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Has Hari Om given up on persuasion of VC? 8/22/2007 11:31:20 PM Jammu, Aug 22 The sudden announcement of resignation from active politics by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) vice president and spokesman Prof Hari Om has taken everybody by surprise while the ruling Congress has heaved a sigh of relief with this decision of the BJP's hardcore loyalist and fiery writer. While everybody is guessing over the decision of the BJP ideologue who has switched off all the connection with the outside world including his mobile phone, the reports of role of Vice Chancellor Jammu University Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, one time arch ideological rival of Prof. Hari Om, in moulding the die hard pro-Jammu Professor has come under sharp focus. Insiders, preferring anonymity, told News Agency of Kashmir that Prof Mattoo, in a bid to win over the beleaguered Congress chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, has played a pivotal role in moulding the head strong Professor to leave the active politics and play the role of an academician. He is reported to have set a condition of leaving the 'active politics' to Prof. Hari Om before joining the Jammu University again on a two years c...   READ MORE

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Japan PM addresses Parliament 8/22/2007 10:55:59 PM Wednesday, August 22, 2007 (New Delhi) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has addressed a joint session of Parliament on Wednesday. It's a visit at a crucial time for India as Japan is a key member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Despite the Left's resistance to Indo-US nuclear deal, nuclear energy cooperation is likely to dominate talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Abe. India will be asking for Tokyo's support for the nuclear deal at the NSG which first has to agree to lift restrictions on nuclear trade. But with the Japanese very sensitive on issues of nuclear proliferation convincing Abe may need some diplomatic manourevring. Abe is accompanied by a 200 membe...   READ MORE   Rather, Karra indulge in war of words 8/22/2007 10:49:52 PM Srinagar, August 22: Minister for Finance and Parliamentary Affairs, Tariq Hamid Karra and the leader of opposition Abdul Rahim Rather were today seen exchanging harsh words against each other in Legislative Assembly. The two leaders were trading charges against each other when Karra accused Rather of failing to control his party MLAs despite the assurances given by him at business advisory committee meeting of cooperating with government during the session. Annoyed by the allegations, Rather was heard saying "I smell Karra has gone mad." ...   READ MORE   PROF HARI OM WAS FEELING SUFFOCATED: BJP LEADER 8/22/2007 10:42:38 PM Jammu, August 22 :-Was BJP VicePresident,Prof. Hari Om,really so much preoccupied with his academic activities that he had no other alternative but to quit the party and politics ?Sources close to him and the knowledgeable circles within the BJP do not subscribe with the reason given by Prof. Hari Om in his letter of resignation he submitted to the party President, Ashok Khajuria. A senior BJP leader and a close associate of Prof. Hari Om said today “I do not believe in what the vice president has written in his letter of resignation. He may have other reasons.”He said when he was heading the Department of History in Jammu University and at one stage was Dean of Social Sciences he had ma...   READ MORE   MY SUSPENSION FROM THE HOUSE WAS A PREPLANNED STEP BY CONGRESS: HARSH DEV 8/22/2007 10:41:25 PM Early Times Reporter Srinagar, August 22 : Reading between the lines leader of Panthers Party in the state Assembly Harsh Dev Singh, today described his suspension from the House for the remaining period of the monsoon session of the legislature as a “preplanned step by the congress headed coalition Government.” Referring to the adoption of a resolution seeking his suspensions from the House for the remaining period of the session on Tuesday Harsh Dev said that “my suspension from the House was a part of the Congress plan to muzzle healthy opposition in the Assembly.”He said that the Congress feared that it would be “fully exposed by me” on the floor of the House when “very important ...   READ MORE

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