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Forces told to tighten security grid 9/20/2009 10:14:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Security forces, deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, have been directed to intensify operations against militants who had carved out hideouts in different parts of the state. These instructions have been given following inputs from the intelligence agencies that the security scenario in the state may witness turmoil after the Eid celebrations were over. Police authorities today said that the inputs revealed that the anti-India forces were planning to launch a two-pronged campaign for pushing up the level of unr est and turmoil.According to these authorities, hardliners among the separatists have already announced starting another phase of "intifada"(peoples' resistence) in protest against delay in withdrawing troops and in settling the Kashmir issue and against alleged increase in human rights violations. Secondly, militants have been told to step up their strikes against security pickets and against political leaders. One senior police officer said that during the last three months several groups of militants,majority of them belonging to Lashkar...   READ MORE

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Indian troops move to China border, army says it is routine 9/20/2009 10:14:12 PM AGENCIES Tawang (AP), Sep 20: India has moved hundreds of troops to the Chinese border along the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, but an army officer said Sunday that this was a routine winter exercise. A visiting news correspondent saw 60 to 70 trucks carrying soldiers proceeding towards the Chinese border in Tawang and nearby posts, snaking through a rough mountainous terrain at an altitude of over 14,000 feet.Army officials denied they were deploying extra soldiers in the forward posts. According to army commanders, the troop movement was part of “Operation Alert”, a winter exercise that sees soldiers move into inhospitable border areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeas...   READ MORE   Friendly ‘smuggling’ goes smooth at LAC 9/20/2009 10:13:54 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Leh, Sept 20: Despite bouts of tensions, reports of incursions and the diplomatic offensives, the ‘friendly smuggling’ through the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on Indo-China border as smooth as usual. The age-old barter system is back along the Sino-Indian border but with a twist as Indian traders smuggle daily needs into Tibet in exchange for fancy Chinese goods through the Line of Actual Control. The area -- Changthang -- is located south east of Ladakh and has been a haven for smugglers who carry essential commodities like rice, wheat, vegetables having longer shelf-life, cigarettes and "bidi" and cooking oil. And in return, the Indian smugglers flood the mark...   READ MORE   Jawan commits suicide 9/20/2009 10:13:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: An Army jawan allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Kaluchak quarters in Jammu district. Sepoy Divender Singh had recently come back from 15 days leave and had brought his wife and mother along with him. He had joined two days late to his unit at the army station yesterday, police said.Singh consumed poison after meeting some of his officers yesterday and died on the way to the hospital, they said. ...   READ MORE   CBI finds faults in Shopian probe 9/20/2009 10:13:10 PM Early Times report Srinagar, Sept 20: At the very beginning of its investigation into controversial Shopian rape and murder case, the team of Central Bureau of Investigations has found faults with probe conducted by the Special Investigation Team of Jammu and Kashmir Police. The CBI team has found some loopholes in the probe conducted by Special Investigative Team of Jammu and Kashmir police in the Shopian rape and murder case. The team, which has started the investigation from the beginning, will also be taking the advice of forensic experts whether exhuming the bodies of Neelofar and his sister-in-law Aasiya, allegedly raped and murdered, after 120 days of the incident will serve a...   READ MORE   2 ultras killed, 7 held in different operations 9/20/2009 10:12:41 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sep 20: Seven suspected militants were arrested in Doda and Srinagar districts of Jammu and Kashmir and five kg RDX, a hand grenade and a rifle recovered from them, police said today. Meanwhile, two unidentified militants were killed in a fierce gun-battle in Kupwara district of North Kashmir today, a senior police officer said. The militants were killed in Kachihama-Douban forest in Trehgam belt, 120 kms from here, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kupwara, Uttam Chand said. The encounter started this afternoon when a joint party of police and army confronted a group of militants hiding in the forest area, he said, adding the identity and group affiliation of th...   READ MORE   Kashmir economic summit on Sept 26 9/20/2009 10:12:12 PM New Delhi, Sept 20: Top industrialists, policy makers, scientists and scholars from Jammu and Kashmir will converge here on September 26 to deliberate ways to economically reconstruct the border state. Organised by Kashyap Progressive Commerce and Commercial Foundation, the day-long 'Kashmir Economic Summit' will be addressed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid. "The speakers will touch upon the policies aimed at raising the economic profile of the state with emphasis on opportunity creation for the younger generations," KPCC said in a release. The KPCC summit, an annual feature, will also focus on the necessity to strengthen the partnership bet...   READ MORE   Geelani, over 25 other separatist leaders to remain caged on Eid 9/20/2009 10:11:57 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 20: The moon though has been sited for Eid on Monday but for many Kashmiri separatist leaders their ‘festive freedom’ remains elusive. The hardliner separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani remained under house arrest while more than 25 other senior separatist leaders, including chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah and Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi, remained in different jails even after their detention was quashed by the courts repeatedly. They were arrested in other cases under Public Safety Act (PSA). Mr Geelani remained confined in his Hyderpora house as a large number of security force personnel, deployed outside, are not a...   READ MORE   A good story indeed J&K is ninth best state in India 9/20/2009 12:08:06 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Something good is definitely happening somewhere in Jammu and Kashmir. In its annual survey on ranking of states –a keenly awaited annual feature and one of the most talked about survey in the country –the India Toda magazine has shown Jammu and Kashmir climbing up the ladder by one step over the position it was spotted at last year. Though the India Today survey puts Jammu and Kashmir –at ninth rank among 20 big states in the country –exactly where the state was in the same survey in 2003, the improvement in rank is after five years of constant decline. Jammu and Kashmir was rated as ninth best in India in 2003 but this honour declined to number 10 for...   READ MORE   Razak new SP South 9/20/2009 12:07:37 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Following suspension of several police officers in Amandeep murder case investigation, Razak Khan has been posted as Superintendent of Police, Jammu South in place of Mumtaz Ahmed. Mumtaz was among six officers including the Senior Superintendent of Police Jammu Manohar Singh suspended in the murder investigation case late Friday evening. The new SP South Razak Khan was earlier Additional SP Reasi. Kulwant Singh Jasrotia has been posted as new Sub Divisional Police Officer Gandhi Nagar while Bashir Ahmed Naaz has been posted as SP CID (SS). Meanwhile, the former MLC Deepender Kaur, the mother of deceased Amandeep Singh who murdered late last month...   READ MORE   After axe, Police sets ‘co-accused’ free 9/20/2009 12:07:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Close to the heels of axe falling on a string of Police officers in the sensational cold blooded murder of Sikh youth Amandeep Singh, the nervous Police paraphernalia last night set free a “co-accused” in the case who was arrested and flimsy grounds and released in almost same manner. Sumit Gondi was initially named as a co-accused in Amandeep murder case but a day after the incident the Police clarified that he was not involved but still wanted in another case at Peer Mitha Police station. Finally on August 29, Sumit is reported to have surrendered before the Police but the same was not made known. His formal arrest was put in the Police registers on ...   READ MORE   AD, TSO among several booked in Rs 47 lakh Udhampur food scam 9/20/2009 12:06:59 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: In yet another food scam, the Crime Branch Jammu has booked an Assistant Director, a Tehsil Supplies Officer and several other officers of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department as also some private persons in a case of Rs 47 lakh embezzlement in Udhampur. An official spokesman said that the Crime Branch today registered a case against several officials of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CADP) Department Udhampur for large scale bungling and misappropriation of ration meant for BPL, AAY and other poor categories of the people living in the District. These officials are alleged to have swindled ration worth about Rs 47 lakhs b...   READ MORE   Vohra visits Vaishno Devi 9/20/2009 12:06:36 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: The Governor, NN Vohra, visited Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine today on the commencement of the Navratras and performed Pratham darshan at the Sanctum Sanctorum. The Governor, while paying obeisance at the holy Cave Shrine, prayed for communal harmony, brotherhood, peace, progress and prosperity in the State. He also participated in the Chhat Chandi Maha Yagya, which commenced at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine from today. The Governor, enroute Sanjichhat to the Holy Cave and at the Bhavan, interacted with the Yatris and enquired about the facilities made available for the smooth conduct of the pilgrimage. They were all praise for the arrangements made...   READ MORE   47 judges transferred in major judicial shake up 9/20/2009 12:06:11 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19- In a major reshuffle Jammu and Kashmir High Court today ordered transfers and postings of 47 Judges of Subordinate judiciary. This is for the first time that transfer orders were approved and issued without holding full court meeting of High Court judges. It was also the first such major reshuffle after Justice Barin Gosh took as a Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High court, the official sources said. As per order No 576 Shiv Kumar Jamwal, president Divisional Consumer Forum, Jammu, on repatriation from deputation has been posted as District Judge, Leave reserve post, High Court of Jammu and Kashmir Jammu against an available post. Nazim-ud-Din Wani...   READ MORE   Festivity grips Jammu as Navratras begin 9/20/2009 12:04:47 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sep 19: As the nine-day-long navratra festival commenced today with fanfare, thousands of devotees thronged temples, especially the famous Bahu Fort temple known as Bawe Wali Mata in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Hymn-blaring kiosks decked up to lure customers, serpentine queues of devotees and an ambience of festivity marked the beginning of the navratras here today. Colourful as usual, the first navratra saw people thronging to the temple to pay obeisance to Bawe wali Mata as chants of “Sanche Darbar Ki Jai” rent the air. The young, the old, people of all age groups and from all walks of life began pouring in at the shrine since early morning even...   READ MORE

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