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| Situation out of bounds, 2 killed in Samba | | Curfew in Jammu, Samba as more tension in offing; Sadhvi Ritambhra arriving today | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 1
Highlights of 10th day
• Curfew in Jammu, Samba after large scale violence
• Governor offers to reconstitute SASB with role to Jammu
• Samiti says land return only precondition for dialogue
• Marathon talks at Raj Bhawan with leaders, others
• Two killed in Samba, Police say it was gang-war
• BJP women MPs delegations arrive in Jammu
• Farooq, Mehbooba face public ire at airport for 4 hours
• Worst ever protests in old city, several injured
• Panjtirthi Police post set on fire; fear in city interiors
• 14 houses of Gujjars burnt to ashes in Khour
• Communal clash in Kanachak, Police terms property dispute
• Nine injured in New Plot firing while marching to Mufti’s house
• Rumours of mosque construction in Baltal, Govt denies
Situation in Jammu region today literally slipped out of the hands of the government and curfew had to be re-imposed for an indefinite period after two protesters lost life in Police firing in Samba district headquarters.
Protests and demonstrations continued across Jammu region for tenth co... | |
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| Governor offers Jammuites to handle SASB affairs | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 1
The Governor NN Vohra today made desperate attempts to find some middle path for resolving the ongoing crises as he offered to reconstitute the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board and include prominent citizens of Jammu as its members to manage the annual pilgrimage every year.
Beginning this morning, the Governor set off on a series of consultations with top leaders of various political parties and prominent citizens of Jammu. The process of consultations continued for four hours in which neither any representative of the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharash Samiti nor any party supporting the agitation participated. Among the leaders of political parties who had ... | |
| | | | Jammuites lock PDP-NC leaders inside airport | | 4 hrs for Farooq, Mehbooba to cover 12 Kms | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 1
As the spirit in Jammu hardens against the Kashmiri leaders, former Chief Minister and National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti today had to bear the brunt of public ire when they were forced cool heels in the premises of Jammu’s civil airport as thousands of protestors gathered outside to block their exit.
The overwhelming demonstration at the airport, also joined by women, children and elders, was one of the severest of the recent agitation where people blocked all roads and stayed outside the airport in scorching heat for more than four hours. However, finally the administration managed to... | |
| | | | No talks, Samiti declares | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 1
Leaving little for the Governor NN Vohra to negotiate for resolving the ongoing crisis, the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti today backed out of the dialogue with government and made it clear that restoration of land is the only precondition for resuming the talks.
Sources said that the Samiti came under intense public pressure for holding talks with the government as they apprehended mere wastage of time. hundreds of protestors gathered around the residents of Samiti leaders after last evening’s talks with the Governor and asked them make land restoration a precondition for talks.
Following these developments the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh S... | |
| | | | In Vohra’s backyard, Police Post set ablaze | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 1
In an apparent sign of collapsing law and order situation hundreds of protestors set on fire a Police Post just few hundred meters away from the Raj Bhawan where Governor NN Vohra was holding talks with the senior citizens and political leaders to defuse the tension.
Several hundred people defied curfew here Friday afternoon and marched toward the Raj Bhavan to protest the arrival of "Kashmiri leaders" for talks on the Amarnath land row.
Curfew was imposed in entire Jammu today as massive rallies continued in many parts of the district today over the Amarnath land row but protesters defied the restrictions and torched a police post close to the gove... | |
| | | | Remember Jammuites…united we stand | | | | Gareeb Dass
Jammu | Aug 1
The demand for a statehood status for the Jammu region has resurfaced with the upsurge of violence over the withdrawal of an order under which 800 kanals of land had been diverted to the Amarnath Shrine Board for setting up prefabricated tents and toilets at Baltal and Domel for a specific period of two months of pilgrimage.
In fact the demand was first raised somewhere in 1952 when the Praja Parishad movement, for one Nishan, one Pradhan and one Vidhan, was at its peak. At that time the demand lost its verve when the then Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah casually told a delegation of Praja Parishad leaders that the statehood status could be granted to two and a... | |
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