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Divided house proving blessing in disguise for Congress 3/25/2010 1:07:24 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 24: Infighting and factionalism is proving as blessing in disguise for Congress party here in Jammu and Kashmir. It is unbelievable but true as faction ridden Congress-with one headed by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Saif-Ud-Din Soz and another headed by Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad-has topped while initiating public meetings and rallies of party workers and supporters in different parts of the state. By organizing parallel functions and demonstrating show of strength against each other, Congress is steadily reaching to the masses and cadre thereby propagating party programmes, policies and developmental works, sources in Congress revealed to Early Times. An important point to study is that none of the faction is leveling allegations or counter allegations against each other, however, projecting the performances of the Ministers in the respective camps, pointed out political observers. They further opined that the way Congress leadership-though via separate camps-is trying to touch each and every corner besides scaling moun...   READ MORE

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Cong committed to strengthen coalition: Soz 3/25/2010 1:07:11 AM ET REPORT Pulwama, Mar 24: Member Parliament and president Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), Saif-ud-Din Soz has said Congress was committed to strengthen the coalition government and work for welfare of the people. He was addressing a workers convention here Wednesday. Assuring a solution to problems in respect of potable water, irrigation, healthcare and roads on priority basis, Soz said various developmental programmes were in the pipe line. Expressed satisfaction over the enthusiasm of Congress workers viz-a-viz forthcoming municipal elections, the Congress chief urged them to work for women empowerment. "The women workers must take advantage of the space created b...   READ MORE   Accident-prone areas to get critical care ambulances to bring down death rate 3/25/2010 1:06:54 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 24: Waking up to the long-standing public demand of making requisite healthcare arrangements to save human lives in the state's accident-prone areas, the health ministry has assured that well-equipped critical care ambulances would soon be made functional at all such places. Scores of people die every year on the killer J&K roads, including the national highway, because of the non-availability of on-time medical treatment. Talking to scribes in a press conference here today, health minister Sham Lal Sharma said to meet any eventuality in accident-prone areas, well-equipped critical care ambulances would soon be made available. The government was very mu...   READ MORE   Truck scanners recommended for cross-LoC trade points 3/25/2010 1:06:31 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 24: To ensure that only "listed" goods enter the state from the cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade points, the government has recommended procurement and installation of whole body truck scanners at two trade points in the state. "In order to ensure that goods coming into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are properly checked, the government has recommended to the Centre to procure and install two such scanners," Industries Minister S S Slathia said in an official release. The two scanners would be installed at Slamabad trans-LoC point in Baramulla district of Kashmir valley and Chakan-da-Bagh point in Poonch district of Jammu region.Th...   READ MORE   No clue to whereabouts of infiltrators on Day 3/25/2010 1:06:14 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 24: For the second consecutive day, troops continued with their "seek and destroy" operation launched Tuesday to hunt down the eight odd infiltrators, who had entered Jogwan in Akhnoor, breaching the "foolproof" security on the Line of Control (LoC). Combing of the Jogwan forests continued from dawn till dusk, but troops could not find any clue to the whereabouts of the heavily armed infiltrators, who had a mobile set too.A red alert was sounded in the whole of Akhnoor tehsil where people had been asked to immediately contact army or police in case they sighted suspicious persons in their area. The infiltrators wore Pathan suits and carried bags on their...   READ MORE   "Citizenship rights to Pak refugees may change J&K's demography", Harsh Dev 3/25/2010 1:05:46 AM Nirbhay Jamual Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 24: "Manmohan Singh,a refugee from Pakistan has become India's Prime Minister. L.K. Advani a Pak refugee has risen to the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. But those West Pakistan refugees who opted for staying in Jammu, 60 years ago, can neither own any immovable property nor are elligible for jobs in the state Government," said working chairman Panthers Party, Harsh Dev Singh, while lamenting over the misfortune of the refugees from West Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. He said despite repeated and prolonged demand for ending the raw deal that was being provided to these refugees Harsh Dev said that it was height of injustice when the ...   READ MORE   Valley all set to drown in liquor Wine intake increases by 30% 3/25/2010 1:05:13 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 24: Brushing aside allegations of discrimination and disparity between various regions of the state, the Valley people have restored parity by increasing consumption of liquor by thirty percent during the current financial year. If the trend continues unabated, Valley seems all set to drown itself in liquor. The Ladakhies may not like it but the Valley is fast leaving them behind as far as consumption of liquor is concerned. According to data furnished by the finance minister, the consumption of liquor in the Valley has increased by 30 % during the current financial year. "Fifteen lakh and thirty three thousand bottles of liquor have been consumed in the...   READ MORE   How many persons disappeared since 1989? Contradictory statements by Govt add to sufferers woes 3/25/2010 1:04:45 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 24: Yesterday's statement on disappearances is yet another addition to the series of contradictory statements issued by the government on enforced disappearances. The Association of Parents of Disappeared persons (APDP) while rejecting the statement as misleading and ridiculous has reiterated its demand of appointment of a commission to probe all disappearances. Replying a question on enforced disappearances on the floor of the legislative assembly, the state government said that 1105 people had disappeared since 1989 across the state. According to the Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) 8000-10,000 persons have been subjected to enfo...   READ MORE   Chenab Valley: The Game of Concocting Geography 3/25/2010 1:04:23 AM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 24: The office of Director General Police issued a routine press note about the visit of Kuldeep Khoda, present DG, recently to erstwhile Doda district of Jammu Province. There was nothing peculiar in the places, which were visited by the high-ranking official of the state police, which could be qualified as "Chenab Valley districts". Given the nature of politics in the state, this reference does not seem to be a mere slip of the tongue. Nowhere in the past has the area been described even indirectly as the Chenab Valley by the state administration. Nor is there any reference to the "Chenab Valley" in the State Constitution. That the highest office o...   READ MORE   Two infiltrators killed in Keran sector 3/25/2010 1:03:36 AM Early Times Report Srinagar: Foiling a major infiltration bid, security forces today gunned down two heavily armed militants in Keran sector. A defence ministry spokesman said troops noticed a group of militants sneaking into this side from Keran under the cover of darkness early this morning. When challenged and asked to surrender near the Line of Control (LoC), which is still snowbound on this side, militants opened fire. Troops returned the fire and in the gun battle, two militants were killed. Their identity was being ascertained....   READ MORE   Land dispute leads to clash, 14 hurt 3/25/2010 1:03:11 AM Early Times Report JAMMU: In a clash between two groups, which took place over a land dispute at Mendhar in Poonch today, at least 14 persons were injured. Fazal Mohammad, claiming ownership of a particular piece of land at Mendhar, had heated arguments with Gul Mohammad when he contested his claim. The heated exchange of words led to a clash between their supporters as a result of which at least 14 persons sustained injuries. Six of them were admitted to sub-district hospital, Mendhar, for treatment. When the matter came to their notice, cops reached the spot and arrested four people. A case in this connection stands registered at the Mendhar police station. ...   READ MORE   43 foreigners among 58 convicted in militant cases 3/25/2010 1:02:48 AM Early Times Report JAMMU: Chief minister Omar Abdullah today said a total of 58 militants, including 43 foreign mercenaries, were undergoing convictions for indulging in militancy-related incidents in the state. "At present 43 foreigners and 15 local militants are undergoing convictions for indulging in militancy-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir", he said in an official release. They would be released only after completion of their terms of punishment, he added. The chief minister said at present 2,477 inmates were lodged invarious jails in the state, including 337 convicts and 1,914 under-trials. ...   READ MORE   Over 4,000 kg poppy seized 3/25/2010 1:01:04 AM Early Times Report JAMMU: Over 4,100 kg of poppy straw was seized by excise and police authorities in Jammu and Kashmir in last two months. Increased vigilance by police and excise department led to the seizure of 4,171 kg of poppy straw in seven different incidents, finance minister Abdul Rahim said in an official release. He said 1,000 kg of poppy straw was recovered from a truck on February 20 at Lakhanpur toll post, while 180 kg of the banned drug was seized on February 28. 875 kg of poppy was recovered from a truck in Kashmir on March 2 followed by recovery of 1,500 kg and 600 kg of the contraband at Lakhanpur on the same day. ...   READ MORE

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