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| Expressing ire against Shamsher, Jr Gupta resigns from BJP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: A day ahead of the crucial meeting of BJP High command scheduled tomorrow to decide the fate of the suspended MLAs, vice president of the J&K unit Anil Gupta, today resigned from the party. Anil Gupta who is son of veteran leader and one of the suspended MLAs Prof Chaman Lal Gupta, had also been served show cause notice by the state president Shamsher Singh Manhas for his alleged involvement in the cross voting scam.
The move is being seen in the political quarters a step to pre empt any counter move by the high command which may cause embarassing situation to him. According to party sources it is almost decided that party will expell the MLAs as also Ani... | |
| | | | | | | | Varun Jamwal, University student, Jammu: | |  I also support the earlier order on Dogra certificate and the revocation order is unfortunate. Dogra should get benefit and why to extend it to other region unnecessarily. Govt is playing with sentiments of Jammu people. I appealed to people of Jammu to stand united together and fight for the just cause.... | |
| | | | | Ajay Sharma, University student, Jammu: | |  Dogra spilled their blood and made supreme sacrifices for the Unity and integrity of India. The earlier order passed in legislative assembly by Minister for Relief, Revenue and Rehabilitation, Raman Bhalla was the step taken into right direction and the new order is a decision taken in haste and under the pressure of Separatists.... | |
| | | | | Sanjay Singh, Student, Geography Deptt, Jammu University: | |  It is ridiculous, disgusting and duplicity. It is politics of sheer opportunism self seekers indulge in. NC- Congress govt's authoritarian decision to revoke Dogra certificate order is illegal and discriminatory and this decision amounts to grave insult to more than 10 million Dogra who have written not only the history but also geography of India in the Himalayan Range.... | |
| | | | Omar appeases Geelani | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 9: Two days after Omar said Syed Ali Geelani had failed to feel the pulse of the people of Kahsmir, the Chief Minister today tried to do the damage control saying his remarks should not be taken out of context.
The Chief Minister had tweeted that Geelani call for funeral prayers in absentia for Osama was ignored by the people. He had also stated that Geelani had no feel of the pulse of Kashmiris whom he claims to represent.
"Because of something I said, Geelani Sahib, who is a senior leader, should not inconvenience the people by calling a strike. I earnestly appeal to him that we can take up our differences in a public forum and not through inconvenien... | |
| | | | Wani's promise of zero tolerance | | Will he seek Major Avtar's extradition? | | | ET Report
JAMMU, May 9: The newly appointed Minister of State for Home, Nisar Wani promised zero tolerance on human rights two days ago. Similar promises have been made by the Chief Minister repeatedly. However, both of them seem in no mood to seek Major Avtaar Singh's extradition.
Major Avtar Singh is wanted in a case of murder in Kashmir. A Srinagar court has urged the Interpol to get the erring Major arrested. The state government has also been directed to ensure presence of the Major in the court.
The Major allegedly abducted noted human rights activist and lawyer, Jaleel Andrabi near Rawalpora, Srinagar in March 1996. His body was fished out of Jehlum on March 27.
The Major was arr... | |
| | | | Join dialogue process for resolution of K-issue: Omar to separatists | | | | ET Report
SRINAGAR, May 9: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, Monday urged separatist leaders to join dialogue process for the resolution of Kashmir dispute Omar, who was addressing media on the opening day of the Civil Secretariat here as part of the annual Durbar Move, urged separatists to join the dialogue process 'as they have accepted that negotiations were the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue.'
Without naming separatists, the Chief Minister said, "Those who have not taken part in the dialogue process so far should also join. Since they have accepted that dialogue is the only way, there is no point in staying away."
On the killing of Al-Qaeda mastermind and statements issues by Ind... | |
| | | | Krishna, Rao, Aiyar unleash help-out-Pakistan-campaign | | UPA Of Blunders -- II | | | Rustam
JAMMU, May 9: "To my mind, and based on three decades of frequent visits to Pakistan and repeated interaction with a wide spectrum of Pakistan public and political opinion, a harmonious relationship with Pakistan is not only desirable but eminently feasible... This requires so structuring the India-Pakistan dialogue as to make it both uninterrupted and uninterruptible. There is no Indo-Pak issue so intractable as to not be capable of yielding to sustained discussion, as was demonstrated on the back channel during the Musharraf regime, an emergent agreement that dealt even with Kashmir let alone lesser matters…It is disruption of dialogue that is the enemy of dispute resolution. Ther... | |
| | | | Amarnath pilgrimage held in tug of war | | SASB to register yatries for 45 days; BAYN adamant for 60 days' pilgrimage vBJP warns of serious consequences on meddling with affair | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 9: Despite Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) and Baba Amarnath Yatra Niyas putting up at loggerheads over the period of the yatra, the weather gods however are smiling with full zeal giving welcome invitation to yatries.
SASB is hence opening its registration process from tomorrow while BAYN has already taken a lead two days ago with announcement of its online registration at its VHP headquarters at Shakti Ashram.
As per the official pronouncement, the pilgrimage will be held between June 29 and Aug 13 whereas the Niyas is holding on its Jaysth Purnima's calendar having announced on the yatra to commence from June 15 only.
This divergent view is generating ... | |
| | | | Communalising the holy Shri Amarnath Yatra | | Curtailing Yatra Period | | | Neha
JAMMU, May 9: The holy cave of Amarnath is one of the Lord Shiva's several abodes. It is situated at an altitude of 12,720 ft in south of Kashmir. It is the belief of the Hindus that Shiva is one of three supreme gods - Brahmaha, Vishnoo and Shiva. The pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave is an annual feature. It starts on Vyas Poornima and concludes on the day of Sharavan (Rakhi) Poornima. The traditional route is via Pahalgam, Chandanwari, Pissu Ghati, Sheshnag and Panjtarani. The distance between the holy cave and Srinagar is 141 kilometers. The cave is 32 kilometers away from Chandanwari. There is one more route leading up to the cave. It is via Sonamarg. It is also known as Baltal rou... | |
| | | | 6 held for providing SIMs to militant recruits in Poonch | | | | JAMMU: Six people including, two brothers, were Sunday held by police for providing activated SIM cards to militant recruits in Surankote area of Poonch.
Based on a tip-off, a police party last evening conducted surprise raids at various places in Surankote and nabbed six persons, including two brothers, for arranging and providing activated SIM cards to the recruits of various militant outfits," according to police sources.
The accused were identified as Waqar Ahmed, Pawan Majid, sons of Abdul Majid of Surankote, Khalid Qureshi, son of Mehmood Ahmed of Faizlabad, Tahir Khan, son of Ghulam Ahmed of Gunthal, Rashid Ahmed, son of Mohammad Hussain, and Imran Ahmed.
"The detainees are being ... | |
| | | | Terrorist camps active in PoK: GoC Thodge | | | | SRINAGAR: Counter-insurgency Kilo Force GoC, Maj Gen Ravi Thodge today said militant training camps were still active across the Line ofControl (LOC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) "Militant training camps are still active across the LOC," he told reporters at Handwara in Kupwara near here.
"The militants can try to sneak into the valley in small groups this summer, but our troops are vigilant to defeat any such infiltration bid," the Goc added.
A huge cache of arms and ammunition along with other logistic supportequipment were displayed at the press conference.
The arms and ammunition were seized by personnel of the 6 Rashtriy Rifles and police in the dense Haphruda forests of Kupwa... | |
| | | | Pandit women defeat Muslim candidates in Baramulla | | | | SRINAGAR: In Kunzar area, on the borderline of Baramulla and Budgam districts, two Kashmiri Pandit women created the a history with the help of their Muslim supporters in the current Panchayat Elections.
Sources said that Mrs Asha w/o Radha Krishen defeated her nearest rival, Sarwa Begum, in the election for Panch in village Wusan with a reasonable margin of votes. Even as the Muslim vote accounted for over 80% in the ward, Asha was returned with massive support of the voters from the majority community. "Most of us believe that Ashaji can prove to be far more assertive and a better peoples representative that the Muslim candidate Sarwa Begum", a Muslim voter Ali Mohammad Wani said. He sai... | |
| | | | Farooq's visit to Chib raises speculations | | | | SRINAGAR: On the first day of Durbar in the summer capital, National Conference patriarch and Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Dr Farooq Abdullah, drove all the way to Civil Secretariat---only for a one-on-one meeting with Minister of Medical Education R S Chib.
Farooq's rare visit to Civil Secretariat in Srinagar, perhaps first time since he demitted office of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister in October 2002, came as a surprise for political as well as bureaucratic circles. Nobody knew what exactly made Dr Abdullah call on his one-time friend. Then a well-connected political figure and late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's close associate, IAF employee-turned-politician, Chib had b... | |
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