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| Brick kiln owners have Revenue, Police, PDD, PCB officials on their pay rolls | | 10 departments shut eyes to brazen violation of 12 laws in Budgam | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
BUDGAM, Oct 9: Even after closure of five unauthorized units in the last three years, as many as 155 brick kilns are continuously operating without PCB’s mandatory consent in full knowledge of the authorities in Budgam district. Surprisingly, most of these units have been set up in brazen violation of at least 12 laws and officials of 10 particular departments have conveniently shut their eyes to this wanton ecological vandalism.
One does not need a helicopter flight or a surfing through Google Earth as over 80% of these highly polluting brick kilns have been laid in the last three years on either side of the main district and Tehsil roads. One can easily find these units laid on agriculture (Abi Awwal) and horticulture fields, just yards away from the main roads used by officers of the state, divisional and district administration for their routine business almost every day. According to the PCB’s siting criteria, no brick kiln can be allowed to operate within distance of 500 metres from population of 20 or more residential houses, orchards, Abi Awwal farms a... | |
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| Rukhsana receives threats from HM | | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Oct 9: Hizbul Mujahideen has threatened to avenge the killing of its commander by the Gujjar girl Rukhsana and her family following which security has been tightened at her house, while she along with other members has been shifted to district police line Rajouri.
The Gujjar girl hit newspaper headlines for her brave act of killing a militant after a group of them attacked her family at her home village in Shadhera Sharief area of border district Rajouri early last week
Police sources told that albeit permanent police picket has been set up at Rukhsana's home in the village, Rukhsana and her family has been shifted to district police line keeping in view... | |
| | | | President visits Jammu border positions, interacts with soldiers | | Rukhsana's praised for her bravery | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: President of India and Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces, Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, today visited forward areas in Jammu and Kashmir and addressed the troops at Rajouri.
She was accompanied by the state Governor NN Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. General Deepak Kapoor, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen BS Jaswal, GoC-in-Chief Northern Command and Lt. Gen RK Swamy, GoC 16Corps .
Earlier, the President visited troops in the forward areas, where she was briefed on the prevailing security situation. She later addressed the troops at the Raina Stadium, Rajouri and lauded the role of the Indian Army in maintaining peace and tranquility in the region. ... | |
| | | | Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize | | | |
OSLO: US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for ``his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,'' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting US president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline.
Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.
``Only very rarely has a person to the same exte... | |
| | | | Court dismisses bail application of Nagar Singh, his two brothers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 09-- While rejecting the pre- bail application of Chowdhary Nagar Singh and his two brothers in the Amandeep Singh murder case, the 2nd Additional Sessions Judge Jammu Vinod Chatterji Koul held that in view of the investigation conducted so far it has been observed that weapon of offence has been misappropriated by the police officers in connivance in a criminal conspiracy with the petitioners. The report of investigation and perusal of the CD file reveals involvement of the accused in fudging of evidence, as well as in misappropriation of the weapon of offence in criminal conspiracy with the police. The allegations of the prosecutions are shown to be supporte... | |
| | | | Suspended SSP, SI file bail applications | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 09-The suspended SSP Jammu S Manohar Singh and former Sub Inspector of Police station Gandhi Nagar Satnam Singh, allegedly involved in fudging the weapon of offence in the much publicized murder of Amandeep Singh, filed their bail applications in the Court of Special Judge Anticorruption on various grounds.
Special Judge Anticorruption, after hearing Advocates DS Chouhan, PN Raina and Anupam Raina appearing for the petitioners, has directed the Chief Prosecuting Officer to produce the report from the SIT P/S Gandhi Nagar and the file with objections on September 13, 2009.
Meanwhile Sultan Mirza, field another bail application in the Court of Principal Sessi... | |
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