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| Tremor causes panic in Srinagar | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 2
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale with its epicentre in Afghanistan rocked Kashmir on Sunday evening, triggering panic among people here but there was no report of any damage to life and property.
''The epicentre of the tremor was in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan. It measured 4.8 on the Richter scale,'' Kashmir met department director NP Bhatnagar said.
Srinagar residents ran out of their homes in panic as the tremor shook structures in this summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir.... | |
| | | | Azad’s father-in-law passes away | | Demise widely mourned; stream of mourners visit bereaved family, CM | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | December 2
Prominent Kashmiri Poet and Educationist Mohammad Abdullah Dev Nadeem passed away here last night. He was 77. Survived by six sons and two daughters including Shameem Dev Azad, noted singer, Padmashree Awardee and wife of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Late Mr. Dev was ailing for some time and breathed his last at 1:45 AM at his Hyderpora residence. Mr. Dev was a renowned educationist who has served the state education department and a retired as District Education Officer in 1986.
Known for his mystic poetry, he published his poetic collection "Soz-e-Dil" in tow volumes which earned him acclaim in literary circles. He was known for his hone... | |
| | | | Hostile firing: 2 more soldiers killed along LoC | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 2
Two soldiers were killed in yet another incident of `hostile fire' from across the border near the Line of Control, in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district, during the wee hours today.
Though officials were tightlipped over the matter and claimed that the soldiers were killed while foiling an infiltration bid by a group of militants at Dadal post along the Line of Control in Sunderbani, well informed sources said that soldiers fell to the bullets of Pakistan Rangers.
"The army personnel were deployed to remove body of a militant, killed in an encounter on November 28, which was lying in mine fields near a Pakistani BOP", sources said. "As the troops... | |
| | | | Firing between criminal, police at Manda | | Sunny along with three criminals manage to flee | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 2
A firing took place at Manda area here today between Police party and a criminal in which the criminal managed to give a slip from the spot.
According to reports, Bus Stand police today, on a specific information that the wanted criminal Sunny along with his two other accomplices were present in the area, a police party led by SHO Bus Stand Bishnesh Kumar, under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police City Swantantra Arora, swung into action and cordoned off the area. Sources said the criminals, who were traveling in a Maruti car, managed to flee from the area when police started checking the vehicles but police chased them up to Manda wher... | |
| | | | Buy some cracker to scare away the monkeys | | After Delhi, the Jammuites becoming vulnerable to ‘Monkey menace’ | | | Sanjay Khajuria
Jammu | Dec 1
Forget the past when the people in City of temples woke up with tongs of temple bells and enchanting of the Vedic mantras but it has now replaced with ear deafening sounds of crackers fired to scare away the monkeys that have now become the a real menace and the ‘masters of some pockets in the walled city.’
Jammuites yet have to reconcile from the shocking news headlines about the tragic death of the Deputy Municipal Chairperson News Delhi who was critically injured when attacked by some monkeys and a similar ‘monkey menace’ has become a real headache for the people of city of temples.
Some even recall the pain and sufferings of the Cherai victims of ‘na... | |
| | | | Cabinet expansion reports, if reality, may lead to fresh problems | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 2
Whether it is again a wolf cry by the shepherd or the wolf is really spotted, yet the politicians whose names are circulated by the media to be inducted in the expansion of Azad ministry, speculated umpteenth time, but ultimately turning out only to be kite flying by the media, are not inclined to put credence on the reports carried once again about the cabinet expansion on cards. The reports in the media carried once again about "cabinet expansion now only a matter of days", with Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad writing to the former Chief Minister and PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for recommending a person from their party to be inducted into the cab... | |
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