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| Shopian: Symptom of a systemic failure! | | Govt’s own contribution to the mess up may be precursor to a bigger disaster | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Jun 19: Mishandling of an incident of alleged rape and murder of two young women in Shopian on May 29th has indisputably surfaced as an alarming symptom of systemic failure in the National Conference-led coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir. In continued absence of the lack of direction, administration---howsoever competent---is bound to fail. Those who are in the morning asked to arrest a separatist leader but in the evening directed to affect his release, for a cycle of infinity, can perhaps understand it better. It is an irony that a Governor with no local support has succeeded in dousing the flaming of a regional and communal inferno but a representative government, comprising two largest mainstream political parties, has failed to consolidate the gains it had inherited from a career bureaucrat!
Even after three weeks of the burial, nobody has an answer as to why vital circumstantial and biological evidences are being allowed to lose in decomposition of the two dead bodies. Forensic science experts, including those who have studied so-c... | |
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| No meddling in Kashmir: Obama | | | | AGENCIES
Washington June 20: Ruling out any American mediation on the Kashmir issue, US President Barack Obama has said dialogue is the best way to reduce tension between India and Pakistan. "I believe that there are opportunities, maybe not starting with Kashmir but starting with other issues, that Pakistan and India can be in a dialogue together and over time to try to reduce tensions and find areas of common interest," Obama told Pakistan's Dawn TV in an interview.
The answer from Obama came in response to a question as why his Administration has been silent on Kashmir, after he initially mentioned it. "Well, I don't think that we have been silent on the fact that India is a great fri... | |
| | | | Veeri PDP’s Deputy Leader | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 20: President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti today appointed Abdul Rehman Veeri, MLA Bejbehara as deputy leader of party in the Legislative Assembly (LA).
The party spokesperson said that party president also appointed MLA Bandipora, advocate Nizam ud Din Bhat as secretary of the party in Legislative Assembly. PDP president Ms Mehbooba also constituted a five members core group of the party legislatures headed by advocate Murtaza Khan.
Other members of the core group are advocate Nizam ud Din Bhat, Choudhary Zulfikar, Basharat Bukhari and advocate Abdul Haq.
The core group will coordinate party’s role in the Legislative Assembly an... | |
| | | | Dual currency will be reality: Mehbooba | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 20: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has stressed the need for a credible banking back up for the trans LoC trade to harness its full potential. Mehbooba said it was extremely encouraging that in spite of hassles the trade from Poonch-Rawlakot route had picked up to respectable levels.
Addressing a party meeting, first of a series, to highlight the need for demilitarization of civilian areas and revocation of AFSPA she said introduction of double currency system for facilitating the trade was inevitable now to make it grow beyond the present barter system.
Mehbooba said it was extremely encouraging that in spite of hassles the trade from P... | |
| | | | Azad asks people to abjure violence | | | | Early Times Report
DODA, June 20: Observing that two decades of violence and bloodshed have pushed Jammu and Kashmir back by decades, the Congress leader and Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad has called upon the people isolate elements fomenting violence.
“The last two decades of violence witnessed in the state have forced development to take the back seat. We are trying our best to cover up the loss, but it is not possible unless we collectively rise against such elements, who hold the public at ransom at the cost of development,” Azad said while addressing a massive public rally at Khilani, on the second day of his three-day extensive tour of Udhampur and erstwhile Doda distri... | |
| | | | Let youth potential fuel prosperity: VP | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 20: Vice President of India Dr Mohammad Hamid Ansari, while stressing on creation of adequate facilities for technical and vocational education, has said that skill upgradation and improving employability of Jammu and Kashmir youth would open new opportunities for them in all the service sectors.
The Vice President said that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir want to fulfil their potential and lead lives with dignity and honour. He said Government is committed to enable this and herald all the new future for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Ansari was addressing 17th Annual Convocation of the University of Kashmir in Srinagar today.
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| | | | Let youth potential fuel prosperity: VP | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 20: Vice President of India Dr Mohammad Hamid Ansari, while stressing on creation of adequate facilities for technical and vocational education, has said that skill upgradation and improving employability of Jammu and Kashmir youth would open new opportunities for them in all the service sectors.
The Vice President said that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir want to fulfil their potential and lead lives with dignity and honour. He said Government is committed to enable this and herald all the new future for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Dr Ansari was addressing 17th Annual Convocation of the University of Kashmir in Srinagar today.
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| | | | Khoda will stay: Govt | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 20: State Government has denied any move to replace Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda.
An official spokesman said that there is no move to replace the DGP and no request has been made to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for a panel of officers. The reports carried by a section of press (not this newspaper) are, therefore, not correct, the spokesman added.
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