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| Shopian erupts over tanker driver’s death | | Residents: Killed by CRPF; Police: Got hit while repairing vehicle | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
srinagar, July 31: Death of a tanker driver in mysterious circumstances last night had led to mayhem in the south Kashmir district headquarters of Shopian today. Even as Police claimed that the driver had got fatally hit while repairing his vehicle and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to hold a thorough inquiry, hundreds of residents leveled allegation of “killing” against CRPF, enforced shutdown, damaged two ambulances and clashed with Police for several hours of the day today.
Independent sources in South Kashmir told Early Times that a 24-year-old driver of a private water tanker, namely Mohammad Aaquib Bhat S/o Mohammad Yousuf Bhat R/o Balpora, Shopian, was admitted to District Hospital Shopian at about 9.00 p.m last night. Complaining of severe pain in his abdomen, he was bleeding through his mouth. He was brought to the hospital by driver and cleaner of another private water tanker, Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat and Ashfaq Ahmad Ganai, both residents of Qazigund.
Mukhtar and Ashfaq revealed to the doctors that Aaquib was first examined by Army d... | |
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| State properties or Relationship building ventures of J&K politicians? | | Valued treasures leisurely leased out, J&K losing crores | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, July 31: Jammu and Kashmir Government has graciously gifted several kanals of land and other properties located in posh colonies and commercial centers of various parts of the country to the non-state subjects for peanuts.
If politically well-connected sources are to be believed, these valuable properties have mostly served as relationship building ventures and money minting machines for various politicians of Jammu and Kashmir. If revenue records available with Early Times are any indication, these properties have failed to serve the purpose for which they had been bought by Dogra rulers in the pre-1947 era and in certain cases by the respective Governments afte... | |
| | | | Top functionaries deliberately ‘ignore local leader in rally | | ‘Free for all situations in J&K PYC ‘……..? | | | ET Report
Jammu, July 31: It is a ‘free for all situation’ in Pradesh Youth Congress in which the senior functionaries are virtually functioning in two parallel units and carrying out organizational activities separately , without informing each other . Such is the situation with the newly elected body of the Congress in the State that its president goes overboard in convening the political rallies in which local party leaders, legislators and even ministers are deliberately ignored by either not informing them or choosing to bash them directly or indirectly , apparently in a bid to settle the political scores.
Congress’ young iconic leader Rahul Gandhi who spent crores of rupees across ... | |
| | | | Relief Commissioner ignores facts, lives in delusion | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 31: Even after a about a week the Relief Commissioner has not deemed it fit for re-allocation of Jagti flats even as resentment is brewing up among Kashmiri Pandits and continuous protests are just a symptomatic of the anger.
The Relief Commissioner by not issuing even a formal statement, except talking to some media person rather on being forced, is living in a delusion. The Commissioner in his delusion continues to believe that a small protests here or there will die down eventually and he will have his away.
However, this delusion is not only against reality but could also cost him his job, from which he is alleged to have profited by arbitrary allo... | |
| | | | Misuse of official position: Used to princely lifestyles, some police officers take home cabs hired for Amarnath yatra duty | | | | Bharat Bhushan
Jammu, July 31: What to talk of the misuse of official vehicles by them, some police officers, who had lowly beginnings and now flaunt princely lifestyles, are alleged to have made personal use of the cabs which police headquarters hired for Amarnath yatra duty.
Since more and more vehicles are needed by police for patrolling during Amarnath yatra, cabs are hired by police headquarters for at least two months and then given to district SPs who hand them over to police stations entrusted with the security of the yatra route.
These cabs are hired for round-the-clock surveillance on the yatra route, according to sources in J&K Police.
"But some officers use this opportunity ... | |
| | | | ETT turns to be money minting machines in J&K | | | |
Bashir Assad
srinagar, July 31: Jammu and Kashmir state particularly Jammu and Kathua districts have emerged as hub of Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) institutes with a number of ministers and leaders directly or indirectly running the institutions as money minting machines.
Official sources revealed Jammu and Kathua districts have got lion's share in the private education sector. Out of total 482 ETT institutes operating in the region, around 330 are in these two districts.
Sources said that most people including politicians prefer open ETT institutes in these two districts as agents have strong network in neighboring states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajashtan and Himachal Pradesh, whe... | |
| | | | Those who started militancy now strive for a political solution | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 31: The armed struggle entered into twenty-fifth year today. It all started on July 31, 1988 when four militants, Mohammad Yasin Malik, Ishfaq Majid Wani, Sheikh Abdul Hamid and Javed Ahmad Mir opened fire on a CRPF vehicle near Bohri Kadal in Old city killing 6 soldiers. Several civilians were also killed in retaliatory fire. The incident caused a stir in the entire Valley. The four men named above became heroes overnight. People would sacrifice anything to have a glimpse of them.
Ishfaq Majid Wani got killed in an encounter near Hawal on March 30, 1990. Sheikh Hamid died in a boat capsize on November 19, 1992. Yasin Malik rose to the level of commander-i... | |
| | | | Can they continue throwing grenades and blame India for making defective gas cylinders? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 31: Finally the media bashing of the State Government has proved to have been misplaced. The new found relationship of being on the same page with the Kashmiri separatist leaders has also proved to have been misplaced, ill-conceived and short-lived.
It was not a gas cylinder that killed 3 tourists and injured four in Bijbehara on July 28. It was a grenade explosion and hiding the truth could have serious and far reaching consequences.
The sequence of tragic events on July 28 needs to be re-told to set the record absolutely straight.
The first report said there had been an explosion in Bijbehara involving a vehicle carrying either Yatris or tourists. Immedi... | |
| | | | Allocation of Rs 106-crore annual plan for Jammu | | Furore In Kashmir | | | Neha
Jammu, July 31: On July 22, the Jammu District Development Board (JDDB) meeting took place. The meeting was chaired by none other than Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Others who attended the DDB meeting included Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand; Minister for Health Sham Lal Sharma; Minister for Revenue Raman Bhalla; Minister for Industries S.S. Slathia; Advisor to the Chief Minister Mubarak Gul; Political Advisor to Chief Minister Devender Singh Rana; Vice Chairmen of Advisory Boards Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari, Rachpal Singh, B.A. Naaz, Swaran Lata Bhagat and Kuldeep Raj Verma, legislators from Jammu district Chaman Lal Gupta, Ashok Khajuria, Jugal Kishore, B.R. Bhagat, Yashpal Kundal, Ajat... | |
| | | | J&K Government creating confusion | | Instrument Of Accession | | | Rustam
Jammu, July 31: Sometime back, Irfan Hafiz Lone, vice-president of Baramulla Bar Association (BBA), submitted an application to the State Government under the Right to Information Act, 2009, seeking information about the Instrument of Accession (IOA). Believe it or not, but it is a fact that the State Government invoked Section 8 of the RTI and rejected his application, saying its disclosure would "impinge upon the security, sovereignty and integrity of the country". "The application is rejected under Section 8 of RTI Act which provides (that the) Information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific o... | |
| | | | NC-Congress coalition-Government of extensions | | | |
Bashir Assad
srinagar, July 31: By re-appointing as many as 165 retired officials in last three and a half years, the National Conference -Congress coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir can excusably be called as "Government of extensions".
And as such by floating all rules and regulations, this government has not only institutionalized corruption but has also dented the image of some of the reputed institutions.
In March this year, the Government admitted on the Floor of the House during budget session that it had re-employed 149 officials in last three years, since then many more retired officials have been either re-appointed or granted extension of tenure in clear violati... | |
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