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| Omar’s opposition to Hindi communally-motivated | | First practice then preach | | | Neha
JAMMU, June 21: The BJP-led Government's directive asking central Government employees to use Hindi while posting tweets or messages on social media has not been appreciated by a number of political leaders. Hindi is our national language. It was earlier this week that a news report had said that the central Government has directed its employees and employees of central undertakings and banks to use Hindi or both Hindi and English on their official web pages in social media like Twitter, blogs, YouTube, Facebook and Google.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Chief Karunanidhi has opposed the move. It termed the move as the beginning of imposition of Hindi. On Friday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithha, Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah and CPI-M leader Brinda Karat also opposed the move. As for the desperate and issueless Omar Abdullah who is doing all that he could to remain in the news and cultivate his alienated communal constituency in Kashmir, said that "India is a diverse country as far as religion and languages are concerned" and that "the imposition of one languag... | |
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| NC’s elite continue to keep distance with masses | | 'Awakening' call for CM through worker's letter | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 21: In yet another instance reflecting the harsh and bitter reality for ruling NC elite, it is an awakening call for the party leadership that even after facing debacle in LS polls, it has chosen to keep distance with workers and cadres on the ground level. The worker from a remote area of district Kupwara has opened up this all through a letter to Chief Minister making him realize how this distance and arrogance of the party ministers can cost party very dearly in Assembly elections. Surprisingly, in the bold yet brazen contents of the letter, the worker has sought to draw a parallel of this approach of NC elite with that of rival PDP the leadership of which... | |
| | | | HM officials ask KPs to bury differences | | Community members opposing return policy rebuked | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, June 21: Union Home Ministry has asked the Kashmiri Pandit organizations to bury their differences and come under a single platform. Kashmiri Pandits have always been asked to support the central Government's plan of permanent return of Pandits to the Valley.
Sources told Early Times that directions were issued to the leaders of various organizations of Kashmiri Pandits during their meeting with Home Ministry officials on Friday. The Kashmiri Pandit leaders presented their view point in the meeting about New Delhi's proposal of bringing back the members of the community.
"Some of the members of Kashmiri Pandit community opposed the central Government move of bri... | |
| | | | KPs warn against involvement of non migrants on return issue | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: Kashmiri Pandits today warned the Government for taking any decision on return of displaced people to Valley by roping in non-migrant Pandits in dialogue saying that the people who have left the Valley over 60 years back have no right to take decision on behalf of migrants.
The displaced Pandits today made it clear to union Government that they alone can take a decision on their return to Valley and not those Pandits who have left the Valley over 60 years back to settle in different parts of country. "The displaced people be taken into confidence on vital return and rehabilitation issue and not the non-migrant Pandits," said Shadi Lal a KP leader from... | |
| | | | Desperate NC seeks alliance with BJP | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: The National Conference is holding parleys with the senior leadership of the BJP for a possible alliance. The senior leadership of the NC which has good personal relations with a section of the BJP leadership is trying for this alliance.
According to sources, the senior leadership of the NC, most importantly Dr Farooq Abdullah, is playing a key role in it. The party wants to close up ties with the Modi led Government to ensure that it would not have any confrontational attitude with the Central Government and would not oppose the plans of the Modi Government with respect to the J&K.
An indication of it was given when the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ... | |
| | | | In departure from precedence, Cong finalizes list quite early | | Candidates for Assembly polls: Sitting MLAs to be repeated | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: After PDP, state unit of Congress is going fast track in readying up for upcoming Assembly elections in the state. The party leadership at the state level is learnt to have shortlisted candidates for most of the constituencies and they have been conveyed this message verbally to pull up their socks for contesting the polls. The party is repeating most of the sitting MLAs and Ministers besides having shortlisted strong probables for other Assembly constituencies across the state.
Taking departure from past precedence, sources said PCC chief Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz and former Chief Minister of state Ghulam Nabi Azad discussed the issue of mandate giving proce... | |
| | | | Hears just two to three cases per day | | SIC accountable to whom? | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 21: An institution for ensuring accountability, transparency and justice was created in the state in the form of J&K State Information Commission (SIC) some five years back aftermath of the enactment of Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act (J&K RTI Act 2009) . As scores of cases which includes second appeals and complaints are piling up at the Commission's office in Srinagar and Jammu , the SIC has failed to deliver justice to the bruised people of Jammu and Kashmir and the reason is that at on an average the Commission takes up only two cases for hearing per day.
As per the details available on the SIC's website itself, the Chief Information Commis... | |
| | | | Puncturing JKLF's anti-India quit Kashmir movement | | Positive step | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: It is a positive development that the Jammu and Kashmir Government and its police have acted on time and foiled the launch of the anti-India quit Kashmir movement, scheduled to start on June 23. It was in the wake of the May 27 statement of MoS in the PMO that the BJP-led Government had started the process to abrogate Article 370 and that the discussions had started with the stakeholders to remove this temporary provision from the Indian statute book that the self-styled chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and murderer Yasin Malik had announced that he would unleash quit Kashmir movement across the Kashmir valley on June 23 to educat... | |
| | | | Amnesty package puts Omar in dock | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 21: The Chief Minister in his reply to Communist leader, Tarigami has mentioned that he wanted the Union Government to accept Nepal as an approved route for return of militants from Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK).
Nepal is not an approved route and of late many families coming from the route have been taken into custody. The arrests along the Indo-Nepal border have pushed Omar to the wall as it has dealt a severe blow to the rehabilitation policy.
The families of the militants who expect their wards to return from PAK safely are critical of the `failure' of the Omar led Government to smoothen the process. And with NC having lost the Parliamentary el... | |
| | | | Let Azad lead Congress in ensuing polls battle in J&K not as CM candidate | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 21: Notwithstanding his defeat in the recent Lok Sabha Polls from Udhampur-Kathua constituency Ghulam Nabi Azad continues to be the tallest Congress leader in Jammu and Kashmir. His stature, despite his defeat, has not registered any fall which is evident from the way the party high command nominated him as Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.
Apart from this well deserved elevation Azad continues to be treated with respect by the Congress high command which does not take any major decision without seeking opinion from the former Union Health Minister.
Yes,if the state unit of the Congress has any plan to nominate any leader to be the party's Chie... | |
| | | | Tarigami, AMM fume over Matoo statement | | `NC spokesman is a juvenile in state politics' | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, June 21: Hitting hard at NC for its spokesperson, JunaidMatoo's statement on Tarigami, the communist leader said frustration and uncertainty within NC camp is now forcing the party to made useless utterances against people like him. Matoo said Tarigami owed his political success to NC otherwise he was a non-entity.
Talking to early times M.Y Tarigami said that "it is not about one JunaidAzimMattu and questions is not whether it is Tarigami or somebody else, but actually it is the mindset of some leaders of NC who out of frustrations and uncertainty within the party these days are making such statements against me and this is what only one should expect from th... | |
| | | | 7 held for attack on Congress worker's house at Seelo | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
BARAMULLA, June 21: Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested seven persons including six brothers in connection with an attack on Congress activist's house that left one dead and another injured at Seeloo Sopore in North KashmirsBaramulla district Saturday
According to Official sources seven persons have been arrested during the intervening night of June 20-21 from Mundgi area of Sopore in connection with the attack.
Sources identified the arrested persons as Lateef Ahmad Khan son of GhulamMouhidin Khan and six brothers Mehraj-ud-Din Khan alias Raja Khan, Firdous Ahmad, Imtiyaz Ahmad, Abid Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmad and Ayoub Ahmad sons of Sardar Khan, all residents of TakikhanMun... | |
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