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Marshals in action again; MLA Langate evicted Ruling NC members create ruckus, stage walk out 4/1/2010 11:48:30 PM ARTEEV SHARMA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: The action-packed drama was re-enacted in State Legislative Assembly today when a member of House was marshaled out after he tried to disrupt the proceedings of the House demanding introduction of controversial inter-district recruitment Bill. The Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone, who got irritated by the repeated disruption in the proceedings of the House by Independent MLA from Langate, Abdul Rashid Engineer, ordered the Marshals to evict him. The action triggered walkout by three MLAs of the ruling National Conference. The high-pitched drama disrupted the House proceedings for 42 minutes during Question Hour. Earlier, two MLAs including Abdul Rashid Engineer and PDP MLA Abdul Haq Khan were marshaled out from the House over the same issue on March 17. The trouble began at the very outset of the Question Hour when senior NC legislator, Choudhary Ramzan raked up the issue vis-…-vis inter-district recruitment. The NC MLA said, "Though the Government had assured that it would bring inter-district recruitment Bill, yet it has n...   READ MORE

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CBI exposes defaulters-SBI officials nexus, unearths fraud of Rs 1.13 cr 4/1/2010 11:47:45 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 01: The anti-corruption wing of CBI has exposed a loan defaulters-SBI officials nexus, unearthing a fraud of Rs 1.13 cr. A loan of Rs 1.13 cr was secured by Pritam and Jaswinder Singh, partners in Diya Rice Mill at Dablehar, R S Pura, from the Kachi Chawni branch of State Bank of India (SBI) in 1996 to set up a unit for de-husking of paddy (rice sheller). Of this amount, Rs 80 lakh were taken against working capital and Rs 33.5 lakh as term loan. In the combined loan of Rs 1.13 cr, plant and machinery were hypothecated as prime security and a piece of 60 kanals of land at Biaspur in RS Pura was mortgaged as collateral security. A CBI spokesman said the mi...   READ MORE   Verbal spat between Sagar, BJP BJP, JSM stage walkout over reservation for PoK refugees 4/1/2010 11:47:20 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: The Lower House of State Legislature today witnessed verbal clash between the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs on a private members bill moved by the BJP MLA from Nagrota constituency. Describing the BJP MLAs as "Shuter Murg," the Minister accused the BJP of trying to divide the Jammu and Kashmir on communal lines by creating confusion in the minds of people. "Aap Log Secular India Ko Damage Kerna Chahte Ho……. Aap Log Mulk Ke Tukre Tukre Kerna Chahte Ho", was the one liner of fire brand Minister of ruling National Conference who was making a statement on the bill moved by the BJP MLA se...   READ MORE   Every child will get education: PM 4/1/2010 11:46:58 PM NEW DELHI | APR 01 The historic Right to Education today came into force providing free and compulsory schooling to children in the 6-14 year age bracket with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking the states to join in this national effort with full resolve and determination. The new statute makes it obligatory on the part of the state governments and local bodies to ensure that every child gets education in a school in the neighbourhood. Its implementation will directly benefit close to one crore children who do not go to schools at present. Addressing the nation on the occasion, the Prime Minister said, "the government is committed to ensuring that all children irrespective of gender ...   READ MORE   Mashali Bazaar Main Aaye Ho Kaya….! 4/1/2010 11:46:39 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: Speaker Legislative Assembly, Mohamamd Akbar Lone today snubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA, Lal Chand when he tore the copy of question booklet and threw pieces towards the Chair during Question Hour. It all happened when the Speaker asked the BJP MLA to raise his question. While all other BJP MLAs accompanied by the JKNPP and JSM legislators staged walkout from the House over Dogra Certificate issue, Lal Chand, who ignored the Speaker's direction, joined his party MLAs. Soon after realizing, he went back to his seat and sought the Speaker's attention but the Speaker asked the Congress MLA, G A Mir to raise his question. Irked over being ...   READ MORE   58 militants among 94 killed this year 4/1/2010 11:46:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, April 1: The first three months of 2010 have claimed 94 lives. The deceased include 58 militants, 18 civilians and 18 security men. Around one hundred security men sustained injuries and while as the number of wounded civilians has been pegged at 250. According to informed sources, militancy related violence registered alarming increase across the state. The year started with a violent clash between civilians and the security men at Sopore in Baramulla district. Twenty persons including a few security men sustained injuries in such clashes. On January 2, gunmen whose identity could not be ascertained fired at a BSF party at Soura, Srinagar. The attack lef...   READ MORE   Justice AH Saikia to be new Chief Justice of J&K High Court 4/1/2010 11:45:56 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT NEW DELHI, APRIL 1: President Pratibha Patil has transferred the Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court Aftab Hussain Saikia as Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court through an order passed here today. Earlier, Chief Justice Barin Ghosh of J&K High Court was transferred to Sikkim High Court as Chief Justice through a Presidential order. Thus, the two Chief Justices have virtually been interchanged between the two High Courts. Ever since the transfer of Justice Ghosh the appointment of his successor was awaited. This had also given indication about the possible swapping of the post by the two Chief Justices, or Justice Ghosh and Justice Saikia. Ending all specu...   READ MORE   Tension grips Poonch after ‘communal’ clash 4/1/2010 11:45:43 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 01: Tension gripped the communally sensitive Poonch town late Wednesday night after majority community people stoned members of minority community and burnt their three motorcycles, besides damaging a Maruti van. The trouble erupted yesterday at about 10.30 pm when about 15 Sikh youth started felling two trees of Manu wood, which they needed on Baisakhi festival to prepare "prasad" at the highly revered Nangali Sahib. Police sources said while they started cutting trees, some Muslim youth appeared on the scene and stoned them, forcing them to flee. Three motorcycles, which they left behind, were burnt by the angry majority community youth.Sources said a ...   READ MORE   12 militants killed in Rajouri in six days *The group of eight that infiltrated from Pallanwala wiped out 4/1/2010 11:44:54 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 01: With the killing of six Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including five Pakistanis, in a gunbattle in Tali Draman-Sarsoti forests of Bhagla in Kalakote, Rajouri, today, troops wiped out the group of eight infiltrators who had sneaked into Indian territory from Pallanwala, Akhnoor, last week. Two of the infiltrators were killed by troops at Mal near Dharamsal in Kalakote on March 27. The remaining six had managed to escape. In another encounter in the area on March 30, four militants were shot dead by police and army in a joint encounter. With the killing of six militants today, the troops have killed 12 top militants in Rajouri in three encounters in...   READ MORE   VDC member repulses militant attack 4/1/2010 11:44:29 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 01: Fighting valiantly, a village defence committee (VDC) member Thursday repulsed an attack by militants on his house at Daroti in Kalakote, Rajouri. Police sources said four to five militants entered Daroti and went to the house of VDC member Raj Kumar. When he did not open the door even after repeated knocks, they opened indiscriminate fire, the sources said. The VDC member retaliated from inside. Sources said the exchange of fire between the two sides continued for about an hour after which the militants fled. In 2006 also, Raj had survived an attack by militants in his village which left five VDC members dead. ...   READ MORE   Uproar in LA over Dogra Certificate issue Verbal duel between Minister, Opposition members; NC, Congress difference surfaced 4/1/2010 11:44:05 PM ARTEEV SHARMA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: Vociferous Opposition members belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) and Jammu State Morcha (JSM) today put the coalition government in a tight spot when they wanted to know the steps taken to issue 'Dogra Certificate' the document required by Dogras for army recruitments. Amid the pandemonium, the opposition members staged a walkout during Question Hour when the Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ali Mohammad Sagar said there was no provision for issuing Dogra Certificate by the Government. Yet before they walked out of the House, they had successfully brought the dissension w...   READ MORE   'Paper leakage' hit masses authorities yet to wake up from Slumber 4/1/2010 11:43:24 PM Early Times Report JAMMU,April 1 While the mastermind of the paper leakage scam who played with the future of the students of 10th and 12th standard has attracted attention of all sane elements in civil society, the concerned authorities are yet to wake up. This is not the first time when authorities of JKBOSE and other involved agencies failed to restore faith of the people earlier paper of class 8th was leaked. And if recalled board and police ad failed to restore confidence of people by failing to get all those who were involved in 'mass cheating case' reported at Karan nagar in 2002 making people to lose faith in educational system. Recently question papers of Chemistry A and B, B...   READ MORE   Kashmir issue a Muslim issue by any yardstick -- III 4/1/2010 11:42:50 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES EPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: The Mirwaiz says that his faction is fighting for the Kashmiri cause and the ongoing movement in Kashmir is indigenous. This is not true. He is neither fighting for the so-called cause of Kashmiri Muslims nor is the separatist movement in Kashmir indigenous. Actually, he, like other Kashmiri separatists, particularly the likes of Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Ayesa Andrabi, is fighting for the Pakistani cause. He has nothing to do with the common Kashmiri Muslims, who want a peace to return to Kashmir so that they could carry on their economic, social and political activities freely and serve their society. That the Mirwaiz has been fighting for the P...   READ MORE

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