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| Jaiswal in Jammu…Is all Ok! | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 2
ET SPECIAL
Jammu and Kashmir, even during the days of calm, is always a security concern for some central leaders and top officers –for a break the spiritual abode of Mata Vaishno Devi in Jammu region and beauty of Kashmir Valley sometimes multiply the concerns.
Union Minister of State for Home Sri Prakash Jaiswal is currently in the town and staying at a plush hotel along with family. He reached the winter capital city this afternoon.
The junior Home Minister’s presence in any part of Jammu and Kashmir is in itself an indicator that state’s security scenario is under review. Adding to the worries, Jaiswal’s meeting with the top security officers and statement “security needs review” makes one to think over the prevailing situation.
Thought set out –there may be some intelligence inputs of a possible terror threat or elections may round the corner which has brought the Minister of State for Home to Jammu. Interestingly, there is nothing of the sorts.
Jaiswal is an ardent devotee of the Mata Vaishno Devi. His devotion for the shrine brin... | |
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| Stages killing: Arrest warrants against Col, 4 others | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Apr 2
A Srinagar court Wednesday ordered the arrest of five army personnel charged in the murder of an imam in their custody in 2006. Husnain Masoodi, the principal district and sessions judge of Srinagar, issued the non-bailable arrest warrants against Colonel Vikram Singh, the then commanding officer of 13 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), his deputy V.K. Sharma and three other army personnel.
Masoodi is hearing the infamous staged shootout case that rocked the Kashmir valley in February last year.
Showkat Ahmad Kataria, originally from the Banihal area of the Jammu region, was allegedly picked up from the Zadibal locality of Srinagar in 2006 where he served as th... | |
| | | | Pressing suite against BJP, Mangat appears in Court | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 2
In a defamation case against the BJP leaders, the Congress veteran and Health Minister Mangat Ram Sharma today got his statement recorded before the judge pursing the case.
Mangat Ram Sharma had filed a defamation complaint against the BJP leaders Shamsher Singh Manhas and Bali Bhagat for wild allegations of amassing illicit wealth. The Second Additional Districts and Sessions Judge Jammu AK Koul today recorded statement of Mangat Ram who had personally appeared in the Court.
At a press conference on October 3 last year, Shamsher Singh Manhas and Bali Bhagat had leveled allegations against Mangat Ram Sharma of amassing huge wealth.
In his complaint... | |
| | | | Hubby jailed for Captain’s suicide | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 2
Blaming the service conditions for stress among the women soldiers may have become too much clichéd as it can be the evil at home forcing the extreme step. Nine months after shocking suicide by a young woman officer of Indian Army, the Police have arrested her husband –also an officer of the same rank –for provoking her to end life.
Captain Chaitanya Bhatawadekar who was arrested late Tuesday night in connection with the mysterious death of his wife captain Megha Razdan has now been remanded to six days judicial custody by the Court of Deputy Magistrate.
Razdan was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her house in Kunjwani area, on the outskirts of J... | |
| | | | Mehbooba takes U-Turn on Self Rule crux | | Grilled by TV channel, PDP chief says she never suggested joint senate | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 2
ET ExCLUSIVE
Under an obvious pressure from various political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti has taken a U-Turn and rolled back on his statement about the Joint Parliament of Jammu and Kashmir.
Eliciting this as a part of the Self Rule proposal of her party, Mehbooba while speaking at the Pugwash Conference at Islamabad, had proposed a Joint Senate of the Upper House of the legislature of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan administered Kashmir. This has set off a string of reaction in the political circles.
As a leading Indian Television News Channel grilled Mehbooba on the issue in its current affairs program this evening, the PD... | |
| | | | Up for grab, jobs and goodies | | Project smile all: Flowers, roads, buildings, extensions | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Apr 2
For hundreds and thousands of contractual employees with various government departments, the first day of April was a day of blessing and the traditionally lampooning “April Fools Day”. The government has extended their term of contractual employment by another six months.
This was one of the several goodies up for the grab as the coalition government reaches out to the people with a slew of encouraging inducements and stimulations to keep them in good humour in the election year.
Till very recently, the political observers were looking towards the brightening prospects of the National Conference in view of the lack luster show of the coalition. Sudd... | |
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