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| Jammu region in flames, crackdown fails to suppress rage | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 2
• Curfew extended to entire city, Samba; Army on standby
• Congress MLA Girdhari’s house attacked in Kathua
• Charak’s School comes under stone pelting in Shastri Nagar
• Vohra, Azad, Mufti smoked in hundreds of effigies
• Gujjars again under attack, hutments burnt, milk van set ablaze
In a deeply polarized situation entire Jammu region today burst into anger as protests and demonstrations further escalated making it tough for the authorities to contain the prevailing state of affairs.
After imposing prohibitory on Tuesday authorities had expected some semblance of order to return on Wednesday but the agitated protesters openly and vehemently defied the curfew restrictions with impunity and continued with violent protests and demonstrations. The curfew which was earlier imposed under the jurisdiction of six Police Stations in City and southern outskirts had to be extended to entire winter capital city.
Without caring for the curfew and chasing cops, the protesters trooped through roads and streets of the city smashing public prop... | |
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| Jammu plunges to darkness | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 2
Entire Jammu city and many of its peripheral areas plunged into a perpetual darkness late tonight sending the local residents in a state of panic.
Barring at some sensitive locations like Railway Station and army camps, the power supply went off by around 10:15 tonight from entire city including the VIP areas. People made frantic calls to the power stations to confirm the causes but every body appeared confused at what had happened.
Later it was learnt that the power supply got snapped due to a devastating fire that broke out at the Gladni Grid station near Narwal. Sources said that the power broke out due to short circuit and overload is also state... | |
| | | | 'Agitation to continue till revoke-order not withdrawn' | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | June 2
Sangarsh Samiti, the newly formed conglomeration of 28 political and social organisations in Jammu, said the present agitation will continue till the order revoking land allotment to the SASB is withdrawn.
"The government had come under pressure of secessionist and fundamentalist elements in revoking the order of land allotment to the Amarnath shrine board, thus hurting the sentiments of the Hindus of the country," its convenor Leela Karan Sharma told reporters.
"Our movement is peaceful and we will not allow Hindu-Muslim conflict during the agitation, he said and asked the Muslims of Jammu to support them.
In reply to a question on the future course... | |
| | | | Communal tension erupts, Curfew in Bhaderwah | | 13 hurt in grenade blast | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 2
Sings of militants’ intervention were seen in the extended protests demonstrations on the issue of Amarnath Yatra across the region as a grenade exploded in Bhaderwah Township injuring 13 persons including five CRPF cops.
Along with Kishtwar and other small townships of Jammu region, Bhaderwah, the home town of Chief Minister, had also observed a shut down when communal clashes erupted between two communities. Sources said that Personal Security Staff of a local Congress leader opened fire during the demonstrations and immediately after that a grenade exploded in the area resulting into grevious injuries to 13 people. Some of them with critical injuri... | |
| | | | Pilgrims cry for help as violence flares | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 2
After weeklong of protests in Kashmir Valley and now a deteriorating situation in Jammu, the pilgrims headed for Shri Amarnath and Mata Vaishno Devi shrines have come on receiving end of the ugly situation created by the political designs.
In view of the ongoing shutdown, protests and demonstrations amidst curfew the pilgrims are facing acute problems of transport, medicare and food. All those arriving at Jammu railway station or the airport are unable to reach hotels while those staying in the city hotels have no transport facility to reach the terminals. A team of EARLY TIMES visiting several areas of city including Railway Station caught many pilgri... | |
| | | | 11 ultras laid at LoC | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 2
Taking advantage of the political instability and volatile situation within the state, a group of militants today made a desperate attempt to infiltrate through the Line of Control in North Kashmir but alert security forces foiled the bid laying all of them down.
Reports said that eleven militants have been killed as the army foiled a major infiltration bid in a three-day long operation near the Line of Control in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, a defence spokesman said today. A Junior Commissioned Officer was also killed in the gunbattle which broke out in Karnah sector in north Kashmir on Monday morning when troops confronted a large group of mil... | |
| | | | Jammuites left at mercy of Gods, protesters | | Despite DM’s orders Police not allowing essential facilities, petrol pump staff brutally beaten up | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 2
Due to the deepening crisis in town obvious chinks and gaps between the administrative decisions and executing process have come to fore leaving people at the mercy of God or protestors.
Ever since the eruption of tension in town and particularly after imposition of curfew on Tuesday, the top officers in the administration have been making tall claims of ensuring minimum facilities and essential commodities to the people. Several orders too have been issued in this connection but the cops on ground duty are not taking note of these orders.
The district magistrate Jammu had on Tuesday issued an order that at aleast five petrol pumps shall remain open... | |
| | | | After wargames, PDP fears slicing | | Worried Muftis petition Vohra, as Azad ups hit floor tally | | | ET SPECIAL
Jammu | July 2
After playing a political war-games with the Congress in this election year, the Peoples Democratic Party fears a vertical slicing at the hands of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in the floor test of his government slated for July 7.
Surprising the confidence of Chief Minister who has all along been saying that he has required number to prove majority despite refusal by all parties to support his floor test, the PDP is guessing as who afterall is with Azad. As the grapevine of split takes round in the political circles, the Peoples Democratic Party is fearing its own split in the coming days.
Sources said that at least half a dozen legislators of the People... | |
| | | | Revocation of land order cements regional divide | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | July 3
It was jubilation in Kashmir.It was time for people to fire crackers in Srinagar."It is the peoples' victory" was the cry from the separatists. Against this it was complete shutdown in Jammu. Massive protests, anger and violence which was followed by imposition of curfew in the winter capital of the state. People in Kashmir had a cause to celebrate. After all their eight-day shutdown and violence had forced the state Government to succumb to the pressure. People in Jammu had a cause for giving vent to their anger because their cries for restoration of 800 kanals of land to the Shrine Board had not been heard by the Government. And if the Jammuites have been cla... | |
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