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| Centre announces 8-Point package for J&K | | Interlocutors for 'sustained dialogue', unified Command to review forces deployment vSpecial Task Forces for Jammu, Ladkah | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 25: Close on the heels of the visit of the all-party delegation to Srinagar, Centre today came forth with its eight point formula to defuse the volatile situation in Kashmir. Many of the suggestions given by them form part of the important new initiative announced by the government after the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met here today, sending a strong message about the government's seriousness to address the grievances of the people of Kashmir.
Announcing an eight-point Kashmir formula, the Centre today said a Group of Interlocutors led by an eminent persons will hold "sustained dialogue" with all sections of Jammu and Kashmir and also review deployment of security forces in the Valley, especially in Srinagar. The 30-minute CCS meeting was presided by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Unveiling a package of measures approved by the Cabinet Committee of Security(CCS) at its meeting here in a bid to deal with the civil unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Home Minister P Chidambaram said the state Government will be advised to review the notificati... | |
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| 8-point formula | | | | 1. Appoint a group of interlocutors under the chairmanship of an Eminent person to begin the process of a sustained dialogue with all sections of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, including political parties/groups, youth and student organizations, civil society organizations and other stakeholders.
2. Advise the State Government to immediately release all students and youth detained or arrested for stone pelting or similar violations of law and to withdraw the charges against such students and youth.
3. Advise the State Government to immediately review the cases of all PSA detenues and withdraw the detention orders in appropriate cases.
4. Request the State Government to immediately con... | |
| | | | Centre's Kashmir formula: Too late……..too little? | | Interlocutor ‘culture’- old wine in new bottle | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sept 25: In order to break the impasse in Kashmir, Centre has finally come out with what it terms as a 'formula' loaded with certain points, it thinks can work or click. Outcome of a painstaking, strenuous exercise it remained indulged in for quite some time, the formula is drawing flak from the protagonists of a 'political solution' , particularly the talk of sending a Group of Interlocutors for sustained dialogue as also the talk of redeployment of security forces, now to be reviewed by the Unified Command.
There is no denying the fact that Centre has put all its might using hammer and tongs to help restore normalcy in Kashmir. But the package it has unveiled ... | |
| | | | HE deptt unable to revitalize old, worn out water pipelines | | Water woes of Jammu city | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sept 25: 60 percent water supplying pipes of Public Health Engineering Department are old and worn out which need immediate replacement but the same is being ignored by the government for the reasons best known to them.
PHE officials maintain that average life of PHE pipe is 30 years and must be replaced after this period. However, they said that most of the water pipelines in Jammu urban are 60 year old with some of them belonging to the era of late Maharaja Hari Singh. Pipelines supplying water to the localities of Mubarak Mandi, Karan Nagar, Pacci Dakki, Jullaka Mohalla, Lakhdata Bazar, Kanak Mandi and some other areas were laid down during Maharaja Hari Singh... | |
| | | | Pak ringing false bells on Siachen melting | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sept 25: Islamabad has again raised the issue of military activities on the 19000 ft high Siachen mountain glacier which, it claims, had been one of the factors responsible for the recent devastating floods that hit Pakistan. The establishment in Islamabad has even conveyed to the world bodies its concern over the military presence on the mountain glacier which had been responsible for the recent floods in which 21 million people were affected.
It is for the third time that the establishment in Islamabad has raked up the presence of Army on the 64-km long glacier which had resulted in heavy melting of ice resulting in inundation of rivers that flow within Pakist... | |
| | | | Rehabilitation of Leh Cloudburst victims unlikely this year | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Sept 25: With Winter approaching near the rehabilitation of the hundreds of cloudburst families in Leh district of Ladakh will unlikely be possible this year. As there is only one and a half month of working season left in Ladakh, the people are apprehensive about the rehabilitation of the hundreds of affected families in this short span of time.
The inhabitants of over a dozen of villages in Leh whose houses have been washed away in flash floods in August this year are totally perturbed after the authorities also showed some slackness in rehabilitation process. According to Thupstan Chhewang - ex MP the change in Government's decision to provide two lac rupee... | |
| | | | Tinkering with AFSPA would mean tinkering Indian sovereignty | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 25: The current strife in the Kashmir Valley is not because the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) is in force in the state. It has been in operation since 1990. The prevailing discontent and ongoing violent activities, including incidents of stone-throwing, are the immediate results of the failure to provide a good, people-friendly, corruption-free, transparent and accountable administration.
It is, however, a different story that the unemployed youth and dissatisfied and cheated people in the Jammu province have refused to imitate their brethren in Kashmir. The people of Jammu province believe in constitutional method of agitation. They seldom... | |
| | | | Cab driver's murder solved; accused held from Punjab | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sept 25: Solving the sensational murder of Indica taxi driver Gurpreet Singh, police have apprehended two of the accused from Amritsar in Punjab.
Gurpreet (23), son of Mohan Singh of Nanak Nagar, was on September 3 murdered near Nagrota here and his body was thrown in a roadside nullah.
The accused, who hired the Indica from Katra on September 3 after having darshans of Mata Vaishnodevi in Trikuta Hills, had murdered Gurpreet to snatch the taxi from him.
His hands were tied with a piece of cloth and the body bore severe injury marks on head, neck and face.
Police sources said the Indica (5270/JK02X) was owned by Harjeet Singh of Nanak Nagar and Gurpreet was i... | |
| | | | Woman commits suicide | | | | Jammu: A 28-year-old housewife allegedly committed by consuming poison at her residence here last night.
She was identified as Santosh Kumari, wife of Muktyar Chand of Dabbar, Bishnah. After she allegedly swallowed poison, she was admitted to the Bishnah hospital from where following deterioration in her condition, she was referred to the GMC hospital, but she died on the way. After post-mortem, the body was today handed over to her family members for last rites. Police had registered a case in this connection.... | |
| | | | Three bovine smugglers held in Rajouri | | | | RAJOURI: Three bovine smugglers were arrested by police from near Nowshera in Rajouri while carrying milch animals in two Tata mobile load carriers.
Police sources said during routine checking of vehicles near Nowshera, cops intercepted two Tata mobiles which were on their way to Kashmir.
During the checking of these vehicles, cops found that milch animals were being smuggled in them. The vehicles were immediately seized and the accused arrested.
Sources identified the accused as Paramjit Singh, son of Jaswant Singh of ward No 3, Mohammad Farid, son of Mohammad Hussain of Kalar Behroute and Mohammad Ajaz, son of Mohammad Ismaiel of Behroute. A case was registered against them under secti... | |
| | | | PHE employee among 6 drug peddlers held | | | | JAMMU/RAJOURI: A PHE department employee and five other drug peddlers were arrested by police from different areas here today along huge consignments of the banned drugs.
Police sources said four persons, including a PHE department employee, were early this morning apprehended by police from a bus near Rajouri along with a huge quantity of the banned parvan spas capsules and corex bottles.
They were identified as PHE employee Anwar Hussain, son of Nazir Hussain of Darhi Morh, Mohammad Naseer alias Bhau, son of Mohammad Amin Mirza of Ujhan, Mohammad Shakoor alias Papu, son of Mohammad Amin Mirza of Ujhan, and Aiyaz Ahmed alias Mina Dadoo, son of Nazir Hussain of Ujhan.
Sources said acting... | |
| | | | Chib for exploring hidden talent of youth | | MSME month long computer training concludes | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 25: Minister for Medical and Technical Education, R. S Chib has called upon the need for exploring the hidden talent of the youth to make them valuable asset of the society.
The minister was speaking at a the valedictory function of 30-day training programmed organized by Supertech (India) Computer Education, Talab Tilloo here today. Former Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma also attended the function as guest of honour.
The function was held to felicitate the participants who had attended the 30 day long training programme. The programme was sponsored by Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME). The course had a participation of 75 people.
On the... | |
| | | | Curfew restrictions eased in many parts of Kashmir | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 25: Authorities Saturday lifted curfew from parts of Srinagar city from noon onwards besides easing the restrictions in some other parts of the Valley after the law and order situation by and large remained peaceful overnight. "Curfew has been lifted from parts of Srinagar city from 12.00 noon till further orders," District Magistrate Srinagar Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo said.
A police spokesman said curfew has been eased from south, east and west zones of the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir while a decision on relaxing the restrictions in north and Hazratbal zones will be taken later. Authorities have also relaxed curfew restrictions at few places in Nort... | |
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