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| Kulgam 'gang rape' turns out to be false | | FSL report: No medical evidence of rape on Ruqayya | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Allegation of abduction and rape, leveled against unidentified soldiers of Army by a young woman in Kulgam district of South Kashmir, has proved to be false. Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has found no evidence of the woman having been abducted or raped even as a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had earlier failed to find any circumstantial evidence to establish the crime.
Addressing a news conference at his office today, DC Kulgam, Farooq Ahmad Khan, revealed that FSL had not found any evidence of the complainant Ruqayya W/o Lateef Bhatti R/o Gujjardar, Manzgam, having been raped. As already reported, Ruqayya had complained to Tehsildar and Police on July 21st that she had been "abducted and raped" by two unidentified soldiers of Army in Chhiranbal area where the family's herds were grazing in Pir Panjal foothills.
SP Kulgam, Mubassir Lateefi, head of the SIT and Additional SP Kulgam, Mohammad Shafi Mir, as also two other members of the SIT, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Tassaduq Hussain and Dy SP Zulfikar Choudhary, were also present at t... | |
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| Cong factions may reconcile in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Jammu and Kashmir's Congress unit is finally set to end its internecine war.
The two factions led by central Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and state party chief Saif-ud-Din Soz are likely to join hands in the overall interest of the organization. The Congress is an ally to the ruling National Conference but it has been increasingly functioning like two divisive units.
Congress sources toldthat some of its senior leaders had started working on a 'reconciliation project'. Some of the ground has been covered and work was in progress to sink all the differences, they said.
Azad was chief minister during 2005-08 and state Congress chief earlier in 2002-05... | |
| | | | Anna Hazare's arrest; Lessons for Jammu leadership, masses | | United against Corruption...... | |  Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Aug 16: Leadership across Jammu region has a lesson to learn from how the country responded to the arrest of veteran social activist Anna Hazare. All condemned subversion of democracy in one voice.
Thousands of young people gathered outside Tihar Jail and did not leave until the UPA led government realized the wrong committed by it. They announced release of Anna Hazare but the old hawk refused to come out of Barrack no. 4 of Tihar Jail, a place where he was suppos... | |
| | | | Petrol pump employee, friend held for enacting decoity; cash recovered | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 16: It was a decoity well enacted by an employee of a petrol pump at Pargwal in Khour area of Akhnoor when he he last night reported to police that five masked youth had robbed him of cash.
To make the scene look like a real one, he also smashed the glass panes of the petrol pump office.
Rohit Singh, son of Jagat Singh of Pargwal, worked at the petrol pump of Abu Mahajan, son of Satish Gupta of Trikuta Nagar, at Pargwal.
Police sources said he last night called up Abu and told him that some masked men, who came to the petrol pump in a car, had beaten him, smashed the office glass panes and robbed him of Rs 76,800.
The incident worried Abu who reached the p... | |
| | | | Third generation of Abdullahs also helpless before corruption? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 16: If wishes were horses the beggars would ride. Exactly in the same manner, promises are the horses on which the politicians ride. Every Independence Day politicians in power make lofty promises and exactly the same promises are repeated the next Independence Day. The reason for the repetition is simple, politicians make promises to break them.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has again made promises. Better employment avenues, zero tolerance to human rights violations, better roads, healthcare facilities, education for all, drive against corruption and every other thing imaginable.
The most interesting thing about the Chief Minister's this y... | |
| | | | Anna wave fails to cross into Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 16: Invariably the 8000 ft high Pir Panjal mountain range prevents any political wave from entering into the Kashmir valley. This is what has happened on Tuesday when the Anna Hazare wave, that swept the entire country, failed to cross into Kashmir where not a single protest rally or demonstration was held in support of Anna who was detained during the early ours of the morning alongwith several top civil society activists.
This is what had happened in 1977 when the Janata Party wave failed to cross over to Kashmir.
In various parts of the country, including several villages and towns, men, women and children squatted, fasted, protested, faced police lathis ... | |
| | | | With ISI support, 40 terrorist camps still operational in PoK | | Intelligence agencies gather inputs | | | Amit Sharma
RAJOURI, Aug 16: Intelligence agencies have reportedly gathered inputs that Pakistan has failed to close terrorist training camps as 40 such camps are still operational in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and these camps operating with full support of Inter service Intelligence of Pakistan and Pakistan Army.
Sources said that Intelligence agencies have gathered inputs from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir that at least 40 terrorists training camps are still operational in Pakistan and Pakistan is playing no role to close these camps.
Although Pakistan is denying the presence of any training camp in its area and they are willing to take forward the Confidence Building Measure, presence of... | |
| | | | Will Indians afford 2 PMs in the country? | | After Padgoanker's report! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 16: New Delhi's nominated interlocutors are likely to submit their final report in the coming days. Informed political circles believe that the report may recommend restoration of Article 370 in its original form. And, it this really happens, Jammu Kashmir will not only get autonomy but all other guarantees promised by the original 370. Pertinent to mention the Article 370 in its present form has failed to evoke interest from the people of Kashmir. According to them, it serves no purpose. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the state. The Auditor General of India, the Election Commission of India function here. The Parliament can frame laws for Jammu Kash... | |
| | | | ‘Bhgat Singh was extra-constitutionally executed’ | | | | NEW DELHI: A researcher has claimed that Bhagat Singh was illegally executed. The researcher, a Supreme Court Advocate Nafees Ahmad Sidiqqui has pointed out several lacunae in the trial. According to him, the authorities ignored the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The CrPC says that a murder trial shall be held by a court of sessions. However, in Bhagat Singh's case the trial was conducted by a Special Tribunal, Sidiqqui said.
Another serious lapse was the award of death sentence in ex-parte. Sidqui claimed that the Tribunal passed the death sentence in absence of the accused. "The accused were never taken to the court room on hearing days", he said.
As per the CrPC th... | |
| | | | Yet another ceasefire violation in Rajouri | | | | RAJOURI: Pakistan troops have yet again violated ceasefire as they resorted to heavy firing in Keri Sector of district Rajouri on Tuesday.
Sources said that, Pakistan forces after using heavy shelling on Indian forward posts in Keri Sector of district Rajouri this afternoon, wherein a solder identified as Jaswinder Singh was critically injured.
Immediately after the incident he was referred to Army hospital Rajouri for treatment, sources said that, Pakistan rangers have used heavy shells on forward posts, however in retaliation Indian solders have also gave response of their action.
A senior army officer confirmed that a cop of Indian army was injured in cross firing.... | |
| | | | Girl allegedly raped, then murdered in Rajouri | | | | Amit Sharma
KOTRANKA: Kotranka residents on Tuesday blocked Rajouri-Budhal road and held protest for more than 3 hours alleging rape and murder of a local girl allegedly by an influential engineer at Rajouri.
As per reports, Kotranka residents took to the streets and hold protest against the engineer and police. The residents had staged dharna along with the dead body on the road and demanded lodge of rape and Murder case against Junior Engineer. However people were pacified after the intervention of Additional Superintendent of Police Shabir Choudhary.
Sources said that dead body of Rubina Kousar 15 years old has been found in Rajouri town from where she was shifted to hospital for p... | |
| | | | Woman among 2 Vaishnodevi pilgrims die under mysterious circumstances | | | | JAMMU: In unconnected incidents, two Vaishnodevi pilgrims, including a woman, today died under mysterious circumstances near the holy cave shrine of the goddess in Trikuta Hills of Katra.
Police said Seema Bhutani (36), wife of Manoj Bhutani of Faridabad, Haryana, died near the bhavan due to unknown reasons.
Bilas Maharaj (56), son of Babu Maharaj, also died under similar circumstances in the bhavan area at about 3.30 am, police added.
Police had initiated inquest proceedings in both the cases under section 174 of CrPC.... | |
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