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| Pilgrim influx surpass previous records | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 20
With Katra town and uphill track to the sanctum reverberating with festivities on the occasion of Navmi, all previous record of pilgrim influx were surpassed as more than three lakh devotees drawn from different parts of the country offered obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi during the Navratras.
The State Governor S K Sinha, who is also chairman of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board today offered Puranahuti at the Shat Chandi Maha Yajna, commemorating with Mahanavmi, at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhavan and prayed for universal peace and brotherhood. Earlier, the Governor and Lady Governor Mrs Premini Sinha offered Puja in the s... | |
| | | | Threat to blowup railway station, security upped | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 20
Security has been upped at the Jammu railway station following a threatening letter purportedly written by the hardcore terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba cadres to blow up stations in Jammu and Punjab.
The letter was mailed to the office of the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of Uttar Pradesh, and it threatened to blow railway stations in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
A police official said the antecedents of the letter are being verified, and no chances are being taken.
Meanwhile, the railway authorities and the security officials are having brainstorming sessions on evolving a foolproof mechanism for security of the railway track coming up betwe... | |
| | | | Soldier arrested, as Kupwara erupts on teacher's 'killing' | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 20
The army has arrested a soldier for allegedly killing a teacher in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir as massive protest demonstrations sparked by the incident continued in the area for the second day on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the hardliner Hurriyat faction leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been put under house arrest preventing him to visit Kupwara which has been rocked by violent protests.
The teacher, Abdul Rashid Mir, was killed accidentally by a bullet shot from Mohammad Tariq's service rifle after he was stopped by security personnel at a check point to ascertain his identity, army sources said.
Tariq was put in military custody following h... | |
| | | | Govt thinking ban docs' private practice | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 20
Though the state run hospitals continue to seriously lag in infrastructure and manpower but still the government is actively considering a ban on private practice of the government doctors serving with the Medical Colleges and their associated hospitals.
A move which is likely to backfire, the government seems serious on. Sources said that to make the ban effective, the government might come up with legislation as at present the pros and cons of the ban were being discussed at various levels. "In view of the fact that a similar move made twice earlier had failed, authorities are treading cautiously", said the sources.
It may be mentioned here that t... | |
| | | | Sis-in-law takes IAS officer to court for a cuff at wrong place | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Oct 20
A senior civil servant presently serving at the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has landed in a soup as his influential sister-in-law has dragged him into a litigation on charges of sexual molestation.
Additional Chief Executive Officer of SMVD Shrine Board, Puneet Kumar has been summoned by Delhi's metropolitan magistrate Sanjay Bansal to explain his position in the cases dating back to 2003. Kumar, who has been earning accolades for his work at the present posting, however has denied through his advocate the charges leveled by the sister-in-law.
Poornima (name withheld) married to brother of Kumar's wife belongs to an influential family of Delhi an... | |
| | | | Common ISI links in Kashmir, Punjab and Pak militancy | | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Oct 20
Some negative developments taking place recently, within the country and in our neighbourhood have the reason to cause serious concern, on account of their apprehended fallout in Jammu and Kashmir. The blast that took place in a cinema hall in Ludhiana city of neighbouring Punjab, which as per the assessment of National Security Advisor R K Narayanan indicates the possibility of revival of a nexus between pro Khalistan and Kashmir secessionist terrorists, with their common link of having been master minded by the ISI, call for special alert in Jammu and Kashmir, where the two sets of ultras had close links in the last two decades. In the wa... | |
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