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Law goes out of order, Mob fury defies curfew 7/4/2008 12:41:14 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu, July 3 Shut down, protests extended by 72 hours Samiti says nothing short of status quo ante 100s injured in clashes, over 70 detained Stone pelting continues on houses of politicians DC Kathua’s vehicles attacked, window panes broken Going from bad to worse, the situation today further deteriorated across the region as angry protestors openly defied curfew restrictions to continue protests, demonstrations and vandalism of public property. Rapid Action Force had to be deployed in some sensitive areas of the western parts of city where more than a 1000 strong mob outnumbered the cops. More than 100 people have been reported injured, with six of them critically, and around six dozen protesters and their leaders have been taken into custody for inciting communal passions. Reports of communal attacks too have been received from areas like Kathua, Bari Brahmna, Samba, Akhnoor and Rajouri. The BJP today made a fervent plea to its cadres and supporters not to harm the members of the minority community but still Gujjars were being targeted in ...   READ MORE

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2 killed as India shuts, protests for Amarnath 7/4/2008 12:39:31 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu/New Delhi | July 3 The flames of fire emanating out of the forest land controversy in Jammu and Kashmir today spread across the region with dozens of North India major cities observing a shut down on a call Bhartiya Janta Party and Vishwa Hindu Parishad. Protests and demonstrations rocked the cities and at least two persons have been reported killed in communal clashed as activists of BJP and VHP enforced a shut down. Meanwhile, the central government is watching situation and has pushed in additional deployment of CRPF to assist the Jammu and Kashmir Police in containing violence. Reports said a flower vendor was stabbed by saffron activists at Rajasthan's ...   READ MORE   We will do more than SASB: Azad 7/4/2008 12:38:43 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 3 CM SAYS ON YATRA Nothing has changed except management Same land will be used for same purpose Govt more competent than any Board Vested interests (PDP) politicked situation How can fre-fab structure change demography? People should understand, call off protests Making an emotional appeal to the people of Jammu region to maintain calm, the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today clarified that nothing has changed in the Shri Amarnath yatra affairs including the status of controversial land except that now it is a responsibility of the state government for better management. The Chief Minister said that the land, around which controvers...   READ MORE   KP women bear brunt 7/4/2008 12:37:25 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 3 Elderly Kashmiri Pandit women today became target of cops chasing the mob fury as tear gas shells were thrown into the residential houses in Durga Nagar area of Talab Tillo. Eye witnesses said that a heavy contingent of Police while chasing the mobsters barged into a locality in Durga Nagar mostly housing the Kashmir Pandit families and threw teargas shells. Though the residential houses were not the actual target of the Police but the unintended shells caused injuries to the inmates. More than five old Kashmiri Pandit ladies were injured when police opened fire and burst teargas shells inside their homes. This was done when police was unable to cont...   READ MORE   Thinking of Degrees! Check out here… 7/4/2008 12:36:52 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 3 In made race of getting higher education degrees to enhance your employability, don’t bank on the Universities which may land you in trouble. In Jammu and other parts of the state hundreds of study centers of various universities are operating offering easy degrees for a price. However, the government has asked people to beware of such fake education shops. Following a communiqué of the Union Human Resource Development Ministry, the Jammu and Kashmir government has released a list of fake universities. An official spokesman said that the Union Ministry of Human Resources Development has circulated the following list of fake universities for the gene...   READ MORE   Power shock: 10-12 hours blackouts in offing 7/4/2008 12:35:53 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 3 There is one good news and one bad news: the good news is that the power supply which went off late last night due to fire incident at Gladni Grid station was restored in a record time and electricity was on early this morning. And the bad news is that crisis in the transmission system is too deep which has forces the Power Development Department to resort to power cuts ranging from 10 hours to 12 hours in different localities on rotational basis. To be precise, for next few weeks –till the snag is corrected –we have will have electricity for half of a day and blackouts for remaining day. Second time in last 15 days, the Gladni Grid stations entered i...   READ MORE   Trust Govt, it will do better: Lal Singh 7/4/2008 12:34:41 AM Early Times Reporter Jammu | July 3 Unlike most of the Ministers who are either keeping away from the present situation making a balancing act leaving the Congress party to stand culprit in public eye, the senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament Chowdhary Lal Singh has come in strong defense of the government explaining pros and cons of the latest decision. Regretting the politicking by some vested interests, Lal Singh challenged the agitators to prove with facts as how religious sentiments have been hurt by taking over of the Shri Amarnath Yatra by the government. He said that the government is directly responsive to the government and is committed to make better arrangements f...   READ MORE   Vohra's action in surrendering land, shifting responsibility of yatra to govt. is illegal 7/4/2008 12:33:41 AM Yash Bhasin Jammu | July 3 Guest Coloumn The action by the State Governor, N N Vohra, as Chairman of Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, to surrender 800 kanals of land allotted by the state government to the shrine board and asking the state government to take over the responsibility of conducting the yatra and providing the facilities, is illegal. It is violative of the relevant provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Shri Amarnath ji Shrine Act 2000 passed by the state legislature, in constituting Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. The Chairman of the board viz the State Governor alone does not constitute the board. The board comprises of 10 members, including the Chairman, who is the Governor of the state...   READ MORE   Azad wins peace Congress loses ease 7/4/2008 12:31:17 AM Gareeb Dass Jammu | July 4 Whatever may be the ultimate fallout of the revocation of the land diversion order on the future political situation in Jammu and Kashmir its immediate impact has been on the state unit of the Congress in the Jammu region,which is its stronghold when compared to the Kashmir valley.Those who do not hold this view should change their opinion by having witnessed how the protesters targeted the houses of some Congress ministers and legislators,The school owned by Gulchain Sing Charak,Minister for higher education,at Shastri Nagar was the first target of the demonstrators protesting against the withdrawal of the controversial order.Do the supporters of the congress n...   READ MORE

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