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First custodial killing of Omar Govt happens in Geelani's Sopore Murder case filed, Dy SP attached, 3 cops placed under suspension 7/31/2011 11:20:17 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz srinagar, July 31: Thirty-one-month-old Omar Abdullah government's first custodial killing has occurred in the separatist hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani's hometown of Sopore in north Kashmir. Twenty-seven-year-old shopkeeper's death has led to street demonstrations in the apple-rich town, besides "house arrest" of a number of separatist and mainstream political leaders in Srinagar even as the government has registered a murder case against Police, a Dy SP has been attached and three more personnel have been placed under suspension. Informed sources told Early Times that a unit of Special Operations Group (SOG) had picked up a young grocer, Nazim Rashid Shala alias Anjum---lonely son of a retired Police Inspector Abdul Rashid Shala---from his shop at Krankshivan Colony of Sopore in the afternoon on Saturday. Wanted in connection with the investigation into the killing of one Mohammad Ashraf Dar, who was gunned down in Sopore on July 27th evening, Nazim was detained and subjected to custodial interrogation. In the wee hours today, he breathed his last in custody of SOG ...   READ MORE

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PDP carries its bulldozer into NC's bastion Has NC the wisdom to see chinks in its armour? 7/31/2011 11:19:54 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 31: The show of strength in Srinagar city by the PDP has not only proved that the main opposition in the state has made inroads in state's politically sensitive summer capital, but it has also proved that the ruling NC is fast losing ground under its feet. Srinagar city is represented in the 87-member legislative assembly by eight MLAs and all of them belong to the ruling NC. The PDP could not get a foothold in Srinagar during the 2008 assembly elections. The NC has traditionally been a stronghold of the NC and it was here in this city that the NC founder, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was born and his political career reached its zenith. NC and Srinagar had bec...   READ MORE   RTI being used as a tool for blackmailing 7/31/2011 11:19:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 31: The much talked about Right to Information (RTI) Act has become a tool in the hands of blackmailers not only to harass and humiliate the officers but to settle their personnel scores with them. Though the Act was widely welcomed throughout the country after it came into being after a parliament enactment but it has many flaws as it makes the position of Government servants very awkward who are now answerable to any Tom, Dick and Harry. After the enforcement of the Act in J&K over two years back the black mailers and exploiters have taken total undue advantage of the Act who force the officers to provide all liberty to them and incase an officer or head o...   READ MORE   Employees' unions getting united once again for Aug 5-6 'showdown' 'Unity' comes as challenge for govt …….? 7/31/2011 11:19:23 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 31: Even as the intermittent strikes by state government employees in support of their demands in recent past have not created much pressure on the NC led ruling alliance in J&K but the manner various unions are bracing up for scheduled two day strike from August 5, the government it appears is in for major trouble. Almost all the unions are busy in a meaningful manner in garnering and mobilising support at the district and tehsil levels across the state to make it a 'big show down' against the government. Notwithstanding the fact that some organisations and unions of the state employees have been going in different directions instead of following the strike...   READ MORE   How to weed out corruption Mr CM? 7/31/2011 11:19:03 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 31: Omar Abdullah promised clean administration on the first day he assumed office of the Chief Minister. He has repeatedly issued statements against corruption and corrupt elements. But the Chief Minister has not laid down any mechanism to achieve the goal. The corrupt elements, it may be mentioned, are not going to install CCTVs in their offices to enable the Chief Minister to proceed against them. In no case shall they solicit affidavits to facilitate their prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act. So what to do? The state's vigilance organization deals with corruption and related issues. Every day the organization lays traps to nab corrupt elem...   READ MORE   Love triangle behind stabbing of Sukhbir Stabber a brilliant student, raids on to arrest co-accused 7/31/2011 11:18:50 PM ET Report JAMMU, July 31: A possible love triangle has come up as the reason behind killing of Sukhbir Singh, a student of Shiksha Nikatan Higher Secondary School, Jeevan Nagar on Saturday afternoon. According to police sources, the revelation was made by the key accused Jaspreet Singh of Bhor Camp. Jaspeet, stabber of Sukhbir, was arrested by the police in yesterday's late hours raid that was conducted at his residence on the disclosure of Iqbal Singh, an eyewitness and friend of deceased Sukhbir Singh. While raids are still on to arrest another stabber Amandeep Sigh of Chatha Morh, who is absconding after committing the crime. Police sources said that the accused Jaspreet is a brilli...   READ MORE   Contradicting versions from supporters, workers on embezzlement charges CITU VP confirms expulsion of CHPPWU Zargar 7/31/2011 11:18:28 PM Asif Iqbal Naik kishtwar, July 31: It is an astonishing situation over the issue of sacking of CHPPWU General secretary Javed Ahmed Zarger, as the "Early Times" receive two copies of press notes of meeting held with almost same representatives, but with different version contradicting its each other statement issued on the name of same person. Now it was difficult whom to believe and whom not to believe? But senior Vice President for Center of Indian Trade Unions Ajay Kumar Sharma confirms the expulsion of Javed Ahmed Zager from the post of CHPPWU General Secretary during a meeting of party executive members/workers on Friday. He said that decision of expulsion of Zarger from the post of C...   READ MORE   Jammu has to struggle even for petty things, What an irony! Central University 7/31/2011 11:18:09 PM Neha JAMMU, July 31: Students have been boycotting classes since days and urging the authorities to make the Central University functional and appoint its Vice-Chancellor, preferably a local academician of admitted excellence, but with no result. The authorities continue to maintain indifferent attitude towards the very genuine demands for which they have been on the roads. Convinced that the authorities would not concede their demands so easily, the aggrieved students started hunger strike on July 25 and the strike continues unabated but without evoking any positive response. The same day, the Jammu Province People's Forum - a conglomerate of nearly two dozen associations, organizations ...   READ MORE

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