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Fire breaks out in assembly complex

1/6/2009 10:58:06 PM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 6: With the efforts of assembly staff, the building of J&K assembly was saved from getting destroyed in a fire which broke out around 3.25 P.M today from a room and spread to other adjoining rooms of the building. As per eye witness, smoke came out from a lower room of the building and within minutes fire spread to other rooms. The staff while getting notice of the fire raised the alarm and rang up fire brigade. The fire brigade which took some time to reach the spot, the officials of the assembly manually tried their best to control the fire from spreading further. The building which is located inside of the civil secretariat complex could have proved a d...

Separate religion from terrorism: Omar

1/6/2009 10:57:37 PM

Agencies New Delhi, Jan 6: In his first ever policy engagement after taking over as Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has strongly called for separating religion from terrorism and put a word of caution on implementation of anti-terror laws. Abdullah was speaking at the meeting of Chief Ministers on Internal Security, inaugurated by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh here today. The meeting was also attended by Union Ministers of Defence and Home and Chief Ministers' of various states. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Abdullah expressed sympathies with the families of those who died or were injured in the terror attack, adding that Islam neither preaches nor condones killing of innocent...

Ganai is Principal Secretary to CM

1/6/2009 10:57:02 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6: Principal Secretary Home and senior IAS Officer, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai has been posted as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. A Government order issued here today said that the Principal Secretary, Home, Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Ganai has been posted as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister with immediate effect. The order further says that Mr. Ganai shall also hold the additional charge of the Home Department till further orders. A highly experienced and talented bureaucrat, Mr. Ganai, 1982 IAS batch has held several important positions including Secretary to Government, Rural Development, Food Supplies and Transport, Agriculture and Cooperative and...

Mendhar encounter stretches on

Army, Police in ‘wait and watch’ situation

1/6/2009 10:56:35 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6: As the gunbattle in Bhati Dhar forest in Poonch district entered the sixth day on Tuesday, the Police and Army said they have adopted a "wait and watch" strategy to take on the holed-up terrorists in cave hideouts in the area. While an exchange of fire took place this morning, there was no casualty. "We are adopting a wait and watch strategy in view of the heavy fog, dense forest and cave-type hideouts providing a major shield to terrorists hiding there. We have put entire area under cordon and choked their supplies," a senior army officer of 16 Corps told PTI. "Let us see how long they can survive without food and water. They will be forced to come out ...

91 cross side at Chakan-Da-Bagh

1/6/2009 10:55:42 PM

Early Times Report Jammu: Amid heightened tension between the two countries, as many as 91 civilians crossed sides via Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing in Poonch district of Jammu on Tuesday, official sources said. Sources said that 52 persons reached Poonch from Pakistan administered Kashmir through the weekly Poonch-Rawlakote bus service. Among them, sources said, 38 were returnees who visited Pak to meet their relations there while remaining are the fresher's from the Pak who will meet their relations first time after the partition. Similarly, 27 residents of Jammu and Kashmir travelled to Pak along with 13 others who returned to their homeland after meeting their relations in this part of ...

PC: Buck stops at CM’s desk

1/6/2009 10:55:06 PM

Agencies New Delhi, Jan 6: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that a "proactive" approach is needed to root out threats emanating from "potential" terrorists operating in the country in a clandestine manner. "Our response to terrorism cannot be reactive. There is ample evidence that many terrorist modules have burrowed their way into the country. There are also many sleeper cells. "We must adopt a proactive approach to apprehend these people and thwart any possible terrorist threat. In this regard, too, the key is gathering and sharing intelligence and responding in a coordinated manner to apprehend the potential terrorist," Chidambaram said while addressing the Conference of ...

College students boycott classes for ‘open choice’

1/6/2009 10:54:39 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6 College students in the Jammu today welcomed the New Year by boycotting their classes and reiterating demand of open-choice even as the authorities have ruled out any relaxation in the examinations. The students miffed over the government's stand also 'ghero' N D Wani Director Colleges, Higher Education Department in the GGM Science College. He was forced to leave the college leaving his official car behind. As per reports, in the morning hours students of MAM College boycotted their classed under the leadership of some ABVP activists and in a shape of procession reached the GGM Science College where they were joined by the local mates. The students s...

Corporators say JMC far away from civic roles, officers vindictive

1/6/2009 10:52:08 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 6: If there is a General House meeting of the Jammu Municipal Corporation and it passes without ruckus, the venue and occasion are probably wrong. It was then not wrong today when over 60 elected members of the Corporation fired salvos for indifferent attitude of officers and targeted the Joint Commissioner for his alleged vindictive attitude. As the General House meeting picked up, the members one after the other, asked the Mayor about his writ as they pointed out that all recommendations from the elected corporators are thrown to winds by officers. They were particularly aghast over the working style of Joint Commissioner JS Tandon. Members of JMC said t...

Truckers’ strike costing country Rs 10,000 Cr daily

1/6/2009 10:51:30 PM

New Delhi, Jan 6: The All India Motor Transport Congress has claimed its members are incurring a daily loss of Rs 1,000 crore, while it is taking a toll of Rs 10,000 crore per day on the country's overall business due to the strike, which continued for the second day on Tuesday. "The transporters in the country are facing a loss of about Rs 1,000 crore every day due to stopping of business," AIMTC President Charan Singh Lohara told reporters. He claimed that due to the ongoing strike, "the country is incurring huge business losses to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore per day". AIMTC, the umbrella body with over 4,000 affiliated unions, claimed that about 60 lakh trucks have been taking part ...