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| Dr Sofi arrested, cellphone seized, statements recorded by CJM Pulwama | | CMO found to have raped married patient at clinic in holy month of Ramazan | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Mar 25: In a major breakthrough in the rape of a woman at an illegally operating clinic in Pulwama, Police have identified the victim as a patient and mother of two young children, arrested the already suspended Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi, seized the mobile used in recording the crime, sent it for forensic analysis to FSL in Chandigarh and got statements of the amateur videographers recorded in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Pulwama. Technology led the Police to discover that Dr Sofi had committed rape on his patient not only at a property belonging to Pulwama Auqaf but also in broad daylight in the holy month of Ramazan.
Informed sources revealed to Early Times that a team of Pulwama District Police has finally succeeded in identifying two persons, who had recorded a doctor's rape being committed on a young woman, as well as the victim of the crime who turned out to be mother of two young children and a patient of the CMO Pulwama, Dr Ghulam Qadir Sofi. Sources said that Dr Sofi, who had bee... | |
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| Opposition grills govt over food shortage | | PDP stages walkout | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: The ruling National Conference led coalition had a tough time in the Lower House of the State Legislature today when the vociferous Opposition assisted by some of its (NC) legislators grilled it over shortage of food supplies and "defective" Below Poverty Line (BPL) lists.
The main Opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also staged a walkout from the House after resorting to massive sloganeering against the coalition government. Besides, the House also witnessed verbal spat between National Conference and PDP with former accusing the Opposition of creating "unnecessary issues".
It all began when the Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Di... | |
| | | | Jora apologetic on poor performance of Tourism Department | | Officials' inaction creates way for allotment of model villages to NGO | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: Minister of Tourism, Nawang Rigzin Jora, today tendered his apologies on the poor performance of his department in the development of 50 model tourist villages in the Legislative Assembly and assured the House that work would be soon allotted to a non-governmental organization.
While responding to the complaint of National Panthers Party MLA, Harsh Dev Singh, Rigzin Jora admitted during the discussion on grants for his department in the Legislative Assembly today that in continuity to the previous regime, National Conference-led coalition government had failed to develop 50 model tourist villages in the last 15 months. Harsh Dev Singh complained that su... | |
| | | | Saghir's report on State-Centre relations to be discussed in LA | | Mufti demands discussion: Khajuria faces Speaker's wrath | | |
ARTEEV SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: In a significant development, the Lower House of State Legislature today announced that it would table all the five reports of Working Groups including Justice Saghir Ahmed's report on Centre-State relations during the current budget session and hold discussions thereafter.
Soon after the question hour this morning, People's Democratic Party (PDP) member Muzaffar Hussain Beig reminded the Speaker, Mohammad Akbar Lone about his party's notices for having a discussion on the Justice Saghir Committee Report as well as on the working of the coalition government.
The Speaker, however, informed the House that the government was willing to have... | |
| | | | A journey from fixed mindset to growth mindset | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Mar 25: To expose them to the developing society, the state police has organised for stone-pelters of Kashmir a journey from fixed mindset to growth mindset.
The move was aimed at their rehabilitation, official sources told "The Early Times". Sponsored by the state government, the first such trip was being organised for three dozen stone-pelters of Anantnag district of south Kashmir, the sources added.
Police had identified three dozen stone-pelters from different localities of the town for taking them on a 10-day tour to Delhi,
Ajmer and Goa. They would be accompanied by two top police officials.
Sources said Rs 1.50 lakh had been sanctioned by the ... | |
| | | | Nazir ailing, NC leaders partying | | | |
ET REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: Even as the stalwart of National Conference (NC) and party General Secretary Sheikh Nazir Ahmad is indisposed and recuperating in Batra Hospital at New Delhi, his party colleagues are enjoying feasts here with out paying any attention to the well being of their senior most leader.
Considered as doyen of politics in state by the experts and a father figure for not only Abdullah family but the entire National Conference, Sheikh Nazir is at the helm of party affairs since its inception.
Ironically, the senior leader has been completely forgotten by his party men upon his falling sick as was evident from the fact that the news of Nazir suffering a mild cardiac att... | |
| | | | Consular Access for 28 Pak Prisoners: Sagar | | Uproar over 'release of militants' | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: The State government today said that twenty eight Pakistani prisoners, who were lodged in different jails in the State, have been taken to Amritsar for providing them consular access.
Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar told the Legislative Assembly that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs had vide letter No. 12011/3/2009 -F.III dated 2-03-2010 had on March 2 sent a request for bringing eligible Pakistani prisoners who have not been provided consular access to central Jail Amritsar on March 23. However, the date was re-fixed for March 26.
The Minister said that as per the terms of new agreement regarding consular access, signed... | |
| | | | Inter-District Recruitment: Sonia may not oblige Omar | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has landed himself into serious trouble by expressing himself in favour of ban on inter-district recruitment. His problem has been further aggravated by his party colleague and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar, who announced on the floor of the assembly a couple of days ago that the government would bring a legislation seeking ban on inter-district recruitment in the current budget session.
The problem of Omar Abdullah is that while the People's Democratic Party (PDP) is for a total ban on inter-district recruitment, the Congress, which is sharing power with the National Conference (NC), is v... | |
| | | | CM's economic package contradicts NC's vision document | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 25: The Chief Minister's much hyped economic package came up for discussion in the legislative assembly a few days ago. The package evoked severe reaction from the opposition members and rightly called it an insult to unemployed youth. The package was unveiled on December 5 last year on the 104th birth anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah.
The Chief Minister believes such massive efforts had been taken for the first time in the past six decades. The financial help to unemployed youth has been named Voluntary Service Allowance instead of unemployment allowance. He said that the allowance getting youth will have to put in a voluntary service to the society... | |
| | | | No clue to whereabouts of infiltrators | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU: On Day 3, combing of every inch of the Jogwan forests at Pallanwala in Akhnoor was carried out by security forces to hunt down the infiltrators, but they remained untraced today too.
The eight odd heavily-armed militants had sneaked into the Indian territory from Saryala Nullah in Jogwan Tuesday last, breaching the "tight" security on the Line of Control (LoC).
Searches, which started Tuesday, were suspended Wednesday evening after darkness descended on the LoC areas, but cordons and ambushes were laid in the whole of Jogwan, especially on the routes linking it with the main Akhnoor towns.
As the day broke Thursday, army and police got on to their work of... | |
| | | | Explosives recovered from two HM hideouts | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU: A huge quantity of explosives was Thursday recovered by security forces from two hideouts of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants in Poonch and Reasi.
Police sources said during searches in Nagalban Kasblari forests of Mendhar, Poonch, jawans of police and 39 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) came across a hideout of HM militants.
Its search led them to the recovery of seven Chinese grenades, 10 AK rounds, one IED command switch, one Kenwood wireless set having the name plate of Bilal Afghani fixed on it, one VHF wireless set with antenna, one 7.2 Volt battery, one Pak-made anti-personal mine, one kg TNT, three bundles of flexible wire and personal diary of Bilal Afghan... | |
| | | | Two arrested with 29 cattle | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, March 25: Foiling their bids to smuggle bovine animals, police Thursday arrested two persons along with 29 cattle in two incidents on the national highway in Kathua and Udhampur.
Police sources said two trucks (JK02Q/5097and JK02AA/1405), intercepted by cops at Lakhanpur, were found loaded with 18 milch animals, which were being smuggled from Punjab to Kashmir.
While all the occupants of the two trucks, including their drivers, managed to give cops a slip, the vehicles were seized.
Another truck (5902/JK14A) was seized at Dharuntal in Udhampur after police discovered that 11 animals were being smuggled in it. Its driver Manzoor Rather of Seri, Ramban, and ... | |
| | | | Abrupt jump in infiltration attempts in J-K | | | |
NEW DELHI: An abrupt increase has been witnessed in infiltration attempts by the Pak-based militants from across the borders in Jammu and Kashmir since the beginning of this year.
At least 60 attempts were made by the militants to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir since January this year, sparking "serious concern" in the government.
All intelligence inputs suggest that desperate attempts were being made from across the border to make up for the "lull" in terrorism in 2009.
The abrupt jump in infiltration attempts between January 1 and March 20, 2010 led to 40 encounters between security forces and militants which left 38 ultras dead.
"The successive attempts of infiltration into... | |
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