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Cop files RTI seeking information, PHQ takes him to task Is police above law? 8/31/2011 12:08:54 AM Sumit Sharma JAMMU, Aug 30: Despite Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's repeated pronouncements, Jammu and Kashmir police (JKP) not only penalized a cop seeking information under right to information (RTI) act but asked him to explain his conduct. The cop was pushed to the wall; accused of violating discipline which every uniformed individual has to follow. Alarmed at the information sought by the cop, officials of Police headquarter (PHQ) brazenly breached RTI rules. Instead of providing information to the applicant, asked him to appear in person before them and explain his conduct. The complainant Sewa Ram (name changed) is guilty of seeking information from the state home department. He had asked home department to give him information with regard to appointment of women under various SROs in the police department. The RTI crusader cop had asked the home department to provide him a copy of SRO under which female candidates were being appointed in the police department. The cop had even paid the fee. Home Department accepted the RTI query and transferred the same to the police ...   READ MORE

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Justice Saghir Ahmad report: CM adopting guarded path.....? Cabinet sub-committee all set to get another extension 8/31/2011 12:08:21 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 30: The cabinet sub commitee on studying and examining the report submitted by Justice Saghir Ahmad on strengthening State Centre relations is all set to get one more extension for giving its views on the recommendations this panel has made for J&K state. The cabinet sub commitee was set up early this year after Centre asked the coalition government to give its views on what Justice Saghir Ahmad has suggested in the form of recommendations after he held extensive round of deliberations with all stakeholders of the state under the working Group constituted by the Prime Minister four years back. Sources said after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said it formally i...   READ MORE   NC losing ground in Kashmir 8/31/2011 12:07:57 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 30: As if everything was alright with the National Conference that its patron has triggered yet another controversy by Venturing into troubled waters. A statement on religion made by Dr Farooq Abdullah has evoked severe reaction in Kashmir. Some people have advised him to refrain from commenting on Islam. Dr Farooq and other leaders of the National Conference, seniors say, must bear in mind that Kashmir has changed. Gone are the days when hearts would beat for NC. According to them, NC has lost its popularity. It is now being perceived as a `stooge' of New Delhi by its erstwhile supporters in Srinagar. This was proved on July 11 when NC observed the death ...   READ MORE   ‘Instead of DM, BJP must agitate in Sgr’ Defense Land Scam 8/31/2011 12:07:39 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 30 : After having failed to set their house in order, the state BJP leaders want to shift the `battle field ' to New Delhi for the time being. They intend to expose the Defense Land Scam involving 200 acre Srinagar Airport Defense land. The issue is likely to be taken up with the Defense Minister. A press release issued this evening said ` a high level' delegation will submit detailed documentary report" to the concerned. "The documents relate to the scam" the release said. BJP's concern for defense land has drawn flak from the people who believe the party had truck with National Conference (NC). The accusation cannot be rejected on the face of it especiall...   READ MORE   18 students, 3 security guards injured; university officials mum Late night clashes in SMVDU 8/31/2011 12:07:15 AM Mishu Gupta JAMMU, Aug 30: 18 students and three security guards were injured in the late night clashes which broke out inside the campus of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Katra. Though the official inside the campus are tightlipped and have outrightly denied of any such incident having taken place inside the campus. But students who were witness to the hooliganism which continued throughout the night confirmed to Early Times that clash was fierce and students both seniors and juniors bashed each other without any fear of being penalized by the university administration. Police sources said that the clash broke out, following an announcement during the fresher's party. They ad...   READ MORE   Crime Branch probe ordered in migrant relief scam RTI activist files appeal before CIC 8/31/2011 12:06:49 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Aug 30: Taking cognizance of a news story carried by Early Times on August 29th, Director General of Police, Kuldeep Khoda, has asked IG Crime to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the monthly payment of relief money and rations to 500 non-migrant Kashmiri families by the Relief Organisation in Jammu. Authoritative sources disclosed that Police Headquarters yesterday sent a communication, alongwith the Early Times story, to IGP Crime Raja Aijaz Ali, asking him to conduct a preliminary inquiry through Crime Branch into the facts mentioned in the report. Sources at Crime headquarters later confirmed that Crime Branch Kashmir was being directed to hold an investi...   READ MORE   Doda, Kishtwar plunge into darkness as NHPC transmission line develops snag 8/31/2011 12:06:25 AM Asif Iqbal Naik kishtwar, Aug 30: Doda and Kishtwar districts today plunged into darkness following a technical snag in the 132 KV transmission line of NHPC at Khora Pani here. There was no electricity in the two districts for the past 12 hours, leading to inconvenience to the people. Though efforts were being made to find out and repair the snag, the electricity had not been restored till late tonight. The 132 KV line provides electricity to 70 per cent consumers in the erstwhile Doda district. The line developed some technical snag due to excessive load on it, official sources said. The Congress-PDP coalition government, led by Ghulam Nabi Azad, had sanctioned Rs 200 cr under Prime M...   READ MORE   ITBP forms water wing to man lakes in Ladakh 8/31/2011 12:06:07 AM EARLY TIMES Report Jammu, Aug 30: Efforts are on for enabling all the paramilitary formations to have its intelligence wings and water wings for collecting inputs on the activities of subversives and antinational elements and for manning the lakes, rivers against encroachment. The BSF had been the first paramilitary body to have its separate intelligence wing called the (G) branch. Prior to it had to bank on the inputs from the IB, the RAW and the state intelligence agencies. Its (G) branch is sharing information with the Army and the Police. Now the CRPF too has added intelligence wing which has been followed by the ITBP. These paramilitary formations are being trained in manning the wa...   READ MORE   Omar announces general amnesty, Geelani still not happy Jammu Youth Continue To Suffer 8/31/2011 12:05:22 AM Rustam Jammu, Aug 30: The frightened and controversial Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, who wants to retain control over the office he got in January 2009 by all means and who is being supported to the hilt by the incompetent, uninspiring and equally controversial Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, announced on August 28 general amnesty for 1200 Kashmiri youth charged with stone pelting and other heinous crimes. The NC-Congress government released 50 Kashmiri youth yesterday and, if one goes by the statement of Director General of Police, more arrested Kashmiri youth would be released in a day or two. The Chief Minister may say that his decision has nothing to do with the Syed Ali ...   READ MORE   Duggar Pradesh alienated from the Valley Jammu Against Discrimination 8/31/2011 12:04:49 AM Neha Jammu, Aug 30: The immediate fall-out of the ongoing secessionist movement in the Valley is the growing demand for a separate State of Jammu/reorganization of the State. The demand unambiguously points to the consciousness of the danger of being submerged under the rising clamour for "azadi", plebiscite, restoration of pre-1953 position and self-rule. It also points to the their dwindling faith in the Congress-led UPA Government. The reason: The Union Government seems determined to unsettle things in Kashmir to appease and please the Kashmiri leadership and throw in the lot of the Duggar Pradesh with Kashmir. The Dogras of Jammu have been told, and are still being told by anti-Jammu ...   READ MORE   2 booked for passing obscene remarks on woman 8/31/2011 12:04:05 AM Jammu: Two youth were today booked by Bishnah police for allegedly passing obscene remarks on a woman. Police sources said Vikramjeet, son of Nanak Chand of Nandpur, today approached Bishnah police station with a complaint, alleging therein that two youth had passed obscene remarks on Jyoti Devi, wife of his brother Kamaljeet, in Bishnah market. He identified the accused as Gousha, son of Tilak Raj and Tony, son of Panju, both residents of Nandpur. Both of them were absconding. Police had registered a case against them under sections 294, 341 and 323 of RPC....   READ MORE   Woman commits suicide after alleged domestic clash 8/31/2011 12:03:45 AM surankote: Following alleged domestic clash over some issue, a woman committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance in Surankote. Police has lodged report and started investigation. According to sources, a woman Saleema Ahkter , 30, wife of Abdul Aziz resident of Sangla area of Surankote consumed some poisonous substance in her house. She was rushed to Hospital for treatment; however, she died on way. On getting the information police shifted the body of the deceased to Surankote Hospital where her post mortem was conducted by the doctors. Later, the body was handed over to her relatives for last rites. Police said that they are investigating the case....   READ MORE   Body exhumed, DNA-re- collected 8/31/2011 12:03:14 AM surankote: After getting written permission from District Magistrate Poonch, Police has exhumed dead body of the person killed in fake encounter in Harri Buddha area of Surankote on August 6. The samples were collected by a team of three doctors of Sub District Hospital Surankote. As per reports, District Magistrate Poonch Ajeet Kumar Sahu has given written permission to Poonch Police to dig up the grave of person killed in fake encounter in Harri Buddha allegedly by an SPO Noor Mohammad and TA Jawan Abdul Majeed after picking the person from Rajouri area. The exhuming was carried out in presence of Magistrate, Senior Police Officers and Locals at about 1:30 pm. After digging up the grave...   READ MORE

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