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Students demanding setting up of CU-J cane charged 4 cops, 5 others injured in police-students clashes 7/23/2011 12:06:24 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 22: The emotive issue of setting up of Central University in Jammu is once again gathering momentum in the winter capital of the state. For past several days the students of GGM Science College and Commerce College have been agitating over the undue delay caused in finalising the name of the Vice Chancellor and kick starting the process of setting up of the university campus. On Friday as the students boycotted their classes and gathered once again outside the Science College campus to take out a protest rally, however, the policemen deployed there first tried to prevent their assembly and later as they began shouting slogans and came out on the road the police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the assembly of students. The situation went out of co...   READ MORE

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Omar denounces laws, Congress helpless & silent Demilitarisation & anti-terror Laws 7/22/2011 11:57:59 PM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 22: Would anyone in the country ever imagine that a government would condemn itself by condemning its own laws? It's a simple and straight question and its answer is equally simple and straight. The answer is a big NO. But here is a state, called Jammu and Kashmir State, whose Chief Minister openly and publicly denounces the anti-terror laws, including Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), as "black laws" as well as "draconian laws" and boasts that he has already started the process of demilitarisation in Kashmir. Here is a Chief Minister who boldly tells the Kashmiri public that he would demilitarise the state during his tenure. What exactly did ...   READ MORE   Kulgam rape victim cries for justice Act now or repent later 7/22/2011 11:57:26 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 22: A serious allegation of abduction and rape has been raised against two uniformed men by a tribal married woman in south Kashmir Kulgam district. Rukaya Bano, aged 30 told the Jammu and Kashmir police that she had gone out of her home for ablutions around 7 pm on Tuesday when two men in uniform carrying assault weapons had abducted her and taken her to a Kotha in the area where they gang raped her for two days. The woman was allowed to go home after two days and that is when she reported the incident to the local police. Damhal Hanjipora police station has registered a case of abduction and rape against two unidentified men in uniform. Nasir Aslam Wani, ...   READ MORE   Coordination panel meets to 'iron out' differences, consensus still eludes on key issues 7/22/2011 11:57:04 PM Kunal Shrivatsa EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 22: Amid speculations that the Pradesh Congress leadership is upset over the way coalition government is being run by its ally National Conference (NC), the Coordination Committee meeting of the two partners held today at Hari Niwas, Srinagar, the official residence of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, 'perhaps' to iron out the differences, if any. According to sources in the Congress, today's coordination committee meeting may have been perceived as a routine affair, however, the main agenda of the meeting was to evolve a consensus on various issues affecting the 'health' of the coalition government. "The Coordination Committee meet was an...   READ MORE   `Differentiate between Azadi and mundane issues' Right to protest 7/22/2011 11:56:31 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 22: Even as New Delhi's nominated interlocutors on Jammu Kashmir sought right to protest for the people in their interim report, the state government continues to use force even against people agitating mundane issues. A few days ago, the police stormed rallies of government employees at various places in the summer capital. The police first used coloured water canons against the employees who were reminding the government of their promises. The canons turned parts of Lal Chowk violet as the canons spilled colour on roads, walls and on the hapless employees. However, when the employees offered resistance, the police swung into action and did what they h...   READ MORE   KPs seek intervention of Ram Jethmalani in restoration of KPs land in Valley 7/22/2011 11:56:12 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 22: Expressing their grave concern over the failure of State Government to restore the land of religious places of Kashmiri Hindus and their unmovable property encroached by unscrupulous elements in Valley, Kashmiri Pandits today sought the intervention of Chairman Kashmir Committee Ram Jethmalani in the matter. Jethmalani who is the veteran criminal lawyer of the country was informed by the various leaders of displaced Pandit community at Jagati today that hundreds kanals of land of their shrines and religious places besides the cultivable land of displaced Pandits by anti social elements in the Valley during the last 21 years of the turmoil. Jethmalani ...   READ MORE   94 year freedom fighter attacked by son Land dispute in Kishtwar 7/22/2011 11:55:49 PM Early Times Report KISHTWAR, July 22: 94 year old freedom fighter from Kishtwar District Bishroop Sharma was attacked and injured by his son Dev Raj, his wife and two childrens, when Tehsidar Incharge Kishtwar Mohammad Ammin Qazi along with Girdawar Iklaq Ahmed Hap and Patwari Javed Iqbal Khandey were handing over the position of disputed land measuring 6 marlas situated at Panditgham village of Kishtwar District after Assistant Commissioner Kishtwar RK Shavan issued order in favour of 94 year old Bishroop Sharma and directed Tehsildar Kishtwar to handover the position of land to Bishroop Sharma with compliance report within 7 days. When today, the revenue officials were about to handover ...   READ MORE   Reorganisation the only way out, says JKNPP Ending Discrimination With Jammu 7/22/2011 11:54:10 PM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 22: "Reorganisation of the state on the basis of geographical, cultural and social identities, along with creation of separate assemblies for Kashmir, Ladakh and Jammu, is the only durable solution to prevailing problems of discrimination in the state," said the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) on Thursday. In fact, the working committee of the JKNPP adopted a resolution to this effect and the resolution only reiterated what the party's Agenda 2011 had stated: Reorganisation, separate assembly and separate chief minister for Jammu as well as Kashmir and Ladakh, among other things. The working committee also demanded the establishment o...   READ MORE   Chenab valley MLAs, MLCs appalled over less allocation of funds, threaten to skip DDB meetings 7/22/2011 11:53:31 PM Asif Iqbal Naik EARLY TIMES REPORT KISHTWAR, July 22: Most of the MLA/MLC's of Chenab region irrespective of any party affiliation have reportedly decided to skip district development board meetings scheduled to be held in three sister Districts of Kishtwar, Doda and Ramban commonly known as Chenab Region over the issue of less allocation of funds for the year 2011-12. They are annoyed over non-implementation of financial commission report submitted to the Government by Mehmood-ul-Rehman Chairman Financial Commission. The commission was constituted by the government to make study of various aspects including the developmental work status of all regions with in Jammu and Kashmir. In its r...   READ MORE   Panel to decide duration, schedule of Amarnath yatra 7/22/2011 11:52:59 PM SRINAGAR: Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) on Friday constituted a sub-committee headed by Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to decide on the duration of the annual yatra to the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas from next year. "The SASB, in a significant decision, decided to set up a Sub-Committee under the chairmanship of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to advise the Board regarding the duration and schedule of the Yatra from 2012," a spokesman of the board said. He said the decision to set up the sub-committee was taken at a meeting chaired by Governor NN Vohra, who is also SASB chairman. The meeting reviewed the status of the ongoing yatra and expressed satisfaction over the cont...   READ MORE   Yatri from Punjab dies during Amarnath pilgrimage 7/22/2011 11:52:43 PM SRINAGAR: A Yatri from Punjab died due to massive heart attack at Baltal, base camp of holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalyas. Official sources said that 32-year-old Joti Singh, son of Kuldeep Singh, resident of Jalalabad, Ferozpore, Punjab, suffered a massive heart attack at Baltal. Singh was immediately taken to nearby medical camp where he was declared brought dead. About 80 pilgrims and two porters have died since the commencement of the 46-day-long pilgrimage from June 29. Yatra will conclude on August 13....   READ MORE   Rajouri police arrests driver of HP 7/22/2011 11:52:29 PM RAJOURI: Rajouri Police has arrested a driver of Himachal Pradesh from his village for stealing some important and costly machinery of JCB Machine of a contractor of Rajouri. As per police, a team of police was deputed to Poona Bal village of Himachal Pradesh who arrested Rajesh Kumar son of Dev Raj wanted for stealing machinery from JCB Machine at Rajouri. As per sources, Rajesh was working with a contractor of Rajouri as driver of the JCB Machine but before leaving to HP, he had opened some costly parts of the machine and reportedly sells it in the market following which JCB Machine owner lodged a report in police station Rajouri and police in a quick action arrested the culprit....   READ MORE

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