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Struggle in Jammu continues unabated

Attention Mr PM

3/4/2011 2:27:21 AM

RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 3: Struggle in Jammu province for the state's complete integration into India and its empowerment started as early as in 1947, the year the state acceded to India. However, it was in 1952 that the movement gained a great momentum in the real sense of the term. Significantly, the one who gave this momentum was none other than Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, the Bengal tiger, who was none other than the once ministerial colleague of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. He not only challenged the monopoly of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah of the Valley-based and pro-limited accession National Conference, but also challenged the kind of politics he had been indulgin...

PM's JU visit turns institute into an impregnable fortress

3/4/2011 2:26:00 AM

mishu gupta EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 3 : While the Prime Minsiter is scheduled to attend third Convocation of SKUAST University function at Zorawar Singh Auditorium tomorrow, the entire Jammu University campus has been turned into a fortress, restricting free movement of students and hostel boarders. Since morning the entire campus of Jammu University (JU) was dotted with security personnel to ensure secure visit of expected VIPs, . Students and scholars, especially the boarders of the Vivekananda Hostel and Nehru Hall, while speaking to said: " They said the hostel mess was closed for some days so they had to go outside for meals and other purposes. "These are exam days and ou...

Govt policy of repression to backfire with intensity, warns Mehbooba

'Poor being booked under PSA, govt has lost civil face'

3/4/2011 2:23:02 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 3: Accusing NC led government of poisoning the minds, bruising the souls and bodies of the youth in Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today said continued repression and spate of arrests coupled with imposition of PSA on 'poor' children will boomerang in a harsh manner. On a caution note, she warned in state Assembly that there will be more violence in 2011 if the state government continues with its policy of repression and harssasment. " IS Patad Dhakad Sey Kuch Hasil Nahi Hoga........Jo Tarikakaar Sarkar Nay Apnaya Hai.....Khuda Na Khasta Aisa Na Ho ki 2010 say zyada shidat kay Ehtijaj Honge....( the spree and spate of arrests...

BJP, PP echo discrimination issue together in Assembly

Stage walkout on 'casual, incomplete' reply on Finance Commission recommendations

3/4/2011 2:20:52 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 3: Both BJP and J&K Panthers Party today vociferously raked up the issue of discrimination with Jammu and Ladakh region in the state Assembly and lashed out at government for what they termed as 'casual reply' on the issue of recommendations of the Finance Commission. When government agreed to have received a dissenting note from one of the members and that it was 'examining' the voluminous report before it would be placed in the House, the members of both the parties besides lone member of JSM shouted slogans of 'stop discrimination ….' , stop injustice with two regions….. and staged walkout from the House to register protest against what they termed as misl...

BJP's 'remarks' create furore in Assembly again

Sagar retorts, says do not forget "RSS role" in blasts

3/4/2011 2:20:02 AM

kunal shrivatsa EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 3: After senior Bharatiya Janta Party legislator Ashok Khajuria's controversial remarks on Tuesday in the State Legislative Assembly in the ongoing budget session, the saffron party again created a furor in the House today as BJP Legislature Party leader Prof Chaman Lal Gupta said that Muslims need to show their loyalty towards the nation. The government, however, once again showed utmost restraint in reacting to BJP leader's remarks and responded in a 'mild tone' over the issue like it did over Ashok Khajuria's comments. Agitated over BJP leader's remarks, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar said that Prof Ch...

Bhatti's murder, extremist ideology & Kashmiri leadership

3/4/2011 2:18:48 AM

NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 3: Extremists in Pakistan have once again struck and murdered Pakistan's Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti. He was a Christian. He was murdered in cold-blood yesterday by Taliban militants as he drove out of mother's house in Islamabad. Earlier on January 4, the extremists had murdered Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer. He had been murdered by one his own security guards. Both of them were liquidated because they stood for modernization and liberal values as well as an all-inclusive ideology. The gruesome murder of Bhatti and Taseer, belonging to President Asf Ali Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP), must make the Kashmiri leadership sit up a...

Madni resigns as Dy Speaker, lodges protest in well against Speaker's remarks

Govt approaches for 'reconsidering decision', party to decide, says Madni

3/4/2011 2:17:51 AM

kunal shrivatsa EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 3: The Deputy Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and senior PDP leader Sartaj Madni today tendered his resignation from the post protesting the alleged unparliamentary remarks made against him by the Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone in a section of media.Even as the government tried to approach Madni in the evening asking him to reconsider his decision, he is reported to have declined to retreat, contending the matter would be decided by the party now. After registering strong protest during the question hour today seeking attention and response of the Speaker, Madni tendered his resignation as soon as the House assembled aga...

Up in arms against police over woman's abduction, people burn SHO's effigy

3/4/2011 2:16:54 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, March 03 : Alleging that police did not act speedly to recover the woman abducted by some armed men from Sarno Monday last, people today held an anti-police demonstration at Dhangri Chowk in Rajouri and burnt the effigy of SHO concerned. Nisha (22) of Sarno was returning home from the village river after washing clothes when some armed men had Monday last abducted her on gun point at about 4 pm. Sarno is situated on the outskirts of Rajouri town. Soon after Nisha's abduction, her husband Pawan Kumar and their relatives had lodged a report with the Rajouri police station. When, even after three days of the incident, police could not find any trace of Nisha a...

Widow gangraped in Udhampur

3/4/2011 2:16:26 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, March 03 : A widow was gangraped by three youth in a factory at Batalwalian in Udhampur. In her complaint to police, the widow, who hailed from Ramnagar, said she came to Udhampur Sunday last in connection with some work. However, when the work was over, she thought of going to her relative's house in the town. Police sources said while she crossed Doodadhari temple, one Sanju, who knew her, stopped his car near her and gave her a lift. However, instead of dropping her at the relative's house, he took her in a factory at Batalwalian and locked her in a room. In the room, she was allegedly gangraped by Sanju and his two friends. The accused freed her next mo...

10th class student impersonates 8th class student, absconds

3/4/2011 2:15:51 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, March 03 : In a case of impersonation, a 10th class student was Wednesday found taking science paper of an eighth class student in Manjakote area of Rajouri. Police sources said 8th class student Parvez Ahmad, son of Mohammad Shabir of Kakora, Manjakote, was to take his papers at government middle school, Kanal Gali. As he was closely related to school headmaster Abdul Rashid, the latter allegedly allowed 10th class student Sher Khan, son of Abdul Shakoor of Kakora, to sit in his place in the examination so that he scored good marks. The headmaster was also alleged to have replaced Parvez's photos on the examination slip and the form with those of Sher Khan...