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Kashmir problem result of Nehru's lack of courage, foresight, says Advani 'Sheikh Abdullah's "ambition" also contibuted to issue' 6/27/2011 12:07:41 AM Early Times Report New Delhi, June 26: As India and Pakistan restored peace talks over pending issues including Kashmir, veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani Sunday slammed the country's first political family of late prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru whose "lack of courage" led to the Kashmir issue remaining unresolved. In the latest entry on his blog, the BJP leader also slammed late chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah whose ambition to be the leader of independent Kashmir also contributed to the issue. Advani said neither the government of Nehru in New Delhi nor the government of Abdullah in Srinagar believed that Jammu and Kashmir needed to be fully integrated into the Indian union. "In the case of Abdullah, the problem was his ambition to become the unquestioned leader of a virtually independent Kashmir. In the case of Nehruji, it was a matter of lack of courage, firmness and foresight," Advani said. He said that Article 370, which gives a special status to Jammu and Kashmir in the Indian constitution, had "emboldened" secessioni...   READ MORE

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After coaching centre's involvement in porn CD case, tutorials come under police scanner in Kishtwar 6/27/2011 12:07:07 AM Asif Iqbal Naik EARLY TIMES REPORT kishtwar, June 26: After the porn CD scam that rocked the township, all the tution centres here have come under the police and public scanner. A porn CD was alleged to have been shot in a room of the coaching centre owned by Tariq Qayoom Tak who was arrested yesterday from Anantnag in Kashmir. There has been a boom of tution centres in the township and hundreds of students, including girls, attend them daily. There is no check on them by the district administration and the department of education. These coaching institutes and computer centers are mostly operated by inexperienced youth of Kishtwar. There have been allegations that most of these ...   READ MORE   Guests leave behind "garbage" at Shankracharya, says CM 6/27/2011 12:06:34 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 26: "Sad to see the amount of garbage our guests leave behind in places like Shankracharya & Pari Mahal. We love having you here but don't litter." Who has written this in his twitter? Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has written this. When did he write? He wrote two days ago? What does what the Chief Minister wrote actually mean? It means many, many things. It means the "guests" (read devotees of Lord Shiva and others who visit the Shankracharya Hill where the ancient temple of Lord Shiva is located) leave behind garbage. In other words, they make the place dirty and pollute it. It also means that those who visit Pari Mahal also do the same. They make the other...   READ MORE   If NC has ignored Srinagar, where has it invested? 6/27/2011 12:05:55 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 26: The General Secretary of Peoples' Democratic Party Muhammad Dilawar Mir on Saturday accused National Conference of ignoring Srinagar. Mir said that no developmental works had been undertaken in Srinagar especially in down town since 1975. "It was during PDP regime that Eidgah was fenced and decorated", he said. The condition of old city is glaring example of NC's apathy. No development has taken place in old city since 1975 except during the PDP led government. All the roads are in dilapidated condition and area gets rotational power supply in summer and winters. On rainy days the roads and lanes remain submerged for long time due to faulty drainage sy...   READ MORE   Payal, kids survive boat capsize at Kullu 6/27/2011 12:05:03 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 26: Chief Minister's wife, Payal Abdullah and his two sons Zahir and Zmir survived a boat capsize at Beas stream of Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh today. According to reports, Payal's rafting boat turned turtle in gushing waters of Beas stream. However, the members of State's second family escaped unhurt. Reports said the rescue team escorting the VVIP's swung in to action immediately and escorted them out of the water to safety. According to senior police superintendent of Kullu district Abhishek Dullar, the VVIP's were enjoying their rafting expedition in the afternoon when suddenly due to heavy flow of water the boat turned upside down.He sai...   READ MORE   OIC terms Indian J&K as Indian-occupied-Kashmir 6/27/2011 12:04:45 AM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 26: The charge of JKNPP chairman Bhim Singh that it is the Congress that messed up things in Kashmir and has created a situation that has enabled the Islamic countries, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and Kashmiri separatists to raise question about the political status of Jammu & Kashmir. Bhim Singh is absolutely right. In fact, what Bhim Singh said is what former Jammu & Kashmir Governor Jagmohan believes in. It would be appropriate to quote Jagmohan to prove the point that is the Congress which is the mother of all troubles in Kashmir. In his latest political essay "Nehru and Kashmir", Jagmohan wrote thus: "While Nehru's personal an...   READ MORE   History of Jammu one of continuous struggle Discrimination 6/27/2011 12:03:38 AM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 26: Story of Jammu: No electricity. Payment of more power tariff; almost two times that of Kashmir. State-owned power projects in Jammu produce only less 25 MW electricity. Kashmir produces more than 30 MW. Acute unemployment problem. It's over 69 per cent in Jammu, as compared to less then 30 per cent in Kashmir. More area and more voters but less representation in the assembly. Jammu has 37 seats and Kashmir 46. Jammu has two Lok Sabha constituencies and Kashmir three. No infrastructure development. Inadequate number of districts. No drinking water. Sick industries. Sick trade. Poor communication network. Poor road connectivity. Poor civic amenities. ...   READ MORE   Relief work in Leh hit by lack of funds 6/27/2011 12:03:03 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT leh, June 26: Ten months after a deadly natural disaster claimed over 250 lives, relief and rehabilitation work being carried out by the authorities here is hitting a roadblock-- due to paucity of funds. Piles of mud and stone are still lying at Choglumsar, which bore the major brunt of the cloudburst and flashflood, inside various houses, shops on the national highway to Manali and at several other places in and around the town. Excepting national highways, other link roads are awaiting their restoration in the city which were badly damaged in the disaster that struck on the intervening night of August 5-6 last year. While locals complain of lackadaisical approach o...   READ MORE   Army foils infiltration attempt in Poonch 6/27/2011 12:02:31 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 26: The army foiled an infiltration attempt from across the Line of Control (LoC) in bordering Poonch district here, official sources said today. "A group of infiltrators indiscriminately fired on our Roshni and Chajja Maan posts at around 2130 hrs yesterday in Sagra Balnoi area of tehsil Mendhar when they were trying to sneak into the Indian Territory," the sources here said. They said the army retaliated and the exchange of the fire continued for around two hours. "Due to heavy rains with the onset of monsoon season, attempts are being made by the infiltrators to enter the Indian territory but the army has successfully foiled it," they added. The infilt...   READ MORE   'No artificial Shivling at Amarnath' 6/27/2011 12:01:55 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 26: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board is against the idea of installing an artificial Shivling at the cave shrine if and when the naturally made stalagmite of ice melts. The melting usually happens by July 15 both because of summer heat and the huge rush of pilgrims. An idea was floated some years ago that a Shivling made of milky white marble be installed for the sake of pilgrims who trek long distances but are often disappointed. But the board, according to informed sources, is not in favour of anything artificial. "People visit the (Amarnath) shrine for a glimpse of the natural Shivling, not an artificial one. God wants natural things, why should we inter...   READ MORE   Cave gives way to rains, shepherd buried alive 6/27/2011 12:01:11 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, june 26: To protect himself from the heavy downpour that lashed the region today, a shepherd took shelter in a natural cave at Patha here. However, as ill-luck would have it, the cave roof gave way to the rains and he was buried alive under the debris. Om Prakash (45), son of Amar Nath of Patha, was grazing his cattle in the villege periphery when it started raining all of a sudden, police sources said. To protect himself from the rain water, he took shelter in a nearby natural cave. The cave roof, however, gave way to rains and the debris fell on him, the sources added. Some people, who saw this happening from a short distance, took him out of the debris...   READ MORE

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