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| Akram's Bangladeshi Bank Account under NIA scanner | | Rashid comes clean in Delhi Blast | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Oct 19: National Investigating Agency (NIA) probing Delhi High Court blast has given clean chit to Dr Wasim Rashid Sheikh Son of Abdul Rashid Sheikh Resident of Sangrabata Kishtwar after questioning him at Delhi last week.
Dr Wasim Rashid Sheikh and accused Dr Wasim Akram Malik are college mates in Dhaka.
The sources said that NIA have also inquired about missing laptop of Dr Wasim Akram Malik. "We have given him (Dr Wasim Rashid Sheikh) clean chit in Delhi High Court blast, as nothing adverse was found against him", said the sources.
The NIA team has returned to Kishtwar after getting some fresh leads from interrogation of accused Dr Wasim Akram Malik.
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| | | | Cabinet approves amendments in PSA Act | | Home, Law deptt to prepare final draft jointly | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: The cabinet led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today approved four major amendments in the Public Safety Act which have been proposed to be incorporated in the Amendment Bill with a view to make the existing Law less harsher. The recommendations pertaining to these amendments have been sought to be first reviewed by the Home Department followed by discussion with the Law Department at high level before preparing a final draft of the amendments.
In the cabinet meeting held today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, even though the amendments have been approved , but sources said it was desired by the government to be reviewed afresh by the Home Dep... | |
| | | | SHRC asks Govt to reopen Kupwara mass rape investigation | | 'Prosecute Dir Prosecution (then DGP); Pay Rs 2 Lakh to each victim' | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: In a significant development, Jammu & Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked the state government to conduct fresh investigation into the infamous Kunan Poshpora mass rape of 1991. The Commission also directed the government to prosecute then Director of Prosecution for not holding the accused accountable by law and closing the investigation with the claim that the victims were "not traceable".
While disposing a petition, the SHRC bench comprising Chairman Mr Justice (retd) Syed Bashiruddin and Member Javed Ahmad Kawoosa, today directed the state government to constitute a Special Investigating Team (SIT), headed by an officer of the rank... | |
| | | | Court rejects objections filed by newspaper | | Suit filed by HM | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Principal District Judge Jammu has rejected the objections filed by the Editor a local Daily Newspaper in a defamation case in which Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma has filed a suit to its Editor for recovery of Rs 10 cr as damages against the newspaper. The case has been filed by the Health Minister against the Editor for publishing a news story in the newspaper , the contents of which have been strongly contested by the former as malicious, false and defamatory.
In the order issued in the matter on October 18, the Court has observed that after scanning the application filed by the defendant(Editor), as also the notice that was served to the newspaper... | |
| | | | The Rs 1,000 fake currency note that waits to become "real" | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Oct 19: This is the sordid tale of a Rs 1,000 fake currency note that was today the topic of discussion in the dusty Nagbani village, about 1 km off the lower Akhnoor road, near here.
Apart from generating discussion among a handful of men and a woman, the note was also the cause of heated exchanges between them.
It all started Monday evening. A bearded man brought home at Nagbani two fake currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination. As per his claim, the notes were given to him by an unidentified vegetable dealer at Narwal vegetable market where he works.
He discussed the matter with a fat man who works in a teastall at Nagbani. If the discussion between th... | |
| | | | Widespread discontent, disappointment in Omar's raj | | Mehbooba In Fight-To-Finish Mode - I | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 19: PDP president and Leader of Opposition in the Asembly Mehbooba Mufti is in a fight-to-finish Mode. Her immediate targets are the already beleaguered Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the NC whose popularity graph is falling with each passing day. She has unleashed a no-holds-barred campaign to expose the Chief Minister, his government and the NC's double-speak. Her one-point agenda is to lower the position of the Chief Minister and his father Farooq Abdullah in the eyes of the people of Kashmir, who are already, it appears, quite unhappy with the system of government handed down to them by Omar Abdullah and expand her party's support-base in Kashmir Valley and the Musl... | |
| | | | Omar Abdullah should have been in jail if J&K had political accountability: Mehooba Mufti | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 19: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has said State Chief Minister Omar Abdullah should have been in jail if there was any political accountability in the State.
"There is a tragedy with Jammu and Kashmir that there is no accountability at political level in this state which leads to reversal of democratic processes and erosion of democratic institutions despite people of this state having reposed faith in the same time and again. Chief Minister Abdullah would have been in jail like former Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyruppa if there would have been rule of law in Jammu and Kashmir", Mehbooba Mufti told a press conference here.
Mehbooba Mufti also said in... | |
| | | | Would NC lick its autonomy wounds if Geelani is offered unconditional dialogue? | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 19: With media reports suggesting that the centre is mulling the idea of inviting Kashmiri separatist leaders to an unconditional dialogue, another storm is brewing for the NC-Congress coalition government in the State.
If the media reports turn out to be true, the credibility of the ruling NC would take a serious beating yet again. The NC's autonomy resolution was simply trashed by the centre even though the NC had the same passed by the State Legislature. Now there is talk of an offer of unconditional dialogue to the separatists. What legal right would a party hold to remain in power when its legally passed document was trashed and those challenging the ... | |
| | | | Congress likely to suffer more humiliating defeats | | Anti-Congress Wave -- II | | | Neha
JAMMU, Oct 19: The situation as it prevails today across the country clearly indicates that the national mood is against the Congress or that anti-Congress wave is sweeping across the country. The Congress is in a shambles in the major Indian states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Its position in Orissa, Uttranchal, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala, Chhattishgarh is highly precarious.
In West Bengal, the Congress is at the mercy of Chief Minister Mamta Bannerjee, who cannot be depended upon considering her mercurial nature. She can leave her ally in lurch anytime. The North-East presents a mixed scenario with the Con... | |
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