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| What went wrong with Omar’s Kashmir? | | Contrary to Sheikh’s egoism and Farooq’s jingoism, ‘youngest CM’ lived under inferiority complex. | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 12: Phenomenal success of the Assembly elections of 2008 set in a wave of jubilation and euphoria in the mainstream political circles and establishment from Srinagar to New Delhi. A little over 61% of the electorate had exercised their franchise---over 1700,000 of them in Kashmir valley alone---without any sort of coercion, fist time since 1987. Few among the political analysts and very senior politicians had expected this historic turnout in an Indian democratic exercise held in weeks of a mass street agitation in the Valley.
Most of the people, who participated in the election, as well as many of those who did not, for varied reasons, seemed to have reasons behind their relief. The elections reversed the situation of an unprecedented regional and communal witnessed in the middle of 2008. There was a lot of jubilation over Omar Abdullah becoming the country's youngest Chief Minister. They thought the young Chief Minister understood the importance of blending employment opportunities, development and political resolution of the Ka... | |
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| Vegetable vendor raises "pro-Azadi" slogans at Mandi | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: A day after police booked 10 students of Batra Medical College ASCOMS), two of law department of Jammu University and one, who was pursuing studies from IGNOU, under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, a vegetable vendor today raised "pro-Azadi" slogans at Mandi in Poonch.
The students too had raised "pro-Azadi" and anti-India slogans. They were arrested and booked under sections 120-B and 124-A of RPC.
A senior police officer said vegetable vendor Mohammad Iqbal (26), son of Pir Nazir, of Jalian, Mandi, had a fight with special police officer (SPO) Javed Ahmad in a passenger bus at Mandi yesterday. Angered by the SPO's alleged action against him in t... | |
| | | | Seeking admissions in private tutorials to make up loss | | Worried about kids' future, wiser parents start shifting temporarily outside Valley | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 12:Forty years old Shameema , resident of Barzalla in Srinagar had never imagined she would shift to Jammu in this hot and humid weather condition along with two sons. The elder son is in class 12th and younger one in 10th standard. Continuous strikes and curfew which has taken heavy toll on the education system is forcing many parents of valley to temporarily shift to Jammu or Delhi to make up the mounting loss of time in private coaching centres and tutorials outside Kashmir.
Even as the situation in Kashmir Valley is gradually showing signs of improvement, with little or no major incident of violence reported during the last two days, but this is no way me... | |
| | | | BJP chief escapes unhurt in road mishap | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: The state BJP chief Shamsher Manhas and three other party functionaries escaped unhurt when a vehicle carrying them collided with a security vehicle at Nandi, about 23km from here, today.
Police said the vehicle carrying Manhas and other BJP leaders was badly damaged without causing any injuries to them when they were on way from Jammu to Udhampur to attend some party function there.
In another mishap, five policemen in an escort vehicle of BJP MLA Chaman Lal Gupta were injured when the vehicle rolled down near Domail, about 29km from here, this afternoon.
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| | | | Infiltration bid foiled, Pak ultra killed | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Aug 12: Foiling an infiltration bid from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Keri sub-sector near here, army today shot dead a Pakistani militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Vir Badreshwar in a gunbattle while accomplice managed to escape.
Police sources said two Pakistani militants sneaked into the Indian territory from Vir Badreshwar area in Keri sub-sector about two days back.
Soon after troops came to know about it, they fanned out in the thickly forested Vir Badreshwar area and laid ambushes to hunt them down.
Sources said while the troops were combing the bushes close to the LoC at about 6 pm today, they came under heavy fire from the two militants who... | |
| | | | CAG to monitor APRs of Babus in J&K | | | | Gopal Gupta
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: Annual confidential report (ACR) of an IAS officer in Jammu and Kashmir would now depend on administrative skills he shows in the implementation of several centrally-sponsored schemes and how effectively he takes a district up on the developmental parameters.
Sources said that this procedure for assessing the caliber and competence of IAS and other central service officers is being introduced in Jammu and Kashmir on the directions of Prime Minister’s office to CAG for rigorous monitoring of their performance at the lower levels of administration. They added that similar directions have been issued for all the other states of the country.
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| | | | 12 rescued by army from flash floods | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 12: Twelve persons including eight children, who caught in flash floods, were rescued by army today. Giving information SP South Rajashwer Singh said that three persons identified as Abdul Rahi,Half Din and Abdul Hamid who caught in flash floods in Tawi in Belicharana area were rescued by army. They were collecting pebbles and sand at the bank when suddenly water level increased. He further said that eight other children caught in flash floods were also rescued by army through boat. The children were grazing their cattle in Phalayan Mandal area at the bank of Tawi, he added .One more person from Niki Tawi was also rescued by army in Guddu Chack area under t... | |
| | | | It’s not BJP, it’s spokesperson of PM & NC | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: Something is fundamentally wrong with the J&K unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The manner in which its leadership is conducting itself indicates that it has lost its moorings. The fact of the matter is that it has lost its very identity. It would be only appropriate to say that the BJP leadership in the state has become the official spokesperson of the ruling National Conference (NC) and the Prime Minister.
The BJP-watchers say that the BJP leadership is confused, directionless and issueless; that the BJP leadership is ambivalent; and that it is just not able to decide what kind of role it should play in the troubled-state. So much so, th... | |
| | | | VHP for tough action against anti-nationals in | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: Turning tough against the anti national elements an d secessionist forces in the state, Vishaw Hindu Parishad (VHP) today warned the Government that any further delay on its part in taking action against such forces would prove tantamount to national interests and demoralize the nationalist forces in the state.
VHP international spokesman Dr Surinder Jain who was on a day’s tour to Jammu in connection with inauguration of annual Buda Amarnath Yatra was talking to reporters here today.
The VHP leader who took serious exception to shouting of anti India slogans in Jammu recently by some youth owing allegiance to secessionist forces in Kashmir Valley said ... | |
| | | | Man, son, couple killed as car falls into gorge | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: Four persons, including a man, his son and a couple, were today killed after the Santro car in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a 200 ft deep gorge at Keila Morh near Ramban, about 200 km from here.
The ill-fated car (JK13/9031) was on its way from Srinagar to Jammu. Police sources said the tragedy struck at about 5 pm when its driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve.
There were a total of four persons in the car and all of them were killed instantly, the sources added.
The dead were identified as Ghulam Ahmad Ganai, son of Abdul Rehman Ganai, his son of Nazir Ahmad Ganai, Abdul Rashid Ganai, son of Mohammad Subhan Ganai, a... | |
| | | | Nehru knew UN won't act | | `Expecting solution through resolutions is madness’ | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 12: The Kashmir issue was taken to the UNO by the first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru on January 1, 1948. On August 13 same year a resolution was passed. Nothing has moved since then because the resolutions only acknowledge the right to self determination. The resolutions to the dismay of the people of Kashmir cannot be implemented contrary to the belief of the leadership.
Why has UNO failed in solving the long pending dispute? By the end of December Indian army had pushed back the Tribals and the indigenous state subjects of Jammu Kashmir to a position where the armies of India and Pakistan stand now. In fact, the government of India did no... | |
| | | | To call it an all-party meeting would be a misnomer | | DELHI MEET ON J&K | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 12: As expected, the initiative of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ascertain the views of the various political parties on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and discuss ways and means to surmount the problem India is facing in the state has evoked a very sharp reaction in Jammu, leave aside Kashmir where all the leaders, without any exception, are against India one way or the other. The people of Jammu have not only rejected out-of-hand the Prime Minister’s comments on autonomy, notwithstanding the fact that he made it loud and clear that New Delhi would be willing to consider the demand for autonomy only if there is “consensus” on this controversial issue, ... | |
| | | | Jawan dies in bunker collapse near LoC | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Aug 12: An army trooper died while another escaped from Line of Control when their bunker collapsed in Sagra Balnoi area in Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district.
The incident took place due to heavy rainfall going on in the area for the last 24 hours.
Defence sources said that two trooper of 898 AT Company of Kishna Ghati Brigade were performing surveillance duty at Sagra Post of Line of Control at about 5 am on Thursday when the bunker in which they were guarding the border collapsed. One trooper namely Daleep Shaka bearing No 6384542W resident of Assam buried alive under the debris of the bunker. However another trooper escaped from it.
Sources said that the ... | |
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