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| DD anchor caught red-handed with NC's ex-MLC | | Couple stayed in houseboat for two nights; protected politician escapes but Police seizes his Scorpio, gun licence, ATM cards and a bottle of whisky | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 10: Apparently a fresh sex scandal, involving a ruling National Conference (NC) leader, known for his proximity to the party top brass, and a female anchor of Srinagar Doordarshan, who has stage-anchored Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's public shows, has surfaced last evening in Hazratbal area of the summer capital. While as the anchor of DD's daily morning show has been reportedly caught red-handed and arrested for "obscene act at a public place", Police have registered a criminal matter and launched manhunt for the former Member of Legislative Council (MLC) who is said to have escaped from the spot.
Informed sources revealed to Early Times that a party from Police Station Nageen conducted a raid over a complaint at a car parking near Bagh-e-Shagoofa at the famous picturesque Nageen Lake last evening at around 7.30 p.m. and took into custody a 42-year-old woman. Her alleged partner, who happens to be a leader of the ruling NC, managed to escape from the spot. However, Police seiz... | |
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| Taj’s guards assault traffic police officer | | FIR lodged, 2 held | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 10: Two security guards of Minister for Public Health Engineering, Taj Mohi-ud-Din were taken into custody late this evening for beating a traffic police officer to pulp when he tried to prevent them from violating a traffic signal near TRC here, police sources said.
Reports said the cavalcade of the Minister while heading towards the Minister's residence at Gupkar violated a traffic signal near the Tourist Reception Centre this evening. Reports said the traffic official; Mohan Lal took serious note of jumping the red signal.
The guards, reports said, beat the official to pulp causing severe injuries to him. He was later shifted to a hospital.
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| | | | Are J&K Ministers, bureaucrats and police officers immune to asset disclosures? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 10: Although the assets statements of the country's Prime Minister and all the Union Ministers are available for public scrutiny, it seems some of our politicians, senior bureaucrats and police officers believe they have a higher profile and better immunity than the Prime Minister of the country!
Despite repeated directions that they must immediately disclose their assets so that these are made available for public scrutiny and information, many Ministers, senior bureaucrats and top police officers of the State have blatantly been ignoring these directives.
It is the right of the common citizen of the State to know what the assets of our civil servants and ... | |
| | | | Forest deptt's silence smacks of its nexus with construction company | | Hundreds of deodar, kail trees die as MGCPL ruthlessly dumps road debris in woods along Bhaderwah-Chamba stretch | |  Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Sept 10: Due to the ruthless dumping of the road debris by MG Contractors Pvt Ltd (MGCPL) in the thickly forested valleys along 42.5 km Bhaderwah-Chamba stretch, several hundred deodar and kail trees have "died" a premature death. Forest department's silence in the matter hints at its possible nexus at some level with the construction company.
The Delhi-based MGCPL, which also operates from Panchkula in Haryana, got the Rs 77 cr contract for the widening and construction... | |
| | | | Governance deficit, lack of cohesion in coalition to resound in Assembly | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Sept 10: In the forthcoming Assembly session even as the opposition has many burning issues to take on the NC led coalition Government, the principle opposition party PDP is all set to attack the allies on deficit of governance, an issue which has hit the masses and made their lives miserable on all fronts. The opposition parties would also rake the issue of complete lack of coordination and cohesion in the Omar Abdullah led Government on account of which governance is suffering.
While all the opposition parties would rake up the issues of corruption and misgovernance as main issues during the brief session, sources within the PDP said that the party leadership will par... | |
| | | | Ignoring Jammu, Srinagar gets International Trade Centre | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 10: Even as Jammu is the hub centre of trade and manufacturing, the State Government ignoring its potential is building International Trade Centre at Pampore, district Pulwama, Kashmir (J&K) at the cost of Rs 40 crores.
The financial assistance by Centre is given from Assistance to States for Development of Export Infrastructure and other Allied Activities (ASIDE) with an aim to hold national/international trade fairs, buyer-seller meet.
The Centre would give financial assistance of Rs 30 crores.
The State Government has set the process of constructing this centre after an international buyers meet was held in Srinagar recently.
The centre in Valley, des... | |
| | | | Will authorities also book NC leaders and others on charges of sedition? | | IAC Activist Trivedi In Jail | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 10: The Maharashtra police on Sunday booked an India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition and sent to jail. The charge against this cartoonist was that he depicted one national symbol in a wrong way. He did so to expose the corrupt elements in the Congress-led UPA Government. The complaint against Aseem was filed by a local Congress leader, who also happens to be a lawyer. Aseem is a well-known cartoonist. He belongs to a Kanpur family which played role during the Indian freedom struggle. Those who have opposed the arrest of Aseem and criticized the political establishment have said that the Congress-led UPA Government is trying to impos... | |
| | | | Ex -Lieutenant lands in police custody for 'polygamy' | | Third wife levels charges of illegal confinement, forced abortion | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Sept 10: He exploited and lured women all his life, entrapping many of them with a promise to marry them .He did solemnize four marriages during his life time till date, only to get exposed by the third one for his misdeeds. A 64 year old ex-serviceman (2nd Lieutenant) allegedly involved in polygamy hailing from Nowshera -Rajouri district was booked by Jammu and Kashmir Police after his third wife leveled charges of illegal confinement and forced abortion against him.
To one's surprise this aged polygamist had managed four marriages but this time he got entangled within trap when his third wife who levelled serious allegations of illegal confinement, forced abortion a... | |
| | | | 26/11 not an important issue for Congress-controlled Delhi | | Islamabad Meet | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 10: The Congress-controlled New Delhi has for all practical purposes forgotten the 26/11 deadly terror attacks in the financial capital of India, Mumbai, which had resulted in the gruesome killing of 166 innocent persons, including women and children. It was a direct attack on India. New Delhi does make statement on those terror attacks on occasions and demand action against the perpetrators, but it is not committed to forcing Islamabad to act against them. When Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna left New Delhi for Islamabad on September 7, he did make a statement that New Delhi could not ignore what happened in Mumbai and assured the nation that he would see to it that Is... | |
| | | | Much delayed cabinet expansion, Doda Cong MLAs planning revolt | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU,Sept 10: Irked over continuous neglect by New Delhi, Congress MLAs of district Doda have threatened to revolt against the party high command if they are not given adequate representation in the State Cabinet.
The threat has come in the wake of New Delhi's silence over the impending expansion of the State Cabinet. Erstwhile district Doda is represented by five MLAs of Congress and one from National Conference (NC). These Include Majid Wani (Doda), Mohammed Sharief Niaz (Bhaderwah), Ghulam Mohammed Saroori (Inderwal), Viqar Rasool (Banihal), Ashok Kumar (Ramban), all from Congress and Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo (Kishtwar) from National Conference (NC).
Of these, Niaz,... | |
| | | | Says Hurriyat important player in resolution process | | Omar differs with Papa | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 10: Chief Minister's Papa said last week that New Delhi would not beg the separatist conglomerate to hold talks with New Delhi. But Omar Abdullah said this evening that doors for dialogue were always open for Hurriyat Conference. He also said Hurriyat Conference was an important player in the resolution process.
While Dr Farooq evoked severe criticism, Omar was hailed for his ‘polished’ statement. According to political experts, Dr Farooq very often oversteps his limits and issues statements which the Union Home Minister and External Affairs Minister of India should be issuing.
Omar said New Delhi had urged the Hurriyat leaders to submit their demands in ... | |
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