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| 48 hours after ‘resignation’, Governor tells CM to work vigorously | | Omar rushes to Hazratbal for prayers, PDP points fingers at Raj Bhawan | | ZAFAR CHOUDHARY | 7/30/2009 10:54:24 PM |
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Jammu, July 30: More than 48 hours after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wrote to the Governor NN Vohra to accept his ‘resignation’ if the charges leveled against him by opposition Peoples Democratic Party leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig were true, the Raj Bhawan has advised the former that there are no basis for his seeking to resign and, therefore, he should vigorously devote himself to discharge of his responsibilities.
The Governor, who is away in New Delhi, sent this communication to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar who rushed straight to Hazratbal shrine and Mausoleum of his grandfather Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah for prayers. Official spokesman for the Chief Minister described it as “Governor’s communication proving the Chief Minister innocent”.
However, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party has cast aspersions on the Raj Bhawan and questioned how the Governor was able to determine and examine an issue in barely 48 hours which the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Courts, within and outside Jammu and Kashmir, could not do in last four years. “This (Governor’s... | |
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| Doctors on strike: emergency spared, other patients suffer | | | |
MUNISH GUPTA
Jammu, July 30: The health and medicare services in the Government Medical College and its associated Hospitals as well as in periphery health institutions remained affected today due to the strike of junior doctors.
Meanwhile the patients and attendants who had come to hospital were seen sitting in OPDs of GMC Jammu and SMGS Hospital Jammu in a hope that after their protest the doctors will resume the services in normal routine.. However, there was no impact on emergency services as the same were kept out of the purview of the strike.
The strike has taken a toll on patients, making their lives miserable. They are now running from pillar to post to get admission. "I came ... | |
| | | | PM calls Mufti in Delhi for meeting | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 30: Unruffled by Central Bureau of Investigation and Union Home Ministry’s clean chit, as Peoples Democratic Party prepares for yet another offensive against the Chief Minister and an unknown number of political leaders, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is reported to have invited former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for a discussion in New Delhi.
Prime Minister Singh’s invitation for an ‘urgent’ meeting with the Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed comes in the wake of latter’s party vowing to go a step further when the Legislative Assembly resumed business on August 7. It may be mentioned here that following unpr... | |
| | | | From Assembly to streets | | PDP, NC workers clash in Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 30: In a display of their loyalties with their bosses, scores of National Conference activists today swooped down on the Jammu headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party leading to a clash with the Gandhi Nagar police in which at least one ruling party activist was injured.
Meanwhile, the PDP activists also hit the streets and blocked National Highway for a while in a protest against National Conference. Effigies of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti were set ablaze by warring activists of both parties.
Large number of workers of National Conference in Jammu were hurt in police lathicharge outside the office of the Peoples D... | |
| | | | Rattanpuri files papers for RS seat | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 30- Mr. Ghulam Nabi Wani (Rattanpuri) today filled nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat from Kashmir that had fallen vacant due to resignation of Dr. Farooq Abdullah on May 16, 2009. He filed the nomination papers before the Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Mr. Mohammad Ramzan who is the Returning Officer.
Today was the last date for filing of nominations while the scrutiny of these would take place on July 31, 2009 at 11 a.m. August 1, 2009 is the date for withdrawal of nomination.
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| | | | Mission Mushaal: Yasin Malik leaves for Delhi | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Mohammad Yaseen Malik, Thursday left for New Delhi from where he is scheduled to fly Pakistan to bring home his life partner to valley.
Malik tied the nuptial knot in February last with painter artist Mushaal Hussein Mullick in Rawalpindi.
A spokesman of the JKLF said that Malik left for New Delhi this morning. “He will leave for the Pakistan soon after getting the visa permit,” he said.
The spokesman said that Mushaal's documents were complete and requires just a visa from New Delhi for her first visit to valley. Malik was released recently after 100-days of house arrest.
Britain-born Pakistani nati... | |
| | | | Rape cases witness surge in J&K | | | |
AGENCIES
Srinagar: Crimes in the Jammu and Kashmir have seen a surge in the last two decades with rape cases hovering above 200-hundred mark in last several years, reveals the latest survey conducted by the directorate of economics and statistics.
According to the survey, there is an increasing assault of sexual nature against the women with 169 cases surfacing in 2001 and 288 in 2007-08. The number has hovered in 200-mark from 2003 onwards, recording 211 in 2003, 218 in 2004, 201 in 2005, 250 in 2006 and 288 in 2007.
Reports reaching said that the survey, aimed to help the state government to formulate new policies and plans, says that Baramulla district in north Kashmir tops th... | |
| | | | 124 cross sides via LoC point in Uri | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar: As many as 124 persons swapped sides along the Line of Control (LoC) via Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service on Thursday, official sources told Press Bureau of India.
Sources said, while 75 persons crossed over to Pakistan-administered-Kashmir, 58 persons from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) reached Valley after crossing "Kaman Aman Setu (Peace Bridge)" in Uri town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir.
Among the 75 persons who travelled to Pak included six first timers from valley, who will meet their relations first time after the partition of India and Pakistan six decades ago. The remaining 69 including were Pak residents, who returned after twenty eight ... | |
| | | | Cong, NC bonhomie not deep enough | | | |
Early Times Analysis
JAMMU, July 30, 2009: A strong urge to keep the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) out of power brought the National Conference and the Congress together after the Assembly elections. Theirs is not a love marriage but a marriage of convenience with both partners trying to keep track of one another’s actions, rather suspiciously.
The Congress leaders maintain a stony silence in public when asked about the distribution of ministries. But in private, they explode and allege that the Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, has been less than fair to the Congress.
In this regard, the Congress leaders, as also their workers, are miffed at the manner in which ministries have bee... | |
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