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HC stays CAT order on Arun Kumar

11/27/2009 10:56:25 AM

SANT KUMAR SHARMA Jammu, November 26: A Division Bench of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court has stayed a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order passed in favour of Dr Arun Kumar, former chief executive officer (CEO) of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). A Chandigarh Bench of the CAT had quashed the formation of inquiry committee and attachment of Dr Kumar to General Administration Department (GAD). The CAT order, passed on May 20 this year, had also directed the state government to give a suitable posting to Dr Kumar. The government had been given four months’ time to implement the CAT order (by September 20). However, it did not do so as it has done in some more cases. Ac...

Who replaced name of Mufti Mohd Sayeed from Balidan sthambh?

11/27/2009 10:55:53 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, November 26: Historians always say that it is very important to preserve history in any form as it helps in research work and rewriting old chapters of history. But it appears that Indian army which has a glorious past of its own has no regards for history. On January 6, 2005 when former Army Chief General NC Vij had laid foundation stone of the Balidan sthambh near Bahu Fort to start the construction work of war memorial the then Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed and Governor SK Sinha were also present on the occasion and a marble plate was unveiled by the VVIP present there. The then deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma was also one of the ma...

'Pak to use other countries terrorists against India’: Ex IB chief

11/27/2009 10:55:31 AM

NEW DELHI, NOV 26: Pakistan is most likely to make increasing use of terrorists from a third country rather than those from within its own territory or the targeted country that is India to strike at Indian targets because of the complicated political situation developing within its own territory. ''They won't send any more a man from Rawalpindi,'' said former Director of Intelligence Bureau and Kirti Chakra awardee Ajit Doval at a seminar on 'Lessons from 26/11 Mumbai attacks' organised by Forum for Integrated National Security (FINS) here last evening. Pakistan may use foreign nationals like David Coleman Headley for hitting targets in India, he said. Making a risk analysis fo...

Centre funds 17 projects to attract tourists to J&K

11/27/2009 10:55:05 AM

NEW DELHI, NOV 26: To attract more tourists to India, the government would develop 106 new projects in the country at an estimated cost of Rs 398.33 crore, Union Minister of State for Tourism Kumari Selja said on Thursday. Informing the Rajya Sabha, the Minister said that although the identification and development of tourists spots are undertaken by the state governments, the Union Tourism Ministry does provide financial assistance for tourism projects - depending on the availability of funds. "During the current financial year, 106 tourism projects have been cleared in the country and Rs 398.33 crores have been sanctioned for them," she said. The development of these tourist sp...

Two Hizb militants killed in Doda encounter

11/27/2009 10:54:44 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, NOV 26 : Two militants of Hizb-ul-Mujaheedin (HM) were gunned down by the security forces in a fierce gun battle in mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir today, a Defence Ministry spokesman said. ''Acting on specific tip off about the presence of militants, troops of 10 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and police moved early this morning and launched a combing and search operation in Karandhi Dhar forest area near Dessa,'' Defence Ministry spokesman Lt Col Biplab Nath said. The militants on seeing a patrol party opened fire which was retaliated leading to the encounter. The two militants killed in the encounter, were identified as Mohammad Rafi Parray of Low...

No Additional Forces on China Border

11/27/2009 10:54:12 AM

SHILONG, NOV 26: The Army today dismissed reports of a build-up by Indian forces on the Sino-Indian border, but said infrastructure on the boundary in Arunachal Pradesh was being developed in a “big way”. “There has been no change in the force level along the border. No additional forces have been deployed along the Chinese border anywhere in the North East,” Shillong-based 101 Area GOC Major General K.S. Sethi said. The GOC, replying to a question on reports that India has deployed additional forces along the Chinese border, said: “There has been no increase in the logistic support to the forces deployed in the region.” The 101 Area is responsible for providing ...

India ranks fifth in prison population

11/27/2009 10:53:45 AM

NEW DELHI, NOV 26: India, the second most populous nation, occupies the fifth place in the world in terms of prisoners' population, even as global superpower the United States of America holds the number 1 spot. A survey conducted by King's College, London in 218 countries and territories found that in India a total of 3.73 lakh prisoners are lodged in nearly 1,336 prisons. United States is followed by China, Russia and Brazil vis-à-vis numbers of prisoners, a study conducted by the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London said. The study clains that maximum number of prisoners across globe are lodged in jails of United States, which has 2.31 million of the...

Police rescues 350 passengers trapped in snowfall

11/27/2009 10:53:10 AM

Early Times Report GANDERBAL, NOV 26: At least 350 passengers stranded at the Zojilla pass in Jammu and Kashmir's Gandherbal district due to heavy snowfall have been rescued, police said Thursday. 'More than 150 constables and officers were deputed to save the lives of 350 stranded passengers who were stuck inside vehicles between Captain Morh and Gumri on the Zojilla Pass,' Ganderbal district Superintendent of Police Imtiyaz Hussain said. 'In extreme weather conditions accompanied by stormy winds and heavy snowfall the rescue operation saved the lives of 350 passengers who had undertaken the journey from Kargil to cross the mountainous Zojilla Pass yesterday (Wednesday),' he said. ...

Jammu to have an artificial lake soon: Jora

11/27/2009 10:52:17 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, NOVEMBER 26 – Jammu will soon have an artificial lake on the banks of River Tawi from Jogi Gate to Sidhre. Stating this while interacting with the members of All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association (AJHLA), Jammu here this afternoon, the Minister for Tourism and Culture, Mr. Nawang Rigzin Jora said that this artificial lake is being jointly developed by Irrigation and Tourism Departments. He said that while development of the water body has been entrusted to Irrigation Department the beautification in and around the lake will be taken up by the Tourism Department. This tourist attraction would attract more people especially, Mata Vaishno Devi Yatries to ext...

Section 144 imposed on Sonamarg-Gumri road

11/27/2009 10:51:48 AM

Early Times Report Srinagar, November 26- During the intervening night of November 25 and 26, 2009 in order to evacuate the stranded passengers and vehicles at Drass the District Administration Kargil allowed 174 vehicles including 94 HMVs, 74 LMVs and 6 buses alongwith stranded passengers from Drass to Sonamarg. Two dead bodies of labourers from Udhampur who had died at Choglamsar some three days back were evacuated. One truck developed some technical fault late and got stranded at India Gate on Zojilla and around 30 vehicles behind it were not in a position to overtake it, as the road was very narrow and slippery. On the instructions of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir,...

Chopra family murder case

LPA seeking setting aside judgment of Single Judge, probe by CBI, filed

11/27/2009 10:51:04 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 26- In the much publicized murder case of RB Chopra and his family members the son of the deceased, Puneet Chopra in an LPA has sought setting aside the judgment of Single Judge passed on October 30,2009, permitting state police to investigate the matter, besides the CBI investigation in the case. In the LPA it has been alleged that since the gruesome episode was executed on account of business rivalry, as such, true to the apprehension of the appellant, the SHO P/S Bahu Fort Rafiq Manhas was shifted and in his place one Purshtom Mengi was posted and later on the appellant came to know that Rafiq Manhas was suspended for the reasons best known to the autho...