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| ‘Let present political arrangement remain as is’ | | | | Jammu, September 3
“Ensure that the present political arrangement in Jammu and Kashmir remains intact.” This is said to be the main message conveyed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and the UPA chairperson,Ms Sonia Gandhi,during a dinner the Prime Minister had hosted in Delhi where the PDP patron,Mufti Mohd.Sayeed,and the Chief Minister,Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad,were present.
In fact Mufti Sayeed had sought an appointment with the Prime Minister and in this connection the PDP patron had been in Delhi for the last over three days.The Prime Minister,after consulting Ms Sonia Gandhi,invited the Mufti to dinner and Ms Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh thought it better to invite Mr Azad als... | |
| | | | Azad takes bull by horn by divesting Qazi Afzal of forest deptt | | | |
EARLY TIMES
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
JAMMU:
By divesting Qazi Mohammad Afzal, a PDP minister, of forest portfolio, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has caught the bull by the horn. In displaying boldness and guts to take action against a minister in his cabinet, who belongs to the ruling alliance partner PDD, the Chief Minister has taken a calculated risk to confront the Mufti led PDP, with the relations between the two major coalition partners far from being smooth. Qazi is supposed to have been removed from the forest department as a result of complaints about his bungling and resorting to doubtful means, leading to the acute scarcity of timber to the people in the valley.
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| | | | Sanju's visit tickles funnybone | | The red beacon car puts authorities in 'red' | | | Jammu, Sept 3: Bolloywood actor Sanjay Dutt who enacted a chord of emotion with the people of Jammu during his visit to the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi could not avoid courting a controversy even though he had vowed to visit the shrine as an ordinary pilgrim.
When Sanjay Dutt reached Jammu airport Sunday along with friend Manyata and three others, the authorities here provided him with a VIP ambassador car along with the full Police escort for his onward journey to Katra. With VIP car fitted with red beacon has come under question as in what capacity it was offered to the actor who by no means can be treated as an official guest howsoever popular he may be.
Sanjay Dutt, it may... | |
| | | | Last nail: Rekha removed as HoD | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu, Sept 3: In what can be described as end of a row or beginning of yet another full blown clash, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Jammu Prof Amitabh Mattoo has removed Prof Rekha Chowdhary as Head of the Department of the Political Science.
A fully drawn up controversy was on in the Jammu University since last week after some youth claiming to be the Shiv Sena activists barged into the office of the Vice Chancellor along with a posse of reporters lodging a complaint Prof Chowdhary. They were protesting against an opinion poll conducted by a research organization for the television channel CNN-IBN, Indian Express newspaper and Pakistani daily Dawn.
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| | | | Is J&K becoming rape capital? | | Every third day there is a rape, many cases go unreported | | | Nirbhay Jammual
Jammu, Sept 3: Even though the organized crime is on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir but the crime against women is registering a steep rise leaving the authorities grappling in the dark on the measures to arrest this trend.
Rape and molestation has become the most infamous form of crime against women in the state as the statistics rising year after year. Experts believe that with more pre-occupation of the law enforcing agencies with the insurgency, the crime against women is not being checked they it should have been.
According to official figures as many as 135 cases of rape were registered till June this year across the state, with more cases being reported from the ... | |
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