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| PM talks tough, asks Pak to shun terror as state policy | | | |
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Pittsburgh, Sep 26: Sending a clear message to Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said it has to shed its mindset of using terror as a state policy to normalise relations with India.
Winding up his trip to Pittsburgh for the G-20 summit, he talked tough ahead of the Indo-Pak Foreign Ministers' meeting in New York on Sunday. Neither side is expecting too much from the talks.
"India's message is that India seeks to normalise its relations with Pakistan. But the only obstacle is that Pakistan should give up its old attitude regarding the use of terror as an instrument of state policy," Singh told a press conference.India wants Pakistan to act against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attacks last November.
"We have supplied our material and evidence for them to carry out investigations. Although the tragedy took place in India, the conspiracy took place in Pakistan. Pakistan has admitted to this. We want them to bring to book the culprits involved in the November 26 attacks," he said.
Singh, who turned 77 today, looked relaxed despite his hectic schedule... | |
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| Mirwaiz, Yasin supporters thrash pro-Azadi scribe | | Tirade on “imported brides” threatens more fragmentation in Kashmir’s separatist camp | | |
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Sep 26: Half-a-dozen supporters of Kashmir’s prominent separatist leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, were arrested by Police after they disrupted the news conference of a pro-Azadi journalist and manhandled him, alongwith his son, while ransacking the venue of their target’s news conference outside the office of a Superintendent of Police (SP) in Civil Lines here today. Editor of the local Urdu weekly “Qaumi Waqaar”, Shabnam Qayoom, who claims to be fighting for Kashmir’s Azadi with his pen, was addressing mediapersons at Hotel Ahdoo’s to complain that his ‘crusade’ against a separatist leader over the latter’s marriage to a Pakistani art... | |
| | | | J&K, Punjab may clash on Ravi waters | | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
KATHUA, Sept 26: Under the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) on sharing of river waters, India enjoys control over Ravi river while Chenab waters go to Pakistan unhindered. The treaty has been in force since 1960 though bickering about alleged violations is perennial.
Pakistan has often muddied the river waters by raising a stink about alleged violations of the IWT. This has been one reason why irrigation and hydel power potential of rivers flowing through J&K has remained largely untapped.
Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, Ghulam Nabi Azad et al, at one time or the other, have spoken about the losses suffered by J&K due to IWT. A couple of years ago, the losses were... | |
| | | | China not adhering to LAC: Pallam Raju | | | | Early Times Report
Leh Sept 26: Beijing's "non-adherence" to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) that separates India and China has resulted in different perceptions in the two countries on where the border lies, Minister of State for Defence (Production) MM Pallam Raju said here, while adding "there is no need to be afraid of China".
Speaking on the sidelines of a conference at this headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh district, Raju said Friday that till the time the border dispute is resolved, "China may make attempts to escalate the issue".
"McMahon line delineates (the border between) India and China. But they (China) do not adhere to that resulting in the problem. So they patrol... | |
| | | | Student held with Hawala money | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 26: Police have nabbed a suspected militant from General Bus Stand here and recovered hawala money along with mobile handsets and SIM cards from his possession.
Identified as Zubair Ahmad a post graduate student and resident of Mendhar town in bordering Poonch district, the militant was arrested by a team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) and the police soon after he reached the City last night, sources told Early Times
Police have recovered hawala money, mobile phones
and some SIM cards from the possession of the arrested militant, who is said to be a close associate of Jaish-e-Mohammad’s (JeM) self-styled ‘divisional commander’ Dawood Ahmed, presently... | |
| | | | For global maladies, Drabu has local remedies | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sep 26: In the times of dwindling economies, soaring interest rates and global recession effecting almost everyone individually, one of leading financial institutions of the country, the Jammu and Kashmir Bank has slew of remedies as it refuses to run away from social obligations.
Chairman of the Bank and one of best economists in the country, Drabu says “everyone talks about the gloom on the money markets, liquidity conditions and volumes in the debt markets. Very few talk of how all this transforms into harsher borrowing conditions for small businessmen and tougher times for ordinary people”. “We do”, says Drabu, as he adds “there are many things ethical a... | |
| | | | Bhatt promises return of Bollywood to Valley | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 26- Leading film-maker of Bollywood Mukesh Bhatt on Saturday said that Bollywood filmmakers would soon resumes its honeymoon with Kashmir Valley and maintained that Switzerland is no comparison to Kashmir in terms of its beauty and gorgeous destination.
Talking to media persons here today, Mukesh Bhatt said, ‘Bollywood filmmakers are once again making its mind to return to Kashmir valley as Bollywood films are incomplete without some of the beautiful locales of the State being incorporated’.
“I was always keen to shoot a film in Kashmir and exploit its beautiful locales”, Bhatt said and adding, ‘since the situation here in Jammu and Kashmir is improving, ... | |
| | | | On sidelines of Navratras, some health check in Katra | | BMO attached, two others suspended | | | Early Times Report
Katra, Sept 26: On the sidelines of ongoing Navratra festival, it was a test check for the local health institution here which had to face the axe of visiting Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma as he did not find things quite in order.
Besides thousands of pilgrims thronging to the holy township, Katra is these days also a hub for VIP visitors. One after the other Ministers and bureaucrats are landing there in connection with the Navratra festival but today the Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma sought to take advantage of his presence in Katra when he made a surprise visit to the local hospital.
Dissatisfied with the functioning of the institution, the Minister took to tas... | |
| | | | Centre keen on return of KP migrants: Chavan | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
New Delhi, Sep 26: Amidst renewed efforts of state government to repatriate the migrant Kashmiri Pandits back to their native places in different parts of Kashmir Valley, the center government today said that it is engaged in facilitating return of the displaced community.
The central government wants Kashmir Pandits, who left their homes after militancy hit Jammu and Kashmir early 1990s, to return and is in touch with the state government, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan said Saturday.
"We want the state to become fully normal like earlier days. We are in touch with the state government on this issue," Chavan told reporters i... | |
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