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| Curfew in Magam | | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Jan 5: In immediate response to the eruption of sectarian tension---exclusively reported by Early Times in today’s issue---authorities have imposed curfew over around 50 villages in the Central Kashmir Magam-Pattan belt, even as the residents have formed a joint forum of 60 representatives of Sunni and Shia Muslims and Deputy Commissioner of Baramulla is personally participating in its first meeting on Wednesday to resolve the crisis. Conflict over the name of a Chowk has snowballed into a major trouble as the Shias want it to be known as ‘Imam Khomeini Chowk’ and the Sunnis insist that it be christened either after the name of a hamlet or a militant killed over a decade ago.
DC Baramulla, Lateef-uz-Zamaan Deva, told Early Times that curfew was imposed as a precautionary measure in Pattam-Magam belt, bordering Baramulla and Budgam districts in Central Kashmir, late last night as mischief mongers seemed to be bent upon turning a trivial issue into a sectarian clash. He said that rumour mills worked overnight to spread that this particular numbe... | |
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| Octogenarian held with 2kg charas | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: Bus stand police has arrested a 85 years old man with two kg charas here at bus stand when the latter was looking for Delhi bound bus to take the consignment to Bihar.
Bus stand police led by SHO Parvez Sajjad on specific information arrested an 85 years old man from bus stand when he was looking for Delhi bound bus.Two kg chars valuing lakhs of rupees has been recovered from his possesion which was contained in a polythene bag. He has been identified as Mohammad Isrial son of Sulaman Khan resident of Bihar. During questioning he informed police that he brought the consignment from Srinagar and had to deliver to Bihar but was caught hold of. A case unde... | |
| | | | Another swine flu case reported | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: With one more case of swine flu being detected in Jammu and Kashmir, the total number of H1N1 infections in the state has touched 65, health department officials said here.
A teacher tested positive for the virus after his sample was sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), they said.
Officials said all the patients who tested positive in Jammu and Kashmir have responded well to Tamiflu and they were improving after receiving treatment. Four persons have died so far due to swine flu in Jammu and Kashmir.
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| | | | Cutting chill: children get off till Jan 14 | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 05: Waking up to a foggy morning, the winter capital shivered in bone-chilling cold Tuesday with majority people preferring to stay
indoors and schools further extending winter vacations for tiny tots.
A thick blanket of fog covered the city and its peripheries, besides some district headquarters, in the morning. Though patches of fog cleared by mid-morning when sun shone for a while, but the thick clouds of drops of waters regrouped once the sun disappeared.
With sun nowhere in picture and icy winds sweeping the region, mercury dipped further.
Higher reaches, which experienced fresh snowfall today, also continued reeling under severe cold conditions, maki... | |
| | | | Center must initiate talks on autonomy, says Omar | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 5: As he moves confidently into his second year in office, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has called upon the Center to initiate talks with Jammu and Kashmir on restoration of autonomy.
The Chief Minister, however, made it clear that he was not projecting grant of autonomy or restoration of pre-1953 status as a lasting solution of the Kashmir which, he said, should be worked out through dialogue. “I don’t favour one solution which may be opposed by other, I want there should be dialogue to find a way”, Omar told reporters on the sidelines of public functions at his official residence to mark one year of his government.
"Yes, I would like the Centre to i... | |
| | | | Blast in security zone, constable killed | | | | Early Times Report
Baramulla, Jan 5: A major blast took place in high security zone, reportedly in the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC), near here this morning.
Initial reports said a constable was reportedly killed in the blast, official sources informed. They said a blast took place, sound of which was heard in the entire town, damaging window panes of about a dozen nearby buildings.
The blast took place at Kanta bagh, a very high security zone as besides Army Headquarter, CRPF, Police and IRP offices are ;also situated here.
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| | | | STARK REALITY | | India exports water, Pakistan exports terrorism | | |
BY RUSTAM
JAMMU, JAN 5: Islamabad has crossed all limits. It has virtually threatened a war on India. It is not an exaggeration. It is a fact. Advisor to Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on educational matters, Sardar Aseff Ali, has administered the threat. He did so on January 3 while talking to presspersons at Lahore on the sidelines of a seminar.
What did Aseff Ali tell media persons? He told them that “the impending issues over sharing river water between India and Pakistan could trigger a war between the two countries…Pakistan could pull out of the (1960) Indus Water Treaty (IWT) with India, if the latter does not stop violating the treaty by constructing new dams on the... | |
| | | | BJP organizational polls deferred fourth time, no consensus yet | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 5: With the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) organisational elections deferred for the fourth time in the state and it now has been scheduled for January 9 to January 11, this has given rise to skepticism over the party’s credibility which has silently been vanished into the oblivion.
If party insiders are to be believed, “consensus gap” among leaders of the party over the name of candidate for the post of state president forced the “Parliamentary Board” of party to postpone much-awaited elections in the state for fourth consecutive time.
The elections to the post of state president were earlier scheduled for December 25 which was deferred for December ... | |
| | | | Are Advisors to CM giving proper feed back? | | Despite surprise checks, Omar yet to assess the problems of commoners | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 5: Even as having rounds of the city and its peripheries twice in past over a month to assess the working of police and other government agencies, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his Advisors have not yet diagnosed the grievances of the people as well as the hardships of the pilgrims, who are bearing the brunt of ‘Men in Khakis and in Blues’ on routine basis.
Notwithstanding the tall claims of National Conference-Congress coalition government of providing good governance and corruption free administration to a common man, favouritism and corruption is ruling the roost.
Further, sources informed, fingers are also being pointed out towards the Advisors o... | |
| | | | J K Phari Forum becomes casuality of infighting | | Who is chairman? Bukhari or Khan | | |
SHAFIQ MIR
Rajouri,January 5
The Jammu and Kashmir Phari Cultural and Welfare Forum, an organisation struggling for decades to get enrolled the Phari speaking community of the state in the list of schedule tribe communities of the country is at present in the crisis of leadership. The decade long organisation has turned divided and both the factions are claiming to be the real one . One faction is led by former minister Syed Mushtaq Hussain Bukhari while the other faction is adamant to see one Sharafat Ali Khan of Baranmullah as their chairman.
The divided house of Jammu Kashmir Phari Cultural and Welfare Forum , came in to light last week when majority of the Phari... | |
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