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Delhi treated NC's resolution of releasing prisoners with contempt: Geelani 'Coalition just a puppet regime; Police taking diktats directly from Centre' 1/11/2011 12:23:15 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Jan 10: Separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani today dismissed the National Conference- Congress coalition government as a puppet regime and claimed that Police were taking diktats directly from New Delhi so as to continue "excesses and atrocities" on the Kashmiris. After a month-long hustle and bustle in the Valley, Geelani has also called for a total shutdown in Jammu & Kashmir on January 15th. Unceremoniously marginalized at the end of five-month-long mass agitation in the Valley, Syed Ali Shah Geelani held a well attended news conference at his Hyderpora residence. Building maximum possible pressure on the state authorities for seeking release of political detainees, particularly High Court Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom and Dukhtaraan-e-Millat Chairperson Asiya Andrabi, appeared to be the main objective of the Hurriyat (G) patriarch. While addressing the news conference, Geelani alleged that Police were persisting with their "reign of terror" in the Valley as there was no accountability in the law enforcing aut...   READ MORE

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Cold wave intensify in Kashmir, Leh records minus 20.2 deg C 1/11/2011 12:22:41 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Jan 10: The cold wave in Kashmir division, including the Ladakh region, intensified today with Leh recording a night temperature of minus 20.2 degrees Celsius. The mercury plunged by seven degrees in Leh town of Ladakh region last night to settle at a minimum of minus 20.2 degrees Celsius compared to yesterday's low of minus 13 deg C, a MeT department official said. He said the minimum temperature in nearby Kargil town also dipped by 2.8 degrees last night to settle at minus 15.8 degrees Celsius. In Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the night temperature dipped by more than two degrees and settled at minus 2.2 degrees Celsius. The city had ...   READ MORE   KPs quit Valley to escape torture, humiliation & liquidation - II 1/11/2011 12:22:26 AM NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 10: Those who unleashed a no-holds-barred campaign of hatred and vilification against the Kashmiri Hindus with a view to forcing them to quit the Valley and those who urged upon them to renounce their religion and culture and join the movement aimed at liberating Kashmir from "Indian yoke" were, as a matter of fact, two sides of one and the same coin. The former in order to achieve "Nizam-e-Mustafa" took to terrorism and the latter to achieve the same objective took to subtler methods. The road, though diverged from each other, led to the same destination: annihilation of the Hindu culture and emergence of a theocratic and exclusivist Kashmir, where the ...   READ MORE   Sayeed Khan is now head of GAD, Vyas Principal Secretary to CM 1/11/2011 12:22:06 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 10: Taking immediate cognizance of the Early Times report, that appeared on January 9th, Government of Jammu and Kashmir today updated the official website of General Administration Department www.jkgad.nic.in and made necessary corrections in the designations of Indian Administrative Officers. Pathetically, the link containing information about 100-odd IAS officers of J&K Cadre had never been updated since January 18, 2010. It even described Commissioner-Secretary of GAD, Mohammad Sayeed Khan, as "Secretary Social Welfare" though he had been long back relieved by Mr Jeet Lal and had taken over as head of GAD in August 2010. He was among dozens of senior b...   READ MORE   69 villages to get benefit Omar, Farooq for better utilization of non-conventional energy sources 1/11/2011 12:21:46 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 10: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday underscored need for better utilization of non-conventional resources of energy available in the state stressing on replacement of installations run on conventional energy by new and renewable energy resources wherever possible. "This would shift pressure on hydroelectric power supply and help divert it for other important uses", he added. Chief Minister along with Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah reviewed progress of projects under MNRE sector in the State, at a high level meeting here this morning. The meeting was attended by Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather, Minister for CAPD, Q...   READ MORE   Time for Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor to stem the rot in Jammu University 1/11/2011 12:20:34 AM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 10: The University of Jammu was established in 1969. It was established after the people of Jammu struggled for years and made supreme sacrifices. A number of students laid down their lives for the cause. It was hoped that the establishment of a separate university in Jammu would cater to the educational needs of the people and produce graduates and post-graduates compete enough to compete with anyone and contribute to the society. The hope was not misplaced. The university did perform extremely well for years. It was headed by competent Vice-Chancellors, including JN Bhan, JD Sharma, SC Dube, ML Lakhanpal, MR Puri and YR Malhotra and so on. All of the...   READ MORE   India and China differ on boundary: Army chief 1/11/2011 12:20:17 AM New Delhi: Indian Army Chief General VK Singh says that India has a "perceptional difference" with China over boundaries. Reacting to reports of Chinese troops having entered Ladakh, General Singh claimed that such incidents cannot be defined as intrusions. "What has come in print media toady about so called intrusion, that particular area where this thing has been shown, is a area where there is perceptional difference of the Line of Actual Control between us and China. This has been there for very long time. Right at the time the LAC was put down on a very large scale map by China. So as per our interpretation line runs in a particular manner and as per Chinese perception line runs in a ...   READ MORE   Sodomy accused arrested 1/11/2011 12:19:59 AM JAMMU: A youth, who allegedly sodomised a nine-year-old boy in Samba area, has been arrested by the police today. The police today raided a place in the Ramgarh belt of Samba district and arrested the accused identified as Lukhvinder Singh Lucky, sources said, adding that a case had already been registered against the youth. Lucky allegedly took the nine-year-old Baljit Singh of Raika village to a house and sodomised him on January 8, police sources said. The boy later told the incident to his parents, who informed the police....   READ MORE   Giri's alleged associate escapes from police custody 1/11/2011 12:19:44 AM JAMMU: Shammi, an alleged associate of Giri who was killed in a police "encounter" on the marble market road some time back, today escaped from the custody of Chhani Himmat police station. He was picked up by police Saturday last from his residence at Nai Basti here. While senior police officers parried the queries, reliable sources said Shammi had escaped from the custody of Chhani Himmat police station. Sources said police had apprehended him on the basis of the registration papers of the motorcycle (JK02AE/1263) which was allegedly being driven by Giri at the time of the alleged encounter. Police got the registration papers from RTO office here, the sources added. Soon after his esc...   READ MORE

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