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Number plate at the cost of a Nano? 4/26/2009 8:05:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, April 25: Barely a month after world’s second highest known bid for a car number plate in London, a gentleman in Jammu has set a record of his own by paying almost the price of a Nano car for registration number of his choice. As two decades of militancy make names of bombs and guns more popular in Jammu and Kashmir than many other things of desire, it was the number series, incidentally, after name of a gun which fetched highest price –Rs 85,000. One Mohammad Rafiq Mir of Bathindi paid Rs 85,000 to the Transport Authority in an open auction for the registration number AK-47. While 47 is the number allotted to his Honda Car, ‘AK’ is the current series –as part of JKO2AK. Authorities said this is the highest bid so far in Jammu and Kashmir. There were nearly ten other numbers like 1313, 1212 etc sold on bid but none could fetch more than Rs 10,000 each. In today’s bidding the Transport Authority earned more than Rs 3 lakhs by selling vanity numbers. The Transport Authority officials said that the highest bidder paid a total amount of Rs 107300, whi...   READ MORE

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Police claim leads in Surankote blast 4/26/2009 8:05:13 PM Early Times report Jammu, April 25: On the revelation of the four arrested accused, Surankote police has started conducting raids in different areas to nab other Over Ground Workers who are providing assistance to the Lashkar-e-Toiba outfit militants. According to the sources during the interrogation of the four accused arrested in connection with landmine blast namely Abdul Aziz son of Mohd Shafi,Vilayat Hussain son of Lal Khan,Wazir Mohd son of Mir Mohd and Mohd Zaheer son of Mohd Bashir all residents of Bufliaz by SOG sleuths they told that they were working for the LeT outfit militants and in returned got Hawala money worth lakhs from them .They also told that for this consign...   READ MORE   Mein Kya Boloon….! Omar takes potshots on Mehbooba 4/26/2009 8:04:49 PM Early Times report jammu, April 25 As the season of poll-time confrontation heats up between Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took sarcastic potshots on Mehbooba Mufti while questioning moral credibility of the opposition party in representing Kashmir in Parliament. Taking pride in his speech on nuclear deal in Parliament where he touched upon the issue of Amarnath land transfer, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today claimed that PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was seen missing in action Kashmir was burning. Addressing a series of public meetings in several South Kashmir villages, Omar said, “when an opportunity came in way of PDP...   READ MORE   NBWs against Yaseen Malik 4/26/2009 8:04:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 25- Presiding Officer TADA Court Jammu has issued non-bailable warrants against Mohammed Yaseen Malik, Chairman JKLF and several others allegedly involved in kidnapping of Dr. Rubiya Syed daughter of then Home Minister and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Syed, to secure their presence in the court on next date of hearing. Besides, Yaseen Malik, the non bailable warrants were issued against Javid Mir alias Nalka, Showkat Bakshi, Ali Mohammed Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Sofi, Mehraj-ud-Din, Wajahat Bashir, Zaman Mir , Iqbal Gandroo, Yaqoob Pandit whereas accused Rafiq alias Nanaji was present in custody from Udhampur jail TADA Court also issued non-bailable warr...   READ MORE   Seth is SASB consultant Vohra reviews Amarnath pilgrimage security issues 4/26/2009 8:03:52 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 25- Attaching high importance to the environmental concerns and taking further effective measures to preserve the ecology of the Himalayan region during the ensuing Shri Amarnathji Yatra, Governor, N N Vohra, in his capacity as Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) today appointed Dr Chander Mohan Seth, as Environment Consultant in the SASB. Dr Seth, IFS, who retired last month as the Chairman of the State Pollution Control Board, will take up his new assignment from 1st May 2009. The Governor had, earlier, nominated a three-member Environment Sub Committee of the Board, headed by an eminent environmentalist, Dr Sunita Narain, who is the well-k...   READ MORE   Hazratbal fiasco PDP shots off letter to EC, PM 4/26/2009 8:03:20 PM Activists protest in Jammu, 4 injured Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 25: Not ready to take the Election Commission of India’s decision lying down, the Peoples Democratic Party has entered into aggressive agitation mode to protest rescinding of election notification for Hazratbal assembly constituency. While the party President Mehbooba Mufti wrote to the Chief Election Commission and dashed a copy of protest letter to the Prime Minister’s Office, the party activists took to streets to oppose the decision. PDP is protesting against EC’s decision of withdrawing election notification for Hazratbal constituency which, the party alleges, is a favour to the ruling party candidate. The ass...   READ MORE   Darbar shifting begins 4/26/2009 8:02:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 25: Over 50 vehicles of the State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) were today pressed into service for carrying civil secretariat staffs and officials record in the summer capital Srinagar as annual Darbar moved from here, official sources said here. ''Fifty-two buses of the SRTC and two ambulances of the State Health Department will carry employees and official record from Jammu to Srinagar,'' officials said, adding nearly 10,000 government employees would shift to the Valley for next six months. However, tight security arrangements were made all along the 300-km-long Jammu-Srinagar national highway for successful and incident-free Darbar Move, police s...   READ MORE   Captured ultra calls Pak bluff Army says 56 militants infiltrated in Valley, 32 killed: 4/26/2009 8:02:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar: Army on Saturday claimed that thirty-two militants out of fifty-six, who had infiltrated into Kashmir Valley this year, were killed in separate encounters in north Kashmir’s Kupwara and Bandipora district. “Twenty six militants had infiltrated through Drangyari and Hafruda forests in the Shamsbari range (Kupwara) and a group of 31 entered via Gurez sector in Bandipora. While twenty militants were killed in Kupwara, 12 others have been gunned down in Gurez,” Brigadier General Staff (BGS) of Army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Brigadier Gurmeet Singh told reporters at the corps headquarters at Badamibagh here. Besides the killings, the Brigadier also claimed that ...   READ MORE   10 nominations rejected, 13 in fray in north Kashmir 4/26/2009 8:01:53 PM Early Times Report Srinagar: Elections authorities on Saturday rejected candidature of ten candidates after the scrutiny of the nomination papers, leaving 13 candidates in fray for the north Kashmir parliamentary constituency, going to polls on the last phase of the staggered five phased polls in the state. Official sources said that Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, Lateef-ul-Zaman Deva, who is also the returning officer for the segment, rejected the candidature of ten independent candidates on various grounds. In all, 23 candidates including chairman of his faction of Peoples Conference, Sajad Gani Lone, National Conference (NC) nominee Shareef-ud-din Sharik and Peoples Democratic...   READ MORE   Leh rail link at Rs 22,000 Crs 4/26/2009 8:01:10 PM NEW DELHI: The ambitious and strategically important Leh-Bilaspur rail link proposal gains momentum with railways finalising the feasibility report of the project. Six passenger trains and nine goods trains are being proposed to run daily between the proposed 498 km long Leh-Bilaspur section in the feasibility report. "The feasibility report of Leh-Bilaspur rail link project is almost ready and it will be submitted to Railway Ministry shortly for scrutiny. After the scrutiny, the report would be sent to the Planning Commission before being sent to Parliament for final approval," said a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the feasibility study. The feasibility study of Leh-Bi...   READ MORE

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