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| Mosque standoff on, three hostages escape | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu/Srinagar | Dec 24
As a grim reminder of the situation of early to mid 1990s in Kashmir the standoff between three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists holding five civilians hostage inside a mosque and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam District entered the second day today.
However, the latest reports pouring in said the militants released three hostages after protracted negotiations late in the day, officials said. Local police said militants belonging to the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit, who were on the run, had taken the locals hostage in the mosque in southern Kulgam on Sunday.
This was after the rebels opened gunfire from inside the mosque in Palanyarepora village, 75 kilometres south of state capital Srinagar, leaving one civilian and two soldiers injured.
Three militants of HM outfit took shelter in Jamia Masjid Palnoo falling under the jurisdiction of P/S Yaripora, Kulgam when 62 RR and Police Kulgam launched cordon/ search operation in the said area last afternoon.
The trapped militants have made five civilians hostage inside the Mosque ... | |
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| Several AOs transferred | | A R Mir transferred from Sheep Husbandry to JKPCC | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
Government has ordered placement and adjustments of Accounts Officers in different departments.
According to an official spokesman, Showkat Mahmood AO awaiting orders of posting in Directorate of Accounts & Treasuries has been transferred and posted as Accounts Officer in the Directorate of Health Services Jammu vice Mr. S. K. Wazir, already adjusted as I/C CAO.
Vijay Kumar Gupta AO, Ranbir Government Press Jammu has been transferred and posted as AO in the office of Chief Engineer Mechanical Engineering Department Jammu vice R. C. Verma.
R. C. Verma AO in the office of Chief Engineer Mechanical Engineering Department Jammu has been transferred a... | |
| | | | After Kathua, meat bag hits Nagrota | | Police suspect mischief, samples sent to labs | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
Close to the hot heels of widespread unrest and disturbance in Kathua following a sacrilegious act, a devil's brain today worked at Nagrota, on the outskirts of Jammu City.
A bag with inscriptions of Jamat-e-Islami was this morning found outside a shop in Nagrota. On being spotted the nature of bag caused suspicion among the locals. When opened the Khaki coloured bag was found carrying fresh pieces of meat. It could not be immediately ascertained as what was the motive of throwing such a bag in a busy market.
The Police immediately swung into action and started the investigations. According to a Jammu Police spokesman, at around 11.30 this morning... | |
| | | | Rashid is spl asst to forest minister | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
Joint Director of J&K IMPA adn RD, Abdul Rashid has been transferred and posted as special assistant with the minister of forest, environment and ecology. According to an order by general administration department Rashid will replace R A Bandey who has been asked to report to financial commissioner planning and development for further posting.... | |
| | | | Rampura simmering, CM lend ear | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
Towards the tale end of winter capital city's most plush locality Gandhi Nagar, there is a simmering discontent among the residents following an eviction notice from the government.
A relatively modest area, Ram Pura and Nai Basti localities have a history older than that of Gandhi Nagar which today presents urban elite face of the modern Jammu. While Gandhi Nagar is prospering, these localities built around a filthy nallah are on the fringes of a risk of eviction.
the residents of Nai Basti, Hajipur and Rampur towards Satwari chowk living along the two banks of a Nallah have been served with notices of eviction. The residents have been living on ... | |
| | | | State to spend Rs 23 lakh on RD celebration | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
Jammu and Kashmir government has sanctioned about 23.75 lakh to be spent on Republic Day celebration in Kashmir and Jammu divisions.
Well informed sources in the civil secretrait informed that the sanctioned amount has been released as advance drawal and the same has bee put at the disposal of divisional commissioner of each region for meeting expenditure in connection with Republic Day celebration, 2008.
It was reliably learnt that Government Administrative Department of the state government issued an order, last week, according sanction to the advance drawal of Rs 3.75 lacs for RD celebration in Kashmir Division.
The funds in Kashmir division ha... | |
| | | | Serial blast suspect handed over to UP police | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
One of the suspected Harkat-ul-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI) militant, suspected to be behind UP serial blasts - who was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police from Chatroo area of Kishtwar district - was today handed over to a special team of Special Task Force from Uttar Pradesh Police, which arrived, here last evening.
Sources disclosed, on the condition of anonymity, that Sajad Ahmed, a resident of Village Kuchal in Chatroo tehsil, was arrested by the police on the direction of Director General of Police, who was provided a lead by UP police.
Sources claimed that the two militants arrested by UP police named Sajad as one of the key operative of HUJI, who... | |
| | | | Varsity campus for Kathua | | Watershed in history, says Babu | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 24
With more and more university campuses being established across the state to make university education affordable and within the reach of students from far-flung areas, one more campus of Jammu University is coming up at the border town of Kathua.
A high level meeting in this regard discussed matters here today. The meeting was chaired by Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports Mr. Babu Singh.
Various aspects including location, size and compensation mechanism were discussed threadbare in the meeting which among others was attended by Vice Chancellor Jammu University Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Mr. Sudhanshu Panday an... | |
| | | | Education: quantity expanding, quality doubtful | | | | Nirbhay Jammual
Jammu | Dec 24
Teachers on contract and classes without buildings did not come in the way as the year 2007 emerged as an era of taking education to the people's doorsteps.
Till recently while the Colleges have remained a far reaching distance for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the institutions called as Universities were the unseen for a majority. An assessment towards the end of this year shows Colleges mushrooming across the state and the Universities reaching literally to the door steps of the peoples.
While seven full fledged Universities are working in the state, there are also two deemed Universities –the National Institute of Technology and Sher-e-Kashmir Inst... | |
| | | | Need for all to start with a clean slate | | Lessons to be drawn from Gujarat elections | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Dec 24
Nothing succeeds like success. The spectacular victory of BJP in Gujarat, under the stewardship of Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, cannot be helped conceding the same by all the opponents of the BJP and more so of much defamed and maligned Narendra Modi, who has played the hat trick consecutively for the third time and the BJP winning power in the state for the fourth time without any break. Little short of two third majority won by the party, the major credit of which goes to Modi, which has proved all the calculations and pre poll and exit poll predictions wrong and the failure of the Congress to wrest power from the saffron front, despite... | |
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