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| Decks being cleared for CBI probe | | SHOPIAN FIASCO ROCKS ASSEMBLY | | | High Court indicates Godhra-type inquiry,
FSL report confirms vaginal swab fudging
Ahmed Ali Fayaz
Srinagar, Aug 12: SRINAGAR, Aug 12: Even as the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) today confirmed in a report submitted to Jammu & Kashmir High Court (HC) that the vaginal swab slides prepared by a team of south Kashmir doctors and forwarded to it by a Special Investigating Team (SIT) of J&K Police had been manually tampered with and Assembly witnessed a pandemonium, National Conference-led coalition Government has begun clearing decks for assigning the investigation of the entire episode of alleged rape-cum-murder of two young women in Shopian to the CBI. Omar Abdullah’s government has been dogged by an unrelenting chain of turbulence since the bodies of 25-year-old married woman, Neelofar, and, 17-year-old unmarried student, Asiya, were recovered from Rambiara Nallah on May 30th this year amid mass allegation of rape-cum-murder against Police and security forces.
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| Year-old girl latest suspect in Jammu, H1N1 positive case responding effectively | | 14 more samples lifted; panic prevails in town | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 12: Even as Jammu’s only H1N1 positive patient is reported to be recovering fast after being timely put to medication, the latest suspect to have reported the Government Medical College Hospital here is a one-year old girl child.
Meanwhile blood samples of 14 more swine flu suspects have been lifted and sent for examination to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases at New Delhi. Reports of four suspects whose blood samples were sent to NICD on Monday are yet to be received at the GMC Hospital, said the hospital authorities.
In related developments, many private companies operation in Jammu, particularly telecommunication operators, have suspended ... | |
| | | | Reasi in Stone Age, ten districts almost invisible on industry map | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 12: On redrawing of boundaries following creation of eight new administrative units two years back, at least ten districts have left with negligible presence of industrial units in small scale sector.
In Jammu province Reasi district, which has its territorial jurisdiction spreading over Katra base town of Mata Vaishno Devi shrine and on side and treacherous mountainous areas like Gulabgarh on other side is apparently in a stone age with not even a single industrial unit to report. Case is almost the same for two newly created districts of Kishtwar and Ramban having two and one industrial units, respectively.
As per the report of Economic Survey presented ... | |
| | | | Employees fall at Govt’s receiving end | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 12: Even as more than three lakh government employees today boycotted their work to press for their pay demands, thousands were made to rush helter-skelter when cops swooped down at them with canes and water sprays foiling a march towards main City Center and the Civil Secretariat area.
Following a call of employees for gathering at Lal Chowk, the government had already imposed curfew like restrictions in Srinagar City but still thousands of employees braved the restrictions to take out a march.
More than three lakh employees today struck work in the Jammu and Kashmir, demanding full implementation of the sixth Pay Commission. The Government has descri... | |
| | | | RTI: Govt to give photocopies at Rs 10 per page | | | | Early Times Special
JAMMU, August 12: The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken some significant steps towards more transparency in day-to-day governance. One of them is to upgrade the Right To Information (RTI) Act. As it is, the present RTI Act in the state bears favourable comparison with the Central law on the subject. This happened after the Omar Abdullah-led government passed RTI Act in its new avatar to redeem its electoral pledge.
On most important points, the J&K RTI Act can withstand scrutiny as efforts have been made to keep it close to the Central RTI Act. It was passed on March 20 this year but a lot needs to be done still. The most important thing that needs to be done at ... | |
| | | | PDP alleges hush up, says no trust in CBI | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 12: Peoples Democratic Party today said the announcement by the government about transferring the investigation into double rape and murder case of Shopian is yet another attempt to cover up the brutality. Reacting to the announcement made by State Finance Minister Ab Rahim Rather on the floor of the house today Party
President Mehbooba Mufti said CBI as an institution had suffered a serious damage to its image of impartiality in J&K as a result of its failure to reach truth in earlier cases like infamous sex scandal. She said that the CBI was being used as a tool to cover up atrocities on the people and the decision is yet another eye wash to bury the tru... | |
| | | | PDP leader fired at, cops suspended | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 12: A PDP leader escaped unhurt in a firing by policemen after he allegedly did not halt his vehicle ignoring their signal in Bandipora district of North Kashmir, prompting authorities to arrest the four "errant" police personnel and register a case against them.
The policemen were arrested in connection with last midnight's incident involving PDP leader Yasir Reshi at Sonawari, 35 kms from here, Bandipora Superintendent of Police Sheikh Junaid told PTI on phone.
He said a case was registered against the arrested policemen and investigation taken up.
The Bandipora police chief said the arrested policemen claimed that one of them opened fire at the vehicl... | |
| | | | JK Bank bulk seller at BSE | | | | Agencies
Mumbai, Aug 12: On Wednesday, Reliance Capital Trustee Co Ac Reliance Infrastructure Fund bought 816,000 shares at Rs 450 a share and Smallcap World Fund INC sold 966,655 shares at Rs 450.1 a share of Jammu and Kashmir Bank at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
Reliance Life Insurance Co bought 584,266 shares at Rs 450 a share and Smallcap World Fund INC sold 800,000 shares at Rs 450.32 a share of Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
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| | | | Azad on LeT radar? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 12: Senior Congress leader and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad is reported to be high on the radar of Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Home Ministry has asked for upping his security.
With intelligence agencies giving inputs that Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat could be the target of Lashker-e-Toiba, the Centre has asked all states to take special security precautions when the two leading figures visit their region.
Agencies quoting Union Home Ministry sources said the Centre has informed that Azad, a former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, and Bhagwat are in the hit li... | |
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