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| POLL ANALYSIS | | Figures support NC but South Kashmir facts on PDP’s side | | | Omar’s Amarnath Nagar jihadi may become a casualty of NC-Cong discord
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
ANANTNAG, Apr 28: Scion of the Beg family, Dr Mehboob Beg, is not important merely because of being the son of Sheikh Abdullah’s unparalleled confidante Mirza Afzal Beg---key character of Beg-Parthasarthi talks that churned the Indira-Abdullah Accord in 1975. In the middle of last year, he had fired a salvo on then PDP-Congress regime with his allegation that the actual purpose of allotment of 800 Kanal of land at Baltal in favour of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board was building up a Hindu concentration to be known as ‘Amarnath Nagar’. Dr Beg grabbed too much of space that in half of his “Devil’s Advocate” with Karan Thapar, a profusely embarrassed Omar Abdullah had to make desperate explanations that his party colleague was the victim of a misinterpretation.
When the coalition cheerleaders here put a massive floral garland on Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah and Saif-ud-din Soz, poor Mr Beg offered his neck and made desperate attempts to grab an inch of space with his masters huddled together. But, ... | |
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| Govt employees bracing up for another round of strike | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, April 28: One major trouble the National Conference-Congress coalition government bumped into immediately after assuming office earlier this year is again brewing up hot as the employees are bracing up for a fresh round of agitation on the issue of their scales of pay.
In February this year the government was able to effectively handle the employees’ agitation by ensuring a split between two major associations of employees and taking the KAS officers on its side. However, after unveiling of the revised scales of pay, upon which the strike was called off, the employees appear to have left more annoyed than earlier.
While all associations of employees are unani... | |
| | | | Mufti: seeking mandate for safeguarding J&K’s identity | | | | Early Times Report
Anantnag, Apr 28- Seeking a clear mandate for PDP to carry forward its agenda for restoring and safeguarding the political, social and economic identity of Jammu and Kashmir, the PDP Patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, while addressing a massive public meeting on the last leg of campaigning in Anantnag today, expressed confidence that the voters would endorse his policies in greater numbers this time empowering PDP as their voice in the Parliament. “PDP had to some extent restored the sanctity of democratic values in the State but it would need a clearer mandate to represent the just concerns and aspirations of the people of Jammu & Kashmir,” he added.
Reiterating his resolv... | |
| | | | PDP is saffron puppet, has not agenda, says Omar | | | | Early Times report
Srinagar April 28, 2009:- Castigating PDP for its dual trait and propagandist approach to mislead the people, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that this party has so far survived on emotional blackmailing of the people of Jammu & Kashmir on sensitive issues.
Addressing a number of public gatherings in South Kashmir, Omar pooh-poohed the tall claims of PDP to have any role in ventilating J&K centric issues. He said the party has neither taken any steps towards this direction nor intends in future to do anything towards this goal. “The party is a puppet in the hands of BJP and dances on its tunes”, he said adding that PDP is bereft of any political agenda and the pr... | |
| | | | Top HM ultra killed in Doda, encounter on | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 28- Police claimed to have killed a top commander of Hizbul-Mujahideen in a gunfight in Doda district of Jammu region on Tuesday.
Police sources said that acting on tip-off regarding the presence of militants in Darda, Marmath forests area of Doda district, a police team cordoned the area and started combing operations.
Sources said as the police party tried to advance, militants hiding in the forests opened fire on the search party which was retaliated. In the ensuing gun-fight a top commander of Hizbul-Mujahideen identified as Mohammad Yusuf alias Waseem was killed. However, two more militants who are present in the forest area have engaged the search par... | |
| | | | One more DMU in Kashmir | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 28- As the number of passengers opting to travel through the rail plying on the 119 Kilometer Anantnag-Baramulla link is increasing with every passing day, the Northern Railway has inducted one more DMU for operation from May one, taking the number of units in service to three on the 119-km newly laid track.
A DMU (Diesel Machine Unit) was taken to the valley on a trawler by the railway engineering wing last Thursday.
The test run of the coaches manufactured at Chennai Integral Coach Factory was carried out successfully. The new coach will start services on May 1. Two DMUs are in operation now, which include five engines and 23 coaches.
There are nine... | |
| | | | Infiltration up: Army Chief | | | | New Delhi, April 28: Infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, helped by Pakistani establishment, has risen substantially, with March recording the highest influx as compared to the corresponding month in the last seven years.
Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor today said there was information about more militants preparing to infiltrate into India and that his force has "refined" the pattern of deployment to foil these attempts.
"As far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, infiltration has increased in March because of the elections being held there and to disrupt the electoral process in the state, " he told reporters on the sidelines of a book release function here.
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| | | | Farooq’s boat rally feast for tourists | | PDP has been punished for its politics of treason and deceit: Azad | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 28: As campaigning came to its end in the South Kashmir constituency of Anantnag-Pulwama, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad took a whirlwind tour of several segments while canvassing for the National Conference candidate Dr Mehboob Beg. Meanwhile, former Chief Minister and NC’s President, Dr Farooq Abdullah, steered a boat rally on the world famous Dal Lake which attracted hundreds of his supporters as also a large number of domestic and foreign tourists.
Ghulam Nabi Azad addressed a series of public meetings in the South Kashmir segments of Shandus, Dooru, Kokernag, Devsar and Noorabad on the last day of campaign... | |
| | | | Jammu to go hotter, showers likely Friday | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, April 28: Severe heat wave conditions have developed over the Jammu region and are expected to last for another three to four days. The heat wave conditions prevailed in many parts of the regions including Kathua, Samba, Vijaypur, Bishnah, R.S. Pura, Suchetgarh, Akhnoor, Nagrota, Chamb, Palanwala and many other places.
Keeping in view the serious effects of the heat wave people prefer to stay indoors during day time, but school gang children face the burnt of this heat. A large number of schools in the region lack basic facilities and as such parents did not allow children to attend their school.
According to Indian Meteorological department (IMD) maximum temp... | |
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