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Flash floods leave four dead, several injured Rains wreak havoc across J&K 2/8/2011 12:13:45 AM sumit sharma EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 7: Torrential rains, gusty winds and snowfall on Monday wreaked havoc leaving four dead including a BSF porter and causing injuries to several persons including three security forces personnel in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir regions. Rain, which started on Sunday evening, triggered avalanches in several parts of the state and resulted in shooting stones on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, leading to its closure for traffic. "An avalanche struck at a forward post at Kabul Gali, Gurez on the Gurez-Mushkoo-Drass side. A porter died and four others, including three BSF men, were injured," said an official. An Air Force plane failed to make a sortie to the spot to airlift injured. "But the injured are being treated at Kabul Gali only. They could not be airlifted due to adverse weather," said the official. Victim of the avalanche has been identified as Jamal Lone, a resident of Gujran, Gurez. A day after the warning issued by Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Cell regarding medium-danger avalanche due to incessant rains, three ...   READ MORE

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Prof Gani, Omar must force others to tell the truth Time of confession for armed forces, guerrilla groups in J&K 2/8/2011 12:13:09 AM ahmed ali fayyaz SRINAGAR, Feb 7: 'I-am-the-good-you-are-the-evil' has been the hardline of all actors of violence in the Kashmir conflict. Consequence is inescapably the casualty of truth. Players of all hues, without exception, have indulged in causing harassment to opponents, kidnapping, murder, enforced disappearance and displacement. Kashmir is a small place and, in most of the incidents, it does not take years to learn who has done what. Public perception has erred in very few cases. What a slain separatist leader's son has been saying and withdrawing for years and what the senior Hurriyat leader, Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, has revealed at a conference here in the beginning of last mo...   READ MORE   Fingerprints can prove to be best evidence in Udhampur double murder 2/8/2011 12:11:33 AM bharat bhushan EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 7: Fingerprints, which are the best evidence in any police investigation to place an accused at a crime scene, are so far the only vital clue that police seem to have got in the February 2 sensational Udhampur double murder. MES employees -- Moti Ram and Bodh Raj -- were found murdered with their throats slit inside the "highly-guarded" military cantonment area of northern command in the wee hours of February 3 morning. The macabre incident had come as a surprise for police, especially because it occured inside the army cantonment where the entry and movement of outsiders was strictly prohibited. "We have collected fingerprints and these ca...   READ MORE   Lashkar admits: We did it Killing of Teenage girls 2/8/2011 12:10:59 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Lashkar-e-Taiba, which initially denied its involvement in the killing of two teenage sisters in Sopore town of Baramulla district last week, has claimed the responsibility now. Posters appeared in the Sopore town, 52 kilometers from here, claiming that Lashkar militants killed Arifa and Akhtar, alleging the duo of working as "informers" for the security forces. Laskhar-e-Taiba killed the girls because not only was their behavior improper but they were also involved in a heinous crime of being informers," the posters read. However, the veracity of the posters could not be ascertained. The message was written on the letter head of "Mujahedeen Lashkar-e...   READ MORE   Kupwara killing: Why did not Magray stop when asked by the Army? Army apology intriguing 2/8/2011 12:09:59 AM NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 7: The extra ordinary sensitivity and concern shown by the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir to the reported killing of 'an innocent youth' in North Kashmir can be only appreciated at the first look of the incident. Immediate intervention of the CM saved the situation from escalating; demonstrated the commitment of the present government in the state to the policy of "zero level tolerance of human rights violation by the security forces" operating in the hostile environment of the state in general and Kashmir Valley in particular; and gave a decisive signal to National Conference party structures in Handwara about the high value its leadership atta...   READ MORE   8 Govt sticks to old system with only one week break Budget presentation on March 7 in 'stormy session' 2/8/2011 12:09:06 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Feb 7: The Assembly Secretariat today came out with its provisional calendar of forthcoming Budget session to be held in the winter capital of the state. The calendar is not in line with the system the Assembly Secretariat had envisaged earlier of keeping a break of around a month on the pattern of Parliament. However, towards the end, the provisional calendar suggests a gap of nearly 6 holidays after which the Legislature will meet again for week's time. The session commencing on February 28 will have Budget presentation on March 7 and will conclude on April 9. Last month the Assembly Secretariat had mooted this proposal to the government of holding session ...   READ MORE   Nothing to emerge out of Thimpu talks Indo-Pak Dialogue - II 2/8/2011 12:08:10 AM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 7: Pakistan again in 1999 made a concerted attempt to annex Jammu and Kashmir. It attacked Kargil to achieve its sinister goal. As expected, the Indian Army again inflicted a crushing defeat on the Pakistani intruders but in the process sacrificed hundreds of precious lives. The Indian soldiers once again demonstrated their remarkable commitment to the national cause and made the Pakistani Army to bite dust. This was Pakistan's fourth successive humiliating defeat and India's yet another spectacular victory that made India really proud. It would not be out of place to mention here that it was the most difficult battle the Indian Army had fought in year...   READ MORE   Rabid dog on prowl at Lal Chowk 30 injured, 18 given ARV 2/8/2011 12:07:26 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Feb 7: At least thirty persons were mauled by a rabid dog at Lal Chowk in the summer capital today. The victims include women, children, police man and a scribe. All of them were rushed to hospital for Ant Rabid Vaccine (ARV). According to reports, a rabid dog appeared in Lal Chowk this morning and bit a group of veiled women. Their screams evoked help. The canine was chased by a group of young men. However, the dog ran towards Bisco School and bit several people including children. The dog was later killed. Some of the victims have been identified as Assistant Editor of Urdu daily Tameel-e-Irshad, Showkat Ahmad, Constable Manzoor Ahmad Wani, Jaipal Singh, Muham...   READ MORE   Youth stabbed at Shakti Nagar 2/8/2011 12:06:39 AM JAMMU: A youth was today wounded critically after he was stabbed by a criminal at Shakti Nagar here. The victim was identified as Sunil Sharma of Shiv Nagar and the accused as Songi. Sunil was undergoing treatment at the GMC hospital, police sources said. Police had registered a case against Songi who was absconding....   READ MORE   PM to visit Jammu March 5 2/8/2011 12:06:00 AM JAMMU: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Jammu March 5 to inaugurate the newly built residential flats for Kashmiri Hindu migrants and also to address the convocation of the Sher-e-Kashmir Agricultural University (SKUAST) Jammu. During his daylong stay here, the prime minister will visit Jagti where a satellite township has come up to accommodate Kashmiri Pandit migrants there. Kashmiri Pandits, who had migrated from the Kashmir Valley, had been living in one-room tenements in migrant camps on the outskirts of the city. Manmohan Singh had laid the foundation stone of this complex in July 2007, when he had last visited Jammu. According to the highly placed sources, he will also att...   READ MORE   Girl teased, beaten by youth at Bishnah 2/8/2011 12:04:29 AM early times report JAMMU, Feb 7: A 12th class student was today teased and beaten by a youth at Ratnal near Bishnah here. Police sources said Pinky Devi of Kothe Saini was going to school when Anil Kumar of Ratnal blocked her way and started teasing her. When the girl resisted, Anil allegedly beat her up. Hearing her screams when people gathered there, the accused fled the spot. Police had registered a case against him and launched a manhunt to nab him....   READ MORE

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