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| Curfew continues in Valle on 5th day running | | Weddings, essential commodity supplies, services, healthcare suffer | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 16: With curfew and shutdown continuing without break on the 5th consecutive day in Kashmir valley today, there was no significant clash between protestors and Police but services have begun to suffer badly. Meanwhile, Army claimed to have killed five more militants in a gunbattle in Tral area, raising number of the militants killed in different encounters to 30 in last 16 days of the month.
A defence spokesman said that troops engaged a thick group of militants, believed to be cadres of Lashkar-e-Toiba, in an encounter in Tral area of Pulwama district on Wednesday. He said that six militants got killed in the 30-hour-long gunbattle and claimed that there was no collateral damage. According to him, troops recovered a huge quantity of arms and ammunition from the militants killed that included eight AK-56 rifles.
The spokesman said that with today's overnight operation, security forces eliminated as many as 30 militants in the last 16 days of the current month in different gunbattles in the Valley hinterland. This number of militants have no... | |
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| LUTF formally merges in BJP, accuses Cong NC of betrayal | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
LEH, Sept 16: The Ladakh Union Territory Front (LUTF) and all councilors of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) today formally joined the BJP at a function held here.
The function was attended by former BJP national president and MP Raj Nath Singh, BJP national general secretary, JP Nada, state president of the Party, Shamsher Singh Manhas, its Seh Prabhari J&K, RP Singh and National Executive member BJP, Dr Nirmal Singh.
Besides all the 17 councilors of LAHDC and members of LUTF the meeting was also attended by LAHDC, chairman, Chering Dhorje and LUTF president and ex-MP, Thumpstong Chawang.
LUTF stands for grant of Union Territory status to Ladakh i... | |
| | | | Chib's Poonch meeting stirs up hornet's nest, raises tempers of one and all | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 16: When moulanas of Poonch, led by Mufti Farooq of Jamia Masjid, had eased the tension at Mandi where thousands today gathered to denounce the act of disrespect to Islam and the Quran in the US, an emergent meeting by medical education minister R S Chib tended to hinder rather than serve the purpose.
Those, who Tuesday appreciated the role of the district administration in controlling a violent anti-US mob in Poonch, made a complete volte-face in the Chib's meeting today.
In the meeting, NC's own men were opposed to the way the civil and police administration had handled the situation in Poonch Monday.
In protest against the Monday's police firing in Poo... | |
| | | | Battle for control leaves Kashmir high and dry | | Whose writ runs in Valley? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 16: It seems the state government has finally decided to enforce its writ strictly in strife torn Kashmir. In his new calender, the chairman of Hurriyat (G) Syed Ali Geelani relaxed restrictions from dusk to dawn but the government opted for night curfew to convey the message in clear terms. The fight for gaining control of the Valley has left people high and dry.
The government found itself in a tight corner for the past three months. It had no option but to follow the separatist calendar. Life resumed or came to a halt when Geelani wished. It was Geelani who decided when the government offices should open. The impact of Geelani's influence was felt at Mum... | |
| | | | Sonia's Concern: "Anger" in Kashmir is because of Indian presence there | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 16: Addressing the all-party meeting on Kashmir on Wednesday, UPA chairperson and AICC president Sonia Gandhi linked the ongoing violent movement in the Kashmir Valley to "anger and pain among Kashmiri youth who grew up in conflict and brutality" and suggested that "their legitimate aspirations must be respected and a magnanimous approach adopted to give them hope." Besides, she urged the all-party meet to adopt a "spirit of accommodation and reconciliation", saying "ideological and political difference" should not be allowed to dominate the "spirit of accommodation and reconciliation." In fact, she said: "We are facing far too serious a challenge to... | |
| | | | Former cop Ashok Bhan jumps on to Amitabh Mattoo's bandwagon | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sept 16: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah once said that he could not induct in his Council of Ministers a Kashmiri Hindu because no "suitable" Kashmiri Hindu was available, not even former Chief Secretary Vijay Bakaya. Of course, he did not name Bakaya, who masquerades as a representative of the displaced Kashmiri Hindus and works day and night to advocate the National Conference's perverted and anti-India ideology among his co-religionists. Omar Abdullah has, it now appears, got a "suitable" Kashmiri Hindu in the person of former Director General of Police Ashok Bhan. Omar Abdullah may induct Bhan in his council of Ministers subject to the condition that he remains ... | |
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