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New Delhi strengthened militants, separatists to uproot NC: Dr Kamaal ‘British Saamraaj went back but Brahman Saamraaj took over in India in 1947’ 7/13/2010 11:20:42 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Jul 13: Senior leader of the ruling National Conference (NC) and scion of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s dynasty, Dr Mustafa Kamaal, today described India and Pakistan as equal enemies of the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Leveling an extremely serious allegation on the Centre, Dr Kamaal complained that successive governments in New Delhi had chronically perceived NC as a threat to nationalism and, therefore, strengthened militants and Kashmiri separatists only to uproot this party of sub-national aspiration. He suggested that Punjabi Muslims and Hindu Dogras have been taking revenge of Sheikh Abdullah’s struggle from the Kashmiris through Islamabad and New Delhi respectively since 1947 as the charismatic NC founder had permanently shut the shop of their 100-year-long monopoly and empowered the Kashmiris. In Take One Television’s current affairs programme “Face to Face with Ahmed Ali Fayyaz”, Dr Mustafa Kamaal tonight held both, New Delhi and Pakistan equally responsible for decades of political uncertainty and turmoil in Jammu & Kashmir. He said t...   READ MORE

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Man posing as advisor to PM arrested Causes loss to state exchequer 7/13/2010 11:10:45 PM SUMIT SHARMA & KUNAL SHRIVATSA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: A person posing as an advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was today arrested in Katra, the base camp of the Vaishno Devi shrine. According to sources, the imposter, who has been arrested was 'ironically' identified as Manmohan Singh, a resident of Fateh Nagar locality in New Delhi adding that he misused the name of Prime Minister's Office to avail special privileges being accorded to VVIPs. "He impersonated as an advisor to the prime minister and made the authorities believe so. But the police felt suspicious and checked up with Delhi Police and the Prime Minister's Office to know the truth," sources said. "He al...   READ MORE   Firing along IB Crackers exploded in Pakistan, panic in India 7/13/2010 11:10:25 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: In a bizarre incident, panic gripped Abdullian and adjoining villages along International Border at RS Pura after loud noises of firing all of a sudden started originating from across the border. The people on hearing the sound of explosives initially thought it as another attempt of Pakistani Rangers to resort to unprovoked firing on Indian posts but interestingly the noise turned out to be of crackers only. According to sources, BSF jawans posted along the International Border of RS Pura also got alerted and took their positions. People of the nearby villages shut their selves in their residences. Later, during communication from Pakistan side it...   READ MORE   Grouse of 'Cong leaders' unwarranted, uncalled for 7/13/2010 11:10:07 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: Cracks and fissures in the state unit of Congress which remained dormant for some time have resurfaced again at a time when the coalition of which the party is major alliance partner is striving hard to rebuild its image and credibility dented badly in the wake of fresh trouble that erupted in Kashmir. The grouse and grumblings raised by a group against the party leadership are not only unwarranted and uncalled for but also inopportune in nature and inappropriate in terms of timing. Factionalism within the state unit of Congress which has been fomented by some leaders who have always been at variance in complete disagreement with what PCC chief says or...   READ MORE   SIC Commission still a headless body, losing credibility 7/13/2010 11:09:47 PM ASHWANI EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: Despite the repeated demand of various Voluntary organisations, the Government till date has failed to appoint the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and two information commissioners in State Information Commission (SIC) of J&K and not withstanding of its claims to weed out the corruption by showing the door to corrupt officials in the state the Commission still continues to be a headless body. The State Information Commission (SIC) which came into being on March 20 ,2008 after the passage of the Bill by State Legislature has lost its credibility as it is only functioning with a secretary who is not in a position to coop up with the issues...   READ MORE   Kashmir Scene: Vested interests ganging up against India 7/13/2010 11:09:36 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: It was expected that militant and separatist-friendly vested interests would gang up sooner than later to condemn India and support the cause of the Kashmiri secessionists, including their stone-pelting supporters, under the garb of the so-called human rights and it has happened. More than one hundred sympathizers across the country, including a few from Jammu and Kashmir, who masquerade as champions of "human rights" and "peaceniks", came together the day before yesterday and sent a signed letter to National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for the Protection of Children, Office of the Chief Justice of India, Ministry of Home Affairs and Pl...   READ MORE   ‘Old wine in new bottles’ ?What did All Party Meet yield? 7/13/2010 11:09:25 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: The much hyped All Party Meet held yesterday at the posh SKICC ended with the Chief Minister's promise of probing the killings. He also promised cash relief to the next of kin of the deceased. A decision was also taken to send an all party delegation to New Delhi to apprise the Prime Minister of the developments. According to Kashmir watchers, the meeting has been a total failure. Besides presenting `old wine in new bottles' the participants virtually did nothing. Probes have been held in the past. The government has been giving compensation to the sufferers and how did the participants expect the Prime Minister to remain unaware of the developments ...   READ MORE   Jammu & Kashmir: A tale of two provinces 7/13/2010 11:09:15 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: Thus, the tale of the state's two main provinces is one of dissimilarities-Kashmir is powerful, yet unhappy and weeping, and Jammu powerless and yet happy in a sense. While Kashmir remains always disturbed, Jammu by and large remains peaceful and, at the same time, puts in all possible efforts so that it could survive, compete and prosper without any help from any quarter because it has been left with no other option. However, to say all this is not to suggest that there are only dissimilarities between the two regions. There is a similarity as well between the two regions: leaders of Kashmir and leaders of Jammu are vertically divided into sev...   READ MORE   Despite centre's support Omar still under watch 7/13/2010 11:09:04 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: The one-month long turmoil in the Kashmir valley has been a month of losses, tensions, deaths and uncertainty. If anything positive that has come out of it is the narrowing of the gulf between the father and the son. I mean between Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, and his father, Dr Farooq Abdullah. Even as President of the ruling National Conference Farooq Abdullah did not cut short his foreign trip for coming to the assistance of beleaguered Omar Abdullah. During the past one month not only the National Conference but a section in the Congress too missed his absence because elder Abdullah has still the potential to reduce the level of violence and ange...   READ MORE   10,000 pilgrims leave base camps for Amarnath cave 7/13/2010 11:08:53 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, July 13:: Undeterred by bad weather, snowy track and other odds, 10,000 more yatris today left Baltal and Nunwan Pahalgam base camps for Amarnath cave shrine. So far over 1.50 lakh pilgrims, including men, women, children and sadhus have had darshan of the natural ice 'shivlingam' since the commencement of the two-month-long pilgrimage on July 1. Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has recently deployed trained mountaineers of Jawahar Mountaineering Institute (JIM), Pahalgam to help pilgrims cross safely the slippery and snowy portion of the track after some accidents were reported. Official sources said the weather sometimes turn very bad near the cave and it...   READ MORE   Part I student commits suicide 7/13/2010 11:08:39 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 13: Apparently depressed after failing her part I college examinations, an 18-year-old Leh girl allegedly hanged herself to death in a rented house at Nanak Nagar here last night. Identified as Teetan Dalkund of Vasco, Leh, she was at present putting up in sector 9 of Nanak Nagar where she had taken a room on rent. The results of BA/B.Sc/B.Com part I examinations were declared yesterday. Police sources said after she came to know that she had failed to pass the exams, she allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself to the ceiling fan hook in her room. There was no one in the room when she took this extreme step, the sources added. After the matter wa...   READ MORE   Police seizes 10 ton of govt steel 7/13/2010 11:08:29 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, July 13: Black-marketing of steel by Rural Development Department was today exposed when police seized a truck unloading the same on the shop of a private Cement and Saria seller at Manjakote area. Police have lodged an FIR against the RDD official, who has been absconding from the area. Sources said that police has ceased a truck bearing no JK02AB-3557 when government Saria meant for the construction of central sponsored works was being unloaded at a private shop in Manjakote. As per sources, driver of the vehicle had reported at Block Development Office Manjakote yesterday but he was told by the officials to delay unloading for today. "It was deliberate...   READ MORE   Cabinet tries to set the tone for Krishna's Pak visit 7/13/2010 11:08:18 PM NEW DELHI, July 13: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) here today to mainly decide about the thrust and focus of talks that External Affairs Minister SM Krishna is going to have with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi during his Islamabad visit, beginning tomorrow. Besides Krishna, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister AK Antony and Union Minister Pranab Mukherjee took part in today's discussions held at the residence of the Prime Minister. Indications are that Krishna would mostly focus on the issue of terrorism that emanates from Pakistan. And India would like to insist that Islamabad acts firmly and deci...   READ MORE

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