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| Lifted from Kathmandu, Srinagar trader untraced since Aug 2000 | | Dehumanized politicians like Omar, Yaseen Malik, Mirwaiz and Gilani, do least care for ordinary Kashmiris: Traumatized mother Zubeda | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Apr 23: Zubeda of Safakadal, a downtown interior in Srinagar, has left no stone unturned to trace her eldest son, Ghulam Mohammad Sofi (46), in the last 12 years. But her sighs and sobs before the who's who of Jammu and Kashmir politicians have lost in futility. Traumatized by the continued disappearance of her son, she views all of them---from Dr Farooq Abdullah to Mufti Mohammad Sayeed; from Omar Abdullah to Mehbooba Mufti; from Syed Ali Shah Geelani to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq; and, from Professor Gani to Yasin Malik---as "dehumanized politicians".
"Their politics and activities are limited to their personal agenda of making money and building fortunes for their own sons and daughters", 65-year-old housewife Zubeda complained to Early Times. She claimed that all of the State's "self-styled leaders" remained unmoved and many of them even posed to be concerned but none of them provided her an iota of support in regaining her son. A voluminous folder of documents she carries in an extreme State of distress speaks how she ran from pillar to post in search of G... | |
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| For 2nd consecutive year, Omar stays away from meeting of JU Council | | Is Pro Chancellor neglecting Universities of Jammu? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 23: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's absence from the second consecutive meeting of Jammu University's Council in two years has given strength to the allegations that he had been deliberately neglecting the Universities of Jammu region in general and the University of Jammu in particular.
Chief Minister's presence in the meetings of the Councils of the Universities of the State as the Pro Chancellor is considered indispensable as Councils are the highest decision making bodies of the Universities and the CM as the pro chancellor can take many vital decisions during these meetings which have direct bearing on thousands of students across the region. Chief Minist... | |
| | | | HM commander makes startling revelation in police custody | | New recruits joining militant ranks at alarming pace | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 23: Divisional commander of Hizbul-Mujahidin militant outfit and Bijbehara car blast mastermind Lateef Ahmad Dar has made some startling rather disturbing revelations in police custody which is likely to leave its impact on conceptual, perspective and executive endeavours of Jammu and Kashmir police to evolve entirely different response to the situation.
A month after a car bomb blast rocked Bijbehara, the police arrested the mastermind of the attack, a divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen. Police sources said that during questioning, Dar confessed to planning IED blasts. If sources are to be believed, Dar had planned trigger about 17 car blasts ... | |
| | | | NC unnerved by PDP leadership's resolved on return of KPs…? | | NC, not PDP bracketed itself with BJP for 'power' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 23: It has almost become a routine for ruling NC to criticize and castigate its rival PDP soon after the latter comes with some meaningful statement that hits like a political nail over any issue where the NC has stumbled badly. The irony is that instead of countering PDP leadership on the basis of some reason or rhyme, the spokespersons of the NC, duty bound on the job assigned to them, come out with irrational attack, which is seen more as hitting out just for the sake of opposition.
Call it increasing intolerance or immaturity, the spokespersons of the NC have attacked PDP this time for the assertion of PDP Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on what he reiterat... | |
| | | | Kamaal again castigates Soz, opposes 73rd amendment | | Cong-NC Relations | | | Neha
JAMMU, Apr 23: JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz on Sunday asked the elected Panchs and Sarpanchs to start a campaign against the State Government in order to force it to "implement the 73rd Constitutional amendment in the State". In other words, he urged the Panchs and Sarpanchs to take on and expose the Government of which the Congress is the most crucial partner. The elected Government is in place in the State because the Congress is one of the two coalition partners. The other is the NC, which is leading the coalition Government since January 2009. The NC has only 28 members in the 87-member House.
What Soz did was something very extraordinary. It was an extraordinary development i... | |
| | | | K leaders focusing on Indo-Pak relations instead of serving people | | Cause Of Concern | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Apr 23: People of J&K vote every six years to elect Government of their choice. They participate in the democratic exercise hoping their representatives in the Assembly would discuss the public-related issues and enact laws aimed at catering to their socio-economic needs and mitigating the hardships they face at the hands of the essentially insensitive civil and police administration.
Unfortunately, however, all or nearly all the Kashmiri leaders who are in the Government or outside have been, instead of focusing their attention on the public-related issues or on the problems people have been facing at the hands of the administration, including corrupt elements, have been de... | |
| | | | Mufti accuses New Delhi, JK Govt of hypocrisy | | ‘Panchayat empowerment is a mock flight’ | |  early times report
Jammu, Apr 23: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Sayed today accused New Delhi and the state government of `hypocrisy' for denying powers to panchayats and deactivating urban local bodies.
Calling ` empowerment of Panchayats' a `mock flight' the year old panchayat elections have been turned into mere publicity reference.
"Both government of India and the state government have been paying only lip service to the cause of... | |
| | | | Wadeera to replace Mujahid as director DDKJ | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 23: Jammu Doordarshan Kendre is likely to witness a change of guard in the coming days. The incumbent Director, Shabir Mujahid, according to informed sources said Mujahid will be replaced by Qayoom Wadeera who runs the show at Leh presently.
Sources said Shabir Mujahid, whose father was a close aide of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was recommended for the post of Director Doordarshan , Srinagar. According to them, former Chief Minister and NC patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah accompanied him to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni recently. "He is the man from Kashmir. He is the best candidate for Srinagar Kendra", he is believed to have told her... | |
| | | | Economic Survey shows poor state of key sectors in J&K | | | | early times report
JAMMU, Apr 23: While government has been claming general improvement in the economic and social indicators in its annual Economic Survey placed before the Legislative Assembly, but it has exposed many loopholes in Agriculture, Finance, Horticulture and production of food grains in Jammu and Kashmir.
An analysis of sectoral percentage contribution at (2004-05) to 2011-12 indicate a steady decline in the percentage of contribution of Agriculture and Allied activities from 28.06 percent to 19.36 percent reflecting average annual decline of about 1.24 points.
The contribution of territory and services sectors stood at 26.41 per cent and 54.23 per cent in 2011-12 as against... | |
| | | | "We are not against empowerment of Panchyats" Kamaal | | NC dares Soz to prove his strength | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Apr 23: A day after State Congress Chief Professor Saif ud din Soz termed its alliance partner NC as the 'only hurdle' in empowerment of Panchayts in the state, National Conference alleged that Soz was trying to provoke people against the Omar Abdullah government.
"We challenge Soz to come out on roads with his supports and prove his strength.'' NC, additional general Secretary Dr Mustafa Kamaal told a Kashmir based news agency, further quipping, "JKPCC chief had a support of just 'few hundred people'.
Kamaal's reaction came despite Congress has gone on defensive stand with a statement issued from the Congress Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma saying JKPCC (I) was... | |
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