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Pak had 5 presses ready to print 15 trillion Indian currency notes
Shocking secret!
11/29/2016 12:02:02 AM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 28: Why did Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on November 8 taking the nation by surprise? Why did he demonetize high currency notes or notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000? There were potent and most urgent reasons for that. Had he not done so, things in India would have worsened and the nation would have suffered a grievous injury. It was Pakistan and its evil design which left the Prime Minister with no other option but to demonetize the high currency notes. His target was Pakistan more than the Congress, the Left and similar other outfits, which had been opposing the Prime Minister's what is being termed as a "revolutionary step" against black money and counterfeit currency. It was Major general (retired) Gagandeep Bakshi who has broken the news that it was because of the Pakistani game plan that the Prime Minister did what he did on November 8. According to the General, "Pakistan had five presses ready to print 15 trillion of Indian currency notes". He has further said: When this intelligence was received to Prime Minister from secret ag...
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In Forest Deptt- Sheep husbandry dispute, police accused of taking sides for lunch
Namak Halal!
11/29/2016 12:01:50 AM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 28: In a chronic dispute between the Wildlife and Sheep Husbandry departments over relocation of Sheep Breeding Farm from Dachigam National Park here to elsewhere, the police has been accused of taking sides only because one of the parties hosted lunch to "lure the cops." Official sources said on November 26 police was called to the disputed site to ensure that none of two parties take law its own hands and that the Forest department is able to lock the office of the Sheep Husbandry department in accordance with the directives of the government. Source said while the dispute was on since the early hours of Saturday things took ugly turn only after one ...
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Srinagar, other parts of Kashmir witness huge traffic jam
People of Kashmir show thumb to separatists
11/29/2016 12:01:34 AM
Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 28: Despite the fact that separatists had asked the people to observe complete shutdown on Monday, Srinagar, the summer capital of the state witnessed huge traffic jam with people spending hours in their vehicles before reaching their respective destinations. Reports said that since morning huge traffic jam was witnessed on various routes of the summer capital with long queues of vehicles lining up on different roads of the city. People faced ...
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BJP leaders inform high command about corrupt practices of ministers
Send clips of news report to central leadership
11/29/2016 12:01:05 AM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 28: After media reports about alleged involvement of BJP ministers in the corrupt practices were surfaced, infighting in the party has been intensified. BJP leaders, who are aspiring to become ministers at any cost, have started campaign against their own ministers. Credible sources said that since such reporters were published in media, BJP leaders have started writing letters to the high command against party ministers. "A senior BJP leader has sent all clips of the media reports to the high command", sources said and added that already over 20 unanimous letters have been written to the high command during the last one week and this campaign in going to b...
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BJP leader booked on rape charge in Kishtwar
Police start investigation, launch manhunt to arrest the accused
11/29/2016 12:00:52 AM
Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Nov 28: Kishtwar Police on Monday booked an influential ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader in Palmar area of Kishtwar district on the charges of rape and blackmailing a woman hailing from the same area. As per the details available with "Early Times" Kishtwar Police received a complainant from the complainant (name withheld) who is the mother of four children, including three daughters, alleging that a BJP leader had committed rape on her and clicked her objectionable photographs with an aim to blackmail her. He had even forced her not to raise her voice. The sources informed the "Early Times" the accused being a local was known to th...
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After ET report, BJP admits its govt is anti-Jammu
11/29/2016 12:00:43 AM
Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: The self-styled nationalist BJP- which claimed to be champion of Jammu's cause, has landed in embarrassing situation because party's spokesman has himself admitted that discrimination has meted out to Jammu region by PDP led coalition government in which BJP is equal partner. Straight forward spokesman of BJP, Prof Varinder Gupta today made this candid admission only after Early Times has published its story last week. By admitting that state government has discriminated Jammu region, BJP has made it clear that its ministers in the coalition have nothing to do with Jammu cause but their only and only aim is to further their own personal agenda. Prof. Vir...
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Party calls for 'Jan Aakrosh Diwas', legislator enjoys govt function
11/29/2016 12:00:28 AM
Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: Even when the Congress high command has called for 'Jan Askrosh Diwas' today to protest the 'inconvenience' caused to the common people in the backdrop of Demonetization, a party legislator from Gulabgarh Constituency was seen enjoying government function. According to reports, a Congress legislator-Mumtaz Ahmad Khan was seen at a function to accentuate government schemes, which was attended by cabinet minister. To castigate the demonetization policy of the ...
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Marred by corruption, poor implementation, Centre sponsored schemes under scanner in JK
11/28/2016 11:59:59 PM
Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 28: After receiving complaints about misuse of various centrally sponsored schemes, the union government has asked the Rural Development Department and Social Welfare Department in J&K to hold fresh verification of beneficiaries, who get benefit under various schemes. Official sources told early TIMES that the union government has received complaints about misuse of central sponsored schemes in J&K. They said the authorities of Rural Development Department have been asked to hold re-verification of job cards so that deserving ones get benefit and ensure proper implementation of these schemes. Under MGNREGA, central government was provi...
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PHQ follows different rules in postings of JKAP's male, female officers
Hulchul in Police
11/28/2016 11:59:52 PM
Male posted as SHO of women PS Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: In a sheer act of discrimination, PHQ has been following different rules while ordering the transfers and postings of the male and female officers of JKAP. As per a PHQ order, no JKAP officer is allowed to be posted in executive police, especially as SHOs of police stations or heads of police posts. When this order was issued and implemented a few years back, several male JKAP Inspectors, who were that time serving as SHOs of some police stations here, were sent back to their original places of posting in Bns. "However, there is another set of rules in this regard for women police officers of JKAP. Of the four women p...
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Influential SHO enjoys plum postings for a decade
DGP's orders violated
11/28/2016 11:59:34 PM
Early Times Report RAJOURI, Nov 28: In brazen violation of the orders issued by the Director General of Police, a powerful SHO has been enjoying plum postings in Jammu province for the past around a decade. In 2003, the DGP had issued orders that police officials working as SHO after serving 48 months as head of thana should be sent to other wings of police like Crime Branch, Vigilance or Traffic. Officials said the orders were aimed at bringing "rationality and transparency in the system." But in case of this "influential" SHO, who allegedly enjoys patronage of a senior BJP minister, he continues to be heading police stations since 2007. Infact, officials said, all his postings have be...
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HC orders CB to complete probe into ETT scam soon
11/28/2016 11:49:54 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 28: The state high court has directed crime branch (CB) of police to complete its investigation into the scam involving elementary teacher training (ETT) colleges in the state in the 'shortest possible time'. Hearing a PIL, a high court division bench of Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey also directed the education commissioner to file response about the steps taken for the implementation of recommendations of a committee headed by director school education, Kashmir, (DSEK), for proper functioning of ETT colleges in the state. After the hearing of the case started, the court was informed about the CB IG's latest status repor...
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Employees resent exploitation, repression in TCI Max
11/28/2016 11:49:24 PM
Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 28: Trumboo Cement Industries popularly known as "TCI Max" is running its writ by not allowing any workers union in the cement factory and the workers feel helpless by the dictatorship of owners, while as other factories have defined employees unions to address the grievances. As per sources, in the absence of workers union in TCI Max, the employees get exploited. The workers are made for long hours but not paid accordingly. The 1000 ton cement factory situated at Khrew has at least 400 employees. "The authorities have signed the agreement with all the workers that If anybody was found involving in unionism, he will be terminated ...
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Police detain 'married' couple, old woman
11/28/2016 11:49:16 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: Police detained a 'married' couple and an old woman from Govindsar area of Kathua in the wee hours of this morning. According to Riaz Ahmed, Gool police raided their house at around 2.30 am and picked up his brother Shaizad Khan, his 'wife' Manira Bano and their mother. "My brother was married to Manira Bano, daughter of Bashir Ahmed of Chachua Bralla near Gool, Ramban, on October 19 this year," he said and added that since their 'marriage, they had been living in their house at Govindsar. "Yesterday, brother of Manira reached at our residence and everything was fine till late night. It was at about 2.30 am when five cops knocked at our door. As I opene...
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Illegal constructions on riverbed galore at Mendhar
11/28/2016 11:49:00 PM
M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Nov 28: Some people are alleged to be busy in making constructions on the riverbed at Gohlad in Mendhar area of the district in violation of the concerned SDM's directions in this regard. They were alleged to be making illegal constructions with the consent of some revenue officials. The land falls under khasra No 680 and 552 at Gohlad near Sangala Chowk. "The construction is on but no revenue official has so far visited there," official sources alleg...
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Commission mounted squad for effective surveillance, policing
Udhampur Police pluck leaf from history
11/28/2016 11:48:48 PM
Abodh Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: In a bid to enhance its reach and penetration for effective policing, Udhampur police have plucked a leaf from the history and given mounted police a chance in the district, which has a large part of it topographically difficult and inaccessible. Mounted police have its trail into the British rule when police were mounted for effective mob control. However, many states retained the mounted police and still have well defined battalions of tra...
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Demonetisation: cold response to'Bharat Bandh' in Jammu
11/28/2016 11:15:22 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: Life continued normally in Jammu as the 'Bharat Bandh' call by the opposition parties against demonetisation received a cold response. Business establishments remained functional and vehicles plied normally on roads as Jammu defied the 'Bharat Bandh' call in support of the November 8 demonetisation decision of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ''No question of bandh arises and why should it,'' Rakesh Gupta, president Chamber of Commerce and Industries, J...
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Pak complicity in mutilation of jawan's body in Machhil: Army
11/28/2016 11:14:21 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: The Army today said Pakistan had a "direct role" in the mutilation of a soldier's body along the Line of Control in Machhil sector of Kupwara district on November 22. "Refer to Machhil operation of November 22, where body of one soldier was mutilated, search leads to recoveries that indicate Pakistan's complicity," an army officer at the Udhampur-based Northern Command said in a statement. Three soldiers were killed and the body of one of them was mutilated when infiltrators had ambushed an army patrol in the Machhil sector on November 22. The eatables and other items recovered from the area show the marking of "Pakistan Defense Force", "Pakistan st...
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Dy CM claims to provide 24X7 hours power supply, 100 families in darkness for fortnight
11/28/2016 10:32:18 PM
Early Times Report Kathua, Nov 28: A large number of people hailing from village Saidpur today come out on road against negligence of Power development department as an Electrical transformers suddenly fell down a fortnight ago resulting no power supply in entire area but nobody from department side took initiative to restore power supply in the area. The protesters said Dy Chief Minister Nirmal singh claims for big stages to provide 24x 7 power supply in BJP rule but reality at ground di...
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BJP leaders inform high command about corrupt practices of ministers
Send clips of news report to central leadership
11/28/2016 10:31:23 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 28: After media reports about alleged involvement of BJP ministers in the corrupt practices were surfaced, infighting in the party has been intensified. BJP leaders, who are aspiring to become ministers at any cost, have started campaign against their own ministers. Credible sources said that since such reporters were published in media, BJP leaders have started writing letters to the high command against party ministers. "A senior BJP leader has sent all clips of the media reports to the high command", sources said and added that already over 20 unanimous letters have been written to the high command during the last one week and this campaign in going to...
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BJP MLAs have 'better things' to do than paying tributes to late leader
Unaware about Bharti's contribution, MLAs, leaders stay away
11/28/2016 10:31:16 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 28: BJP MLAs, it seems, have better things to do than to attend condolence meeting held on Sunday to pay tributes to the departed leader BansiLal Bharti, thanks to their 'own' set of priorities which kept them away from this courtesy gesture. Despite having government vehicles and other facilities at their disposal, they could not make it to the meeting, a highly complacent attitude in sharp contrast to how the octogenarian leader Prof Chaman Lal Gupta managed to reach for his cremation on the wheel chair. State unit of BJP had organized 'shouk sabha' in the party premises on Sunday to pay tributes to late leader whose contribution to the growth of party...
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Surgeries rescheduled, patient care hit as power supply snapped at IGGDC
11/28/2016 10:31:07 PM
Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 28: Patients undergoing treatment at Indira Gandhi Government Dental College (IGGDC) and Hospital Jammu had tough time due to prolonged power cuts on Monday and few minor surgeries were reportedly postponed despite availability of Gen sets. According to information, the power supply was snapped due to technical fault and was not restored till the reports last came in and the matter was taken up with the concerned authority but nothing was done. However, Principal of IGGDC Jammu Dr Romesh Singh said that he had just come from a meeting and would enquire the matter from the concerned. "We have back up (Gen Sets) if the power supply is snapp...
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Shyam, Lal lock horns during Kathua board meeting
11/28/2016 10:31:00 PM
Arun Trisal Early Times Report Kathua, Nov 28: Two ministers had a heated argument in a review meeting of District Administration in Kathua. Sham Choudhary, PHE minister and Ch. Lal Singh, Forest minister clashed with each other when Sham Choudhary accused the latter of violating the protocol of the meeting. During the meeting when it was turn of Ch. Lal Singh to apprise the board members of situation of his constituency Basohli, he began to boast his achievements as health minister. At this, Sham Choudhary being the chairman of the board meeting interrupted him twice and advised him to discuss about his constituency as the other MLAs did. But the forest minister did not pay any heed...
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Labourers face official harassment
Labour Department stops accepting Education Assistance applications
11/28/2016 10:30:55 PM
Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: The labour community, which has already been facing exploitation at the hands of their employers, has now been meted out harassment by the Labour Department which has stopped accepting Education Assistance application forms of their children. Sources told Early Times that in view of the poor economic condition of the labour class, the government had introduced many welfare schemes including Education Assistance programme for the children of the laborers so that financial constraint may not become stumbling block in their education and careers but instead of the helping them, the labour department gave only one month time for submission o...
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Amid growing number of neuro cases, GMC says 'No' to latest advancements
Hospital still carries surgery by manual drilling
11/28/2016 10:30:48 PM
K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: Despite rise in the cases of neuro patients at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), the concerned authorities seems unaware about the latest techniques in the field and continues to carry surgeries by manual drilling. According to senior doctor, hospital registers over 60-70 cases of neuro every month, but amid growing number of neuro patients, the hospital administration is reluctant to entail latest advancements, especially for drilling. "There is a machine called Electronic Craniotome Burrhole, which is in use across the globe for surgery of the neuro patients, but Government Medical College and Hospital seems unaware abou...
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Promotion on fake degrees: Legal notice served to forest department
11/28/2016 10:30:38 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 28: Already in dilemma for various reasons, forest department has been served legal notice by aggrieved Rangers and Foresters. According to sources, legal notice was served to the department over promotions to fake degree holders and adhocism prevailing in the department. "The in-charge system may be given a decent burial at the earliest. Enquiry by a competent agency may be conducted against fake degree holders. SRI 335 of November, 1991 may be followed in its true letter and spirit", conclusion of the notice severed to Commissioner Secretary Forest Department, PCCF J&K, CCF Jammu and CCF Kashmir read. "In-charge system: Devolving upon ineligible official...
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After Exams, confusion over Winter Break prevails in Valley
Director in a fix, Minister silent, official website blank, parents petrified
11/28/2016 10:30:32 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 28: The authorities here are in a fix over whether to cancel the winter vacations in Kashmir Valley or to announce it at the onset of winter after five months of turmoil took toll all across the region. The double speak of the state authorities is confusing both children as well as the parents with questions being raised about facilities available at schools to brave the chilling cold during the harsh winter period. The people at the helm in state's education ministry too haven't elucidated over the schedule for winter for the school going kids. As the education minister is yet to spill out the the government decision, the director education has is...
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Influential SHO enjoys plum postings for a decade
DGP's orders violated
11/28/2016 10:30:25 PM
Early Times Report Rajouri, Nov 28: In brazen violation of the orders issued by the Director General of Police, a powerful SHO has been enjoying plum postings in Jammu province for the past around a decade. In 2003, the DGP had issued orders that police officials working as SHO after serving 48 months as head of thana should be sent to other wings of police like Crime Branch, Vigilance or Traffic. Officials said the orders were aimed at bringing "rationality and transparency in the system." But in case of this "influential" SHO, who allegedly enjoys patronage of a senior BJP minister, he continues to be heading police stations since 2007. Infact, officials said, all his postings have b...
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