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| Statistics again embarrass Government in assembly | | Speaker assures action on privilege motion against Govt | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 25: As the government once faulted with its own statistics, the Assembly Speaker Mohammad Akbar Lone today assured opposition BJP that he will take "appropriate action" if it brings a privilege motion against the State Government for allegedly misleading the House. The latest contradiction is on the number of Kashmiri Pandit migrants –House was given to understand that there were only 33439 registered Hindu migrants, a year ago the same House was told about 56000 migrants.
The assurance came after BJP legislature party leader Chaman Lal Gupta complained to Lone that the Government was misleading the House by giving contradictory replies to questions regarding the number of Kashmiri migrants.
"Bring the privilege motion, I assure you that I will take appropriate action", the speaker said in the House.
Gupta said in an answer to his question on August 22, Government said only 33,499 Hindu migrants were registered with Jammu relief authorities as on January this year as against 56,000 mentioned by it in an answer to a question in the same hou... | |
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| Hizb chief Gazi Misbahuddin back in Police custody | | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
SRINAGAR, Aug 25: Jammu & Kashmir Police has succeeded in re-arresting former “Chief Commander of Operations” of Hizbul Mujahideen, Nisar Ahmed Bhat alias Gazi Misbah-ud-din of Arwani, Kulgam, within a week of his dramatic disappearance from the premises of District & Sessions Court Anantnag where he had been enlarged on bail on August 19th. Failure to re-arrest him in other criminal cases already registered against him had caused an unprecedented embarrassment to Police. Even as an inquiry had been ordered to find involvement of insiders into the ‘escape’, Police and security forces were on tenterhooks to get Gazi arrested at any cost.
IGP Kashmir, Farooq Ahmed, to... | |
| | | | J&K man with Pakistani passport held in Delhi with explosives | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was arrested in Delhi on Tuesday and explosives were recovered from him, police said.
The man who alighted from a train on the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station was caught by Delhi Police's Special Cell at around 12:40 pm, deputy commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said. Two of his associates, however, escaped.
The man was carrying an identity card bearing the name Salim from Jammu & Kashmir and also a Pakistani passport bearing the name Yusuf, Kumar said, adding four detonators, two timers and explosive chemicals were recovered from him.
Other incriminating documents have also been sei... | |
| | | | J&K man with Pakistani passport held in Delhi with explosives | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi: A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist was arrested in Delhi on Tuesday and explosives were recovered from him, police said.
The man who alighted from a train on the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station was caught by Delhi Police's Special Cell at around 12:40 pm, deputy commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said. Two of his associates, however, escaped.
The man was carrying an identity card bearing the name Salim from Jammu & Kashmir and also a Pakistani passport bearing the name Yusuf, Kumar said, adding four detonators, two timers and explosive chemicals were recovered from him.
Other incriminating documents have also been sei... | |
| | | | Yet another blind-end in Shopian case probe | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 25: The probe in double rape and murder of two women in South Kashmir district of Shopian is headed for blind ends –one after the other.
Close to heels of tampering of vaginal swabs coming to fore, the examining authorities have said that the hair strands recovered from the Police van did not match the DNA of victims or the accused cops. This has come as another roadblock in the probe as the DNA analysis of hair recovered from a police van did not match with either of the victims or the police officials arrested in connection with the case.
The hair was recovered by the Special Investigating Team constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court f... | |
| | | | Sopore College Principal abducted, releases; car set ablaze | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar August 25: Some unidentified gunmen reportedly kidnapped person Principal of Degree College Sopore near Marazi Gund Dangiwacha Baramulla, and set his car ablaze, police said adding that the abductors later released the victim.
Police reports said that unidentified gunmen reportedly kidnapped one Mohammad Ashraf Peer resident of Dangiwacha Principal of Degree College Sopore near Marazi Gund Dangiwacha Baramulla, who was on way to sopore in his Maruti Alto bearing registration number JK015A/0958.
The unidentified gunmen drove him up to village Rabon were they his set car ablaze, which got partially damaged, police said. However the victim the principal was re... | |
| | | | 7 CRPF troopers injured in grenade attack | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar Aug 25: Seven paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were injured when militants attacked a local hotel used as a camp in the posh tourist hub of Dalgate in Srinagar late on Monday evening, police said.
A senior police officer said the unidentified militants tossed a powerful hand grenade which fell and exploded inside the hotel complex, housing the headquarters of CRPF's 162nd battalion. "Seven CRPF troopers were injured in this explosion," the officer said, adding they were taken to hospital for treatment. Doctors at the SKIMS Soura described the condition of two troopers as serious, police added.
Security forces have launched... | |
| | | | Jaswant heading to Pak | | | | Early Times Report
New Delhi Aug 25: Jaswant Singh, who was expelled by the BJP for eulogising Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah in his new book‘Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence’, is heading to Pakistan to promote the title.
As per reports Mohammed Yousuf, managing director, Mr Books, told a news channel that Jaswant will visit Islamabad and Karachi to promote ‘Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence’, which costs Pakistani Rs 2,000 each. 'The book has become a superhit and the Pakistani public is eagerly waiting for the former BJP leader, Yousuf said.
He added that the sales in Pakistan have shot up following Jaswant’s expulsion from the BJP over his pro-Jinnah and anti-Pa... | |
| | | | When soldiers become law unto themselves | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, August 25: At least nine Army personnel, including two officers, have been accused of beating up a police party in Poonch. The police party was being led by the Station House Officer of Poonch police station, Mr Kuldeep Khajuria.
The Poonch police have now filed an FIR against two officers and seven other ranks (Ors) of 17 Rajput Rifles unit. The FIR has been filed under Section 147, 307, 332, 342, 352, 353 and 382.
Section 147 covers premeditated attack, 307 deals with murderous assault, 332, 342 deals with illegal confinement, 352 deals with restraining government officials from discharging their duty, 353 deals with attack on government servants on... | |
| | | | Official arrested for Rs 500 bribe | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 25: The Vigilance Organisation Jammu today claimed to have cracked a case of bribery by arresting an official of Jammu Development Authority while accepting Rs 500. The official was arrested red handed, said the VO officials.
According to VO officials a complaint was today lodged in Vigilance Organization office Jammu by one Ramesh Kumar Sharma, Supervisor Punjab Security stating therein that Head Draftsman of JDA is demanding Rs.500/- for processing the pay dues of 10 security guards of Punjab Security hired by Jammu Development Authority for the security purposes.
Accordingly a trap team was constituted by SSP Vigilance Organisation Jammu and after... | |
| | | | Cellphone companies making money both ways –offering poor network, availing free services | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 25: The only business revolution Jammu and Kashmir witnessing over past few years is the mobile telecommunication boom which is which is expanding unplugged. The consumers are though getting hassle free connections to rue for the faulty services and poor networks but the companies are making good fortunes by flouting rules at ease.
On August 10, the Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather went little emotional in his budget speech on the issue of equipment import of mobile telephone companies and therefore he waived off the duties to be levied at Lakhanpur entry point. Little did Rather realize that the telephone companies are flouting all set rules to make ea... | |
| | | | JK Bank’s Kishtwar branch serves elderly customer with fake notes | | | | Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Aug 25: While a case of dacoity from local branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank is yet to be worked out even two months after over Rs 1.5 Crore were taken away, an elderly customer was today served with fake notes –is there something wrong with the Kishtwar branch?
In spite of best efforts to sway fake currency which is being pumped in the remote areas of Jammu with great pace, police have so far failed to accomplish the task even as the complicity of bank officials is going unchecked.
The matter of fact can be gauged with the recent incidents of the arrest of security and other government officers. As per intelligence agencies pumping fake currency in I... | |
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