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Attempt at staging mini Kargil in Mendhar

1/4/2009 11:38:54 PM

NIRBHAY JAMMUAL Jammu, Jan 4: Whose failure it is ?The Army's or that of the police in Mendhar area of Poonch where with the Pakistani aid a group of militants had fortified themselves.Neither the Police nor the Army had any wind of the activities of militants in the Pion forest belt.It is a forest enclosure.The green cover is so thick that even the rays of the sun cannot peep through the green foliage.Police sources say that since the entire area was under the command and control of the Army "our role in the belt was very limited."The police sources do not accept any blame for failure in spotting militant activiies.They say that it was the job of the troops guarding the border to prev...

With thanks to Sonia, PDP pull out of UPA

1/4/2009 11:38:29 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 4: On the eve of formation of National Conference-Congress coalition government, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today formally dissociated itself from the UPA alliance at the Center. PDP President Mehbooba Mufti conveyed her party's decision to the UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in a communiqué today. The communiqué said that the coalition formed six years back in Jammu and Kashmir between the PDP-Congress worked as a remarkable facilitator of reconciliation between political aspirations of the State, its developmental needs and the national interest. In fact the measures of significance initiated by the PDP-Congress coalition Government led to an ...

Meeting expectations biggest challenge: Omar

Farooq says will take over NC charge to revive party

1/4/2009 11:38:01 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: In a city thrown red with National Conference flags, the young Chief Minister-elect Omar Abdullah today arrived from Srinagar to an unprecedented welcome in the Winter Capital where hundreds of enthusiastic party activists had lined to greet him. Omar Abdullah was accompanied by father Farooq, other family members and his brother-in-law, Congress MP Sachin Pilot. While wife Payal accompanied Omar all the way from airport in an open jeep, Farooq Abdullah rushed straight to the Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan. The road from airport to the party office, Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan at Residency Road and then the circuitous route to Bathindi residence of the Abdullahs had...

Retired cop for offering logistics to ultras, war-like ammunition recovered

1/4/2009 11:37:15 PM

SUMIT SHARMA Jammu, Jan 4: As a fierce gun battle rages on between an unspecified number of militants and the security forces in arduous hills of Mendhar in Poonch district, the Police today arrested a retired Assistant Sub Inspector of Police and a woman for allegedly providing shelter and logistics to the militants for building up their base in the area. Meanwhile, the gunbattle between security forces and militants today entered the fourth day and the encounter has already left three security force personnel and four militants dead. "The fierce gunbattle resumed this morning after a night-long break. Army and police have put a three-tier cordon and are zeroing in on the cave-type...

15 dead in cold wave

1/4/2009 11:36:17 PM

ET DESK Jammu, Jan 04: Moderate to heavy snowfall in J-K, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand intensified the cold wave conditions in northern India on Sunday, claiming 15 more lives and prompting closure of schools even as thick fog disrupted road, train and air traffic, giving commuters a harrowing time. Twelve people succumbed to cold in Uttar Pradesh and three in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the death toll to 46. A goods train this morning hit a stationary one in Kanpur apparently due poor visibility caused by fog, seriously injuring one of the drivers. Traffic on the Delhi-Howrah stretch has been disrupted following the accident. About one-and-a-half feet of snow was recorded in...

6.4 magnitude quake rocks Kashmir

1/4/2009 11:35:44 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 4: A quake rocked Srinagar and its adjoining areas in the wee hours, forcing people to rush out of their homes, despite severe and show. People rushed out of their homes in panic after a quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked the summer capital and other parts of the Valley. The tremors, which were felt at 0153 hrs, lasted for about 10 seconds.A weather office spokesman said its epicentre was in Hindukush in Afghanistan.Their was no immediate report of any loss of life or damage to property. ...

Governor greets people on Gurupurab

1/4/2009 11:35:23 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, JAN 4: Governor, Mr N N Vohra, has felicitated the people of Jammu and Kashmir on the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the 10th Guru of the Sikh Panth. In a message, the Governor observed that the teachings of the great Guru, a fearless revolutionary and a social reformer, will continue to inspire generations to strive for a healthier society and a just social order. Vohra expressed the hope that, on this happy day, the people of Jammu and Kashmir would re-dedicate themselves to the values underlying the teachings of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, an apostle of peace, compassion and love, and celebrate the auspicious day in a matt...

Chaman elected BJP LP leader

1/4/2009 11:34:53 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: Senior BJP leader and newly elected Member of Legislative Assembly from Jammu West, Prof Chaman Lal Gupta has been elected as leader of the party’s Legislature Party Leader. A meeting of 11 newly elected MLAs of the BJP was held here today where Chaman Lal was unanimously elected as leader of the Legislature Party. The meeting was held in presence of central observers. The BJP central leadership has sent a two-member observer team to Jammu to oversee the election of its State Legislature Party leader of its 11-member team. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Board. The observers are BJP General Secretary Thevar Ch...