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Centre to liberally fund state police modernization plan 5/28/2008 11:56:46 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 28 The Government of India had released Rs.115 crores for the modernization of police which included upgrading the weaponry, forensic science laboratories and the communication system. According to the Director General police, Kuldeep Khoda, the centre has released Rs.92 crores during the current year so far and "I hope that the financial aid may be further raised to enable us to modernise the police force by equipping it with sophisticated weapons and gadgets needed to upgrade the communication system." He today said "the modernisation of police was going to be a continuous process and the programme can be completed only with the help of central financial assistance."In reply to a question Mr Khoda said "latest reports revealed that infiltration bids by militants from across the border continued but most of these bids were being foiled by the troops guarding the LOC and by the police which has established a large number of border posts in villages which used to be the hiding places for the infiltrators." Asked whether the police will go in fo...   READ MORE

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Kaun bannega rajyapal? Vohra, Duggal or Daulat… 5/28/2008 11:52:36 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 28 Amid hot lobbying for extension to the outgoing governor Srinivas Kumar Sinha, the race for Rajbhawan in Jammu and Kashmir has intensified and if all goes as it seems the state is likely to get a governor with no army background after more than eighteen years. Well informed sources in the power corridors revealed that the central government has intensified the process for appointing new governor in the state of Jammu and Kashmir though a strong lobby in state Congress and AICC were in favour of granting extension to Sinha – whose term is expiring on June 4 - till elections in the state. "At the Home Ministry in New Delhi the activity around the appoi...   READ MORE   Police gets pat on back as Patil’s visit concludes incident free 5/28/2008 11:50:52 PM Early Times Reporter Jammu | May 28 The state Government has appreciated the role of the police and the paramilitary forces for ensuring incident free five-day visit of the President, Pratibha Patil,to Jammu and Kashmir. Official sources said that the police and intelligence agencies had done indepth ground work for keeping the areas which the President visited during her stay in Kashmir and Jammu. The state Government has praised the police and paramilitary forces for preventing militants from carrying out armed strikes with the purpose of hitting the newspaper headlines.A week prior to the visit of Pratibha Patil security forces had carried out checking of pedestrians and passengers ...   READ MORE   Separatist's cynicism at height, goof up over looked by Jammu President's five day visit to J&K 5/28/2008 11:50:01 PM Early Times Special Correspondent Jammu | May 28 News Analysis The intrinsic anti India mindset of the separatists in Kashmir has given rise to height of cynicism, with everything having any Indian connection causing allergy to them. The just concluded five day visit of President of Pratibha Patil to J&K state provided yet another opportunity to the separatists to give free vent to their anti India feeling and give boost to their movement for secession. The symbolic gesture of the President to boost the morale of the country's armed forces which are deployed to defend country's borders, withstanding all the odd conditions and inclement weather on the high mountains and in thick forests, ...   READ MORE   Adopt mechanism to stop paralyzing peoples’ life during VVIP movement 5/28/2008 11:49:11 PM Gareeb Dass Jammu | May 28 Majority of people in the troubled Jammu and Kashmir continue to suffer whenever there is VIP or VVIP movement in any part of the state. Even if a VVIP from Delhi has to visit forward areas in Kupwara, Uri, Poonch or Rajouri, not on foot, not by cars, but by helicopters the two capital cities in the state turn into a fortress. Security forces, equipped with sophisticated weapons, are deployed in strength on the city roads.Partial restrictions are imposed on the movement of passenger transport services as if the security forces are in search of some criminals who were chasing the VVIPs who are visiting areas over 100 to 240 kms from the capital stations. This is...   READ MORE

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