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After Kuldip, its Kuljit’s turn: second suicide bid 7/30/2008 1:16:21 AM • Another youth bids suicide, battling for life • Jammu volatile, violent protests spiral • Curfew lifted, cops’ presence thinned in Old City • ADM Samba’s vehicle torched in Jammu • Mosque attacked in Subhash Nagar • Fuel supply to Valley snapped till July 31 • Aggressive protests in Udhampur, 12 vehicles damaged Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 29 • Samiti leaders ask youth avoid attacks on minorities As if Kuldeep Kumar Verma’s martyrdom was not enough to force the government for reconsidering its decision hurting sentiments of Hindus, yet another youth today offered his life’s sacrifice on Shri Amarnath Shrine land issue. Kuljeet Singh Choudhary, in his 20s, consumed poison while on a sit-in to protest the revocation of the land allocation order in Samba. Choudhary was rushed to a hospital, where his condition was stated to be critical. He has been put on ventilator. News of his suicide bid has further incited the passion but the local administration is tightlipped on the issue. The news of the attempted suicide brought the people onto the Jammu-P...   READ MORE

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BSNL fails to make dent in J&K; poor services force subscribers to switch over 7/30/2008 1:15:38 AM Rohit Gupta Jammu | July 29 Bakwas Service Nalaik Log this is how subscribers in J&K have started describing the services of BSNL services and its ‘inefficient’ staff in the State. BSNL launched its service at least two years prior to any of its competitor. But today Airtel has managed to overtake BSNL in terms of subscribers and claims to be No.1 service provider in J&K State. BSNL humiliated the people of J&K State by making them stand for 6-7 hours in front of their office counter for issuing SIM cards. Where as, in the rest of the country, through advertisements they almost beg people to buy their SIM cards. Worst was the day when they allotted Vanity or VIP numbers. There was nob...   READ MORE   Jamwal - new SSP says police is for masses 7/30/2008 1:14:20 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 29 Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal has been posted as SSP Jammu today. An IPS officer of 1995 batch has earlier served as SDPO Kalibagh, SP Leh and SP Kupwara. His immediate previous posting was as SSP Vigilance. Addressing the media persons, after assuming the new charge, Jamwal - recipient of president gallantry award, today appealed the people to observe calmness and maintain peace in the region. Urging cooperation of the masses, he said that police is for the people and not against them. It is police’s duty to ensure law, order and peace. He said that no policing can be done without people’s cooperation. He cautioned people against playing in the hands of evi...   READ MORE   Govt working on ‘compromise formula’ Samiti unlikely to accept anything short of land, agitation may prolong 7/30/2008 1:12:10 AM ET EXCLUSIVE Jammu | July 29 While the state government in consultation is reportedly working on a comprise formula to end the present deadlock in Jammu, the leaders spearheading the agitation are planning to extend the movement indefinitely in view of massing public support. However, at the same time the government has apprehensions that despite a ‘win-win’ formula, the situation may not immediately return to normal in Jammu. Therefore, the government is making all arrangements of handing situation keeping in mind that what is currently prevailing may continue for an indefinite time. Highly placed sources EARLY TIMES that during his recent visit to New Delhi last weekend, the Gov...   READ MORE   After 19 breaches in 7 months, Antony asks Pak to behave 7/30/2008 1:11:38 AM New Delhi | July 29 With as many as 19 violations of the Line of Control (LoC) recorded since January this year, India on Tuesday told Pakistan to respect the 2003 ceasefire agreement between the two countries. "The increase in ceasefire violations and firings across the LoC is a matter of concern to India," Defence Minister A K Antony said in a statement, a day after Army troops repulsed a Pakistani incursion in the Nowgam sector of northern Kashmir, which left one Indian soldier dead. Attributing the large number of violations with attempts to infiltrate militants, Antony said the situation along the 742-km LoC is being constantly reviewed. "Keeping in view the increased attempts...   READ MORE   Nirmal, others bailed out 7/30/2008 1:11:17 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 29 Chief Judicial Magistrate Jammu YP Bourney today granted bail in favour of Dr. Nirmal Singh Former President of State BJP and Dharnidhar Sharma who were arrested by the Pacca Danga Police on July 23 In the bail application a team of free legal aid constituted by the BAJ appeared on behalf of the applicants and submitted that the applicants are political and religious leaders and they have not committed any offence which has been mentioned by the police in the FIR NO 112/08 dated July 24, 2008 u/s 147, 148, 353, 336, and 188 RPC. CJM after considering the arguments of counsels appearing for the petitioners and also going through the report filed by...   READ MORE   We are sincere on Aug 15 deadline: PDD 7/30/2008 1:10:49 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 29 The Government today sought to reassure that it still sticks to its deadline of August 15 to restore the electricity supply to Jammu and adjoining areas to near normal level. Amidst the present tension in Jammu there have been sharp attacks on installation of the Power Development Department in Jammu as people gave vent to their ire against non-availability of electricity. More than 1000 electric meter have already been smashed in the Old City areas while a store of PDD had also been attacked. To settle the public passion that PDD today said that the parts of transformer for replace at Gladni Station are on way from Patna and will start reaching ...   READ MORE   His Excellency, situations needs urgent attention 7/30/2008 1:06:08 AM Gareeb Dass Jammu | July 29 The demand from various political and social organisations suggesting to the Governor, N.N.Vohra, to convene an All Party meeting on resolving the turmoil over the land revocation issue is like asking a guilty person to sit in judgement. Since the row over the revocation of the land order has become as vexed as the Kashmir issue it calls for a multidimensional dialogue. And for this the Governor alone can set the stage when the centre has preferred to remain a passive spectator. Possibly the centre would have intervened but the events that shaped in Ahmedabad and Bangalore seem to have kept the Government of India on its toes leaving no time for it to think o...   READ MORE

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