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| State of anarchy: Stone pelters kill civilian in Srinagar | | Geelani’s supporters smash head of a middle-aged Govt official on way to his duty | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Apr 30: Two months after killing an eleven-day-old infant in the lap of his mother in Baramulla, Kashmiri separatists calling the practice of stone pelting as their ‘only tool of resistance against the state repression’, today killed a middle-aged civilian by smashing his head with a heavy stone in Batmaloo area of this capital city. While as police have as usual completed the formality of registering a murder case against “unidentified persons”, most of the Kashmiri politicians, including those who have been providing moral and intellectual support to this anarchical form of ‘resistance’, have condemned the killing of a civilian by the unruly street demonstrators.
According to the information gathered from varied sources, a group of six to eight youngsters, in age group of 15-25 years, began disrupting vehicular traffic in Batmaloo area at around 0820 hours when there was no Police or CRPF deployment. Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had called for a march to the UNMOGIP headquarters at Sonwar after conclusion of the Friday afte... | |
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| Separatists behind stone pelting incidents: Omar | | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Apr 30: In Jammu and Kashmir an innocent civilian, Shafiq Ahmad Sheikh, was stoned to death during an incident of stone pelting. The man was allegedly killed by supporters of hardline separatist and Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani who was looking to enforce a bandh call.
A national news channel grilled Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who said that the Valley's separatist now have blood on their hands.
News Channel: You have blamed Syed Ali Shah Geelani for the stone pelting death today. So you still think it's the separatists who are orchestrating the stone-throwing protests to keep the pot boiling? Are you saying that stone pelters are incited by the separatists? ... | |
| | | | Farooq foxes Speaker by pulling pun through his Punjabi | | | | ABID SHAH
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NEW DELHI, Apr 30: Famous for his antics and homilies, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah enlivened the Lok Sabha today by speaking Punjabi though for a brief while. Yet this did not amuse the chair. And Speaker Meira Kumar had to admonish the Minister.
Abdullah tried out speaking Punjabi while replying a supplementary put by Congress member Pratap Singh Bajwa who wanted to know about Government steps taken for generating solar energy and augmenting power generation through alternative sources.
Though Bajwa's supplementary question was put in English, Abdullah switched to Punjabi. And when he fumbled, the right Punjabi words were pro... | |
| | | | Cong ministers hold meeting on matters of 'disagreement' | | | |
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JAMMU, Apr 30: The cabinet meeting on April 29 in which some Congress ministers expressed certain reservations about the new transfer policy is a latest episode suggesting that coalition partners need frequent greasing on their wheels to run the NC led alliance government in the state. And there could have no better 'trouble shooter' in the scne that has emerged than the arrival of J&K PCC chief Prof Saif-u-Din Soz in the winter capital.
Sources said Prof Soz held a meeting with five cabinet ministers today at Gandhi Nagar in which the latter raised some matters including the latest issue of transfer policy with which many of them did not agree in the cabinet meeti... | |
| | | | Massive reshuffle in Higher Education Department | | Five Principals, 99 Assistant Professors, 53 Lecturers & 6 PTIs transferred, posted | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 30: The State Government today ordered transfers and postings of five Principals, 99 Assistant Professors, 6 PTIs and 53 Lecturers in Higher Education Department with immediate effect.
The Principals, who have been transferred and posted, are Prof. M S Bloria, under orders of posting as Principal, SPMR College of Commerce Jammu is posted as Principal, GGM Science College, Jammu in place of A.K.Malhotra, Hemla Aggarwal, under orders of transfer as Principal, GDC, Reasi is posted as Principal, GDC, Paloura in place of Anita Sudan,
Anita Sudan, under orders of transfer as Principal, GDC, Paloura is posted as Principal, SPMR College of Commerce Jammu, Musht... | |
| | | | Centre enhances pension for militancy-hit old people | | | |
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NEW DELHI, Apr 30: Union Home Secretary GK Pillai said on Friday that the Centre has increased the amount of pension to militancy-hit old persons and handicapped in Jammu and Kashmir from Rs.500 to Rs.750 per month.The pension covers mainly widows of the victims of militancy. Recently, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has brought over 6,000 people under this scheme.
Pillai said during the last fiscal that the Centre has provided Rs. 378.72 crore to Jammu and Kashmir under various development schemes
He informed that the Centre has approved several aspects of cross Line of Control (LoC) trade including-putting in place a banking mechanism for trade by the Department of Financia... | |
| | | | Barber murdered, accused held | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 30: A man, who was barber by profession, was today stabbed to death by two youth inside his shop at Rangpur Molanian in RS Pura, about 30 km from here. An old enemity was the reason behind the incident, police sources said.
Sources said Darshan Lal was working in his barber shop at Rangpur Molanian when Gurbachan Singh and Ravi Kumar, both residents of Kotli Mirdhian, RS Pura, appeared on the scene.
While Gurbachan carried a sharp-edged weapon, Ravi had a cricket bat with him. Sources said the duo allegedly attacked Darshan, inflicting serious injuries on him.
When the barber collapsed on the ground, the duo fled the spot. He was evacuated by locals ... | |
| | | | CU VC: Jammu has changed, taking it for granted would be suicidal | | | | RUSTAM
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JAMMU, Apr 30: Jammu has changed. There should be no doubt about it. To doubt it would be to invite trouble and the Jammu's ire. The attitude of its people has undergone a radical change and dramatically. They have become assertive and they now know how to get things done. It appears they have now come to the conclusion that it would be too much to accept the life of servitude any longer. In fact, their political behaviour and actions have only served to demonstrate their firm resolve to obtain their legitimate due share in the political, economic and social processes of the state at whatever cost and have a real and effective say in the governance of the state.
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| | | | MLA Harsh clashes with IGP Armed over "trivial" issue | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 30: Panthers Party MLA Harsh Dev today entered into a verbal brawl with IGP (Armed) Dilbagh Singh, known as an ice cool man, over a "trivial" issue. The trouble started when Dilbagh objected to the playing of cricket by some boys in a park at Gandhi Nagar in the evening. The IGP repeatedly asked the boys to shift to some cricket ground as the ball hit by them was creating problems for the evening walkers. When the boys kept playing in the park despite his repeated requests, he asked his PSOs to snatch the bat and ball from them. Harsh's son was among the boys who were playing in the park. When PSOs took away bat and ball, the MLA got furious and entered into a... | |
| | | | Justice Kapadia is new CJI | | | | NEW DELHI: Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Friday appointed as the next Chief Justice of India.
He will take over from incumbent Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan on May 12, 2010 an official statement said here.
The 62-year-old Justice Kapadia's Warrant of Appointment, signed by President Pratibha Patil, has been sent to the Supreme Court registry, official sources said.
As per laid down norms under the Memorandum of Procedure, which governs appointment of members of the higher judiciary, Justice Balakrishnan had earlier this month recommended the name of Justice Kapadia to succeed him as the CJI.
Born on September 29, 1947, Justice Kapadia ... | |
| | | | Vaishno Devi pilgrim dies of heart attack | | | | JAMMU: A Vaishno Devi pilgrim died of heart attack near the holy cave shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi in Trikuta Hills of Katra today. The dead, whose identity was yet to be known, hailed from Maharashtra.
Police said he suffered a massive heart attack on way to the holy cave shrine in the bhavan area. Police had registered a case in this connection.
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| | | | 24 officers accorded selection grade | | | | JAMMU: The state government today sanctioned selection grade of Rs.9000-14100 (pre-revised), (non-functional) to 24 members of Excise and Commercial Taxes Gazetted Services.
The officers include Mohd Maqbool Bhat, Abdul Qyoom Ahanger, Ab. Jalil Malik, Kuldeep Kumar Sidha, Rajesh Sharma, Ashish Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Magotra, Rifat Aftab Qureshi, Rajneesh Gupta, Gh. Jeelani Zargar, Sushil Kumar, Farooq Ahmed Baba, Gurmukh Singh, Pawan Kumar, Bharat Singh, Rimpy Ohri, Ghanshyam Singh, Arun Kishore Kotwal, Ranjeet Singh, Bal Krishen, Tashi Dolma, Mohd Maqbool Tantray, Mohd Iqbal (retd) and Bansi Lal.
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