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| High alert in Jammu, as borders breach | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 26
• Three ultras reported sneaked in City
• Tension on IB, LoC in Jammu, Poonch
• Bomb scare rocks GMC, forces in tizzy
Always in search of appropriate opportunity and situation the adversary on the other side of divide desperate to carry out its violent designs today shocked the security set-up by breaching the International Border and Line of Control at various stretches in Jammu and Kashmir.
What has added more to the worries of the security agencies, already in a tight spot due to the internal disturbance, is the confirmed report that three to four ultras have managed to cross in the International Border in Jammu sector and may have sneaked in the Winter Capital City to carry out incidents of violence.
Jammu City and its adjoining areas have been put on a state of high alert even as the security forces have got into an active gear to track down the militants. Reports said that while three to four militants have definitely made their way to Jammu, more number of them may also have sneaked in other parts of region, particularly in ... | |
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| Reign in your guns: Antony tells Pak | | | | New Delhi | Aug 26
With Pakistan again indulging in cross-border firing and militants making yet another infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir on
Tuesday, Defence Minister A K Antony termed the developments as a matter of concern and said the ceasefire should be maintained. "The border firing and attempts of infiltration are a matter of concern," Antony told reporters on the sidelines of a function in New
Delhi.
"Our forces are doing their best to prevent these incidents. By and large, they are able to control the situation. Our forces are ready to meet any challenges in the border. So there is no cause of worry," he said.
Tuesday's firing by Pakistani troops at a BSF post in Poo... | |
| | | | Jammu running out of money | | | | Nirbhay Jammual
Is some of the tribe alive in Jammu where the cash crunch has begun giving sleepless nights to people? .Number of families have exhausted whatever cash they had in their houses and could draw from the ATMs. Now the ATMs stand shut, some owing to threat from protesters and others on account of failure of the bank authorities in feeding these ATMs with currency notes. A number of bank officials have confessed that some bank branches have remained "cashless" during the last one fortnight when the number of depositers declined to a trickle. Even those who had the capacity of deposting money had failed to do so when the banks remained closed for all these days. Imagine the p... | |
| | | | Fear factor: Employees reluctant to work in Valley | | Two Engineers sought HC intervention, got stay in posting | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 26
The fear factor prevailing among the government employees required to work in Kashmir Valley came to the fore today when two Engineers approached the state High Court seeking stay on their postings in Anantnag and Baramulla.
Justice Nirmal Singh of J&K High Court, Jammu Wing, today stayed the impugned order dated August 11, 2008 whereby the petitioners namely Vikas Gupta and Harvinder Singh Assistant Engineers were adjusted in Anantnag and Baramulla in Kashmir valley.
In the petition prepared by Advocate Nitin Bhasin, in which the petitioners appeared in person, sought quashment of Govt order dated August 11, 2008 whereby the petitioner Vikas Gupta... | |
| | | | Several injured in fresh City violence | | Another life goes for land, Center appeals for dialogue | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 26
Even as the Central Government today reiterated its appeal to the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti to resume the dialogue, the situation remained tense across the region with protests and demonstrations continuing to dominate the scene everywhere.
Meanwhile, one more person involved in the land row demonstrations died today in the hospital after battling injuries which he had sustained during the Jail Bharo Andolan.
The deceased identified as Bodh Raj resident of Dablad was injured few days back while going for court arrest. He was rushed to GMC hospital where his condition was stated to be critical. Today he breathed his last. Where as in ano... | |
| | | | His posters energize protestors and his family goes in oblivion | | KULDEEP KUMAR: THE MARTYR OF JAMMU AGITATION | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 26
There was a time when the agitation for restoration of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board appeared nearly fizzling out but it took a sudden turn becoming a peoples’ movement and now gaining the strength which now refuses to die –it was Kuldeep Kumar Verma who offered supreme sacrifice of life and gave a new direction and impetus to the agitation.
One month and dew days have passed since Kuldeep died. With the passage of every day the agitation is gaining further ground and at the same speed Kuldeep’s family –his wife, a daughter and son –are going into oblivious along with their worries and miseries.
Nobody could gauge what exactly Kuldeep Ver... | |
| | | | KPs find a common cause with Dogras | | | | Sandeep Bhat
Jammu | Aug 26
Though miniscule in number but equal party in slogans, protests and demonstrations, the migrant Kashmiri Pandits –in Jammu and other parts of country –have found a common cause with the Dogra to resist the Kashmiri hegemony and assert for the identity.
In 1990 around 4 lakhs Kashmiri Hindus migrated from Kashmir to Jammu and the other parts of country due to prevailing insecurity in the Kashmir Valley when several separatist elements were out to create the so called "Nizam-e-Mustafa" there. Since 19 years have passed by, the pro-Pakistan slogans anti-India slogans still rent the air and the air and the flags are burning and the Pakistani flag hoisted is a ... | |
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