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Beaten up ruthlessly by stone pelters, shopkeeper dies at SKIMS CM's Twitter silent but traders register protest, strike against stone pelters 12/15/2011 12:04:40 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz srinagar, Dec 14: In their first ever public assertion against stone pelters in downtown Srinagar, traders today called for two-day shutdown after one of their colleagues, who had been mercilessly beaten up on December 3rd, succumbed to injuries at SKIMS, Soura. Police have registered a murder case and arrested four of the accused persons in the current year's first civilian death allegedly caused by stone pelters. Authoritative sources told Early Times that 30-year-old shopkeeper Tariq Ahmad Bhat son of Abdul Salam Bhat resident of Ranga Hamam (Nowhatta), who ran a jute-mating shop between Nowhatta Chowk and Gojwara Chowk in the core of downtown Srinagar, succumbed to injuries at Surgical Intensive Care Unit of SKIMS today. According to eye-witnesses, Police and family members, Tariq had been beaten up into his head ruthlessly with a cricket bat by a group of stone pelters who were forcibly imposing shutdown in the area on December 3rd. The group of stone pelters was reportedly demonstrating against introduction of "chilly grenades", a non-lethal anti-riot tool, ...   READ MORE

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Govt yet to decide on appointment of Secretary to Cultural Academy 12/15/2011 12:03:59 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: The Government is yet to decide on appointment of successor to Zaffar Manhas as Secretary of J&K Art and Cultural Academy. Though various names are making rounds for the coveted post the final decision is to be taken by Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. According to sources out of names which are making the rounds include two lady officers of the Academy one is Deputy Secretary, Savita Bakshi and another is Shamima. Both of them are from within the organization while the Government has also constituted a Special Committee to make selection from a panel of the people outside the Academy. However some names which were recommended by the Committee included Azi...   READ MORE   "Scam-tainted" bureaucrat prepares to try his luck in politics 12/15/2011 12:03:45 AM Bharat Bhushan JAMMU, Dec 14: Senior bureaucrat Mehboob Iqbal (now retired), who has his name associated with three major scams in J&K -- JAKFED scam, Gulmarg land scam rural electrification scam -- now prepares to try his luck in politics. He almost made clear his intentions in this regard today when, in a public rally organised to welcome him on his first visit to Bhaderwah town after his retirement a few days back, he said he would "continue to serve the people of Bhaderwah." The rally is being seen by political observers as an occasion which he utilised to "show his strength and acceptibility in public". While he did not make it clear which political party he planned to join, it was...   READ MORE   J&K DAA does not sustain AFSPA, it is vice versa 12/15/2011 12:03:15 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: There is some big confusion in the corridors of the civil secretariat or at least, it shows to be so with regard to the Disturbed Areas Act (DAA) in the State. In 1997 the State government issued a notification bringing the entire State of Jammu and Kashmir under the DAA. In 1998, the DAA was allowed to lapse as no fresh notification was issued re-imposing the act in the State. That is the legal reality for which one does not have to get a clarification either from the State Law and Parliamentary affairs minister or the State law department. The confusion arose when the State Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said the AFSPA could be automatically rendered in...   READ MORE   Freaky intrusion by Chinese troops not a sign of attack on India: Govt 12/15/2011 12:03:00 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: Notwithstanding occasional intrusion by the Chinese troops in Ladakh and in some sectors in North East the Government of India does not view such "freaky" attempts as first signs of Beijing's plan to attack India. Even Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, told Lok Sabha today that his Government does not share the view that China is preparing to attack India. "We are two great neighbours and our relations with China are good," he has said. Manmohan Singh explained that there were some freak cases of intrusion from the Chinese side as they do not recognise our Macmohan Line otherwise there is peace and tranquility all along the border. Hence Manmohan Singh ha...   READ MORE   HM ignores EAM communication Issue of passports to persons in `Security Index' 12/15/2011 12:02:45 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: The Home Ministry, it seems has ignored the communication of the External Affairs Ministry seeking details of persons in the `security index'. In July this year, the EAF took an initiative regarding issue of passports to persons in the security Index. However, no headway has been made in the matter till date. The decision had brought relief to more than 80,000 persons who according to intelligence sleuths are in the security index. The security index is called the Red Book which becomes fatter with every passing day. For the information of one and all, the `Red Book' does not enlist people for their achievements. It has names of around 80,000 people who c...   READ MORE   Sarpanch's house raided on the direction of Revenue Minister Patwari attached for alleged corruption, tehsildhar directed for probe 12/15/2011 12:02:26 AM Sumit Sharma Jammu, Dec 14: A patwari has been attached to DC Jammu office and probe against him has been initiated against him by the order of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Jammu Sanjeev Verma following the complaint alleging that said Patwari was allegedly demanding money from the people visiting for their documentations regarding their immovable properties falling under his jurisdiction, sources in revenue department said. According to sources that complainants complained that the patwari demanded money to convert the nature of their land situated in Greater Kailash locality. The matter came to light when while scrutinizing the documents DC Jammu found that that a piece of land complaina...   READ MORE   Divide the state to forge a lasting peace in Jammu & Kashmir Restricting Area Of Strife 12/15/2011 12:01:15 AM Rustam JAMMU, Dec 14: Secessionist violence engulfed parts of Kashmir Valley in the late 1980s. The first casualty was the miniscule minority of Kashmiri Hindus, who quit Kashmir to escape the extremists' wrath. It happened in early 1990. Thereafter, the extremists and separatists tried to bloody and convulse the social and political scene of Jammu province. They were quite successful. They vitiated the atmosphere in the whole of the erstwhile Doda district, Poonch-Rajouri belt, Jammu city and areas around Jammu and parts of Udhampur, Reasi and Kathua districts. The people of Jammu witnessed the merchants of death and destruction playing havoc with them between 1990 and 1994 and to an exte...   READ MORE   More the attack on Anna, more unpopular Congress would become Bad Politics 12/15/2011 12:00:49 AM Neha JAMMU, Dec 14: The Congress party is extremely unhappy with Anna Hazare. The reason is that he has virtually brought the Congress-led government to its knees. The issue is corruption and the demand is an effective, strong and independent Lokpal having under its ambit the Prime Minister, all the ministers, the entire bureaucracy, the CBI and so on. The NC, which is sharing power with the Congress party, is equally unhappy with Anna Hazare. The bitter opposition of the NC leadership to Anna and his movement is understandable, as the leadership of both these parties has been sailing in the same boat. There is no difference whatever between the Congress and the NC as far as their attitude...   READ MORE   Omar in damage control mode ahead of Jan 5 dead line Begins 3 day tour of Congress dominated Chenab valley 12/15/2011 12:00:29 AM Asif Iqbal Naik JAMMU, Dec 14: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems to be in damage control mode a head of January 5, 2012 dead line which is likely to be extended till January 12, 2012. The young Chief Minister who is presently under fire from Congress leadership which presses hard for rotational Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir after Omar Abdullah completes 3 years in office on January 5, 2012. The Congress leadership accuses Omar Abdullah for ignoring the Congress dominated areas on developmental front and Chenab valley is one among them where Omar Abdullah is presently on 3 days tour by road. Omar's Chenab Valley tour comes on close heels of January 5, 2012 deadline...   READ MORE

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