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| Vohra to take over as new Governor on Wednesday | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 23
N N Vohra, who has been nominated to be the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir,is scheduled to be administered the oath by the Chief Justice of the High Court in Srinagar on June 25. On the same day S.K. Sinha will relinquish his post and leave for Delhi.
Eyes are focussed on the new Governor whether he, as head of the Amarnath Shrine Board, carry out some damage control exercise which could reduce the current level of communal polarization. As far as the PDP Patron, Mufti Mohd Sayeed's demand for cancellation of the land transfer order Vohra has not to play any role in it. It is for the State Cabinet to scrap the order or amend it. However, observers... | |
| | | | Pak cold shoulders separatists | | | | Early Times Reporter
Islamabad | June 23
In a setback to the Hurriyat, the separatist group failed to get a commitment from Pakistan on their direct involvement in the Indo-Pak talks on Kashmir issue.
A visiting All Parties Hurriyat Conference team led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday met PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and discussed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the peace process between India and Pakistan ahead of Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's visit this week to India for the composite dialogue.
After the meeting, Zardari told journalists that the PPP and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had assured the Hurriyat team that the views of the Kashmiri leadership would... | |
| | | | Sinha regrets malicious campaign | | All eyes on Vohra, as SASB polarization deepens | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 23
With just one day left for his successor Narendra Nath Vohra to take over at Srinagar Raj Bhawan, the outgoing Governor Lt Gen SK Sinha described as an "orchestrated campaign" allegations that permanent structures have been raised by the Amarnath Shrine Board in Anantnag district and said no such step has been taken.
"Not a single permanent structure has been constructed by the board anywhere," said Lt Gen (Retd) Sinha who is handing over the charge to N N Vohra on June 25.
Vohra, is scheduled to be admnistered the oath by the Chief Justice of the High Court in Srinagar on June 25. On the same day SK Sinha will relinquish his post and leave for De... | |
| | | | Even for BJP, VHP words PDP blames Raj Bhawan | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 23
In yet another tirade against the outgoing Governor Lt Gen SK Sinha, the Peoples Democratic Party today alleged that the Raj Bhawan is supporting the ‘Hindutva’ organizations like BJP and VHP to communalize the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The VHP has on Sunday described the Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig as Jehadi spread terror through thoughts while the BJP declared to lodge an FIR against him. Reacting to these statements, the PDP instead of rebutting the BJP and VHP targeted the Raj Bhawan.
“For some times now it has been quite evident that some quarters in the Raj Bhawan are promoting the Hundutva agenda in Jammu and Kashmir wh... | |
| | | | J&K growing @ 44% | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 23
Due to strict financial discipline and proper taxation system, Jammu And Kashmir State has registered a growth rate of 44 per cent against 24.4 per cent in other states of the country.
This was informed at a meeting of Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers held at Srinagar. J&K Finance Minister Tariq Hameed Karra is a member of the committee of which West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta is the chairman.
The committee was informed that due to strict adherence to centralized taxation system Jammu and Kashmir has a registered a growth rate of 44%. The Empowered Committee which is studying the taxation regimes and other matters pertainin... | |
| | | | Ambika launches Mubarak Mandi project on July 5 | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 23
Giving colours to the dream of Jammuites, particularly those concerned with the Dogra heritage, the Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni is formally launching the work on preservation, conservation and modernization of historic Mubarak Mandi complex.
The Union Minister will formally launch the project on July 5 after the Mubarak Mandi conservation society received a detailed project report prepared by a panel of leading expert organizations.
This was revealed by Minister of Higher Education Gulchain Singh Charak at a press conference here today. He said that government has entrusted the job for reviving the pristine glory of the compl... | |
| | | | PDP favours early poll others Governor's rule | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | June 23
If it were in the hands of the PDP it would have gone for an early Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.Why does it favour preponement of the poll? Two factors seem to have prompted the PDP leadership to wish for advancing the election schedule.First,it seems to have felt inconvenienced by playing a second fiddle to the congress.It wishes to get at least simply majority in the Assembly which could enable it to form the Government on its own.
Secondly the PDP leadership by now has realised that its campaign against the trnser of the forest land to the Amarnath Shrine Board at Baltal and against the two-month duration for the yatra has smoothened the road for ... | |
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