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| PM Announces Sops Worth Rs 1,000 Cr | | Promises respect to human rights; Says dialogue process can be extended | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, June 8: Winding up his two-day visit on a positive note, Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh today assured Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah of his full cooperation. Besides announcing sops to the tune of Rs 1000 crore, the Prime Minister took serious note of human rights violations in the state.
The Prime Minister, who had a one-on-one meeting with the Chief Minister before leaving for Delhi, took note of complaints relating to human rights.
Visiting the state amid allegations of fake encounters, Singh sent out a firm message to security forces, saying "the government policy is to protect human rights of the people even when dealing with terrorism.
"The security forces in J&K have been strictly instructed to respect the rights of civilians. We will act to remove any deficiency in the implementation of these instructions," he said.
Expressing satisfaction over the outcome three round table conferences, the Prime Minister said the recommendations of these deliberations were being implemented in a step-wise manner.
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| ‘Omar is the best’ | | | | SRINAGAR, JUNE 8: The opinion of the general public about Omar Abdullah notwithstanding, the Prime Minister today said he (Omar) was "the youngest and the most impressive" Chief Minister. A presentation on development needs of Jammu and Kashmir by Omar Abdullah won him the compliment from none other than the Prime Minister. According to participants, the Prime Minister, at the end of the 40-minute presentation, said "I am complimenting the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister for such a detailed and comprehensive presentation and he has presented a well-reasoned out case for developmental needs of the state."
Singh said: "You are not only the youngest but also the most impressive Chief Minist... | |
| | | | Cave shrine was not discovered by a Muslim shepherd | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 8: The holy Cave of Shri Amarnath was not discovered by a Muslim shepherd Juma Malik/Buta Malik/Aadam Malik of Batakot in the Pahalgam area of Kashmir Valley in 1600/1775. The Yatra to the Holy cave was started in ancient times. Those who say that the Holy Cave was discovered by a Muslim shepherd are only distorting history of the Shri Amarnath Yatra and misleading the people for reasons best known to them. Those who are saying so comprise some of the valley-based political personalities and commentators. They are all Muslims. They have sought to tell the people, particularly the Hindus, that it was "Juma Malik" who "discovered" the cave, "when during his pe... | |
| | | | Two women found killed: One by father, another by boyfriend | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Jun 8: In a bizarre incident of homicide, resident of a village in Anantnag district has killed his daughter while as another person has mercilessly killed his young beloved in Sopore area of Baramulla district. Police have solved both cases of blind murder and arrested the culprits.
Official sources told Early Times that 30-year-old schoolteacher, Ruby Jan D/o Abdul Rehman Hajjam R/o Sehpora, Dooru (Anantnag) was admitted to SMHS Hospital Srinagar with a deep stab wound in her abdomen on June 4th. Her attendants told doctors that the unmarried women had fallen from a height and sustained injuries. On the same day she succumbed to injuries. Family members carr... | |
| | | | 50 mines explode on LoC in Poonch | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 8: Due to forest fire, four landmines exploded today on the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sub-sector of Poonch. The fire started from the Gola woods on the side of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in the morning and soon spread to Balakote, engulfing about 13 km area, police sources said. In the fire, at least 50 landmines exploded at Balakote, the sources added.
Sources said army, police and forest officials were engaged in extinguishing the fire and stopping the flames from spreading to the nearby villages. Panicked by the blasts, residents of Deri Dabsi and Lanjyote villages fled their houses.
Two forest compartments (144 and 145) had caught fir... | |
| | | | Salathia orders probe into KVIB bunglings | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, June 8: Taking a suo moto notice of the news item published in the June 8 issue of The early Times under caption "KVIB is hub of corruption here", industries minister SS Salathia has ordered KVIB secretary to look into the matter.
Sources in KVIB (khadi and village industries board) said the minister had asked KVIB secretary Ravinder Singh to initiate a probe into the matter and submit him the report.
Singh had forwarded a letter to KVIB's Rajouri district officer Sadiq Chib to dig into the allegations of corruption in his office, the sources added. He had also directed Chib to prepare a detailed report in this regard and submit it to him.
When contac... | |
| | | | Transfers in Health Deptt guided by nepotism, favoritism | | | | ASHWANI
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 8: All is not well in Department of Health and Family Welfare as favoritism and nepotism continues to rule roost there and despite the tall claims the claims of Health Minister, Sham Lal Sharma to put the Department back on rails nothing has improved on ground.
According to sources the main drawback in the functioning of the Department is that it has failed to frame a transfer policy especially for doctors. The pick and choose methods adopted by the Government for posting of doctors has been a cause of concern for the medical professionals who accuse the higher ups in the Department of adopting a biased approach in this regard.
The sources said th... | |
| | | | ‘Flesh trade’ racket busted, two SWD employees held | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 8: With the arrest of two social welfare department (SWD) employees, including a woman supervisor, from a city hotel here today, police claimed to have busted a flesh trade racket.
The raid was conducted on hotel Krishna Plaza by city police station SHO, Inspector Narinder Singh, on a tip-off, police sources said. In the raid, police caught hold of a SWD woman supervisor and a clerk from the hotel room, the sources added.
The woman was posted at Mandi in Poonch. The arrested clerk -- Riyaz Ahmad -- hails from Surankote. They were frequent visitors to the hotel.
Both were later whisked away to the city police station. Sources said during their interro... | |
| | | | Ruksana languishes under parents' domination, not allowed to meet hubby | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, June 8: Confined to an "isolated" room in their house, the Indian braveheart Ruksana Kousar, who shot into fame after killing a Lashkar commander in September last year at Kalsian here, is not allowed to meet her hubby.
Her fault: She dared to go against the wish of her parents and married her personal security officer (PSO) Kabir Hussain of Khatian, Kalakote.
Hussain has, however, threatened to move court if his in-laws did not send Ruksana to live with him.
She married Kabir in a court here on May 26 last after which nikah was performed in a local mosque as per the Muslim rites.
"Yes, it is true my family is not allowing me to meet my husband," she told th... | |
| | | | Kashmiri separatists' propaganda based on falsehood, eggegerations | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 8: It was also at the behest of the Kashmiri Muslim leadership (and much to the chagrin of the people of Jammu and Ladakh and others in Kashmir) that Article 370 was incorporated in the Indian Constitution in October 1949 in the form of Article 306-A. Article 370 curtailed the powers of the Central Government to the extent that it could not bring the state within the purview of any Central law or institution without the "concurrence or consultation of the State Government" even if there is breakdown of the constitutional machinery and chaos in the state.
The June 14 to July 24, 1952, parleys between the Jammu and Kashmir Wazir-e-Azam and Prime Minist... | |
| | | | Ultra's body to be exhumed in Poonch | | | | JAMMU: The body of a top militant, who was killed by security forces in a gun battle in Poonch some time back, would be exhumed and handed over to his parents.
The slain militant -- Liaqat Ali -- hailed from Doda. The decision to exhume the body was taken after his parents expressed the desire to bury him in their ancestral graveyard in Doda, police sources said.
An order to exhume the militant's body had been issued by the Poonch district magistrate, the sources added. Sources said Liaqat's family members came to know about his death in the Poonch encounter from the news items and his photographs published in local newspapers.
The Poonch SSP Manmohan Singh said the body would be exhu... | |
| | | | 12th class student killed, 11 hurt in mishap | | | | KATRA: A 12th class was student and 11 others were wounded when the minibus in which they were travelling overturned near Captain Colony at Nowshera in Rajouri today.
The incident occured at about 3.30 pm when the ill-fated minibus (JK02B/2395) was on its way from Nowshera to Siot.
Police sources said the minibus overturned in the middle of the road near Captain Colony when its driver failed to negotiate a sharp turn, resulting in the instant death of a 12th class student and injuries to 11 other commuters.
The dead was identified as Ibraham Khan (18) alias Rinku, son of Mohammad Yousaf of Nowshera and the injured as Popil Devi, Vaishno Devi, Sita Devi, Sultan Mohammad, Dharamvir... | |
| | | | Burglars decamp with cash from temple | | | | UDHAMPUR: Having already struck at three religious places, including the famous Devika temple and a gurdwara, burglars decamped with a donation box from a Shani Dev temple here last night.
The Shani Dev temple is situated near the railway station here. That the burglars had struck at it became known when the priest came to the temple in the morning, police sources said.
He immediately brought the matter to the notice of police, the sources added.
Sources said when cops visited the temple, they found that the burglars had decamped with the donation box and some other articles.
Quoting the priest, sources said the donation box contained thousands of rupees as it had not been opene... | |
| | | | CJM entrusts enquiry to Passenger Tax judge | | | | JAMMU: Soon after the judge small causes expressed his inability to investigate Wamiq Farooq case, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) entrusted the enquiry to Passenger Tax judge. The judge has been directed to submit his report by July 30.
The judge small causes, Ajay Kumar returned the file on the grounds that he was totally unaware of Kashmiri language. "On May 25, Ghulam Muhammad Bhat got his statement recorded. I had taken help of my Nazir as the witness could not speak any other language. It is not proper for me to investigate case where I have to depend on others especially in a case which is of sensitive nature."
The CJM today perused the case a fresh. He said the complaint file... | |
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