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| A pact, which looks forward | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 31
Seen as a victory of the people of Jammu region, the resolution of ongoing crises on Shri Amarnath Shrine land transfer controversy seems to have become possible only after a pragmatic approach of both the state government and the representatives of Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti as the final agreement is a forward looking document and not just a “time buying deal”.
Avoiding any verbal jugglery which could have posed problems at some stage, the agreement says that the the State Government shall set aside for the use by Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, exclusively, the land in Baltal and Domail (Compartment No. 63/S, Sindh Forest Division) compris... | |
| | | | Valley protests Amarnath pact | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Aug 31
Authorities moved in quickly to re-impose curfew in a few places in the Kashmir Valley on Sunday after protests erupted against the State government's decision to give the Amarnath temple trust exclusive rights over a controversial piece of land during the two-month pilgrimage period.
In the Mahrajgunj area of the city, curfew was re-imposed within hours of it being lifted after protests broke out. One person was injured as security forces clashed with the protesters during the curfew relaxation period.
"Curfew relaxation was withdrawn and re-imposed in the area immediately as violent protests erupted," a police official said in Srinagar.
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| | | | After protests, Celebrations rock City | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 31
Jammu has a secular tradition of celebrating all religious festivals together –Diwali, Eid, Gurupurb, Christmas –all see the town painted in festive colours but never in the history of this City –and many other parts of region –celebrations have been seen at a note the way town is witnessing since wee hours of this morning.
By around 2 AM past last midnight when some national news channels beamed the unconfirmed reports, attributed to the sources, that 800 kanals of land in Baltal and Domail in Kashmir has been agreed by the government to be put at the disposal of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, the town immediately burst into a festive mode. Fire crack... | |
| | | | Dialogue on separatists issues impossible | | | | Nirbhay Jammual
The PDP patron,Mufti Mohd.Sayeed,has suggested to the Government of India to initiate talks with the coordination committee constituted by the Kashmir separatists on the same pattern that it followed in holding talks with the committee constituted by the Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti.He is oppoed to unilateral dialogue with the Samiti leaders and does not favour any compromise on the land row.The Mufti is right as far as taking leaders of both the regions into confidence for defusing the turmoil and tension.He is not wrong when he says the centre should hold talks with the separatists,including the Hurriyat Conference leaders.
What the Mufti has suggested seems to be simple i... | |
| | | | Dealers can file their returns by September 30 | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Aug 31
The Government today agreed in principle to amend Rule 28 of the Jammu and Kashmir Value Added Tax Rules, extending the date of filing of returns by dealers not exceeding 60 days from the due date in the wake of extraordinary circumstances.
It may be recalled that the Government had recently extended the date for filing the returns for the first quarter of the current financial year up to August 31. According to an official Spokesman, the Government has decided to extend the date of filing of returns by the dealers for the first quarter of the year 2008-09 by a period of further 30 days in view of the prevailing situation. Consequally, the deale... | |
| | | | SC widens debt waiver ambit for Kashmir | | | | New Delhi | Aug 31
Militancy changes many things, even the concept of a debt waiver scheme that was announced in 1997 for small entrepreneurs in militancy-hit J&K.
The scheme, as originally envisaged, was meant to waive loans up to Rs 50,000 taken by those engaged in tourism, transport, trade, hotel, houseboat business and retail trade.
However, the Supreme Court on Friday gave a liberal interpretation to the scheme and extended the loan waiver facility to those who had taken money from banks for purchase of buffaloes and sheep.
The moot question raised before the apex court by the J&K Rural Bank was — could the HC have taken such a liberal view to count purchase of buffaloes and rear... | |
| | | | JKCA to engage foreign player in coming season | | State associations also allowed engaging four `guest’ players | | | Sanjeev Sharma
Jammu | Aug 31
Even as the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) is yet to initiate the process of short listing the names, it has been decided that the state is going to engage a foreign player in the Ranji Trophy squad in the coming domestic cricketing season in the country.
In addition, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has allowed the affiliated associations to engage four `guest’ players to their side from outside the State.
A decision in this regard was taken at a high level meeting of the BCCI Technical Committee, which met yesterday at Mumbai under the chairmanship of Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar.
As per BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah, on... | |
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