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Leaking of Interlocutors' Report politically motivated…..? Confusion prevails on political scene, Credibility dented ….! 4/14/2012 11:41:54 PM Saroj Razdan Jammu, Apr 14: A world of confusion has been created on the states' political scene after what is being termed as politically motivated -the 'filtered' contents of Interlocutors report having been leaked to media . What is most important in the whole scenario is the timing of leaking political contents of the report which happened a day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's visit to Jammu during which he significantly made a mention of the report and maintained it would be made public after CCS gave its view point. The moot point is whether the leaking of report is deliberate to gauge the public mood and political response much before it becomes official document and if so, it has only done much harm than any good in terms of the utter confusion that prevails over it. Notwithstanding media taking pride in making exclusive stories over the contents of the Interlocutors' report , more than any normal reaction or response, it has evoked criticism from some political quarters for more than one reason. While media reports suggest that Interlocutors h...   READ MORE

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With centre's support Omar continues kidding Congress 4/14/2012 11:41:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 14: Chief Minister,Omar Abdullah,has developed the art,rather technique,of kidding the Congress,not the Congress high command but the two factions of the state unit of the party.He has been doing it for over two years.At times ignoring the party with which he shares powers. On occasions he has been trying to slight Saif-ud-Din Soz and his supporters in the Congress to give an impression that he (Omar) is the boss. If he has succeeded in kidding the Congress consistently it is on the issue pertaining to the expansion of the council of Ministers.He has been doing it for the last over one year when he is fully aware of the demand of the state unit of the Congre...   READ MORE   16 quizzed in Kashmir on anti-India Facebook posts 4/14/2012 11:41:19 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 14: Police in Kashmir say they have questioned 16 men about Facebook posts that appear to be aimed at whipping up protest against Indian rule in Kashmir. Police say the men are university students who run Facebook pages with illegal messages challenging India's claim to the region. Officer Shiv Murari Sahai says police warned the men of legal action "if they persist with their anti-national activities." Most anti-Indian sentiment in Kashmir has been expressed in street protests, though police set up a cyber-security team after anti-India Facebook pages appeared in 2010. ...   READ MORE   Visitors criticize Govt for not opening park during Baisaikhi mela 4/14/2012 11:41:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 14: Hundreds of people who visited the canal at Rajinder park today to take part in annual Baisakhi celebrations were put to many hardships as the Rajinder Park was not opened for the visitors even on the Baisakhi Day. The Rajinder Park gave a deserting look as the visitors were not allowed to make entry inside without the ticket as was not prevalent earlier. It was only over seven years back that the then coalition Government headed by Mufti Mohammed Syeed handed over the maintenance of Rajinder Park to J&K Bank and since then the entry was restricted to tickets only. Though decision was not opposed the people but it was a general feeling that the park will...   READ MORE   Retirement age to go up by one year Announcement soon 4/14/2012 11:40:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 14: Highly placed sources have told Early Times that the State Government has decided in principle to enhance the retirement age of its 4.5 lac work force from the existing 58 to 59 years to avoid a face off between the State Government and its employees. The State Government employees have already announced a day's token strike on April 17 to press for their demand to enhance the retirement age from the present 58 years to 60 years as is applicable to Central Government employees. Leaders of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) and the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) have accused the State Government of being callous and non-serious towards...   READ MORE   ‘Start cricketing activities’ 4/14/2012 11:40:28 PM Jammu: The JKCA scam has brought all cricketing activities to a halt in the state. As the internal bickering continue unabated in the association, the chances of saving and promoting the game seem quite bleak. The whole ground of Sher-I- Kashmir Cricket Stadium, Srinagar has been dugout and is to be re-laid. The special grass to be used is to be imported and its air lifting is going to take more than a month. The way things are shaping up, the stadium may not be ready in time for the National activities. Cricket lovers have urged the chorus of the 20 odd working committee members who boycotted the election of JKCA for the crucification of the Chairman and holding immediate elections, to ...   READ MORE   JKCA scam strangles `dream' project Jammu's Cricket stadium? 4/14/2012 11:40:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 14: The recent expose about massive embezzlement of Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) funds had a serious bearing on the proposed cricket stadium at Jammu. Thanks to the rival faction of the JKCA, the dream project has been shelved. After the expose their wish to shelve the project was granted in JKCA's first major decision after the scam. Interestingly JKCA had engaged two retired Chief Engineers from Kashmir as Technical Advisors. These two retired engineers share a very close proximity to a certain contractors who are presently engaged in the construction of Cricket academy at Srinagar. The construction of the Stadium at Jammu was given ...   READ MORE   Maintaining dual character of J&K A Dangerous Report -- II 4/14/2012 11:39:56 PM A Dangerous Report -- II Maintaining dual character of J&K Neha JAMMU, Apr 14: The story in the national daily based on the interlocutors' report, in addition, not only suggested that "if the stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir are willing to enter into a settlement (with Pakistan), the door can always be kept open for Pakistan to join", but also underlined that the "key objective is to make the Line of Control irrelevant". "It (Line of Control) should become a symbol of concord and cooperation", the report, as per the story, further said. "A hassle-free movement of people, goods and services across the LoC and the International Border must be swiftly ensured leading to institutionalise...   READ MORE   Kashmiris & Government they elect not happy, says Naya What about Jammu & Ladakh? 4/14/2012 11:39:35 PM Rustam Jammu, Apr 14: Kuldip Nayar's "The Kashmir Question" does not really want Pakistan to come forward to help end unrest in the region by adopting a rational stand on Jammu and Kashmir. He also doesn't want India to stake claim over POJK and Gilgit-Baltistan. He only recognises the Line of Control as the border between India and Pakistan and wants New Delhi to come forward and take steps calculated to end the prevailing unrest in Kashmir and harmonise relations with Pakistan. He asserts that there is civil society in India which has certain obligations that a democratic polity (Government of India) has to carry out. Which civil society he talks about? Does he talk about thos...   READ MORE

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