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| On Omar Abdullah's inundated young shoulders! | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, May 30: Land of political conspiracies, Jammu and Kashmir, is passing through a momentous phase of history. Man who promised to rewrite tattered pages of history, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has grown old in his young days.
He now wears elegant eyeglasses and spots white hair. Wary of the controversy which growing beard would generate, Omar makes it a point to remain clean shaven. Three years have passed in a jiffy. Omar's kitty has 120 dead bodies, Shopian rape and murder mystery, sex allegations, failed AFSPA adventure, missing Sagheer report, half-baked SKEWPY, center's refusal to return hydroelectric projects, dismal power scenario, NC worker's mysterious death and now, multi-crore JKCA scam. Left are 33 months, and the hi-tech CM has nothing earth-shaking on the report card.
Assets cultivated by Omar include weak UPA government; clouded Union Home Minister P.Chidambaram, devastated Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, backscratcher Ghulam Nabi Azad and befuddled UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. These politically valued chattels are facing rough w... | |
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| Srinagar hit and run attack raises serious questions | | | | early times report
Srinagar, May 30: The daredevil hit and run attack in downtown city today has jolted all peace loving people of the state and it must also have opened the eyes of those who hold that militancy is over in the city and therefore all the security force bunkers and makeshift barracks must be removed.
Two motorcycle borne assailants fired at a posse of the CRPF in broad daylight injuring seven of them just a stone's throw away from their makeshift headquarters in the city.
IGP Kashmir Zone, S.M. Sahai has said although the level of militancy have substantially come down, militancy is still far from over in the city. He also said the hit and run attack in the Rainawari area... | |
| | | | Missing Pakistani actress's luxury vehicle found in Kishtwar | | Absconding NCP candidates linked to her ‘disappearance’ | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, May 30: The luxurious vehicle seized by Kishtwar police late last night from Om Mehta road Kishtwar is said to be owned by missing Pakistani origin Bollywood actress Laila Khan who went missing along with her family members since last one and half year after she traveled to Kashmir in January 2011 along with her four family members and Kashmir based friend identified as Ateeq Ahmed.
As per the incharge Regional Transport Officer Office Dadar Mumbai Vayandghar, vehicle No: MH02BY-7867 with chasis No: MA701CW5WA000 0676 is registered on the name of Reshma N Patil, which is the original name of actress Laila Khan.
According to reports Laila went missing from her... | |
| | | | Cabinet approves transfers, posting | | | |
early times repot
SRINAGAR, May 30: The State Cabinet which met at Karnah under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Wednesday ordered minor transfers and postings in the state administration apart from approving the establishment of Jammu and Kashmir State Road Development Corporation.
Bipul Pathak Commissioner Secretary to Government Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department and Ashraf Bukhari Secretary to Government Science and Technology/ Information Technology Department will swap their places of postings.
Sudershan Sharma, Settlement Commissioner J&K has been transferred and posted as Registrar, Cooperative Societies J&K.
The Cabinet also approved the appointment of P... | |
| | | | 9 members of a family among 13 killed as cab falls into Ramsoo nullah | | | | early times Report
JAMMU, May 30: In one of the worst road accidents on Jammu-Srinagar road, all the 13 persons, including nine members of one family and three of another, who were on board a Tata sumo, were killed after the vehicle skidded off the national highway at Digdol near Ramban, about 160 km from here, and plunged into Ramsoo nullah in the wee hours of this morning.
The dead included three children of the two families who were on their way to Srinagar
where they worked as shoe shiners and did other menial works.
The incident occured at about 3 am while the ill-fated cab (JK14B/0689) was on its way to Srinagar. As it was speeding, it veered off the road before falling into abou... | |
| | | | Cabinet waives off interest, fine on electricity bills | | Highway Corporation in offing | | | Early times Report
Tangdar, May 30: In an unprecedented initiative aimed at ‘taking the government to people's door steps and focus on area specific development needs', Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired the State Cabinet meeting at Tangdar (Karnah), the remotest area in Northern Kashmir situated near the Actual Line of Control.
Taking some important decisions, the cabinet approved waiver of interest and fines incurred on pending electricity bills across the state. The cabinet also approved a scheme for the defaulting subscribers allowing them to pay their outstanding electricity bill in installments.
The cabinet also approved the formation of a Highway corporation of the sta... | |
| | | | Mir, Taj justify venue | | | |
Meanwhile, while talking to newsmen, Minister for Agriculture Gulam Hassan Mir and Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Taj Mohiuddin ridiculed the claims of some people who have called the cabinet meeting at Tangdar as wastage of money.
Giving clarification on the issue, the ministers said that such extraordinary meetings help the government in reaching out to people and understanding their problems in a better way. "Reaching the doorsteps of the people enables us to understand problems and take effective decisions on the spot", said Taj Mohiuddin. "This is not wastage of money as it allows us to reach out to people. The expenditure is by no means huge, these statements are b... | |
| | | | Legal experts want FIR against GB Panth staffers | | The baby that vanished into thin air | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: The High Court has sought the enquiry report in the missing baby case of GB Panth hospital. The enquiry report bears the signatures of Dr Asifa, Dr Parvaiz and Dr Tejinder Singh (Dy Medical Superintendent).
The enquiry constituted after one year of the incident (when the baby was found missing) could not reach any conclusion. "The committee could not ascertain the facts/reach any conclusion. Hence it is recommended that the opinion of Principal/Dean be obtained before proceeding further."
The report, however, observes that no required formalities had been fulfilled in the matter. And, the information submitted by the concerned doctors along with the Ca... | |
| | | | Policemen among a score injured as labourers clash on Jmu-Sgr NH | | | |
early times report
Jammu, May 30: Atleast a score person including policemen got injured when security forces fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesting labourers who blocked the ever busy Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 1A near Chenani Udhampur in protest against Leighton Welspun Contractors for disengaging two labouers.
The workers union took up the case with the authorities for their re-engagement of disengaged labourers but the company refused to do so which sparked the protest from the former, sources added.
Sources said amid slogans, hundreds of labouers this afternoon, assembled on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and blocked the road for about six hours demanding re-e... | |
| | | | Preservation of Lingam | | HC issues notice in PIL | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: The High Court today issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking refrigeration in the Amarnath Cave to preserve the Lingam.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Virender Singh and Justice Mohd Yaqoob Mir today heard Advocate LK Sharma for the PIL and issued notice to State of J&K through Chief Secretary, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board through its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board and Union of India through Secretary, Govt of India, Ministry of Home Affairs New Delhi.
Advocate Deepaka Mahajan accepted notice on behalf of State of J&K, Senior Advocate UK Jalali accepted notice on behalf of Shri ... | |
| | | | Radha's views on Article 370 flawed | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 30: Interlocutor on Jammu & Kashmir Radha Kumar said the other day that "there are several states that have different relationships to the Union" and that Article "371, which follows 370, actually included a range of nine others with 'special' statuses, including Maharashtra, Goa and Daman and Diu…For the sake of clarity, it made sense for J&K to be also afforded the 'special' status. If the general public could understand that this is a special status just like other states have and in no way weakens the constitutional growth of India, there would be grater acceptance".
It is wrong comparison. Article 370 is indeed an anti-democratic and anti-people. It is r... | |
| | | | Pakistan plays blame game to divert Delhi's attention from Hafiz Saeed | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: Though Islamabad,on one hand, has conveyed to New Delhi its desire for ending the blame game in the interest of peace and cordial ties,on the other hand it is trying to rake up the concocted issue of India's interference in Balochistan.
During the recent two-day meeting between the Home Secretaries of India and Pakistan in Islamabad the Pakistani side saw to it that India neither achieved success in finalising an agreement on new visa regime nor in its mission of forcing Islamabad to initiate action against the JuD chief, Hafiz Saeed,who,India believes,masterminded the terrorist strike in Mumbai in 2008 killing about 170 people.
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| | | | Khoda departs leaving Jammu's youth in discontentment | | Discrimination alleged in special recruitment drive | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 30: A day before relinquishing office as the director general of police, Kuldeep Khoda has been accused of neglecting unemployed youth of Jammu region while conducting recruitment in the state police.
The youth of the region have alleged that the outgoing police chief who personally supervised the recruitment drives across the state neglected the youth of Jammu region as the drive was conducted in very few blocks of the region while the recruitment rallies in Kashmir division were conducted extensively and exhaustively giving more opportunities to the youth of the valley.
The students wing of the JKNPP at a press conference held at the university of Jammu... | |
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