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| Leh cloudburst: Army fights flood and mud to rescue trapped people | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
NEW DELHI, Aug 6: Armed Forces are set on massive rescue and relief operations for the victims of the last midnight's devastating cloudburst in Choglumsar area of Leh in Ladakh in which over 100 people lost their lives.
After initial reports from the high altitude Northern tip of the country where the tragedy took place, the Ministry of Defence issued a statement here today, indicating extensive damage due to flash floods and mudslides. Civilian facilities like the bus-stand, BSNL towers, hospitals, the runway of the Leh airport and the ATC towers have been affected, often badly.
The road approaches to Leh from Srinagar through Zozilla and from Rohtang Pass have been cut-off due to washing away of bridges by mudslides. As many as 25 Army Jawans are reported missing. According to another report three personnel of Army Service Corps have died in the tragedy and four policemen perished during rescue work. The Defence Institute of High Altitude Research of DRDO has also been damaged.
The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed Ministry of Defence to provide al... | |
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| 30 hurt as bus washed away in flash flood | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 6: At least 30 persons, including women and children had a miraculous escape today after the bus in which they were traveling was washed away in a flash flood in a nallahs at Kalarah, near Nowshera in Rajuori.
Police sources said bus JK02-1791 crossing the culvert at Kalara when flash flood in the nallahs washed it away. About 30 persons, who were in a bus however, survived with minor injuries has all of them were rescued by local who were standing near by sources added.
Injured were hospitalized.
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| | | | 14 driving licenses suspended | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 6: Regional Transport Officer, Jammu, Jaswant Singh Manhas suspended fourteen driving licenses of the drivers today. The decision was taken following by the complaint of traffic police.
RTO Manhas when contacted informed that he had been receiving complaints from the traffic police and other transport related departments that mini buses' drivers in Jammu district were flouting traffic norms which including over loading, harassment to the travelers, absence of first aid boxes in the vehicles and time and again applying of brakes (not at the bus stop) of the vehicles on roads causing boost to accidents. Therefore taking strict action he suspended fourteen d... | |
| | | | Blind murder case solved | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 6: Satwari police has claimed to have worked out a blind murder case of girl child after it arrested the main accused involved in the crime.
The 7- year old girl identified as Reena Anguri daughter of Babu Lal resident of Shatarpur at present Shastri Nagar was missing few days back and a report in this regard was lodged with Gandhi Nagar police station. While the investigation of the police was in progress her body in a pool of blood was recovered from Digiana Pulli and accordingly a case under section 174 Cr PC was registered with the Satwari police.
A police team led by Sub Inspector Rajesh Sharma was deputed to investigate the mysterious disappearance o... | |
| | | | Army follower killed in Poonch encounter | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Rajouri, Aug 6: In an encounter between militants and security forces, one army follower has reportedly been killed while two militants have been trapped in a house in Chiti Bhatti village of Mendher tehsil in district Poonch. The encounter was on till the last reports came in.
Police sources said that on the tip off of presence of militants in Chiti Bhatti village near Sangyote area police and troops of 38 Rashtriya Rifles cordoned off the area and offered the militants to surrender but they opened fire in which one follower namely Ruksar Mirza bearing No 541 attached to 38 RR have been killed.
Sources said that the encounter is on and two militants holed up in a hous... | |
| | | | 3 kids die in Nowshera landslide | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Rajouri, Aug 6: Incessant rainfall for the last more than 30 hours in twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch has claimed lives of three kids near LoC when a house was collapsed due to landslides.
As per sources, three kids were killed and one injured when a house came under the landslide. The incident took place in Makri area near Line of Control in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. The deceased children have been identified as Sumit Kumar, 4, son of Pritim Dass and his sister Roobi Devi, 10 and Renu Devi daughter of Babu Ram. Meanwhile, Sonika Devi, another daughter of Pritim Dass is battling life in the Sub District Hospital Nowshera.
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| | | | ‘All Monasteries are safe’ | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Dharamsala,Aug 6: All the monasteries in Buddhist-dominated Leh town in Ladakh region that was hit by flash floods are safe, a Tibetan official said here Friday.
Atleast 80 people have been killed and over 300 injured in the flash floods in Leh, triggered by a cloudburst that hit the town around midnight Thursday.
"All the monasteries or gompas in Leh and its nearby areas are safe. But the loss of human lives is too big," Ngodup Dorjee, secretary home department, Tibetan government-in-exile, told IANS.
"We (the exiles) are deeply saddened by the loss of so many lives and property. I extend my sympathy and heartfelt condolences to all those families who have been affe... | |
| | | | J&K's dismal development scenario places it at no 3 among non-performers | | | | Gopal Gupta
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 6: Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has dealt iron blow on NC-congress coalition government's claims of economic development and prosperity by placing Jammu and Kashmir at number 3 among worst performing states.
This ranking is based on state's performance vis-à-vis implementation of 65 centrally sponsored developmental schemes under restructured Twenty Point Programme (TPP)-2006 which became operational from April 1, 2007. More importantly, ranking is poorest since the restructured programme was launched from the financial year 2007-08 and lowest which the state has achieved since the year 2002.
A comparative look at ... | |
| | | | CAPD Asst Dir, TSO office raided, records seized | | | |
SUMIT SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 6: Consumer Affair and Public Distribution (CAPD) department ration scam meant for general public under Below Poverty Line again surfaced in Udhampur district when Crime Branch sleuths conducted a series of raids in the offices of Assistant Director CAPD and Tehsil Supply Officer (TSO) Udhampur.
The raids were conducted following complaint lodged with Crime Branch Jammu.
The Crime Branch sleuths raided the CAPD offices this morning and seized records for scrutiny.
As per sources, initially a complaint of embezzlement in CAPD ration was lodged with Udhampur police last year under FIR No 277/2009.
While the inquiry of case was in progress th... | |
| | | | Geelani's aide released, Asiya's hubby likely to follow | | After 30 deaths in 7 days, a day of no casualty in Valley | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 6: Even as demonstrations and clashes of groups continued with Police and CRPF on the eight consecutive day of curfew in Kashmir valley today, it was a zero-casualty day after 30 deaths in the last seven days. One person sustained gunshot wound in a clash in Sopore area. Authorities have, meanwhile, released separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani's confidante, Ayaz Akbar, while simultaneously clearing decks for the release of hardliner Dukhataraan-e-Millat Chairperson Asiya Andrabi's husband.
Putting the arrest of separatist leaders on freeze, Omar Abdullah's government today released Hurriyat (G) spokesperson, Ayaz Akbar, from one-an... | |
| | | | Where are Kashmir's elected representatives? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 6: As Kashmir continues to burn, the elected representatives have either fled the valley or, are too scared to come out of their fortified houses. According to reports, both guest houses of the state in New Delhi are filled to capacity. VIPs, MLAs and even some ministers are holidaying in the capital with their familes. And, those who stayed back are in `self imposed house arrest'.
Former intelligence chief of the state, Dr Ashok Bhan, wrote a thought provoking article for Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies on July 6. He suggested a greater role for elected representatives. "The elected representatives need to be strengthened. They have to be accounta... | |
| | | | State Disaster Management Authority still in slumber | | vAct in place but govt lacks infrastructure, trained personnel | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Aug 6: Even as the J&K government led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah promptly responding to the cloudburst catastrophe in Leh has released Rs 5 cr for relief and restoration in the affected district, the disaster that struck last night has once again put a question mark on the fact as to why government has been sleeping State Disaster Management Authority and its formal functioning as desired by the State Disaster Management Act of 2005. Though the rules were framed two years later, in 2007, the State Disaster Management Body is still in limbo , with no provisions implemented on ground.
The Chief Minister has no doubt directed the administration to intensify r... | |
| | | | Kashmir Crisis: Karan Singh's noble intervention | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 6: Every Tom, Dick and Harry and mercenary in Kashmir and New Delhi is putting forth various kinds of solutions which, according to him/her, alone could end the Kashmir impasse and forge a lasting peace in Kashmir. These solutions range from autonomy to self-rule to independence to joint-control to joint-management to the shared sovereignty and to what not.
The focus of all these Toms, Dicks and Harrys and the mercenaries is on Kashmir. What are common in what these Toms, Dicks and Harrys and the mercenaries have been saying are the two basic suggestions that need to be accepted forthwith by the authorities in New Delhi in order to prepare the ground for dial... | |
| | | | Jehadi forces hell bent upon islamisation of Kashmir | | | | Ashwani
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 6: The jehadi forces whose epicenter is Pakistan are eyeing on Kashmir to convert it into an Islamic state fully. According to sources with the defeat of Taliban's in Pakistan and United States launching a man hunt against the Bin Laden the master mind of world terrorism. The jehadi forces have concentrated on Kashmir and Waziristan in Pakistan to make them the part of Islamic movement fully. The sources said with Pakistan facing western and US pressure for supporting jehadi and Taliban's in Afghanistan the ISI has advised its agents to concentrate on Kashmir and work for the total islamisation of valley where from majority of minority Hindus were f... | |
| | | | Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmir: Where are Jammu and Ladakh? | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 6: Syed Ali Shah Geelani asks New Delhi to give Kashmir the right to self-determination. He wants New Delhi to quit Kashmir forthwith. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asks New Delhi to talk to Pakistan, give Kashmir the right to self-determination and quit Kashmir forthwith. Yasin Malik asks New Delhi to allow Kashmir to become independent. He wants New Delhi to quit Kashmir without losing a single moment. Shabbir Ahmad Shah asks New Delhi to give independence to Kashmir and quit Kashmir immediately. Syed Salahuddin asks New Delhi to talk to Pakistan, allow Kashmir to secede from India and quit Kashmir immediately. Dukhtaran-e-Millat asks New Delhi to talk to Paki... | |
| | | | Soz seeks visit of RS delegation to Kashmir | | ‘Kashmir needs compassion, not economic package’ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 6: Prof Saifuddin Soz, MP ( former union Minister) and President, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh congress Committee has sought a team of Parliamentarians from all parties visit Kashmir , see the bereaved families and talk to a cross section of society to understand their grief and grievances.
Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha today while expressing serious concern over situation in Kashmir Soz has appealed to the Upper House in Parliament to respond to the miseries being faced by the people as also to the state of mind of the young generation who have seen violence continuously all these years. Prof Soz said the disturbing situation has paralyzed norm... | |
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