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| PM makes a plea for internal and external dialogue to resolve Kashmir tangle | | PDP stays away from Delhi's all-party meet on J&K, BJP decries sops | | | ABID SHAH
EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, Aug 10: In a gesture marked by warmth and love for Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered a friendly hand to help the people of the State to come over from the recent wave of death and devastation that has been dogging them in the wake of now nearly two-month-long protests in the Valley and the last Friday's cloudburst that hit parts of Ladakh.
Singh began his all party meeting of leaders from Jammu and Kashmir today at his 7, Race Course residence here with a minute's silence in grief over the loss of lives in the two regions -- Kashmir and Ladakh - saying, "I grieve for all those who have lost their near and dear ones in Kashmir and in the Ladakh region."
He began by saying that "I welcome you all with grief in my heart and hope in mind."
And recognising the need for a political solution the end the long standing strife in Kashmir, the Prime Minister said "Nothing will give me greater satisfaction than to see a permanent and just settlement of all outstanding issues that protects the honour and self-respect of all s... | |
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| Jawan killed in Pak firing in Poonch | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Aug 10: To facilitate infiltration by militants, the Pak troops today resorted to ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch, killing an army jawan who was guarding on a forward post.
The Pak firing was totally unprovoked and aimed at providing cover to militants waiting across the LoC to sneak into India to disrupt the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations, official sources said.
Sources said in the firing, which began at about 6.15 pm, sepoy Alok Pandey of 5 Maratha Light Infantry was killed on the spot after a bullet pierced through his body. He hailed from Kohlapur.
He was guarding the forward Peer Post in Mankote sub-sector of Poonch ... | |
| | | | ‘Ideology’ clash leads to scuffle on JU campus | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 10: Panic gripped the Jammu University campus after two groups indulged in a scuffle over ‘ideological’ differences as the students alleged that the ‘outsiders’, were promoting Naxalism on varsity campus.
The clash, between the students and outsiders which broke out near Gossip Corner Cafetaria, left four students sustaining minor injuries.
The trouble started when a group of ‘outsiders’ including girls and an Italian tourist were having snacks in the varsity cafeteria and a group of university students including a student from MAM PG College reached the cafeteria to discuss the situation arisen out of a protest by some youth outside the university wherei... | |
| | | | Death toll rises to 170 in Leh, bodies of 23 foreigners also found | | Rescuers lose hope of finding alive any of 600 odd missing persons | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 10: With the list of the dead swelling with each passing day since the August 5 cloudbursts in Leh, rescuers and Leh administration have lost all hopes of finding any alive person now.
Official sources said as rescuers today dug out the bodies of 23 foreign nationals from underneath a thick layer of mud, the death toll in the devastating incident rose to over 170.
Estimated 600 people, including 26 army personnel, foreign tourists and outstation labourers, were missing after the August 5 night cloudbursts that triggered flash floods and mudslides, ravaging Leh and its adjoining villages.
As the victims were either buried alive underneath thick layers of mu... | |
| | | | Alarm over not blocking calls on mobiles without IMEI number | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, Aug 10:Jammu and Kashmir is among the states where telecom operators are not complying with the instructions of security agencies to block or intercept calls on mobile phones without international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number.
Security agencies have raised an alarm over the non-compliance of their instructions, according to official sources.The agencies had approached the Department of Telecom (DoT) last year for strict compliance of its order for not allowing mobile phones without IMEI numbers or with IMEI having all zeros.
According to data compiled by Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring (TERM) security cell of DoT, the performance of m... | |
| | | | 29 KAS officers transferred | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: The Government today ordered transfer of 29 KAS officersagainst the available vacancies.
Altaf Hussain, Special Secretary, Tourism has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Revenue against an available vacancy. Munshi Muzaffar Hussain, Joint Director, Industries and Commerce (Development), Kashmir has been transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Budgam.
Mohammad Saleem Shishgar, Joint Director, Tourism, Kashmir has been transferred and posted as Additional Registrar, Cooperatives, Kashmir, Showkat Ahmad Fazili, Additional Secretary, Labour and Employment has been transferred and posted as Additional District... | |
| | | | Tragedy averted, 20 kg RDX recovered in Mahore | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 10: A day after recovering 10 kg RDX from Poonch, police and army jawans today laid hands on 20 kg RDX and a large quantity of other explosives, besides Pak-made medicines, in Mahore, Reasi, averting a possible tragedy on the eve of Independence Day.
Police sources said as intelligence inputs suggested that militants were planning to make strikes on the eve of Independence Day, jawans of police, 61 RR and 126 Bn of CRPF launched searches in Bal Angralla forests of Mahore in the wee of today morning.
While combing the woods, the jawans came across a militant hideout, the sources added.
Search of the hideout led jawans to the recovery of 20 kg RDX, 16 Chinese... | |
| | | | Kashmir blood was precious in 2007, cheap in 2010 ! | | Farooq’s double speak | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 10: Like father like son. When Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah assumed power in 1947, he exiled hundreds of political activists and intellectuals for challenging the accession. But when he was dethroned in 1953, he chanted the Azadi slogan. After signing the Indra-Abdullah accord in 1975, the accession again became final and irrevocable.
The former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah is no different. In November 2007, when his party was out of power he was `deeply disturbed’ by what he called “conditions created by the army” and wants to give a second thought to the accession. Addressing the press at Jammu on the sidelines of a book release on November 19, 200... | |
| | | | BJP “C-team” of NC, it is now established! | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 10: This is height of political debauchery. This is height of rank opportunism. Don’t say it has lost its way. It has not lost its way. Actually, it has become C-team of the ruling National Conference. It is party that has developed the habit of hoodwinking and misleading the people of Jammu. No, it has developed the habit of taking the people of Jammu for a ride and compromising and bartering their interests in order to remain on the right side of the ruling elite so that its leaders could promote their vested interests.
Only the day before yesterday, the BJP leaders with much fanfare declared that they would boycott the all-party meeting to be held ... | |
| | | | Needed: A bold initiative to resolve J&K, Mr PM | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 10: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may hold any number of meetings on J&K to find ways and means to tackle the issues confronting this sensitive border state, but he will come out of all such exercises minus everything. The reason: He is seeking to cure the disease without diagnosing the cause of ailment. It is indeed paradoxical that the persons at the helm in New Delhi have miserably failed to diagnose what ails J&K. The fact of the matter, according to one Kashmir-watcher, who himself is a victim of the disease, the powers-that-be in New Delhi want to cure a disease they themselves have nourished over the period and they continue to nourish.
It was not diff... | |
| | | | After 44 years, another Dogri film to hit Jammu theatre | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, August 10: After a long gap of 44 years, another attempt has been mooted by the local artists of Jammu to try a venture into Dogri film making.
Entitled as ‘Maa Ni Mildi’, the Dogri feature film that is scheduled to be released on Aug 13 at Apsra theatre has local artists from Jammu, all of whom have rendered their services free of cost to make this venture successful.
Addressing a press conference here today, the producer and the lead actor of the film Amit Chaudhary said that he was faced with many hindrances in his way to come up with a feature film in Dogri, but was supported by his team in Jammu because of which it became a success.
He informed that tho... | |
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