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MLAs present ‘claims’ before Gadkari, Parilamentary Board to take final decision Leadership in possession of ‘substantial evidence’, axe to fall on ‘identified’ lot 4/20/2011 12:34:03 AM Early Times Report Jammu , April 19 The national president of BJP Nitin Gadkari met the party MLAs in Union capital on one to one basis first followed by a general meeting this evening and listened to their ‘claims and counter claims’ over the cross voting during the Legislative Council polls on April 13. The matter has now been referred to the 12 member Parlimanetary Board, the highest decision making body of the party which is led by president and has top most leaders on board. According to sources the national president gave patient hearing to what the legislators had to say about the matter and their individual perspective about the whole issue in so far as the party is concerned. The meeting of the president with the legislators was in fact mean to give this message Gadkari wants to register and gather his own assessment of the matter before arriving at any conclusion, sources added. Since it is the Parliamentary Board which takes the final view and decision in such crucial matters, it will meet tomorrow and discuss the issue as its main agenda. The matter being cri...   READ MORE

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Delhi to salvage Omar Govt from Dogra Certificate quagmire All permanent residents being declared entitled to benefit in recruitment 4/20/2011 12:33:25 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Apr 19: Taking separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s ultimatum on withdrawal of Dogra Certificate order seriously, Congress-led UPA government at the Centre is likely to come to the rescue of Omar Abdullah-led coal ition government in Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities in the union Ministry of Home Affairs are now working on a damage control exercise. Even as a subordinate judicial court in Budgam has admitted a petition against the order and the Bar Association in Jammu is reportedly planning to challenge this move in the High Court, MHA is likely to declare all permanent residents of the state entitled to the benefit in recruitment in all paramilitary...   READ MORE   Fake gun licence scam: SDM's agent held 4/20/2011 12:31:45 AM JAMMU, Apr 19: In the fake gun licence scam, an agent of Mendhar SDM Mukhtiar Choudhary was today arrested by police from Rajouri.Mukhtiar was alleged to be the main accused in the scam as he used to issue fake gun licences in lieu of money to the people. He was arrested from his relative's house here few days back.Acting on his disclosure, police today raided a house in Rajouri and arrested his agent Ranjit Singh alias Bittoo, police sources said.Bittoo was brought here by police and put to sustained interrogation.He was alleged to have told police that he was in direct contact with Mukhtiar when the latter was SDM, Mendhar, and used to get fake licences prepared from him. For the purp...   READ MORE   Girl abducted from Kabir Basti 4/20/2011 12:31:32 AM JAMMU, Apr 19: A girl was alleged to have been abducted by a youth from her residence at Kabir Basti here.Police sources said though the girl was abducted from her residence at Kabir Basti few days back, the concerned police registered the case today only after the girl's family held a demonstration.The accused was identified as Imran Khan of Rajasthan. He was at present putting up at Bari Brahmana. Police were yet to be find out the girl and her abductor. ...   READ MORE   Police Inspector among 2 booked for firing after panchayat poll results 4/20/2011 12:31:01 AM JAMMU, Apr 18: Two persons, including a police Inspector, were booked for allegedly opening fire after panchayat poll results were declared at Palesara near Arnia here yesterday. Police sources said Gurnam Singh, an inspector posted in crime record bureau, was booked today for allegedly firing bullet shots from his official weapon at Palesara. He fired out of excitement after their candidate was declared a winner when the results were declared last evening, the sources added. Police also booked one Jagtar Singh for opening fire in the same village with his 12 bore rifle. ...   READ MORE   Fake employment racket busted, teacher among 2 held 4/20/2011 12:30:36 AM JAMMU, Apr 19: Busting a fake employment racket, police today arrested two persons, including a government school teacher, in Poonch.Both of them allegedly cheated unemployed youth in Poonch by giving them fake assurances for providing them jobs in police and other government departments, police sources said. They were identified as Mohammad Aslam, son of Iqbal Khan of Guntarian in Haveli, Poonch, and Tarsem Singh, son of Krishan Singh of Upper Barnai. Aslam was a teacher in government higher secondary school, Islamabad.A cash of Rs 1,81,000, which they had collected from some unemployed youth, was also recovered from them, the sources added. Sources said the racket was busted after Ja...   READ MORE   Fake gun licence scam: SDM's agent held 4/20/2011 12:30:20 AM JAMMU, Apr 19: In the fake gun licence scam, an agent of Mendhar SDM Mukhtiar Choudhary was today arrested by police from Rajouri.Mukhtiar was alleged to be the main accused in the scam as he used to issue fake gun licences in lieu of money to the people. He was arrested from his relative's house here few days back. Acting on his disclosure, police today raided a house in Rajouri and arrested his agent Ranjit Singh alias Bittoo, police sources said.Bittoo was brought here by police and put to sustained interrogation. He was alleged to have told police that he was in direct contact with Mukhtiar when the latter was SDM, Mendhar, and used to get fake licences prepared from him. For the pu...   READ MORE   Jammu lawyers strongly advocate issuance of Dogra certificate 4/20/2011 12:29:57 AM Jammu , April 19 Dogras should be given relaxation through Dogra certificate Apart from students, Lawyers and Advocates are also echoing their voice in support of issuance e of Dogra certificate. Dogra certificate is being issued to Jammu people since Maharaja’s Time, and even British rule didn’t question its merits and de-merits. Early Times speaks to senior Advocates and Lawyers in High court complex and sought their opinion on the issue. ...   READ MORE   K.K.Jandial, Advocate, High court, Jammu:- 4/20/2011 12:29:21 AM Being a dogra, I fully support this certificate and hope the controversy which certain section of the society particularly has raised. The controversy regarding this issue is unwarranted and uncalled for. Those who oppose are living in fool’s paradise and I hope the opposition on this issue will die down soon. The people of Jammu have this certificate as their right. ...   READ MORE   Amrish Kapoor, Advocate, High court, Jammu:- 4/20/2011 12:28:53 AM Well, I fail top understand why people are opposing this issue. As you know, Dogra certificate is given to the youth of Jammu just to get relaxation in height and chest for recruitment in Army and central Paramilitary forces. People should not make an issue out of an mole as this is not going to harm anybody’s interest. I fully support Dogra certificate issue. ...   READ MORE   Rajinder Singh Salathia, Advocate, High court, Jammu:- 4/20/2011 12:28:28 AM If some reports appearing in a section of print media are to be believed and there are no reasons to dismiss these reports as a figment of imagination, then we as lawyers and Advocates are likely to take plunge and take on those in Kashmir who have unleashed a propaganda campaign against the govt. order that has entitled the Dogras of Jammu province to obtain Dogra certificate from the concerned revenue Authority. ...   READ MORE   Rajinder Singh, Advocate, High court, Jammu:- 4/20/2011 12:26:48 AM I fully support the issue of Dogra certificate and hope the controversy will end soon on this issue. The youth of Jammu- Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and others are being benefited in getting relaxation in Army and other paramilitary forces. No one should oppose it and my other colleagues fully support it. ...   READ MORE   Opposition to Dogra certificate ill-motivated Gist Of Govt Order 4/20/2011 12:24:28 AM MINCING NO WORDS NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 19: Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked the state government to withdraw its order concerning the issuance of Dogra certificates to the Dogras of Jammu province latest by April 30 and threatened an agitation in the event of the authorities not accepting his dictate. Geelani has, in addition, said: “Kashmir has been trapped under a colonial power after the oppression of Dogra autocracy. Slaves fail to understand the deceptions of colonial powers. They are shown the mirages of development, roads, elections, etc. But we need to understand that without getting rid of slavery, none of our problems will be solved…We cannot pick up guns because ...   READ MORE   NC man cries foul, complains CM of phone tapping by police *Privacy being invaded without Home deptt order 4/20/2011 12:24:03 AM SUMIT SHARMA JAMMU, Apr 19: In a spine chilling revelation, a senior leader of National Conference has accused Jammu and Kashmir police of brazenly invading his privacy and putting his telephone connection under surveillance since the last many months without seeking mandated permission form the home ministry which is presently being headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Sources said that on finding himself under surveillance, the said NC leader complained to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who in turn reportedly rang-up Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda and sought an explanation of the same. They added that the matter was brought into the notice of Chief Minister a few day...   READ MORE   Newly constructed school buildings in J&K earthquake prone: HRD ministry SSA implementation 4/20/2011 12:23:45 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Apr 19: Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has picked up several loopholes in the effective implementation of centrally sponsored and much hyped Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) programme in Jammu and Kashmir. Serious of all, newly constructed schools under SSA are earthquake prone. The inadequacies have been brought to the notice of state government. However, state has preferred not to bring in structural changes for improving standard of education being provided under SSA and is continuing with increasing number of schools and teachers at all levels. The education ministry boosts of having opened schools in every nook and corner of Jammu and Kashmir bu...   READ MORE   Limiting the area of strife is always better Interlocutors In Srinagar 4/20/2011 12:23:30 AM STARK REALITY RUSTAM EARLY TMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 19: The problem is in Kashmir. It is patently communal and the bottom-line is secession. New Delhi knows it. The Kashmiri leadership, the Kashmir-based media and intellectuals, and even the Delhi-based commentators and think-tanks know all this. They also know that the area of influence of those demanding separation from India is limited to a few pockets in the Kashmir Valley and that an overwhelming majority of the Kashmiri Muslims has nothing to do with the ongoing secessionist movement in the Valley. Besides, they also know that whatever has happened in the Valley during the past over 20 years is the outcome of the subversive, anti-h...   READ MORE   VHP steps-in, threatens to begin annual pilgrimage from June 15 Curtailment of Amarnath Yatra 4/20/2011 12:23:08 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 19: Lashing at the Jammu and Kashmir government for curtailing the Amarnath yatra period by 15 days, VHP today threatened to commence the pilgrimage from June 15 if the Governor failed to "rectify" the decision. "We threaten to launch the Yatra and start this year’s annual Amarnath Yatra ourselves from June 15 if the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board headed by its chairman and Governor N N Vohra did not rectify the decision at the earliest," VHP National Spokesperson, Prakash Sharma told reporters here. The Yatra traditionally and annually commences from June 15 and ends on August 13 - on Raksha Bandan. "But the Board decided to cut the Yatra period by 15 days a...   READ MORE   800 parents seek return of their wards HM’s amnesty package 4/20/2011 12:22:47 AM Early Times Report Jammu, April 19: Finally the Home Ministry’s amnesty package for militants seems to have evoked good response. A Local news agency quoting official sources today said that 800 applications had been preferred from across the state. However, the agency could not confirm whether the parents of disappeared persons had availed the package or not. The Union Home Secretary GK PIllai while talking to newsmen last week said that the return of the youth is likely to start from June. The scheme announced last year is likely to bring joy to hundreds of distressed families in the Kashmir Valley and other Muslim-dominated areas in the Jammu region whose youths went across loC...   READ MORE

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