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Srinagar, Apr 24 (KNS): Suspected militants shot dead two policemen and wounded another seriously near Pohru Chowk Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar City on Monday evening, reports said.
They said that head constable Abdul Khaliq, selection grade constable Farooq Ahmad and head constable Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din were on naka duty near Pohuru chowk when suddenly suspected militants fired upon them from point blank range at about 9:30 PM.
While Khaliq and Farooq died on the spot, Mohi-ud-Din was seriously injured in the attack.
A police official confirmed to KNS that two policemen were killed while another was injured in the attack.
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| | | | Tafazal, Sahibzada likely to become Executive Directors | | Top level changes in J&K Bank on cards | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 25: With the retirement of two Executive Directors and an Executive President, changes at top level are on the cards in Jammu & Kashmir Bank.
Highly placed authoritative sources told Early Times that first meeting of the nomination committee took place today in the winter capital with the agenda of looking for new incumbents for three senior positions in J&K Bank. Chairman of J&K Bank, Mushtaq Ahmed, Commissioner-Secretary Finance in the Government of Jammu & Kashmir, Sudhanshu Pandey, besides two Directors on Board, namely Abdul Majid Matoo and Rakesh Kumar Gupta, participated in the meeting.
Executive Directors Ashok Kumar Mehta and Abdul Majid Mir ... | |
| | | | ARO suspended for alleged tampering in voter lists at Mahore | | | |
KATRA, Apr 25: Assistant returning officer (ARO) for panchayat elections in ward No 3 at Lower Sharah near Angrala in Mahore, Reasi, was today placed under suspension as he was alleged to have
tampered with election symbols of candidates.
ARO, deputy director (sericulture) Bhajan Singh was suspended by Reasi deputy commissioner P K Pole.
Pole said the ARO was suspended following alleged tampering of election symbols of candidates by him.
It was, however, yet to be ascertained if the fault was due to a printing error , or it was the handiwork of Singh.The ARO was also alleged to have changed the reserved status of
ward No 1 at Angrala and showed another ward as reserved for sc... | |
| | | | Separation of Dogras from Kashmiris the only way out | | Dogra Certificate | | |
MINCING NO WORDS
NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 25: Now that it is clear that the Kashmiri leaders – “mainstream” and separatist – are vehemently opposed to the Dogras, it is time for New Delhi to separate the latter from the former and end regional and ethnic tensions on a permanent basis. The irresponsible and outrageous behaviour of the Kashmiri leaders and their highly negative attitude to the Dogra certificate, which does not mean much in the sense that it only relaxes a couple of rules governing recruitment to central paramilitary forces, proves that the Dogras and the Kashmiri Muslims representing all shades of opinion cannot live together or co-exist under one unified polit... | |
| | | | Interlocutors must not ignore the hard realities | | | |
STARK REALITY
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 25: The new Delhi-appointed three interlocutors completed their seventh visit to the state yesterday. During their visit, they organized a two-day-long roundtable conference in Kashmir and met a number of delegations. They also met Hurriyat leader Abbas Ansari, who has been suspended by the APHC (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on the ground that his meeting with the interlocutors was against the party’s stand. From what they said yesterday during the press conference in Jammu, it was clear that they were still groping in the dark, that they have utterly failed to diagnose what ails Kashmir and that they are concerned more with Kashmir... | |
| | | | `Restore tele ties across LoC’ | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, April 25: Even as major political parties of the state and civil society actors from various parts of the country have been demanding opening up of all routes along the LoC, the state’s divided families have demanded restoration of tele ties across the loC. An Advocate who was denied permission to board the Muzaffarabad bound bus said the process of getting a seat in the Karvaan-e-Aman was too cumbersome. “The bus has not helped the divided families. Unless the process is smoothened, the bus will not serve any purpose”, he said. The lawyer’s cynicism is not totally unfounded. There have been times when the bus has traveled to Muzaffarabad without having any ... | |
| | | | Niyas to begin unofficial Yatra registration from May 1 | | Amarnath Yatra deadlock | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 25: BABA Yatri Niyas today announced its fresh programme against the decision of Shri Amarnath Yatra Board (SASB) of delaying Amarnath Yatra by 15 days.
Announcing this in a press conference here today, President BABA Yatri Niyas Surinder Mohan Aggarwal said that despite expressing serious concern over the curtailment of Yatra and submitting collected signatures to the Governor N.N.Vohra through his principal secretary R K Goal who is also the CEO of SASB, board has decided against changing its decision.
Aggarwal said that they are left with no other option but to launch protest programme. While taking a dig at the resent statements of SASB in which they ... | |
| | | | Don't try to challenge the identity of the Dogras | | | |
JAMMU, Apr 25: Some ministers, Kashmiri leaders along with the Antinational huriyat leaders who are trying to create controversy over the issuance of the "Dogra certificates" to the people of the state and want that the people of Jammu region and ladakh region should live as slaves of the kashmiri leadership. dogras are the founders of the Jammu and Kashmir state and it was "Dogra Mahrajas" who made the Jammu and Kashmir state as part of the India.
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| | | | | Shiv Sena, Jammu:- | | 
Why some people are raising unnecessary controversy on the issue of Dogra certificate, when people know it well that this practice is continuing Since Maharaja’s time. If anything benefits the youth of Jammu province, certain vested interests are raking up this issue just to create confusion among the people. People of Jammu are united on the issue and won’t tolerate any dilution on the word Dogra certificate.
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| | | | | Rama Kant Dubey, President VHP, Jammu:- | | 
I fully support the Dogra certificate and hope the unnecessary controversy will soon die down. I as a president, Vishwa Hindu parishad and as a Jammuite endorse the Dogra certificate issue and nobody should be allowed to play with the sentiments of the people of Jammu. Dogra certificate is given to all including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and others of Jammu province.
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| | | | | Ashok Khajuria, MLA, BJP, Jammu East:- | | 
I have always fought for the cause of pro-Jammu and Pro-Dogra issues and will continue to do it inside and outside Assembly. People of Jammu cannot be taken for granted, and the days are gone when people of Jammu will ignore the discrimination and Injustice meted out to them. Dogra certificate is every Dogra’s right and no power can snatch their right. Some forces are hell bent to create 2008 situation and the people like Gilani’s are again raising unnecessary controversy, but the people of J... | |
| | | | | Prof. Radha Kumar, Interalocator and Academician:- | | 
Well, at present, I am not in a position to comment on this issue, though I have heard about it. As you know, we are here to meet people of different sections, regions and to submit our report to Govt. of India. This issue seems to be rising from last many days and through newspapers. I came to know about Dogra certificate. First, I will go to Delhi and go into the Details of it and then will be able to comment on this issue which seems to be very sensitive.
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| | | | CJM orders reinvestigation of decade old contractor's murder | | | |
JAMMU, Apr 25: Chief judicial magistrate (CJM) M S Parihar has ordered reinvestigation in the murder of a contractor in Jhajjar Kotli area over a decade back in which BJP MLA Jugal Kishore Sharma was a suspect.
Contractor Raj Singh's body was recovered from the area on March 30, 1999.
After Raj's father filed an application in the court, the CJM directed police investigating officer (IO) to complete investigation in the case within a reasonable time and take such
action as might be required by the result of reinvestigation. According to the case, the IO recorded statements of 69 witnesses but no concrete clue as regards the real culprits was found.
However, during police investigat... | |
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