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Senior PDP leader, ousted counterpart turn ‘arch rivals in race for power’ 1/4/2020 11:51:43 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 4: A senior Peoples Democratic Party leader from north Kashmir has been in race with an ousted PDP leader for the past over a month since the two groups had met in the national capital cordially but ended up having “strained relations.” Sources said the senior PDP leader, who is also a prominent lawyer, and the ousted PDP leader had met at a party in the New Delhi in the last week on November 2019 in presence of leaders from some national parties. Sources said at the meeting it was resolved that the senior PDP leader who holds influence in Baramulla district should be seen as the “most mature face, capable of holding any key position in Jammu and Kashmir in the coming times.” Sources said the development had unnerved the ousted PDP leader who is also a businessman-turned- politician and that he started working on a plot to gain individual support from Kashmiri politicians who could otherwise extend support to the senior PDP leader from Baramulla. Sources said the two leaders had been rivals in the PDP but that now they have turned into “arch...   READ MORE

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Was J&K PSGA a cruel Joke with JK People? In nine years, Govt. pays no single penny as penalty to delayed services 1/4/2020 11:51:34 PM Jammu, Jan 4: Call it an irony of sorts or sorry state of affairs, the government has no records over whether it has paid any applicant penalty for not providing the service under the much hyped Jammu & Kashmir Public Services Guarantee Act (J&K PSGA) enacted in the year 2011. Under the act, the concerned authority is of the opinion that the designated officer has failed to provide service to the eligible person or has caused delay in providing the service or has provided a service which is deficient in any manner, it may impose a fine on such designated officer of Rupees 250 for each day of such delay or Rupees 5000, whichever is less, in case of non-providing of service or delay in...   READ MORE   ‘Corrupt Kashmir centric leaders may end up in jail’ 1/4/2020 11:51:22 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 4: Working President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) J P Nadda has hinted that Kashmir centric politicians, who were involved in corrupt practices in the past, are likely to end up in jail.“The law such as the Prevention of Anti-Corruption Act was not implemented in Jammu and Kashmir, so the leaders could have their way out despite being involved in corruption,” Nadda said. He said that the Government of India kept on giving them money and they kept on “siphoning” it. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, “Nadda’s statement is a clear warning to the politicians, who ruled Jammu and Kashmir during the past 70-years. Many cases were registered again...   READ MORE   Namgyal new IGP Traffic, Alok shifted to CIV PHQ 1/4/2020 11:51:11 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 4: The J&K Government today ordered transfers and postings of IGP Rank Police Officers. According to Home Department’s spokesperson, T Namgyal awaiting posting, has been posted as IGP Traffic J&K vice Alok Kumar. While, Alok Kumar IGP Traffic has been transferred and posted as IGP, (CIV), PHQ against an available vacancy. ...   READ MORE   Traffic police fails to curb increasing road accidents in Rajouri 1/4/2020 11:51:02 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: The incidents of increasing road accidents in Rajouri district seems not to be subsided as offenders particularly commercial passenger vehicle owners, who have been openly violating traffic rules due to pathetic approach of traffic police. Sources told Early Times that there was no check on overloading of passenger vehicles and rash driving in Rajouri due to laxity of traffic police, which act as mute spectators due to their vested interests. Recently a horrific road accident took place in Lamberi village wherein nine people were killed who were boarding in the overcrowded vehicle, which raised the finger on the enforcement agencies, wh...   READ MORE   2019 recorded highest ever ceasefire violations by Pak in JK in last 16 yrs 1/4/2020 11:50:53 PM Early times report Jammu, Jan 4: Pakistani troops made the highest number of ceasefire violations in the last 16 years along the J&K border in 2019, amounting to over 3,200 instances or an average of nine such violations daily. Shelling and firing by Pakistani troops was "very heavy" in 2019, virtually making the 2003 India-Pakistan border truce "redundant", officials said. There have been 3,289 ceasefire violations by the Pakistan Army along the Indo-Pak border in 2019, they said. Of these, 1,565 ceasefire violations took place since August 2019, after the Indian government abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. Revealing th...   READ MORE   Conversion of agriculture land into commercial purposes at rapid pace Kashmir loses 80,000 hectares of agriculture land in 4 years 1/4/2020 11:50:46 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early times report Srinagar, Jan 4: There has been rapid conversion of agricultural land as Kashmir has lost around 80,000 hectares of land for last four years. Large scale conversion of agricultural land into horticulture, unplanned construction including residential colonies, factories, brick kilns, shopping complexes and other commercial infrastructure have come across as prime reasons for the damage of agricultural land. As per official figures of Agriculture Department, Kashmir had 4,67,700-hectares of agriculture land in 2015 which has shrunk to 3,89,000 hectares till 2018. This shows Kashmir has lost around 80,000 hectares of agricultural land to non-agricu...   READ MORE   Will government change nomenclature of SKUAST-J to Jammu specific? Scrapping of holiday on Sheikh Abdullah’s birthday, Martyrs’ Day 1/4/2020 11:50:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 4: With the scrapping of State holiday on National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birth anniversary alongside Martyrs’ Day by J&K Union Territory administration, the long pending demand of Jammu people for changing nomenclature of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences & Technology (SKUAST) Jammu to Jammu Agriculture University has taken momentum. Sources told Early Times that several civil society members, social and cultural organizations of Jammu had raised the issue of changing nomenclature of SKUAST-J with previous governments from time to time in the past. Moreover, the students and teaching faculties of SKUAST Jammu ha...   READ MORE   Medical Assistant among 10 Hizb OGWs booked by Kishtwar Police Bashir Ahmed and Wali Mohammad has been arrested so far by the police while the hunt has been launched to arrest the remaining OGWs. 1/4/2020 11:50:18 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early tiems report Jammu Jan 4 : Launching a major creak down on Hizb terror network in Dachhan area of Kishtwar District, Kishtwar Police today booked 10 persons who are working as Over Ground Workers (OGWs) for Hizb longest surviving militant Mohammad Amin Butt alias Jahingir Saroori and arrested the two persons. As per the details available with Early Times, Kishtwar Police register an FIR against the 10 persons under various sections of Unlawful Activities Act beside for harbouring the terrorist for providing financial support, transportation and supply of arms and ammunition and other logistic support that help the militants to carry out the terror related activi...   READ MORE   MC allows illegal construction next to Mehjoor Nagar bridge, blocks road widening Locals seeks LG’s intervention 1/4/2020 11:49:39 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 4: With no let up in complaints against the Srinagar Municipal Corporation for allowing large scale construction of illegal commercial complexes in the summer capital, in the latest, the SMC has been accused of allowing a mega commercial complex come up next to the new Mehjoor Nagar bridge thereby ending chances of any prospective road widening in the busy area. After the construction of the new bridge at Mehjoor Nagar along the flood spill channel here, the road was scheduled to be widened towards the Mehjoor Nagar locality said. But the SMC has allowed commercial complex to come up just next to the bridge with no space left for proposed road widening....   READ MORE

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