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100 Kanals of temple land given to two locals of Pulwama in South Kashmir Dharmarth trust under cloud Road constructed over Shishu Samadhi, Shamshan Ghat 3/22/2012 11:58:21 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi Jammu, Mar 22: High profile Dharmarth Trust, which is headed by Congress Member Parliament (MP) Dr. Karan Singh, has allegedly handed over two power of attorneys of around 100 Kanals of land belonging to Jawala Ji Asthapan at Khrew in Pampore area of Pulwama district of South Kashmir. To compound the miseries, one of the two attorney holders has begun selling the allotted land in the shape of residential plots. The road to these plots passes through the piece of land which has been kept by displaced Kashmiri pandits for religiously sacred Shishu Samadhi and Shamshan Ghat. Trucks plied over this sacred land for months altogether while the authorities were in deep slumber. Some Kashmir pandits, which are part of Shri Jawala Ji Samiti, noticed the alleged wrong and took up the issue, first with the administration and later with Dharmarth Trust. Administration ensured that allotted land is not misused and sold while the high profile trust rebuffed the allegations, terming them as false and motivated. In complete contrast to the statement of the Dharmarth trust...   READ MORE

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Despite solid evidences, police hushes up R&B Division Sanku case 3/22/2012 11:57:35 PM Bashir Assad Jammu, Mar 22: Burnt in 2011 under a conspiracy, the R&B Division Sanku Valley Zanskar is yet to be probed despite solid evidences against the accused. On April 14, 2011, the R&B Division Sanku valley in Kargil district was set ablaze by two locals at the behest of an equal number of officials of the same department, however, the duo who put the complex on fire were critically injured with one receiving 100% injuries and another about 80%. Shabir Hussain s/o Mirza Hussain r/o Sahibkote died three days latter on April 17, however, his statement was recorded by the police before he died and another person identified as Abdul Hussain s/o Muhammad Moosa r/o Kusar Sankoo who was ...   READ MORE   One killed, 17 injured in highway car blast at Bijbehara Police station, 100 shops damaged; 3 CRPF men among injured 3/22/2012 11:57:22 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Mar 22: Twenty-five-year-old driver of a Maruti car was blown into pieces when a powerful bomb blast occurred in his vehicle, close to Police Station at the highway township of Bijbehara, in south Kashmir, today. SSP Awantipora maintained that the deceased was an overground worker (OWG) of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, who died while targeting an Army convoy but SSP Anantnag described him as a "civilian with no adverse history". Seventeen persons, including three personnel of a CRPF road opening party (ROP), sustained injuries in the same explosion that also caused extensive damage to the police station and over a hundred shops. Informed sources said that an extremely pow...   READ MORE   NC's slanderous tirade against Beig 3/22/2012 11:56:54 PM Munish Gupta Jammu, Mar 22: The National Conference today lost its cool and launched a `slanderous' tirade against former Deputy Chief Minister, Muzaffar Husain Beig. A spokesman of NC said Beig suffers from `psychological disorder'. Beig had hit hard at NC founder Sher-e-Kashmir though with a `heavy heart' yesterday while addressing a press conference in the summer capital. He had accused Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah of having a truck with enemies of India. He also accused him of creating a wedge between Kashmir and Jammu. Beig had also made a special mention of `money received by Sher-e-Kashmir from Pakistan. NC's tirade has been taken by political circles with a pinch of salt. "...   READ MORE   Former JKCA treasurer says Dr Farooq Abdullah made him sign blank cheques 3/22/2012 11:56:38 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Mar 22: Two former treasurers of the Jammu& Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) have made fresh allegations against Union minister Farooq Abdullah in connection with what is now being called as the J&K cricket scam. Abdullah, who is a senior National Conference leader, heads the association. Speaking to a New Delhi based TV news channel, Mir Manzoor Gazanfar, who resigned as the treasurer of JKCA in 2008, has claimed that Abdullah visited his hotel in Srinagar and made him sign blank cheques. "I was taking my father to the doctor. All of a sudden, a call comes from the worthy president. He says he will be coming to see me. He came with Ehsan Mirza. He said t...   READ MORE   Facts prove opposition led constituencies are discriminated 3/22/2012 11:56:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 22: Just three before, Finance Minister termed the allegations about discriminating the opposition in allotment of plan size and developmental funds as baseless, however, the FM was proved wrong today when to a question raised by Independent MLA Er. Rashid, the written reply provides that out of total 32 newly up-graded/established health institutions since January 2009 in the state 8 fall in Char-e-Sharief constituency represented while as 24 up gradations/establishments have been done on pick and chose basis. Not only this, out of total 6 newly established health institutions since 2009 5 PHCs fall in Char-e-Sharief constituency. In Hiranagar and J...   READ MORE   Govt unlikely to pass Kashmiri Hindu Shrines Bill in the ongoing session 3/22/2012 11:56:07 PM ET Report Jammu, Mar 22: The much talked about Kashmiri Hindu Shrinesand Religious Places Bill will be unlikely passed in the on going budget session of State Legislature which will end on April 4. If the announcement made by the Minister of Revenue Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla in the State Assembly in this regard during the debate on grants of his Ministry on march 20 is taken into consideration the none can draw the conclusion that the government has not as yet made up with its mind to bring the Bill for protection of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Religious Places for voting in the Assembly during the ongoing session. The Minister while replying in the debate on grants made it c...   READ MORE

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