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| LA to inquire into allegations against Lal Singh | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 29 Jammu and Kashmir Speaker Mohmmad Akbar Lone today said he will inquire into the allegation of the assembly members that Congress MP Lal Singh had used unparliamentary language against the MLAs during an official function of the state government.
"I will inquire into this issue. I will see this VCD and come to a conclusion," Lone told legislative assembly after Independent member Charan Singh accused the Congress MP from Udhampur-Doda of using foul and unparliamentary language against the MLAs during an official function at Kathua last month.
Supported by BJP MLAs, Charan, MLA from Kathua, further said he is producing a VCD as evidence.
After receivin... | |
| | | | CM's oft-told tale is nothing but illusion | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: The oft-told tale of chief minister Omar Abdullah that his government does not discriminate against Jammu and Ladakh regions is nothing but an illusion.
This is what the statistics of home department reveals. It shows how the government discriminated against Jammu and Ladakh regions while making recruitment in police department.
The government has made a recruitment of 9,553 cops in the last two years. Of them, 5,171 were recruited from Kashmir, while only 4,114 youth donned police uniform in Jammu region. From Ladakh region, only 268 youth were recruited in police.
Astonishingly, the maximum number of cops recruited by the Omar-led coalition ... | |
| | | | Chaos in Assembly: NC, PDP MLAs trade charges | | * PDP announces boycott from budget session; BJP, JKNPP, JSM support the demand of security restoration to ex-MLA | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: It was yet another day when the united and vociferous Opposition launched a combined offensive against the National Conference led coalition government in the Legislative Assembly on the issue of withdrawal of security of ex-MLA, Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din, who is presently Peoples Democratic Party's district president Pulwama.
Since the commencement of the budget session it was for fourth time when the entire Opposition comprising Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and Jammu State Morcha (JSM) jointly cornered the ruling dispensation, though on different issues.
It was firebrand P... | |
| | | | 2,500 armed militants ready to infiltrate: Army | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: Army today said nearly 2,500 armed militants were ready in Pakistan training camps to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir."2,000 to 2,500 armed militants in Pakistan training camps are ready to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir," Brigadier General of Staff (BGS), 16 Corps, Brig Gurdeep Singh told reporters at Nagrota Corps headquarters here.
He said there were approximately 42 training camps across the border out of which 34 were active.
The BGS, who displayed the Pakistan-made recoveries from two slain Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Rajouri district on Saturday before the media, said, "It shows complicity of our neighbour. Who has provided the two Pak mil... | |
| | | | Army "contradicts" Omar's statement | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: Chief minister Omar Abdullah is probably going to land in trouble in the state legislative assembly, which is in session, as army today sought to "contradict" his announcement as regards the gradual withdrawal of 35,000 troops from the militancy-infested state. Omar had told the assembly last week that 35,000 troops were withdrawn, their camps closed and they were sent out of the state after NC-Congress coalition came to power.
However, Brigadier General Staff (BGS), 16 Corps, Brig Gurdeep Singh told reporters in reply to a question in a press conference that army personnel were only relocated as per security demands and that there was no major pullout.... | |
| | | | On the floor of House, CM plays games on his cell phone:Beig | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday leveled serious allegations ranging from undermining the authority of the legislative assembly to discriminating against areas represented by PDP against the Chief Minister.
A visibly perturbed former Finance Minister, Muzaffar Hussain Beig, briefed the media immediately after PDP MLAs walked out in protest over withdrawal of security of a PDP leader. "There is no fun participating in the proceedings of a house where the leader plays games on his cell phone instead of showing interest in the deliberations. The PDP, therefore, has decided to abstain from rest of the budget session", he said.
"It is highly unfor... | |
| | | | NC MLA weeps inside Assembly | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: A ruling National Conference MLA cried bitterly in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday alleging that his demands regarding his constituency were treated with indifference by the authorities and admitted failure in getting justice for the people he represents.
Nazir Gurezi, who represents mountain-locked Gurez Assembly seat in the state Assembly, broke down while speaking about the hardships faced by the people of his constituency in the absence of road connectivity and other facilities.
"Gurez does not have any road links. People there are living an isolated life from the rest of J&K," the NC legislator said while speaking on the grants of the P... | |
| | | | End discrimination to ensure unity and integrity of J&K | | | |
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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: The March 25 Assembly proceedings establish that the State of Jammu and Kashmir may not remain intact geographically and politically. Apart from contradictory stands of the Jammu-based and Kashmir-based legislators on issues like women's bill and inter-district recruitment, the issue of discrimination raised in the Assembly by the Jammu-based opposition parties, including the Panthers Party, the BJP and the JSM, and the counter arguments advanced by certain Kashmir-based legislators do indicate that the legislators are divided on regional lines and that they treading diametrically opposed paths.
Even Speaker of the Assembly had to make a passi... | |
| | | | Stage set for holding Local Bodies polls by middle May: Tara Chand | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: The stage has been set for holding elections to Local Bodies in the State, with a target to complete the process by mid of May, 2010.
The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister, Tara Chand, who holds the charge of Housing and Urban Development Department, while replying to the debate on the Demands of Grants for the departments under his charge in Legislative Assembly, here today.
Winding up the debate, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the process for holding elections to 2 Municipal Corporations, 6 Municipal Councils and 77- Municipal Committees have been started and will be completed by the end of May 2010.
Reiterating the commitmen... | |
| | | | Cong MLA threatens to protest with 25,000 supporters | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: Even as the state assembly today witnessed a walkout by PDP MLAs and protests by others against the alleged discrimination with their constituencies, former power minister and Congress MLA Mohammad
Sharief Niaz threatened to protest against Azad-loyalist and R&B minister G M Saroori if he ignored him while implementing programmes in Bhaderwah.
After PDP's walkout, discussion on grants of housing and urban development department, and roads and buildings was in progress when Saroori remarked, "It it was Niaz who had done development in
Bhaderwah assembly segment, what Ghulam Nabi Azad did during his chief ministership."
Niaz objected to Saroori's rem... | |
| | | | Editor Northlines appears before Speaker | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: The Editor of Daily The Northlines, R.S Gill today presented himself before the Speaker J&K Legislature Assembly in his chamber in compliance to breach of privilege notice given by Harsh Dev Singh, MLA Ramnagar.
According to R.S Gill the editor of North Lines that the speaker, Mohd. Akbar Lone, read the contents of the privilege notice to the editor, in the presence of Harsh Dev Singh, MLA, Minister of Higher Education, Abdul Gani Malik and Khwaja Farooq Renzu, the Director of Information and M Ramzan, the Secretary of J&K Legislative Assembly.
The Editor of The Northlines reaffirmed and stood by the story published in Daily The Northlines on March 25,20... | |
| | | | Youth escapes from ultras' clutches | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 29: A youth abducted by militants from Dharamkote in Kalakote, Rajouri, Saturday night, escaped from their custody Sunday night and safely reached home today.
At least six to seven militants were trapped by army troops at Dharamkote Saturday night. While two of them were shot dead by troops in a gunbattle, the others had managed to escape.
While fleeing, they had abducted Chaman Lal alias Kalu and taken him as a guide. He reached home at Dharamkote today. He told police that as the militants kept walking the whole night on Saturday, they reached Gulabgarh in Udhampur Sunday. However, finding an opportunity, he gave them a slip at Gulabgarh and soon melted in... | |
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