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Hurriyat faction to meet ahead of talks Uncertainty over tie-ups in Ladakh
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Treasuries fail to encash govt bills Award for veterinarian 3 docs fined for flouting dress code
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Hurriyat faction to meet ahead of talks Srinagar, March 18 It had already accepted the Centre’s invitation for the second round of talks to be held in Delhi next week-end. Before entering into the dialogue process the separatist conglomerate would take up the issues of discussion with the central leadership. It had called a meeting of its senior executive members and general council on Saturday for this purpose. Among other things the conglomerate would also take up the issue of participants in the scheduled meeting. Out of the five members who participated in the last round of negotiations with the Centre, Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi had announced his withdrawal from the process. He had been the only member outside the executive who participated in the meeting. Four others who held the meeting were all executive committee members, including the chairman, Moulvi Abbas Ansari, Abdul Ghani Bhat, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Bilal Ghani Lone. The APHC was also faced with a crisis of the division of one of its basic constituent parties, the Peoples Conference of the formerly senior executive member, Abdul Ghani Lone. Following his assassination two years ago, his younger son, Sajjad Lone was appointed as its chairman, while the elder one, Bilal Lone was deputed as its representative in the Hurriyat Conference. The two brothers had parted ways since each claiming to be heading the real party. But the APHC recognised the party led by Bilal Lone. The differences between the two brothers surfaced on the issue of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, former APHC chairman, attending the funeral of a top militant leader, Farooq Ledri, who was reportedly involved in the killing of Abdul Ghani Lone. Sajjad Lone, however, had supported the peace talks between the Hurriyat faction and the Deputy Prime Minister. |
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Cricket fever grips Hurriyat Srinagar, March 18 Taking a holiday to watch the game between traditional rivals India and
Pakistan at Peshawar tomorrow, the separatist amalgam has deferred by a day its meeting to discuss the invitation from the Centre for the second round of talks with Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani on March 27. The joint session of Hurriyat’s executive committee, general council and working committee, scheduled for Friday, would be now held on Saturday, its Chairman Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari said here. “I am not a cricket buff but others (leaders) are definitely interested in the game. Looking at the public response to the first two games, I do not think there would be any serious business conducted tomorrow,” Mr Ansari said.
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Uncertainty over tie-ups in Ladakh Jammu, March 18 Even after fielding Sonam Paljor as party candidates from Ladakh constituency the BJP has kept its doors open for negotiations with LUTF. A senior BJP leader said here today “In case the LUTF agreed to support the policies and programmes of the NDA we will withdraw our candidate and support the Buddhists or their candidate”. He said, “Talks with the LUTF leaders continue and we would be willing to help them so that pro-LUTF votes do not split.” As far as the LUTF was concerned Mr T Samphel, President Ladakh Buddhist Association, and Mr T. Chewang, Chief Executive Councillor, Leh Hill Development Autonomous Council (L HDAC), are being considered for the contest. At present the LUTF is trying to field a candidate who has the backing of all Buddhist groups. In case of consensus Sonam Paljor may opt out of the contest in order to escape any social boycott from the LUTF. A sizeable section of voters in Kargil district are said to have conveyed to the Congress leadership that if it fielded a local man as party candidate will receive their support. On the other hand the National Conference may field a candidate from Kargil so
they in case of split in Buddhist votes among the Congress, the BJP and the LUTF candidates he touched the tape as was the case in 1999 Lok Sabha poll. Poll pandits are of the view that the National Conference can regain the Ladakh seat in case the Congress, the BJP and the LUTF field candidates because the LUTF man may not get sizeable number of votes from the Kargil district if he is opposed by both the Congress and the BJP. |
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Bandh complete
in Sopore Srinagar, March 18 All shops, business establishments and other institutions remained closed on a call given by the Coordination Committee of the town which included the Bar Association, the Traders Federation, the Tanga Union and transporters, sources said. The town presented the look of an undeclared curfew with people remaining indoors and stray animals lining roads, savouring the spring sunshine. The committee is also demanding that the Additional Sessions Court be moved back to Sopore from Baramulla. A foundation stone had already been laid for a complex, but was reportedly moved to the district headquarters, the sources said. Other demands include setting up of a women’s college, a stadium, recreation parks ad separate urinals for men and women at public places in the town. They said the Coordination Committee also demanded speeding up of work on the sub-district hospital and upgrading D.P. Dhar hospital to a full-fledged maternity hospital. Sopore was once the hot bed of militancy. Top Hurriyat leaders like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Abdul Gani Bhat are also from the area. — PTI |
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Treasuries fail to encash govt bills Jammu, March 18 Treasuries have not encashed government bills for the past few days and the salaries of employees have not been paid in certain departments. Those connected with supplies to government departments and contractors are crying that their bills have been withheld. The state government has sought an immediate grant of Rs 350 crore from the Centre. An official spokesman today claimed that the treasuries had released payments totalling Rs 94 crore since yesterday. Priority was being given to the disbursement of salaries and pensions. The spokesman said that the receipts and expenditure do not always keep pace with each other and there was a temporary mismatch. Certain bills had not been cleared by treasuries as there was a delay in revenue receipts. The government was expecting revenue receipts on account of taxes and recoveries to pick up in a couple of days. Moreover, the balance amount of dues was likely to become available from the Centre.
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Award for veterinarian Srinagar, March 18 The award was given by the Indian Society for Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with the Division of Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, for his research paper. Dr Mir is presently working as Assistant Professor-cum-Scientist in the Division of Clinical Medicine and Jurisprudence, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu. |
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3 docs fined for flouting dress code Jammu, March 18 According to an official spokesman, Dr Sudesh Raina, ophthalmologist, was fined Rs 1000, while Dr Dimple and Dr Kuljeet Kaur were
fined Rs 500 each. Two laboratory assistants and a community health officer were also fined Rs 500 each for not adhering to the prescribed dress code. |
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