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| Architect of Indian military victories, Sam Bahadur is no more | | | | New Delhi | June 27
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, whose military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war led to the creation of Bangladesh, died in Military Hospital in Wellington, Tamil Nadu late tonight. He was 94.
The Padma Vibhushan and Military Cross awardee, who was admitted in the hospital for some time for "progressive lung disease", had slipped into a coma earlier in the day and the end came just after midnight at 00:30 am, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
Manekshaw, a soldiers' General and man behind birth of B'desh
A legendary soldier and a national hero, Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw crafted India's greatest military victory in the 1971 Indo-Pak war that led to the emergence of Bangladesh.
Affectionately called "Sam Bahadur" for his close association with Gorkha Rifles, Manekshaw (94) was the architect of many a military triumph but his finest hour came when Pakistani forces were vanquished in 14 days flat.
Handsome, witty and sporting his trademark handlebar moustache, the Soldier's General had the rare distincti... | |
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| Friday aggression: Valley ‘explodes’, one more killed | | Anti SASB protests travel to Jammu region; Doda Kishtwar shut | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar/Jammu | June 27
The civilian toll today mounted to four as entire Valley erupted in aggressive protests and demonstrations and authorities had clamp curfew in south Kashmir town of Pulwama when protestors outnumbered the security forces.
Today being Friday was a tough time for the administration and the security forces to face the protestors who spilled over roads in tens of thousands after the Friday prayers. Observers described today’s protest as largest after early 1990s.
While the educational institutions still remained closed, the Public Service Commission had to postpone the interviews scheduled for June 30 as no possibility was seen in ebbing of p... | |
| | | | CM meets Gov, appeals for calm | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 27
As no signs of reconciliation were seen even on the fifth consecutive day of protests against the diversion of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today had a half an hour long meeting with the Governor NN Vohra in Srinagar to find out some measures for crisis resolution.
Earlier, the Chief Minister also made a televised appeal to the protestors to call off their agitation as he repeatedly assured that no permanent structures are being allowed to come up on the controversial land.
According to a Raj Bhawan spokesman, in their one and a half hour meeting Vohra and Azad they discussed the overall situation in the S... | |
| | | | J&K burning, Farooq, Mehbooba cooling heels in London | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 27
With Kashmir burning in the fire of political passions, two important political leaders are missing from the scene –National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti.
While people are guessing where Farooq and Mehbooba have gone, report say that both are cooling heels in London –one is bashing New Delhi and other is pampering to put across the party agenda.
Along with a host of leaders from India and Pakistan, including BJP leader Arun Jaitly and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Shrief, Farooq and Mehbooba are attending a summit in London. The two-day conference 'Kashmir: Melting The Snows, Rein... | |
| | | | Why parties are turning blind to order number 84 | | The land diversion order clearly forbids permanent structures | | | EARLY TIMES SPECIAL
Jammu | June 27
Despite fervent pleas from the new Governor and the Chief Minister to resolve the crisis amicably the separatists, Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference are not allowing the controversy to die even when a cursory glance on the government order land diversion to Shrine Board reveals that under the given terms and conditions their absolutely no threat to ecology as sought to be projected.
The present protests in Valley and their reactions in Jammu region assume a purely communal dimension as the plea on which the PDP, National Conference and separatists seek cancellation of land diversion does not have any logic at all. With the ecologic... | |
| | | | Soz meets PM | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 27
Amidst the mounting tension and a political deadlock persisting in Jammu and Kashmir, the Pradesh Congress Committee president and Union Minister for Water Resources Saif-ud-Din Soz today called on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Sources close to Soz told EARLY TIMES that the PCC Chief called on the Prime Minister in New Delhi this evening to give him an insight of the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir. In the meeting which last for around 20 minutes, Soz is reported to have informed the Prime Minister about the deepening crisis in the state following protests over transfer of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board.
The meeting also assumes ... | |
| | | | Rajnath writes to PM | | ‘Revoking allotment of land to SASB would snowball into bigger controversy’ | | | New Delhi | June 27
Saying that any decision revoking the allotment of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board would lead to serious implications which in turn could vitiate communal harmony through out the country, president Bhartiya Janta Party Rajnath Singh has urged the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to direct the state government to end the current impasse.
In a communication addressed to the Prime Minister, Rajnath has drawn his attention to the issue of allotment of land to the current spate of violence being un-leashed by certain vested interests.
The letter further say the decision to allot land to SASB was taken by J&K cabinet this year and withdrawing the allotment would send a... | |
| | | | Any surrender before blackmail of hooligans will set bad precedents | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | June 27
News Analysis
The National Conference President, Omer Abdullah and the PDP leader, Muzaffar Hussain Baig, who is Deputy Chief Minister in Azad led coalition government, after meeting the new State Governor, N N Vohra, who is also the Ex Officio Chairman of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, have sought to convey the impression that Mr. Vohra, as Chairman of the SASB may himself surrender the 800 kanals of land to the government, which has been a bone of contention, leading to communal unrest and violence in Kashmir, in order to defuse the present volcanic situation developed in the valley. Any such action on the part of the state Governor and C... | |
| | | | Not militants but protesting crowds wreck tourist traffic to Kashmir | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | June 27
What the militants,operating in Kashmir,could not do the separatists' triggered violence over the diversion of forest land to the Shrine Board,did in wrecking the tourist and pilgrim traffic to the paradise on the earth.When groups of people took to the streets in Srinagar, clamouring in favour of cancellation of the land transfer order there were about two lakh tourists enjoying their stay in the valley and another one lakh pilgrims waiting for their turn to offer prayers in the holy mountain cave of Amarnath.According to travel agents,hoteliers and houseboat owners,about another 30,000 excursionists were expected to be in Srinagar within next one week.They ad... | |
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