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| Top ultra killed in Kishtwar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: A top commander of the terrorist group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Sunday.
Mohammad Amin alias Rahi was killed in Sigdhi area of Kishtwar district, 240 km north-east of Jammu, late Saturday.
Amin, who had been dodging the security forces, was traced late Saturday and killed in a gun battle.
"He was district commander of HuJI and wanted in several cases of killings and extortions," Superintendent of Police (Kishtwar) Haseeb Mughal said.
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| Kashmiri cricketer suffers terror tag; arrested, freed in Bangalore | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu/Bangalore, Oct 18: Anguish ran high in Jammu and Kashmir as well as among keen watchers of this state in parts of country as Bangalore Police held a young Kashmiri cricketer suspecting that he was carrying explosives at the Champion’s League venue. The Ranji cricketer was let off as nothing incriminating proved.
The global cricket showpiece last evening watched sniffer dogs inspect the pitch ahead of a game after a Ranji player from Kashmir was detained on suspicion of carrying explosives into Bangalore’s T20 Champions League venue. Parvez Rasool, 21, whose kitbag had alerted a bomb detector Saturday morning, was questioned and released in the evening after nothi... | |
| | | | 6 KILLED in road mishaps | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: At least six persons have been reported killed and around two dozen others injured in different road accidents across the region, the Police said.
The major accident killing four persons is reported to have taken place in Ramban district. Police said, four persons, including a constable of Indian Reserve Police (IRP), were killed when a tipper they were traveling veered off the road and fell into a gorge on Ramban Gool road, while two persons were killed and twenty-two others injured in separate road mishaps across Jammu region.
Four persons were killed when a tipper, 4434-JK01, skidded off the road and fell into a 250 feet deep gorge at Dharmkund on Ra... | |
| | | | Govt, medicos on warpath | | Ministers say call off strike for fresh talks; doctors refuse to oblige | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: With no signs of an early end to the medico-government impasse, the Medical Education Minister Rajinder Singh Chib and Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma today further toughened posture making it clear that talks can be initiated with agitating junior doctors only after strike is called off.
Meanwhile, reports pouring in from various parts of the state suggested that patients continue to be at the receiving end of the egoistic standoff between medicos and the government as no party is ready to budge in interest of patients. Even as the government claimed that patients are being attended by the senior doctors but visit to local hospitals and reports pouring ... | |
| | | | Azad in Beijing, woos the dragon | | | |
ABID SHAH
New Delhi, Oct 18: Notwithstanding the diplomatic challenges and aggressive positioning that China has of late been opting for vis-à-vis India, Beijing is turning out to be a favourite destination for some of the higher ups from India.
No sooner than the Union Minister for Petroleum, Mr Murli Deora, returned from his sojourn in China, the Minister for Health Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad landed up in Beijing to open an Asia Pacific Health Conference.
The Government here released today the text of Mr Azad’s long speech where he lauded and profusely thanked the Chinese organisers of the fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights (APCRSHR) for their extraordin... | |
| | | | IIMC: Is it the new ‘regional’ headache for Govt? | | | |
SANT KUMAR SHARMA
JAMMU, Oct 18: The Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, will have to decide the venue for setting up an Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in the near future and by all available indications, it is not going to be an easy task.
If he decides to set it up in Kashmir, he may have to face the charge of siding with the Valley unfairly. If he takes a decision to the contrary, he may have to face opprobrium in the Valley.
It thus appears that the Information & Broadcasting Minister, Mrs Ambika Soni’s recent announcement to set up an IIMC in J&K can pose problems for the government and open up another pandora’s box. Just as had happened in the case of Central Univers... | |
| | | | Chattisinghpora massacre case takes new turn Key witnesses turn hostile | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: Even as the Sikh community in India and diaspora across the world continues to ask questions, the trial in Chattisinghpora massacre case has taken a new turn with key witnesses turning hostile.
A Delhi Court is hearing the case of March 20, 2000 Chattisinghpora massacre which left 35 members of the Sikh community in Anantnag village dead on the eve of then US President Bill Clinton’s visit to India. The case relating to the massacre was transferred a New Delhi Court by the Supreme Court in November, 2008.
In latest turn of the events, three witnesses, including a victim who suffered bullet injuries during the Chattisinghpora massacre, have turned hosti... | |
| | | | Bridge pillar blasted near IB | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: Some unidentified intruders blasted one of the pillars of a bridge, by exploding an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along the International Border in Hiranagar area of Kathua district in Jammu region.
'Unidentified intruders planted an IED and blasted one of the pillars of a bridge constructed over Sharrap Nullah near pillar number 13 at Paharpur border outpost in Tehsil Hiranagar last night at around 2330 hrs,' official sources said.
Police party and the Border Security Personnel troops, were rushed to the spot and investigating the matter.
‘’The matter is being investigated while no arrest has been so fare,’’ official sources added.
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| | | | Season's first snowfall in Pahalgam | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 18: Higher reaches in Kashmir valley, including picturesque Pahalgam and Sonamarg, today received season's first snowfall ushering in wintry conditions.
To the sheer delight of tourists and locals alike, it started snowing in famous hill resort Pahalgam, some 100-km from here, at around 1730 hrs.
Upper reaches of the resort, located in South Kashmir, also received heavy snowfall overnight which dipped mercury sharply, the Met office said.
Pahalgam, where the sky remained overcast throughout the day, experienced the coldest night of the season with the minimum plunging to two-degree celsius.
Scenic Sonamarg, nearly 80 kms from here, also donned a whit... | |
| | | | Narrow escape for Trikuta Nagar residents | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: A truck containing electronic goods was reduced to ashes in the Deepawali night besides residents of Basant Vihar area had narrow escape as timely action of police averted bigger tragedy when it shifted a petrol tanker standing by the truck on fire.
On Deepawali night when revelers were busy bursting crackers a rocket reportedly fell on truck laden with LG electronic products including 180 Televisions, 21 washing machines and 5 LCD TVs. The truck was owned by one Ranjit Singh son of Madan Singh. He had to deliver the consignment in Srinagar the next day, eye witnesses informed. On having information a Trikuta Nagar police team reached on the spot for re... | |
| | | | Farooq’s 48-hr deadline is over | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: National Conference President and Union Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah’s self-framed 48-hour deadline to the Special Investigation Team probing weapon fudging in Amandeep murder case has been overrun but still there is no clue about the key conspirators including Chowdhary Nagar Singh and his brothers Ujjagar and Rakesh Singh.
In backdrop of his party legislators meeting the accused Police officers in central jail, Farooq had asked the SIT on October 15 to arrest Nagar Singh and his brothers Ujjagar and Rakesh. The deadline has long passed but the Chowdhary trio still remains untraced. Interestingly, while setting deadline, Farooq had not mentioned what... | |
| | | | Ammo box found near CM residence | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 18: Panicked gripped the Residency Road and Circular Road areas of the city after an ammunition bag was found close to the Chief Minister’s official residence.
Peer Mitha police has seized metal box contained ammunition near Chief Minister’s residence complex at Residency road today. Peer Mitha police during patrolling spotted an iron box and during checking police recovered 21 rounds of 12 bore gun and some clothes. Police is still clueless about the motive.
A Police official from Peer Mitha Police station said that security official at CM’s resident saw the bag being thrown out of an auto-rickshaw late this evening. They could not note down registratio... | |
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