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| Loyalists want Sonia to axe dissidents to save Congress | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 28: Has Ghulam Nabi Azad become so indispensable in the union cabinet and for the All India Congress that the party high command continues to ignore his strategy of patronising the dissidents in the Jammu and Kashmir congress ? This question has assumed significance following reports that as a result of patronage from Ghulam Nabi Azad two ministers,belonging to the congress,do not deem it necessary to inform or to discuss with the Chief Minister,Omar Abdullah,and the PCC Chief, Prof.Saif-ud-Din Soz,important Government and party matters.
Informed sources said that Azad has become so indispensable for the Congress high command that it did not attach any significance to the reports submitted by three senior Congress ministers who had called on Sonia Gandhi and other party functionaries in Delhi over a month ago.These ministers had plainly told Sonia Gandhi and others about the machinations of Azad in trying to play the dissidents against the loyalists to the advantage of the National Conference and the PDP.
These sources said that for the Congress h... | |
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| How Azad failed as CM and JKPCC chief | | | |
If Azad's active role in J&K politics has to be traced, it is widely known that the Congress high command sent him in capacity of JKPCC chief in November 2005 to not only lead the coalition government but also to strengthen the Congress party in the state. The AICC president took this decision on the ground that Azad had the required leadership qualities and that he would be able to give a good government to the people of the state, harmonize inter-regional relations and strengthen the party across the state by taking everyone on board. However, Azad didn't come up to the expectations either of the AICC president or of the people of the state.
Immediately after taking over as the stat... | |
| | | | 3 children die, 22 injured in lightening incidents | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 28: Three children were killed on spot and eighteen others received injuries in two separate lightening incidents occurred in mountainous districts of Reasi and Doda while four others sustained injuries when a house collapsed due to flash light on the outskirts of Jammu city.
In the first incident, the bad weather claimed three lives in village Nihaj, Mahore.
The three children including two sisters and a male child were playing in a ground just outside their respective residences when lightening struck them.
The deceased have been identified as two sisters identified as Gulshan Bano,15, and Fatima Bano,11, daughters of Abdul Gani and Sarfraz Gul, 5, son o... | |
| | | | 99 BDO's transferred | | | | JAMMU: The state government today ordered transfers and postings of 99 Block Development Officers (BDOs) with immediate effect in Rural Development Department.
Ali Mohammad Sofi, in charge BDO posted at Srinagar has been shifted to Ramhal, Jalal-ud-din Ganie presently serving as BDO at Ganderbal transferred to Beerwah, Mohd Maqbool Hussain Qazi, in charge BDO at Wakoora shifted to Tangmarg, Bilal Ahmad Lone in charge BDO at Lar shifted to Pampore, Gh. Rasool War, BDO Kangan transferred to Rohama, D.P.Singh, BDO Tral shifted to Achabal, Fayaz Ahmad Fayaz, BDO Pulwama transferred to Kakapora, Sajad Qadri, BDO Pampore shifted to Wakoora, Mehrajdin Shah, BDO Kakapora shifted to Kangan, Moh... | |
| | | | Jammu all set to welcome Sonia Gandhi | | | | JAMMU: With all preparations in place for the vital functions she has to attend, Jammu, the winter capital of the state The Jammu and is all set to welcome the United Progressive Alliance Chairperson and Congress President Sonia Gandhi tomorrow.
Even as the party is divided in groups, both the factions of Congress party led by Union Health Minster Ghulam Nabi Azad and Pradesh Congress Committee President were busy in finalizing the arrangements for the visit till late hours today.
Observers feel that it is a great achievement for Jammu based Congress leaders, as Sonia Gandhi has agreed to keep her date with Jammu despite the fact that she has postponed her visit to summer capi... | |
| | | | Power crises in Shabir Khan's district | | BJP, PDP planning to take to streets Charag Taley Andhera | | |
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RAJOURI, May 28: The Unprecedented rise in mercury level has left people simmering across Jammu region. As if the rising temperatures were not enough, unscheduled power cuts have added few more degrees to scorching and sweltering conditions people are made to live under, particularly in district Rajouri where the duration for cuts runs invariably around 14 hours a day.
Though having its own minister of state for power, Rajouri residents are feeling harassed from the department as they are facing unscheduled power cuts of about 14 hours. Even Hospital line has been snapped putting question mark on the survival of the patients. On account of what can be aptly descr... | |
| | | | Ammunition recovery triggers panic at rly stn | | | | JAMMU: Panic gripped the railway station here last night after police recovered an unclaimed bag containing five magazines of Insas rifle, its rounds and some pouches from platform No 1.
Official sources said during routine searches at the railway station, police recovered an unclaimed bag from platform No 1 last night.
After the recovery of five Insas magazines, rounds and some pouches from the bag, police sounded an alert at the railway station, the sources added.
However, after preliminary investigation, it was found that the bag belonged to sepoy Manpreet Singh of 12 Sikh rifles. It was later handed over to an officer at Transit Camp, sources said.
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| | | | As Rain Romance triumphs, Jammuites 'Feel the Heat' | | | | SIDDHARTH
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 28: After great hide and seek, finally it was romance in the air that triumphed. And it poured down love that rinsed away all the heat and dust that had left Jammuites of late high and dry sweltering under the scorching sun.
The respite was a welcome indication as mercury having risen to unprecedented high had left people here panting and gasping for the shelters and shades which too were found wanting in extending any relief.
Though the honeymooning was short-lived only, many an anecdote were written among the different genre people, couples and groups who shared their small adventures of rain bringing cherished memories for them.
"The heat thi... | |
| | | | In JK passport is used as a tool to punish defiant people | | RIGHT TO TRAVEL | | | RIGHT TO TRAVEL
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JAMMU, May 28: Right to travel is guaranteed under international law. Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, 1966), which has been signed and ratified by India reads: "Every one has a right to leave the country including his own and this right should not be restricted to any restrictions."
All over the world travel documents are issued to citizens including dissidents, the only exception being Jammu Kashmir in Asia where the government uses the travel documents as an instrument of controlling and collectively punishing a defiant people. The denial of travel documents has adversely affected all the spheres of ci... | |
| | | | All 3 buried ‘militants’ identified as innocent civilians | | “One shot into each youth’s head in point blank range” established as cause of death | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, May 28: All the three persons, killed and labeled by Army as “unidentified militants” on April 29th evening and subsequently buried by residents of Kalaroos village in a local graveyard, today turned out to be innocent civilians when respective family members identified them during a day-long procedure of exhumation and autopsy under heavy rains in Kupwara district. Even as the dead bodies were carried all the way to Rafiabad area of Baramulla district for a fresh funeral peacefully, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has not only ordered a magisterial inquiry but also made it clear to senior Defence authorities that the troops involved in the gruesome fake encounte... | |
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