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| SASB land storm taking communal shape | | VHP’s Togadia arriving to bully PDP, NC avowals | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
With several political groups taking an irreversible stand and separatists joining hands on the transfer of land to Shrine Amarnath Shrine Board, a communal frenzy is taking shape threatening secular fabric of Jammu and Kashmir.
Clearly targeting their vote banks, the political groups, particularly the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference are seemingly provoking their ideological opposites like BJP and VHP to communal lines. Though the PDP and NC are claiming their stands on principles and raising their concerns on ecological fragility of the areas around Amarnath shrine but the issue being religious in nature has all the potential of creating wedge between the communities. The Congress is, however, looking at the who controversy as a mute spectator.
The Amarnath Yatra is at the centre of a political clash and caught in the middle is the Governor who heads the Amarnath shrine board. There are religious sentiments attached with the transfer of land.
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| Advani on secret pilgrimage to Amarnath | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
On Thursday when Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi were busy fine tuning their party's response to pacify the adamant Left allies on the future of Nuclear deal, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate LK Advani was on secret pilgrimage to Amarnath cave shrine.
Official sources said that LK Advani arrived in Srinagar in the morning on Thursday morning and headed straight to the Amarnath shrine. After performing pooja and darshan in Amarnath cave Advani returned to Srinagar and after a brief break went back to Delhi without attending to any other engagement. The senior BJP leader was long nurturing a desire to perform da... | |
| | | | No pilgrimage without registration, says JKP | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
In an effort to avoid stampede because of heavy rush of unregistered Amarnath pilgrims, the Jammu and Kashmir police today banned yatra without registration.
"Nobody will be allowed to undertake yatra without registration," the police said.
The instruction came in the wake of heavy rush of unregistered pilgrims to the holy cave shrine during the first two days. Although the yatra commenced officially on Wednesday, nearly 50,000 devotees offered prayers at the naturally-formed "ice-shivlingam" over the past couple of days.
Police have instructed all pilgrims to carry their registration cards with them.
To ensure better route management pilgrims have... | |
| | | | For BSNL, remote areas are out of bounds | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | June 20
For BSNL mobile susbscribers several areas in Jammu and Kashmir are out of bounds.Once you cross Pul Doda your cell phone will not be operational.It goes to sleep as if some sleeping tablets have been administered.Once you are in Katra and moving towards the shrine of Mata Vaishnov Devi your BSN link gets snapped..Move towards the upper reaches of Kishtwar,Bhaderwah,Reasi,Udhampur,Rajouri or Poonch in the Jammu region you are beyond the reach of a caller calling from Jammu.You are out of the range once you move beyond Baramulla,Budgam,Tangmarg,Bandipore,,Kupwara or Qazigund the BSNL link falls to sleep.Those living in these out of bound areas in the Kashmir val... | |
| | | | Upper age goes up for central jobs | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
In a landmark decision, the central government has hiked the upper age limit of the aspirants of Jammu and Kashmir for central government jobs.
This has been done with a view to enable more people from Jammu and Kashmir to compete for the central government jobs. The state government had already hiked the upper age limit by five years in 2003.
According to official spokesman, the Ministry of personnel, public grievance and pensions, Government of India has relaxed the upper age limit by five years for recruitment to central services and posts in favour of residents of Jammu and Kashmir up to year 2009.... | |
| | | | PDP stays away from farewell dinner | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
In a reflections of its discomfiture with Lt Gen SK Sinha running for last five years, the Peoples Democratic Party –a partner in government –stayed away from the official dinner hosted by the Chief Minister in honour of the outgoing Governor.
Despite having been invited, none of the Peoples Democratic Party leaders turned up at CM’s dinner party in Governor’s honour. Sources said that many of the PDP leaders even refused to accept the invitations saying that before leaving the Governor has put Jammu and Kashmir on fire.
The Chairman of the Legislative Council Ghulam Nabi Lone, who enjoys a highest constitutional position after the Governor too did... | |
| | | | Kashmir is my inspiration: Sinha | | At farewell dinner, Guv, CM compete in praising each other | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
'Time has come to hang my boots’ –these were perhaps the parting words of the outgoing Governor Lt Gen SK Sinha who described Kashmir as place prolonging his life and offering inspiration.
Gen Sinha struck a chord of emotion at a farewell dinner hosted in his honour by the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in summer capital last evening. Interestingly, the Chief Minister and the Governor, who enjoyed exceptionally cordial relations, showered praises at each other even as leader of opposition Abdul Rahim Rather described Gen Sinha as peoples’ Governor.
Saying that "it was an overwhelming and touching moment to say farewell to a place and people with w... | |
| | | | Pockets set burning as inflation 13-years high | | | | New Delhi | June 20
Inflation on Friday shot up to a 13-year high of 11.05 per cent fuelled by rise in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas, giving no relief to the government from the spiralling prices in an election year.
The rise in petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices announced by the government on June 4 put the pressure on price line pushing the inflation by week ending June 7, up from 8.75 per cent in the preceding week.
Within minutes of the release of the government data, sensitive BSE index of stock markets tanked about 350 points, reflecting the nervousness of the investors about the efficacy of the measures being taken by the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of Indi... | |
| | | | Rains freeze yatra for day, thousands stuck | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar/Jammu | June 20
Heavy rainfall which lashed region, particularly parts of South Kashmir, since last night has forces suspension of Yatra to Amarnath cave shrine for the day leading to stranding of thousands of pilgrims at the base camp.
Official sources said that the Amarnath yatra was suspended on due to heavy rains near the cave shrine and along the route of the pilgrimage. No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to move to the shrine in Anantnag district from Jammu in view of bad weather and heavy rains, official sources said.
The road from Pahalgam to cave and Baltal to cave has become slippery in view of the rain.
Slippery conditions on the two tra... | |
| | | | Court refers Dr Kumar remarks to Police | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 20
Senior IAS officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, Dr Arum Kumar has landed in a deep soup as a local court in the summer capital has asked the Srinagar Police to initiate proceedings against the officer.
The Peoples Democratic Party had Thursday filed a law suit against Dr Kumar accusing him of fanning communal passions and challenging the political authority. The PDP in its complaint before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar contended that with his statements the senior bureaucrat was trying to create a wedge between Hindus and Muslims.
Sources from Srinagar said that the Chief Judicial Magistrate Srina... | |
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