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| Land grabbers 'partying' in Samba district, Deputy Commissioner 'unmoved' | | Locals approach CM's grievance cell, seek inquiry | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 23: Deputy Commissioner Samba Mubarak Singh is in a spot of bother as locals have lodged a written complaint with Chief Minister's grievance cell, accusing him of allegedly 'shielding and supporting notorious land grabbers' active across the district.
In a written complaint, copy of which is with Early Times newspaper, locals of villages namely Jatwal, Narah, Patyadi, Katlan, Rediyal Sagal, Sungwali, Mundera and Balooni have alleged that despite knocking at the doors of Deputy Commissioner Samba Mubarak Singh repeatedly, no action has been taken against the incidents of broad daylight land grabbing taking place across the district.
They have alleged that not only private land, land grabbers have raised constructions even over land belonging to Roads and Bu... | |
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| NIA unveils New Delhi High Court blast plot; Communal clashes of 2008 led to terror act | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
srinagar, Oct 23: Unveiling plot behind September 7, 2011 New Delhi High Court blast and reasons thereafter, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said that communal clashes of 2008 which took place in Kishtwar had provoked the accused.
Sources said that communal clashes of 2008 in Kishtwar District which took place after the killing of separatist leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz during Muzafarabad Chalo march on August 11, 2008 had serious impact on the minds of youngsters involved in this blast. NIA maintains that the accused carried out the blast outside Delhi High Court to avenge killing of two persons including 11 year old Shabir Ahmed working as a domestic help during Kish... | |
| | | | Unborn baby among 8 killed, 28 hurt as falls into gorge near Nandini | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 23: As non-Kashmiri workers flee the valley following hardline Ali Shah Geelani's threat to launch an agitation against them, a bus carrying labourers today fell into a gorge near Nandini, about 22 km from here, resulting in the tragic death of eight of them, including an unborn baby and five children, and injuries to 28 others, mostly women and children.
The ill-fated bus (JK03/2517) left Srinagar Saturday at about 11 pm. It skidded off the national highway and fell into a gorge close to Gen Atma Singh memorial near Nandini at about 7.45 am. When the tragedy struck, most of the labourers were sleeping.
Geelani had early this month threatened to launch an a... | |
| | | | Bhan hints at change of CM in Jan 2012 | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 23: Senior Congress leader Ashok Bhan today hinted at change of Chief Minister InJanuary 2012. He was addressing a gathering of Kashmiris at New Delhi today.
"The cadres have legitimate expectations that their demand of Congress party taking the lead role in the government with change of CM in January 2012 would be accepted by Sonia Gandhi", he hoped.
Bhan claimed that the change will accelerate the developmental works launched by Congress CM, ensure equitable regional balance, the employment, return of displaced Kashmiri Pundits with dignity to their homeland and efficient governance.
Taking a dig at Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah; senior Congress leade... | |
| | | | Defence, Home ministries pulling in different directions | | Revocation Of AFSPA | | | Rustam
Jammu, Oct 23: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday announced that he would withdraw the Armed Forces Special powers Act (AFSPA) from certain areas where things had considerably improved. As mentioned yesterday, it was a desperate move of the frustrated NC to woo Kashmir constituency - move which will boomerang. The response which the Chief Minister's controversial announcement evoked from Jammu and Kashmir was on expected lines. In Kashmir, the "mainstream" and separatist outfits dismissed the chief Minister's move saying what they needed was withdrawal of the AFSPA from the entire state and not from certain areas. In Jammu, all the non-NC, non-Congress and non-PDP formations den... | |
| | | | Army opposes AFSPA removal from J&K | | | |
Early Times Report
new delhi, Oct 23: The Indian Army is against removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Kashmir, saying that there is no let-up in infiltration bids.
According to sources, Army has taken up AFSPA issue with Cabinet Secretary, claiming that there is no let up in infiltration from across the border. Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain said, "Deliberations on this subject are still going on. We will decide in our meeting. The issue has not come for discussion even once." Just a few days earlier, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and Disturbed Areas Act will be removed from some areas in Jammu and Kashmir within the next few da... | |
| | | | Madan bemoans discrimination with Jammu, advocates state's unity | | Gulab Singh's Birth Anniversary | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 23: One of the speakers who addressed the selected gathering at Royal Retreat Banquet Hall, Jammu, day before yesterday on the occasion of Maharaja Gulab Singh's 219th birth anniversary was Congress MP Madan Lal Sharma. He used the opportunity to draw the people's attention to the discriminatory policies being pursued by the state government towards the people of Jammu province. His observations were candid, though he did not explain the nature of discrimination with Jammu. However, his message was loud and clear and his message was that the people of Jammu must rise above party politics and other considerations and work for the betterment of this province. He... | |
| | | | BJP president proposes, Working Committee disposes | | Omar Under Attack | | | Neha
Jammu, Oct 23: That the leadership of the state unit of the BJP consists of confused and directionless persons and that one leader says one thing and another altogether a different thing on the same issue was known to everyone in the state. That the state BJP has no definite opinion on any of the issues facing the state was, and is, also too well-known.
That the state BJP leaders were a divided house and that they were making contradictory statements on the same issue became more than evident when the state BJP president Shamsher Singh held a press conference in Jammu only to dissociate himself and his party from the statements made by the party chief spokesperson that Chief Minister... | |
| | | | Is JI scared of pulling out of Huriyat (G)? | | | | Jammu: Jama't-e-Islami (JI), it seems has decided not to severe relations with Hurriyat (G). Good for it. In the fast changing Kashmir, can it afford to lose Geelani's `patronage'? Geelani holds JI in high esteem. He has been saying that JI patronage made him what he is today. But in contemporary Kashmir, JI will be a loser if it pulls out from Geelani's Hurriyat.
The wedge between Geelani and JI widened in February this year with the party deciding to pull out from Geelani's Hurriyat by April. However, assassination of
Jamiat-e-Ahlihadees Chief, Moulana Showkat deferred the move. The decision has not been taken till date for unknown reasons.
The JI took strong exception to Geelani... | |
| | | | Centre begins search for new Kashmir police chief | | | | srinagar: Worried about the heads of Institutions getting involved in legal tangles, New Delhi has quietly started a look out for a new Director General of Police for Jammu and Kashmir, a local newspaper reported.
Sources in New Delhi told the newspaper that the Union Home Ministry has started a short listing process for the new head of police for the state, almost six months before the current DGP Kuldeep Khuda completes his tenure.
Sources also indicated that a UP or a Bihar Cadre IPS Officer is the front runner for the post. This time New Delhi seems to be keen to depute a muslim officer as a top cop for the state. "It would make a lot of administrative and political sense to send a m... | |
| | | | Pak violates ceasefire | | | |
Jammu: Violating the ceasefire again, Pakistani troops resorted to firing on Indian forward posts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district after army detected an infiltration bid by militants.
"There was firing by machine guns from Pakistan side along LoC on Indian Posts -- Kranti-1 and Kranti-2 in Krishna Gati sub-sector of Poonch -- at around 2230 hours last night after Army detected movement of some suspected elements close to the border," a senior Army officer said here today.
The army retaliated and the exchange of fire continued for about one-and-a-half hours, he said.
It seems there was an infiltration attempt by militants, he said.
"The Pakistani troops... | |
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