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SWC head asks for introduction of Women's Reservation Bill

4/4/2010 11:54:58 PM

Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 04: Observing that domestic violence against women had gone up in J&K over the past two decades, the State Women Commission (SWC) chairperson Shameema Firdous today felt that the Women's Reservation Bill could help them in leading a life with honour and dignity. She asked the government to introduce the bill in the state legislature to safeguard the rights of women. "Women in Kashmir have gone through hell. Domestic violence against them has shown a spurt over the past 20 years. We need to stand up to protect their rights," she told reporters here. Firdous, who also heads the women wing of National Conference (NC), said the bill should soon be m...

One killed, 9 injured in truck accident

4/4/2010 11:54:42 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 04: A truck loaded with bricks skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Jandrolla in Poonch Sunday, resulting in the instant death of a labourer and injuries to nine others, including driver. A truck (8937/JK02E) was on its way from Poonch town to a nearby village, but when it reached Jandrolla at about 5.45 pm, the driver lost control over it as a result of which it fell into a 100-ft-deep gorge. It was loaded with bricks. Police sources said one labourer was killed on the spot, while nine others, including driver, survived with multiple injuries. The dead was identified as Mohammad Rashid (35) of Jandrolla and the injured as driver Mohammad Arsha...

100 held for ticketless travel

4/4/2010 11:54:34 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 04: The railways today apprehended nearly 100 people for travelling without tickets on the Delhi-Jammu stretch. Police sources said during a surprise inspection by a team led by the Divisional Traffic Manager (DTM), nearly 100 travellers were found travelling without tickets at the Jammu Railway Station. All of them were later produced before the railway magistrate, who released them after slapping a fine on them, the sources added. ...

Police activates border posts to check infiltration

4/4/2010 11:54:25 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 04: Apart from troops, police too have alerted border posts to check infiltration and rope in locals to identify outsiders and suspicious persons in the border villages. All the border posts of police had been put on high alert following increased infiltration bids from across the borders, a police officer said. "We have activated our border police posts, plugging infiltration routes to eliminate them in case they infiltrate", he added. Intelligence input suggested that over 400 militants were waiting at launching pads across the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) to cross over to India. The officer said intelligence persons ...

Ultras shoot at Cong leader at home, one killed

4/4/2010 11:54:14 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 4 : Armed militants barged into the house of a senior Congress leader in Pulwama district of south Kashmir this evening and opened fire at him but he escaped unhurt as his personal security officer shot back killing one of the ultras and leaving another injured. A group of about four heavily armed militants intruded into the house of district Congress President Pulwama Abdul Gani Dar at Rohama, 40 kms from here around 8.10 PM, police said. The militants shot at Dar but his personal security officer returned the fire killing one militant on the spot while another was injured, they said. Police reinforcements and security forces have reached the sp...

CRPF jawan critically injured

4/4/2010 11:54:03 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 4: A CRPF jawan was critically injured when his service rifle went off accidentally in the high security Tulsibagh area of the city today, police said. Rakesh Mehta of 25 battalion of the CRPF, on guard duty at the official quarter of PDP MLA Zahoor Ahmad Mir at Tulsibagh (T-12), was injured when his rifle went off accidentally while he was cleaning the weapon, the police said. He was rushed to hospital, where his condition was stated to be "out of danger". The legislator is away in Jammu in connection with the ongoing budget session of the state legislature. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...

Darbar Move: Offices to reopen in Srinagar on May 10

Civil Secretariat, other offices to close on Apr 30

4/4/2010 11:53:56 PM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU April 4: After remaining functional for six months in the winter Capital of the State, the office of the Civil Secretariat, State Legislature and Raj Bhawan would close here on April 30 and reopen in Srinagar on May 10 as per the annual 'Darbar' move. According to a Government order issued by General Administration Department here today, the government offices working for five days will close here on April 30 (Friday) while offices having a six-day week will close on May 1 and reopen in Srinagar on May 10, 2010 for Annual Darbar move. “It has been ordered that the offices moving in camp shall carry only 33 per cent of the strength of staff in that particular...

Credit of popularizing education must go to Hari Singh not NC

Counter point

4/4/2010 11:53:12 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, April 4: National Conference (NC) Provincial President (Kashmir) Ali Muhammad Dar while addressing a gathering at Pulwama Sunday said the credit of popularizing education in Jammu Kashmir goes to NC. Unfortunately most of the people in the state especially in the Valley hold similar views. However, a peep into history narrates a different story. In early 30s, Maharaja Hari Singh made education compulsory. Schools were opened across Kashmir and children were taken forcibly to the schools. Parents found liable of marring the career by denying them education would be arrested and punished. Such schools were called Jabri Schools. Jabri in Kashmir means forcible. ...

Over 4000 Kashmiri migrant families wish to return

4/4/2010 11:52:53 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 4: Over 4,000 Kashmiri migrant families wish to return to the valley, Jammu and Kashmir government said today. "As many as 4,440 applications have been received from the Kashmiri migrant families which wish to return to the valley under the policy of return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants," a Relief and Rehabilitation department official said. Out of these applications, 1,682 families are still in possession of immovable assets and these applications have been referred for verification, officials said. The maximum 1,237 applications have been received from Srinagar followed by 1,140 from Anantnag, 462 from Baramulla, 431 from Budgam, 359 from Pulawam...

'Doctors stored samples of Shopian women in tamarind jars'

4/4/2010 11:52:44 PM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 4: Six Kashmir doctors, accused by the CBI of fabricating and falsifying crucial evidence in the Shopian case, had callously stored forensic samples and body tissues from the two deceased women in an empty tamarind jar and a chewing gun container. This is one of the details to be presented before the Jammu and Kashmir High court by the CBI in the ongoing hearings into the death of Aasiya (17) and Neelofar (22), last May, which led to widespread protests and bandhs that paralysed the Kashmir valley for 47 days. This information will be given in response to the queries posed to the CBI by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, which had taken suo moto cognizan...

Additional troops deployed to plug holes on LOC

4/4/2010 11:52:07 PM

Early Times Report Jammu,April 4: Following reports that between 2,000 and 3,000 miliants have been brought on the launching pads across the LOC and the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir the Army authorities have deployed adittional troops for plugging those routes that were being used by the militants for infiltrating into the Indian territory. Army sources said that reports from across the border had revealed that agencies were trying to push into Jammu and kashmir as many groups of militants as possible so that the marked drop in the incidents of violence was made up by kicking up bigger violence.The sources said that as part of the measures for foiling infiltration bi...