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60 dead in Jaipur serial blasts 5/14/2008 12:14:42 AM Jaipur | May 13 At least 60 persons have reportedly died and over 100 injured in 7 major blasts that rocked Jaipur at around 7.40 pm on Tuesday. All blasts took place in densely populated areas, lying within a radius of 1 km of each other. The blasts took place in Tripolia Bazar where a Hanuman temple drew a large number of devotees today. Manas Chowk, Badi Choupal, Choti Choupal and Johari Bazar are other places where the blasts occurred. Helpline no: 0141–2574456 The blasts took place within a span of 15 minutes. The blasts set off panic and near-stampede situation at all the five congested localities. One of the blasts took place in a car and another near a handloom shop in Kotwali area of the walled city, Home Department sources said. The wounded have been ferried to nearby hospitals including Savai Madho Singh Hospital. Rajasthan Director General of Police A S Gill said it was "obviously a terror attack." “The Jaipur blast cannot be connected with the Ajmer Sharif blast. We have figures of 10 dead and more than 100 being injured,” the DGP said. He also said that the int...   READ MORE

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Saran monitoring development as PM’s emissary 5/14/2008 12:14:16 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 13 Former Foreign Secretary Shaym Saran is these days monitoring development of border areas in Jammu and Kashmir as special envoy of the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Saran, who reached Srinagar on Monday, had a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig and Chief Secretary Muzaffar Hussain Baig to review the development scenario. Keen to ensure upgradation of the border infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had deputed his special envoy Shyam Saran to undertake a survey of the frontier areas of the state and suggest measures to improve it. Saran will be in J&K for next four days and during his stay he will...   READ MORE   Jagga gets relief from HC 5/14/2008 12:13:19 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 13 The former Deputy Superintendent of Police Jagjeet Singh who was expelled from the National Conference on charges of indiscipline and was facing arrest have got reprieve from the High Court. Justice Sunil Hali of Jammu and Kashmir High Court in a bail petition filed by Jagjit Singh alias Jagga former DySP and suspended NC leader, has issued notice returnable within one week and in the meanwhile ordered that petitioner shall not be arrested and directed the registry to list the case on May 26, 2008. It is worthwhile to mention here on April 30, 2008 there was a quarrel between two groups of NC in which police registered counter FIRs, in the FIR 109/2...   READ MORE   In Rajouri-Poonch, Farooq replaces Mufti 5/14/2008 12:12:53 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 13 In run up to the assembly elections, the arch rivals Peoples Democratic Party and the Congress are aggressively competing against each other the twin border district of Rajouri and Poonch leaving the Congress a fence sitter. Even though the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad addressed a public meeting in an isolated area of Darhal constituency last month, but the PDP and NC are keeping the political activity hot and engaged in the region with one lot of leaders replacing the other alternatively. Interestingly, in past four to five months, the tour programs of National Conference and PDP leaders are alternatively following each other. When Mehbooba retu...   READ MORE   Massive combing operation launched Three suspects held in Kathua 5/14/2008 12:12:19 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 13 A day and half after the last militant was killed in Samba area, the security forces are engaged in one of most grueling and sustained search operation not only in border belt but also in interiors as uncertainty still prevails on the number of militants who had sneaked in after cutting the border fence. There are conflicting reports on the number of number of militants ranging from 7 to 16. While the Samba villagers confirm that they spotted four of them on Sunday morning, intelligence inputs now say that there may have been close to a dozen and half guerillas who crossed the International Border on Thursday night. If one goes by statement of village...   READ MORE   Words like Fear, Suspicion, Search, Violence return BACK TO SQUARE ONE 5/14/2008 12:11:39 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 13 As people in region begin to settle down a day after barbaric Samba upheaval, things seem to have returned back to square one as a fear psychosis is largely prevailing among the border residents and the forces have fastened their belts. Now what is more talked about is not peace but fear, violence, suspicion, search operations etc. As unusual activity is being perceived as a possible militant plot and every unknown person is being seen as a suspected militant. The Village Defence Committees are back in business and search operations have again become order of the day. The winter capital city of Jammu is under an intense security monitoring. Though a...   READ MORE   DG BSF arriving today, change of guard in Samba sector likely 5/14/2008 12:11:06 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 13 ET EXCLUSIVE Finding itself on the back-foot following an apparent operational lapse in the infiltration incident, the Border Security Forces is likely to change its frontier guard, particularly in Samba sector. Highly placed sources told EARLY TIMES here today that top brass of the BSF has taken a serious note of the lapse and the border guarding force is all set to change it key people along the International Border in Jammu region. “There is a possibility of replacing the entire force in Samba sub-sector with new people”, sources added. The Director General of BSF AK Mitra, who has already admitted the lapse, is arriving here tomorrow to review ...   READ MORE   Antony sees clear rise in infiltration, but rules out more troop deployment 5/13/2008 11:56:29 PM New Delhi | May 13 As militants unleashed a renewed blood-letting campaign in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday warned the country to gear up for similar infiltration bids from across the border. "The infiltration attempts will be stepped up in the run up to the crucial elections to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly," Antony said as he directed the security forces to maintain the highest vigil on the borders. Touring the forward areas on the international border with Pakistan in the Punjab sector, the defence minister said, "Don't expect any let up. We have to be on our guard in the coming summer months as the melting of snow will make infiltration easier." Antony r...   READ MORE

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