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| Day of road mishaps: 25 killed, 120 hurt in Rajouri, Reasi | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: It turned out to be a day of road mishaps today. In the four incidents, which occured between 5.30 am to 7pm, 25 persons, including an army Major, a police Headconstable and over a dozen youth who were returning homes in Mahore villages after appearing in a police recruitment test, were killed and at least 120 others, including Vaishno Devi pilgrims and school children, wounded in the mountain-locked districts of Rajouri and Reasi.
Army authorities woke up to a tragedy when their Tata Sumo collided head-on with a tipper at Balshama near Dharamshal in Sunderbani area of Rajouri at about 5.30 am.
In the collision, Major Vasant Gourav of Maharashtra got killed and three others were wounded, police sources said.
The condition of two of the injured was stated to be critical. They were identified as Signalman VK Sharma of Corps of Signals and Sepoy Antony Swamy of 27 Madras.
The tipper driver was arrested and his vehicle seized, the sources added, saying a case had been registered against him.
In the other incident, six army personnel lost... | |
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| Traffic police SI suspended | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: A traffic police Sub-Inspector (SI) was placed under suspension for failing to check overloading in the bus which today met with an accident at Bidda in Reasi, resulting in the death of 18 persons and injuries to 55 others.
The suspension order of SI Vinod Pandita was issued by SP, traffic, Alok Kumar.
Alok said a probe was also ordered into the incident.
He said the vehicle fell off the road when it gave way to the bus load and sank. The mishap occured when driver stopped the bus to give side to another vehicle, he added.
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| | | | VDC members deployed along Indo-Pak border | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: With an aim to more effectively check cross-border infiltration, the Jammu and Kashmir police has set up a 120-member Village Defence Committee (VDC) for deployment along international border in Jammu frontier.
The VDC force drawn from local border area residents have been deployed for the security and intelligence gathering along international border from Lakhanpur bordering Punjab to Akhnoor in Jammu under the operational control of police.
"To strengthen the counter infiltration security grid in the wake of increase in cross-border infiltration, police has raised a new squad of VDC members. They will work with police and paramilitary forces to check i... | |
| | | | Mobile connectivity for Amarnath Pilgrims by Jul 1: Pilot | | Over one lakh more connections for J&K soon | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: Even as the state is yet to overcome the intermittent shocks on 'ban fits' from Centre, the Telecommunication Ministry appears to be magnanimous enough in providing over one lakh fresh mobile phone connections in J&K. This is part of the policy and programme under consideration of Union government to strengthen communication network in terrorism and naxalite affected areas across the state. The GOI will also provide mobile connectivity for the first time this year to the lakhs of pilgrims who will be visiting the state for annual Amarnath Yatra.
The disclosures were made here today by none other than a person at the helm- Sachin Pilot, Union Minist... | |
| | | | 12th class girl student shoots self, serious | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: A day after a girl student committed suicide following failure in 12th class examination, another failed girl student today made an attempt on her life by shooting herself with a .12 bore gun at her residence near Kalakote in Rajouri.
Ranjana Kumari (18), daughter of Shiv Dev Singh of Sial Sui, Kalakote, failed in the 12th class examinations the results of which were declared Wednesday.
She was mentally depressed after her failure in exams. Today, she picked up her father's .12 bore gun and fired, pointing the gun muzzle at herself, police said.
The bullet pierced her stomach. Police said she was admitted to local hospital from where following ... | |
| | | | Doda is free of foreign ultras: Police | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: Police today claimed that with the killing of two Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants at Gandoh Wednesday, the Doda district was made free of foreign ultras.
Now only two LeT militants were left in the district and operations were on to hunt them down too, police sources said.
Apart from the two LeT militants, 24 Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militants were also active in the district, the sources added. "LeT has almost been wiped out from the district and killing of two LeT commanders on Wednesday has given a big jolt to this militant outfit in the district," sources said.
The aggressive attitude of security forces had pushed back militants in the di... | |
| | | | PM's Kashmir visit: Lop-sided approach to create more problems | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: It would be too much to say that the Prime Minister is not aware of the ground realities in Jammu and Kashmir. He knows everything. There are several agencies which regularly send reports to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) about what is happening in the state, about who is doing what and about who stands for what, as also about the political perceptions of the people inhabiting different regions of the state. These agencies are duty bound to keep their headquarters in New Delhi fully informed about the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, still it would be desirable to catalogue here a few fundamental factors that need to be taken int... | |
| | | | Children suffer as NSUI show ran beyond stipulated time | | On Rajiv Gandhi's martyrdom Day, Cong leaders hold kids to 'ransom' | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 21: Children are always soft targets when it comes to victimizing them while getting through political agendas by the politicians. But it could not have happened on the martyrdom day of a noble politician like late Rajiv Gandhi, when veteran Congress leaders of the state virtually held small kids to ransom by occupying the stage at Abhinav Theatre for long hours today.
On the occasion of 19thdeath anniversary of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi these Congressmen including Union Minister of State Sachin Pilot, PCC Chief Saif Ud Din Soz and others made small children to fret and fume in the scorching heat outside the hall while they themselves re... | |
| | | | Fissures in NSUI | | | | WHILE on their part the main organizers of Seminar on late Rajiv Gandhi's martyrdom day managed to change the venue for smooth and successful conduct of the function but the counter faction came out with grumblings and grouse that they were allowed to welcome and meet the ' Youth Icon' of Congress .Sachin Pilot and this was done 'on the directions of some senior Congress leaders'.
In a separate statement they alleged hunderds of N.S.U.I Leaders from all over the state, who were moving towards the Abhinav Theatre, under the Leadership of.Nitish Mahajan (N.S.U.I State Vice President) were stopped at the entrance of the Theatre. Enraged, these NSUI leaders shouted slogans against the PCC sen... | |
| | | | Announce dialogue with Hurriyat: Mirwaiz asks PM | | | | AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, May 21: Chairman of the separatist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today asserted that there was absolutely no substance in the union Home Minister P Chidambaram's refrain of a secret process of talks with Kashmir's separatist leadership. Repeating demilitarization, revocation of "draconian laws" and declaration of "complete political package" as the key conditions, Mirwaiz urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to announce a fresh dialogue process with Hurriyat Conference and Pakistan during his forthcoming visit to Kashmir valley.
In his key address on occasion of the death anniversary of two Kashmiri leaders, Mirwaiz... | |
| | | | IAF choppers evacuate Reasi bus accident victims | | | | NEW DELHI: In the wake of today's bus accident off Reasi that killed at least 15 people and hurt quite a few others, helicopters of Indian Air Force took part in rescue operations. The ill fated bus had fallen in a gorge near Bidda about 130 kilometres Northwards from Jammu while on way to Mahore from Reasi.
Soon after the tragedy the dead and injured were shifted to Jammu by IAF helicopters, Ministry of Defence issued a Press release in New Delhi saying, "Today a bus carrying about 35 passengers fell off the road in the Reasi Area of J&K sector resulting in few of the passengers getting killed and some others seriously injured."
"The IAF was quick to respond to the requisitioned air supp... | |
| | | | Sgr-Leh highway closed | | | | SRINAGAR: Despite dry and sunny weather for the past three days, the Ladakh region remained cut off from the rest of the Jammu and Kashmir for the fith consecutive day today following closure of 434-km-long Srinagar-Leh National Highway due to landslides.
Hundreds of passengers besides vehicles and essential commodities, remained stranded on either side of the Zojila pass due to closure of the road link.
Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal Iftikhar Husnain Bari said due to avalanches the Sonamarg-Gumri road was closed at 102.8 km known as Aab-Math and 106 km point.
He said the Beacon authorities are on the job to clear the road.
Similarly, road at 112 km is also reportedly under avalanche wh... | |
| | | | Govt orders in youth's ‘custodial’ death | | | |
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government today ordered a probe into the killing of a youth, who allegedly died in police custody here.
Traffic remained disrupted in busy Bakshi Nagar area here after the family of a youth, who was allegedly killed in police custody yesterday, staged a demonstration demanding an inquiry into the incident.
Deputy Commissioner Jammu M K Diwedi along with senior police officials rushed to the spot and assured that an inquiry will be carried out in the incident.
''An internal inquiry has been ordered into the incident and if any police personnel will be found involved, strict action will be taken against him,'' Mr Diwedi told newspersons.
He further said com... | |
| | | | Health Ministry Succumbs to Tobacco Lobby Pressure' | | | | SRINAGAR: Alleging that Union Health Ministry has succumbed to the pressure from powerful tobacco lobby, several organisations have condemned the ministry's decision to give six more months to them for depicting photograph of a rotting cancer-stricken mouth on tobacco packs.
Jammu and Kashmir Voluntary Health Association (VHA) along with members of civil society, NGOs, Tobacco Control activists and Health workers condemned the Ministrys decision to wait six more months, before gory pictorial warnings depicting photograph of a rotting cancer-stricken mouth are printed on tobacco packs.
In a joint statement issued here today they said Union Ministry has buckled under pressure from powerful ... | |
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