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Dissenting, divergent views from Jammu, Ladakh make panel task tough Cabinet sub committee on Justice Sahgir Ahmad Report 10/11/2010 10:42:34 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 11: Even as the state cabinet has given a go ahead signal for setting up of the cabinet sub committee for the purpose of examining Justice Saghir Ahmad’s report on Fifth Working Group on Centre –state relations, divergent views and resistance is being faced much before it could start deliberations on the report ,the core recommendation of which is autonomy as solution of political problems in the state. Sources said though the cabinet sub committee led by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather is gearing up for a ‘tough job’ ahead, reluctance has started coming particularly from some Congress quarters based in Jammu and Ladakh on even discussing the report. These leaders have expressed reservations on discussing the main contours and dimensions of the report in the wake of the fact that majority of the representatives from various political non political organizations from both Jammu and Ladakh during the course of the meetings as well as afterwards when the report finally came in last year have opposed tooth and nail the recommendations of this Workin...   READ MORE

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Salahudin to meet fate of his accomplices if he intrudes into J&K: Gen Singh 10/11/2010 10:26:19 PM BHARAT BHUSHAN JAMMU, Oct 11: Pak-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terror outfit chief Syed Salahuddin got the right and tough message from army chief, Gen V K Singh when he said "if he attempts to infiltrate, he will also be dealt with in the same way his accomplices are". Intelligence agencies had Saturday said that Salahudin was nowadays taking rounds of the militant training camps across the Line of Control (LoC) to revive the sagging spirits of the trainee and trained militants. The morale of militants in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) had gone very low in view of the multi-tier security on borders and the killing of most of their infiltrating accomplices for the past some time, a ...   READ MORE   Gang war averted, six held with weapons 10/11/2010 10:13:01 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 11: Police averted an apparent gang war when it arrested six gangsters during different raids conducted in city today. Police recovered two country made pistols (katta) and two sharp edged weapons from their possession. On specific information that a gang war was imminent between Bakra group and Billu group in city, Sarwal police conducted raids and arrested six gangsters of Billu gang. Police came to know about a possible attack on the revelation of one of the gangsters of Billu group identified as Sanjay Dogra son of Kasturi Lal Dogra. Sanjay was arrested by police with a sharp edged weapon from New Plot area two days back. He told police that they hat...   READ MORE   Rajouri Graveyards on mafia target 45 kanals of land reduces to 14, no space available for more burial 10/11/2010 10:12:52 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Rajouri, Oct 11: With graveyard mafia operating in Rajouri, atleast 45 kanals of graveyards of the Muslim community have reportedly reduced to 14 kanals. The available space is occupied by the graves and now there is almost no space available for burial of more dead bodies. Having population of 25000 Muslims in the town of Rajouri, there are three graveyards viz Jawahar Nagar, Bus Stand and Rani Graveyard. All these burial grounds have reportedly been occupied with the graves and now there is any space available for burial of more dead bodies. Majority of the area of these graveyards were allegedly encroached by the locals from time to time. As per the sources in reven...   READ MORE   MI officials' role under scanner: IGP Jammu IED recovery case 10/11/2010 10:12:35 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 11: A former army man and an SPO were among six persons arrested in connection with recovery of IEDs in high-security MLA hostel area in Jammu city on Friday with IGP Jammu zone saying that "some" Military Intelligence (MI) officials were under scanner. "We are investigation the role of some officers of Military Intelligence in IEDs recovery case in Jammu," Inspector General of Police, Jammu Zone, Ashok Gupta said. An official monitoring the case said that the explosives were brought by five-member militant module from Gandoh belt of Doda district to Jammu for delivery to one Ram Krishen - an ex-serviceman who was arrested today. An army official, on condit...   READ MORE   3 Abdullahs and a hapless Kashmiri When will quest for Izzat aur aabiru ka muqaam end? 10/11/2010 10:12:20 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 11: Thirty-five years after Indra-Abdullah accord, Kashmir continues to bleed. Nothing has changed except for a fly-over from secretariat entrance to Budshah Bridge. In 1975 the political leadership ended their `political wilderness'. The accord infused new life in them and they promised to strive for an Izzat aur aabiru ka muqaam (honour and respect) for Kashmiris. Sher-e-Kashmir made his deputy, Mirza Muhammad Afzal Beg fight for the right to self determination for 22 years. Although Sheikh stayed away from the Plebiscite Front but issued statements from time to time seeking enforcement of this right. The gullible Kashmiris supported him. They ...   READ MORE   Ridiculous, Omar says Jammu gets more as compared to Srinagar News ANALYSIS 10/11/2010 10:12:07 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 11: Believe it or not, but it is a fact that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that Jammu district gets more funds as compared to Srinagar district. In fact, he, on October 7, bemoaned saying that Jammu grabs more funds as compared to Kashmir. He made this ridiculous statement on the floor of the assembly. Of course, it was a written statement and it was tabled in the assembly in response to a question of the JSM MLA from Bishnah Aswini Sharma. Who is he trying to befool and mislead? His government can befool the naïve and certain legislators who go to the assembly unprepared, but it cannot befool the people of Jammu province who know each and everything ...   READ MORE   It is grapes are sour for Kashmiri separatists Behind the veil 10/11/2010 10:11:50 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 11: It is grapes are sour story for the Kashmiri separatists.When the senior functionaries of the United Nations and the US Government recently announced that Kashmir issue was a bilateral problem which needed to be settled through negotations between Delhi and Islamabad the separatists put up a brave face saying that atleast these two bodies have not announced that Kashmir is an integral part of India. A senior separatist leader,Prof.Abdul Gani Bhat,said that "we need not feel perturbed by the stand taken by the UN and the USA which is being considered as an attempt at sidelining us." Bhat said that "we do not believe in the politics of counting the mangoe ...   READ MORE   NC out to divide Jammu on communal lines, resist the sinister design STARK REALITY-I 10/11/2010 10:11:28 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 11: National Conference (NC) leaders, including Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah, say that they are demanding autonomy not only for Kashmir, but for the whole of the state. They are also saying that their outfit also stands for regional autonomy within the state. Their assertion that they stand for regional autonomy is nothing but a cunning ploy aimed at misleading the people of Jammu province. Actually, the want to divide Jammu into three parts on purely communal lines and neutralize the influence of those in Jammu province who are seeking the region's political empowerment as well as segregation of the Jammu province from Kashmir...   READ MORE   Infiltration going up, admits army 10/11/2010 10:11:06 PM NEW DELHI: Around 25 infiltration attempts have been made by militants from across the Line of Control (LoC) in the last two months and 35-40 terrorists have been killed by the security forces during the same period. This was stated by Chief of the Army Staff General V K Singh here today. He said the number of infiltration attempts have gone up in the last two months but the Army has been able to control it to a large extent. "In last two months, we have had approximately 20-25 attempts and total number of terrorists killed during this period has been about 35-40," Gen Singh said. Asked about reports suggesting that Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has been visiting terror camps...   READ MORE   Moderate Earthquake Jolts Kashmir 10/11/2010 10:11:00 PM SRINAGAR : A moderate earthquake shook Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley in the wee hours today, a senior government official said. The tremor measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale was felt around 3.14 am throughout the Valley including Srinagar, Coordinator Disaster Management, Kashmir, Aamir Ali said. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Pakistan and the coordinates are 33.94 degree north and 72.84 degree east. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage, he said....   READ MORE   HM hideout busted in Doda 10/11/2010 10:10:54 PM JAMMU: A hideout of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants was busted by security forces in Dhup Top forests of Doda last night. Official sources said acting on a tip-off about the movement of militants in Dhup Top forests, security forces last evening launched an operation in the area. While making searches, they came across the militant hideout. A single barrel rifle, a 12-bore rifle and 3 kg explosive powder were recovered from there. The hideout was later smashed by the forces, the sources added....   READ MORE   Big B's Birthday bash in Jammu too, fans organise functions 10/11/2010 10:10:38 PM KUNAL SHRIVATSA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 11: It was on this very day in 1942, the legendry Hindi poet Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s wife Teji gave birth to Amitabh Bachchan, who went on to become the Numero Uno of Indian cinema, as far as domain of acting is concerned. Today, when Amitabh Bachchan, the Star of Millennium, celebrated his 68th birthday and millions of his admirers across the globe greeted him on this occasion, Jammuites too joined the bandwagon of Big B’s birthday bash Though Amitabh’s fan clubs had organised the celebrations at various places but the duo Ashok Gupta and Surinder Kumar, owner of famous ‘Amitabh Pan House’ at Residency Road near Raghunath Temple and a...   READ MORE

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