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AICC calm but JKPCC unhappy over Leh MP’s joining NC Hassan Khan does to Cong what Namgyal did to NC in 1989 5/19/2009 12:03:13 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, May 18: National Conference’s proxy candidate in Ladakh, Ghulam Hassan Khan, who defeated senior Congress leader and the ruling coalition’s official candidate, Phonsog Namgyal, in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections has quickly returned to his flock but his admission into Dr Farooq Abdullah’s party has caused perceptible discomfiture in the Jammu & Kashmir unit of Mrs Sonia Gandhi’s party. NC is, however, understood to have got its prodigal son back with a quiet consent from 10-Janpath and his “unconditional support” has been interpreted as an achievement for the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Just two days back, Early Times had reported that well on the pattern of Namgyal’s act in 1989, history would repeat itself and Khan would return to his party, NC, in a few days, though much would depend on the coalition partner’s reaction. Meticulously informed sources in the political establishment today revealed to this newspaper that Khan had been admitted into the NC only after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah himself sought AICC’s consent to the elected ...   READ MORE

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Boys rock Science and Commerce, Girls maintain supremacy in Arts 5/18/2009 11:35:49 PM MUNISH GUPTA JAMMU, May 18: Boys outshined girls in Merit List of Science and Commerce faculties in Higher Secondary Part-II exams conduced by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education results of which were declared today by the nodal examination authority. As a matter of routine, the girls maintained their supremacy in Arts faculty in the said result with marked overall pass percentage of about 40pc. Boys claimed 18 ranks collectively in the science and commerce stream while the girls who kept their supremacy Arts claimed12 ranks in the said examination. Dipesh Gupta clinched first position in Science faculty for RS Jagriti Niketan HSS Kathua by securing 687marks out of a...   READ MORE   Topper at 91.60%, Dipesh wants to make career in Computers 5/18/2009 11:35:22 PM MUNISH GUPTA JAMMU,: For 17 years old Dipesh Gupta this Monday will certainly be a favourite day of his life. As he woke up this morning, he got the news from his father, Romesh Chander Gupta, that he secured first position in Science faculty in the Higher Secondary Part Two examination. “For a moment I couldn’t digest the news”, said blissful Dipesh while talking to Early Times I can just express my gratitude towards God for this moment", delighted Dipesh told. He got 91.60 percent marks. "I will go for Computer Science. But in case I don’t get the job after completing my studies in Computer Science, then I will go for entrepreneurship said delighted Dipesh while revealing his futu...   READ MORE   Justice Kakru bereaved 5/18/2009 11:34:54 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 18- Judicial employees of subordinate courts in Jammu and Rajouri today held condolence meetings to condole the sad and untimely demise of sister of Justice Nissar Ahmed Kakru, who breathed her last at her residence, few days back. A condolence meeting under Accounts Officer Mirza Nazir was held at District and Sessions judge court Jammu where the employees expressed sympathies with the bereaved family. A condolence meeting of judicial employees of Rajouri district was held at Rajouri under the chairmanship of Section Officer Wazir Ahmed Tak at which members expressed grief and extended their heartfelt condolences to Justice Kakru and prayed for eternal peac...   READ MORE   Rather kicks off budget discussions 5/18/2009 11:34:29 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 18: Now since the elections are over and the government is back to seat, the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather has kicked off the pre-budget discussions. The Finance Minister today had first meeting with the representatives of Federation Chamber of Industries, Kashmir (FCIK), Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation, Kashmir Hoteliers Association and Kashmir Traders Association here today, Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said that the present government is open for suggestions adding that holding of pre-budget discussions has been a fruitful exercise for past several years. He said Budget Session was deferred in view of the general elections ...   READ MORE   Govt off to summer capital, Jammu roads left abandoned ERA, NBCC pass the buck, people suffer miserably 5/18/2009 11:33:41 PM SALMAN NIZAMI Jammu, May 18: Eight to ten months after most of the vital roads in city were dug and later filled up after laying drainage and seepage pipes by the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) and the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC), there is absolutely no time frame for redoing these roads worth driving on. Traffic jams, dirt and dust making people vulnerable to chest and other diseases have become order of the day. Adding more to worries is the fact that seat of power has moved to Srinagar and authorities have abandoned the roads. Even a single road is not worth to running of vehicles despite the fact that both the executing agencies claim to have completed ...   READ MORE   15th Lok Sabha constituted PM submits resignation 5/18/2009 11:31:32 PM Agencies New Delhi, May 18: Paving the way for government formation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has submitted the resignation of the Council of Ministers headed by him to President Pratibha Patil, who has dissolved the 14th Lok Sabha with immediate effect paving the way for constitution of the new House which is expected later this month. Soon after the meeting of the Union Cabinet which decided to recommend to the President dissolution of the 14th Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister drove to Rashtrapati Bhavan to submit the resignation of his Council of Ministers to the President. "The Prime Minister has submitted the resignation to the President who asked him and his Council of Minist...   READ MORE   Advani to continue as BJP leader 5/18/2009 11:31:11 PM Agencies New Delhi, May 18: Grappling with the aftermath of the election defeat, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has persuaded LK Advani to continue as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha probably with a view to avoiding jockeying for the post among its next rung of leaders. 81-year-old Advani, who had decided to step down from the post after his bid for Prime Minister's post failed, was "requested" by the party to stay on in the new Lok Sabha. BJP president Rajnath Singh said Advani has agreed to continue as Leader of BJP's Parliamentary Board. "Therefore, it is understood that he will also be the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha," he said. On Saturday, as the results...   READ MORE   Prabhakaran’s death confirmed , SL war over 5/18/2009 11:30:54 PM Agencies Colombo, May 18: Sri Lanka on Monday formally announced the end of war against the LTTE after Tiger chief V Prabhakaran was shot dead while trying to flee the war zone in northern Sri Lanka. It spelled the end of the more than three-decade long fight by the LTTE for a separate homeland for Tamils. Prabhakaran, who was killed by the Sri Lankan special forces on Monday, led a ruthless movement for a Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka that decimated a score of Sinhalese and Tamil leaders and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Prabhakaran was shot dead as he tried to stage a dramatic breakout from the army encirclement, a military spokesman said. The news of Prabhakaran's death also ca...   READ MORE   UPA meeting allies Wednesday 5/18/2009 11:30:13 PM Agencies New Delhi, May 18: After its resounding electoral win, pre-poll partners of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) are to meet Wednesday to discuss the future course of action, the Congress said Monday. However, nothing was said on whether the RJD and Samajwadi Party would be attending. "On May 20, there will be a meeting of UPA where all our pre-poll alliance partners are invited. That day we will sit together and discuss our future steps," Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi told reporters here. The meeting will take place at 10, Janpath, which is UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's residence. Dwivedi refused to comment on whether Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasa...   READ MORE   Need for cultivating Kashmiri separatists 5/18/2009 11:29:41 PM Nirbhay Jammual The defeat of Sajjad Lone in the Lok Sabha election from Baramullah-Kupwara constituency,onc again,confirms that the separatists are yet to strengthen their vote bank.Kukka Parrey and Usman Majid have been one among a few former militants who could win the Assembly election. A large number of militants have,during the last 18 years,joined the mainstream politics but none has dared to enter into the poll fray.They do not want to expose their infirmity by losing the election.When the Muslim United Front(MUF) fielded its candidates in the Assembly election in 1987 it won four seats.They raised a hue and cry over what they termed as rigged election.They were not totally wrong.B...   READ MORE

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