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                                                                                                                    Despite gaping holes in the case against Afzal Guru, all India's institutions played a part in putting a Kashmiri 'terrorist' to death By Arundhati Roy Spring announced itself in Delhi on Saturday. The sun was out, and the law took its course. Just before breakfast, the government of India secretly  hanged Afzal Guru , prime accused in the attack on parliament in December 2001, and interred his body in Delhi's Tihar jail where he had been in solitary confinement for 12 years. Guru's wife and son were not informed. "The authorities intimated the family thro...

Dileep Padgaonkar   Is an individual who holds a quasi-judicial position entitled to air his political views in public? On the face of it, that is the nub of the controversy that has pitted Justice Markandey Katju, chairman of the Press Council of India, against Arun Jaitley, leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. Much like civil servants and officers of the armed forces and the police, government-appointed heads of statutory bodies are obliged to abide by the principle that they need to be discreet about matters that fall outside their remit. As citizens they are of course free to exercise their political preferences when they cast their ballot in a polling booth. But outside the booth, they must be seen to be impartial. Otherwise their conduct is bound to be suspect in the eyes of a section of opinion. That principle has however often been observed in the breach. The former army chief, Gen. V.K. Singh, often spoke out of turn as does, Vinod Rai, the present CAG. The...

GNS Jammu, Feb, 21:- Rani  Billoria who was elected unopposed as Member Legislative Council  elected  today , warmly welcomed at the PCC HQ. Shaheedi Chowk, Jammu by the party workers. Billoria  declared elected after the last date of withdrawal by the returning officer, soon thereafter she visited the party headquarter along with party workers. She was welcomed at the party HQ. by the senior leaders of PCC and Mahila leaders. A function was held to celebrate the unopposed election of MS Billoria. The function was presided over by S.Gurmukh Singh Ex-Minister and Vice President PCC,  which was attended by Sham Lal Sharma Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, MLC  G.N. Monga-Vice President PCC, MLC Ravinder Sharma-General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson PCC,  Gulam Nabi Mir Lasjan-General Secretary PCC, Ex-Mayor Narinder Singh,  Shiv Kumar Sharma-President INTUC, S.R.Sudhir, Working President DCC Jammu ...

GNS JAMMU, FEB, 20 : - A delegation of the Pahari Speaking People called on Mr. N. N. Vohra, Governor, at Raj Bhavan here today and presented to him their demands. The main demand discussed with the Governor by the 11-member delegation led by Mr. Kafeel-ur-Rehman, Vice Chairman, State Advisory Board for Development of Pahari Speaking People, related to the grant of Scheduled Tribe status to the Pahari Speaking People. The Governor, who has had several earlier meetings with the deputations of Pahari speaking people and is fully aware of their long pending demand for grant of Scheduled Tribe Status, reviewed the to-date status of the matter with the members of the delegation. He assured the delegation that he would further pursue this matter with the concerned authorities. The deputationists included Mr. Ajaz Ahmad Jan, MLA; Dr. Shehnaz Ganai, MLC; Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari, former Vice Chairman, State Advisory Board for Development of Pahari Speaking People and Mirza Abdul Rashid, for...

GNS Srinagar, Feb 20 :::   A delegation of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today visited the family of Mohammad Afzal Guru at Doabgah Sopore led by Nazir Ahmad Yatoo Youth General Secretary and accompanied by local leaders of sopore. They on behalf of the party conveyed solidarity of the party with the family in this moment of trial. They also offered prayers for the departed soul.

GNS Jammu 20 Feb 2012: Former Minister and Member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil today said that Congress has always stood for the high principals of secularism, amity and brotherhood in the country and same trait is being nurtured and propagated in the State. Vakil said that welfare of people of Jammu and Kashmir and solidarity between various regions is the benchmark of Indian National Congress’s politico-development policy and the party is working in the direction of restoring permanent peace in the State besides ensuring equitable development of all regions and all sections of the society. Congress’s main focus is to develop Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh equitably. He said Congress will ensure that there was no discrimination against any region. Cautioning the people about the communal and divisive forces in the state, Vakil said that Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh have to stay together and people should understand the designs of such forces and strengthen secularism, unity and integrity of...

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GNS JAMMU FEB,13 :A high level delegation met Rigzin Zora  the Cabinet minister Housing Urban Development In the civil secretariat Led by Sunil Dimple president Jammu west assembly movement held detailed discussion and apprised him the problems faced by the people of the winter.  Sunil Dimple registered strong protest and expressed the serious concern over the growing out of control traffic problems “due to half heartedly” steps taken by the Govt” for the improvement in the traffic system. He demanded the minister Zora for the construction of the flyovers at Rehari Chungi, Jewal chowk, and Vikram Chowk. He alleged all the traffic signals have been stopped in the  Jammu  city, due to no clear traffic policy of the Govt the corers of rupees are going waste. He said the minister that these flyovers project was planed the 8 years earlier but till today the Govt has not spent any single penny except the lip sympathy and took no stepto solve th...

My few questions to JK Politicians shedding crocodile tears on Afzal Guru..... 1....My first question is to Mr. Omar Abdullah Chief Minister Of Jammu and Kashmir....If you feel that central government has done injustice with Afzal Guru as you said in press , why are u still part of that government in centreas well as in state . Is it not double standard Mr Omar Abdullah...? 2........My second question is to Miss Mehbooba Mufti who is principal opposition leader of thestate . Madam if your party PDP wanted clemency for Afzal Guru why didn't your party supported the resolution moved by independent MLA Er . Rasheed in this regard in assembly last year....? Is this not double standard at your part . More over what you did for his clemency in the past one year of your politics ...? 3.......My third question is for Hurriyat Conference leaders who have got fuel for the fire . If they can arrange world wide luxury tours for them . If their own cases are fought by the to...

Chennai:   His confidence boosted by the impressive bowling show against Australia in the first warm-up game on Tuesday, young Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rassol believes that he can do well at the big stage, including at the IPL, and eventually play for the country. "Firstly thanks to Allah and the the selectors who have given me this opportunity. It's a great achievement for me to do so well against a team like Australia so by God’s grace if I get more chances, I'll look to do my best," he said after his effort of seven for 45 which led to Australia being bowled out for just 241. "I haven't signed for an IPL team yet but hopefully if that happens I can do well and maybe play for India too," said 23-year-old Rassol, who recently became first cricketer from the Kashmir Valley to be picked for India 'A' team for a warm-up game against England. He expressed satisfaction at being able to deceive Australian Test players M...

      GNS Srinagar, Feb 12: Local newspapers in Kashmir would hit the stands Wednesday as their editors said authorities had told them to resume publication, while cable operations were again normal. "We have been told to resume publications of our newspapers from tomorrow. Authorities have also said security forces have been instructed to treat identity cards of our staff members as curfew passes," the editor of a local newspaper said. Local newspaper editors had said they had to suspend publications Monday and today on the orders of the authorities. Cable operators in Srinagar also said they have resumed operations after three days. They had Sunday stopped transmission under orders from the authorities. Although there was no official confirmation of stop to cable operations and newspaper publication, senior police officers said the administration was worried about spread of rumours in the tension-ridden Valley after the Saturday execution of Parliament attac...

KL Report Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (G) has called for complete shutdown till Friday. Geelani led faction of Hurriyat has also called ‘Eidgah challo’ on Friday, February 15. “Hurriyat has extended the shutdown program up to February 15, people are also appealed to gather in Eidgah Srinagar on Friday where a protest demonstration will be held to press for the mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat,” Tehreek-e-Hurriyat spokesman Dr Ghulam Mohammad Ganai told Kashmir Life. Ganai said that they have no communications with Hurriyat chairman, Syed Ali Geelani but the available leadership has decided to extend the ongoing protest strike up to February 15. “This is irony that we are not able to communicate with Geelai Sahab who has been detained in his Delhi residence and Delhi police officials are sitting with him in his room, Geelani Sahab’s cell phone has been snatched from him so we are unable to communicate with him. The available leadership has decided to contin...

In a private chat with a Muslim lady I was asked a question: “ Is it possible to succeed in politics in India by ignoring the biggest minority ”? My answer was a simple no. I added, though, that biggest or not, you can’t ignore anyone in politics but at the same time you have to choose if you wish to merely appease the biggest minority or help them with progress of their choice. The question from her was not merely curiosity. It was partly an assertion that appeasing the “biggest minority” is the only way to succeed in Indian politics. AB Vajpayee   tried that route in 2004 and failed. When some members of the media mafia tell you that the   Gujarat model   will not work across India, this is exactly what they’re telling you. Why shouldn’t the Gujarat model work across India? Is there some evil curse in that model? Is that model funded by the   Gambino family ? Is that model importing sand from Africa and Arabia to fill the deserts of Kutch? Does the Narmada water i...

GNS Srinagar Feb 12:  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the execution of Afzal Guru and the manner of dealing with the fallout in Kashmir has resulted in reinforcement of the sense of denial of justice among the people here. In a statement Mehbooba said here today that there is a long standing grouse among the people in the state that they have been treated differently and unjustly at collective and individual levels when it came to application of law and constitution. "Unfortunately this view has only been vindicated by the way and the myopic handling of Guru's case and its impact on Kashmir." Mehbooba said while the long term repercussions of Afzal hanging would have to be observed carefully it is time that government of India revisited the entire approach to J&K and the problems faced by it. She said at present there is a clear perception that Guru has been hanged with political motives and Kashmir has been made a pawn in the electoral politics. This, ...

An Account Of The Clash Between Protestors Agitating  Afzal Guru's Hanging And Bajrang Dal Activists At Delhi's Jantar Mantar. BY SHAZIA NIGAR (Tehalka.Com) A peaceful protest against the hanging of Afzal Guru developed into a skirmish when the protestors were attacked by a right-wing mob at Jantar Mantar today. Organised by Peoples’s Union for Democratic Right’s the protest consisted of 30-40 people – university students, professors, activists, Kashmiri students and concerned citizens. They had only just gathered at Jantar Mantar with their placards and posters when a group of right-wing activists attacked them. Those present at the scene claim that the attackers tore up posters, abused, molested and beat up women and men. An eye witness claimed that the mob consisted primarily of Bajrang Dal members as they were carrying the organisations scarves. The Bajrang Dal was present at Jantar Mantar demanding the expansion of National Highway ...