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| Khan seeks bail, Court seeks objections from Govt | | | |
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SRINAGAR, Feb 10: The J&K High Court today issued notice to police on a bail application moved by former Minister of Health Shabir Ahmad Khan, seeking bail in the sexual assault case filed against him by cops following a complaint by a lady doctor here. Senior advocate B S Slathia submitted the bail application on behalf of Khan, a senior leader of Congress, before the Srinagar wing of High Court and it was heard by a single bench of Justice Janak Raj Kotwal.
After hearings on his bill application, the court directed Station House Officer Shaheedgunj to file objections and directed to list the case for further consideration on Wednesday. The court also disallowed the request by his advocate to allow him join the proceedings of Budget Session of the state legislature.
Confirming this to Early Times Advocate B S Slathia said that government advocate was made available after many efforts as there was strike and curfew restrictions in Srinagar. He said the bail application was filed by his junior Advocate Nitin Gupta.
Khan, an MLA from Rajouri, had moved an anticipatory ... | |
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| PDP stalls show on first day of budget session | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 10: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) today only projected a drama in central hall of state legislature whereas the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) succeeded in first day of budget session.
It was a win-win situation for the PDP when Governor Cut short his address mid-way and left the place whereas the BJP members were playing to gallery and after five to seven minutes of shouting, they left the place.
The National Conference-Congress coalition government was on back foot on the start of the budget session when the PDP led scathing attack and forced Governor to leave the place in a hurry.
The government was not able to do anything to control the situation and... | |
| | | | Lal Singh in dock, victim files defamation case against him | | Molestation case | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 10: Habitual of 'putting foot in mouth', Congress Member Parliament (MP) Choudhary Lal Singh is in dock for allegedly taking the name of compliment in the ex-Health Minister Shabir Khan's molestation case.
According to a news portal, the complainant lady doctor has filed defamation case against the Congress MP. In a letter issued in Srinagar today, the lady doctor has said that she has filed a complaint against the Congress' Member Parliament (MP) on February 8 for "defaming her character and disclosing her identity against Supreme Court guidelines".
She has said "Some persons are commenting in a way which is very painful. Such incidents already torment wom... | |
| | | | Sexual assault, administrative units dominate first day of budget session | | Unrelenting opposition forces Guv to cut short his address | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Feb 10: The month long Budget Session of the J&K legislature began on a stormy note today morning with opposition legislators disrupting the Governor NN Vohra's speech which forced him to cut short his speech.
As soon as Governor started addressing the joint session of the State legislature in the central hall of the assembly this morning, opposition parties PDP, BJP and Independent MLA, Er. Rashid created uproar and disrupted the address demanding arrest of the ex-Minister Shabir Khan wanted in a sexual assault case and lack of basic facilities to the people in the state.
The opposition PDP, BJP and independent legislator Er Rashid created ruckus demanding arre... | |
| | | | Coalition gets taste of aggressive opposition, BJP seeks probe against DyCM | | Budget session begins on stormy note | | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Feb 10: With ex-Minister for Health Shabir Khan evading arrest, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today trained guns on Deputy Chief Minister, who holds the charge of School Education, seeking inquiry into allegations of murder and alleged illicit affair with three women.
The allegations had been levelled by highly influential and powerful Forest guard turned Additional Public Relations Officer (APRO) Kewal Sharma of Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, during a press late night press conference. If sources are to be believed, Kewal had later retracted. However, BJP choose to make it an issue in the last budget session of the NC-Congress coalition government.
It all began in ... | |
| | | | Hats off to Muslims of Jammu province | | Hanging of terrorist Afzal Guru | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Feb 10: A three-day state-level shutdown call given by extremists and separatists in Kashmir as a mark of protest against the execution of Parliament terror attack convict Mohammad Azal Guru, who was hanged and buried within the Tihar jail premises on February 9 last, and JKLF founder, Mohammad Maqbool Bhat, who was sent to the gallows and buried inside the same jail on February 11, 1984, did not evoke any positive response. Leave aside a few incidents of stone pelting in different parts of the Kashmir Valley. Reports from across the Kashmir Valley suggested that the people of Kashmir cooperated with the law and order authorities and defeated the evil game plan of the vested... | |
| | | | PDP all out to puncture NC balloon | | Struggle for power | | | Neha
JAMMU, Feb 10: One may question the PDP for its insistence on self-rule and supra-state measures on the ground that these have the potential of unsettling the settled in Jammu & Kashmir. One can also surely question its concept of sub-regions as it has the potential of dividing the society and Jammu province on communal lines. But one would surely at once endorse its stand on the ruling NC and its call for uprooting or dislodging what it calls the NC-led corrupt dispensation. This is what patron of the PDP and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said on Sunday at Kathua while addressing a public meeting.
"People (must support PDP) in the upcoming polls to uproot the 'corrupt ... | |
| | | | Needy continuing in temporary sheds, affluent, influential hijack IAY in J&K | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Feb 10: Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) propounded to be one of the significant achievements of Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) at the Centre has failed to provide benefits to the people of the state who don't have any shelter.
Sources told Early Times that the scheme has failed on the ground with the deserving continuing to live in temporary sheds (made of clay) that may collapse at any point of time. Not only this in some of the cases, IAY has been given to people who are living above the poverty line or have already a concrete house.
Zadi Mohalla located in the Pattan block of North Kashmir's Baramulla district is one such area that has been neglected... | |
| | | | Even last Guv's address gives miss to Omar's 2008 vision document… | | NC's Greater Autonomy? | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Feb 10: Several promises of the vision document of National Conference (NC) have failed to find place even in the last address of Governor N.N.Vohra to the members of state legislature of the present NC-Congress coalition government.
The government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would be completing its 6 year term by the end of this year. However, the vision document which the technically sound, well-qualified, energetic and young Chief Minister (CM) had unveiled on October 2008 i.e. before the last assembly elections and wherein he had promised skies, has been seemingly long forgotten. If the NC leaders are to be believed, it was Omar's vision for the peopl... | |
| | | | Curfew continues for second day, clashes at many places | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, Feb10: Many parts of the Srinagar city and other towns remained under tight curfew for the second consecutive day today to thwart any protests in the wake of strike called by seperatists. Strict Curfew like restrictions are in place in Srinagar and sensitive towns of Kashmir valley on Monday, authorities said.
The restrictions forced the people to stay indoors for the second consecutive day across Kashmir. Separatists had called for a three day strike on February, 9, 10 and 11 to commemorate, Parliament attack convict, Mohammad Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat on their anniversaries. Guru and Bhat were hanged and buried in Tihar jail in 1984 and 2013 respectively... | |
| | | | Scandalous Govt protects ex-minister: Mehbooba | | | | Bashir Assad
Jammu, Feb 10: The opposition PDP Monday accused the government of protecting ex-minister and MLA, Rajouri, Shabir Khan so that he can destroy the evidences against himself in the molestation case registered in the Police Station, Shahid Gunj, Srinagar.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti while expressing her anguish over not arresting Khan even after an FIR is lodged against him told reporters that the government was protecting the ex-minister. "The government is protecting Shabir Khan," Mehooba said. She alleged that the Government wants to destroy the evidence against Khan and that is the reason he is not being arrested. "The government is out to protect the ex-minister, other... | |
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