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| Authorities engaged in politics, pilgrims suffer fleecing | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 19
With the annual Amarnath yatra, which attracts lakhs of pilgrims from across the length and breadth of the country, becoming turf of political tug of war between various players, the incoming pilgrims have been allowed to be fleeced and harassed at every next step after entering Lakhanpur.
Even as the hotels, restaurants, way side vends and shops have hiked the rates to overcharge the pilgrims, the traffic police too have come to the scene. En EARLY TIMES team traveling with the pilgrims along various stretches of roads from Lakhanpur to Banihal has found that the pilgrims fall prey to greedy hands at several places.
Immediately after crossing Lakhanpur, one can see long queues of vehicles bearing registration numbers of others states surrounded by the men in blue. The Traffic Police cops stationed at various locations usually leave the local vehicles to pass without asking anything while vehicles coming from outside the state are made to halt for several queries.
“Our vehicle was stopped at a place called Chadwal Morh. The cops asked for... | |
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| No stampede in Amarnath, one died of heart attack: Officials | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | June 19
Dismissing reports of any stampede near the Amarnath cave shrine on Thursday, officials said that the only death that occurred was of a 40-year-old man of a heart attack, while on his way to the Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas.
Vikria Parveen Bhai, a resident of Rajkote in Gujarat, died of cardiac arrest at the 3,880 metre high holy cave this morning, sources said.
The death of the pilgrims has raised the number of devotees who passed away during the ongoing Yatra to four.
A volunteer working in a community kitchen died at Brarimarg on Monday. Two pilgrims died en route to the cave at Brarimarg and Baltal base camps on Tuesday and Wedn... | |
| | | | Nonfunctional CCTV system: security lapse on part of security agencies | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | June 19
Those engaged in strengthening the security grid on the Jammu Railway station and the city of temples seem to have thrown to winds measures that were required to improve the monitoring system.It can happen only in Jammu and Kashmir.The Railways had installed a multiphased close circuit Tvs(CCTVs) on and around the platform where several thousand passengers,including pilgrims,leave or arrive on the platform everyday.It can happen only in the troubled state that for the last several years the entire CCTV system is out of order.The reason is that the system developed a major fault on account of steep power fluctuation.Those heading the crime and Railways have sent... | |
| | | | Conflicting claims on intrusion | | Army denies any breach of LoC ceasefire | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 19
More than two dozen armed militants are reported to have sneaked in through Line of Control in Poonch sector and Kupwara sector even as the Army has denied any breach of ceasefire.
While locals in may areas alleged that many militants have managed to sneak in but the Army has vehemently denied these claims saying that there was an infiltration bid which was successfully foiled with the killing of one militant. The Army also denied any breach of ceasefire by the Pakistani counterparts on the Line of Control.
"No violation of ceasefire has taken place along the LoC by our troops guarding the borders", an army spokesman said reacting to claims emanati... | |
| | | | Advani says: Lets have Ram temple without communal passions | | CHANGE OF HEART | | | New Delhi | June 19
In a clear signal that he is leaning towards reconciliation and not confrontation on the Ayodhya issue, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate LK Advani said he still shared the desire of many for a grand Ram temple at the disputed spot, but wanted it to happen through communal amity.
Launching Sri Ram Mandir — a Hindi version of a Telugu epic film that depicts Hindu-Muslim unity behind the 400-year-old Ram temple in Bhadrachalam in Andhra Pradesh — he said, “A temple for Lord Ram is possible by promoting communal amity and without confrontation.”
Advani’s remark on Wednesday night conformed to a pattern in his speeches lately — advocating a moderate line, signalling to RSS ... | |
| | | | Banks on interest hike spree | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 19
A week after country’s leading private sector bank the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Ltd raised its lending rates, another top player the Punjab National Bank too has decided to revise its interest rates.
While J&K Bank with its operations across the country and many other parts of the world has the largest network in Jammu and Kashmir, the Punjab National Bank too has major presence in this state.
The Punjab National Bank, which comes in the public sector, said it will take a view on revising the interest rates by the end of this month in the wake of hike in the short-term lending rate by quarter percent by the Reserve Bank. The Jammu & Kashmir Bank had ... | |
| | | | Trouble brewing up for Dr Kumar | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 19
Five days are still left for Lt Gen SK Sinha to bid adieu to the majestic Raj Bhawan after glorious five year stint as Jammu and Kashmir Governor that problems have already begin for his Principal Secretary Dr Arun Kumar.
The coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party in its wide ranging reservations against the Raj Bhawan and the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board running from there has already been gunning for Dr Kumar. Senior IAS Officer Dr Arun Kumar is Principal Secretary to the Governor and by virtue of this position he holds the powerful position of Chief Executive Officer of two shrine boards headed by the Governor.
While the PDP is all fire agains... | |
| | | | Kurukshetra –a tribute to war heroes being shot in Kargil | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 19
Every year the anniversary of one of bloodiest ‘wars’ India has fought with Pakistan in Kargil, comes and goes by but a befitting tribute to theater of war which stirred the nation in 1999 is still awaited.
This time, however, a Malayalam filmmaker and former Army officer who has the opportunity of serving in Kargil is camping in treachery terrains of Himalayas to shoot a film on Kargil. Soldier-turned film maker Major Ravi is shooting his third movie `Kurukshetra,' in the difficult terrains of Kargil with a story based on the Kargil war with superstar Mohanlal in the lead role.
"No Indian cinema has been shot in Kargil so far and it will be a patri... | |
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