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Geelani, Mirwaiz among panel of 10 to liaise with UJC, J&K Police Srinagar conclave wants militants, Police on board in probe 4/19/2011 2:36:22 PM -----Maulana Shaukat assassination------------------- Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Apr 18: In a significant and unprecedented development, an assembly of almost all separatist political and religious organisations in Kashmir valley today resolved to carry out a “credible and transparent investigation” into the assassination of Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith (JAH) chief, Maulana Shaukat Ahmed Shah. According to a unanimously made decision, a 10-member panel, that includes Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani, would conduct the investigation in coordination with United Jihad Council (UJC) in Pakistan and the state Police in Kashmir. Sources present in the three-hour-long closed-door meeting at JAH’s Barbarshah headquarters revealed to Early Times that most of the speakers sounded to be in favour of striking a balance. They deliberated at length on the cleric’s killing in an IED blast here on April 8th and J&K Police’s claim of breakthrough, as announced by IGP Kashmir on April 16th, and asserted that the Police investigation should neither be endorsed nor rejected at this stage....   READ MORE

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BJP MLAs to present their ‘version’ before Gadkari today All eyes on ‘outcome’ but ‘tough’ disciplinary action unlikely……? 4/19/2011 2:30:44 PM Early Times Report Jammu, April 18: With no let up in the anger and disillusionment of public in Jammu, the spree of protests and demonstrations and wide spread condemnations continue unabated against the BJP MLAs for the act of cross voting deemed betrayal with masses. Enveloped in this controversy, the legislators are all set to meet the national president Nitin Gadkari tomorrow to present their ‘version’ of the story. But the moot question remains will the party high command really act ‘tough’ and sternly against the tainted flock or resort to some ‘middle path’ as means of posturing….? If sources are to be believed, the high command is unlikely to take any such harsh action whi...   READ MORE   Geelani serves ultimatum over Dogra Certificate ‘Revoke order by April 30th or face consequences’ 4/19/2011 2:29:21 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Apr 18: Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani today served ultimatum on Omar Abdullah-led coalition government and threatened to launch a mass agitation in case recent order on issuance of Dogra Certificate was not withdrawn by April 30th.In his key address at a seminar on “Dogra Certificate Ka Kya Jawaaz?” at his Hydeprora residence here, Geelani dismissed the state Revenue Ministry’s order dated March 25th as a “well-conceived plot to neutralize the identity of Muslim community in Jammu and merge it with the Dogra identity”. He denigrated the coalition government as “New Delhi’s puppet” and alleged that the identity and cultural aggression in Jammu & K...   READ MORE   Bar Association may take the plunge and defend the government decision Dogra Certificate Issue 4/19/2011 8:14:05 AM MINCING NO WORDS NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 18: If some reports appearing in a section of the print media are to be believed, and there are no reasons to dismiss these reports as a figment of imagination, then it can be safely assumed that the Bar Association Jammu (BAJ), the premier organization of lawyers and advocates, is likely to take the plunge and take on those in Kashmir who have unleashed a no-holds-barred propaganda campaign against the government order that has entitled the Dogras of Jammu province to obtain Dogra certificates from the concerned revenue authorities. The BAJ has on umpteen occasions identified itself with the genuine Jammu cause. According to ...   READ MORE   Displaced people need dignified rehabilitation not restoration of sold assets 4/19/2011 12:23:53 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 18: If the parliamentary standing committee on Home Affairs has suggested to the state Government to restore immovable property, that had been sold as part of the distress sale in the Kashmir valley during the last 20 years, to the displaced people it is not as practicable as one wishes it to be. A mere recommendation by a parliamentary committee does not have any legal or constitutional binding on the state Government. The exercise on restoring to the displaced Hinds their immovable assets needs a legal and constitutional support. What is surprising is the way the state Government has not been able to protect the immovable assets that had been grabbed or enc...   READ MORE   Curtailment of Amarnath Yatra Niyas ups ante, to hold protest on Apr 20 4/19/2011 12:23:37 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 18: Baba Amarnath and Baba Buda Amarnath Yatri Niyas has decided to hold protest demonstration outside Governor House in Jammu on April 20 against the curtailment of annual Holy Amarnath Yatra. Announcing this in a press conference here today, Surinder Mohan Aggarwal, president of the Niyas said the representatives of Niyas and its associate member organizations shall assemble at Mubarak Mandi complex on April 20, 2011 and thereafter march towards Raj Bhawan in the form of procession to submit collected signatures to Governor and Chairman SASB N N Vohra with an appeal to reconsider the decision of curtailing Yatra. "We genuinely feel that the decision of ...   READ MORE   After surviving 70 attacks Geelani vows to protect pundits 4/19/2011 12:23:03 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 18: Syed Ali Geelani committed a tactical mistake yesterday. He promised total protection to the pundits on their return to the Valley. Geelani and other separatists have been accusing the former Governor, Jagmohan of engineering and facilitating the exodus. A question arises. If state again `plays foul', how can the elderly leader fulfil his promise? Geelani's visit to the migrant pundit camp yesterday evoked widespread appreciation. But saner elements expressed surprise over the promise he made to them. "I guarantee your protection", he promised. Can he fulfil it? People close to Geelani are also surprised. "All actors have to be taken into confidence...   READ MORE   RSS, supporters demand stringent action against erring BJP MLAs 4/19/2011 12:22:42 AM Rustam JAMMU, Apr 18: RSS of which the BJP is its political organ has upped its ante, described the cross-voting by the 7 BJP MLAs as most "unfortunate" and demanded stringent action against them so that a moral effect is produced and no BJP legislator in the future betrays the people and the cause. "The people of Jammu reposed their confidence in the BJP and increased its tally from 1 (in 2002) to eleven (in 2008), but they ditched the former," the RSS said on Saturday. In fact, Brigadier (Retd) Suchet Singh, the RSS Sang Chalak in Jammu and Kashmir, has expressed these views and what he has said can be legitimately construed as a scathing attack on the BJP legislators. No one can questio...   READ MORE   Interlocutors commence their final visit 4/19/2011 12:22:21 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 18 : New Delhi's nominated interlocutors on Jammu Kashmir today commenced their final visit of the state. During their two-day stay in Jammu Kashmir, they are scheduled to meet 'intelligentsia and the academia' for finding a political solution to the Kashmir issue. Padgaonkar, academician Radha Kumar and former Central Information Commissioner MM Ansari were appointed as interlocutors by the Centre in October last year towards the end of the summer unrest in the Valley, which left over 100 dead. The team has been given one year to submit a report to the Centre for a political solution to the Kashmir problem. The interlocutors have so far submitted six inte...   READ MORE   Cabinet expansion, reshuffle shortly 4/19/2011 12:21:51 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 18: The ruling coalition partners are likely to go for cabinet expansion and may be reshuffle shortly. Informed sources said Congress will stake claim for two of the three vacant berths in the cabinet. Two berths were left vacant and the third fell vacant when GM Saroori quit the cabinet last year. A Congress leader hopes the party will get the two berths. "One will go to Doda as this area is unrepresented in the cabinet at present", he said. According top him, the National Conference workers from Doda and Kupwara wanted representation in the cabinet. "The reshuffle may also be discussed in the coming days", he revealed. He ruled out expansion of cabinet ...   READ MORE   Sunny Baba's judicial remand extended 4/19/2011 12:21:09 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 18: Special mobile magistrate electricity, Jammu, R N Wattal today allowed five days extension of the judicial remand of Sunny Baba.SI Abdil Bhukhari produced him before the court, seeking extension of judicial remand of the accused.While extending his judicial remand, the court directed district jail superintendent to get his medical examination conducted after every 24 hours. ...   READ MORE   Newly elected sarpanch fires in air 4/19/2011 12:20:42 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 18: A newly elected sarpanch fired in air at Bala Chak near Arnia here Sunday after election results were declared in his favour. Police sources said soon after results for the sarpanch elections at polling booth Nos 46/5 and 47/5 at Bala Chak primary school were declared in favour of Kulbir Singh, he fired five rounds in the air from his weapon to celebrate his victory.Hearing the gunshots, Sudershan Singh, who had lost the election, fled the spot. He later alleged that Kulbir had fired at him.The Arnia police had registered a case in this connection....   READ MORE

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