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After failing to abduct a girl, people set militant's house on fire in Sopore

Police cop also arrested, arms also recovered

4/19/2014 11:23:03 PM

Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Apr 19: Angry protesters caused damage to the house of a militant in a locality in the restive Sopore town of North Kashmir's Baramulla district. The protestors put the house on fire but timely intervention saved the house from being completely gutted. Reports said that a group of people while registering their protest against the alleged involvement of the militant in a failed abduction of a girl in the Nowpora locality of Sopore put the house of militant on fire. However, timely action of the fire tenders saved the house with not many damages caused to it. The militant owing allegiance to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) along with a suspected police cop was arrested...

Mirwaiz flays Syed Ali Geelani

4/19/2014 11:22:41 PM

Mustansir srinagar, Apr 19: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today came down heavily on the hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani terming the allegations made by the octogenarian leader against him as fictitious and baseless. Launching a scathing attack against the Geelani, Mirwaiz said that the leader should look inwards' before mudslinging on others. Mirwaiz was reacting to the Geelani's recent statements in which he claimed that the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, had sent two of his emissaries to him (Geelani) on March 22 to get a commitment for resolution of the Kashmir issue. Geelani further claimed that Modi had sent his representatives...

Protesters force Lone to flee from native place

4/19/2014 11:22:32 PM

Javaid Naikoo SRINAGAR, Apr 19: The Minister for Higher Education, Mohammad Akber Lone could not enter his native village today as protesters denied entry to him. He was scheduled to address a workers meeting at Shahgundoo in Bandipora district. According to reports, the protesters encircled his vehicle outside the village and forced him to leave without addressing the meeting. A NC village head of area wishing not to be named informed Early Times that as soon as the cavalcade of Akbar Lone reached Shahgundoo village where he was supposed to attend workers meeting in a house of one prominent National Conference Worker Maqbool Gazi. The locals, however urged Lone to leave as they had ...

Desperate BJP accepts defeat by leveling rigging allegation

4/19/2014 11:22:16 PM

Kunas Shrivatsa Jammu, Apr 19: By leveling charges of rigging in higher reaches of Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha Parliamentary constituency, it seems that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has conceded defeat to its rivals especially Congress as the contradiction in statements of its leadership itself suggests so. Ever since the final figures came out in the open for all the six districts of the constituency, the BJP is giving an impression that it is perplexed and not sure of its victory despite a record voter turnout in Kathua and Udhampur districts, which are traditional strongholds of the saffron party and where the polling percentage stood at 73.03% and 70.81% respectively. The other day BJ...

Tainted officials elevated as GMs without VO clearance

Glaring instance of nepotism at SICOP

4/19/2014 11:22:06 PM

Avinash Azad Jammu, Apr 19: In yet another glaring instance of violation of service rules, nine officials of Small Scale Industries Development Corporation Limited (SICOP) have been elevated as General Managers without Vigilance clearance, as some of the promotees' have been facing corruption charges and their cases are pending with State Vigilance Organization. Well placed sources told Early Times that nine junior officials have been elevated to the posts of General Managers. Sources alleged that without vacancy these officials were elevated. "Maximum of these promotes have Vigilance cases under investigation", sources alleged, adding that as per service rule Vigilance clearance was re...

If Modi sent emissaries to Geelani was it for abrogation of article 370?

4/19/2014 11:21:52 PM

ET Report Jammu, Apr 19: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has tried to create a controversy that suits none other than the separatist leader himself and those who espouse the cause of State's secession from the country. He has said some members of the KashmirI Pandit community called on him in New Delhi recently claiming to be emissaries of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Geelani said the so-called emissaries had sought his cooperation for the resolution of Kashmir dispute. He has neither disclosed the names of those emissaries nor spelt out their organizational identities. If somebody comes to call on Geelani claiming to be representing Narendra Modi, what proble...

NC losing grip on all seats in Kashmir

4/19/2014 11:21:44 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 19: With political analysts predicting total rout of NC in Kashmir, the party seems to be on a slippery wicket in what once used to be its strong bastion. According to intelligence reports, there are very strong chances of even Dr Farooq Abdullah losing from the Srinagar seat. According to sources the recent attack on a journalist at Bandipora allegedly by police personnel was an indication of the growing sense of frustatation among the NC rank and file. The reporter had covered the rally on April 17 where Dr Farooq Abdulalh after addressing the rally spoke to the media persons. He said that if he had power and authority he would have attacked the People’s...

Geelani booked on charges of sedition, FIR lodged against him

Arrests made in different parts of summer capital

4/19/2014 11:20:56 PM

Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Apr 19: Police has booked fire-brand separatist leader and chairman of his faction of Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani on the charges of sedition while addressing a press conference on Friday at his Hyderpora residence. Sources in the Police Department said that an FIR has been lodged against Geelani after he talked about the resolution of Kashmir issue once the new Government is formed at the centre after the ongoing Parliamentary elections are over. Taking a strong note of the Geelani's press conference, the Budgam police station in the Central Kashmir registered the FIR for making anti-India and inflammatory speech during the course of the press con...

Departmental enquiry against employee can't be held after retirement: HC

4/19/2014 11:21:33 PM

Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 19: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has reiterated that departmental enquiry cannot be held against an employee after superannuation. Allowing a petition filed by a former officer in Handloom department, a single bench of the High Court has asked Government to release all the post superannuation benefits in his favour. "The short controversy raised in the instant petition relates to the benefits of the retired persons having been with held for his alleged embezzlement during his service," the court said. In such a situation, the bench said, only question for determination for the court is whether it is open for state respondents to withhold retirement benef...

Sensing rout in valley Chenab NC leaders making insensitive statements

4/19/2014 10:18:38 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 19: As the focus of elections shifted to Kashmir valley, the ruling National Conference (NC) is sensing rout on all three seats forcing Farooq Abdullah and his son issuing senseless statements. The National Conference has straight contest with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on all the three seats, Anantnag, Srinagar and Baramulla where PDP has fielded Mehbooba Mufti, Tariq Hameed Qarra and Muzaffar Hussain Beig, respectively. NC on the other hand has retained the candidature of its sitting Member Parliament (MP) Mehboob Beig, Farooq Abdullah and Sharief-ud-Din Shariq. The PDP is not allowing anything to waste as its two former finance ministers are in the...