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There is more to Drabu's ouster than what meets the eye IB submits detailed report about him to Centre 9/2/2010 12:11:40 AM Bharat bhushan EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sep 1: There is something more in Haseeb Drabu's abrupt removal in what meets the eye. Intelligence Bureau (IB), the country's premier investigating agency, has prepared a detailed report about the former J&K Bank chairman and submitted it to the Centre. Official sources, familiar with the developments that culminated into his unceremonious removal, said the IB report, and not the political vendetta, had become the basis for his ouster. When contacted, IB sources in Kashmir and Delhi told The Early Times that the findings in the report on Drabu were of very "serious" nature. Sources, however, refused to share the details, saying the leakage of even an iota of the "confidential" report could lead to the hampering of further investigation into the case. After the IB top brass in Delhi submitted the report to the central government, the latter apprised chief minister Omar Abdullah of its contents and asked him to shut the bank doors on the chairman forthwith, the sources added. On August 26, Omar asked Drabu to put in his papers. A day la...   READ MORE

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Jama Bandi record not maintained since 2006 90 % niabats headless in Rajouri 9/2/2010 12:09:27 AM Early Times Report Rajouri, Sep 1: With 12 niabats of border district Rajouri headless for the last many years, all the works pertaining to land records especially Jama Bandi has reportedly not been prepared by the Revenue Department for the last four years. This, sources maintain, is bound to create a serious problem to the residents and department in near future. Sources said that there is no naib tehsildar in the niabats viz Kandi, Darhal, Thanamandi, Manjakote, Chingus, Sialsu, Rajal, Thanda Pani, Sunderbani, PA to DC, Assistant Revenue Atorney and NT in the office of Collector Defense. There are total of 16 niabats in the district and only four viz Rajouri, Budhal, Nowshera and Ka...   READ MORE   Students protest unending shutdown in Kashmir 9/2/2010 12:08:35 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Sep 1: A group of primary school students today protested against the 80-day-long agitation in Kashmir Valley, saying it was denying them the right to education. Dressed in their school uniforms, nearly 20 students from a school in Ganderbal staged the demonstration here, demanding an end to the ongoing agitation, on the ground that it had marred their learning process. The students held placards which read "we want freedom from poverty, we want freedom from illiteracy, we want freedom from backwardness." A mainstream political activist Farooq Ahmad Ganderbali, who was accompanying the students told reporters that the agitation in the Valley was spoiling the ...   READ MORE   Why should Section 6 AFSPA go; why not Sec 197 CrPC? 9/2/2010 12:08:03 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Sep 1:The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is being widely debated across the sub-continent. Human rights defenders, political activists, legislators, legal experts and the sufferers have been demanding repeal of the draconian law. However, Section 45 and section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) which are equally draconian have been ignored. Section 45 CrPC disallows arrest of public servants and Section 197 like Section 6 AFSPA provides impunity against prosecution. The Supreme Court has given diverse rulings on section 197. No strict rule has been laid down unfortunately by the apex court. The Supreme Court has held that government sanction is m...   READ MORE   Centre makes move to amend AFSPA, give it 'humane' touch 9/2/2010 12:07:35 AM SYED JUNAID HASHMI EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 1: Assenting to the request of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Union Home Ministry has circulated draft note with proposed amendments to the union law and defence ministries for their comments with a rider to furnish the same within shortest possible time. Official sources in New Delhi informed early times that both the ministries have been asked to go through proposed amendments carefully and give their opinion on whether the same should be carried out or not. Once the opinion is received from these two ministries, sources affirmed that union home ministry would list the amendments before union cabinet for its approval. They added that ...   READ MORE   Corrupt officers still enjoying immunity in J&K 9/2/2010 12:07:07 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 1: Notwithstanding the claims of Government to weed out the corruption from the strife- torn J&K State by taking action against the corrupt bureaucrats including IAS, IPS and IFS officers as well as heads of Departments iinvolved in corrupt practices, the corrupt offices in the state despite being charged by the Vigilance organisation are still enjoying the aptronage of Governemnt by working on prize posts. According to high placed sources the Government has till date failed to strip off such officers who have been indicted by Vigilance or other agencies for their involvement in corrupt practices and against whom the cases have been praima facie established ...   READ MORE   CBI DIG's kin gets windfall from Director DD Private producer died under stress after Masoodi refused to return him 'advance commission' of Rs 20 Lakh 9/2/2010 12:06:44 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sep 1: Nobody knows whether it is a fact or fiction. But, in an attempt to impress his subordinate officials and private producers with his strong political and bureaucratic clout, Director of Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Srinagar, Dr Rafeeq Masoodi, has been telling everybody around that two kindhearted Kashmiris got him off the hook in two software scandals investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2009 and 2010. He has been proudly mentioning the names of the Union Minister of Health, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and an IPS officer, Javed Mujtaba Gilani. Gilani has maintained high reputation and integrity all through his career in J&K cadre since 1995. H...   READ MORE   Geelani represents regression and barbarism, isolate him to save Kashmir 9/2/2010 12:04:39 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 1: Pro-Pakistan Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who, along with his anti-social and anti-India supporters, represents regression and barbarism, has told India that there is but one way in which he can agree to talk to New Delhi and that is by accepting his five pre-conditions. These pre-conditions include "demilitarization to be monitored by some credible agency"; categorical public commitment by Prime Manmohan Singh that no one will be "killed and arrested in Kashmir henceforth"; "unconditional release of youths and political prisoners before Eid and withdrawal of cases against them"; "revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and Public Safety Act (PS...   READ MORE   Kashmir already over-developed, Delhi needs to focus on marginalized Jammu 9/2/2010 12:04:08 AM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sep 1: It may appear unbelievable, but it is a hard fact that the Kashmiri Muslims constitute less than half per cent the country's population but get 10 to 12 per cent every year from the national budget. This writer is not saying so. BJP veteran and former BJP national president Murli Manohar Joshi said so in the Lok Sabha on August 26 while participating in the debate on J&K. Participating in the two-day long debate on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Joshi had said that "Kashmiris (read Muslims of Kashmir) are demanding secession from India and not jobs and development"; that (the Union) Government has pumped Rs 94,000 crore into the state that rep...   READ MORE   Two militants escape cordon in Mendher 9/2/2010 12:03:42 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Sept 1: Two militants of Lashkar-i-Toiba have reportedly escaped a cordon laid down by the army, police and Centre Reserve Police Force in Sanjyote area of Mendher. The encounter was started about 1 pm on Wednesday. Police sources said that on the input of presence of two LeT militants in Sanjyote area of tehsil Mendhar in border district Poonch, Special Operation Group, Army and CRPF cordoned off the area. The contact was established at about 1 PM when militants reportedly hurled a hand grenade towards the troops following which they opened firing which was retailed by the army, sources said. Police sources said that following a short encounter, the militants...   READ MORE   First dengue case reported in Rajouri 9/2/2010 12:03:21 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Sep 1: The first ever dengue case has been reported in Rajouri with doctors confirming that a female government school teacher has tested positive for it. Neena Bakshi, a school teacher, of Bagnoti in Noushera here, was confirmed positive by the doctors at ASCOMS hospital, Jammu, Tuseday. She was then referred to the government medical college hospital for specialised treatment. Family sources said that the ASCOMS doctors, after rapid test, found the symptoms of dengue in the patient. Meanwhile, on the directions of chief medical officer, Rajouri, and under the guidance of BMO, Nowshera, a 4-member medical team, headed by Dr Amit Saini, rushed to Bagnoti. "We...   READ MORE   President visits Leh 9/2/2010 12:03:05 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Leh, Sep 1: President Pratibha Patil Wednesday visited cloudburst-hit Leh and assured the victims all help in their rehabilitation. Interacting with the victims at a relief camp here, Patil said they will be given all possible support for their rehabilitation and that the country stands in solidarity with them. "We are with you at this time of tragedy. I have come to meet you. We love and sympathise with you," she said while distributing shawls and sweaters to the people living in the relief camp. The cloudburst on the intervening night of August 5 and 6, led to flash floods and mudslides which claimed over 175 lives and injured about 400 people, besides causing wide...   READ MORE   Infant abandoned in Jammu 9/2/2010 12:02:40 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Sep 1: Police today found a day-old girl child lying abandoned along the roadside in Talab Tillo area of this winter capital, sources here said. ''Wrapped in a piece of cloth, the girl child was found by the passersby this morning near Bhawani Nagar area of Talab Tillo,'' police sources told.. They said the locals informed the police following which they rushed to the spot. ''The baby has been shifted to the SMGS hospital while her condition was stated to be stable,'' the police added....   READ MORE   This season Lord Krishna faces divided Hindu appeasements Shri Krishan Janamashthmi shobha yatra 9/1/2010 10:26:42 PM Mishu Gupta EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Sep 1: The most revered holy procession of yearly Shri Krishan Janamashtmi that announced the advent of the festivity a day before was marked with celebrations that included great pomp and show. The traditional shobha yatra passing through the city was a usual phenomenon that did pass with eloquence and grandeur but with a conspicuous anecdote that needs to be seen clinically into. Earlier as per the traditional ethics the yatra should have been a collected festivity of all Hindu representatives, this year it was an alienated affair that presented a suspicious pointer over the integrity of religious heads in Jammu standing poles apart. While the J...   READ MORE   Love birds’ ‘privacy’ breached, police raided secret spots 9/1/2010 10:20:50 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 1: It was a torrid time for lovers in Akhnoor town today as police conducted a series of raids at the ‘secret meeting places’ including restaurants, cyber cafés and Public Call Offices (PCOs). During the surprise raids, police arrested four couples who were found cajoling in cabins in restaurants and cyber cafes. However, after the intervention of the parents of arrested couples they were let off by the police. According to sources, the Police conducted the raids after receiving several complaints from the people of the area. A police official on condition of anonymity said that a large number of girl and boy students after playing hockey in their respecti...   READ MORE

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