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| CM’s bureaucracy slept over ‘urgent’ relief file for 77 days | | Baramulla picks up stones as victim of Police firing dies in helplessness after 7 months | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
BARAMULLA, Jan 19: A 25-year-old mason, who had become target of security force’s firing while returning to his home after day’s work on 29th June last year, has died in total helplessness as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s relief failed to reach him for seven months in the wake of conflicting reports of the incident from District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police. While the north Kashmir district headquarters observed shutdown as a mark of protest, groups of the violent youth engaged Police in ding dong clashes that left nearly 25 people, including seven Police personnel, injured.
Doctors at SKIMS Soura, who had performed a surgical operation on Manzoor Ahmed Bhat S/o Ghulam Nabi Bhat R/o Drangbal Baramulla, had observed and accordingly recorded in the discharge summary on 2-7-2009 that the “outer crust of a bullet” had ruptured the youth’s spinal cord. This scientific establishment of the youth having been innocent and fired unlawfully by Police or security forces was subsequently corroborated by a Medical Board headed by Chief Medical Offi... | |
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| Amidst Congress infighting NC gets away with icing on the cake | | Rashpal, Bukhari, Shameema are VCs with MoS rank | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: In the middle of Congress infighting the major ruling partner National Conference has quietly strengthened its organizational forte which may brighten its fortune in the upcoming Panchayat elections.
Of four positions carrying the rank, status, protocol and ‘ambitions’ of Ministers of State, the National Conference has grabbed three, leaving the Congress guessing for fourth one. The sudden move of appointing vice chairpersons to three boards –two long defunct and one newly created –has raffled up feathers in the Congress circles even as sources in both parties said that decision was taken after consultation with the top Congress leadership.
The Gov... | |
| | | | Chaman loyalists up for ‘son-rise’ in BJP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Loyalists of former Minister of State for Defence and sitting BJP, MLA Chaman Lal Gupta have started lobbying to secure the coveted post of party’s state general secretary, for his son Anil Gupta.
Interestingly, Anil Gupta had resigned from the membership of National Working Committee of Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha (BJYM) during last Lok Sabha election held on April 23, 2009 and had threatened to contest the said polls as independent candidate from Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary Constituency, if party ticket is not announced in his name.
However, after intervention of party high command that warned Gupta for contesting the election against the party c... | |
| | | | Leh Congress rejects Saghir report, jumps on to UT bandwagon | | | |
RUSTAM
JAMMU, JAN 19: On August 1, 2009, young Congress leader and former MLA from Akhnoor Sham Lal Sharma virtually revolted against the Congress high command and extended his unqualified support to the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS), which was spearheading the land-restoration movement in Jammu. He was the first congress leader in the state to make common cause with the SAYSS. Extending his support, he declared that “he was a Jammuite first” and that “he cannot keep himself aloof at a time when the people of Jammu province are fighting for a just and nationalist cause”.
The plunge that Sham Lal Sharma took had its very positive impact on almost all the Jammu-based Co... | |
| | | | Pak renews LoC offensive in Poonch, heavy firing reported | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: In yet another ceasefire violation along the Line of Control, Pakistani troops today fired light and medium machine guns on the Forward Defence Location (FDL) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
There was cross-border firing from LMGs and MMGs on the Sabzian FDL along the LoC in Poonch sector late this afternoon, a senior army officer of the 16 Corps said.
Firing was going on intermittently from the Pakistan side and troops guarding the border have replied to it, he said.
The reports also said there were two mortars fired from Pakistan, which exploded away from the FDL.
"There was no casualty on our side in the firing from across the bor... | |
| | | | Six cops injured in IED blast in Srinagar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 19: In a major strike ahead of Republic Day, unidentified militants set off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Pulwama district of south Kashmir wounding two police officers and four guards.
The IED was detonated last night at around 10.30 pm at Bajkul-Kuchlaman bridge when SDPO Amarjeet Singh and SHO Javid Ahmad were returning after patrolling in Tral, 45 kms from here, SP Awantipora, Bashir Khan told PTI.
The two officers and four of their guards, who were travelling in two vehicles were slightly injured in the explosion. However, all of them were discharged after first aid and joined their duties, Khan said.
Asked if anyone has been arre... | |
| | | | Azad fomenting troubles in Congress | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, JAN 19: Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad quit the state politics after the formation of the second Congress-led UPA Government and became Health Minister. It was expected that he will leave the Congress affairs to the care of the JKPCC President Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz and not create troubles for the coalition government. It turned out to be a wrong expectation as he continued to make forays in the state and hobnobbed with the detractors of the JKPCC President.
So much so, he tried to hobnob with the People’s Democratic Party in order to destabilize the coalition government in the state. The insiders reveal that though Azad became the Union Health Minister, ... | |
| | | | Lady doctor among three killed in mishap | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 19: A lady doctor and two other persons were killed while seven others sustained critical injuries when a Tata Sumo carrying them skidded off the road at Nagrota near here this morning and plunged into a 300-ft-deep gorge.
The ill-fated sumo (JK02AF/3264) was on its way from Jammu to Katra.
Police sources said the mishap occured at Kowr Jagir, Nagrota, at about 9 am due to overspeeding and low visibility on the road caused by dense fog.
Soon after they came to know about the incident from some locals, cops led by Nagrota police station SHO, Inspector Nazir Ahmad Dar, reached the spot and started the rescue operation.
Sources said the cops lifted... | |
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