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Govt prostrates on Hurriyat ground with a blood camp Congress Ministers' department makes separatists' show a big success 5/21/2010 12:42:07 AM AHMED ALI FAYYAZ EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, May 20: Hours before Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, Farooq Ahmed, today made it publicly clear that there would be no restrictions on participation of people in the year's biggest separatist show on the Eidgah Grounds on May 21st, two of the senior Congress leaders--- Minister of Health, Sham Lal Sharma, and Minister of Medical Education, R S Chib---mobilised their subordinate departments to make the Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's blood camp at Jamia Masjid a big success. Hurriyat's remembrance week is concluding tomorrow on the spacious Eidgah Grounds where a separatist congregation would take a fresh oath of continuing the "freedom struggle till its logical conclusion" and pay homage to Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone, who were gunned down by militants on May 21st in 1990 and 2002 respectively. Those who personally mobilized subordinate doctors, blood banks under their command and enlisted donors of different hospitals to make the Hurriyat Chairman's blood donation camp a remarkable success include...   READ MORE

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Telco supplying SIM cards to militants 5/21/2010 12:41:45 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, May 20: olice have seized a consignment of SIM cards which was intercepted over a specific information when it was being supplied to Pakistani and Kashmiri commanders of a formidable militant outfit in the Valley. Authoritative sources revealed to Early Times that Police had found senior officials of a private telecommunication company involved in supplying SIM cards to some militant outfits. Ironically, these officials belong to a major industrial group that is not only famous for its code of ethics but had also suffered enormously when Pakistani militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba carried out a bloodbath in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Sources said that Police h...   READ MORE   Samba faces acute K oil shortage 5/21/2010 12:41:30 AM JAMMU: The Samba district is faced with acute shortage of kerosene oil for the past nearly one month. All the depots, run by consumer affairs and public distribution department (CAPD), are locked as they do not have kerosene oil to sell. Some depot owners alleged that CAPD officials demanded extra money from them for releasing kerosene oil-filled tankers in their favour. The money was being demanded in the name of a senior CAPD officer, they alleged. Since dealers refused to pay the extra money as bribe, the CAPD officials refused to release the oil. The Samba residents said if adequate quantity of oil was not made available to them at the earliest, they would be forced to adopt the...   READ MORE   Failed girl student commits suicide 5/21/2010 12:41:14 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 20: A day after she failed in her 12th class examination of board of school education (BOSE), a girl student committed suicide by consuming poison at her residence at Marh near here today. A distinction holder in 10th and 11th class examinations, Rashmi Sharma, daughter of Ashok Sharma, failed in two subjects in the BOSE 12th class examination results of which were declared Wednesday. She went into depression after the results, her family members said. She was mentally so upset over her failure that she swallowed poison at her residence today. Following deterioration in her condition, her family members evacuated her to the GMC Hospital where doctors ...   READ MORE   Krishna ready to discuss Kashmir during his Pak visit 5/21/2010 12:40:44 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT NEW DELHI, May 20: In an extensive interview given to a newspaper External Affairs Minister SM Krishna has dealt with Jammu and Kashmir among other things, saying that during his visit to Islamabad next month this could well be discussed in case it is raised by Pakistan. He said India was ready to discuss every issue brought before it in its bid to build trust between the two countries. The text of the interview given to a Chandigarh headquartered newspaper was released here today by External Affairs Minister where Krishna cited the decision taken during the meeting of Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers at Bhutan's Capital Thimphu to remove the ...   READ MORE   Adamant VC of JU adding fuel to the fire 5/21/2010 12:40:23 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, May 20: Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University, Prof Varun Sahni, who is already known for inaccessibility and aristocratic behaviour, is, it seems, willfully vitiating the atmosphere on the campus by displaying an extreme form of obstinacy. Instead of discussing matters with the agitating student community, which has been opposing the establishment of police post on the University campus since the past eight days, the arrogant and adamant Vice-Chancellor has been making misleading statements, thus provoking further the already rather angry student community. Sources have informed this correspondent that the Vice-Chancellor and his coterie, who are afraid of facing...   READ MORE   Dalai Lama visiting Paddar first time 5/21/2010 12:40:09 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 20: World revered spiritual Buddhist leader Dalai Lama 's visits to the J&K though not frequent, have till date been restricted to only one region of the state- Ladakh where he owns a house at Choglamsar and spends some time amidst followers there. But there is some good news for his ardent followers in Jammu region. The Buddhist leader is scheduled to visit this region, that too in farthest area of Paddar in district Kishtwar in the month of June. Paddar is the only area in Jammu which has thickly inhabited Buddhist population. The great Tibetan leader in whose presence people seek peace and spiritual solace will address a huge congregation in this area whi...   READ MORE   Tension after youth dies in Bakshi Ngr PS lock up 5/21/2010 12:39:34 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, May 20: Over a decade and a half after sub-inspector (SI) Sandeep Pal Singh had died of a mysterious bullet shot inside the Bakshi Nagar police station, an alleged drug supplier today died under mysterious circumstances in the police station lock up. Paramjit Singh alias Bhulla, son of Dheeraj Singh, was alleged to be a supplier of the banned proxyvon capsules. He was today picked up from his residence at Bakshi Nagar by the district special branch cops and taken to the Bakshi Nagar police station. Police sources said he was found lying dead under mysterious circumstances inside the police station lock up in the evening. At about 6.10 pm, Paramjit's body w...   READ MORE   Man held for raping teenage girl 5/21/2010 12:39:22 AM Early Times Report JAMMU: A man today arrested for allegedly abducting and then outraging the modesty of a teenage girl at Dharamkot near Billawar in Kathua. olice said Mohammad Ramzan kidnapped a 13-year-old girl at Dharamkot in the morning and took her to the nearby forest area where he allegedly raped her. After the girl returned home, she narrated the incident to her parents. Police said on the complaint of her parents, police had registered a rape case against the accused. ...   READ MORE   J&K bank offers 500 crore portfolio to other banks 5/21/2010 12:38:56 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR: J&K Bank has once again surfaced as the dominant credit player in J&K. The bank has the largest share of Rs.12, 173.65 crore (71 per cent) of the aggregate outstanding credit of banking sector of Rs17, 117.66 crore in the J&K state at the end of March 2010. The two major banks of the country, State Bank of India (SBI) and Punjab National Bank (PNB), have contributed just 8 and 5 percent respectively to the outstanding credit portfolio. This was stated today at the 79th State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) meeting held here at SKICC. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Haseeb A Drabu, Chairman and Chief Executive of J&K Bank. Besides, the Bank has over-a...   READ MORE   PM's Kashmir visit: Lop-sided approach to create more problems 5/21/2010 12:38:35 AM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, May 20: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Srinagar for two days. He will reach the summer capital on June 7. According to reports, the purpose of his Kashmir visit is two-fold. He would address convocation of the Sher-e-Kashmir Agricultural University, besides renewing offer for talks to separatists. He is also likely to meet representatives of the various political parties to ascertain their views on ways and means that could help restore peace in the Kashmir Valley. Reports also suggest that the Prime Minister is likely to discuss the progress made on the reports of the five Working Groups constituted by him some four years ago. Prime Minister ...   READ MORE

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