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The order of transferring the controversial land to the Amarnath shrine board has been withdrawn by Jammu and Kashmir cabinet. The land has been transferred to the Tourism Department. The decision is taken in the meeting of the cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad while discussing the Amarnath land row which has lead to much protest in the state from anti and for quarters of the deal.

Section 144 was imposed in Jammu to prevent situation getting out of hand. Situation in the state is under control but still tense. Police had to fire in the air near Baltal in Sonamarg when some people tried to block Army vehicles en-route to Leh.

The state government had already written to Governor N N Vohra, who is also the Chairman of SASB, which it was in a better position to provide facilities to the pilgrims on a larger scale following which the shrine board gave up the claim on the land - an issue which had led to a series of protests in the valley.

This was the first time that the cabinet met formally without PDP ministers, who resigned during the weekend to protest over the hand over 39.88 hectares of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).

This move by the ministers also surprised the Congress as the proposal was mooted by two ministers before the state cabinet and both of them belonged to the PDP.

As a preventive measure in the state, police has restricted the movement of some of separatist leaders including Hurriyat Chairman Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Shabbir Shah.

Tags: Amarnath, BJP, Hurriyat, Jammu, Jammu Band, Kashmir, Police, Shiv Sena

In the fresh protest against the decision of hand over of forest land to the Amarnath Shrine Board by BJP and Shiv sena activists, 70 protesters were arrested during the clash which left 9 people injured.

Protesters were throwing stones to show their anger and also attacked houses of State Health Minister and senior Congress leader Mangat Ram Sharma and People’s Democratic Party legislator Shanti Devi as said by official sources. However, there was no major incident reported so far.

Ten activists were arrested in Jammu and 60 arrested in Kathua district. Police baton charged over 1,000 BJP activists to resort traffic on Tawi Bridge.

Effigies of Governor Vohra, CM Ghulam Nabi Azad, PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and former deputy CM Muzaffar Hussain Baig were also burnt during the agitation.

Transport system was also affected due to the protest. Pathankot-Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was blocked at six places in Kathua, Samba, Jammu and Udhampur districts, where protestors put up barricades, thereby stranding over 2,000 vehicles.

It was reported that BJP and Shiv Sena activists clashed with police at Ragunath Bazaar, City Chowk, Bikram Chowk, Muthi, Kathua, R S Pura, Udhampur, Nagrota, Bari Brahamana, Vijaypur and Samba areas in Jammu district during the bandh.

“The situation is under control. There is no major incident reported from anywhere in Jammu region. Some preventive arrests were made,” Inspector General of Police Jammu K Rajindra said.

Tags: Amarnath, BJP, Jammu, Jammu Band, Kashmir, Police, Shiv Sena

A Congress corporator Anant Kale was shot dead by some unidentified persons in Navi Mumbai locality on Monday.

As told by police, Anant Kale was killed at around 9 in the morning in sector three of Airoli node. Kale represented the Airoli ward in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation.

The corporator succumbed to injuries was rushed to a hospital in the nearby Mulund locality of Mumbai but was declared dead there.

In November last year, NCP corporator Devidas Chougule was shot dead allegedly by gangsters of the Ravi Pujari gang at the behest of a local extortionist in the same area.

Police is investigating the case.

Tags: Congress, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Police

Former ICC and BCCI Chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is bailed immediately after being arrested by the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police in Mumbai today.

EOW claimed over Jagmohan of misusing BCCI funds to the tune of Rs 2.96 crore during the 1996 World Cup.

Earlier, the Crime Branch had filed a charge sheet against Dalmiya in the Sessions Court, holding him guilty of cheating (Section 420 of Indian Penal Code), criminal breach of trust (Section 408 of IPC), and conspiracy (Section 120B of IPC).

His secretary K M Choudhary and one Gautam Dutta were also charged of being involved in the case.

Earlier Dalmiya had refuted the allegations as an “old game played by his adversaries” and was also expelled from BCCI following the accusations.

The case includes account number 1223 at the Bhowanipore (West Bengal) branch of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) when India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka jointly hosted the 1996 World Cup.Dalmiya operated this account along with the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Tags: BCCI. Jagmohan Dalmiya, Dalmiya, ICC, Police