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J&K told to declare sale of all KP properties ‘null and void’, restore possession 3/2/2011 11:53:09 PM *Vested Interest trying to alter demography of J&K *Special budgetary provision for KPs in valley *Refer KPs as ‘displaced person’ or Refugees *Centre, state both lack holistic approach Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report AMMU, Mar 2: Jammu and Kashmir government has been directed to explore possibility of declaring all the properties, movable and immovable, sold by the displaced persons (Kashmiri Pandits) after 1989-90, as “Distress Sales” and declare sales as null and void and accordingly, restore possession of the properties back to respective Kashmiri Pandits who were recorded owners. Government has been further asked to impose a blanket ban on the acquisition of the properties of Kashmiri Pandits by the state government and also to ensure implementation of Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distressed Sales) Act, 1997 in letter and spirit. These directions and recommendations have been made by an empowered parliamentary standing committee on home affairs in its one hundred and thirty seventh rep...   READ MORE

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Police plan leaked, gangster stays away from trap 3/2/2011 11:52:43 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 02: Following the leakage of a police plan, an extortioner, who was to collect money from a businessman at marble market here, did not turn up. SHOs of Bakshi Nagar, Trikuta Nagar and Gangyal police stations waited in private cars at marble market Tuesday evening along with over a dozen cops and the businessman, but gangster Munna did not come, police sources said. Sources said Munna had been demanding money from Varun Mahajan of Gangyal for the past few days. After police came to know about the matter, they approached Varun and asked him to call Munna to the marble market to collect money. When Munna agreed, policemen in mufti fanned out in the are...   READ MORE   Militant killed, soldier wounded in Tral encounter 3/2/2011 11:52:24 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, Mar 2 : A fierce encounter that ensued between militants and security forces in south Kashmir left a militants dead and a soldier seriously wounded. According to reports, militants fired upon a patrol party at Dadsar, Tral in Pulwama district last evening. The security forces, however, did not retaliate immediately. Reports said the 42 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) along with police and Special Operation Group personnel laid a siege of the area and in the process two militants reportedly got trapped in a residential house. Unconfirmed reports said that this house belongs to one Gulzar Ahmed Mir, an employee in Power Department. A militant whose identity could...   READ MORE   2 killed, 18 hurt in road mishaps 3/2/2011 11:52:09 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 02: In unconnected road mishaps, a sports teacher and a BSF cop were killed and 18 others wounded across the state since Tuesday. Vijay Kumar, a sports teacher in government higher secondary school, Chenani, was wounded Tuesday morning after his scooty was hit by a truck at Bali Nullah in Udhampur. He was admitted to hospital where he died today, police sources said. BSF cop was killed and nine others were wounded when a truck in which they were travelling skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge at Balakote in Mendhar, Poonch. The mishap occured when the truck carrying 14 BSF personnel of 76 Bn was on its way to its headquarter from Rajouri. The dead ...   READ MORE   BSF, Rangers hold flag meeting on IB 3/2/2011 11:51:13 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 02: To discuss various matters, including flood lighting of the international border (IB) on this side, BSF Tuesday held a flag meeting with the Pak Rangers. The meeting took place on zero line between Peeli Post of Pakistan and Octroi outpost of India in R S Pura sector Tuesday. Various border-related issues, including objections to flood lighting work done by the BSF and border coordination, were discussed during the meeting, official sources said. The BSF team was led by DIG, C Vasudev and DIG, S K Singh, while Brigadier Masood and sector commander Zulfikar Ali headed the team of Rangers. The Rangers had raised objections and tried to disrupt work on in...   READ MORE   Can Major Avtar Singh skip civil trial? 3/2/2011 11:50:29 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 2: Even if Major Avtar Singh who is wanted in Jaleel Andrabi murder case is extradited from US and brought to Srinagar, he still can skip trial in a civil court. According to noted lawyer and renowned human rights defender, Parvez Imroz, if Major Avtaar Singh is produced before the court in Srinagar, he has an option to skip the trial. “All he has to do is to tell the court that he is interested in court martial. Once this option is exercised the civil courts would cease to have jurisdiction.”In such an eventuality, the erring Major shall be court martialed and even punished. But, this is not what Jaleel’s relatives want. They are interested in a trial cond...   READ MORE   PM's 2 day Jammu visit begins today 3/2/2011 11:50:08 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Mar 2: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay a two-day visit to Jammu from Thursday during which he will inspect a township built to house migrant Kashmiri Pandit families, official sources said Monday.During his visit, the prime minister will meet various delegations Thursday and will address the convocation of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences, Jammu. He will also visit Jagti satellite township constructed for more than 4,000 Kashmiri Pandit families.The families, who had migrated from the Valley after the outbreak of separatist violence in 1989 and are currently staying in migrant camps on the outskirts of Jammu, will be shifted to Jagti towns...   READ MORE   Militant killed, soldier wounded in Tral encounter 3/2/2011 11:49:26 PM Srinagar, Mar 2 : A fierce encounter that ensued between militants and security forces in south Kashmir left a militants dead and a soldier seriously wounded. According to reports, militants fired upon a patrol party at Dadsar, Tral in Pulwama district last evening. The security forces, however, did not retaliate immediately. Reports said the 42 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) along with police and Special Operation Group personnel laid a siege of the area and in the process two militants reportedly got trapped in a residential house. Unconfirmed reports said that this house belongs to one Gulzar Ahmed Mir, an employee in Power Department. A militant whose identity could not be immediately asce...   READ MORE   Juvenile detention irks Mehbooba `Current regime worst phase of JK history’ 3/2/2011 11:48:26 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, March 2: Taking strong note of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s response to the imprisonment of 14 year old Faizan and other youngsters under PSA, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti accused him of insensitivity. Mehbooba said the Chief Minister was trying to discredit the established systems like that of age certification to prove him self correct. She rejected the Chief Ministers observation that the age of Faizan from Islamabad Anantnag needed to be medically verified as according to him the “certificates were fake in most cases”. Mehbooba said it was no less than a misfortune for the state that a Chief Minister should call for in...   READ MORE   Sandwiched between the Indian and Pakistan Fence line, people living as ‘Free slaves’ 3/2/2011 11:47:21 PM Vaibhavi Chandel EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 2: A prestigious project of fencing the Line of Control and International Borders in Jammu and Kashmir was initiated after the ceasefire in 2003. The work of fencing was done with much enthusiasm but one thing which was not in the favour of the residents living close to the border was that they erected this fence about two or three kilometers before the actual Line Of Control. This lead to a major jerk to atleast 22 villages especially of the Poonch region which sandwiched all these villages. Generally the villages which are facing major problems because of this fencing include Chaprian, Kerni, Chamber Kinari, Digwar, So...   READ MORE   Return policy a tragedy in waiting, says PK PM’s Employment Package 3/2/2011 11:46:45 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 2: Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Chrungoo has denounced the much-talked about Prime Minister’s employment as an “instrument of blackmail” and as a tool designed to hold the “displaced Kashmiri Hindus hostage” to “communal and separatist imperatives in the state.” He has strongly urged the Prime Minister to “review the entire structure of the policy of Government of India on the issue of return and rehabilitation of internally displaced Kashmiri Hindus.” “We want the Prime Minister of India to realize that his employment package for the displaced Kashmiri Hindus is being used to exploit the destitution of Kashmiri Hindus to return to the Valley in condit...   READ MORE   Governor Vohra hits nail on the head 3/2/2011 11:46:13 PM NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Mar 2: It was unexpected but it has happened. This means certain men at the helm have started recognizing the ground realities in Kashmir, hitting the nail on the head and explaining the fundamental causes responsible for the turmoil in the Kashmir Valley and estranged relations between India and Pakistan. The case in point is the Governor N N Vohra’s address to the joint-session of the J&K legislature on the opening day (Feb 28) of the budget session. What he said was inspiring in a sense, notwithstanding his positive statement on the Prime Minister-Constituted Working Groups’ highly controversial and militant-friendly recommendations; his vague comments on...   READ MORE   Valley’s stray dogs to sneak into Jammu! 3/2/2011 12:24:57 AM In lighter vein Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 1: The people of Jammu have a genuine reason to feel worried. The exodus of stray dogs from Kashmir shall begin shortly. But where will the canines go? A question that is likely to cause a political storm. A `Pied Pier’ who claims he will make all stray dogs flee from Kashmir has received the official nod to begin the `noble job’. He is all set to test his efficiency in two municipal wards of Srinagar. The `Piper’, Khurshid Ahmed Mir is known for repelling the rodents from Five Star hotels and commercial installations across the globe. Jammu also teems with stray dogs. According to rough estimates there are 2 lakh dogs in Srinagar city a...   READ MORE

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