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CBI inquiry into Dr Lone’s killing likely; Home Dept. seeks legal opinion 3/20/2008 12:17:49 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 19 Jammu and Kashmir Government has started an exercise on sending a request to the CBI for holding a probe in the assassination of Dr Ghulam Nabi Lone, a former Minister of state for Education. This is being done following Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad’s, announcement on the floor of the Assembly in mid-January that the case related to the killing of Dr Ghulam Nabi Lone, Minister on October 18, 2005 will be referred to the CBI for a detailed probe, the state’s Home Department has started the process for seeking CBI assistance. Dr Lone had fallen to the bullets of unidentified gunmen in his official residence in the high security area of Tulsi Bagh in Srinagar. Commissioner Home, S .S. Kapoor, said here today “It is under process .The case has been referred to the legal department for its opinion’’ and after receipt of the opinion from the Legal Department, the case would be referred to the CBI. Kapoor made it clear that the Government has not dropped the idea of referring the case to the CBI. In fact the issue was raised by none other tha...   READ MORE

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Car blast rocks Srinagar 4 ultras killed in Doda 3/20/2008 12:16:50 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 19 At least 19 persons have been reported injured in a powerful car explosion that rocked the heart of summer capital Srinagar this afternoon. In another militancy related incident, the security forces achieved a massive success by eliminating four hardcore militants belonging to Lashkar-e-Toiba in a remote area of Doda district. Reports said that 19 persons are reported to have been injured in a massive car bomb explosion in the heart of Srinagar late Wednesday afternoon. The blast went off on a flyover at the high security Jahangir Chowk locality, adjacent to the civil secretariat and the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. Due to the blast, the parapet o...   READ MORE   Lal Singh takes LS by storm 3/20/2008 12:15:39 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 19 The Congress’ Member Parliament from Kathua-Udhampur constituency Choudhary Lal Singh was today seen at the best of his vocal when he stole the show in Lok Sabha voicing concern over the labourers engaged on track to Mata Vaishno Devi. Choudhary Lal Singh’s heart rendering plea in the Lok Sabha left all members engrossed as he trooped to the Well of the House when he did not find the government responding to the issue raised by him. His vociferous protest ended only when the Deputy Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal announced adjournment of the House. The Congress MP made an emotional plea to the government to withdraw the taxes imposed on the labourers ...   READ MORE   Gandhi Nagar School Stabbing Case Student gets lifer for killing principal 3/20/2008 12:14:46 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 19 After nine years of the brutal incident in a Gandhi Nagar school, a local Court has awarded life term to the student who had killed his principal in the school premises. Second Additional Sessions Judge Jammu AK Koul today awarded life-imprisonment to accused Harjeet Singh of Lower Gadi-Garh who killed Principal KK Badyal in the Broad-day light in the school premises. According to the prosecution case, on February 3, 1999 a written report was lodged by Rajinder Singh then Vice-Principal of Govt Higher Secondary School Gandhi Nagar Jammu that at about 1115 AM two Sikh youths approached him while he was delivering a lecture to the student and asked hi...   READ MORE   PDP-Congress put their acts together 3/20/2008 12:13:34 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | Mar 19 Virtually indicating the continuation of alliance for the future, the Peoples Democratic Party and the Congress together today put a united face at a largely attended public meeting in North Kashmir where they talked elections and underlined the importance of alliance between the two parties. At Sopore, it was first rally of political workers addressed jointly by the leaders of Congress and PDP since January 2007 when both parties had openly started speaking against each other. In the separatist stronghold of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, it is the Constituency presently represented by the Congress where the Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig made a...   READ MORE

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