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| All-party delegation meets Geelani, Mirwaiz, Yasin | | ‘Everybody’ invited for meeting, nobody allowed to move out of home | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Sep 20: An all-party Parliamentary delegation, headed by Union Minister of Home P Chidambaram, today interacted with representatives of almost all mainstream political parties to find an end to over three-month-long Kashmir turbulence that has left one hundred civilians dead in the last one hundred days. Even as all the separatist political outfits and umbrellas had turned down the invitation of participation, individual members of the delegation called on three separatist leaders, namely Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, and engaged them in an informal deliberation on the Kashmir problem in the backdrop of tight security arrangements and curfew in entire Kashmir valley.
Meeting with the mainstream political leaders was merely a formality as most of them had already participated in a marathon interaction with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and representatives of almost all the regional and national parties in New Delhi last week. Decision of sending an all-party Parliamentary delegation to the... | |
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| Whom does Sagar represent? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 20: The law minister, Ali Muhammad Sagar today admitted a harsh reality though unwittingly. Talking to a news channel, Sagar said he did not represent the people who observe strikes and stage protest demonstrations.
When asked some persons were chanting slogans at various places, Sagar said: “We have invited the people who represent them. Now it is their choice. If they want to meet the visiting Parliamentary delegation they are welcome.”
This is the first time when an `elected’ representative has admitted that the separatists represent the protesters. The leader of opposition and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mahbooba Mufti was very caut... | |
| | | | Day curfew lifted in Poonch, relaxed in Mendhar | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Sept 20: While the day curfew was lifted in Poonch, three-hour relaxation was given at Mendher which witnessed violence six days ago after the killing of three protesters in police firing in the town.
Few hours of relaxation was given in curfew restrictions in Poonch town Sunday, but when the period passed off peacefully with no untoward incident taking place anywhere, the district administration decided to lift the day curfew today.
The orders to lift the day curfew were issued by the Poonch district magistrate K R Khajuria, official sources said. "We lifted the day curfew in the town today," Khajuria said and added the night curfew would, however, remain ti... | |
| | | | Skin deptt of SMGS hospital wailing over govt neglect | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 20: Space constraints, shortage of staff and non-availability of latest techniques for skin treatment has almost crippled the functioning of Skin department of Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital at Shalamar.
Government has been vehemently claiming of upgrading the hospital on the pattern of All India of Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) but the skin department of SMGS is wailing over the indifferent attitude of the state government towards improving the infrastructural facilities in this department and addressing the issue of shortage of staff.
Official sources said that Out Patients Department (OPD) of skin department receives around two hundred... | |
| | | | PK, other frontal organizations of KPs not invited to all parties meet | | | | Ashwani
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 20: There is a brewing resentment among the Kashmiri Pandits against the role of the Government for reportedly ignoring the genuine representatives of the community in meeting the All Parties Delegation which is on three days visit of the state to ascertain views of all sections of the society in sorting out the present crisis in the state.
Taking a serious exception to Government’s reported move of ignoring the mainstream KP organizations in tomorrows all party meeting, the Kashmiri Pandit leaders have accused the NC led coalition Government of double standards.
Questioning the Government for not inviting the leaders of Panun Kashmir, Jammu and ... | |
| | | | Govt violates own norms; appoints failed candidates as Naib Tehsildars | | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Sept 20: It may sound incredible. But it is true. The government have reportedly appointed failed candidates as Naib Tehsildars, thus ignoring those who qualified Public Service Commission examination putting a question mark on the credibility of the administration.
Sources said that among the total 1154 candidates of the state who appeared in Naib Tehsildar examination in Public Service Commission last year, only 6 candidates qualified it. Those who qualified included Khursheed Ahmed of Rajouri, Farooq Anwar Mirza of Rajouri, Abdul Ghani of Poonch, Rafiq Ahmed of Udhampur, Saif-ud-Din Parry of Poonch and Ravinder Sharma of Sambha. All these candidates are serv... | |
| | | | Despite Kashmir turmoil Congress in J&K remains divided | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu,Sept 20:Even in the wake of high level of trumoil and civilian strife in the Kashmir valley during the last over three months,leading to the death of over 103 people in the firing opened by the security forces,the state unit of the Congress continues to be a divided house.A stage has reached when the so called dissidents have started blaming the PCC Chief,Saif-ud-Din Soz,for remaining absent from the valley for all these months.
Interestingly,these dissidents have conveyd to the AICC Chief,Sonia Gandhi,that Soz be asked to explain what where the reasons that fored him to be away from the scene of turmoil in Kashmir.Ostensibly it was a trick played by the dissi... | |
| | | | Jammu-Ladakh irrelevant, Geelani secular, PK communal, India oppressive | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 20: NDTV 24X7 telecasts every Saturday a programme, titled The Big Fight. It is mostly Bikram Chandra who anchors the programme. Though he works for the NDTV 24X7, he just couldn’t be compared with Barkha Dutt, who is out-and-out pro-separatist and anti-Indian establishment. Chandra is sober, sophisticated and anchors by and large in an objective manner. He, unlike Dutt, also puts questions which appear quite inconvenient to the biased and unreasonable panelists.
Last Saturday, Chandra organized a debate on Jammu and Kashmir. A lot of heat was generated during the debate. It all happened when the issue of Jammu and Ladakh was raised. The discussion became mo... | |
| | | | Appointing Habibullah as J&K Governor would be dangerous | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 20: The columnist hails Wajahat Habibullah and says that “he understands the Kashmir question better than many others” and that “he has a lot to contribute to the discourse on Jammu and Kashmir.” Either the is blissfully ignorant of his credentials and views of Habibullah or he hasdeliberately suppressed the fact that Habibullah is one person who has been working for the division of Jammu and Kashmir into five zones on purely communal lines so that an autonomous Greater Kashmir comprising the whole of Kashmir and Muslim-majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh is created. It appears that the columnist has deliberately suppressed the truth for reasons best k... | |
| | | | Decomposed Bodies of Two Ultras Recovered | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR ,Sept 20: Security forces recovered decomposed bodies of two militants, seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition and arrested a person with hawala money in Jammu and Kashmir since last evening.
Decomposed bodies of the two militants were found at Rautagali near the Line of Control in Karnah sector of the frontier district of Kupwara last evening, a police spokesman said.
Two AK assault rifles, nine hand grenades and three UBGL grenades were recovered from the slain militants whose identity and group affiliations could not be ascertained.
Both the ultras were believed to have been killed in gunbattles with security forces while trying to sneak into ... | |
| | | | Male embryo found near Kathua hospital | | | | KATHUA, Sept 20: In a clear case of illegal abortion, a male embryo was found outside the district hospital gate here today.
When the matter was brought to their notice by some locals, police reached the spot and after completing legal formalities, removed the embryo to the hospital mortuary.
Though police had registered a case in this connection, the accused were yet to be identified.
It is pertinent to mention here that some private nursing homes here were allegedly involved in the illegal business of doing abortions in lieu of huge amounts of money.
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| | | | Veteran Journalist Narendra Mohan's death anniversary observed | | | | early times report
Jammu, Sept 20 : Jammu and Kashmir unit of Dainik Jagran Group of Public-ations today observed 8th death anniversary of late Narendra Mohan, Member Parliament and former Editor-in-Chief, Dainik Jagran Group.
In this connection a plantation drive was launched by Minister for Medical Education and YSS RS Chib at Baldev Institute of Management, Kaluchak. Chib planted a sapling in memory of Late Narender Mohan.
Paying glowing tributes to late Narendra Mohan, he recalled his valuable contribution to field of Hindi journalism and said that he championed in steering the Dainik Jagran to its unsurpassable position.
He said that Narendra Mohan with his erudition and inc... | |
| | | | US envoy visits Leh, extends relief worth Rs 2.3 million to flood hit | | | | M Ramzan Khan
Early Times Report
Leh, Sept 20: U.S Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer today visited Leh to deliver Rs 2.3 million worth relief supplies to 400 rural families affected by last month's devastating floods.
Roemer personally distributes some of the relief materials like blankets to the flood victims of Shey village and rest of the relief supplier will be distribute among the victims through 'Leh nutrition Project' and 'Save the Child Fund'.
Earlier, Roemer along with his wife and some other officials visited flood affected areas of Shey. In Shey, although the casualties were less but the fertile agriculture land of almost entire village was completely destroyed and no... | |
| | | | 5 hurt in police firing as people defy curfew in Sopore | | | | Early times report
SRINAGAR, Sept 20: At least five persons, including a minor, were injured in alleged firing by police in Sopore even as situation in the valley remained by and large peaceful with curfew remaining in force for the ninth day today in all major towns of Kashmir.
Police allegedly resorted to firing when a group of youth defied curfew and indulged in stone-pelting at Natipora in Sopore this afternoon, official sources said.
Two of the injured, identified as Rameez Ahmad Bhat (22) and Junaid Ahmad (13) were brought to SMHS hospital here with bullet wounds in their back.
They were being operated upon by doctors and their condition was stated to be critical.
Sources said l... | |
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