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AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, May 9: President of the ruling National Conference (NC) and former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, today revealed that senior PDP leader and his two-time ministerial colleague, Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, would soon face court trial in the infamous Sidhra Land Scandal of 1997. He said that the NC-Congress coalition government would also investigate how Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s PDP-led coalition government had written off Sales Tax arrears worth Rs 27 Cr outstanding against Ansari’s firm in exchange for his defection from the NC and a bank’s role in liquidating Ansari’s loan arrears would also come under scanner.
In Take One Television’s bi-weekly current affairs programme “Face to Face With Ahmed Ali Fayyaz”, Dr Abdullah disclosed that the government would soon produce Challan in the infamous Sidhra Land Scandal in a court of law. He revealed that the key accused, Maulvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, had been found guilty and he would face the trial.
Responding to a question as to how his alter ego of 1987-2005, Ansari had broken away from the NC an... | |
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| Stone storm at cops leave dozen injured | | Gujjars’ huts burnt in Falain Mandal eviction drive | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Tension broke out in the Falain-Mandal area along Nikki Tawi near here this morning when the illegal encroachers of Social Forestry land resisted the department’s move, assisted by Police, to evict them from the area.
On request of Department of Social Forestry, when a team of cops led by Superintendent of Police Mubashir Latiefi reached the area, the encroachers attempted to chase them away by heavy stone pelting. This led to a scuffle between encroachers and Police resulting into injuries to a dozen of policemen including SP Latiefi. One cop is reported to have sustained serious injuries.
Social Forestry department’s Divisional Forest Officer for Jamm... | |
| | | | Hajj pilgrims asked to submit forms | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 9- The Executive Officer, State Hajj Committee, Srinagar, has advised all the intending pilgrims of Hajj for the year 2009 to obtain the Hajj application forms from the offices of respective Deputy Commissioners from May 12, 2009 and submit the same after completing all the formalities by or before May 31, 2009 in the office of J&K State Hajj Committee, Baitul Hujaj (Haj House), Bemina.
The pilgrims have been advised to go through the instructions appended with the application form thoroughly before filling the form. No form shall be entertained after May 31, 2009, the executive officer said.
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| | | | Top LeT operative among three killed | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9- Three militants including a divisional commander of Lashker-e-Toiba were killed while a policeman was injured in two separate encounters in Ganderbal district in Kashmir and Doda district in Jammu, official sources said on Saturday.
A defence ministry spokesman, Lt Col Biplab Nath said that two LeT operatives were killed in an encounter at Dhar area in Doda district of Jammu region at 0015 hours.
He said that troops of 10 Rashtriya Rifles and Police launched joint cordon-and-search after specific inputs about the presence of the militants in the area.
An encounter ensued and two militants including Divisional Commander of LeT, Abu Samama of Pakist... | |
| | | | High plateau sets for intense battle between Leh and Kargil | | | | Early Times report
Jammu, May 9- It is for the first time in the history of Ladakh that five candidates have taken plunge into parliamentary elections from Ladakh constituency where there is no threat to electoral calculations and subsequent distortion in the outcome.
The constituency has no tendency towards boycott, evident from the massive response to ballot in the past elections including the recently concluded assembly polls.
Reports said that as for now there is no threat to voter turnout but for the ruling congress candidate, Phuntsog Namgyal as National Conference rebel Ghulam Hassan Khan is pushing hard and may impact the electoral calculations.
According to the political p... | |
| | | | Srinagar sleaze ring –II | | 3 women among 11 booked in porn scandal | | | Early Times report
Srinagar, May 9- A local court in the Kashmir valley has framed charges against 11 people, including three women, for sexually exploiting unemployed Kashmiri girls and pushing them into sex-trade.
The principal district and Sessions court Srinagar charge- sheeted all the eleven accused under-various sections and directed the prosecution to present evidence and witnesses in the court on next date of hearing.
The prosecution alleged that two couples Abdul Jabbar Lone and his wife Jameela, Tariq Ahmad Malla and his wife Nuzhat, another woman Haseena and six other accused were promising jobs to unemployed girls and taking them out of the state where they were sexually expl... | |
| | | | Denied leave, SPO shoots self | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9- A Special Police Officer (SPO) was injured when he shot himself with his service weapon after being denied leave by his seniors in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
‘Abusing his senior officers, the SPO identified as Vikram Singh ( No. 544) of Marta yesterday jumped into Rani Talab (pond) and later shot himself but survived with minor injury in his leg,’ sources said.
The frustrated SPO allegedly attempted to end his life after being denied leave, for which he had applied for over last over two months.
Civilians and police personnel tried to pacify him and requested the SPO to hand over the loaded AK-47 rifle but in vain. The police party however,... | |
| | | | Ved Prakash new UGC chief | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi, May 09: Eminent academician Prof Ved Prakash has been appointed as Vice Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC).
The appointment has been made by the HRD Ministry after "necessary clearance" from the Election Commission, as required under the Model Code of Conduct, the ministry said in a statement.
The post of UGC Vice Chairman has been lying vacant since February 28 when Prof MC Sharma was appointed vice chancellor of a newly created Central University. Prakash has been looking after responsibilities of the position.
Prakash's name for the post was finalised by a Search-cum-Selection committee of the HRD Ministry.
The ministry dismissed as "bas... | |
| | | | NC wishes Congress to retain power in centre | | | |
Nirbahy Jammual
As far as the National Conference is concerned its leadership is said to be praying for the Congres to retain power in the centre. The NC leadership is aware that the ongoing Lok Sabha election is unikely to see any single political party, including the Congress and the BJP, to get even simple majority in the Lok Sabha. The NC leadership knows it fully well that the next Government will again be a coalition rule. Since the NC leadership had cast its lot with the Congress it wishes the Congress led UPA Government back to power in the centre. Wittingly or unwittingly Farooq Abdullah seems to have burnt the party bridges with the BJP after he blamed the BJP Prime Ministerial... | |
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