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| Rohingya women being sold for Rs 2 lakh in J&K, agents make fortune | | Kingpins earn Rs 1 lakh | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 29: Although J&K Police busted two back-to-back rackets involved in “selling” Rohingya women in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, trafficking of women from Myanmar and Bangladesh is going unabated despite crackdowns by police.
Sources said that the business of selling helpless Rohingya women is thriving because huge money involved in thse rackets.
Sources said that after being trafficked to Kashmir Valley from Bangladesh these women are often married rather than sold off to older men or those who are divorced or widowed.
There is a lot of money involved in these trafficking rackets. The network is big.
On average a woman is usually sold at Rs 2 lakh and the whole money is pocketed by the agents and kingpin.
“The kingpin usually earned Rs 1 to 1.5 lakh per woman so it is a very lucrative business for such agents”, sources said, adding, “Most of the women sold in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir are brought from Cox Bazaar in southeastern Bangladesh”.
On Monday two gangs involved in trafficking Rohingya women were busted simultaneously ... | |
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| Mehbooba punctures I.N.D.I.A alliance in Kashmir | | Says PDP ready to contest elections separately | |  Early Times Report
Shopian, Nov 29: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday made it explicitly clear that her party is ready to fight the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections separately.
Talking to reporters after addressing a party convention here in South Kashmir, Mehbooba said, “Every party has to fight its own war. Why should our party or any other party leave any seat?”
Replying to a query about National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah saying that NC would co... | |
| | | | Clear message to PDP: Omar to kickstart campaign for Anantnag LS seat from Nowshera | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 29: After launching direct attacks on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the former Chief Minister and vice president of the National Conference Omar Abdullah is going to start the campaign for the Anantnag Lok Sabha elections from the Nowshera assembly segment.
Omar Abdullah will address a public meeting at Nowshera on December 2 to mark the beginning of the campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
Nowshera is the only Hindu majority assembly segment in the... | |
| | | | J&K’s dark phase destroyed future of youth: LG Sinha | | Urges scouts & guides to work on 5 goals to contribute in journey of Viksit Bharat | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 29: A delegation of J&K Bharat Scouts and Guides presented the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha with the sticker flag during the celebration of its Foundation Day here at Raj Bhawan today. Every year 7th November is celebrated as Foundation Day of Bharat Scouts and Guides and various events are observed throughout the month.
Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor said, more than 63 lakh Scouts and Guides are inspiring example of unity in diversity of o... | |
| | | | Atal Dulloo is new J&K Chief Secretary | | | 
Agencies
New Delhi, Nov 29: The Central government on Wednesday appointed senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Atal Dulloo as the new Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from December 1 this year.
Dulloo, a 1988-batch Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre IAS officer, will take charge after superannuation of incumbent Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta at at the end of this month after completion of 60 years of age. Mehta, also a 1988-ba... | |
| | | | ACS Home holds Public Darbar at Gandhi Nagar | | | 
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 29: In order to facilitate the people and resolve their long pending administrative issues, the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home, RK Goyal today held a Public Darbar here at PWD Guest House Gandhi Nagar.
During the event, ACS said that the objective of the Public Darbar was to provide a single window platform for the people to redress their grievances and also to get feedback from them about the functioning of various departments.
Goyal instructed the... | |
| | | | DGP sanctions scholarship for wards of serving police personnel | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 29: To boost the morale and instil competitiveness among the wards of serving Police personnel, Director General of Police J&K Shri R. R. Swain has sanctioned meritorious scholarship of rupees 19.62 lakh in favour of 290 wards of serving police personnel.
Vide PHQ order, meritorious scholarship of rupees 3,15,000 has been sanctioned in favour of 31 wards of serving police personnel for securing 80% and above marks in the annual examination of graduation/post... | |
| | | | ITBP DG A D Singh given additional charge of CRPF | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Nov 29: ITBP Director General (DG) Anish Dayal Singh has been given the “additional charge” of CRPF after the retirement of incumbent S L Thaosen on November 30, an official order said Wednesday.
A Union home ministry order said Singh, an IPS officer of 1988-batch from Manipur cadre, will hold the CRPF DG charge “till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is earlier.” Thaosen, also from the 1988-batch of the IPS from Madhya Pradesh cadre, was appointed as the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) DG in October last year. Singh was appointed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) DG at the same time.
The CRPF is the country’s larges... | |
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