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| Held in Laila Khan murder, Tak lands in Mumbai Crime Branch custody | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, July 8: After helping the Maharashtra police in unfolding the murder mystery of Bollywood starlet Laila Khan and her family members, Kishtwar police has expedited its efforts to arrest Shakir Hussain, a co-accused inthe murders.
After taking Tak's custody from Munsif Court, Kishtwar, on four days transit remand, Mumbai Crime Branch kept him under the safe custody of Kishtwar police before shifting him to Jammu under tight security cover.
After reaching Jammu, the Crime Branch shifted Tak to Mumbai in a flight which took off from Jammu airport at 3.20 PM and landed in Mumbai at around 7.30 PM.
Sources said that after landing in Mumbai, Crime Branch team of Mumbai police shifted Tak straight to Crime Branch Office, Mumbai, where senior officers of the department put him to sustained questioning to find out the location where he claimed that he along with Shakir Hussain had buried the bodies of Laila Khan and her 5 family members.
Sources said that the Crime branch during the search of Laila Khan's flat in Mumbai recovered some photographs showing the de... | |
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| Faulty admission policy depriving young achievers of equal opportunities | | Higher Education deptt fails to make amends despite NAAC observation | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, July 8: Despite directions by NAAC to avail reservation in admissions to outstanding achievers in the field of sports and other co curricular activities in colleges of the state, the department of higher education has failed to make amends.
At a time when competitive sports have come to be associated with national prides and levels of sports performances at various levels to the development of nations, higher education department of Jammu and Kashmir continues to give a damn to the sports and sportsmen by not allocating any quota for admissions to outstanding sportsmen in its colleges across the state in undergraduate and post graduate courses.
It is strange that wh... | |
| | | | Omar acts as Jamaat's spokesperson | | | | early times report
Jammu, July 8: Chief minister Omar Abdullah has strangely come to the rescue of Jamaat-e-Islami for its diktat when even local Kashmiri have criticized and BJP had called for taking such organizations with heavy hand.
Omar had on Saturday said that Jamaat hadnt' said anything like that (issuing dress code diktat to tourists) but it's being blown out of proportion in the media.
The CM acted as spokesperson of Jamaat than as a head of the State, whose job is to ensure that writ of the land rules rather than diktat of some lunatic fringe elements and organization.
The fact is that Jamaat was forced to make some retraction only after strong local protest especially from... | |
| | | | Allegation of fraud against CEO, Warden Pahari hostel Rajouri | | Locals demand inquiry, threaten stir | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 8: Organisation for social justice, a local NGO has demanded an inquiry into the financial transactions of the office of Chief Education Officer Rajouri and warden of the Pahari hostel Rajouri, alleging large scale embezzlement.
Chairman and Gen.sec. of the organisation, ,S K.Mughal and RS Mehta have demanded seizing of relevant financial record of govt. Pahari hostel Rajouri/and CEO,/office Rajouri and physical verification of cash books /stock register of RMSA, SSA, rent-grant, medical reimbursement, -mid-day meal and-scholarship.
They have appealed to the chief minister to appoint independent enquiry against warden Pahari hostel and CEO Rajouri and ot... | |
| | | | Who inaugurated Aga's Budgam mall? | | Govt says Mir Sahab, Hurriyat says Minister was just a 'guest' | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 8: In reaction to the news story on inauguration of the senior Hurriyat leader Aga Syed Hassan's shopping mall by senior mainstream politician and Minister of Agriculture Ghulam Hassan Mir, in presence of DC Budgam and SP Budgam, Aga's son and functionary of his Anjuman-e-Sharee Shia'an, Aga Mujtaba, has claimed that the mall at Budgam was inaugurated by the Hurriyat leader himself. He has claimed that the Minister was only a guest at the inauguration on July 6th.
Aga Mutajaba claimed in a statement mailed to Early Times: "News published in some of daily news papers of Jammu & Kashmir on 7th July 2012 regarding inauguration of A.S.H Mall Budgam. It was wr... | |
| | | | JAKFED property misused in Delhi, Manohar maintains silence | | | | SUMIT SHARMA
Jammu, July 8: Dr Monhar Lal Sharma, Cooperative Minister, has allegedly given undue favour to the attached General Manager, Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (JAKFED), Girdari Lal Abrol, causing losses valuing crores of rupees to the department in particular and state exchequer in general.
The alleged involvement of Abrol in another scam came into limelight when a complaint was lodged to Crime Branch Jammu against him for allegedly using fake letter head of JAKFED, permitting private party to do business on JAKFED's prime land of 485 square feet situated in C Block, Azadpur Sabzimandi, Delhi.
The complaint was lodged by MD JAKFED on March 22,... | |
| | | | EJAC turns talks by union leaders as sellout | | | | early times report
SRINAGAR, July 8: EJAC leaders met here today to discuss the latest development with regard to the consideration of the demands of the employees.
Suresh Sharma and Ajaz Khan regretted that the government, instead of considering the demands of regularization of daily wagers, ad-hoc, contractual and consolidated workers, removal of pay anamolies, conceding the demands of PSUs out of budgetary support and announcing decision regarding increase in the retirement age, had chosen to please some union leaders and executed another agreement with them which was a joke with the employees.
The meeting, arranged by the leaders, was nothing but an attempt to weaken the employees'... | |
| | | | Employees’ strike called off | | | |
early times report
SRINAGAR, July 8: Calling off their proposed strike from tomorrow, the leaders of Employee unions expressed gratitude to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for intervening in removing the stalemate between the Government and the employees.
Under the directions of the Chief Minister the top brass of the administration led by Political Advisor to the Chief Minister, Devender Singh Rana, met the employees Union here and finalized the road map for addressing the issues raised by the employees amicably and in a time bound manner.
In a joint meeting which was also attended by the Chief Secretary Madhav Lal, Principal Secretary, Finance, Principal Secretary, Home, Principal S... | |
| | | | Congress not to accept NC demand for sidelining Soz | | | | early times report
Jammu, July 8:-The National Conference leadership is totally opposed to any plan of the Congress led UPA Government to nominate the PCC Chief,Saif-ud-Din Soz,as a candidate for the vicepresident's post.
Party sources said that the NC leadership has been waitting for the last five to six years for ecuring presidential or vicepresidential berth for the party Chief,Dr Farooq Abdullah.They said that so far no political leader of any eminent public figure from
Jammu and Kashmir has been elevated to the post of President or vicepresident of India.
According to the party sources the NC leadership may be forced to review its alliance with the Congress in general and its p... | |
| | | | Jaitley does plain-speaking, advocates full integration | | Returning to pre 1998 Era-II | | | NEHA
JAMMU, July 8: Not content with what he said about Nehru and the Congress party, Arun Jaitley launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh without, of course, naming him. He questioned him for suggesting that borders between India and Pakistan should be rendered irrelevant and rightly said that such a step will only enable Pakistan to send infiltrators to Jammu & Kashmir to intensify anti-India activities. He termed the suggestion as "suicidal". He also termed as "futile exercises" the Congress-led UPA government's moves to woo Pakistan and extremists and asserted that "it has no will power to settle the problem". Besides, he ridiculed the moves of the Union Governmen... | |
| | | | BJP communal & NC represents people, says Kamaal | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 8: "BJP is a communal organization. It plays with the sentiments of Hindus of Jammu. It was responsible for the 2008 Amarnath land row". NC additional general secretary Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal said so the other day at Vijaypur while addressing a NC rally and asserted that the NC is not only secular but it also represents the will of the people of the state. He didn't refer to what his nephew Omar Abdullah said in the Lok Sabha on the circumstances leading to a conflict between the nationalists and Kashmiri communalists of all varieties, plus the Kashmir Bar Association and members of the so-called civil society and Kashmiri commentators, in June 2008. Omar Abdu... | |
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