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| Four-months passed after Centre’s approval, 5300 left-out PoJK refugees families yet to get relief | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: Almost four months have been passed but 5300 left-out families from Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) have yet to get relief packge which their counterparts in J&K have received. These left-out families are those refugees from PoJK who went outside J&K during 1947 holocast because they were not allowed to settle in J&K by the then state government headed by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. These families were later returned and settle in different parts of Jammu but authorities allegedly ignored them for years together.
Like other refugees families from PoJK, these displaced persons also deserved relief like other refugees but the same was denied to them due to gameplan of some vested interests in the bureaucracy.
After implementation of President’s rule in J&K, Union Government on October 9, 2019 had approved inclusion of 5,300 DP families of Jammu & Kashmir-1947 in the rehabilitation package approved by the Union Cabinet on November 30, 2016. These families had initially opted to move outside the State of Jammu & Kashmir but later on return... | |
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| More trouble for Mehbooba in offing, expelled leader challenges party’s decision | | New Twist in PDP’s expulsion fiasco: | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: A new twist in the ongoing tussle between the PDP rebels and their party was witnessed on Thursday when one of its expelled leaders termed his removal as unprincipled and unconstitutional, declaring that he still was a PDP man.
The leader in question is Dilawar Mir who along with Democratic Party Nationalist Chief Ghulam Hassan Mir addressed scribes in Jammu’s Press Club. When asked about his expulsion from the PDP recently, Mir described the action as contrary to the party’s norms and constriction. Substantiating his claims, expelled Dilawar Mir said that the authority to expel any member rests with the party President Mehbooba Mufti who at present i... | |
| | | | 63 % schools sans electricity connection but not a single electrified in last three years | | Dismal status of school infrastructure in JK | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: The elementary schools’ infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir is in a very pathetic state with 63 percent schools are still without electricity connection. More surprisingly, for the last three years not a single school has been electrified by the government, for the reasons best known to the authorities concerned.
According to the details furnished by Unified District Information System for Education for the year 2016-17, against the national average of 63.14 percent of the schools with electricity connections, Jammu and Kashmir lags far behind the national average. Jammu and Kashmir had merely 37 percent of the elementary schools with electricity connec... | |
| | | | Delimitation commission to be set up soon for JK | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 23: The proposed Delimitation Commission to redraw assembly constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be set up soon by the central government. However after setting up the commission, the decision on delimitation and thereafter the Assembly Elections will depend on the security considerations in the region. Highly placed sources said that the process to kick-start delimitation in the newly-carved out UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh will be likely initiated by Union law ministry in consultation with the Election Commission and state administration in the beginning of the February. “It looks likely that the delimit... | |
| | | | Govt fails to construct quarters for migrants despite assurances | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 23: Hundreds of Kashmiri migrant families san accomodation facilities due to failure of Government to construct quarters for them.
The Kashmiri Panditshounded out from Valley over 30 years back are leading an exiled life in Jammu and other places of country since then. Though Government constructed about 4000 Tarts for the accomodation of these migrants at Jagti, Nagrota, Buta Nagar, Muthi and Purkhoo yet about the same number is living in rented accomodations and some dilapidated quarters.
The Government after construction of Jagtitownship had promised to construct more quarters at Purkhoo camp by making addition and alteration to existing quarters.
Ac... | |
| | | | Unsafe buildings posing threat to lives in Jammu, authorities unmoved | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: The unsafe buildings in various areas falling under the jurisdiction of Jammu Municipal Corporation are continuously posing the threat to the lives and properties of the common people as the authorities responsible for demolition of these unsafe buildings are sleeping over the matter.
As per the details available with “Early Times” there are hundreds of buildings who are unsafe for living beside their are also several other buildings wher... | |
| | | | Govt fails to construct quarters for migrants despite assurances | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 23: Hundreds of Kashmiri migrant families san accomodation facilities due to failure of Government to construct quarters for them.
The Kashmiri Panditshounded out from Valley over 30 years back are leading an exiled life in Jammu and other places of country since then. Though Government constructed about 4000 Tarts for the accomodation of these migrants at Jagti, Nagrota, Buta Nagar, Muthi and Purkhoo yet about the same number is living in rented accomodations and some dilapidated quarters.
The Government after construction of Jagtitownship had promised to construct more quarters at Purkhoo camp by making addition and alteration to existing quarters.
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| | | | Parents of, abandoned baby found at SMGS Hospital, yet to be traced | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 23: Amid Jammu on high alert ahead of Republic Day, a 2 to 3 months old baby was found nearby Blood Bank of the Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh Hospital, which is enough to expos the alertness of the management along with security, deployed in the hospital.
Despite having own as well as police security along with Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras, the concerned authorities are yet to be traced the parents of the 2 to 3 months old baby, who was left nearby Blood Bank of the hospital a few days back. However, officials of the hospital claimed that there were no CCTV has been installed due to this the parents left the baby nearby the Blood Bank. Pointing out ... | |
| | | | Abrogation of Article 370 irreversible, terrorists trained by Pak trying to create havoc in J-K': Centre to SC | | | | Agencies
New Delhi, Jan 23: The Central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir is ‘irreversible’, adding that allowed the accession of the state to the Union of India. The government further told the apex court that terrorists trained by Pakistan are trying to create ‘unrest’ in the Valley.
The court was hearing a clutch of petitions challenging various aspects of Article 370, which was abrogated by the government in August last year. A five-judge bench, which included Justices NV Ramana, SK Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, BR Gavai and Surya Kant, was hearing the petitions. Appearing for the government, Attorney General KK Venugopal, su... | |
| | | | Davinder Singh sent to 15 days NIA remand | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 23: Special Judge NIA Jammu Subash C Gupta today granted 15 days police remand to NIA of DySPDevinder Singh S/o Deedar Singh R/o Overigund, Tral, Pulwama J&K, Syed NaveedMushtaq Shah @ Naveed Baba, S/o Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Shah,R/o Nazneepora, KeegamShopain, J&K, Irfan Safi Mir, S/o Late Mohd. Safi Mir R/o House No 44, DiarooKeegam, Shopain, J&K, Rafi Ahmed Rather S/o Ab Rashid Rather R/o -Batpora/ Herpora Police Station Imam Sahib Shopain, J&K and Syed Irfan Ah... | |
| | | | Outreach Programme fails to catch attention of GHS School Dalhori | | Only room for 250 students, classes conducted in open sky | |  Ankit Kessar
Early Times Report
Kalakote, Jan 23: It may sound shocking but it is true that the Government High Secondary School Dalhori of Kalakote in Rajouri district has been functioning in single room due to which classes are being conducted in open sky which virtually deflate the claims of Government of providing better facilities.
Although VVIP visit of Union Ministers’ in Jammu and Kashmir under its Outreach Programme has been running in various part of this district with much fan... | |
| | | | Ex-ministers seek release of political detainees as good will gesture on eve of R-Day | | |  KUNAL SHRIVATSA
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: Advocating release of political leaders held captive in J&K post August 5, the former ministers Ghulam Hassan Mir and Dilawar Mir said that it would be a nice goodwill gesture on the eve of Republic Day.
“There is a tradition that detainees get released on the occasion of Republic Day while in some cases relief is also being granted to some convicts on this day. There are certain individuals who are under preventive detention in J&K. We see... | |
| | | | 6 BDOs shifted in one year in Mendhar | | | |
M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Jan 23: It may sound amazing but true that at least six Block Development officers have been shifted in a year in sub division Mendhar resulting in huge set back to labourers of Mendhar block is a largest one in the district and no permanent BDO has been posted here for a long time. In the absence of BDO, the labourers who have undertaken various development works have to suffer a lot as they alleged that their issues were not being sorted out in the office.
While talking to Early Times the labourers alleged that in the absence of BDO our bills and other files bites dust in BDO’s office for the last one year at least 6 BDOs were posted here but n... | |
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