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| Don't become victims of vote bank politics: CM | | We too have Gujjar connection, says Farooq, Omar | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 29: The inauguration ceremony of the Gurjar Centre for Culture and Heritage witnessed junior and senior Abdullah exhibiting pride in having some connections with the Gujjar community. If Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had a word of caution on the divided leadership of the tribe, Union Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah called for their self awakening.
"Main Bhi Aadha Gujjar Hoon (I am Half Gujjar……", Dr Abdullah said in his typical style indicating his mother late Begum Sheikh Abdullah belonged to this community. ST satus was given to this community by the Centre to take them out of backwardness and end their miseries but the community still lags behind in the field ... | |
| | | | Activists make Sonia to skip Srinagar | | | | ABID SHAH
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, May 29: Somehow Congress president Sonia Gandhi's decision to confine her today's visit to Jammu alone and keeping off from a stopover at Srinagar has come at a time when the Shopian case completes a year.
It was on May 28, 2009 when two young women from Shopian had disappeared. A couple of days later their bodies were found. And this had led to allegations of abduction rape and murder.
The fact that the incident becomes a year old now was pointed out by a group of prominent rights activists here yesterday when the postponement of the UPA chairperson's visit to Srinagar after a jaunt by her at Jammu could well have been opted for.
These activists... | |
| | | | Chief Minister insisting on arrest of Col Pathania, Maj Bhupinder Singh | | 2 'militants' killed in Tangdhar may also surface as civilians | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, May 29: Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is understood to be seeking the arrest of senior officials of 4-Rajput involved in the gruesome killing of three civilians in a fake encounter in Kupwara district, two 'militants' killed by troops of 11-Jat in Tangdhar last week are also likely to surface as innocent civilians. Meanwhile, burial of the three civilians of Rafiabad area, who had been killed in the Machhil fake encounter on April 30th, today took place amid pro-Azadi demonstrations and clashes in which over a dozen people sustained injuries.
Highly placed authoritative sources told Early Times that in apprehension of a fresh turbulen... | |
| | | | Does right to protest exist in democratic Kashmir? | | | | ET REPORT
JAMMU, May 29: Even as the defense minister, AK Antony assured strict action against the culprits involved in Nadihal killings, the police in Kashmir used force on the people carrying the coffins of the exhumed youth to their native village for proper burial. Yet again the message was conveyed in clear and strong terms. `You cannot register protest even if you are killed in a fake encounter. Just keep mum. Chanting slogans while carrying coffins amounts to severe breach of security of the state.'
The people of Kashmir came out in large numbers to fight the `raiders' in 1947 to uphold the decision of joining the Indian union. New Delhi, perhaps, was more than satisfied by the `K... | |
| | | | Anti-India meet in July: Washington has become hub of anti-India activities | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 29: Washington DC was never and shall never be friend of India. Ever since 1948-49, when New Delhi lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council about the Pakistani attack on Jammu and Kashmir, Washington DC has been consistently siding with the aggressor Pakistan and overtly and covertly helping the cause of the Kashmiri separatists and communalists. In fact, the unnatural formation Pakistan would have collapsed years ago and the Kashmir-based militants/terrorists/separatists would have become quite irrelevant long ago, had Washington DC not given them over and covert support and helped their communal cause.
There is not a single instance that coul... | |
| | | | CBI books two NHPC CEs, L&T in corruption case | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 29: The anti-corruption wing of CBI has booked two former NHPC chief engineers (CEs), Larsen and Toubro (L&T) -- an engineering and construction major in the country -- and some unknown persons for allegedly causing a loss of nearly Rs 3 cr to the state exchequer by adopting fraudulent means.
Said to be among the largest and most reputed construction companies in India's private sector, L&T failed to execute within stipulated period a work alloted to it under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Yojna for below poverty line (BPL) category villages in Kathua district.
The work was alloted to it on April 3, 2007, vide contract No NH/Cont (E&M)- III/RE-24/PR-272/710/07/I... | |
| | | | 9 vehicles, 8 tents burnt in two incidents of fire | | | | JAMMU: At least nine vehicles and eight tents were gutted in two incidents of fire that last night broke out in a CRPF camp at Nagrota and traffic police lines at Gulshan Ground here.
Police sources said fire broke out in the CRPF camp of 136 Bn in Usman Dawar area at Nagrota on the city outskirts last night. Due to high speed winds, the blaze soon spread to other parts of the camp, housing tents for jawans, destroying seven tents, the sources added.
Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was controlled. Short circuit is said to be the reason behind the fire. At the traffic police lines, fire broke out when electric sparks from a transformer put a nearby tent on flames, the so... | |
| | | | Absconding fake RTO arrested | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 29: A fake regional transport officer (RTO), who went underground after the May 11 police raid on a "sub-RTO" office at Talab Tillo here, was today arrested from his hideout.
The sub-office search had led the raiding police party to the recovery of several bogus registration certificates (RCs), licences, stamps of RTO, one ARTO and other officials.
Police sources said the fake RTO and kingpin Surjit Singh alias Tassa had managed to escape before the raid while his deputy Gurdeep Singh alias Rimple was arrested.
Tassa, originally a resident of Ludhiana in Punjab, was putting up in a rented accomodation at Talab Tillo for the past two years.
He was ... | |
| | | | Abducted student rescued, two held | | | | JAMMU: An 11-year-old boy, who was kidnapped by two youth for a ransom of Rs 3 lakh, was rescued by police within hours of the incident, with the arrest of the accused.
The victim -- Sahil alias Rishi Raina -- is a student of St Xavier School at Barnai.
While he was returning home at Barnai after the school closed in the afternoon, Ankush of Barnai and Sunny of Bhaderwah abducted him and took him to some unknown place, police sources said.
Sources said the duo then called up Sahil's father Harbans Lal Raina and told him that his son was in their custody. They threatened to kill Sahil if he did not give them a ransom of Rs 3 lakh, the sources added.
Harbans immediately brought the matter... | |
| | | | Abducted student rescued, two held | | | | JAMMU: An 11-year-old boy, who was kidnapped by two youth for a ransom of Rs 3 lakh, was rescued by police within hours of the incident, with the arrest of the accused.
The victim -- Sahil alias Rishi Raina -- is a student of St Xavier School at Barnai.
While he was returning home at Barnai after the school closed in the afternoon, Ankush of Barnai and Sunny of Bhaderwah abducted him and took him to some unknown place, police sources said.
Sources said the duo then called up Sahil's father Harbans Lal Raina and told him that his son was in their custody. They threatened to kill Sahil if he did not give them a ransom of Rs 3 lakh, the sources added.
Harbans immediately brought the matter... | |
| | | | Fake HC registrar general held for cheating unemployed youth | | | | JAMMU: A man, posing as registrar general of the state high court, was today arrested from Bhaderwah for allegedly duping unemployed youth of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing them jobs in the court.
The accused was identified as Suresh Kumar of Prem Nagar, Doda.
Police sources said several Bhaderwah youth applied for the posts of computer operators advertised by the high court some time back.
Identifying himself as high court registrar general, Suresh allegedly approached some of them and assured them jobs in the court if they paid him money.
Sources said when the youth paid him Rs 6.3 lakh, he allegedly distributed them fake appointment letters.
The matter came to light whe... | |
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