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Youth Congress enacting a 'drama of sorts'

Attack On CM!

9/30/2012 12:53:03 AM

Rustam JAMMU, Sept 29: "The Chief Minister has failed in providing security to elected Panches and Sarpanches. More than one year has passed, but the State Government has not yet taken the empowerment of Panchayat members issue seriously. The Chief Minister should immediately resign from the chair as he is 'responsible' for the killings of Panchayat members. If the Government had provided timely security and empowered the panchayat members, the situation might not have deteriorated. The Chief Minister is responsible for the killings of Sarpanches in Kashmir and it is murder of democracy. A ten-member delegation met AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi yesterday (Thursday) at New Delhi and a...

Youth Cong National Executive in Srinagar from October 2

Rahul 's presence, resolution on power to Panchayats likely

9/30/2012 12:52:42 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 29: In what can give further fillip to the ongoing 'tussle' between ruling National Conference and Congress over the issue of giving powers to Panchayats , Indian Youth Congress National Executive is likely to adopt a resolution on the issue on similar lines the parent body Pradesh Congress Committee adopted it during its convention held in May this year, strongly seeking incorporation of 73rd constitutional amendment in the J&K Act. Youth Congress National executive is going to begin at Srinagar from October 2. What would turn this national event all the more significant in the current political situation is the likely presence of Rahul Gandhi, who may at...

Senseless opposition of NC may prove a blessing in disguise

Empowering Panchayats

9/30/2012 12:52:29 AM

Neha JAMMU, Sept 29: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his party are opposing tooth and nail the popular demand seeking empowerment of panchayats through the instrumentality of 73rd constitutional amendment that not only transfers some real powers to panchayat representatives but also places at their disposal the required funds needed for catering to the immediate local needs of the people. They are advancing spurious arguments. They are saying that Jammu and Kashmir enjoys a special status and that the adoption of and application of the 73rd constitutional amendment would mean erosion of the State's special status. Omar Abdullah explained the reasons behind his opposition to the demand in...

Singh, Vakil urge CM to disclose names of Congress Ministers

Stalling implementation of 73rd, 74th amendments

9/30/2012 12:52:14 AM

Early Times Report vijaypur/srinagar, Sept 29: Two former Ministers and Congress leaders have urged the Chief Minister to disclose the names of the Congress Ministers who have supported National Conference on the issue of 73rd and 74th amendments. "If he is not lying, the Chief Minister should disclose the names of those two Congress Ministers who according to him (CM) have been opposing the demands of implementation of the Panchayat Raj Act amendments in the State Constitution," Manjit Singh demand in a statement. The former Minister said that the Chief Minister was lying to create a wedge among the Congress leaders and Ministers. "We want to know the names of two Ministers sinc...

Implementation of 73rd, 74th amendments snowballing into a big controversy between Cong-NC

9/30/2012 12:51:53 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 29: The implementations of 73rd and 74th amendment of Indian Constitution issue regarding empowerment of Panchayats and local bodies is snowballing into a big controversy with two coalition partners sticking to their respective stand on this important issue. While AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi has told the delegation of Sarpanchs from the State at union capital on Thursday that no power on earth can stop implementation of 73rd and 74th Constitutional amendments in J&K as the Central Law is meant for empowerment of Panchayats and local bodies, the State Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah who is heading the coalition with the support said there was no questio...

Delhi not shaken by Zardari and Khar's rant on Kashmir

9/30/2012 12:51:35 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 29: Presumably having buckled under the pressure from the Army, the ISI and the extremists both Pakistan President, Asif Ali Zardari and the Foreign Minister, Hina Rabani Khar, have left no stone unturned in raking up the Kashmir issue on the floor of the United Nations. The two made no secret of their plan of continuing moral, diplomatic and material support to the people of Kashmir, who according to Zardari and Khar, were engaged in the liberation struggle. Seemingly Zardari and Khar do not feel the need for listening to Washington's suggestions on the need for resolving the Kashmir issue amicably through sustained dialogue because they know that the US ...

‘PDP has emerged as an alternative to NC’

Mehbooba seeks peoples' support for good governance

9/29/2012 11:42:35 PM

early times report Jammu, Sept 29: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti today sought peoples' cooperation for justice, equity and good governance. She was addressing a public rally at Pouni in Reasi district. Mufti said the creation of PDP was a turning point in the political history of Jammu Kashmir. "It is emerging as a strong political force and an alternative to the National Conference which has given the state the worst ever government", she said. The PDP president said the NC could boast of only one achievement-holding panchayati elections. "but even this institution has been rendered useless by denying powers to them", she said. "Encouraging nepotism...