed in two phases in two ... | |
| | | | PDP cries: Don’t politicize recruitment | | SPOTLIGHT | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 17
When the government had put an embargo on the ongoing recruitment process, the opposition camps accused the ruling coalition partners of attempting to politicize the process. However, learning the ire of Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti, it appears that the decision was unilateral and had come from the Congress camp alone.
The government it may be mentioned here had put on hold the entire recruitment process at all levels without giving any reason thereof. However, it was widely believed that the government was probably looking at modifying the recruitment process so as to make it politically accommodative.
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