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| Yet another teenager gunned down near CRPF headquarter in Srinagar | | Cop, civilian killed in yet another broad daylight militant strike in Sopore | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Feb 5: In five days of the death of a 15-year-old student in tearsmoke shelling of Police on a group of stone pelting youth, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has allegedly gunned down another teenager after some students catcalled the paramilitaries close to the office of Additional Director General of Police of CRPF at Brain (Nishat) on Dalgate-Harwan Road. Meanwhile, separatist militants have carried out yet another broad daylight attack on a Police party in Sopore, killing a Head Constable of Thanna Mandi area of Rajouri district and a local middle-aged civilian on spot.
Informed sources told Early Times that minutes after the Friday prayers concluded at different mosques, a group of teenaged students reportedly catcalled the paramilitaries just 300 yards from CRPF’s Kashmir headquarters at Brain, in Nishat area. The vehicle carrying the paramilitaries, believed to be CRPF personnel, was on way to Shalimar area. Even as the vehicle plying on Boulevard zigzag slowed down and kept moving towards its destinations, a visibly exasperated soldier o... | |
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| Protect dialogue against knee jerk reactions: Mufti | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 5: Appreciating the wisdom in New Delhi and Islamabad on resumption of Indo-Pak dialogue, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today called for measures to protect dialogue frequent disruptions.
Mufti appreciated the realization by government of India of the need to reach out to Pakistan for resumption of the dialogue process stalled after 2008 Mumbai attack. Mufti said the process of dialogue needed to be insulated against knee jerk reactions to events that generally are aimed at the sole aim of derailing it. ‘By doing so the two countries would only be obliging the enemies of peace he said and added if d... | |
| | | | Valley snowed in | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 5 : World famous ski resort of Gulmarg, Pahalgam and all upper reaches in the Kashmir Valley experienced fresh snowfall while plains, including summer capital, Srinagar, received rainfall, resulting in considerable drop in the maximum temperature today.
The 300-km-long Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was open despite rains since early this morning.
Director of Met department Sanam Lotus told that snowfall will intensify from February 7 till February 12.
There would be heavy to very heavy snowfall from February 9 to February 12, he said, adding that people living in the avalanche-prone areas have been directed to restrict their movement to avoid... | |
| | | | India-Pakistan talks at this stage will send a wrong signal | | | | RUSTAM
JAMMU, Feb 5: Strategic affairs experts in the country, plus the Indian intelligence agencies and persons at the helm of affairs in the South and North Blocks, housing the offices of Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Defence Minister and Home Minister, knew it full well that the Islamic radicals and certain terrorist organizations, based in Pakistan, are part of the Pakistani “arsenal against India”.
This – apart from the spurt in infiltration bids in recent times, attacks on the Indian troops along the border at regular intervals and several actions on the part of the Pakistani Rangers and dreaded Inter-Service intelligence (ISI) operatives of the Pakistani to brea... | |
| | | | LeT calls truce in Kishtwar | | | | Early Times report
Jammu, Feb 5: Pakistan-based militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) has announced momentary ceasefire against security forces in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, according to some posters pasted in the hilly town, about 250 kms northwest from here.
Written in Urdu on the letterhead of ''Mujahideen Lashkar-e-Toiba Jammu and Kashmir'' with LeT's seal and signed by self-styled 'district commander', the outfit said it would focus on identifying the informers of the security forces.
Referring to the killings of LeT's two top militants in an encounter by security forces on Wednesday, the outfit said it's cadre would temporarily stop fighting Army and police and ... | |
| | | | Malik meets Rao | | | | NEW DELHI : With India offering to have Foreign Secretary level talks, Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik today met Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to discuss the timing for it.
India has proposed two set of dates in this month and is awaiting a response from Pakistan, sources said here.
Reflecting a thaw in the relations, Rao had telephoned her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir about a week ago to invite him to Delhi for talks.
Bashir had welcomed the offer and said he would get back to her with a response, the sources said.
India made it clear that terrorism will be the focus of the Foreign Secretary level talks but it will "enter into the discussions with an open and positi... | |
| | | | February 6, 1954: Constituent Assembly ratifies accession | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 5: “Let us withdraw the Indian army for five days and see whom this house represents.” This was stated by Abdul Gani Goni while opposing a motion moved for ratification of Jammu Kashmir’s accession to Indian union on February 6, 1954. However, ignoring Goni’s tirade, the house ratified the accession amid thundering applause. Goni walked out only to evoke a sarcastic statement from fellow members. “He is going to Pakistan”, they said.
The members of the Constituent Assembly discussed the reports submitted by the Advisory Committee on Fundamental Rights and Citizenship and Basic Principles Committee for several days. Members delivered fiery speec... | |
| | | | Chowdhary brothers hire high profile | | KTS Tulsi; HC orders medical checkup | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 5: Justice Virender Singh of J&K High Court Jammu Wing today ordered medical examination of Choudhary Nagar Singh, Choudhary Jagar Singh and Choudhary Rakesh Singh with the direction to Special Public Prosecutor that he shall submit medical report in the court on next date when the bail application is to be taken up for consideration.
K T S Tulsi a high profile Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India appeared along with Advocates R S Thakur and Maheen Pardhan for the Choudhary brothers submitted that he is not in a position to argue the bail application today as the entire challan is in Urdu and he has to get the same translated into English version for ... | |
| | | | Mainstream parties in fulltime blame game as Kashmir simmer with anger | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 5: For four consecutive days normal life remained paralysed when groups of people took to the streets in various parts of the Kashmir valley, especially in the city of Srinagar, protesting against the killing of a youth Wamiq Farooq Wani who was hit by a police teargas shell in his head. Groups of youth fought pitched battle with the police in which, in all, more than 150 civilians and 60 policemen were injured. The level of public anger could be gauged when several thousand people, shouting anti-India, pro-Islam and pro-Azadi slogans, participated in the funeral of the 15-year old student.
Besides the separatists the mainstream political parties too vo... | |
| | | | Yet another Srinagar student falls to bullets | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 5: The Chief Minister has ordered an enquiry into the killing of an 11th standard student by the CRPF at Nishat today. The enquiry has been entrusted to Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Naseema Lankar.
Taking strong note of the incident, the Chief Minister, who flew to New Delhi this afternoon, ordered an enquiry to be completed within a week. The killing also evoked immediate response from the Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda convened a meeting of senior police officers to discuss the development. The civil administration also held an emergency meeting to deal with the situation emerging out of the killing.
According to reports, a youth ident... | |
| | | | In cash-starved J&K, ministers "re-employ" retired officers | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 05:
In a state already plagued with unemployment, some ministers have re-employed retired officers in their personal sections, ignoring the unemployed and the needy.
This is a blatant violation of the "admitted" norms of the cash-starved state's unframed "employment policy".
Chief minister Omar Abdullah had made a commitment on the floor of the House that the coalition government headed by him would strive to curb the menace of enemployment and re-employment. But on ground, no mechanism had so far been devised by him and
the "think tanks" around him to tackle this problem.Omar had also stated that no extension or re-employment in government services wo... | |
| | | | Petty argument costs transport life | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 05: In a clash between two groups of transporters at the Narwal Fruit Mandi here over the issue of out of turn loading of trucks, a man was killed while another was struggling for life in the hospital with critical stab wounds.
Police sources said transporters Ajit Singh alias Kakka and Milkha Singh, both residents of Chatha, came to the Narwal Fruit Mandi in the afternoon and tried to forcibly load their trucks.
When Gurnam Singh of Sainik Colony and Rajinder Singh of Karan Bagh objected to it, Ajit and Milkha allegedly attacked them with sharp-edged weapons, inflicting serious injuries on them.
Some other transporters intervened and evacuated the i... | |
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