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| SSPs ask CM to dismiss 'stone pelter Govt employees' | | Under pressure from Police, Govt not to release detainees on Eid | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Nov 13: Field officers in Jammu & Kashmir Police have urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to initiate process for termination of the services of Government employees who have been detained for their alleged involvement in the Valley's separatist movement, particularly recent spell of street turbulence. Under pressure from Police, Government is understood to release none of the detainees around the festival of Eid-ul-Azha.
Highly placed government sources today revealed to Early Times that, around the forthcoming Eid, authorities were not going to release any of the people detained recently for their alleged involvement in stone pelting, mass mobilization for street demonstrations and clashes with Police/CRPF. Unspecified number of civilians---officials claim less than 400 and independent estimates put at around 1500---have been picked up and detained by Police in Valley in the last three months. Contrary to the tradition and common perception, "some more miscreants" are being arrested in the next three days, according to official sourc... | |
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| Militants resurface in J&K to foil ongoing peace process | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: Following gradual decline in the peoples' response to the calls for shutdowns and protest rallies being given by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who heads the hardliners in the camp of separatists, Pakistan trained militants, who have been lying low since June last, have resurfaced in various areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
This was indicated by the sudden increase in the number of encounters between the security forces and the militants in different parts of the state. Official reports reveal that between September and middle of November 2010 as many as 20 major encounters between the security forces and militants took place in Kupwara, Baramullah, Anantnag, Kulgam... | |
| | | | Govt to get tough with separatists | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Nov 13: In a bid to restore a semblance of order in the troubled Kashmir Valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to get tough with separatists, according to official sources.
Top separatist leaders like hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani and his rival Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and their hardcore supporters are said to be on the police 'wanted list'.
According to the sources, all the supporters of the separatist leaders as well as middle-rung leaders would be arrested to isolate them "and make them non-functional", a reliable source said here.
"This strategy has been adopted to create a situation which takes fear out of the minds of the people who have bee... | |
| | | | 3 days gone, BSNL nets services hit banking | | Customers unable to make transactions, face hardships | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: The indiscriminate digging of city roads for laying of sewage pipes over the last two years have brought lot of miseries for Jammuites including dust, bumpy rides, traffic jams and several other complicacies.
And the latest causalities of the haphazard digging are some of the banks in the city and thousands of their customers, who are unable to make any transaction for the last three days since the internet services in branches of Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Jammu Kashmir Bank, Canal Road are down due to cutting of optical wires of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) near Shakuntla Cinema complex.
Even some of the ATMs located in the... | |
| | | | Drunk trucker beats up RTO office staff, held | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: An inebriated truck driver today beat up RTO office staff, including an Inspector, at Kunjwani here today.Inspector Paramvir Singh and other RTO office staffers had set up a checking point at Gangyal. When they signalled a trucker to stop for checking, he sped away.Inspector Paramvir and others chased him in their vehicle and intercepted the truck (JK02AM/2043) at Kunjwani, police sources said. After heated exchanges between the two sides, driver Romesh Singh beat up the Inspector and his juniors.The driver, who was alleged to be drunk, was later arrested by Gangyal police on the complaint of the Inspector and booked under relevant sections of law. The ... | |
| | | | Alleged case of dowry: Woman files complaint against in-laws | | | | ET REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: In an alleged case of dowry, a woman Friday lodged a report with police against her husband and other members of his family.
Police sources said Neelam Kumari last evening lodged a report with Pucca Danga police station, alleging that she was being tortured daily by her husband Mukesh Kumar of Jullaka Mohalla, father-in-law Sudesh Trikha and other members of their family for bringing less dowry. Mukesh is a daily wager with PHE department while Sudesh is a retired government employee. Neelam had some time back moved to her parents' house at Adarsh
Colony in Udhampur due to her alleged torture by in-laws.In her complaint, she alleged that Mukesh and his family me... | |
| | | | Woman raped by brother-in-law | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: A woman was allegedly raped by her husband's elder brother at Laid Kharia in Udhampur today. Police sources said Sabina Bano was all alone at home when her husband's elder brother Mohammad Ashraf entered her room and allegedly outraged her modesty.
After Sabina lodged a report with police in this regard, cops raided Ashraf's residence and arrested him. He was booked in a rape case.
The woman was later got medically examined at the hospital, the sources added.... | |
| | | | Sher-e-Kashmir faces wrath of college eves | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 13: The leaders were all set to take the Plebiscite Front to the altar for their vested interests. A deal had been finalised. People, by and large were scared of indulging in political talk. It was at this crucial juncture of Kashmir history that the students of Government College for Women did the `impossible'. Daring cane charge and tear smoke shells, the defiant students made a strong political statement on November 14, 1973. Stage was all set for changing the name of the college on the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. The students resisted the move. Out they came on the posh MA Road and pelted stones on g... | |
| | | | Azad became CM to harm Jammu, promote communalism | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: Four, the JKNPP moved another "Private Member's Bill" seeking incorporation of the words "secularism and socialism" in the preamble of the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution. Its refrain was that "since the preamble of the Indian Constitution contained these two words, the same needed to be incorporated in the State Constitution so that the state polity was given a secular and socialist orientation". The bill failed to carry conviction. The ruling Congress, its coalition partners, including the Left parties, plus the opposition NC, rejected out-of-hand this bill, thus indicating their negative approach to the cardinal principles of secularism and socialism.
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| | | | Two held with charas | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: Two Kashmir-based narcotic smugglers were today arrested by police at Batote along with nearly 650 grams of charas.They were identified as Manzoor Ahmad, son of Inayatullah Khan of Batpora, Kupwara, and Gulam Mohammad, son of Abdul Rehman Wad of Ganipura, Kupwara.
Police sources said cops intercepted a Maruti car (JKD/2940) at Batote during routine checking of vehicles on the national highway.Checking of the car led police to the recovery of about 650 gm charas, the sources added, saying the contraband was concealed in the speaker of the car stereo.The charas and the car were then seized and the accused arrested. A case under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotro... | |
| | | | Woman among two killed in road mishaps | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents here since last night.Police sources said two trucks collided head-on at Chanderkote near Ramban, about 200 km from here on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, late last night as a result of which the driver of one of the vehicles sustained critical injuries.
Identified as Paramjit Singh, son of Gurmukh Singh of Simble Camp, he was admitted to Ramban hospital from where following deterioration in his condition, he was referred to the GMC hospital here this evening.
He succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, the sources added.Sources said the driver of another truck fled from the ... | |
| | | | Bakery shop gutted in fire | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: A bakery shop was gutted in a fire at Shaheedi Chowk here this morning.The estimated loss was put at thousands of rupees. The shop belonged to Sham Lal Gupta.
The fire broke out when the shopkeeper was preparing bakery items in the morning, police sources said.The fire was extinguished by a fire tender. Police had registered a case in this connection.... | |
| | | | Body recovered from well in Udhampur | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: The body of man was today recovered from a well at Madote in Round Domail area of Udhampur. Police sources said the body of Davinder Singh, son of Dharam Singh of Madote, was spotted in the village well by some people. After the matter came to their notice, cops rushed to the spot and fished out the body which was later removed to the hospital mortuary.
After post-mortem, it was handed over to his family members for last rites.Police had, however, registered a case in this connection. Davinder was missing from his residence for the past about a week, the sources added.... | |
| | | | Youth stabbed at RS Pura, serious | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Nov 13: A youth was stabbed by four persons with sharp-edged weapons at RS Pura near here today. Police sources said four persons attacked Rohit Bhatia, son of Ashok Kumar Bhatia, in ward No 10 of RS Pura in the afternoon, resulting serious injuries to him. The accused later fled the spot. Rohit was undergoing treatment at the GMC hospital and his condition was stated to be critical. Though police had registered a case in this connection, the accused were yet to be apprehended.... | |
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