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| Fragging case: IG shifted | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 23
In the wake of a case of fragging near the Vaishnodevi shrine, CRPF on Wednesday shifted Inspector General J C Dabas and attached him with the force headquarters at Delhi.
"Dabas was shifted from the post of IG CRPF of Jammu zone and attached to CRPF headquarters in New Delhi for failing to implement several measures inorder to bring down the level of stress among jawans," official sources told PTI.
The jawan Veerander Singh had a verbal duel with Inspector Snoobi, the Company Commander, after which he opened fire from his service weapon critically wounding him and constable Parveen Kumar on Monday. They later succumbed to injuries.
"The IG also fail... | |
| | | | Omar uses double edged weapon to bled Congress-PDP alliance | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 23
National Conference President Omar Abdullah is using double edged weapon to bleed Cong-PDP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. On one hand NC Chief is traveling across the length and breadth of the state addressing public rallies and exposing working of the coalition government and on the other hand he is intelligently triggering debates in the virtual world of internet by posting blogs on the website of the National conference to generate more heat and fine tune party’s poll agenda in the run up to the Assembly elections.
On Wednesday Omar posted another fresh blog on the party website. This time he purposefully chose the subject of Srinagar-Mu... | |
| | | | Patients suffer in GMC; Officials assure `more oxygen' | | 6 bedded ICU coming up with ventilators | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 23
As the non-functional ventilator in over-crowded Emergency ward of Government Medical College Hospital Jammu is threatening many lives, officials are planning to procure more `oxygen' for the hospital, which is being upgraded to AIMS level.
Sources said that only three ventilators out of seven were available in GMC as four of them were out of order and awaiting attention of the concerned authorities. "We are not able to meet the requirement due to heavy rush in the hospital and we have only three ventilators available with us", a senior doctors posted in the hospital told NAK, on the condition of anonymity.
He said that four ventilators were out of or... | |
| | | | Punjab gangs up against J&K industry | | Badal govt to move SC for scraping tax sops available to J&K | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 23
ET Special
As if the deadly blow dealt by withdrawal of central excise incentives was not enough to crush industry sector in Jammu and Kashmir that another trouble is in the offing.
In a classic case of owner’s pride and neighbour’s envy, the adjoining state is all set to take the Central Government and Jammu and Kashmir to the Supreme Court for the tax sops available to this state which are not available to Punjab. Sources said, a decision to this effect has been cleared by the Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. The appeals decided to be filed before the Supreme Court seek to annul the tax sops offered to the industry sector in Jammu and Kas... | |
| | | | HM gets penultimate blow: three top commanders dead | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 23
In a massive summer chase against militants, the security forces today eliminated three top commanders of the Hizbul Mujahideen and killed two other ultras in two separate encounters.
This is being seen as major set back to the pre-poll revival activities of the Hizbul Mujahideen and is a follow up to the killing of several top commanders in the past few months.
In a joint operation, the Army and state Police gunned down a top militant commander of Hizbul Mujahideen at Kalian area of Mohar tehsil of Reasi district, while another militant of Jesh-e-Muhammad has been killed in Mendhar area of Poonch, Wednesday morning.
Official sources said that Spe... | |
| | | | NE may be more violent, but J&K remains vulnerable | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 23
Statistics say that the terror focus has now left Jammu and Kashmir and reaches North Eastern India but the indicators suggest that this state continues to be a target of surprise violence and the fast approaching election year may be a renewed security challenge.
The North Eastern states recorded 1,489 incidents of insurgency-related violence in 2007 while Jammu and Kashmir recorded about 900 incidents, according to the latest report titled, Status Paper on Naxal Activities, prepared by the ministry of home affairs.
It is true that Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing lesser number of incidents as compared to the NE but a warning of the renewal of... | |
| | | | Brick kilns earning J&K bad name | | Two more bonded labourers rescued from RS Pura | | | Early Times Reporteer
Jammu | Apr 23
ET Exclusive
HISTORY SHEET
• April 23, 2008 / 2 rescued from RS Pura
• February 13, 2008 / 10 rescued from Reasi
• July 19, 2003 / 51 rescued from Gangyal
Earning a bad name for the state and its enterprising culture, yet another case of bonded labour has come to fore as the workers taken hostage by the Worklord could be rescued only after Police intervention.
Unlike Bihar and Madhya Pradesh Pradesh where bonded labour has worse prevalence, Jammu and Kashmir earns this bad name always through brick kiln owners. All major cases of bonded labour coming to fore in the state so far have been reported from the brick kilns.
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