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| Slight tremors shake Valley | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Mar 6
Slight intensity earthquake was felt in the Kashmir Valley in the wee hours today sending a wave of panic among the people who rushed out of their house to safer places.
Met department confirmed the quake which it said measured 3.9 on the Richter scale. It was experienced at around 0427 hours, triggering panic among residents who rushed out of their homes.
The epicenter of the quake was in Baramulla district.
This was the sixth tremor in Kashmir Valley in the past fortnight... | |
| | | | Mufti is back to mentors | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 6
As the state assembly elections are round the corner, the Peoples Democratic Party patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is back in the company of his old friends and patrons who have often turned tide in his favour.
When political circles talk about the clout of Mufti in Delhi, the most of the influence flows from two former Prime Ministers who have been his friends, guides and mentors all the way. In all difficult circumstances, Mufti has always found former Prime Ministers VP Singh and Inder Kumar Gujral on his right side.
In 2002 too, during the government formation crisis, the former Prime Minister Singh and Gujral mounted pressur... | |
| | | | Azad gives 100 marks to Pak’s ‘Mr Ten Percent’ | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 6
The Mr Ten Percent of Pakistan politics though has become an eyesore of the separatists but is getting 100 percent marks from the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Asif Ali Zardari, the leader of Pakistan Peoples Party and widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Butto, is popularly known as Mr Ten Percent for pressuring the leading industrialists and businessmen of the country to pay him ten per cent share when his wife was the Prime Minister. Zardari has many cases pending against him on these charges.
His sudden rise on the power radar following assassination of his illustrious wife, has seen Zardari talking Kashmir quite often. Wh... | |
| | | | Shivratri greetings: Stay in Jammu, feel like Kashmir | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 6
On earth, there cant be any replacement of a home, but on the eve of Shivratri, the Kashmiri Pandit migrants get the message that “stay in Jammu and feel like Kashmir”.
As Kashmiri Pandits are celebrating today Shivratri, their most important religious festival, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad chose the occasion to visit Jagti in Nagrota near here and inspect the pace of work on the State's biggest project in housing sector fast coming up as a township for the members of the community who migrated from Kashmir in the wake of militancy and were lodged in migrant camps.
The foundation stone of the Rs. 294 crore all-facility township was laid by the Pr... | |
| | | | Pak HRC chief in Jammu | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 6
Chief of Pakistan's human rights panel and Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights Asma Jehangir arrived here Thursday to study the freedom of religion in Jammu and Kashmir.
Soon after landing at Jammu airport, Asma headed straight to hotel Grand Riveria, where she met politicians and some business leaders.
It is her first visit to Jammu, though she has visited the Kashmir Valley earlier. She would be leaving for Srinagar Friday.
Talking to reporters, the chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan said the recent elections in her country had reflected the will of the people.
She said the call for boycott of elections was a... | |
| | | | Freedom from dogs: One lakh being killed in Valley | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 6
If nothing else, Kashmir is all set to achieve freedom from the dogs. Any stray moving around is on the target of authorities –it is to be seen how animal rights activists like Menaka Gandhi react to this massacre.
Authorities in Kashmir have begun poisoning stray dogs in an anti-rabies programme that aims to kill more than 100 000 dogs officials sources said.
Animal rights activists called the plan illegal and cruel and said they planned to go to court in a bid to halt the poisoning. "These dogs have become a big nuisance and they are threatening humans," said Dr Riyaz Ahmad, the Srinagar city health officer who is organising the programme.
"We have ... | |
| | | | Division in Congress ranks exposed, impact on Jammu West seat | | BJP victory of Jammu Mayor election has wider political ramifications | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Mar 6
News Analysis
The mood in BJP circles is obviously upbeat over their unexpected victory in the election to the post for Mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation. The party has the reason to celebrate its victory with all the fan fare and use this as a moral booster for the party workers. Against this the defeat suffered by the Congress, despite the party having majority in the JMC and the support assured to if four NC councilors and three councilors of its coalition partner, the PDP besides some associated members and independents, is demoralizing for the party. Obviously there has been cross voting from among the Congress councilors as well, w... | |
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