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| SP, Dy SP among 40 injured in clashes on day 3 of Geelani strike in Valley | | Mehbooba marches to Shopian but PDP rally attacked at 3 places | | | Nobody sheds tears on 16-year-old girl student gunned down by militants in Shopian
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Jun 3: While none among the Valley’s politicians today cried over the brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl student gunned down by militants in Shopian-Pulwama belt of South Kashmir, nearly 40 persons, including two Police officers, sustained injuries in clashes between demonstrators and Police happening here since last weekend over the alleged rape-and-murder of two young women in Shopian. Separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani has been taken into custody by Police but not before he extended his call for shutdown to two more days.
Authoritative sources told Early Times that a group of militants barged into the residence of a Gujjar, namely Mohammad Sharief Aawan, at Pahlipora in Kellar belt of south Kashmir, between Shopian and Pulwama, and dragged his 16-year-old daughter, Nigeena, out. Without any questioning, militants opened fire, killing the Class 10th student on spot. Reports said that even after killing the teenager, militants warned her family members ... | |
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| Train to Kashmir running late by 20 years? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 3: Even as the state’s nine Members of the Parliament from both Houses –all in the ruling United Progressive Alliance camp –vow to drive the much awaited train to Kashmir, there is a new and shocking revelation –under the present flawed alignment marred with irregularities the train might as well be rain as late as 20 years from the scheduled date of 2007, which is already two years past.
The Udhampur-Qazigund stretch of the rail line connecting Kashmir Valley with rest of the country has long been marred with controversies and Early Times was the first newspapers in the state to have exclusively reported the plans of realignment in September 2008.
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| | | | Let Omar prefer Kulgam to Kallu | | | |
Nirbhay Jammual
When Farooq Abdullah was sworn in Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in September 1982,after the death of his father Sheikh Abdullah, he did not segregate his love of recreation from his official commitment. He gave weightage to fun. He would roam like a free bird instead of concentrating on file work in the civil secretariat. He was a failure. And when he and his party were voted to power in 1983 election his political foes and supporters had predicted that Farooq would work as a disciplined soldier of the National Conference. He did not. He won th 1987 Assembly election and people had expected that Farooq may have learnt a lesson or two from his mistakes that he commit... | |
| | | | Firing at LoC in Poonch sector | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 3: The Pakistan Army on Wednesday fired bursts of gunfire at Indian posts near
the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch once again violating the over five-
year ceasefire agreement between the two nuclear armed neighbours, an official said here.
The "unprovoked" firing, which was not retaliated, caused no damage, an Indian Army official said on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media on record.
"Pakistani troops fired three to four bursts in Saujian sector of Poonch at 10.45 a.m. today," the official said.
The Indian Army has taken a "serious note of this (ceasefire violation)", the official said. "We shall be sending a m... | |
| | | | Soft spoken Meira is LS Speaker | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, June 03: History was scripted on Wednesday as senior dalit Congress leader Meira Kumar, who was unanimously elected as Lok Sabha Speaker to become the first woman to hold the top Constitutional post, vowed to be a "neutral person".
Her election as the Speaker of the House was cleared by a voice vote by all members of the Lok Sabha.
Addressing her first press conference after being elected speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Meira Kumar said that she would be impartial and give equal opportunity to all members to express their views.
"It will be my endeavour that I am completely impartial in my conduct and I give opportunity to all the members to express thei... | |
| | | | Historic moment: Manmohan | | | |
New Delhi June 03
Terming Meira Kumar's election as momentous in the nation's history, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday congratulated her after she was unanimously elected Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha.
"Madam Speaker, it's my proud privilege to greet you respectfully on behalf of the government and the people to country for being elected to be the Speaker of this august house. It is in many ways a historic occasion as for the first time a women has been elected that too a women from the Dalit community," Dr. Singh said.
With pride, he said, "By electing you, we pay homage to the womanhood of our country."
Remembering Kumar's father and former Deputy Prime Minister, th... | |
| | | | Pranab to meet state FMs Budget rollout | | | |
NEW DELHI: In a first, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to meet all state finance ministers on June 11 as part of pre-Budget consultations. Top on the agenda
for discussion is the rolling out of goods and services tax (GST) and the issues that need to be sorted out before its implementation.
West Bengal finance minister Asim Dasgupta, who is also chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers, said on Tuesday that the FM had invited all state finance ministers. He termed Mukherjee’s initiative as "a good step in the right direction".
GST is proposed to be rolled out from April 1, 2010. However, there are still many issues such as failure of state governments... | |
| | | | Congress leaders sweat out on Srinagar-Delhi route as expansion nears | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 3: In this summer heat, senior Congress leader are sweating it out on a triangular route between Jammu-New Delhi-Srinagar to secure a cabinet berth as expansion of Omar Abdullah ministry is just a matter of days.
“Wait is just for normalization of situation in Kashmir and clearance of the Congress list”, a senior National Conference leader told the Early Times. Sources at Raj Bhawan also confirmed that the Governor House has been sounded about the imminent expansion but exact date is yet to be confirmed.
It is believed that the Congress and the National Conference - may choose their veteran leaders to be included in the government. Under the rules, the ... | |
| | | | India watching over Pak scene: Krishna | | | | New Delhi, June 3: External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Wednesday said ndia is closely monitoring the developments in Pakistan after Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed was released.
Talking to reporters here, Krishna said, "The developments are disturbing. Hafiz Saeed's let off is very disturbing."At the same time, he said India wanted to normalise relations with Pakistan and would try to do so through diplomatic channels.
"India will work through diplomatic channels," he added. India on Tuesday regretted release of Saeed by Pakistan.
A full bench of the Lahore High Court ordered the release from house arrest of Saeed on the basis of a habeas corpus peti... | |
| | | | J&K power scene up for the worst | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 3: After importing power worth Rs 1,600 crore and suffering losses of Rs 2200 crore during last fiscal, Jammu and Kashmir will now face 702 MW power shortages during peak hours in 2009-2010.
To plug all loopholes, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Power Development Department (PDD) to study models of privatisation of power distribution.
Commissioner-cum-Secretary, PDD, Sandeep Naik said the total agreement load in 2008-09 in the State stood at 1,969 MW with number of consumers of all categories standing at 12.16 lakh. He said demand of power in the same year was 2,120 MW while as local availability stood between 716 and 941 MW. Energy purchased in ... | |
| | | | Summer vacations in Courts from June 8 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 03- According to the notification issued by the J&K High Court the State High Court will remain closed for summer vacation of 2009 from Monday June 8, 2009 to Friday June 26, 2009.
In terms of the Rule 12 of J&K High Court Rules 1999, Chief Justice nominates the Judges to be Vacations Judges for both wings of the High Court to hear matters which may require to be immediately or promptly dealt with for the respective periods.
According to the Registrar General MK Hanjura that Justice JP Singh who will be the Vacation Judge for Jammu Wing will hold the Court from June 15, 2009 to June 26, 2009. For the Srinagar Wing Justice Sunil Hali will hold the Court fr... | |
| | | | Nearly 20% vote in curfewed Hazratbal | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, JUNE 03 – Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), J&K, Mr. B. R. Sharma today said that about 20 per cent polling was recorded in Hazratbal Assembly bye-elections, which went to polls today. He said polling was peaceful with no untoward incident reported from anywhere across the constituency. This betters the voter turnout of 7.12 per cent recorded in 2002 Assembly polls as well as 14.62 recorded in this Assembly segment of Srinagar Parliamentary constituency in the recently-held elections.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that these were tentative figures as final figures will be available only after receiving Presiding Officers’ diaries from all the polling stations ... | |
| | | | Indonesian Ambassador in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, JUNE 3: Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia, Mr. A. Mohammad Galib, who is here, called on Chief Minister, Mr. Omar Abdullah at his residence today. The First Secretary of the Embassy of Indonesia in India, Mr. L. F. Hutabarat accompanied the Ambassador.
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| | | | Probe panel invites statements | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, JUNE 03 – The Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice (retd) Muzaffer Jan, probing the death of two women at Shopian, has sought statements of facts/allegations by all aggrieved individuals, group of persons, associations, institutions and organizations having knowledge, directly or indirectly, of facts and circumstances relating to the deaths and having interest in the proceedings before the Commission on June 8, 2009.
According to a notification issued by the Commission of Inquiry here today, anyone who wishes to assist the Commission in making suggestions, have been invited to furnish their statement of facts/allegations in the form of affidavits, duly v... | |
| | | | Probe panel invites statements | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, JUNE 03 – The Commission of Inquiry, headed by Justice (retd) Muzaffer Jan, probing the death of two women at Shopian, has sought statements of facts/allegations by all aggrieved individuals, group of persons, associations, institutions and organizations having knowledge, directly or indirectly, of facts and circumstances relating to the deaths and having interest in the proceedings before the Commission on June 8, 2009.
According to a notification issued by the Commission of Inquiry here today, anyone who wishes to assist the Commission in making suggestions, have been invited to furnish their statement of facts/allegations in the form of affidavits, duly v... | |
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