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When GM Sadiq ordered CS to 'deport' Home Secretary LP Singh alongwith his dog 8/12/2011 11:41:42 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT srinagar, Aug 12: Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq has the dubious distinction of being the author of the 6th amendment to Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, thereby lowering the nomenclature of the Head of Government from 'Wazeer-e-Azam' to Chief Minister in 1965. Helping him sweep the dubiously conducted Assembly elections of 1967, Indira Gandhi reposed in him great deal of trust but veterans in her bureaucracy began treating Sadiq not more than a puppet of the Government of India. When union Home Secretary, LP Singh, found an occasion to enjoy a holiday with his family in Kashmir, he did not bother to inform Chief Minister. Singh's intimate friend, PK Dave, who served as Chief Secretary in Sadiq's government, years before he became union Defence Secretary and Lt Governor of Delhi on his retirement, made all arrangements. As nicely as Omar Abdullah's Chief Secretary Madhav Lal did for RK Singh on August 10th. Madhav Lal, a 1977-batch IAS officer, is junior to RK Singh, a 1975-batch IAS office of Bihar Cadre who served as Home Secretary of Bihar before...   READ MORE

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Mirwaiz calls for shutdown on I-Day Clashes, crackdown continue in Srinagar, Sopore 8/12/2011 11:41:06 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Aug 12: Chairman of the separatist Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has as usual called for shutdown on occasion of the Indian Independence Day on August 15th. Unruly demonstrators today engaged Police in ding dong clashes in downtown Srinagar and Sopore. Nearly a dozen youth have been picked up by Police in a fresh crackdown on the stone pelters in Kashmir valley. With the tension building up ahead of Independence Day in the Valley and Police and security forces intensifying frisking and vigil on pedestrians and vehicular traffic, Mirwaiz Umar today asked the Kashmiris to, as usual, observe complete shutdown on August 15th. In a statement, Mirwaiz sa...   READ MORE   Who expects squabble ridden interlocutors to deliver magic? 8/12/2011 11:38:15 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 12: Now it is the turn of the interlocutors. Before their report on how to deal with the problems in Jammu and Kashmir and what ails the state becomes any readable news, the interlocutors are in news themselves for all the wrong reasons. First shell fired at the credibility of the interlocutors was the disclosure that Dileep Padgaonkar, the head of the three member team, had attended seminars organized by Ghulam Nabi Fai, the ISI point man in the US who has been lobbying for decades there to create opinion congenial to the merger of Kashmir with Pakistan. Padgaonkar defended himself saying there was nothing wrong with him attending the seminars organized by t...   READ MORE   Will Uncle Sam protect democracy in JK? US bats for Hazare 8/12/2011 11:37:56 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 12: After dropping democracy from F-16 aircrafts in Indian neighborhood, the US now seems interested in giving New Delhi a few lessons on democracy. A news report aired by NDTV this evening showed a US official urging government of India to allow Hazare to register peaceful protest. Surprisingly New Delhi has not responded yet by describing the statement an act of interference in internal affairs. Ana Hazare was instrumental in introduction of Lok Pal Bill in the parliament. His fast evoked massive response across India forcing law makers to draft the bill. Hazare, it seems, is not happy with some provisions of the Bill and has decided to go on fast unto dea...   READ MORE   PDP 'outcry' over Sopore, Surankote gave political jolts to govt Have BJP and JKNPP abdicated their 'role' as opposition….? 8/12/2011 11:37:32 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 12: As the acts of militancy related violence and other related incidents turn already fragile situation of this sensitive state further shaky, the political dimensions and equations also change their equilibrium, with almost reversal roles 'performed' by those in opposition. Barring PDP, the principle opposition party of the state at present is conducting itself as a party truly in opposition by cornering and questioning the government over issues the latter is accountable and answerable. The moot question is whether BJP and J&K Panthers Party have abdicated their responsibility or role as opposition or they are simply supporting the NC led coalition's gov...   READ MORE   Many power centers working within NC in Kashmir 8/12/2011 11:37:03 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 12: With party divided in lobbyism there is total disarray among the workers in ruling National Conference in Kashmir Valley since the Chief Minister took the reins of the coalition Government in the state. According to Party sources the NC cadres feel totally disillusioned with the functioning of the Party leadership who are divided in lobbies having no control over the workers. This state of affairs has led to the total indiscipline in the Party as presented four power centres are working within NC with Omar Abdullah having no control over them, sources added. Sources said starting from Ganderbal the home Constituency of Abdullah, the ruling NC leaders do...   READ MORE   Can UN resolutions solve JK problem? 8/12/2011 11:36:12 PM Early Times Report jammu, Aug 12: The UNO seems sick of having Kashmir on its agenda. It was dropped twice by the world body-first in December 1996 and recently in November last year. The 1996 shock was severe. Pakistan managed to have Kashmir back on agenda but the fragility of the mechanism came to fore. Kashmiris came to know that UN resolutions conferring self determination on them could not be implemented. Nehru knew it in 1948. Nehru took the issue to UN on January 1, 1948. The world body passed 18 resolutions seeking enforcement of the right to self determination of the people of Jammu Kashmir. Surprisingly India's trusted ally, erstwhile Soviet Union abstained from meetings e...   READ MORE   Full dress rehearsal turns casual dress courtesy Rain God 8/12/2011 11:35:55 PM Mishu Gupta EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Aug 12: While the Jammuites were struggling against the rain's havoc that lashed the city for the last two days the little kingdom alongwith their senior counterparts and some from belt forces participated in the -dress rehearsal of 65th Independence Day-2010 which was held at Mini Stadium Parade Ground Jammu here today. Though it's a most cherished game for every child to play in the rain but participating in an official occasion is something else. The concerned authorities may have alter the programme and even can hold this at indoor stadium of Jammu University or in different phases at various community halls to save the children from the lashing...   READ MORE   Corpse of HM Divisional Commander reportedly found in Kishtwar 8/12/2011 11:34:25 PM Early Times Report Kishtwar, Aug 12: What could be a major success for security forces in Kishtwar District, a corpse of HM Divisional Commander Shahdin Khandey @Shah Sahib Son of Mangta Khandey resident of Chilli Gundow was reportedly found in Bharidokh forest connecting Kishtwar and Doda District with bordering neighboring Himachal Pradesh. According to the reports, security forces after receiving the information about the presence of corpse of some unknown person along with weapon in remote Bharidokh area in Kither forest of Kishtwar District, the security forces reached the spot and after verification of some documents and pouch along with weapons, it is believed that the corpse is th...   READ MORE   3 minors among 4 killed, ancient Shiva temple, bridge washed away Govt school building, 2 more bridges also bear brunt of torrential rains 8/12/2011 11:34:05 PM Bharat Bhushan EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Aug 12: Rain fury continued to wreak havoc on day 2, with four persons today losing their lives to flash floods while an ancient Shiva temple and a bridge were completely washed away at the famous Hindu pilgrimage centre of Uttarvehni in Samba near here. The dead included three minors. One more bridge was fully damaged at Ramgarh while another developed cracks all over near Uttarvehni where several houses were inundated in rain water. Six-year-old Devak Ram, son of Ghanu Ram - a labourer from Madhya Pradesh - was washed away in flash flood in a nullah at Patti in Vijaypur. Sunil (4), son of Chain Singh of Dhar Dangnoo Morha Kunnu in Billawar, Ka...   READ MORE

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