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Sikhs integral part of Kashmiriyat, Omar Really, Why not give them a berth in cabinet 7/6/2011 9:23:44 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah while felicitating the people on the birthday of Guru Hargobind Singhji said Sikhs were an integral part of Kashmiriyat. Omar said Sikhs had shared moments of joy and grief with their Muslim brethern in the Valley for enturies. "The 20 years of disturbance and uncertainty in the Valley didn't shake the bonds of love and brotherhood between Sikhs and majority community but these got further cemented", he said while addressing a congregation at Gurdawara Chatti Padshahi in the Summer capital today. The Chief Minister said that the pluralistic ethos, cultural diversity, secular amity and brotherhood are the specialty of the State. "Kashmiriyat denotes tolerance, mutual amity, respect to each other's faiths and equal opportunity to grow. It represents love, brotherhood and trust", he said adding that Hindu, Muslim and Sikhs have equally contributed to safeguards the high principles of Kashmiriyat. The Chief Minister said that the slogan of 'Hindu, Muslim and Sikh Itihad' raised and propagated by the Sher-e-Ka...   READ MORE

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Congress conducts itself in role of opposition, says Dalits getting raw deal Political punch against opponent but exposes coalition 'complacency' 7/6/2011 12:09:15 AM Saroj Razdan EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 5: Despite being a major ally in the coalition , Congress virtually conducted itself in the role of opposition by raking up a highly sensitive and serious issue- that dalits and weaker section communities are getting a raw deal in Ramnagar constituency at the hands of local administration. The allegation is that latter is pushing SC and ST populations to wall under the political pressure.Concern and sympathetic factor notwithstanding, Congress' political punch is actually against the Panthers Party MLA, on whose directions the weaker sections are being ignored on development front. In what can be seen as a bold blow from a youth leader, RS Path...   READ MORE   KP youth flay Abdullah for betraying community 7/6/2011 12:02:43 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah's decision to abstain from the one day convention of Youth All India Kashmiri Samaj (YAIKS)on July 1 at K K resorts has drawn a flak from organizers and the cross section of society. Abdullah and his three ministers who were scheduled to grace the occasion as chief and special guests respectively have left the gathering high and dry after not attending the convention. This way Abdullah did not only add to the woes of the organizers who were just few hours before assured by him that he will turn up at the function as per the scheduled programme but has also generated a lot of criticism from the masses as a whole. As a Chi...   READ MORE   Jammu leadership defeating Jammu, say people Jammu Issue 7/6/2011 12:02:05 AM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 5: Who is defeating the people of Jammu province? Who is jeopardizing the legitimate rights and interests of the people of Jammu province? Who has left the people of Jammu province in the lurch? What has led to the Jammu's all-round degeneration and its politico-economic and social neglect? Has the Jammu leadership ever tried to take up the cause of the people of Jammu province on the floor of the Assembly and Legislative Council or has the Jammu leadership taken cudgels with the Kashmiri rulers who have always been guided more by the Kashmiri interests and have evolved and implemented policies basically designed to benefit Kashmir and its people, eve...   READ MORE   Gays up against azad 7/6/2011 12:01:22 AM Early Times Report NEW DELHI, July 5: The Union healh minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad is in for serious trouble. He has dared to annoy a community that is very active across the globe. He has annoyed the gay community by stating `men having sex with men was un-natural and a disease'. "Homosexual sex is just as natural as heterosexual sex. In a democracy, gays should have the same rights as heterosexuals... Most sex workers use condoms. The problem arises when men have sex outside of marriage without protection," said Amrita Sinha, an activist. Pertinent to mention, the UN passed a resolution saying that the LGBT community has equal rights as anyone else and cannot be discriminated on the basi...   READ MORE   Bhim's partial victory, Constitution Bench to take final view Rehabilitation policy for militants 7/6/2011 12:00:04 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 5: Bhim Singh of the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) has held his ground and scored a partial victory. It appears he may succeed in obtaining a landmark judgment from the Supreme Court of India leading to the withdrawal of that cabinet decision of the NC-Congress coalition government under which the Pakistan-trained, indoctrinated and dreaded terrorists and militants of Kashmir origin would be permitted to return to J&K and get themselves rehabilitated with "honour" at the cost of the national security as well as the poor taxpayers. The hope that Bhim Singh and his team comprising Advocates B.S. Billowria, Gaurav Kumar Bansal and Ritu Puri ...   READ MORE   Oh, they did it for Telangana & showed Delhi its place Replicating Telangana In Jammu 7/5/2011 11:59:14 PM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 5: The people's representatives in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh (AP) have done it. It was only two days ago that the Congress and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leadership belonging to the region declared that their ministers, MPs and MLAs would resign from the positions they hold in the parliament, the AP Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council and in the AP Council of Ministers in case their demand for the creation of Telangana State was not conceded by July 4 and a vast majority of tendered resignation on the D-day, when the central leadership and the UPA Government failed to concede their demand. They rejected outright the Union Home Minist...   READ MORE   Slow progress in rural drinking water programme in J&K 7/5/2011 11:57:23 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 5: The Union Ministry of Rural Development is said to be unhappy over the tardy progress several schemes, pertaining to augmentation of drinking water supply to rural habitation in Jammu and Kashmir. This unhappiness is stated to have been conveyed to the state Government with reference to the allocation of over Rs.400 crores on schemes aimed at pro-safe drinking water to the rural habitations in Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that against the target of covering 962 rural habitations only 90 habitations had been provided with drinking water last year. The Ministry is providing assistance to the state agencies in expediting various schemes for ensuring s...   READ MORE   Man's death triggers scuffle between family members at GMCH 7/5/2011 11:56:42 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU,July 5: After a man was declared brought dead by doctors at the GMC hospital (GMCH) here, a clash erupted between his widow and other family members. Police sources said Paramjit Singh of Rehari was shifted by his family members to the GMCH after he complained of pain in the stomach. But when the doctors said he had already died, heated exchanges erupted between Paramjit's widow and other family members. While the woman alleged that he was murdered by his family, the latter, in a counter allegation, said he was poisoned to death by her. Police, however, took both sides to the police station to find out the truth. Post-mortem was later conducted on the body an...   READ MORE   5 gamblers held at Digiana 7/5/2011 11:49:14 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 5: Police today arrested five gamblers at Digiana here and recovered Rs 12,205 from them. They were identified as Sunil Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Jagdish, Amit and Avinash. Police had registered a case against them under the gambling act....   READ MORE   Vaishnodevi pilgrim dies of heart attack 7/5/2011 11:46:38 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT KATRA,July 5: A Vaishnodevi pilgrim was killed due to heart failure while returning from the holy cave shrine of the goddess in Trikuta hills Monday night. He was identified as Pandurang Raikar, son of Prabha Raikar of Sonwari in Aurangbad. Soon after he fell unconscious, he was shifted to the nearby health centre where doctors declared him brought dead. Police had registered a case in this connection....   READ MORE

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