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| Six-day Police remand for tainted cops, houses raided | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: While questioning of the accused in Amandeep Singh murder’s evidence tampering case continued for the day and raids were conducted at the premises of arrested cops, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case obtained six-day Police remand for former SSP Manohar Singh and suspended Inspector Sultan Mirza and Sub Inspector Satnam Singh.
Manohar, sources said, is the first inmate in the new lockup of newly constructed up Gandhi Nagar Police Station while Sultan Mirza has been lodged in the old lockup of the Police Station where he was Station House Officer until last week. Satnam Singh and Sultan are lodged in the same room.
After daylong of questioning and raids at their premises, the arrested Police officials former SSP Manohar Singh, Inspector Sultan Mirza and Sub Inspector Satnam Singh were produced before the Duty Magistrate, Forest Magistrate Jammu Yahya Firdous in Bathindi area at around 5 PM. On presentation of SIT the Magistrate granted six-day Police custody for the accused.
The trio was taken to the residence of Duty Magis... | |
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| Victim of Amarnath land row, IAS officer awaits action on CAT order | | | | SANT KUMAR SHARMA
JAMMU, Sept 28: A Chandigarh bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) had rubbished the action taken by the state government against senior IAS officer, Dr Arun Kumar, for his allegedly ``irresponsible'' utterances in a press conference held on June 17, 2008.
On May 20 this year, a CAT bench comprising Mr Justice M. Ramachandran, vice-chairman, and Mr Khushi Ram, Member (A), had said: ``He should be given a position commensurate with his status and seniority and taking notice of this intrinsic worth. The circumstances which led to the precipitation of the issues are to be forgotten by the Govt. as a bad dream.''
``We direct that appropriate steps are to be ta... | |
| | | | Bodies of Shopian victims exhumed | | Both women’s tissues, genital organs taken for thorough examination | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
SRINAGAR, Sep 28: CBI’s sensitive operation of the exhumation of the dead bodies of 25-year-old Neelofar Jan and 17-year-old Aasiya Jan was conducted smoothly by a team of doctors and forensic science experts today four months after the young women had been found dead in mysterious circumstances and buried in a surcharged atmosphere on May 30th at Shopian in South Kashmir. The post mortem team obtained necessary samples, including body tissues and genital organs of both the women, who were widely believed to have been raped and murdered even as a commission of inquiry, comprising a retired judge of J&K High Court as well as a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of J&K Police ... | |
| | | | Thousands watch Ravana going up in smoke | | | |
MUNISH GUPTA
Jammu, Sept 28: Dussehra-which symbolises triumph of truth over evil, was celebrated all over the region with religious fervour and gaiety. The festival marked with taking out of religious processions and burning of effigies of Ravana, his brother Kumbkaran and son Meghnath, who have been treated as symbol of evil forces from centuries.
This day was also celebrated as Vijaydashmi to mark victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasur, who too was a symbol of evil.
Though effigies of Ravana, Kumbkarn and Meghnath were consigned to flames at various places, the main function was, however, held at Parade Ground where thousands of people were gathered to witness celebrations of th... | |
| | | | 3 LeT ultras, civilian killed | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar Sept 28: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, including two from Pakistan, and an elderly woman were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Monday.
Four jawans were also injured in the encounter but they were all out of danger, police reports said.
The encounter broke out at Amlar-Tral, 50 kms from here, this morning when the militants hiding in a house in the village opened fire on a joint search party of police and CRPF, they said.
The wife of the house owner, Taja, died in the shootout between the militants and the police. Two of the slain militants were Pakistani nationals, police said.
"We had information ... | |
| | | | India, Pak nowhere closer to resuming peace talks | | | |
Early Times
New Delhi, Sept 28: Despite a two-hour-long meeting between Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan held Sunday in New York, the two sides appear to be nowhere near resuming the dialogue process that had to be abandoned ever since 26/11 Mumbai attack.
Yet the Sunday's interaction between Mr SM Krishna and Shah Mahmood Qureshi does not rule out similar confabulations at the highest levels between the two neighbours whenever an opportunity arises at any other international fora or events.
Saying this foreign policy experts here point to the possible visit by Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, to Washington in November ... | |
| | | | Air India strike continues | | | |
New Delhi, Sep 28: The Air India management will meet the Delhi faction of the agitating executive pilots here Monday as their strike entering the third day, forcing cancellation of at least 11 flights out of the national capital alone.
Despite Air India Sunday agreeing to look into their grievances, particularly the productivity-linked incentives (PLI), the Delhi faction of executive pilots said they would continue the strike till the management also conceded their demand and paid them their last three months' salary arrears.
The airline Sunday decided to constitute a committee to look into the PLI modalities.
"The management will hold talks with us today. We are not giving up our f... | |
| | | | Pak rushing WB with Kishanganga complaint | | | | Islamabad, Sept 28: Pakistan has decided to approach the World Bank to request the appointment of a neutral expert to resolve a dispute with India over the Kishanganga hydroelectric project if bilateral efforts fail to settle the matter, according to a media report.
After failing to resolve the dispute through the Indus Waters Commission, the Pakistan government has directed the foreign office to initiate the process of requesting the appointment of a neutral expert as stipulated in the Indus Waters Treaty, the Daily Times quoted an official document as saying.
Under the treaty, the western tributaries of the Indus river were allocated to Pakistan though an article of the pact allows Indi... | |
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Beijing, Sept 29: China on Monday asked India and Pakistan to seek a solution to the Kashmir issue through peaceful and friendly consultations and offered to play a "constructive role" in resolving the "bilateral issue".
As a friendly country, China would also be happy to see progress in the peace process between India and Pakistan, said Hu Zhengyue, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, in charge of the Asian region.
"Kashmir is an issue that has been longstanding left from history. This issue touches the bilateral relations between the relevant countries," he told a group of visiting foreign journalists here.
As China is a friendly neighbour of both countries, it hopes to see tha... | |
| | | | 24 in fray six CCI posts | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28- Twenty four nominations have been filed for filling up six posts of office bearers in Chamber and Commerce and Industry (CCI) on the last date of filing papers. Of these, three nomination papers have been filed for the post of President, seven for Vice President, three for Junior Vice President, two for Secretary General, four for Secretary and five for treasurer. The scrutiny of these forms will be done on October 8 at 4 PM and the withdrawal of candidature is allowed up to October 18, 2009 till 5 pm.
The elections of the Office bearers will be held on October 28, 2009.
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