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| Ex-DySP gunned down at Srinagar mosque | | Over 100 Police officials shot dead at mosques in Kashmir in 23 years | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: Five days ahead of Independence Day celebrations in Kashmir and 18 days after Ashok Prasad's taking over as Director General of J&K Police, suspected militants have gunned down a retired Police officer in Batmaloo area of the capital city. Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, Abdul Hamid Bhat, was coming out of a mosque after performing his afternoon prayers when an unidentified youth pumped bullets into his body, killing him on the spot.
Informed sources told Early times that 60-year-old Abdul Hamid Bhat son of Ali Mohammad Bhat of Mominabad, Tengpura (Batmaloo) was coming out of Masjid-e-Bilal when two unidentified persons accosted him at the main entrance of the mosque at 1.30 p.m. today. One of them, according to eyewitnesses, took out an AK-47 rifle from his bag and fired a burst on Bhat in point blank rage. Bhat, who was tying laces of his shoes, fell in a pool of blood and died on the spot. Eyewitnesses told Police that the assailants walked away rather leisurely and vanished into a neighbourhood close to the national highway bypass.
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| 100 cop killings at mosques | | | | According to official statistics, militants have killed as many as 1540 Police personnel, including 615 SPOs and VDC members, in Jammu and Kashmir since the armed insurgency broke out in 1989. [This does not include over 4,000 men from Army and paramilitary forces who have died in guerrilla strikes and gunbattles with militants]. Of them, over 100 J&K Police personnel have been killed while going to or coming out of mosques after performing prayers. In fact the entire series began with the killing of then SHO Maisuma, Inspector Saadullah, who was the first target of militants on December 1st, 1989. Saadullah was gunned down by suspected JKLF militants when he was coming out of mosque at Mai... | |
| | | | AFSPA revocation possible, Govt must take up issue with 'authorities': Soz | | 'I have been misquoted over comments on issue' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: Refuting strongly what media had carried as his 'views' on AFSPA, the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee president Prof Saif-u-Din Soz today said that in the changed security scenario of State, its revocation was possible and the issue needed to be taken with concerned authorities in right earnest. Prof Soz said a section of media had completely distorted his comments and that he has been misquoted over the crucial issue.
"I In response to a query during media briefing I had merely said that my stand on AFSPA revocation had got vindicated ……. I said it last year and at present believe so that it is a temporary law and it had to go……", Prof Soz said, in a def... | |
| | | | 1965 war: When Kashmiris were made scapegoats | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: In 1964, Sher-e-Kashmir was sent on a special mission to Pakistan by the Indian Prime Minister, Jawahar Lal Nehru. However, while he was still in Pakistan, Nehru died and Sher-e-Kashmir had to cut short his important mission. He returned immediately to participate in the funeral of his `friend'. The `mission Kashmir' ended on Nehru's pyre. His successor, Lal Bahadur Shastri ignored Sheikh Abdullah much to his disappointment.
A noted Kashmiri journalist who was exiled by Sher-e-Kashmir's regime has written on his (Sher-e-Kashmir's) activities in Pakistan. According to him, "Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah discussed a possibility of guerrilla war in Kashmir, and... | |
| | | | Despite CM's order CDPO Rajouri disallows Panchayat interference in ICDS | | Deflating' Govt claims on empowerment | | | Shafiq Mir
Rajouri, Aug 10: Even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his Cabinet colleagues make tall claims of empowering Panchayats with their interference in at least 14 departments including ICDS, a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) of border district Rajouri has categorically refused to share the details of nutrition with Sarpanches of his jurisdiction when he was asked for. Not only this, even the said official has lodged a complaint with police station against at least 32 Sarpanches of block Rajouri for their interference in his working. The matter is being investigated by District Development Commissioner Rajouri. The Sarpanches have also lodged a complaint with Rajouri pol... | |
| | | | J&K police earn bad name as "senior" cops allegedly attain notoriety for "sexual acts" | | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Aug 10: Some "senior" police officers were alleged to have attained notoriety in J&K police administration for their "sexual" acts.
Though this was the topic of private discussion among senior officers and other ranks at police headquarters (PHQ), no one ever dared to speak a word against their seniors in public, fearing "disciplinary" action.
Reliable sources at PHQ told ET that a "senior" police officer and his subordinate were the two who were mostly being discussed for misusing their official position in this context.
This is, however, not the first time that such serious allegations have been levelled against senior police officers.
Some state police officers... | |
| | | | Media has changed and so should CM | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who hold opinion- and assumes to have knowledge- on every thing from raag Bhairvai to Beetels has an advice for journalist: don't give views and stop paid news.
The CM speaking at a function in Srinagar sermonized the media persons about their job and also 'sensitised' about the journalistic ethics.
The CM had said that before internet period, people in Srinagar had to wait till afternoon for a copy of national dose of comprehensive news across the nation and world.
The point missed by CM in his sermons lies in the above statement.
The tone and tenor of journalism had changed much before internet. The journalists gears w... | |
| | | | HC asks district committees to submit jail visit reports | | PIL on Prisoners | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 10: While directing the Government to submit compliance report with regard to its directions on jail conditions in the State, the High Court has asked all district committees, headed by District and Sessions Judges, to furnish their jail visit reports.
After hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by High Court Bar Association (HCBA) on the condition of jail inmates, a division bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, has directed all the district judges to submit their jail visit report by or before the next date of hearing.
Arguing that the condition of jail inmates in J&K is "worst", Mian... | |
| | | | Hi-tech media cell unlikely to help BJP in Jammu | | No Political Agenda | | | Neha
jammu, Aug 10: The State unit of the BJP yesterday announced with much fanfare that its media cell went hi-tech. The party president said that this step was taken into account the fact that today's is an era of information technology and it is a must for the party to ensure its presence everywhere. He was right.
But it is extremely doubtful if its website, which will be available "soon", will help the State unit of the party in any way. The BJP does need hi-tech media cell, but it also needs many other things. It does need effective organizational machinery. It is true that it has its branches established across the State in general and Jammu Pradesh in particular. But most of them a... | |
| | | | Autonomy: Bhalla, Mohi-ud-Din to withdraw signatures? | | A serious issue | | | Rustam
jammu, Aug 10: It is now almost clear that the Cabinet Sub-Committee (CSC) on Justice Sagheer Ahmad's report on Centre-State relations has prepared an interim report which suggests that the State be granted autonomy. The secretary of the working group, instead of presenting the report to the Prime Minister, had presented it to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on December 23, 2009. The Prime Minister had constituted five working groups, including the working group on Centre-State relations. The CSC comprising 4 NC Ministers and 4 Congress Ministers was set up by the NC-led coalition Government vide Government Order No. 1148-GAD of 2010 dated: 11.10.2010 read with Government Order No. 139... | |
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