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| NC ready with partial list of aspirants | | BATTLE-2008 | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Adopting caution at all fronts to avoid any disaster like the one party suffered in 2002, the National Conference is meticulously preparing for the forthcoming elections with a multi-pronged strategy at different levels.
Many senior leaders who called the shots in decades of 1980s and 90s and later relegated to isolation by Omar Abdullah, have been brought back a forefront of schemes and their experiences are being utilized for the future poll strategy. The father-son duo of Farooq and Omar Abdullah too reported to have put the things at an even keel and assignments have been divided between the two so as to lead a united campaign and leave no room for ... | |
| | | | Yes, Javed Mustafa again! | | Minister’s gun goes off at airport | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Peoples Democratic Party’s Javed Mustafa Mir –a Minister of State –would create at least one scene that he would be remembered for the year without being heard or seen around.
Today it was the turn of Jammu airport. Panic struck Jammu airport on Monday afternoon as licensed weapon of state rural development Minister Javid Mustafa Mir went off accidentally during the security check minutes before the departure of Jammu-Mumbai flight. No one was injured in the firing incident, official sources said.
A high level probe has been ordered by the airports authority of India as to how the firing incident took place in the high security zone. Chief Minister Ghu... | |
| | | | Apparently unhappy Mir exploring third front option | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Ahead of Assembly polls PDP is set to suffer severe jolt as one of the senior most party leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir is not happy with the performance of the PDP leadership and is likely to announce ‘pack-up’.
Inside reports suggest that in the last seven months Mir has not attended even a single meeting convened by the party leadership. He seldom visit party offices and is running the show independently.
When contacted PDP leader said “yes I have not attended any meeting for the last several months.”Asked whether he receives invitation from the party leaders he said “even if I receive an invitation I will not attend the meeting.”
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| | | | PM visiting J&K | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Close to the heels of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is likely to visit the state soon.
“Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh is to visit Kashmir soon to take stock of the Kashmir situation and inaugurate the hydro-electric project”, said the official sources.
This was decided in a meeting between the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Delhi on the weekend. During the meeting, sources said, the chief minister invited Prime Minister Singh to visit Kashmir. "The Prime Minister accepted the invitation and told the Chief minister that he would visit Kashmir so... | |
| | | | Chopra family murder case takes new turn | | HC directs CBI to produce record for refusing investigation | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 3
Justice JP Singh of J&K High Court, Jammu Wing, today in a much publicized murder of members of Chopra family, directed CBI to produce the record on the basis the agency had taken the decision of refusing to investigate the case.
This significant order was passed in a petition filed by the son of Late RB Chopra seeking CBI enquiry in the murder of his father, mother, sister and two employees.
After hearing both the sides, Justice JP Singh observed that reply filed by Central Bureau of Investigation indicated that after examination of notification issued by the State Government on September 25, 2006 requesting Central Govt to entrust investigation of mu... | |
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