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Omar's greatest onslaught on Indian democracy Hanging Of Guru 9/1/2011 11:14:48 PM Rustam JAMMU, Sept 1: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been making outrageous statements and subverting the constitution he is constitutionally bound to defend ever since January 5, 2009, has again landed himself into a serious controversy. Omar Abdullah became Chief Minister by a quirk of history on January 5, 2009. The case in point is his suggestion that Afzal Guru, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack case, be released in the interest of peace in Kashmir. This writer has already written three pieces on this subject explaining the grave implications of what he said about the issue some eight days ago as far as the unity and integrity of India was concerned. Reflecting on the Afzal Guru issue, he had revealed that he had already talked to the Congress-led UPA Government in this regard and urged it to take into consideration the larger issue before taking a final position on Afzal Guru. Omar Abdullah had made this revelation at a time when Syed Ali Shah Geelani had already held out a threat that hanging of Afzal Guru would create in the Valley a situation that New Delhi wi...   READ MORE

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Independent MLA to move resolution on Afzal Guroo 9/1/2011 11:14:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 1: Engineer Rashid, the sitting independent MLA from Langate assembly constituency has decided to move a resolution in the forthcoming session of the State Legislative Assembly seeking clemency to Afzal Guroo whose mercy petition has already been rejected by the President, Pratibha Devi Patel. The session of the State Legislature has been convened in Srinagar by Governor, N.N. Vohra on 26th of this month. Engineer Rashid has told reporters in Kupwara district that he has submitted a resolution to the speaker of the State Legislative Assembly seeking clemency for Afzal Guroo who is on the death row in Tihar Jail in Delhi. The independent MLA has sought that ...   READ MORE   “Induction of “yes men” in Apex Committee is aimed at playing with interests of KPs” 9/1/2011 11:14:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 1: Though the Apex Committee on Kashmiri migrants has failed to take up the genuine issues of the displaced Pandits with the Government for their immediate redressal, the State Government has recently expanded the Committee by inducting some more ``yes men'' into it to further its return formula and plan for displaced pundits. The failure of Kashmiri Pandits to forge unity and mushrooming of the parties in the community has made a mess of Apex Committee as every Pandit organization having no base on ground also approaches the authorities to give representation to its group in the Apex as the same being the only genuine representative of the community. Putti...   READ MORE   Shiv Sena assails Omar for advocating amnesty for Afzal Guru Alleges that his "ek inch zameen nahin denge" remarks had led to loss of 14 lives during Amarnath agitation 9/1/2011 11:13:40 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 1: Shiv Sena leader Ashok Gupta today strongly assailed Omar Abdullah for twitting about amnesty in favour Afzal Guru. He called him a "Twitter Boy" and said his statement must be condemned by the people in strongest words. Omar must tender unconditional apology, or resign as he had lost credibility to continue as chief minister, Gupta asserted while addressing Shiv Sena and Dogra Front activists here. As mark of protest against Omar's remarks on social networking site Twitter, Shiv Sena and Dogra Front activists also took out a march, which passed through the main bazars of the city. "Indian Democracy can survive only if legislators act in a responsible ...   READ MORE   NC patron's Modi comments could sink NC in Rajouri and Poonch 9/1/2011 11:13:04 PM Early Times Report Poonch, Sept 1: Known otherwise as a strong political bastion of the ruling National Conference (NC), the party is fast losing ground in Jammu's green belt districts of Rajouri and Poonch. This is attributed to the unstable and mercurial stands taken on critical issues by the NC leaders. Presently the NC is under fire in these districts for Dr. Farooq Abdullah's comments on Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Chief Minister. Although the election is three years away, the NC is facing extreme criticism from the Muslims on the issue and it is widely believed in Rajouri and Poonch districts that the disparagement of the NC patron and former chief minister could prove fatal for the...   READ MORE   BJP of press conferences and vague statements Plight of Duggar Pradesh 9/1/2011 11:12:31 PM Neha JAMMU, Sept 1: The state unit of the BJP says day in and day out that it is for the nation, as also it is a party that always fight for the genuine cause of Duggar Pradesh. It's not true. What it says is simply an exercise in self-deception. It is not really and unequivocally committed to the national cause. Nor is it actually committed to the cause of Duggar Pradesh. It is just like Congress, the NC and the PDP. It is basically a party of press conferences and statements and it believes that its only job is to react when some development takes place in the state or when the Kashmiri leadership perpetrates some injustice on the oppressed and suppressed Dogras. A reference here to jus...   READ MORE   `SMVDU manufacturing sex maniacs, criminals' Chiraag Talay Andhera! 9/1/2011 11:11:16 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 1: The Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine besides catering to the spiritual needs of millions of people across the country has been instrumental in sharpening the intellectual faculties of thousands of students irrespective of class, creed, gender and faith. But as they say Chiraag Talay Andhera (nearer the church farther from God), complaints ranging from sexual harassment to sheltering rouge elements have brought a bad name to the university named after the revered goddess. The University has been accused of patronizing sexually starved people and manufacturing criminals. Early Times is in possession of a written complaint of some girl students who have accused ...   READ MORE   Government steps in to tame Baba Ramdev 9/1/2011 11:08:47 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 1: There seems to be no end to the Government inflicted woes to the Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, who in fact fired the first salvo against the Congress led Government for its inability to bring back black money stashed in the foreign banks. Ramdev embarked on a protest fast in Delhi in the first week of May in order to motivate the Congress led UPA Government to initiate action against those who had stashed huge sums of money in foreign banks. First the senior ministers were sent to the airport to strike a deal with the Yoga Guru. Whether there was some agreement between the two sides or not Baba Ramdev's protest fast attracted huge crowds. It unnerved the Govern...   READ MORE   Youth dies due to snake bite, doc booked for negligence 9/1/2011 11:08:22 PM JAMMU: Ramnagar in Udhampur district observed a complete bandh today following the death of a youth due to the alleged negligence of a doctor. Abhishek, son of Vijay Kumar, was admitted to the Ramnagar hospital for the treatment of snake bite. Quoting locals, police said a doctor, who was on duty, did not allegedly attend Abhishek properly when he was admitted to the hospital. Abhishek later died. In protest against the alleged negligence of the doctor, shopkeepers today downed their shutters and college students boycotted their classes and held a demonstration. They were pacified only after CMO visited the spot and apologized. Police said the doctor had been booked under relevant secti...   READ MORE   Magistrate calls for public evidence in JIC custodial death 9/1/2011 11:08:06 PM JAMMU: The Magistrate probing the custodial death of an undertrial at the Joint Interrogation Centre here today called upon the general public to appear before the one-man inquiry panel to share any information or proof connected with the incident. "Public in general and all concerned in particular are hereby informed through the medium of this notice that in case anyone knows anything about the case or has any information and material relevant with the said case, he or she can attend our office with relevant details," Executive Magistrate S Charandeep Singh, who constitutes the one-man magisterial probe panel, said today. The notice issued today by Singh said that undertrial Sa...   READ MORE

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