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MP’s outburst causes ripples in Congress Myth of Madan’s loyalty to Azad caves in, as CM takes exception to statement 5/6/2008 12:34:13 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 5 The alleged statement of the senior Congress leader and Member Parliament Madan Lal Sharma dragging two senior party leaders, one of them enjoying a highly decorated constitutional position, in the infamous Srinagar sex racket has created ripples in the political circles. While opposition parties have got an issue out of nothing, the Congress rank and file is rushing in with firefighting measures to dissolve the controversy arising out of “irresponsible” outburst of the Member Parliament Madan Lal Sharma. His statement is hitting the headlines of national media thus putting the Congress into a state of panic. As the political parties continued to burst with reaction throughout the day, there was no endorsement or denial of statement from Madan Lal which underlined that he stands by what he had said against the Speaker Legislative Assembly Tara Chand and former Minister and PCC Chief Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed. The myth that Madan is a close loyalist and a trusted confidante of the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad also broke down as the govern...   READ MORE

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Come, test performance, Azad asks parties 5/6/2008 12:33:30 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 5 Promising neat and clean elections, Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that those airing apprehensions about rigging were living under the shadow of their own malpractices of past. He invited the political parties to join poll battle on performance and credibility as he assured that elections would be most free and fair. Azad also counseled the parties to refrain from making personal attacks to score points over the others. In an informal conversation with the media persons on eve of reopening of civil secretariat in Srinagar, the Chief Minister said that those who talked about possible rigging in the elections were actually taking cover of t...   READ MORE   Is PDP ke tukde hazaar hue…koi yahan gira koi wahan gira ‘Peoples’ go out of ‘Democratic Party’ 5/6/2008 12:33:02 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 5 Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram is the basic course of politics in an election year. But in Jammu and Kashmir, no other party would have suffered with the pilferage of its ranks as much as the Peoples Democratic Party is facing. A party out of PDP is just in making. Ghulam Hassan Mir, former Minister and one of pillars of the PDP has announced his outfit named as Democratic Party. It is literally Peoples minus the Democratic Party. The formal launch has been fixed for Wednesday. Mir has dished out invitations for the launch and a place for headquarter has been rented in Kursu, Rajbagh area of Srinagar. When asked what was the need of launching a new party, Mir sa...   READ MORE   PDP seeks PM’s ‘stamp’ on self rule 5/6/2008 12:32:35 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 5 After revealing the self rule proposal, in bits and pieces, in Pakistan over a month ago, the Peoples Democratic Party today claimed to have shared the controversial proposal with the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Though the party did not place on record the response of the Prime Minister on self rule formula, but the PDP has claimed that the party president Mehbooba Mufti has explained the broader contours of the proposal with the Prime Minister. According to an official communiqué of the party, Mehbooba Mufti today had a meeting with the Prime Minister in New Delhi to discuss the self rule. Elucidating on various aspects of the Self-Rule docume...   READ MORE   J&K tax revenue up by 44% 5/6/2008 12:32:00 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 5 Finance Minister, Tariq Hameed Karra has called for designing an integrated tax model for goods and services that is compatible with the country's federal structure and ensures transparency and revenue buoyancy at the Central and the State level. Speaking at a meeting of the Empowered Committee of the finance ministers from various states at Thiruvanthapuram today, Karra stressed the need for simplifying the tax structure through better technological interventions to ensure speedy flow of tax data between the states and the center. He sought immediate financial support from the Union Finance Ministry, on the pattern of North Eastern states, for compute...   READ MORE   Bhim hangs out his Payjama for public ridicule 5/6/2008 12:31:22 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 5 Taking for an apparent derision the public urge for knowing assets of their leaders, the Panthers Party chairman Bhim Singh today took pride in declaring a pair of payjamas and shawls among other things as his assets. Following a wide public debate at national level seeking the political leaders and parties to declare their assets, the Panthers Party supremo literally made a mockery of the issue by declaring ridiculous things as his assets. Going by the statement issued on his behalf by a party leader, it is though not doubted what he has declared as his possessions but payjama and shawls was perhaps was not required to be known by the public. Bringin...   READ MORE   HPCL openly flouting norms for LPG transportation Unquoted vehicles are being used for carriage 5/5/2008 11:42:50 PM Pankaj Sagar Jammu | May 5 Unmindful of the protection of lives of innocent people, the management of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) here is openly flouting the existing security norms for transportation of filled LPG cylinders. Not only this, the management is also indulging in gross violation of tender document, as the company is utilizing the services of even those vehicles which were not quoted at the time of tendering by the transporters. According to the sources, the authorities at the helm of affairs have been deliberately flouting the laid down norms for their personal gains, as majority of vehicles being used at HPCL LPG Bottling Plant, Bari Brahmana are mostly ...   READ MORE

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