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CBI probe demanded in DD's 'Srinagar-2G' scam vIn-house programmes worth Rs 52 Cr approved in 3 months against 25% 'commission' in advance DDK Srinagar records burnt in low intensity blast on Aug 28th; Official critical at SMHS; Case being hushed up 9/6/2011 1:55:10 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 5: Beneficiaries of the loot-and-scoot in Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) Srinagar, allegedly hand-in-glove with officials at Mandi House and Prasar Bharti headquarters in New Delhi, are currently burning midnight oil to ensure that there was no investigation into illegal approval of in-house programmes worth Rs 52 Cr, distributed during last three months of Dr Rafeeq Masoodi's tenure in Srinagar. Private producers and artists have, meanwhile, demanded a thorough investigation by CBI Delhi into the mysterious blaze of August 28th when a number of files were destroyed in record room of DDK Srinagar and one of the officials sustained critical injuries. Srinagar District Police's lackadaisical initiative in the DDK Srinagar blaze is being widely interpreted as a "hush up" by the fraternity of freelance producers and artists in the Valley. Fresh enquiries revealed that FIR was not registered for several days at Police Station Kothibagh and, surprisingly, there was no mention of an official having sustained critical burn injuries. Informed sources confirmed t...   READ MORE

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2 held for provoking girl into committing suicide 9/6/2011 1:53:36 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU: Two youth were today arrested by police at Jullaka Mohalla here for provoking a girl in the locality into committing suicide last month. Amanpreet Kour had committed suicide at her residence at Jullaka Mohalla on August 20 last. A case in this connection was registered at the Pacca Danga police station. During investigation, police came to know that two youth of the girl's locality had allegedly created the circumstances that forced her to end her life, according to police sources. Both of them were today arrested by police and booked under section 306 of RPC. They were identified as Sunil, son of Kewal and Swaran Singh, son of Sukhdev Singh, both reside...   READ MORE   Farooq remained mum when Maqbool was hanged vWhy shed tears for Guru? 9/6/2011 1:53:11 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 5: When former chief Minister and National Conference patron, Dr Farooq Abdullah supported Omar on his Afzal Guru comments, he only exposed his double standards. Dr Farooq had remained mum at a crucial juncture state's history. His silence changed the course of state's history. Omar in one of his tweets sought clemency for Afzal Guru. He has been convicted in Parliament attack case. The Supreme Court has rejected his appeal and the mercy petition is pending before the President of India. The Union Cabinet has recommended death penalty for Guru. Omar believes hanging Afzal at this crucial time will prove detrimental to `peace' in Kashmir. His comments evoked...   READ MORE   Woman raped in Poonch, accused held 9/6/2011 1:51:49 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU: Police have arrested a man in Poonch for allegedly raping a woman at a secluded place near Nangali on the outskirts of the town. Police said in a complaint lodged with Poonch police station, Zaheen Akhtar, wife of Mohammad Rashid, alleged that she was raped by a man while she was going home at Nangali. She identified the accused as Mohammad Mahroof, son of Akbar Hussain, also a Nangali resident. Acting on her complaint, police arrested the accused and booked him under sections 376 and 341 of RPC.The woman was also got medically examined by police at the hospital. ...   READ MORE   Girl abducted at Kathua 9/6/2011 1:51:21 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU: A girl was abducted by a man from Kaka Chak area of Kathua and taken to some unknown place. Police said Manohar Lal, son of Des Raj of Kaka Chak, Sunday lodged a report with Kathua police station that her daughter Madhu Bala had allegedly been abducted by a man. In his complaint, he identified the accused as Mohammad Farooq, son of Mohammad Bashir of Kotli, Billawar.Police had registered a case in this regard under section 363 of RPC. The accused and the girl were, however, yet to be traced....   READ MORE   5 kg heroine valuing Rs 22 crore seized, two held 9/6/2011 1:50:56 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU: Special Operation Group (SOG) of Jammu and Kashmir police today recovered five packets of heroin from two notorious narcotic smugglers, informed sources said. They said that the SOG team supervised by SP operation Pawan Parihar laid a naka late last night at Gigyral Morh in Khore of Akhnoor. During the naka, SOG men sitting in Scorpio intercepted a motorbike and two suspected persons were picked up, on specific inputs about their involvement in smuggling narcotics. They were identified as Mangal Singh and Ravinder Singh both relatives and residents of Akhnoor. Sources, however, said that taking advantage of darkness, both the persons tried to flee from t...   READ MORE   Protests in Rajouri over graveyard land dispute 9/6/2011 1:50:28 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI: Members of a particular community today staged a sit-in at Dhangri on the Poonch road here after they were stopped by some people from burying the body of a girl in the village graveyard. Tension erupted when people belonging to a particular community went to the graveyard at Dhangri in the morning to bury the body of a girl. As soon as they began to dig the grave, some members of the minority community reached the spot and objected to their act, saying the piece of land where the grave was being dug belonged to them . On their objection, the members of the majority community staged a dhrana on the main Poonch road at Dhangri and protested against the allege...   READ MORE   Theft in GMC, accused held 9/6/2011 1:50:03 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU: A youth was today arrested by police for allegedly stealing steel racks from the government medical college (GMC) here. The accused was identified as Lalu, son of Kewal of Rajpura Mangotrian. Police said the complaint against him was filed with Bakshi Nagar police station by GMC employee Mirdula Singh. Acting on the complaint in which he alleged that Lalu had stolen 14 steel racks from GMC, police arrested the latter and booked him under section 380 of RPC....   READ MORE   Indian Left & Jammu and Kashmir Perverted Thinking Neha 9/6/2011 1:49:37 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 5: CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat visited Kashmir sometime back for an on-the-spot-assessment of the situation in the Valley. It was expected that he would express solidarity with communalists in Kashmir, share the views of those who create anarchy in the Valley and recommend maximum possible autonomy for Kashmir and he did that. He not only condemned the killings in the Valley and took to task the security forces for using bullets against the law breakers and anti-India elements, but also shamelessly asserted that Kashmir is a "special case." Earlier in Andhra Pradesh, he had said: "The people of Kashmir have to be assured that their identity and spe...   READ MORE   Digvijay 'plays safe' on Guru issue vAlleges Sushma, Naidu has business links with Reddy bros’ 9/6/2011 1:48:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 5: Amid the political controversy emerged in J&K on Afzal Guru issue , veteran Congress leader and AICC general Secretary Digvijay Singh tried to 'play safe' contending that it was Congress High command which is competent to comment on granting amnesty and also to take a stand if a resolution is passed in J&K Assembly. Known for harsh and hard hitting statements, Digvijay albeit burst a bobb shell on rival BJP alleging that senior leaders Sushma Swaraj and Venkaiya Naidu had 'business contacts and interests with Reddy bothers in Karnataka who were arrested by CBI today for their alleged involvement in illegal mining. "If any resolution with regard to se...   READ MORE   Arrears row: 2nd round of talks fail, strike on 9/6/2011 1:48:03 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 5: The government and its workforce on Monday held a second round of talks in as many as three days over pending demands including release of sixth pay commission arrears but failed to make any breakthrough as over four lakh employees will proceed with the proposed three-day token strike from tomorrow. Officials said a high level government team headed by chief secretary Madhav Lal held second round of talks with a 30-member Joint Consultative Committee- an amalgam of different employees associations across the state- over the various demands of the employees including release of the pending arrears, here at civil secretariat. "Talks are going in a ver...   READ MORE   Questionable Jammu Leadership Omar again ups his ante against India, advocates political solution Rustam 9/6/2011 1:47:36 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Sept 5: The National Conference contested assembly elections in 2008 hoping that it would sweep the polls like it swept the polls in 1996. But it did not happen. It could capture only 28 seats. The NC had captured 28 seats out of a total of 87 seats in 2002 as well. The NC got the minimum number of votes both in 2002 and 2008. The PDP had captured more seats in 2008 as compared to the NC. The PDP had captured 21 seats. The performance of the NC both in 2002 and 2008 established beyond any shadow of doubt that it had lost its popularity and that even the people of Kashmir didn't repose the kind of confidence that they reposed in 1996, when the party captured more ...   READ MORE   Hon'ble speaker must ensure answers from State Government 9/6/2011 1:44:36 AM It is our foremost duty to set the record straight for our esteemed readers to whom we owe the success of Early Times in such a short period of time. Our readers have stood by us while all vested interests and those who feel grossly insecure due to our brave, outspoken and straightforward criticism of the corrupt, inefficient, anti-national and anti-social elements, ganged up to harm the interests of Early Times. During the last session of the State Legislative Assembly, an hon'ble member of assembly, Shri Chaman Lal Gupta of the BJP asked a very pertinent question regarding the state government's attitude towards Early Times. The hon'ble member had asked a question seeking the gover...   READ MORE

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