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| Post-agitation: penury forces shopkeeper to end life | | The only son of his parents, Bodh Raj leaves behind five children | | | PANKAJ SAGAR
Jammu | Sep 6
NOT A LESSER MARTYR
Amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers and aura of sweets when entire Jammu was celebrating victory on restoration of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board after a historical agitation of two months, there was a silent death in one of the localities which witnessed maximum protests. This man, a father of five children, also committed suicide but proved to be a lesser martyr of agitation.
A daily bread earner, Bodh Raj of Jeewan Nagar, had had enough of fights with his family these two months when he could not earn a two square meal for them due to continuous shutdown. After the agitation was called off and Bodh Raj took the courage of picking up threads and looking at the life afresh that he had a major humiliation before him. Perhaps little was left inside him to face the situation when he consumed poison late on Thursday night and was reduced to ashes on Friday morning.
The parents who lost their only son, the wife and five children are now looking towards the Government as well as Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samit... | |
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| Booked: 284 youths clueless about future | | Agitation FIRs blocking their character certificates and thus admission to next higher classes | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu | Sep 6
Vishal Sharma of ……is in a quandary. He just qualified for diploma engineering seat in the Government Polytechnic College but is finding difficulties in seeking admission. The College administration is asking for a Character Certificate, which Vishal has not been able to obtain from Police. He has an FIR registered against him for damage to public property during the Amarnath shrine land agitation.
His is not a case in isolation. Vishal is among 284 students in Jammu who have to seek admission in next higher classes of various streams of studies but have FIRs against them. They can’t obtain a good character certificate from the Police till cleared of the cha... | |
| | | | Bear mauls 6 in Poonch | | | | Earl Times Reporter
Poonch | Sep 6
Even though the man-to-man conflict has its own regular toll, the man-animal conflict is taking a heavy toll of the normal life in the border district.
Six villagers were injured early this morning when a wild bear went on prowl haunting the residents of Mandi tehsil. “A wild bear suddenly appeared in Loran village, when people were busy in their normal work”, said an eye witness account.
As the people start running, the bear attacked and injured six of them. The injured were later shifted to Poonch hospital, where their condition was stated to be critical.
The animal later escaped into nearby forest area.
The injured were identified as Sultan M... | |
| | | | Mr 10% is now Prez | | | | Islamabad | Sep 6
Once dubbed as 'Mr 10 per cent' and a liability for his party, Asif Ali Zardari, who has spent more years behind the bars than in politics, today defied his critics by rising to occupy the post of Pakistan's President despite his tainted past.
A little-known businessman till he married Benazir Bhutto, the daughter of Pakistan's first political family, on December 18, 1987, Zardari remained in the shadows of his charismatic wife, the two-time Premier who was at the helm of affairs in the country in the 1990s.
The 53-year-old Pakistan People Party co-Chairman's elevation to the highest constitutional post has turned the tables for the wily politician who foxed his way t... | |
| | | | Are we headed for President’s rule? | | | | Nirbhay Jammual
If the meeting between the Election commission and political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, due on September 8,decides in favour of postponement of Assembly Poll the state will have to be placed under the President's rule. A defermenrt by a month may not warrant imposition of the President's rule because under the state constitution the Governor's rule cannot be extended beyond the period of six months. That means the Governor's rule is to end by the third week of December. Conequently any date fixed for the polling after the third week of December will make it mandatory for the centre to impose the President's rule.
When in mid-January 1990 Governor's rule was imposed... | |
| | | | Across LoC, trucks set to roll down | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 6
If all goes well, the trade between two parts of Jammu and Kashmir is all set to commence anytime by middle of October.
Official reports and activities in New Delhi, Srinagar and LoC outpost of Slamabad in Uri sector suggest that the preparations are almost complete and only a formal nod from Pakistan is awaited.
The Governor NN Vohra today had a meeting with a high level central team –comprising officers from the Ministers of External Affairs, Home and Finance –which earlier in the day visited Slamabad along with top officers of Jammu and Kashmir government.
An official spokesman said that the Governor emphasized on early completion of the remai... | |
| | | | Again on brink, 1 killed | | VALLEY UNEASE | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Sep 6
Kashmir Valley was once again on the boil today as a youth was killed in Police fire in downtown area of Srinagar while curfew was re-imposed in Anantnag township of South Kashmir.
One person was killed and another injured as protesters clashed with police during a shutdown called by separatists. Javaid Iqbal, a resident of Nowhatta area of the city, was one of the two persons injured as he was hit by a rubber bullet in the chest during police action, official sources said. He was declared 'brought dead' at the SMHS hospital. Another youth was also injured as police tried to quell protesters there.
The Police, however, said that the situation wa... | |
| | | | Tremor shakes Poonch, Doda | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Sep 6
A moderate-intensity earthquake, occurrud today in the twin bordering districts of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources here said.
''The 5.5 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter at 36.7 degree North latitude and 70.6 degree East longitude in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan, struck at 1118 hours,'' an official spokesman from Meteorological Department said.
The tremors however, lasted for around 10 seconds and was felt in Doda and Poonch districts besides some regions in the Valley.
Meanwhile tremors were also felt in these districts yesterday at around 1028 hrs with its epicenter on Pakistan-Afganistan border.
The official sources ho... | |
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