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| Peace first, KPs' re-entry into Valley later | | SUNDAY SPECIAL | | |
B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 23: "No, not in the near future", is the Union Home Ministry's standpoint on the renewed talk in favour of the return of the uprooted Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) to the Valley of Kashmir. Even as the Home Ministry is supporting the Jammu and Kashmir admininistration's scheme of things in relation to the resetlement of Kashmiri Pandit migrants in the Valley, the possibility of the scheme fructifying during the remaining part of the current year is ruled out.
In fact, New Delhi wants the issue to be taken up for further discussions at various levels before formulating mechanism or methodology vis-a-vis the KPs' return to the Valley. In other words, New Delhi is against what has been termed as "hasty steps" in support of "early" re-settlement of the members of the displaced Hindu community in the land of their forefathers.
According to authoritative sources, at a time when a section of the ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir has been found making more-than-necessary noises in favour of uprooted Kashmiri Pandits' return to the Valley, the Prime Minister... | |
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| A French newspaper rings the alarm bells | | 'Osama bin Laden died in Pakistan last month' | | |
Early TImes New Delhi Bureau
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 23
India's intelligence community has been set in motion, making frantic attempts to know the fact following the big sensation triggered by a French newspaper on Saturday when it claimed that Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan last month. Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, who is currently holding the country's External Affairs portfolio, was apprised of the highly sensational media report from Paris.
And the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), which has direct operational and administrative control over India's external intelligence agency, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), was reported to have called for "discreet" monitoring of even... | |
| | | | PM, Azad make differing statements on infiltration | | | |
Nainital, Sep 23 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said infiltration from Pakistan has reduced, striking a discordant note with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who last week said it had increased of late.
"Infiltration across the Line of Control (LoC) has diminished," the Prime Minister said in his address to a conclave here of chief ministers of Congress-ruled states.
This statement contradicts the assertion by Azad in a TV interview last week. Azad had said that "during the past three years, the (Pakistan) army-sponsored, the ISI-sponsored militants from across were kept on hold. But unfortunately, for the last three months they have been coming. They have been l... | |
| | | | TO CEASE FIRE OR NOT: THAT IS THE QUESTION WITHMILITANTS | | | |
Srinagar,September 23 :-Though Hizbul Mujahideen supremo,Syed Salahuddin,is under pressure from thePakistan establishment and a couple of europeanagencies for declaring ceasefire during the month ofRamzan,he is in a fix because he has fears that evenif the United Jehad Council backed for the decisionLashkar-i-Toiba,Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Badr,whichmatter in Jammu and Kashmir,may not cooperate withhim. Since Jaish and LeT and Al Badr are not members ofthe United Jehad Council it is not mandatory for themto abide by the decision of the Council. Official sources told Kashmir Independent Press (KIP) hereon Saturday that it was under the pressure of thePakistani establishment that Hizb s... | |
| | | | Suicide attacks may increase, warns PM | | | | September 23,
Describing as 'worrisome' the activities of externally-sponsored terror groups, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned of a spurt in suicide attacks targetting religious, economic and sensitive institutions in the country.
He termed as 'disconcerting', reports that suggest the existence of a number of terrorist modules and sleeper cells in some urban areas which provide the backup for foreign terrorist outfits.
"The activities of externally-sponsored terrorist outfits is equally worrisome. Their involvement has grown. The concern is that there could be a further intensification involving greater use of fidayeen elements and targetting of a wider range of religions, ec... | |
| | | | Air Force reacts on Early Times story; throws onus on joint director information | | No ego clash, ‘Surya Kiran’ cancelled for want of NoC: Def PRO | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORTER
JAMMU| SEPT 23
In what the defence PRO referred to as rebuttal of the story carried by Early Times on its issue dated September 22 last, the PRO in fact has agreed to this news paper’s claim that the Air Show slated for Sunday, September 23 was cancelled because state authorities did not give clearance for the same.
Even as the Early Times had referred that the state government refused permission for the show, the defence PRO in a letter to the publication today said that the same was cancelled because DC Jammu did not give NOC for the show.
This raises a question that why the organizers expressed over enthusiasm and started publicizing the show without s... | |
| | | | PM warns of terror strikes, asks CMs to tone up intelligence | | | |
Nainital, September 23,
A grim warning about "further intensification" of terrorist attacks involving greater use of fidayeen elements to target religious, economic and other "sensitive objects" was the centrepoint of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's address to the conclave of Congress chief ministers on Saturday.
He asked the chief ministers to tone up the intelligence machinery in the states, concentrate on "actionable" intelligence and make the entire bureaucracy accountable.
Addressing their two-day conclave presided by Congress President Sonia Gandhi here, he talked about the internal security situation, mainly the issues of terrorism, communal tension and naxalism.
He s... | |
| | | | Governor unveils statue of Hari Singh | | Maharaja was a great patriot, social reformer: Governor | | |
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 23- Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd) S K Sinha today said that Maharaja Hari Singh pioneered the state subject laws in Jammu and Kashmir, giving it a special identity, as a result of which the State enjoys a distinct position as proud part of India.
‘This did not happen in our neighbourhood (PoK)’, the Governor said at a function after unveiling the statue of the Maharaja in Delhi Public School campus here this morning.
Paying tributes to the Maharaja on his 112th birth anniversary today, the Governor described him as a great patriot who despite being an allay of British strongly pleaded at the Round Table Conference in London in 1931 for according due place and s... | |
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