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| Ceasefire violated twice in 10 hours; BSF jawan killed | | Amid Pak fire, ultras attack IB; blow up fencing in IED blasts | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 11: Pakistan's behaviour on borders is more of a frustrated cat scratching the pole. Stung by repeated failures to push militants into Jammu region from across the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC), it today violated the 1993 "ceasefire agreement" twice in an interval of 10 hours by opening fire in Kanhachak and firing rockets in Poonch.
While at Kanhachak, militants came closer to the barbed-wire fencing under the cover of Pak-fire and attacked a forward area, besides blowing up a part of fencing in IED blasts; in Poonch sector where two rockets were fired, a BSF man was killed and another wounded critically.
Police sources said the Pak Rangers from their New Chinore post resorted to heavy volume of fire on the BSF's forward Alpha Machail outpost in Kanhachak at about 12.30 am. The BSF returned the fire.
However, taking cover of the Pak fire, militants came closer to the barbed-wire fencing and then tied an IED with a pillar.
This IED exploded with a big-bang at about 1 am. Sources said the fence was damaged and few pillars... | |
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| Antony’s visit may reverse many a moves | | | |
ABID SHAH
NEW DELHI, JAN 11: None of the parties or players involved in what Kashmir has turned out to be for past two decades are willing to change their positions even as both India and Pakistan are under intense US pressure to sort out their differences and look beyond Kashmir in order to bail out America from Afghanistan.
And as the situation has been obtaining in the wake of Washington’s diplomatic efforts, India is being driven towards becoming part of a regional initiative to sort out the Afghan problem along with Pakistan despite the latter has been opposed to this.
Thus, Kashmir figures in American scheme of things as an accord or understanding towards that on this with Pak... | |
| | | | Sectt parts turned ‘dark’ for an hour as PDD workers face batons | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 11: The highest seat of power, the civil secretariat had to taste darkness for an hour as the protesting employees of the Power Development Department on a collusion course with the police in their failed bid to reach secretariat.
As the ding dong battle went on between cops and PDD employees for over an hour Monday evening, power supply was turned off to some parts of the secretariat. This right wing of third floor of the main block of civil secretariat had no electricity for an hour and half late this afternoon.
Earlier Police foiled the Civil Secretariat gherao bid of PDD daily wagers employees and detained over 50 of them when the protestors were mar... | |
| | | | CRPF HC dies under mysterious circumstances | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 11: A CRPF Headconstable died under mysterious circumstances here late Sunday night. Police sources said Headconstable Surinder, who had a stay at the Transit Camp at Panama Chowk here Sunday, developed health problems under mysterious circumstances in the afternoon.
He was evacuated to the Government Medical College Hospital where he died at about 10.30 pm. He was at present posted at Awantipura in Kashmir.After post-mortem, the body was handed over to CRPF for despatching it his home for last rites.Police have registered a case in this connection and started investigations.
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| | | | Militant suspects turn out to be burglars | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 11:
Two militant suspects arrested by police from the border Kanhachak area near here today later turned out to be notorious burglars.
Police sources said Zahoor Ahmad of Awantipura and Irshad Ahmad of Budgam were roaming at Kanhachak under mysterious circumstances when a police party led by Kanhachak police
station SHO, Sub-Inspector Jai Pal Sharma stopped them for checking.
When they failed to satisfy the queries of the SHO, they were taken into custody and whisked away to the police station.Sources said during sustained interrogation, they confessed
that they were burglars and had committed dozens of thefts in Kanhachak, Janipura, Bus Stand, N... | |
| | | | AO in police net for making porno CDs | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 11:
An Agriculture Officer (AO) was arrested by police in Kishtwar today for his alleged acts of making "porno" CDs and taking "vulgar and indecent" photographs of innocent girls and
married women.
Police sources said after making porno CDs and taking vulgar and indecent photographs of the innocent local girls and women, he circulated them among the general public.
Several complaints were received from the people of Kishtwar in this regard, the sources added.
Acting on these complaints, police launched a "secret" probe during which it was known that it was the handiwork
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| | | | No change in LAC: Army | | | |
New Delhi: The Army on Monday maintained that there was no change in the established demarcation and "lines of claim" along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh.
An Army spokesman was reacting to a report that a "substantial" amount of land had been lost by India in the last two decades along the LAC with China as had been brought at a recent meeting chaired by Commissioner of Leh AK Sahu and attended by an Army Brigadier and a Colonel.
The spokesman confirmed that the Army had attended the meeting but went on to say that, "the Army does not agree with the position and perception expressed”.
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| | | | Suspected ISI agent exfiltrates to PoK | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 11: A border-crosser, who was released from jail last year, again exfiltrated to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) early today from the border Dheri area of Mendhar in Poonch.
Mohammad Irshad, son of Lal Hussain of Sakhi Maidan, Mendhar, had earlier crossed over to PoK in 2000. He infiltrated into Indian territory from Nowshera in Rajouri in 2007 after spending seven years in different PoK areas.
Police sources said soon after sneaking into Nowshera, he had surrendered before police, who had taken him to a "safe house" and put him to sustained interrogation.
He was later sent to jail by a court. He was released by the court in November last year.
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| | | | Autonomy means return to pre-1953 | | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
Jammu, Jan 11: The State Autonomy Committee (SAC) had placed its report on the table of two Houses of Jammu & Kashmir legislature on April 16, 1999. Subsequently, it was adopted by the state legislative assembly on June 26, 2000, and by the state legislative council the next day.
A special session of the bicameral legislature of the state was convened in June 2000 (between June 19 and 27) to discuss the issue of autonomy. Prior to that, the State Autonomy Committee (SAC) was constituted vide Government Order No 1164-GAD of 1996 dated 29-11-1996.
Originally, Dr Karan Singh was chairman of the committee but he resigned on July 31, 1997. Senior National Conference (NC)... | |
| | | | Jaitley-Sabbarbal misleading people on WG report | | | |
BY RUSTAM
JAMMU, JAN 11: The RSS-sponsored Jammu and Kashmir People’s Forum (JKPF) organized a meeting At Jammu Club on January 10. Seven members of the Working Group on Centre-State Relations (WGCSR) participated in the meeting, which was attended mostly by the BJP leaders and Sangh Parivar activists. The members of WGCSR who attended the meeting included BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, MLAs Ashwini Sharma and Harsh Dev Singh, Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF) leader and former Member of Parliament Thupstan Chhewang, Panun Kashmir chairman Dr Ajay Chrungoo, Samajwadi Party president Sheikh Abdul Rehman and advocate Surrinder Singh.
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