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| NC-Congress: Coalition of contradictions - I | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: All is not well with the NC-Congress coalition. The Congress as a party is, it appears, in a confrontation mode. There appears nothing that is common between the two coalition partners, except the Congress' somewhat favourable attitude the NC's demand for greater autonomy. Even the relations between the Congress as an organization and its ministers in the government are, it seems, not very cordial. However else should one describe the tone and tenor of those who spoke in a rally on Tuesday at Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. The rally was organized in connection with the closing of the 125th year of the Indian National Congress Foundation celebrations?
Equally notable was the manner in which the Congress, which is part of the government, bemoaned the discriminatory policies of the state government towards Jammu province. The extent of dissatisfaction could be gauged from the fact that Congress veteran and former Deputy Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma once again questioned the very power-sharing formula under which the state power was handed over to t... | |
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| Now, 'Facebook', electronic signals to streamline traffic scenario | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Apparently taking a cue from the other state's traffic police, the traffic wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has now decided to take refuge of 'Facebook', a social networking site, to streamline the wayward traffic scenario in Jammu city by inviting suggestions and feedback from the people.
''As various remedial measures are being taken and many proposals are in the pipeline to streamline the traffic, the department will launch its account on 'Facebook' to invite suggestions and advises from the general public as it is one of the most popular and most visited social networking sites these days,'' Hemant Kumar Lohia, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Traffi... | |
| | | | Prosecution witnesses' statement deferred | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: The hearing of Amandeep murder case was deferred yet again today owing to accused Royal Singh's serious ailment. Singh, who was not present yesterday was produced by the police today. However, he remained unconscious and, therefore, not in a position to understand the proceedings.
Amandeep's mother, who had come to get her statement recorded, watched in utter disbelief as the hearing was deferred. Her statement could not be recorded.
The court after hearing all the parties directed Jail Authorities to provide treatment to the accused and the accused was remanded back to Judicial Custody.
The court while deferring the statement of prosecution witnes... | |
| | | | Valley gets season’s first snow fall | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: With fog and cold wave conditions engulfing the Northern India including Jammu and Kashmir, normal life has been affected across the state.
The effect is clearly visible on the day today life of the people as with expectation of rainfall in the plains and snowfall in mountains; people are facing the onslaught of chilly whether.
Due to the foggy condition, several trains from Punjab, Delhi and many other states have been delayed by several hours. Even, the departure time of several trains have been delayed from Jammu.
Swaraj Express which was to reach railway station on Tuesday reached here Wednesday morning creating lot of problems for the passengers. O... | |
| | | | Govt draws 'flak' for decision on Winter Schooling | | Education Minister now seeks public opinion, likely to recoil | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Following outcry of parents, children and teachers as well over lack of infrastructure to run the winter schools in Kashmir valley, the government may finally withdraw its own decision and close the educational institutions. The government has drawn total flak for what it thought to be its 'ambitious' decision to keep the schools open in the wake of losses students suffered during five month long unrest. But there are reasons beyond the public criticism as to why it now wants to recoil on what it termed as mandatory for the larger interests of the students.
According to sources, the Education Department which has been in a state of dilemma for the last fe... | |
| | | | Clarify denial of advertisements: Puri to govt ET REPORT | | | | JAMMU, Dec 29: The prominent citizens of Jammu have started to raise a finger on the vindictive attitude of the government against Early Times newspaper.
In a press statement issued here today, Balraj Puri, Convenor PUCL J&K, has asked the government to clarify its position regarding the complaint of a Jammu daily that the Information department has deliberately stopped the advertisements to the newspaper for its failure to publish photographs of Chief Minister in the paper and highlight the government news.... | |
| | | | Vigilance increased on LoC to check infiltration | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Vigilance has been further stepped up on the Line of Control (LoC) in the state following inputs that militant groups had gathered close to the border on the Pak side to infiltrate into India.
The army had stepped up patrolling along the fence and have equipped its units with high-tech devices to check any attempts by Pak-based militants to sneak in, army sources said.
Militants were likely to make desperate infiltration bids before the winter snow blocked the high Himalayan mountain passes, the sources added.
"They try to infiltrate every year especially just before the snowfall so that they can create problems here. But our army is extremely v... | |
| | | | Counterpoise to Jammu's Just Aspirations -- III | | Kashmiris say valley is ignored, demand Special Task Force | | | NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Those in Kashmir who have demanded the constitution of a Special Task Force for the Valley say that "Kashmir has a very poor infrastructure in terms of road connectivity." In other words, they seek to convey an impression that Jammu province is superior to Kashmir in terms of road connectivity. They are absolutely wrong. It's Jammu province that is very poor in terms of road connectivity.
The figures as contained in the Report of the Task Force on development of Jammu and Kashmir lay ware the disparities between falsehood and the ground situation and indicate the extent to which the State Government has ignored Jammu in this very vital sphere. Prim... | |
| | | | Disappeared man's Skeleton found at Pampore | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 29: Two days after the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced or involuntary Disappearances came into force, the mystery shrouding the fate of a missing man was solved a few kilometers from saffron town, Pampore in Pulwama district. .
On December 25, a group of labourers while clearing the rubble of a damaged house at Ladoo, Pampore found a skeleton. They also found some clothes, an amulet and a black head band from the spot, which helped a local family to identify the buried man.
It was Muhammad Maqbool Dar's skeleton. Dar, the younger brother of a militant of Al Umer Mujahideen was abducted by government gunmen in 1995. Si... | |
| | | | Missing youth's body recovered from canal | | | | JAMMU: The body of a youth, who had gone missing under mysterious circumstances from a marriage function at Domana few days back, was today recovered by police from the canal.
Police sources said Kulwant Saini, son of Chaman Lal Saini of Arina, came to Domana on December 10 last to attend the marriage ceremony in his friend's house.
He, however, disappeared under mysterious circumstances from his friend's house on the marriage night. His family members lodged a report in this connection with the Domana police station on December 13.
His body was today recovered from the canal at Domana. Police removed the body to the GMC hospital mortuary. Sources said the post-mortem would be condu... | |
| | | | Top HM commander interrogated in Doda | | | | JAMMU: After taking custody of top HM commander Jameel Ahmed, police today interrogated him at Doda on hawala money and financial sources of the outfit among other cases.
"Police has taken custody of Jameel from Himachal Pradesh police and brought him to Doda, where he was interrogated," police sources said.
Jameel Ahmed alais Nasir Qureshi and his body guard Gulam Nabi were arrested from Kangra district on December 14. They were interrogated and handed over to J&K police.
Ahmed is HM's divisional commander (Finance). Another HM divisional commander Javed Qaureshi was arrested from Dehradun in Uttrakhand on December 12 and handed over to J&K police last week.... | |
| | | | Kidnapped girl recovered | | | | Srinagar: Police today arrested a person, who allegedly kidnapped a girl on Tuesday from north Kashmir's Pattan town. A teenage girl of Udena, Pattan, was kidnapped by Ghulam Ahmed Bhat of Udhna on December 26, police sources said.
Her parents had lodged a complaint with Pattan police station in this regard. Pattan police constituted a special team of under the supervision of Manzoor Ahmed, SHO police station, Pattan, and a number of nocturnal raids were conducted by police on the suspected houses to apprehend the accused person, the sources added.
Today, the abducted girl was recovered in a raid in Ahmedpora village from the alleged kidnapper who was arrested.... | |
| | | | Pak troops violate ceasefire, fire on IB | | | | JAMMU: Within 24 hours, Pakistan today violated ceasefire on the borders by resorting to unprovoked fire with the aim of facilitating infiltration by militants. While on Tuesday, ceasefire violation took place on the LoC in KG sub-sector of Poonch, today, International Border (IB) was the target of the enemy troops.
BSF sources said the Pak Rangers fired at Balad outpostin Ramgarh sub-sector on the IB at about 4.30 am Wednesday. Fire was returned. The intermittent exchange of small and heavy arms fire between the two sides continued till 5.15 am, the sources added.
Sources said the unprovoked Pak firing was aimed at facilitating infiltration by militants from across the border. The... | |
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