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23 feared dead as overloaded minibus plunges into Chenab at dusk 7/24/2010 12:21:07 AM SUMIT SHARMA Early Times Report JAMMU, July 23: At least 23 commuters were feared dead after an overloaded minibus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into river Chenab at Hast near Kandni in Kishtwar this evening. Governor NN Vohra and chief minister Omar Abdullah have expressed grief over the loss of human lives in the incident. The ill-fated minibus (JK06/0774) was on its way from Thathri to Kishtwar town. Against the capacity of 18, it carried 24 commuters, including women and children. Two minor boys, who were sitting on the rooftop, survived with minor brusies. Police sources said the minibus skidded off the road and plunged into Chenab at about 6.28 pm after its driver failed to negotiate a curve. Before it fell into Chenab, two boys -- Vinod and Kuldip -- who had to sit on the rooftop in the absence of space inside the vehicle, jumped and survived with minor brusies, the sources added. There were a total of 25 persons in the minibus, including driver Shoukat and conductor Zakir. Sources said Shoukat and Zakir, who was also the owner of th...   READ MORE

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Is gulf between coalition allies widening ? Washing dirty linen will yield no good 7/24/2010 12:20:49 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 23: There is complete lull in the coalition corridors after the shocking revelations and allegations of corruption indulged in by the ministers of both National Conference and Congress. Is this lull indicative of the 'expected' storm in coming days? No one knows. As for now, one thing is sure to decipher from the 'eerie silence' that the fresh 'political turmoil' has only widened the gap and gulf between the coalition partners. The developments, though on all 'unsubstantive' basis has also resulted in differences widening within the parties. The wheels of the coalition partners in J&K never moved with a cohesive force in the past ever since they entere...   READ MORE   Losing upon audience, cinema facing extinction in Jammu 7/24/2010 12:20:19 AM SIDDHARTH Early Times Report JAMMU, July 23: The fall in cinema viewer ship in state has evoked a mixed response from the prospective fans here who generally fail to come up with any substantial answer on the gradual fizzle, but are really worrying on its virtual demise. Though the most effective and oldest source of entertainment, the present cinema, despite being content worthy, is failing to be the crowd puller among the GenX, a reason still untraceable. "The diminishing audience in the cinema in Jammu has accelerated faster than the receding hairline of the balding man and hence should be a debate to worry with the filmmakers as well the theater owners," joked Nitin Baru, an ardent...   READ MORE   Hizb chief for a brake to infinite shutdowns ‘No dialogue with Delhi until (separatist) leadership unites on a joint platform’ 7/24/2010 12:19:59 AM AHMED ALI FAYYAZ eARLY tIMES rEPORT SRINAGAR, July 23: With the Valley’s separatist leaders being in detention and the mainstream politicians proving themselves spineless before an anarchical upheaval, Hizbul Mujahideen supremo Syed Salah-ud-din has called for an end to infinite shutdowns in the economically shattered Kashmir. Operating from Pakistan as uncrowned king of the Kashmir militancy and head of the guerrilla alliance, United Jihad Council, since 1993, politician-turned-militant Salah-ud-din has, however, called upon the separatist leaders not to engage themselves in any political process with Government of India until creation of a joint platform. Breaking the ice after th...   READ MORE   Autonomy demand will lead to disintegration of J&K 7/24/2010 12:19:39 AM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 23: The working committee of the ruling National Conference (NC) met yesterday at Srinagar for nearly seven hours. It met at a time when the Kashmir Valley is on the boil and the extremists and separatists in no mood to relent. It was obvious that the members of the working committee would discuss - apart from organizational matters, nature of governance and causes responsible for the growth of the cult of stone throwing - measures that could end violence in the Valley and help resumption of day-to-day activities. The working committee felt that two steps are needed to be taken immediately to defuse the potentially dangerous situation in the Valley ...   READ MORE   Nago creates unruly scenes in court, says he is being harassed at minister's behest 7/24/2010 12:19:27 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 23: Creating unruly scenes in the court of sessions judge here Thursday, Nagar Singh alias Nago accused the presiding officer of not considering his application for medical examination, while alleging that he "is being harassed at the behest of a minister". Nago, an accused in Amandeep murder, was Thursday brought to the sessions court in connection with the case hearing. Some lawyers, who were also present in the court, said while sessions judge B L Bhat was in his chair, Nago allegedly accused the presiding officer of not considering his application for medical examination. The eyewitnesses said when the judge told him to call his lawyer in the court, N...   READ MORE   Musk deer killed by two cops, a villager in Poonch forests Villager held with uncooked deer leg, cops still at large 7/24/2010 12:19:07 AM BHARAT BHUSHAN Early Times Report JAMMU, July 23: In absolute violation of the Wildlife Act, a musk deer was shot dead by a police constable, a special police officer (SPO) and their accomplice in Pathra Doian forests of Poonch Wednesday night. While the accomplice was apprehended by forest officials, the two cops were evading arrest. The accused were identified as cop Abdul Rashid, son of Ghani, SPO Muzaffar Ahmad, son of Gulama, both residents of Loran, and Khadim Hussain, son of Shamasdin, of Shahpur Gontrian. Posted at Haveli police station, Rashid and Muzaffar had gone underground. Khadim was, however, cooling his feet in a forest department lockup in Poonch, DFO, Poonch, Sh...   READ MORE   Congress yet to fulfill solemn pledge, RSS-BJP have abandoned Jammu 7/24/2010 12:18:39 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 23: Just on the eve of the 2002 assembly elections in J&K, the Congress issued its election manifesto. It, among several other things, said that the Congress, if voted to power, would set up regional development boards, one each for Jammu province and Kashmir region. The Congress remained in power for more than five years, but it did not fulfill its commitment. Ironically, the then president of the JKPCC Ghulam Nabi Azad sprang a big surprise on the people of Jamu when he told the audience at the Jammu's Asia Hotel immediately after the formation of the PDP-Congress coalition government that the "Congress committed a great mistake by incorporating the idea ...   READ MORE   IAF saves 27 lives in Kathua 7/24/2010 12:18:23 AM agencies NEW DELHI July 23: Indian Air Force personnel have successfully rescued 27 marooned villagers from Parol Nullah near Kathua, in Jammu, late last evening. According to a statement issued here today by Ministry of Defence, in response to a request made by the Jammu administration, an IAF Mi-17 from Jammu airbase was launched to evacuate the villagers who were marooned in the wake of a flash flood that hit the area yesterday. Those evacuated included 11 women, a 62-year-old man and a two year old infant. Earlier, in a similar operation on July 17, IAF Mi-17 operating from Jammu had evacuated eight tourists and three civil defence personnel from a small island on Tawi river, foll...   READ MORE   J&K govt asks institutions to ensure teachers' attendance 7/24/2010 12:18:11 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, July 23: The Jammu and Kashmir government has directed educational institutions to ensure attendance of teaching staff in a bid to overcome loss of students due to curfew and frequent strikes in the Valley. "The Deputy Commissioners have been asked to constitute monitoring squads at district and zonal levels to monitor attendance of teachers. The directors concerned will also monitor and check the attendance of teaching staff," a circular issued by the Education Department stated. It also said that those going on leaves without consent shall immediately be placed under suspension by Chief Education Officers and those with highest qualification in the area sh...   READ MORE   More cellphone woes in J&K after MHA directive 7/24/2010 12:18:01 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, July 23: : Following the Union Home Ministry directive to verify all mobile connections within a week, private cellular operators have shut off thousands of mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir in the past two days. Sources in the state's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said private service providers - Airtel, Aircel, Idea, Vodafone, Reliance and Tata Indicom - have disconnected phones of hundreds of subscribers who have more than one connection in their name. "We have got a directive from DoT. We are in the process of disconnecting mobile phones of all those subscribers who have more than one connection in their name," a senior Airtel official...   READ MORE   No pilgrim allowed to leave base camps for yatra 7/24/2010 12:17:45 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 23: A day after the yatra was suspended due to inclement weather, no fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to leave for the holy Amarnath cave shrine from the base camps at Jammu, Nunwan and Baltal. However, with improvement in weather conditions, authorities allowed thousands of pilgrims stranded en route to the shrine to move towards their destinations, official sources said, adding that about 800 pilgrims offered prayers at the shrine this afternoon. "No pilgrim was allowed to proceed towards the cave shrine from the base camps of Nunwan and Baltal in Kashmir and Bhagwati Nagar in Jammu this morning," sources said. The decision was taken in view of bad ...   READ MORE   7/24/2010 12:08:30 AM Losing upon audience, cinema facing extinction in Jammu SIDDHARTH Early Times Report JAMMU, July 23: The fall in cinema viewer ship in state has evoked a mixed response from the prospective fans here who generally fail to come up with any substantial answer on the gradual fizzle, but are really worrying on its virtual demise. Though the most effective and oldest source of entertainment, the present cinema, despite being content worthy, is failing to be the ...   READ MORE   Swine Flu returns to Kashmir, 2 test positive 7/23/2010 10:55:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 23: With two persons having tested positive for Swine Flu, the authorities and the general public have every reason to feel scared. Both the patients have been hospitalized and their condition is stated to be stable. Following Union health Ministry Directive to the state to speed up its fight against Swine Flu, the authorities conducted random tests at several places across Kashmir. Two persons including a soldier were found with symptoms of the deadly disease. Accordingly blood samples were taken only to sound alarm bells for the second time since 2009. One of the patients has been identified as Bodh Raj, a soldier posted at Baltal, Sonamarg. Th...   READ MORE   Protests rock valley, curfew imposed in three towns 7/23/2010 10:55:17 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 23: Stone-pelting mobs clashed with security personnel at nearly a dozen places in Kashmir after Friday prayers, leaving 15 persons, including seven securitymen, injured even as authorities clamped curfew in three towns in the Valley. Five policemen including a CRPF jawan were injured when stone-pelting protesters attacked a security vehicle outside Nishat police station on the banks of Dal Lake here shortly after Friday prayers, police said. Police and CRPF personnel fired several warning shots and burst teargas shells, they said, adding three civilians were also injured in the clash. Another group of youths tried to take out a march towards Hyderpora Ch...   READ MORE

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