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Unrest: Govt writes to PMO Incentive withdrawal notification comes into effect today 3/31/2008 11:37:06 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 31 Rising to the occasion following unrest among the industrialists, the state government has written to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention in the situation arising out of withdrawal of excise incentives. The Minister for Industries Nawang Rigzin Jora who returned to the winter capital after his Ladakh tour confirmed that a request has been made to the Prime Minister’s Office for intervention in the matter. This step was taken after large scale unrest prevailed among the industrialists following a notification issued by the central government withdrawing the excise incentives. The central government through a notification number 19/2008 central excise dated 27th March 2008 had called for withdrawal of the excise incentives and the notification is coming into effect by April 1. The industrialists have raised this issue vocally and termed it as moratorium for the recently growing industrial culture in the state which has the potential of resulting into large scale unemployment of the workers who have been engaged by the units establish...   READ MORE

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Militants meet Mehbooba, seek safe return 3/31/2008 11:36:32 PM Early Times Reporter Islamabad | Mar 31 Several Kashmiri youths, who had crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) for militancy in early 1990s, met PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti in Rawalpindi today with a desire to return home, eliciting an assurance that the matter would be taken up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Mufti, who is on a visit to Pakistan, said "bold reconciliatory" steps needed to be taken to facilitate "safe passage" of those who have shunned the path of violence and are eager to return. The youths, who had crossed over in early 1990s for arms training, are now eager to return and live peaceful lives, a press release issued by PDP said. They met the PDP President a...   READ MORE   CM expects peace with new Pak regime 3/31/2008 11:36:13 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 31 With the leaders of National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party away in Pakistan, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad too has send across his wishes for opening of new vistas of peace and cooperation with newly installed government in the neighbouring country. Speaking to a large gathering of audience in the border area of Suchetgarh, the hoped that that the Pakistan Prime Minister would discuss the CBMs with Prime Minister of India and strengthen the process which got slowed down due to internal situation in Pakistan during the past one year. Azad said people of Jammu and Kashmir were proud to be part of the greatest democracy of the world, add...   READ MORE   Flowers bloom in dry lands of Jammu 200 kanals of rough field converted to flori-marvel 3/31/2008 11:35:37 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 31 What if the star attraction of Congress president Sonia Gandhi was missing –the dry lands of Jammu too have iconic flowers on the outskirts. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today inaugurated, what can be described as Jammu region’s largest flower garden at Bhour Camp on the outskirts of the winter capital city. The inauguration comes two days after the Congress president Sonia Gandhi threw open Asia’s largest Tulip Garden in Srinagar. Both projects have conceived and designed by the Chief Minister himself. His official spokespersons say that Azad is an expert in the floriculture and he has also given a new outlook to the gardens of the Chief Minister’...   READ MORE   At Pugwash, it is all hogwash 3/31/2008 11:35:07 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 31 At Pugwash, it is all noise and claptrap. Far from giving a serious take to the Kashmir issue particularly when India is looking up to dealing with the new Pakistan government, the leaders from Jammu and Kashmir are playing up to the political constituency back home. While the National Conference president Omar Abdullah is trying to convey that his party has grown accommodative to adopt whatever goes well to resolve Kashmir, his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart Mehbooba Mufti is going a bit farther. Omar is ready to forget the autonomy, Mehbooba is inviting militants to come and share power with her party. At a platform offered by the Nobel pri...   READ MORE

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