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NC losing foothold across J&K, dejected workers leaving party | 3 top leaders likely to quit | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Sept 17: Despite being in power, National Conference (NC) has begun loosing foothold across the state with important functionaries leaving the party.
It was senior Vice-President of National Conference Vinod Bhalla's day. He left the party but not before saying that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's support to parliament attack convict Afzal Guru's clemency resolution hurt him. He said 'Omar's statement of support pained me. I was feeling suffocated in the party."
Not only this, Bhalla alleged that two factions are working National Conference, one of which is demoralizing the ground level workers. Referring to Amarnath Land row agitation of 2008, Bhalla said that he was the only person who took out massive rallies of National Conference throughout the city of temples while adding that it was the time, when the so-called senior leaders of the party had gone into hibernation.
He reminded Omar Abdullah that hard worker needs nothing but self respect while stating that he was humiliated by an NC leader and even abused in front of a large gathering at his re... | |
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NC- Cong 'balance' set to swing......? | Resolution on Guru through for debate | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: Finally, a nod has come for the controversial resolution moved by MLA Langate Abdul Rashid seeking amnesty for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru for debate in the J&K Assembly which has been scheduled on September 28, two days after the session begins. The resolution was listed today after it was selected in the draw of lots of the admitted resolutions for ensuing session . Resolution on Guru was picked up in the second round in the random balloting held in presence of MLAs whose resolutions were admitted earlier. Upon this mandatory exercise the big question arises how the two ruling allies NC and Congress would respond to voting after the debate and... | |
| | How can Omar expect bouquets from aggrieved people? | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 17: When Omar Abdullah assumed office as Chief Minister of the state, he said the administration was corrupt to the hilt. However, yesterday when he reached an agreement with the government employees, he said the employees were the hub in public service delivery mechanism. "Cordial and close relations between the two are imperative to implement the development agenda and fulfil social promises", he said.
Asking the employees to keep their duties and responsibilities equally flagged as those of their demands, Omar Abdullah said that the big decision of the Government to provide first installment of arrears to the tune of over Rs. 820 crores to its emplo... | |
| | BGBSU students protest against university authorities, allege misconduct | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: Students of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGBSU) Rajouri today lodged strong protest against alleged misconduct of authorities at the helm of administrative and academic affairs.
Demanding the in-depth probe into alleged malpractices and corruption going inside the institution, the protesting students warned of dire consequences if their demands were not met. Sources said that large number of students of Engineering and polytechnic colleges of the University staged a protest demonstration against the authorities accusing them of charging excess semester fee from the students.
They said that information broacher published by university mentions ... | |
| | Agreement between JCC and Govt triggers division among employees | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: While the leaders of the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) of the State Government employees have called the agreement signed by the JCC and the State Government as 'Historic', the Jammu and Kashmir Employees' Joint Action Committee (JKEJAC) representing the government employees and the forum of All J&K Plus 2 lecturers have called the agreement as a 'Fixed Match' and a 'Sellout' respectively.
JKEJAC has gone to the extent of saying that the 'Fixed Match' had been organized to bail out the State Government at a time when it is stricken with crises of all kinds.
"There is nothing in the agreement. What are the JCC leaders trying to befool the employees ... | |
| | Re-entry of three suspended MLAs into BJP fold meets rough weather Jaitley raises legal objections | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The re-entry of three suspended BJP MLAs into Party has met rough weather with opposition leader in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely raising some legal objections to the proposal.
According to high placed Party sources Jaitely has scuttled the move of the party which had decided to grant re-entry to three suspended MLAs out of seven into Party fold before the commencement of State Assembly Autumn session on September 26.
The BJP leadership at New Delhi including the newly appointed prabharis Mukhi and Dr Jain have also favoured the re-entry of suspended MLAs into the Party fold. The senior leadership in Union Capital was had also favoured the idea and given its... | |
| | Sardar Attique denied cross-LoC travel permit | Another former PoK 'Prime Minister' Sultan Mehmood travels via Delhi | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Sept 17: Even as Government of India has not permitted former PoK 'Prime Minister' Sardar Attique Khan and his 24-member entourage to travel from Muzaffarabad to Srinagar in their own fleet of vehicles, another PoK 'Prime Minister' of the past, Barrister Sultan Mehmood Choudhary, today arrived in New Delhi from Lahore by air. Both the politicians, as also a number of other legislators and Ministers, were scheduled to attend marriage ceremony of the son of a Srinagar-based businessman Zahoor Wattali on September 19th.
Barrister Sultan, who functioned as "Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir" from 1996 to 2001 reached New Delhi by air from Lahore today. He was r... | |
| | Will interlocuters' report address both internal & external dimensions of Kashmir issue? | | | ET Report
Jammu, Sept 17: The three-member team of interlocuters, headed by veteran journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, are likely to submit their final report to the Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, by October 12 thereby marking an end to their one year long tenure.
The report was being compiled after the team members, Dilip Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and M.M. Ansari, completed more than 12 visits to the state's three main regions, Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh.
Soon after the announcement that the team would submit its final report on October 12 peoples' interest in the main recommendations have touched new high. And a cross section of people, besides political leaders, academicians, advocates, ... | |
| | Disconnect between Cong and people of Jammu | Betraying The Cause | | Neha
Jammu, Sept 17: Policies of the NC-Congress coalition government have created widespread disappointment and dissatisfaction among all in Jammu province, except in a limited circle close to the corridors of power and the so-called representatives of this province which has been at the receiving end since 1947. The NC, which has little or no stakes in Jammu, continues to humiliate and taunt the people of this province and its main concern is for a particular section of Kashmiri society. The political behaviour of the PDP has been identical, as it has its support-base limited to the Kashmir Valley. It, like the NC, also caters to the needs and urges of a particular religious sect. As for... | |
| | J&K: Prime Minister again disappoints the nation | Congress Of Confusion | | Rustam
Jammu, Sept 17: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is, it appears, determined to embolden the Kashmiri separatists and others in Kashmir, who consider Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory" and not as an integral part of India. The speech he delivered yesterday at the three-day Directors General and Inspectors General conference in New Delhi doesn't convey any other meaning. The meeting has been organised by Intelligence Bureau (IB) to discuss the internal situation in the country and find ways and means to tackle those out to cause disturbances in the country to achieve their nefarious designs.
What did the Prime Minister say? He, inter-alia, said: "Security environment in the co... | |
| | Appeal to Hon'ble speaker by Shri Chaman Lal Gupta BJP MLA | | | Sir,
I had raised a question during the last session of the state assembly seeking a reply from the government regarding the decision to stop government advertisements to the daily Early Times published from Jammu.
I had also spoken about the highhandedness of the government and its arbitrary, whimsical dispensation regarding distribution of official advertisements to the various newspapers published in the state.
Despite repeated requests, the state government did not come forward with any reply to my question and the result has been that through its decision to ignore my question the state government has covertly accepted that it does not have a reasonable answer to my question.
Hon'b... | |
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