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PM promises free and fair poll in J&K 5/19/2008 11:58:34 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 19 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Mohammad Shah that the forthcoming assembly elections in the state will be free and impartial. The assurance was given by Singh to Shah during a meeting between the two at the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi today, a statement issued by Shah's Awami National Conference (ANC) said here. The ANC has not taken part in any elections since the outbreak of militancy in the state in 1989. On appointment of impartial observers, the Prime Minister said he had no objection to such a demand and asked Shah to provide a list of people he would like to be put on the job, the statement said. Shah also discussed holding of his proposed Intra-Kashmir Peace Conference in which he wants to invite leaders from both sides of Line of control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, it said. The Prime Minister asked Shah to provide the list of invitees who would like to attend the conference. The former Chief Minister also discussed with the Prime Minister the plight of Kashmiri'...   READ MORE

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Soldier killed in firing from Pakistan, six militants sneak in 5/19/2008 11:58:01 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 19 An Indian soldier was killed in firing from Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Krishna Ghati sector of Jammu and Kashmir Monday morning, army sources said. The second incident of its kind within a week came on the eve of foreign secretary and foreign minister level India-Pakistan talks in Islamabad. The gun fire in Krishna Ghati of Poonch district, about 200 km north of Jammu, started around 7.15 a.m., killing Naik Jayasewar of the Gorkha Rifles in the initial burst. The LoC is the effective border between India and Pakistan across much of Jammu and Kashmir.Officially, the Indian Army was neither confirming nor denying the incident. Ther...   READ MORE   Farooq for judicial inquiry in Samba encounter 5/19/2008 11:56:50 PM Early Times Reporter Samba | May 19 Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Patron National Conference has appealed to the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh to initiate a judicial enquiry headed by a sitting Judge of the Hon'ble Supreme Court or the Hon'ble High Court into the 11th of May incident of Samba in which innocent civilians were killed. Dr. Abdullah who went to Samba today to participate in the 10th Day Ceremony of Late Shri Hoshiar Singh and his wife Late Smt. Sashi Bala demanded this probe after the citizens of Samba expressed apprehensions that the killing of Hoshiar Singh and his wife was not a stray terrorist killing but a well planned murder by forces imnical to peace who hatched a...   READ MORE   No threat to environment due to Amarnath yatra: Sinha Altaf regrets controversies on yatra 5/19/2008 11:56:00 PM Early Times Reporter Baltal | May 19 Governor Lt. General (Retd ) S K Sinha today assured that apprehensions about damage to environment due to Amarnath yatra were uncalled for, saying that all necessary precautions are being taken to preserve the fragile ecology of the area. Interacting with officers and workers of Kangan area at Baltal, after having an aerial survey of the 13- kilometer track up to the Holy Cave, this morning, the Governor referred to the measures taken to ensure that wild life sanctuaries are not disturbed and health and hygiene is maintained at all costs. "Last year, Rs 2 crore was spent on environmental friendly modern toilets alone", General Sinha said and dwelt o...   READ MORE   Woman cop declared “dead”, found alive 5/19/2008 11:55:12 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 19 It could happen only in Jammu and Kashmir. A woman constable, declared dead two years ago, has been found alive in a migrant camp on the outskirts of Jammu — living with her Hindu paramour. Nelofar, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir police, was reported missing March 2006 by her family which alleged that she had disappeared — and, in all probability, had been killed by the police for she “knew some secrets about her superiors”. According to police records, Nelofar was sent to Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar for frisking duty from where she went missing. Investigations were launched. The family alleged that she had been killed by the police. A...   READ MORE   Indo-Pak talks today; more cross-LoC bus services on agenda 5/19/2008 11:54:45 PM New Delhi | May 19 Keen to take the peace process with Pakistan forward, India is expected to press for launch of more cross-LoC bus services and early operationalisation of the truck service when the two sides resume the composite dialogue in Islamabad tomorrow. The Indian side is also expected to propose increasing the frequency of fortnightly Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and Poonch-Rawalakot bus services to make these weekly, official sources said. The Foreign Secretaries of the two countries will meet tomorrow to set the agenda for talks between External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday, which will mark India's first h...   READ MORE   Anti Amarnath Yatra elements in Kashmir again at it 5/19/2008 11:53:40 PM Early Times Political Analyst Jammu | May 19 The running feud between some elements in Kashmir, hostile to annual Amarnath Yatra and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) is taking new turn every other day. The anti yatra elements in Kashmir have been finding one or the other fault with the SASB and are always out to raise one or the other controversy to run down the steps taken by the shrine board to promote Hindu pilgrimage in high Himalayas by creating more and more infrastructure and providing facilities to the visiting pilgrims. Even after the SASB has sought to give rest to the apprehensions expressed by certain sections about the SASB plan to establish "Amarnath Nagar" around the cave...   READ MORE

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