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Advani quits all party posts; BJP in crisis

BJP parliamentary board rejects Advani's resignation
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NEW DELHI: BJP on Monday plunged into a crisis with patriarch L.K Advani resigning from all the party posts in protest against the elevation of Narendra Modi as campaign committee chief, a development that stunned the party and left its allies in the NDA in discomfort. 85-year-old Advani, a founder member of the BJP and the tallest leader after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, resigned from all main fora of the party--Parliamentary Board, National Executive and Election Committee, a day after Modi was anointed BJP's campaign chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. In a strongly-worded resignation letter to party President Rajnath Singh, who announced the appointment of Modi as Chairman of the election campaign committee yesterday in the BJP National Executive, Advani rued that the BJP was no longer the "same idealistic party" created by Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, Deendayal Upadhyaya, Nanaji Deshmukh and Vajpayee. Singh rushed to Advani's

residence for a meeting and is understood to have urged him to take back his resignation. Later he tweeted that he has not accepted it. The dramatic development prompted leaders to rush to Advani's residence in a bid to pacify him but he showed no signs of relenting. Advani turned down the pleas of senior leaders including Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar to withdraw the resignation, sources said. The party chief was also in a huddle with leaders including Arun Jaitley on how to tackle the crisis that has exposed the rift in the party wide open. In the one-page resignation, Advani said, "For some

time I have been finding it difficult to reconcile either with the current functioning of the party, or the direction in which it is going. Most leaders of ours are now concerned just with their personal agendas." Advani had skipped the three-day deliberations of the party in Goa over the weekend citing health reasons. This was the first time Advani had stayed away from the National Executive and the office bearers' meeting prior to it. Important BJP ally JD(U), already not enthused by Modi's elevation, received with surprise Advani's decision and indicated that it will have to review its position in the wake of these developments.

Mainstream parties, except People's Democratic Party, have sharply reacted to the elevation of Narendra Damodardas Modi, virtually as the Prime Ministerial candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party for 2014, describing him as a fascist and antiMuslim. The Congress and the National Conference have used the invectives, which could be expected from these parties only, to belittle the man from Gujarat who has given a new meaning and dimension to politics. Anyway, is it a pride or shame for the so-called secular politicians of Kashmir to see communalism and fascism in everything that happens across the country and look the other side over ethnic cleansing of the beautiful Valley of Rishis and Sufis not so long ago?

Population growth in JK declines 6 pc; literacy rate improves

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SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has contained its population growth by around six per cent in the decade from 2001 to 2011, according to figures released by state Directorate of Census Operations here on Monday. From 29.43 per cent in 2001, the population growth has declined to 23.64 per cent in 2011 in the state. However, the overall child sex ratio in Jammu and Kashmir has decreased from 941 in 2001 to 862 in 2011. Literacy rate in the state has improved from 55.5 per

cent in 2001 to 67.2 per cent in 2011, however, it is still below the national average of 72.99 per cent. The data, released by Joint Chief Principal Census Officer, C S Sapru, records the final total population of the state at 1,25,41,302. The provisional population total that had been released before was 1,25,48,926, Sapru told reporters here. He said as many as twelve districts in the state have higher population growth than the state average, with Anantnag district in south Kashmir recording the high-

est growth rate at 38.58 per cent. Anantnag's nearby district Kulgam has the lowest growth rate at 7.73 per cent, he said. The data suggests that the child population in the state has increased from 14.65 per cent in 2001 to 16.10 per cent in 2011, but the overall child sex ratio has decreased from 941 in 2001 to 862 in 2011. Pulwama district in south Kashmir has been the worst hit with child sex ratio showing a decline of 217 from 1046 in 2001 to 829 in 2011.

Fascist Modi will taste defeat in 2014: Soz

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ple of India in 2014 elections. Reacting to the developments in BJP, Pradesh Congress President, Saifuddin Soz said being a leader of fascist mindset, Narendra Modi will be defeated in 2014 parliamentary elections. "India is a secular country and BJP being a communal party has been giving communal colour to everything

Police constable sentenced to life for murder

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SRINAGAR: A constable was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment by a local court for shooting dead a police officer and a government driver in Lal Chowk area of the city in 2005. Principal District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Shafi Khan jailed Raghubhir Singh for life after finding
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SRINAGAR: Mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for elevating Narendra Modi as Chief of the party's Election Campaign Committee. Reacting to L.K Advani's resignation, they termed BJP as a communal party which will be defeated by peo-

will certainly taste defeat in 2014", said Prof Soz while talking to a Srinagar based news agency. He said the people of India will give a befitting reply to the advocates of fascism and Hindutva. "India is a democratic country and there is no room for fascism. Despite being groomed by RSS, Modi will have to taste defeat and
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PM postpones Kashmir visit; Rahul to tour quake-hit areas

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Akhoon is Advisor to CM

Protest march by employees stopped midway

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SRINAGAR: Police on Monday foiled a protest march by government employees here in support of their demands including enhancement of their retirement age from 58 to 60 years and regularisation of daily-wage and casual workers. Hundreds of government employees under the aegis of Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC), assembled at Exhibition Crossing here and tried to march towards the Civil Secretariat, but were stopped by police who asked them to disperse peacefully, official sources said. The protesters, however, refused to pay heed and continued to march, forcing the police to resort to lathicharge

JAMMU: The State Government on Monday transferred two KAS officers with immediate effect. Tariq Ahmad Zargar, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bandipore, has been transferred and posted as Additional Mission Director, State Rural Livelihood Mission, Kashmir and Arun Kumar Manhas, KAS, Deputy Director, Estates, Jammu as Additional Mission Director, State Rural Livelihood Mission, Jammu.

SRINAGAR: Prime Minister, Manmohan Sigh has postponed his upcoming Kashmir visit in view of some other preoccupations, a Srinagar based news agency reported quoting sources. The Prime Minister was to arrive in the Valley on 25th June for a two days visit to inaugurate and dedicate to nation the Mughal Road, Pir

Panchal Tunnel and also issue a stamp in the name of Sher-e-Kashmir. He was also believed to be extending an invitation to the separatist leadership for talks with New Delhi. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Congress Committee President, Saifuddin Soz confirmed to the news agency that the Prime Minister has
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SRINAGAR: According to a Government order, Qamar Ali Akhoon, former minister and MLA, Kargil has been appointed as Advisor to the Chief Minister with the status of a Cabinet Minister. He was Minister for Consumer Affairs and Transport prior to January 2013 in Omar Abdullah led coalition government.

Scrupulous R-e-Z crave for confirmation, unscrupulous ones while away time
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and use water cannons against them, they said. Dozens of employees were detained, the sources said, adding however, there were no reports of anyone getting injured. Work in all government offices was affected due to the strike called by both factions of EJAC to press for

their demands, which include enhancement of the retirement age by two years and removal of pay anomalies in different cadres of the state services, as well as regularisation of daily wage and casual workers. Meanwhile, a deputation of another faction of EJAC led
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SRINAGAR: Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh on Monday took over as General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar- based strategic Chinar corps of the Army.
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JAMMU: It is a tale of two components of technocrats, one who give best of their talent to do justice with the jobs assigned, and the other which just whiles away time by keeping some higher ups in good humour. While the dedicated Rehbar-e-Zirat 'employees', engaged on meager wages are running from pillar to post in their struggle to get confirmed after putting in mandatory seven years of

service, the unscrupulous many have not only been enjoying their 'pastime' by sharing their wages with some of their bosses. Some of them have even proceeded abroad with the pay cheques getting debited to their accounts. Ruing over the administrative apathy, a deputation of ReZ visited the office of STATE TIMES and explained the problems being faced by them despite
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JAMMU: Additional Sessions Judge Doda Kikar Singh Parihar on Monday directed State to file report and response to the bail application filed by 'encounter-specialist' Sub-Inspector Shiv Krishan Sharma alias Sonu and his alleged accomplice Head Constable, Mohammad Ayub. The accused filed their bail applications this morning. After hearing Advocates Parimoksh Seth and
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Suraj Pancholi held for abetting Jiah's suicide

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MUMBAI: Suraj Pancholi, son of an actor couple, was on Monday arrested for allegedly driving his girl friend and Bollywood actress Jiah Khan to suicide, on the basis of a note left behind by her which mentioned that she was "heartbroken" in her relationship with Suraj. "Suraj was booked under IPC section 306 of Indian Penal Code and placed under arrest in connection with Jiah Khan suicide case,"
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Temperature (Jammu) Max : 41.0C Min : 31.4C Humidity Max : 67 Min : 28 Temperature (Srinagar) Max : 33.0C Min : 16.3C Humidity Max : 89 Min : 31 Forecast Sunset : 19:38 Hours Sunrise : 05:22 Hours

JAMMU: Lal Krishan Advani's desperate reaction to Narendra Modi's elevation as heir apparent of Bharatiya Janata Party reminds of a frog dealer's story. The story line goes like this: A frog dealer takes his potential customer to his frog farm; takes him to a pit which is open and marked, 'Don't come out'. The customer asks, you have left the pit open. The owner says never mind. They are European frogs. They shall obey what is written. As they move forward to second pit, it was marked "Don't come out' despite the pit being covered. The customer asked why you have covered this pit. He replied - 'Oh', you know these are Japanese frogs. Even though the pit is marked, they shall sure try to jump and come out. You need it to be covered. Then they move to the third pit. To the surprise of the foreigner, there was neither any marking nor was the pit covered. So he again asked the owner

about this mystery. The owner replied with a huge grin on his face -I am never worried about this pit. These are Indian frogs. Even if one tries to come out, the other would pull him in. Indian psyche being so, there is no surprise over the line of action preferred by the so-

tive? If it was not a calculated move to stall the coronation of the Gujarat strong man by asserting pressure over the BJP leadership, why didn't Advani put in his papers from three important party panels the day he sensed inevitable to happen? This speaks volumes about

The ensuing months will see new political equations emerging with bitterness within the BJP fading away, relegating the villain's as part of history. The tremors coming from the annoyed Advani will settle down as residual dust than creating a tornado, which sooth-sayers predict.
called patriarch of the saffron brigade. But, like millions of Indians, his ardent supporters too must have felt pained over the way Advani preferred to make his resentment known. First of all, should a leader of the stature of Advani take refuge in lies about his state of health just to skip the meeting of national executhe moral-deficit in a 'statesman' like Advani who remained pivot of Sangh Parivar for half a century. His amateurish action, borne out of frustration on his ambition getting grounded, has brought the stalwart to a point of ridicule, not only in the opposition camps but also among his own cadre. Anguished BJP workers

have already started flooding the party high command to offer courtesy and not compromise over the stand it has taken. The comments get more pronounced with unbridled General Secretary of Congress Digvijay Singh saying that his heart goes to Advaniji who brought BJP from two to 182 in Lok Sabha. Now it is for the scribe turned senior politicians to take the comment as a compliment or taunt. The former seems to be more appropriate, as the pointman of Gandhi scion could not have felt sorry for BJP not getting more than what Advani had 'brought' to the party. L.K Advani's tantrums notwithstanding, the Modi factor has already proved a leap forward for a party that had been revolving round the temples and yatras during most of its political odyssey. He has come with a plank of development and vision for new India- the theme reflecting the urges and aspirations
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R S PURA: After the sensational spurious drug scam, reports coming from R S Pura suggest that the glucose supplied by the government has caused reaction to almost the cases of dehydration and other patients in the Government Sub District Hospital here. According to reports the government supply glucose administered to the patients instead of providing relief

has added to their problem and caused re-action. The problem came to the notice of doctors a fortnight ago but no remedial action has been taken so far. Several people of the area have termed it as part of spurious drugs which still continue to be provided to the patients in peripheral health institutions. It also came to light that a minor girl who was provided the drip on 6th
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Parliamentary Standing Committee on HRD meets LAHDC Leh today

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LEH: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, currently on visit to Leh, is scheduled to hold an interaction with the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh and the State Government officials. They will be holding a meeting, among others with, Commissioner/Secretary,

Education, State Projetc Director, SSA and Director School Education Kashmir on Tuesday at Leh. The Councillors of LAHDC have already had rounds of meetings and deliberations to discuss issues to be taken up with the Parliamentary Standing Committee as well as the State officials. Issues such as shortage of lecturers and principals in
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