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| LeT's J&K chief Abdullah Uni killed in Sopore | | Killer of 15, including a Maj, Uni had escaped from 12 cordons in 10 years | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
srinagar, Sept 13: On completion of the first zero-casualty year, Jammu and Kashmir Police, alongwith Army, got a remarkable achievement today when J&K 'Commander-in-Chief' of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Azhar Malik alias Abdullah Uni, died in a gunbattle in Sopore township of Baramulla district. Believed to be responsible for scores of guerrilla operations and killing of at least 15 people, including a Major, Uni had escaped from over a dozen cordon-and-search operations in north Kashmir in the last 9 years.
SP Sopore, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir, told Early Times that elimination of Azhar Malik S/o Riyaz Malik of Multan, Pakistan, who operated with the code name of Abdull... | |
| | | | Road accidents routine in J&K, high-tech Omar govt hapless | | Accountability withers! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Sept 13: Despite Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's assurances and utterances, accidents continue to take heavy toll of lives across Jammu and Kashmir.
Neither reprimand nor penalization has deterred the untrained and unlicensed drivers to continue with their killing operation. 24 people including twelve students were killed and more than 20 injured when a matador they were travelling in skidded of the road and rolled down to over 1000 feet on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Ramban district.
Officials confirmed that overcrowded vehicle (JK04B-0180) on way to Banihal from Ramban skidded off the road near Digdole in the Ramban and rolled down into over 1000 feet gorge after... | |
| | | | Travel advisory reversals are okay, but what about millions wasted on freeloaders? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 13: The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday expressed hope that the visit of over 6.6 lakh tourists to the Valley this summer would serve as a clear message for changing negative international travel advisories.
"The (positive) modifications effected by some countries in the travel advisories regarding Jammu and Kashmir are a mater of satisfaction. We hope other countries will also follow the suit," Omar said addressing the 9th Annual Convention of Adventure Tour Operators Association of India (ATOAI).
So far 1.3 million visitors including 6.4 lakh Amarnath pilgrims have visited the Kashmir Valley, indicating return of good days for touri... | |
| | | | Omar first CM to seek political solution of Kashmir issue: Nasir | | Where will Wani place Sher-e-Kashmir? | | | Early Times Report
Devsar (Kulgam), Sept 13: Unwittingly maligning the towering image of Sher-e-Kashmir, Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, the Minister of State for Home, Nisar Aslam Wani Tuesday said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has the distinction of being the first ever chief Minister to seek political solution of Kashmir issue in a democratic spirit to establish permanent peace and normalcy in the state. He was addressing public meetings at Devsar and Qazigund this morning.
Wani needs to study the history a fresh. Does he know why Sher-e-Kashmir was arrested and dethroned on August 9, 1953? Fortunately some members of the constituent assembly are still alive. Wani better go to them... | |
| | | | BJP makes issue out of "nothing"; anguished over thinning of security to its state president | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 13: The state BJP, which has in the recent past miserably failed to highlight the plight of Jammu people and the issues concerning them, today tried to make an issue out of almost nothing when it said its cadres were anguished over the thinning of the security cover of their party president.
The issue does not seem to be so big but the BJP treated it as if it needed a serious discussion like a major matter. The party called a press conference, asking the government to justify its action.
The government has withdrawn the state BJP chief's two out of three residential guards and one out of three PSOs. The party feels that this government action has no ration... | |
| | | | Director SKIMS takes CM, CS for a ride | | `Tampers GBM minutes to get confirmation' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 13: On July 21, The officiating Director of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) showed why he deserved to be in the top chair of the prestigious institute. On this day, he took the Chief Secretary and the Chief Minister for a ride. He managed to get his appointment as Director SKIMS confirmed by manipulating the minutes of the governing body meeting (GBM) held that day.
Internal sources said the governing body meeting was attended by Chief Minister, Finance Minister, Chief Secretary and Joint Director SKIMS and the faculty members attended the meeting and did usual business.
Sources said while the meeting was in progress, t... | |
| | | | Family members of suspects worried, seek early release | | New Delhi High Court blast case | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
KISHTWAR, Sept 13. Family members of two teenagers Sharik Khawar Butt and Abid Hussain Bhawani detained by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday in connection with New Delhi High Court blast case from Global Internet Café in Kishtwar District are concerned about mental state of their wards.
Their parents have pledged innocence of their children. Mohammad Rafi Butt father of Sharik Khawar Butt said that his belief is firm that both Sharik and Abid are innocent. He said that both Sharik and Abid left home after 2 PM on the fateful day. He said that after offering Nimaz-e-Zohar at Jamia Masjid Kishtwar at 1.30PM, Sharik returned home at 1.45 PM, had lunch and then... | |
| | | | India, Pakistan don't have shared destiny | | Bartering J&K? | | | Rustam
Jammu, Sept 13: Jammu's political class and the arch rivals of the Congress at the national level, including the "ultra" nationalist BJP, have, it seems, abdicated their responsibility towards the nation. The BJP at the national level do make some noises to convince the nation that it is committed to protecting and promoting further the unity and integrity of India and opposing policies calculated to befriend Pakistan and its agents in Kashmir, but does nothing whatever in concrete terms to give effect to what it sometimes say to demonstrate that it is a party with a difference.
In fact, one can cite a number of instances to prove that the Congress, which is the root cause of all t... | |
| | | | Solution to Jammu problem lies in power to legislate, says Dogras | | Jammu Against Discrimination | | | Neha
Jammu, Sept 13: The ongoing fierce debate on the "solution to the Kashmir problem" has also triggered a similar debate among the Dogras of Jammu province. The Early Times tried yesterday to judge the mood of the Dogras and find what could satisfy them. Believe it or not, but it is a fact that everyone spoke in one voice and said that "if you wish to forge a lasting peace in the troubled state and end the age-old discrimination with Jammu, you have no other alternative but to grant the Dogras the power to legislate". Again, believe it or not, but it is a fact that everyone advanced very cogent arguments to make their point.
What exactly did they mean when they demanded power to legisl... | |
| | | | 24 poppy bags go missing from Poonch custom office, police begins probe | | Murk over cross-LOC trade! | | | poonch, Sept 13: Twenty four bags of banned poppy seed allegedly recovered by custom officials at Rangar Trade Centre in the year 2008 have gone missing.
Interestingly, the 24 bags have gone missing from the locked and secured room of the custom department. Police has begun probing 'alleged theft' of the poppy seed bags from the safe house of custom officials at Ranger Trade Center. Sources said that police is probing the reports of the alleged sale of 24 bags of banned poppy seed.
They added that police has reliable inputs of poppy seed having been sold to a trader in Poonch. They asserted that trader of Pakistan occupied Kashmiri (POK) had sent poppy seeds to the owner of a Cloth hous... | |
| | | | Militant outfits causing confusion among investigating agencies | | Delhi HC blast | | | Jammu: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) officials and the Delhi police continue to be baffled over fake emails, claiming responsibility for the September 7 blast outside the Delhi High Court in which 13 people were killed and over 88 wounded.
On Sunday night another person, belonging to Gujarat state, Manu Oza, has been arrested on charge of having sent an email in the name of a militant group claiming responsibility for the bomb blast. Earlier emails, claiming responsibility in the name of one outfit or the other, had emanated from even a remote area like Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. It was followed by emails from Kolkatta and some parts of UP.
What is amazing is the disclosure ... | |
| | | | Tragedy strikes Banihal: 23 killed, 24 hurt as overloaded minibus falls into deep gorge | | | | JAMMU: Tragedy today struck Digdol in Ramban when an overloaded minibus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of 23 commuters, including a CRPF cop and a TA jawan, and multiple injuries to 24 others, including women and children.
Quoting eyewitnesses, police sources said the ill-fated minibus (JK14B/0180), which was on its way from Ramban to Neil in Banihal, was crammed with commuters, with some of them sitting on its rooftop.
Even as it carried people beyond its permissible capacity of 21 (including driver), the ubiquitous traffic police personnel did not seize it under law, or challan it for violating traffic norms.
Sources said while the driver was... | |
| | | | CM visits compounds miseries of commoners in Kargil | | | | Early Times Report
KARGIL, Sept 13: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s visit to Kargil compounded problems of locals and passengers travelling towards different destinations. Public address in Kargil canalled on unknown grounds as the stage was taken off today. Media did not allow covering Sarpanch/Panch programme at indoor stadium Kargil. Rally in Kargil was for unknown reasons. However, Chief Minister visited sankoo block and addressed a huge gathering over there.
Visit to shakar chiktan Block was cancelled despite the fact that public was waiting since morning. Hundred of peoples were standard at Zojilla pass and not even one was allowed to move towards drass. About 10 children fell ill... | |
| | | | Ultra-sound clinic seized | | | | Early times report
JAMMU, Sept 13: A team of health department and police today sealed an ultra-sound clinic for violating the PNDT act and arrested a doctor present in the clinic allegedly involved in conducting sex determination test. As per the reports, after getting specific information that Mata Santo Devi Memorial Ultra-Sound clinic is violating the PNDT Act and is routinely conducting the sex determination tests, a team headed by Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Jammu, Dr Baldev Raj Sharma along with a police party raided the clinic and seized the records.
Sources said that Dr Monica who was allegedly involved in recent case of sex determination recently which was detected by the healt... | |
| | | | Beig terms Farooq ‘killer’ of Kashmiris | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 13: Terming National Conference President and Union Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, as “killer” of Kashmiris, former Deputy Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party leader, Muzaffar Hussain Beig accused that Abdullah in his tenure as CM had ordered the police to kill militants instead of sending them to jails.
In an interview, Beig said that Farooq Abdullah is responsible for the killing of those people who have been buried in unmarked graves. “It was in his tenure that STF was created and they were being given awards and promotions for killing Kashmiris,” added the PDP leader.
He went on to claim that it was Farooq Abdullah who used to urge New Delhi... | |
| | | | Appeal to Hon'ble speaker by Shri Chaman Lal Gupta BJP MLA | | | | Sir,
I had raised a question during the last session of the state assembly seeking a reply from the government regarding the decision to stop government advertisements to the daily Early Times published from Jammu.
I had also spoken about the highhandedness of the government and its arbitrary, whimsical dispensation regarding distribution of official advertisements to the various newspapers published in the state.
Despite repeated requests, the state government did not come forward with any reply to my question and the result has been that through its decision to ignore my question the state government has covertly accepted that it does not have a reasonable answer to my question.
Hon'b... | |
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