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| CM praises public schools for doing wonders! | | Forgetting plight of children in govt schools | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 28: For the public school educated Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah to attend the platinum jubilee celebrations of a high profile public school can at best be called home coming.
The public school educated Chief Minister was naturally more comfortable among the staff and children of the public school in Srinagar as they spoke in the language the chief minister understands the best---English.
Naturally, since it was not a government run school, the Chief Minister could safely talk about the all round development of the students while they attain academic excellence.
Without doubt, the chief ... | |
| | | | ''Fake'' BSF recruitment rally leads to youth-police clash | | NPSU condemns lathicharge on aspirants | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 28: Protesting against a "fake" recruitment drive, hundreds of unemployed youth seeking jobs in Border Security Force (BSF) today turned violent and clashed with police, leaving four persons, including a cop, injured here.
The youths had converged at gate of the BSF headquarter at Paloura Top in the outskirts of the city to take part in a recruitment drive, which they claimed was advertised on the Internet.
However, BSF security guards deployed at the gate did not allow them to enter the building saying that there was no recruitment rally by BSF at the campus.Angry youths, who had come from various districts of Jammu region, blocked Jammu-Poonch hig... | |
| | | | Youth beaten to death by man, son at Toph | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 28: A youth was mercilessly beaten to death by a man and his son at Toph Sherkhanian here today.
Both the accused had been arrested by police and booked in a murder case, police sources said.
Sources said Jamuna of Uttar Pradesh, who at present lived in a jhugi at Toph Sherkhanian, suspected that his wife had an affair with Santosh Kumar, son of
Hari Ram of Bihar, who too lived in a jhugi close to theirs.
Jamuna yesterday discussed the matter with his father Ram Suraj. Sources said before taking any action against Santosh, they decided to keep a watch on his activities.
As per their plan, the father-son duo laid an ambush near their jhu... | |
| | | | Proposal to set up two IT Directorates shelved......? | | Govt unable to tap potential of over 2000 trained IT professionals of own state | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 28: Much in contrast to its tall claims on e-governance, the IT department of the J&K government has failed to establish its Directorate till date. The government was loud on this contending by setting up separate Directorate it would be able to implement national level e governance plans as the guidelines of Government of India.
For quite some time the government had been considering setting up the Directorate for the IT department that was intended to facilitate and expedite working in all the departments through e governance concept. For the purpose draft project reports were sought to be prepared through consultants for creating roadmaps on th... | |
| | | | Omar seeks peace at Chadoora Breaches it at SMHS hospital | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 28: When Omar was seeking peace for enabling him to `solve 'peoples' problems at Chadoora, people lost their cool outside SMHS hospital in the heart of summer capital today. They were protesting two deaths caused `due to negligence' of doctors.
According to reports, Chief Minister's Political Advisor, Davinder Singh Rana was hospitalized for a minor ailment in the hospital. Governor and the Chief Minister visited the hospital to enquire about the health of Rana. Chief Minister's visit conveyed to the medicos where they were needed. This made the difference.
While all the medicos were attending Rana, two patients died for want of t... | |
| | | | Brewing resentment among Kashmiri Pandits against back channel diplomatic process | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 28: There is a brewing resentment among Kashmiri Pandits regarding back channel diplomatic initiatives without participation of Kashmiri Pandits the main party to the dispute. Recent Indo Pak dialogue, Ram Jethmalani's Kashmir Committee initiatives or any other initiative addressing only Hurriyat agenda is a pointer to a deeper conspiracy.
KPs forced out of the valley have suffered a lot during the turmoil. They have every stake for their land of Aborigines. According to sources the KP community is unanimous about their settlement in separate Home Land. Be it Panun Kashmir separate home land, All State Kashmiri Pandit C... | |
| | | | "Separation From Kashmir only way out" | | Walkout from DDB meetings no solution | | | Neha
JAMMU, July 28: Last week, Panthers Part MLA from Samba Assembly constituency staged a walkout from the (Samba) district Development Board (DDB) meeting. He walked out for two specific reasons. One was that the authorities had not set up Jammu Central University despite that fact that the same was sanctioned almost two years ago. The other was the discriminatory policy of the NC-Congress coalition government towards Samba district. His specific allegation was that the state government had all along allotted inadequate funds for the development of the district. It was an important development as it demonstrated a rift between the government and the non-Congress and non-NC MLAs.
Howe... | |
| | | | Major Development | | Critic of K leadership BAJ VP Slaria jumps on to Panthers' bandwagon | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 28: Panthers Party chairman Bhim Singh's reorganisation movement is gaining momentum with each passing day. He has been able to induce a number of Jammu-centric groupings to join the movement aimed at achieving for what he calls "Duggar Pradesh" separate assembly and separate chief minister. He has also enlisted the support of a number of academics, artists, writers, poets, intellectuals and a number of former generals. Besides, he has been able to convince a number of advocates and lawyers of the need to seek a system of government that "liberates Duggar Pradesh from Kashmiri domination.
One of the prominent advocates, who have extended his unflinching supp... | |
| | | | Circus, not Congress | | Sonia fields Chaturvedi to counter Aiyer? | | | Rustam
JAMMU, July 28: Congress MP and former minister in the union government Mani Shankr Aiyer, who is stauch supporter of Pakistan and who believes in the bogey of "alienation in Kashmir", is an angry man. He had been angry since the day Sonia asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to drop him from the council of ministers sometime back. However, he didn't really demonstrate his anger. He started criticizing the Congress when Sonia didn't consider him fit for a berth in the reshuffled council of minister. He became rather angry when Manmohan Singh obeyed the Sonia's directive and declared after the oath ceremony "this is the last reshuffle in the UPA 2."
It is Sonia and Rahul Gandhi who... | |
| | | | Another Kashmiri Youth falls to militant bullets | | | | BARAMULLA: Another youth was killed by unidentified gunmen in apple township of Sopore in this north Kashmir late last night, official sources said here today.
They said gunmen fired upon a 30-year-old Mohammad Ashraf Dar at Chanakhan, Sopore, late last night. He was immediately rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead. This was the second killing in Sopore in less than a week.
On June 24, one Mohsin Ahmad Wani was shot dead by gunmen. Official sources said police was working on different angles as in the past a Sopore resident was killed by gunmen in Srinagar. However, it was later established that he was killed by three people, including a former militant, who had ... | |
| | | | Jammu-Poonch road blocked over kidnapping of girl | | | | Rajouri: Traffic remained disrupted for hours when hundreds of people today blocked Jammu-Poonch National Highway over alleged kidnapping of a girl in bordering Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police sources said today.
Demanding recovery of a girl allegedly kidnapped yesterday from village Kota in Mendhar, hundreds of people this morning assembled at Sangla Chowk and blocked the Jammu-Poonch National Highway.
Amid anti-police slogans, the protestors disrupted the traffic thus putting life out of gear.
The demonstrators alleged that a 21-year-old girl has allegedly been kidnapped by one Faheem Ahmed, resident of village Kota and despite registration... | |
| | | | Pak FM talks peace, infiltrators attack army along LOC | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 28 : A soldier was killed and two others were wounded when a group of infiltrators from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) attacked a patrol party near the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier district of Kupwara. Official sources said one of the three wounded soldiers has succumbed to his injuries. A defence ministry spokesman said today that the operation was still on and details were being collected.
Lt Colonel Brar said that troops guarding the borders, noticed a group of militants sneaking into this side near the LoC at Hayhama yesterday. When challenged and asked to surrender, militants opened fire with automatic weapons.
The fire was immediately... | |
| | | | SIT to hold Id parade in Kulgam 'rape' on Monday | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 28 (KNS) : The identification parade of army personnel involved in alleged abduction and rape of a Kulgam woman will be held on Monday, sources told KNS.
"Special Investigation Team probing the incident has completed its investigation and the parade would be done on Monday," they added.
When contacted DIG Police South Kashmir Range, Shafkat Watali told KNS that the parade would be held soon. "Investigations are on and we expect it to be completed till Monday. Identification parade would be held after that," he said.
The DIG rejected reports that a man (Ghulam Hassan) was detained on charges of instigating the alleged rape victim to put the blame on A... | |
| | | | Dr Farooq hopes for irrelevant borders | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 28 (KNS) : National Conference President and Union minister for new and renewable energy Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that cordial relations with India would benefit Pakistan and hoped that a day will come when borders will become irrelevant.
Talking to reporters at SK Stadium here after witnessing a Ranji Trophy match, Dr Abdullah said, "Better relations between India and Pakistan is in the interests of Kashmirs as it can solve our problems." He welcomed the Confidence Building Measures between India and Pakistan. "The meeting between S M Krishna and Hina Rabbani Khar was held in conducive atmosphere. The results are also good," ... | |
| | | | 8 injured in Manjakote mishap, locals irked over non availability of Ambulance | | Accident victims packed in Animal's Truck in Rajouri | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, July 28 : Following tragic accident of last Tuesday in which 8 people died and 7 injured, another mishap took place in Manjakote area in which 8 passengers were injured who were shifted in an Animal's Tata Mobile truck to District Hospital Rajouri as Ambulance in the local Hospital was out.
As per reports, 8 persons were injured among one seriously in a road mishap at Katarmal Manjakote. According to the injured persons, driver was drunkard and he was not comfortably driving the vehicle which became main reason behind the mishap. As per sources, following the accident, local people contacted Manajkote Hospital for ambulance but according to them the Ambulanc... | |
| | | | DC Kishtwar handover position of 2600 Kanal land to GVK group for Rattle power project | | Compensation paid @65000/Kanal, is it a joke or justice | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, July 28 : After witnessing the battle over the land acquisition in Greater Nodia, the people of Drabshala Kishtwar, where round about 2500 Kanal of private land is being acquired for construction of 690 MW Rattle power project were preparing themselves for long battle over the issue of the less compensation being paid to the private land owners @65000/Kanal after Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar along with Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) handed over the position of around 2600 Kanal of land comprised of state land as well as private land situated at Drabshal Kishtwar to GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd for construction of 690 MW Rattle Power Project in a jo... | |
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