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| Omar asks Centre for early withdrawal of Army from troubled areas | | | | ABID SHAH
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, July 17: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met here top Central leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to discuss ways and means to turn the relative calm now at last coming to the Valley into durable peace.
This was Chief Minister's first meeting with Delhi's top leadership after fierce protests broke out in several towns of Kashmir, including border State's summer Capital Srinagar.
Omar began his day by calling on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram. Later, the Chief Minister said that he had detailed discussions with the Home Minister regarding recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly on law and order front. "I discussed with him about the need to equip better the paramilitary and State Police forces with non-lethal weapons and improved technology for effective crowd control."
Indicating an imminent withdrawal of Army personnel recently requisitioned to help civilian and paramilitary forces in guarding troubled cities, Omar noted that there has been no casual... | |
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| Farooq to Omar: trouble may erupt | | Dismisses speculation of taking over as CM | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, July 17: Even as the Kashmir Valley is witnessing restoration of calm and order gradually, the rumors about change of guard are still rife in the state, with speculations that senior Abdullah may take over the reins of the coalition government. Contrary to this, National Conference patron and Union Minister Farooq Abdullah himself has dismissed as baseless speculation that he would take over as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, saying incumbent Omar Abdullah has the backing of the entire country.
Father Dr Farooq Abdullah has been stating this in defense of his Son for the last few days ever since the entire state is agog with rumors that he is all set... | |
| | | | PIA flight ‘intrudes’ Indian air space | | | |
SUMIT SHARMA
JAMMU: Amid the diplomatic level tensions in the wake of some controversial remarks of Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Quershei, this surely has reinforced the fears of putting forces on alert and increasing guard on borders. In what can be seen as
unprecedented and unusual incident, a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft inadvertently violated the Indian air space and flew into this side for few minutes at Abdullian near RS Pura on International border this morning.
According to sources, on seeing that a Pakistan Aircraft is hovering over the Indian territory, the troops of Border Security Force got alerted however they maintained restrained and did not... | |
| | | | Top LeT ultra held | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: Active since 1989 when terrorism raised its ugly head in the valley, a top and one of the longest surviving Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists was today apprehended by security forces from Chukron in
Patnazi area of Kishtwar in the wee hours of Saturday morning.
Identified as Mohammad Shafi Shah alias Pathan alias Idrees (35), son of Mohammad Yaqoob Shah, he hails from Ashmugam near Pahalgam in Anantnag, Kashmir.
Police sources said he was a high ranking LeT terrorist and had been active in Anantnag and Kishtwar for the past two decades.Acting on a tip-off about his presence at Chukron, police and army jawans laid a cordon around the area late last ni... | |
| | | | Mendhar encounter enters 5th day; JCO, jawan injured | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU/RAJOURI, July 17: As the gunbattle between security forces and militants in the Beri Rakh forests of Mendhar in Poonch entered 5th day, a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and a jawan of 37 Rashtriya Rifles (RR)
were wounded today.As part of their strategy to find an escape route, the holed up militants have been changing locationss in the forest since Tuesday last when the encounter began.
Two of them were killed by security forces Thursday after 48 hours of the gunfight.
So far, army has lost a Major, while 11 others, including a Colonel and a Major, have suffered injuries in the encounter.
Maj Amit Thenge was killed Tuesday when the militants had ambushed ... | |
| | | | State penalizes 1 violator in 10 years: Report | | Child rights in J&K | | |
FIZA ALI KHAN
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: For crusaders of child rights, it may come as shock but the fact remains that Jammu and Kashmir government detected 63 violations, launched prosecution against 46 and in the end, convicted one person for forcing under-age children to work for earning bread and butter since the last 10 years.
Even as report of Union Minister of Labour and Employment has recognised that nearly 4 lakh children have been engaged as child labour in various parts of Jammu and Kashmir, it would be irony to know that only one person has been convicted since last sixty years.
While going through report of union Minister of Labour and Employment, one would ... | |
| | | | Lawyers burn their coats in protest | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, July 17: The general secretary of High Court Bar Association, Srinagar today registered protest against arrest of his president, Mian Abdul Qayoom by setting his black court ablaze in Lal Chowk.
Around 150 lawyers took out a procession today to protest arrest of the Bar President Mian Abdul Qayoom who was detained under Public Safety Act (PSA) last week. The lawyers chanted anti-government slogans and demanded immediate release of their president.
Later, the secretary, GN Shaheen Advocate torched his black coat outside the court complex to protest the arrest of the bar president. Scores of lawyers followed suit.
Shaheen threatened Valley wide agitation... | |
| | | | Life imprisonment for murder accused | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17:A murder accused was today sentenced to life imprisonment by the court of sessions judge, Reasi.
He was identified as Ramesh Thakur, son of Jaswant Thakur, of Ram Park in Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
Giving details, police sources said that on December 4, 2005, one Raj Kumar Adhlakha of Patel Nagar, Gaziabad, approached Katra police station SHO with a written complaint as regards the murder conspiracy.
He said on December 3, 2005, three persons, including a female, had checked in a hotel at about 10 am. Room No 104, given to them, was booked in the name of Hira Singh of Delhi.At about 6 pm, the female checked out along with a male and went towards the K... | |
| | | | Police fears upsurge in Kashmir violence | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: Security experts, especially senior functionaries of the police,fear further upsurge in the level of violence in the Kashmir valley following failure of the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan in narrowing down differences between the two sides during the Thursday's talks in Islamabad.These experts say that the separatists had kicked up violence simply to force Delhi to adopt concilliatory postures during Krishna-Qureshi talks but were enraged over the way India did not yield under mounting pressure from Pakistan.
Police functionaries refer to the latest statement of APHC chairman,Molvi Umar Farooq,who stated that the talks failed because of the... | |
| | | | 'Separatist forces' enforce shutdown with heavy stone pelting on civilian traffic | | 16th casualty is a 13-year-old in Baramulla | | |
AHMED ALI FAYYAZ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, July 17: On the month's first normal day in Kashmir valley, unruly groups of youth enforced shutdown in the afternoon while damaging hundreds of civilian vehicles in heavy stone pelting on traffic and business establishments in major townships. Meanwhile, a 13-year-old boy drowned in river Jhelum during the course of a fierce clash between stone pelting groups and Police in Baramulla, raising the number of youngsters killed since June 11th in Kashmir valley to 16.
Residents of Jalal Sahib Mohalla in old town of Baramulla complained to Early Times that two young boys jumped into the river Jhelum when Police and CRPF were chasing the young... | |
| | | | Separate homeland viable solution: KPs | | | |
ASHWANI
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: The deteriorating situation in Kashmir Valley and growing secessionism has vindicated and justified the separate homeland demand for over seven lakh Kashmiri Pandits within Valley.
In view of the present movement in Kashmir launched by the separatists, the KPs are left with no alternative but to forcefully put forth the demand of a separate state for over seven lakh Pandits in Valley, said newly floated Kashmiri Pandit Conference (KPC) chief Kundan Kashmiri. ``The majority in Kashmir has rejected the coexistence and pluralism in Valley during 1989-90 after militancy gripped the Valley forcing over seven lakh minority Hindus to take refuge in... | |
| | | | 8 trapped Vaishnodevi yatris airlifted | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: Indian Air Force (IAF) came to the rescue of eight Vaishno Devi pilgrims today after they got trapped at the foothills of Har Ki Pouri Temple due to flash floods in river Tawi.
The yatris including two males, two females and four children reached Jammu a couple of days ago for darshan of holy deity.
Today they arrived Jammu after performing the holy pilgrimage and had to depart to their native state in the evening.
Since Uttar Sampark Karanti Express was scheduled to depart at 8:45 pm the yatris decided to go for Jammu darshan and went to Har Ki Pouri where while taking bath in the river Tawi, they were caught in flash floods.
The District Adminis... | |
| | | | Army chief Singh deserves kudos, not brickbats | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: When political leaders fail to recognize their own weakness and follies, they try their level best to divert the attention of the people away from the real issues. When political leaders fail to come up to the people's expectations or when the situation goes out of their hands, they rake up certain issues in order to deflect the people's attention and hide their own failures and blunders. Unfortunately, National Conference president and Union Minister of Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah has also thought it convenient to denounce and criticize Chief of the Army Staff, General V. K. Singh, in order to divert the attention of the people away from the issue... | |
| | | | Collapse of Indo-Pak talks further weakens Omar Abdullah's position | | | |
RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 17: The much-hyped India-Pakistan Foreign Minister-level diplomatic encounter in Islamabad on July 15 has ended in a failure. Not because Islamabad wanted the "bilateral" talks to collapse in the manner they collapsed, but because New Delhi put its foot down on issues of Kashmir, Siachen, water, deployment of Army in Kashmir, "human rights" situation in Kashmir, imposition of curfew in various parts of the Valley and security of the Indian Jammu and Kashmir.
Islamabad wanted New Delhi to "address its concerns" on all these issues", but New Delhi said: Nothing doing; Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India, and, hence, non-negotiable; deploy... | |
| | | | Expired in Feb, Rajouri health dept forget to renew Blood Bank licence | | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, July 17: Though it was serious matter of the death and lives of the people, Health authorities in Rajouri had reportedly forgotten to renew Blood Bank licence which had expired in February this year. A High level team of Government today visited the Bank in this regard to take stock of the situation. Sources said that Blood Bank opened by the health department in District Hospital Rajouri in the year 2000 is reportedly no more eligible for renewal of the licence following creating of deficiency by the health authorities in the Bank. "The Blood Bank Licence expired in Feb, 2010 and the Health authorities had forgotten to renew its licence putting question mark on... | |
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