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| Sagar has close shave in militant strike at Zaldagar | | PSO killed; 3 escort cops, civilian injured in firing at Minister's old home | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: Senior National Conference (NC) leader and Minister for Rural Development, Law & Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar, had a narrow escape when militants attacked his cavalcade at his old residence of Zaldagar in Srinagar downtown. One of the Minister's Personal Security Officers (PSOs) got killed and three more escort personnel and a civilian sustained injuries in the guerrilla attack that happened in this capital city after a long spell of peace.
Informed sources told Early Times that Ali Mohammad Sagar reached Zaldagar, in densely populated Nawab Bazar area of Srinagar downtown at arounf 7.00 p.m this evening to attend the engagement ceremony of his niece. Even as Sagar traveled alongwith his PSOs and escort and many of his relatives were waiting for his arrival, he had informed neither District Police nor Security Wing of J&K Police about his scheduled programme in the evening.
While the Minister was busy inside his brother's house and was about to leave back for his secured official residence at Church Lane, Sonwar, some unidentified m... | |
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| Attack happened in Sgr for which Abdullahs advocate AFSPA revocation | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: There can be nothing more than this to serve as an eye opener for 'politically over ambitious' yet immature Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who simply refuses to budge from his stand on revocation of AFSPA. While CM stands firm and his father Dr Farooq Abdullah supporting him blindly over the issue, one of the seniormost leader in the second line of organisation Ali Mohammad Sagar had a miraculous escape while armed militants brazenly dared attack his cavalcade. The militants swooped into action in an area which is being strongly advocated by the Adbullahs to be the first district from where AFSPA should be removed. Zaldgaar falls in the heart of Srinagar ... | |
| | | | NC MLA takes electricity to graveyard | | Zindiyan nu daanga, murdiyan nu baanga | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: Amitabh Bachan's 1981 Laawaris was a super hit. When the harsh reality of being a bustard dawns on him, he goes to bar to have a drink. He sees a man crying for his dead father. An angry Amitabh says: "Saalay zindoon ki parwah nahi kartay hain aur murdoon par aansoon bahatay hain" (They don't care for the living and weep for the dead). This is exactly what the MLA from Batmaloo has done.
A few meters from his ancestral residence is a graveyard. Some famous people are buried there. The prominent among them is the famous physician, Dr Ali Jan, former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad's father-in-law and a highly respected local, Dr Muhammad Ramzan. Duri... | |
| | | | Due to their knowledge of border topography, Kashmiris in Pak militant camps act as guides | | | | BHARAT BHUSHAN
JAMMU, Dec 11: Mainly because of their deep knowledge of the topography on this side of the Line of Control (LoC), many of the Kashmiri youth, who are camping in militant training camps across the border, have been chosen to act as guides for the Pak ultras as and when they are pushed into the Indian territory to keep the pot boiling in Kashmir.
Kashmiris are well-versed with the safer infiltration routes and can be of great help to the infiltrating militants to avoid army contact. They can take the infiltrators from the areas where there is less, or almost no presence of troops.
The decision to engage Kashmiris as guides was taken by militant commanders in Pakistan after ... | |
| | | | Dy SP HQ Reasi booked for allegedly molesting lady SP | | 'Absentee' officer posted as district SP | | | SP Reasi among 3 officers attached
SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU, Dec 11: Three police officers including district SP Reasi have been attached following DySP Headquarters Reasi allegedly molested lady SP in full public view here at Reasi on Saturday.
The shocking incident took place the other day when patron National Conference Dr Farooq Abdullah and other senior leaders of the party had gathered to address a rally.
Annoyed by the disgraceful incident, NC led collation government issued orders for immediate removal and attachment of 3 senior police officers from district Reasi.
They have been accordingly attached with the office of IGP Jammu. Those who have been removed and attached are S... | |
| | | | Firm on 'BJP tag', Gupta says no question of changing affiliations | | 'Party ruined by high command decisions' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: In politics nothing remains permanent , not even affiliations and association when it comes to grabbing the 'golden' offers. But there are certain stalwarts who have proved this theory wrong and even in present times when only power politics sways the politicians, such leaders stay firm. Veteran politician Prof Chaman Lal Gupta can be counted as one in that category who, dismissing and defying the party high command's decision of 'expulsion' has chosen to remain part and parcel of BJP-a party he has groomed and nourished for decades. The conviction is so deep rooted that any rumour and speculations about possibility of his joining any other party or floa... | |
| | | | BJP leadership justify the disqualified MLAs statement | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: There is a total vertical divided in state BJP over the recent statement of the five disqualified MLAs who had leveled serious allegations against the party leadership including leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitely.
The party leaders and activists in the state unit are also annoyed with the style of functioning of the state leadership, justifying the statement of five disqualified MLAs including Jagdish Raj Sapolia, MLA Basholi, Master Lal Chand MLA Bani, Durga Dass, MLA Hira Nagar, Bharat Bhushan MLA, Raipur Damana and Prof Garu Ram, MLA R S Pura MLAs the BJP activists have said that the state leaders are responsible for not keeping the ho... | |
| | | | Eminent writer questions transfer of registration powers to executive | | `Reduce LA term from 6 to 5 years' | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Jammu, Dec 11: Prominent Urdu writer and Senior Supreme Court Lawyer Sham Sundar Anand Lehar has slammed Omar Abdullah Government for transferring registration to the executive. Sham believes the move shall bring the process under direct control of the Revenue Ministry and thus promote corruption.
The eminent writer said it was an attempt to embolden land encroachers who have encroached thousands of acres of forest land, state land and agriculture land. Lehar said that land mafia in collaboration with politicians, police officers and bureaucrats encroached land worth corers of rupees at several prime locations in Jammu city as well as in Srinagar and at several places a... | |
| | | | Return of displaced Hindus to Kashmir the only problem | | Seditionists Pampered -- II | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Dec 11: What exactly ails Kashmir? Who deserves New Delhi's attention? Who needs to be conciliated and won over? Who are the actual sufferers? Whose human rights have been violated in Kashmir? The worst form of communalism and fanaticism ails Kashmir. An intolerant and regressive ideology has been reigning supreme in the Valley since 1947. Ever since then, Kashmir has been witnessing a hate-campaign against the "non-Muslims" ever since then, Kashmir has been witnessing the process of religious cleansing; ever since then, the Valley has been witnessing persecution of minorities. In fact, certain elements in Kashmir have already accomplished what they wanted to accomplish - to... | |
| | | | Omar raking up AFSPA to 'relieve pressure' on him, writes Gen Shankar | | Candid Reflection | | | NEHA
JAMMU, Dec 11: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has miserably failed as an administrator and proved by his actions that he is not a mature politician, is being roundly criticised by the friends and well-wishers of India. There is hardly any objective commentator and dispassionate Kashmir-watcher who has not taken on Omar Abdullah and rejected out-of-hand his controversial demand seeking revocation of AFSPA.
However, it is the former Chief of the Army Staff, General Shankar Roychowdhury, who has really put things in perspective and accused Omar Abdullah of "seeking a diversionary measure to relieve the pressures on him, in this case by raising the issue of AFSPA". In fact, he has wri... | |
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