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| Speaker slaps privilege notice on AIG Provisions | | High flying Aftab Kakroo doesn’t respond to Legislature | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 28: In an extraordinary cognizance of the disobedience of a senior Police official, posted at J&K Police Headquarters, Speaker of Legislative Assembly Mohammad Akbar Lone today slapped a privilege notice on AIG Provisions, Aftab Ahmed Kakroo. The official holding the rank of a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) has been charged with contempt of the House on account of his selective treatment to legislators and failure to respond to telephonic calls from MLAs and Presiding Officer of the House.
Informed sources revealed to Early Times that a number of MLAs had complained to Speaker that officials posted at J&K Police headquarters had been providing brand n... | |
| | | | Cash-stripped state passes Bill on hiking salaries of MLAs, ministers’ | | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
JAMMU, Mar 28:
Though the ongoing budget session of the State Legislative Assembly witnessed a series of heated debates, allegations and counter allegations between opposition members and treasury benches, the scene today, however, was completely different as the legislators cutting across party lines unanimously passed the bills hiking the monthly salaries of Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and MLAs without much debate and arguments.
The lawmakers, who gave their nod to the Bills, on the other hand, forget that the State is reeling under huge amount of debts and is cash strapped viz a viz Jammu Kashmir’s exchequer would be overburdened with a ste... | |
| | | | Man held with 25,000 fake IC notes from J&K Bank's Mendhar branch | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 28: A man was today arrested by police while he was trying to deposit 25,000 fake Indian currency notes in his account
in the Mendhar branch of J&K Bank.
Police sources said acting on a tip-off provided by bank officials on telephone, Mendhar police station SHO, Inspector Mohammad Aslam
rushed to the nearby J&K bank branch and arrested the man along with the counterfeit currency.
The accused was identified as Zaffar Iqbal, son of Faqir Hussain of Bhatakas in Sakhi Maidan area of Mendhar, Poonch.
Zaffar had gone to the bank to deposit Rs 25, 000 in his account. However, the cashier, who received the money, found that the notes
were fake.
When the m... | |
| | | | PWD JE killed, 13 hurt in road mishaps | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 28: A junior engineer (JE) of public works department (PWD) was today killed and five others, including a four-year-old
girl, were wounded in separate road accidents on the Nandini-Udhampur stretch of the national highway.
A Maruti car (JK14B/4271) collided head-on with a CRPF truck at Jhajjar Kotli, about 30 km from here, resulting in the instant death
of its driver, according to police sources.
The dead was identified as Anwar Altaf (33), son of Mohammad Tariq of Ramnagar. He was JE in PWD, the sources added.
After post-mortem in hospital, the body was handed over to his family members for last rites.
The Jhajjar Kotli police had seized the CRPF v... | |
| | | | People of Jammu want Karan Singh to play the role of saviour | | | |
MINCING NO WORDS
NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 28: Congress veteran and former Union Minister Karan Singh never makes loose statements. Whenever he talks, he talks sense. He is one person from the state who is close to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and AICC president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. He keeps company with them. Since he stays mostly in Delhi, he knows what is happening there and who is thinking what about Jammu and Kashmir, his own state. He is also one person who had as early as more than three decades ago suggested the merger of Jammu province with Himachal Pradesh. It is obvious that he had put forth this suggestion after taking into consideration the fact that... | |
| | | | May 27, 1949 A Black Day | | Delhi conspired against Jammu to pamper Kashmir | | |
STARK REALITY -- II
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Mar 28: In reply to Pandit Maitra, Ayyangar said: “Kashmir means Jammu and Kashmir”. (Syed Ali Shah Geelani and most of the Kashmiri leaders also say so.) He also justified his motion and said: “In the Draft (Indian) Constitution, the Schedule mentions the State of Kashmir” and “in the list that is attached to the Constituent Assembly Rules, it is already described as Kashmir”. He urged the members not to make this an issue and “let this description of the State of Kashmir stand, because if you change it, we will have to change other things which are already in our Statutes and Rules”. In other words, Ayyangar expressed his unwilli... | |
| | | | Wanted Lashkar militant killed in encounter | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, March 28: A wanted Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant from Pakistan was on Monday killed in a gunbattle with security forces at Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
"An LeT militant, Chacha Talha, was killed in an encounter with security forces at Reban in Sopore town, 55 kms from here," a police spokesman said.
The gunbattle broke out after security forces launched an operation following information about the presence of militants in the area.
Talha was on the wanted list of security forces for the past more than two years and was allegedly involved in several civilian killings and attacks on security forces, official sources said.
The sou... | |
| | | | Arms, ammunition seized from militant hideout | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 28: Arms and ammunition were recovered by security forces from a militant hideout in Pillon Wali Arui forests of Mandi, Poonch, in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Police sources said acting on a tip-off, a joint column of police and 27 Rashtriya Rifles searched out a militant hideout in Pillon Wali Arui forests early this morning.
Its search led forces to the recovery of two AK rifles along with seven magazines and 305 rounds, one pika spear barrel, 19 pistol rounds, 258 pika rounds, one bayonet and two pouches, the sources added.The hideout was later smashed by the jawans.
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| | | | Faizan is a minor by Indian standards | | Legislators must extend new JJA to JK | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 28: Even as the police believe Faizan was not a minor under the Jammu Kashmir Juvenile Justice Act (JJA), the South Kashmir youth is underage as per the Indian version of the law.
The older version of the law was enacted in India in 1986. The state of Jammu Kashmir extended the law in 1987. However, after taking into consideration the provisions of similar legislations of various countries, the law was amended. Under the amended law a person below the age of eighteen is a minor. In rest of India a boy of eighteen is a minor. But the Jammu Kashmir legislators believe the mental and physical faculties of boys develop fully by the time they complete sixtee... | |
| | | | SVO to continue function under SVC: Omar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 28 :The Government on Monday said that there was question of conversion of State Vigilance Organization and it shall continue functioning under the overall supervision of State Vigilance Commission.In a written reply to the question of CPI (M) MLA, M Y Tarigami, in the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah said, “However, a Bill to establish SVC was passed by the State Legislature in the last Budget session and same was submitted to Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and to the Governor.”The Governor has consented to the said Bill on January 19, 2011. “Accordingly, the J&K Vigilance Act came into force on February 15 and sub... | |
| | | | Omar reacts to Malik’s match fixing warning | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 28 : The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday tweeted that it was “sad” that the Pakistani cricket team had to be publicly warned by the country’s interior minister against match-fixing ahead of their semifinal clash against India.“It’s a sad day for cricket in Pakistan when a team has to be publicly warned by their Interior Minister not to fix the semifinal match,” he tweeted.Rehman Malik warned the Pakistani cricket team Sunday that their telephone calls and visitors were being monitored and that Pakistan had faced great embarrassment when a spot-fixing scandal had surfaced in England last year.“If I was in the Pak cricket team, I’d tell the Interior Mini... | |
| | | | Jr. Ram Paul gets promotional benefits of Sr. Ram Paul | | It happens only in J&K! | | |
SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU, Mar 28: Sincerity of education department once again came under scanner when it promoted the junior most as lecturer leaving the seniors in high and dry.
The alleged nepotism came to lime light when a junior teacher Ram Paul Sharma of Tata Pani School was promoted as lecturer at the behest of senior most. Seniors who were aggrieved of the biasness at the hands of their department approached Chief Minster’s grievance cell and lodged complaints under number 36601 and 9225 in which it was alleged that junior most teacher Ram Paul Sharma has been elevated on the name of senior Ram Paul Sharma who stood in serial number 2 of seniority list of Post Graduation master in t... | |
| | | | Mirza, PSO sent to four days police remand | | Mirza files bail application | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 28: Udhampur jail superintendent Mirza Salim Beigh and his former PSO Surinder Kumar alias Chotu were today sent by forest magistrate Sandeep Kour to four days police remand.
Mirza, who was superintendent of Kot-Bhalwal jail before his transfer to Udhampur, was alleged to have arranged meetings of Nagar
Choudhary alias Nago over mobile phone with gangs of contract killers.Nago, who was in Kot-Bhalwal jail during Mirza's time, was later shifted to Hiranagar jail in Kathua.Chotu too was alleged to have joined hands with Nago in the jail. A revolver and Rs 15 lakh, meant for distribution among contract killers, were recovered from his possession.SI Abid Bukh... | |
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