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| 62 foreign terrorists among 334 booked under PSA in 14 months | | # 96 civilians, 92 security jawans, 275 terrorists killed in militancy incidents since Jan 2009 | | |
ARTEEV SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 15: The Government has invoked Public Safety Act (PSA) on 334 persons for creating law and order problem in the State during the period between January 5, 2009 and February 14, 2010.
Besides, 96 civilians were killed in the terrorist violence and law and order related incidents with effect from January 1, 2009 to March 1, 2010. Two civilians were killed in police custody and 92 security forces including local police personnel lost their lives during the same period.
Official figures maintained that 275 terrorists were gunned down by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir till March 1, 2010 since January 1, 2009. Interestingly, no incident of rape has reported during the period. Despite the fact that Shopian rape and murder case refers to the alleged abduction, gang rape and murder of two young women in mysterious circumstances on the intervening night of May 29 and 30, 2009 at Bongam, Shopian was not incorporated in rape category.
According to the official reports, the government has booked 178 local terrorists, 31 separati... | |
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| Is Kashmir heading to civil war ? | | Absence of a charismatic leader like Sheikh Abdullah may prove to be dangerous for Valley | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
Early Times Report
Srinagar ,March 15
· Sectarian clash in Pattan runs into third month
· Stone pelting unabated in Valley in third consecutive year
· Geelani supporters attack JKLF relief delegation in Sopore
· Jamiatul Mujahideen threatens Mufti Azam over Fatwa against stone pelting
· Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadith calls its own Chief as ‘agency man’
This is what Kashmir has reluctantly and painfully witnessed in the first three months of the year 2010. These ‘anti-movement’ headlines may have found little room on front pages of the vernacular press in Srinagar but the space occupied by an overstretching chain of ... | |
| | | | PRC Issue: Congress defensive, Opposition offensive | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 15: The Jammu and Kashmir J&K) unit of Congress party is in serious trouble. It is at the receiving end. The reason is that the Congress Revenue Minister, Raman Bhalla, allowed the introduction of anti-daughters’ private member’s bill (J&K Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill) in the Legislative Council on March 8, the 100th International Women’s Day. The pernicious Bill, moved by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), aims at snatching all the citizenship rights from the daughters of the state who have already married outside the state non-state subjects or who would marry non-state subjects in future. The Bill is retrograde and fundamenta... | |
| | | | 2 refugees injured in police action | | | |
CHAMAN KAUL
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, March 15: At least 12 West Pakistan refugees received injuries when police resorted to cane charge and teargassing during their protest rally here this afternoon.
West Pakistan refugees struggling for rights of ownership for the last six decades exhibited strong protest on both entry gates of civil secretariat to press their long pending demands. However, police foiled the attempt of refugees to gherao the State Legislature complex here.
Sensing problem to law and order situation outside the secretariat, Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand summoned leaders of refugees to assure them about the implementation of Wadwa Report to fulfill their deman... | |
| | | | J&K CPI unit leaves its mark on anti-price hike rally | | | |
ABID SHAH
Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Mar 15: Three days after holding a rally against price rise near Parliament along with other like minded parties, the general secretary of Communist Party of India AB Bardhan indicated at a Press conference held here today that the red is gearing up to redeem the ground lost by it. Among other things the CPI veteran mentioned the participation of Left parties' members from Jammu and Kashmir in last Friday's rally held in the Capital which, according to him, is going to be soon followed up by courting arrests by Communists throughout the country to force Government to cut prices of essential items. This he said was decided today by the CPI nationa... | |
| | | | BJP, PP rakes up employees' issue in LA | | Don't vitiate atmoshere for talks on Mar 19: Rather | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 15: While the state employees' shouts and slogans reverberated on the roads outside the civil secretariat, inside the Assembly hall, members of various parties in opposition raked up their cause and concern once again, asking the government to make its stand clear on the restlessness that has gripped over four lakh employees of the state.The Finance Minister AR Rather announced that employees have been invited for fresh round of talks on March 19. As the members of J&K Panthers Party and BJP tried to take on the government over what they said has an issue that has paralysed the work in hundreds of offices and brought anarchy and unrest on the roads, the Financ... | |
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