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| The (in)famous five! | | These persons who otherwise enjoy good standing in society are found to be homos | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORTER
JAMMU | JULY 17
It might not be easy to answer if asked ‘what is common among a politician, a doctor a saint and an artist?’ However, if the question refers to the five particular persons being mentioned in the following lines who pursue the above professions respectively – the answer you get perhaps shock you.
Yes, it will be shocking, and not only that, but shameful also in context of our conservative society. Unfolding the drama at this juncture – the commonality among the five is ‘Homosexuality’.
Having sensed some suspicion through their ‘weird’ manners, this Early Times scribe began investigating their behaviour. Following the investigation, it was learnt that a senior doctor, a police officer, a politician, a saint and an artist – all belonging to Jammu have uncommon trait of getting sexually attracted towards the persons of their gender.
The investigation also revealed that all these males have been (mis)using their status and using young boys to satiate their lust by either pressurizing them or offering cash and expensive gifts.
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| Resurgent militants attack army convoy, kill 2 in Poonch | | | |
Aijaz Qazmi
Poonch, July 17—Substantiating the reports coming from
different quarter that militants were trying to
regroup in District Poonch, a group of militants today
attacked an army convoy near totewali gali while it
was on its way to Poonch killing 2 army jawans and
injuring eight others sitting in a bus in the rear of
the convoy.
Following the attack a fierce encounter ensued between
the militants and the security men in which six sepoys
including two Naiks were injured.
According to reports, the convoy had started at 1:30
in the afternoon from Biji and around 3 pm it was
attacked somewhere between totewali gali and Bhatta
Durian, on Surankote Rajauri road.
A mili... | |
| | | | Attack on Amarnath Yatra injures 16 | | | | Earlytimes Reporter
JAMMU| July 17
In the first militant attack on Amarnath Yatra this year, at least 16 persons were on Tuesday night wounded, three of them critically, when grenades were hurled at a base camp at Baltal, about 100 km from Srinagar.
The attack, which took place just outside the camp at around 9.30 pm, left 13 shopkeepers in the area, two pilgrims and the driver of a bus ferrying the pilgrims injured, official sources said.
The condition of three of the injured was stated to be critical.
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| | | | Khoda bags DGP's baton | | Gopal Sharma rehabilitated as Advisor to CM | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, July 17: Surpassing atleast three of his senior officers, the smart cop Kuldeep Khoda has romped to the post of Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police. Khoda was presently Additional Director General of Police incharge of Intelligence –a post which has been left vacant for the moment.
A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of state cabinet held in Srinagar under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, late this evening. In yet another significant decision, the Cabinet approved creation of two separate directorates of Industries for Jammu and Kashmir divisions.
The incumbent DGP Gopal Sharma, in view of no available posting with th... | |
| | | | 4 intruders killed, 2 soldiers dead in ambush | | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, July 17: Two soldiers lost their lives is a brutal militant ambush in the border district of Poonch while four militants have been killed in anti-insurgency operations in Kashmir Valley, reports reaching here said.
Two soldiers were killed and at least eight injured when militants attacked a convoy of the Indian Army in Poonch district Tuesday.
At around 4.30 p.m., militants opened fire on an army convoy in Surankote area of Poonch, a defence spokesman said.
He said reinforcements had been rushed to the area to track the attackers. Of the eight injured, one soldier is said to be critical.
This is the first major attack on army personnel in the Jammu region ... | |
| | | | PDP issues fresh warning | | 'Pull troops or destroy peace dividends' | | |
ET REPORTER
Jammu, July 17: Loudly welcoming the Prime Minister's statement on the political dialogue with Pakistan and within the state, the Peoples Democratic Party has once again warned about derailment of the peace process if the demilitarisation was not carried out immediately.
The Political Affairs Committee of the PDP which met in Srinagar today warned that if troop strength was not reduced the dividends of the peace process will go waste and a historic opportunity will be lost.
Reiterating its stand on reduction of troops and revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), the meeting stressed the need for ensuring relief to the people in the security situa... | |
| | | | Hanjoora is PDP nominee for LC chairman | | | |
Jammu, July 17: As already widely expected, the Peoples Democratic Party has nominated its MLC from Badgam district, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjoora for the elections to the post of chairman of the Legislative Council.
The post of the Legislative Council chairman, which is second most important in the state in terms of protocol, fell vacant earlier this year after expiry of six year of term of National Conference rebel Andul Rashid Dar. Since then, the senior most MLC P Namgyal has been acting as the pro-tem Chairman of the Council.
The decision on Hanjoora's candidature was taken in a Political Affairs Committee meeting of the PDP which met in Srinagar under the chairmanship of its ... | |
| | | | Thanks for migrant rehab plan, but whose baby are Jammu migrants | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL | | |
Jammu, July 16: Prime Minister's Manmohan Singh's magnanimity and Jammu and Kashmir government's concern for rehabilitating the displaced Kashmiri Pandit migrants deserves all the appreciation and accolades but the establishment's policy reveals that from Srinagar to New Delhi there are no concerns or sympathies with the miserable people of Jammu region.
Lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits and many others belonging to the Kashmir Valley were forces leave their homes and hearths at different points of time after the outbreak of insurgency over a decade and half back. They had flee their homes and leave behind a life of dignity because there was no security for the same under the prevailing ci... | |
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