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| Flesh trade racket thriving in posh locality, Burmese minors on sale | | Kingpin identified, likely to be arrested | | | SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU, Nov 24: Right under the nose of serving and retired DIGs and IGs, fate stricken Burmese have allegedly become part of the flesh trade business in the city of temples.
Police sources said that they are receiving complaints of the involvement of Burmese nationals in the flesh trade. The 782 families from Burma are living on a piece of Land in Kiryani Talab area of Bhathindi near Narwal in the outskirts of Jammu city. Local populace has been kind enough to have come to the rescue of these families who have come from Burma.
However, with few of them turning to alleged flesh trade, police has been receiving complaints against them. Sources said that thriving of flesh trade... | |
| | | | NC brass "helpless" to take disciplinary action against Chaacha Kamaal….? | | | | early times report
Jammu, Nov 24: Chaacha Mustafa Kamaal's fresh remarks against the proposal of grand alliance with Congress in 2014 Assembly polls, has sparked off yet another political controversy with his nephew chief minister Omar Abdullah seems to be helpless lot having no idea which place to "hide".
Besides this issue, former Minister and sitting Legislator of National Conference, Dr Mustafa Kamaal has further went ahead in support of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and has warned Congress headed central government of severe repercussions over any decision taken by centre to hang Guru.
This is not for the first time that Chaacha Kamaal has made his nephew Omar Abdullah and... | |
| | | | Research, patient-care on decline at SKIMS | | Spotted with corruption, favouritism, nepotism | | | early times report
Srinagar, Nov 24: While Kashmir's lone super-speciality hospital Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura is losing its status in research, training and patient-care, the hospital is achieving new records in corruption, favouritism and nepotism.
Sources told Early Times that incumbent Director Dr Showkat Zarger is always busy with purchase of high-cost equipments and other items where scope for kickbacks is higher.
"SKIMS has lost its glory, prestige, name, fame and reputation because of single individual who is heading it for the last 18 months. Dr. Zargar's priority is always purchase of high cost equipments and other items that involve huge finances witho... | |
| | | | Shaken, stirred NC cozying up with Cong | | | | early times report
Jammu, Nov 24: Chief minister Omar Abdullah's statement of possible NC-Cong alliance for the next Assembly elections is seen as nervous signs in the party. Political observers feel it's a sign of weakening of NC in the state especially in the valley.
"It's first acknowledgment from the NC of the ground reality. The party is slipping politically in the valley and it's for this reason Chief minister is trying to cozying up with the Congress," said a senior Congress leader.
NC and Cong had not contested Assembly elections in coalition in the past. It had only contested Parliamentary elections.
The NC had always anti-Centre stand which is primarily seen as anti-Cong... | |
| | | | Pre-poll alliance another addition to coalition confusion | | | | early times report
Jammu, Nov 24: Once again complete confusion rules the NC-Congress functioning in the State. CM says NC and Congress will fight 2014 elections jointly, senior Congress leader and Health Minister, Sham Lal Sharma says matter to be decided by Congress high command while Dr. Mustafa Kamaal says Omar Abdullah must consult the party before firming up on such a commitment.
As if the confusion was already not completely confounded, another senior Congress leader Chowdhary Taj Mohi-ud-din says the 2014 election alliance between the Congress and the NC has already been approved by the Congress high command.
Strange are the ways of the coalition's functioning in the State, but ... | |
| | | | Father-son duo on same page? | | Farooq musters courage, demands action against the perpetrators of Parliament attack | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Nov 24: On the day Pakistani terrorist and Lashkar-e-Toiba operative Ajmal Kasab convicted in the 26/11/2008 Mumbai barbarous terror attack was hanged at the Yerawada Prison in Pune, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah commended the authorities in New Delhi. In fact, he tweeted that day to make public his stand on the hanging of Kasab. He appreciated the manner in which Operation X was conducted. He also hailed the authorities for keeping under wraps the hanging of Kasab. Besides, he not only ridiculed the Indian media, but also criticized the American media for terming Kasab as a "gunman", instead of terrorist. Indeed, his tweet was noteworthy and commendable. He took a line which ... | |
| | | | Will growing internal disturbances set stage for military rule in Pakistan ? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: Once again Pakistan is faced with an alarming internal security mess which may, if not handled properly, set the stage for the reimposition of military rule. And in view of the growing threat to the country's security as a result of sectarian clashes and stepup in the incidents of subversive violence triggered by terrorists of various hues the "troika", a name given to the President of Pakistan,Prime Minister, and the Army Chief, had a detailed interaction in Islamabad to work out a strategy that could defuse the crisis.
Reports reaching here from across the LOC indicated that both the political and military leadership in Pakistan are worried over the... | |
| | | | Manifestation Of Anger Against Congress | | Kamaal snubs Omar, says talks about pre-poll alliance premature | | | Neha
JAMMU, Nov 24: The uncouth, blunt and provocative NC additional general secretary, Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal, has done it again. This time he has taken on his nephew, working president of the party and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and snubbed him using very strong language for his Thursday Bandipora statement that the NC and Congress will forge pre-poll alliance and contest the 2014 assembly elections jointly. Addressing party workers at Bandipora, Omar Abdullah said that had the NC and the Congress contested the 2008 Assembly elections in 2008, they would have inflicted a crushing defeat on the PDP and the political scenario of the state today would have been altogether different. His st... | |
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