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| Commission serves notice to Talib, other witnesses still not contacted | | Sayed Yusuf custodial death case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Justice (Retd) H S Bedi commission in its first attempt to record the statements of the concerned, has served a notice to the son of Sayed Yusuf who died in mysterious circumstances under police custody on September 29, last year after he was handed over to Crime Branch at Chief Minister's residence.
Sources said that Talib Hussain son of the deceased was served notice by the commission probing the alleged custodial death of his father and NC worker Sayed Yusuf, however, two other key witnesses in the case Ab. Salam Reshi and Muhammad Yusuf Bhat have not been contacted by the commission as yet.
Confirming that he has received notice from the commission Talib said that he was in process of consulting legal expert to file reply to the notice. " I am in touch with my lawyer to prepare a detailed factual reply to the notice" Talib said.
When asked whether he would appear before the commission, Talib said that there was no harm in appearing in person before the commission. " For want of Justice I would like to meet the commission in person also and p... | |
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| Pak LeT militant killed by troops in Poonch | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: A Pakistani militant of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was killed by a joint column of army and police in an encounter at Khaneti Mohalla in Mendhar, Poonch, in the wee hours of Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off about the movement of LeT's Abu Wasim alias Abu Abrar Mistry and his accomplices at Khaneti Mohalla, troops of 39 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and police launched a search operation in the area late last night.
Police sources said while the jawans were making searches, they came across the militants early this morning.
When the jawans asked them to surrender, they threw a grenade towards them and opened fire which was returned. In the ensuing exchange of fi... | |
| | | | Of Singapore report and JK's bureaucratic inertia | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: A recent report released by a Singapore based consulting firm has rated Indian bureaucracy as worst in Asia. It got the rating of 9.21 rating out of 10. India fared worst than Vietnam (rated at 8.54), Indonesia (8.37), Philippines (7.57) and China (7.11), said the report released today by Hong Kong-based Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd.
Singapore remained the best with a rating of 2.25, followed by Hong Kong (3.53), Thailand (5.25) Taiwan (5.57), Japan (5.77), South Korea (5.87) and Malaysia (5.89). The report said India's inefficient bureaucracy was largely responsible for most of the biggest complaints that business executive have about the... | |
| | | | PDP has emerged as formidable alternative due to pro people policies: Mufti | | 'Earned credibility through conviction ,commitment' - - - Ch Qamar ,hundreds of supporters join party | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Reiterating resolve of his party to address aspirations of all regions and sub-regions of the state, former Chief Minister and patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that through its visionary and pro-people policies PDP led regime had set an example of good governance wherein all sections of the society were treated equally.
"Policies and programmes of PDP are formulated by incorporating wishes and aspirations of all sections, all regions and sub-regions of the state," Sayeed said while addressing a function to welcome prominent leader from Rajouri Advocate Choudhary Qamar, who along with hundreds of his supporters j... | |
| | | | Peoples Democratic Party VS National Conference | | Kashmir's Political Scene -- II | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: The PDP again contested the assembly elections in 2008. It improved its tally from 19 in 2002 to 21 in 2008. It maintained its position in the Valley and captured two seats in Jammu province's Rajouri-Poonch belt. Ladakh again disappointed it. The elections demonstrated that the PDP, which had ruled the state for three years, had not lost it support-base in Kashmir. But it also indicated that it had not been able to expand it either. This was a matter of concern for the party bigwigs. However, the election results were a no solace for the NC whose tally remained the same as in 2002 (28). And, this, despite the fact that it had remained in opposition for f... | |
| | | | Fraudster booked for withdrawing Rs 30 lacs as relief | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Crime Branch, Jammu today registered a case u/s 420,465, 467,468,471 RPC against one Shadi Lal Pandita of Jagti, Nagrota who has fraudulently withdrawn an amount of Rs 30 lacs as relief from the Govt. Treasury after managing fraudulent and fictitious Ration Cards of different zones under relief category.
Spokesperson of Crime Branch stated that brief facts of the case are that a letter from Dy Secretary to Govt General Administration Department was received at the Crime Headquarters, the contents of which reveal that one Shadi Lal Pandita S/o Sarvanand Pandita R/o Jagti Nagrota has fraudulently withdrawn an amount of Rs 30 lacs as relief from the Govt T... | |
| | | | KPS officers getting raw deal in promotions.....? | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Jan 19: KPS officers have alleged a raw deal in promotions as compared to the IPS regular recruits.
"Be it the issue of a promotion in job, or an unpleasant situation, KPS officers are mostly at the receiving end," a police source said.
He said while IPS officers got promotion after every four years, the KPS officers had to wait for six to eight years for their promotion to the next rank.
"Such a system has affected the career of KPS officers. Many of them cannot become even DIGs, or IGPs in their lives," the source said.
"While KPS officers struggle to move from SSPs to DIGs, RRs rise to the rank of ADGs and DGPs," he added.
In the last 30 years, only three KPS ... | |
| | | | KPs reaffirm pledge to continue struggle for homeland on Holocaust Day | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 19: Kashmiri Pandits today reaffirmed their pledge to continue their struggle for separate homeland within Valley as it was the only solution to their problems.
The pledge was taken during the observance of 22nd Holocaust Day here today by various Kashmiri Pandit organizations including Panun Kashmir, All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference (ASKPC), Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) and Non Camp Migrants Committee during different programmes held in connection with observance of the Day.
Maintaining that Homeland was only solution to reverse the process of genocide and mass exodus the PK leaders while addressing a function here today said that they have faced ... | |
| | | | NC ridicules BJP, asks it to keep quiet | | Succinct Observation | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 19: The other day, the state unit of BJP held a press conference to express its opinion on the performance of the NC-led coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. It was addressed by none other than the president of the party. The BJP president dubbed the state government as non-performing and dismissed as a bundle of lies the official document containing information on what the state government had done during the past three years. The document, compendium, was issued or made public on January 5, the day the Omar Abdullah completed three years in office as chief minister.
It was an irony of sorts that the NC hit back overlooking the fact that it was the same BJP, which h... | |
| | | | A Tale Of A National Party | | Amusing & Disgusting | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Jan 19: There is in this country of 120 crore people a party which is termed as the grand old party of India. It has its organizational structure. It has a president who is the supreme leader. No one can dare oppose the president or criticize the president's policies and views. The president chairs the core committee meetings. The president also attends a few other party meetings. The president also has a coterie consisting of half a dozen self-seekers, who, like their president, are also not aware of the people's needs, problems and aspirations. The president doesn't know the people. An overwhelming majority of people also doesn't know this president of the national party. I... | |
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