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Infiltration from Across LoC Going Up: PM Manmohan talks tough, says J&K secessionists making common cause with ‘outside elements’ 9/16/2009 12:08:56 AM AGENCIES NEW DELHI, SEP 15: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today termed as "worrisome" attempts by secessionist and militant groups in Jammu and Kashmir to make common cause with "outside elements" to create an impression of turmoil in the state and said such a situation must not be allowed to develop. Singh also said infiltration from across the Line of Control and also via other routes such as Nepal, Bangladesh and the sea is "going up". Addressing the Directors General and Inspectors General of Police's here on the concluding day of the two-day conference organised by the Intelligence Bureau, he said there were reasons to be satisfied that both Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state were held in a peaceful manner and that the level of violence is "perhaps at its lowest levels" since the beginning of insurgency in the late 80's. "But there are certain developments that are worrisome. Infiltration across the Line of Control and also via other routes such as Nepal, Bangladesh and the sea is going up. Encounters with armed militants have become more frequent in recent w...   READ MORE

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Doda, Kishtwar annual plans approved 9/16/2009 12:08:30 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Sept 15: Away from the hilly terrain of accident prone districts of Chenab Valley, the government today convened marathon meetings of the District Development Boards of Doda and Kishtwar at the Chief Minister’s resident here in the winter capital and approved annual outlay of Rs 45.09 Crore Rs 43.93 Crore, respectively. Both meetings were chaired by the Chief Minister and attended by the chairpersons and legislators of concerned districts, other ministers and senior officers of administration. Road connectivity and rampant accidents, however, attracted attention of the government and some remedial measures were proposed. The annual plan outlay of Rs.45.09 cror...   READ MORE   Govt sends Geelani homewith an Indian Passport Separatist hardliner launching ‘total demilitarisation’ stir from Jumat-ul-Vida 9/16/2009 12:08:03 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Sep 15: Contrary to the Union Home Minister P C Chidambaram, and now Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, showing an iron fist to the saboteurs of normality in Jammu & Kashmir, Ministry of External Affairs has gifted separatist Kashmiri hardline politician, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, with a velvet glove on occasion of his release from three-month-long detention under Public Safety Act (PSA). Still unrelenting, Geelani is launching a mass agitation for ‘total demilitarisation’ in the state from Friday next. In an interview with the local news agency, Kashmir News Service, at his besieged residence in Hyderpora here today, patron of the radical faction of Hurriyat Co...   READ MORE   Where is the much promised RTI? 9/16/2009 12:07:38 AM SANT KUMAR SHARMA Jammu, Sept 15: In an open letter to the Chief Minister, Mr Omar Abdullah, some RTI activists have deplored the government’s failure to implement the new J&K Right to Information Act, 2009. In its electoral manifesto, the National Conference had promised that the new RTI Act would be a “deterrent” to “cases of misappropriation, partisan judgments, corruption etc”. According to Convener of the J&K RTI Movement, Mr Muzaffar Bhat: “The J&K Government has failed to implement the RTI Act in at least four major ways.” First of all, the government hasn’t yet appointed an independent State Information Commission comprising three information commissioners to supervise the imp...   READ MORE   Over 8 lakh kanals of land under legal, illegal occupation of forces 9/16/2009 12:04:52 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sep 15: Amidst a campaign of demilitarization from the separatists and the mainstream Peoples Democratic Party, official figures have revealed that more than 8.5 lakh kanals of agriculture and non-agriculture land in Jammu and Kashmir are under occupation of different security force agencies. Out of this more than 71,000 kanals of land has been occupied by the security forces illegally while more than 1.20 lakh kanal under Land Acquisition Act. The breakaway Hurriyat Conference (HC) has recently announced to launch a massive protest against the occupation of land by the security forces in the state after Eid-ul-Fitr. According to official reports available, 8...   READ MORE   Shabe-Qadar holiday on Sept 18 9/16/2009 12:04:00 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, SEPT 15: According to a circular issued by General Administration Department the holiday on account of “Shab-i-Qadr” shall be observed on the 18th of September, 2009 instead of the 17th of September, 2009 as earlier notified. Consequently, Thursday, the 17th September, 2009 shall be a working day. ...   READ MORE   Austerity drive ok but questions remain Will Sonia get the CMs to endtheir weekend Delhi Jaunts? 9/16/2009 12:03:11 AM ABID SHAH New Delhi, Sept 15: Congress general-secretary Mr Rahul Gandhi’s train ride as an ordinary passenger from here to Ludhiana and back on Tuesday may well have created a flutter through the political class. Yet the question that stares hard in the face of those ensuring austerity is how the Centre could take its current drive down to the level of State Capitals, their leaders and bureaucrats. Flying in State aircraft and choppers by the higher ups from states is a rule rather than exception. Taking flights and opting for the best seat in the aircraft is a matter of habit for the middle-rung State politicos. And as old habits die hard, there have been dissenting voices in the wa...   READ MORE   Jammu Chamber elections on Oct 28 9/16/2009 12:01:42 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 15- The Executive Committee of Chamber of Commerce and Industry at a meeting held under the Chairmanship of its acting president Om Parkash Gupta has approved the schedule for holding elections for the Chamber. On this occasion S.K. Sareen of M/s Ess. Kay Trading Co. Gurudwara Sunder Singh Road was unanimously nominated at returning officer/ election President. He was also authorized by the members to nominate other three members of his team to assist him. The elections are being held on October 28 for which formal notification shall be issued on September 23. Sareen while thanking the members for responding confidence in him promised to discharge his dut...   READ MORE   CBI gets go ahead for Shopian case 9/15/2009 11:59:44 PM NEW DELHI: Its reservations against taking over the case notwithstanding, CBI was on Tuesday asked by the Centre to investigate the alleged rape and murder of two women in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. "Department of Personnel and Training has issued a notification under section five of Delhi Special Police Establishment Act and CBI will take over the case in a day or two," CBI spokesman Harsh Bahal said. CBI director Ashwani Kumar had said on Sunday that the agency had informed the government about its reservations to take up the case but left a final decision to the government. Jammu and Kashmir government had on September nine approached the Centre for ordering a CBI prob...   READ MORE

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