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Mehbooba non-committal to contest Assembly elections under PAGD banner 1/5/2021 11:16:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Former chief minister and president of PDP, Mehbooba Mufti is non-committal about contesting assembly elections together with other constituents under the banner of Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration. (PAGD). During an interview with a news channel she avoided direct reply on contesting elections under the banner of PAGD. When asked, “will the PAGD parties fight assembly elections together as and when they are held? Are the parties willing to give up their identities and merge?”, she gave a confusing reply. “We will cross that bridge when we come to it. In the history of J&K no election has been a solution to the Kashmir problem. At the cost of repeating myself, PAGD was created for a larger purpose”, she replied. She has called the Centre's move to repeal Article 370 clauses as illegal, unconstitutional and unilateral. The PDP chief believes the speedy and systematic change of ground rules is aimed to disempower and dispossess residents of the erstwhile state. The PDP chief believes the PAGD verdict in the DDC polls should serve a...   READ MORE

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NC leader’s son wants to become Sgr Mayor Gets cozy with BJP, puts father in quandary; Mattu may have to surrender 1/5/2021 11:16:13 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 5: Speculations are rife that a son of prominent National Conference leader, who recently won a ULB by-election, is eyeing the post of Srinagar Mayor. Sources told Early Times that NC leader’s son enjoys a close proximity with the BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in New Delhi. “After the abrogation of Article 370, the NC leader’s son has tried his best to get cozy with the BJP leadership and has assured them all the possible support in the Valley,” they added. An insider said that the NC leader’s son has told his close associates that he could become the new Mayor of Srinagar soon as the BJP is likely to support him. “The incumbent Mayor of S...   READ MORE   JU V-C's alleged misrule ruins varsity ‘University gets 5th Registrar; 4th COE, 4th Director CDC’ 1/5/2021 11:16:05 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: The Jammu University (JU) saw another major shake-up on Monday as the examination wing got its fourth Controller of Examination (COE) during the tenure of incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Prof M K Dhar. Apart from the COE, the University got 5th Registrar, 4th Director College Development Council (CDC) and Director, Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) under Prof M K Dhar’s alleged ‘misrule’. Prof Dhar, who has completed two and a half years of his three-year term, is trying to get it extended. “With this change, University got its 4th COE, leaving the examination wing in complete disarray. The changes are not only too frequent but als...   READ MORE   Pak funding terror outfits through drug lords NIA files supplementary charge-sheet in Hizbul narco terror case 1/5/2021 11:15:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 5: Pakistan based mentors of various terrorist outfits are indulged in smuggling drugs to fund terrorists active in J&K and other parts of the country. In its supplementary charge-sheet in Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) narco-terrorism case, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Tuesday substantiated that various terror groups were indulged in smuggling drugs to fund terrorists. In this case Punjab Police had arrested one Hilal Ahmed of Pulwama in the month of April in the year 2020. Police had recovered an amount worth Rs 29 lakh from his possession. Keeping in view the seriousness, the matter was taken by the NIA for further investigation. During invest...   READ MORE   Owners face difficulty to get their vehicles inspected at RTO Jammu 1/5/2021 11:15:47 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 5: Dozens of private vehicle owners had to face huge difficulty in getting their vehicles inspected for extension of their vehicles registration certificates but the concerned inspecting officials didn’t bother to come out for inspection as a result the visitors had to return after wasting several hours. The aggrieved visitors told Early Times that they had reached the RTO Jammu office today in the morning for the life extension of their private vehicles and for that reason, a necessary inspection had to be done by the concerned inspector but there was nobody present in the inspection ground to conduct the inspection. “Although the Inspectors were presen...   READ MORE   Mehbooba Mufti as J&K CM spent Rs 82 lakh on furniture, TVs, bed sheets in 6 months: RTI 1/5/2021 11:15:47 PM Agencies New Delhi, Jan 5: Mehbooba Mufti spent nearly Rs 82 lakh in six months from January to June 2018 on the refurbishment of her official residence in Srinagar's Gupkar Road, when she was the Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The expenditure was all paid by the Government of India, reveals an RTI response. The RTI application filed by Jammu and Kashmir based activist, Inam-un-Nabi Soudagar, reveals that between January -June 2018, Mufti spent nearly Rs 82 lak...   READ MORE   Following 215 fresh recoveries COVID-19 recovery rate in JK reaches 96.31%, 137 new cases Positive cases 121923, active positive 2600, recovered 117426, casualties 1897 1/5/2021 11:15:06 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 5: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jammu & Kashmir reached 96.31 percent after 215 more virus affected patients were discharged from different hospitals today. The positive cases of the virus reached 1, 21,923 as 137 new cases of virus were reported today; the death toll reached 1897 following six fresh deaths. Jammu district reported 49 new cases of Corona Virus followed by Srinagar district 22 cases, Pulwama district 18 cases, Ganderbal district 11 cases, Udhampur district seven cases, Baramulla, Anantnag and Kathua districts five cases each, Doda district four cases, Kupwara, Bandipora, Kishtwar, Samba and Poonch districts two cases ea...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Residents of Parveen Enclave Extension Trikuta Nagar pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 1/5/2021 11:13:11 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 5: People living in Parveen Enclave Extension Trikuta Nagar are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance. The Parveen Enclave Extension Trikuta Nagar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this co...   READ MORE   Mendhar town stinks with garbage dumped in open 1/5/2021 11:11:59 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Jan 5: Residents of Mendhar town in Poonch district are up in arms against the Rural Development Department (RDD) authorities Mendhar for dumping solid and non-biodegradable waste in the open, risking lives of the people. Residents resent the heaps of garbage that can be seen in the open in the main market place and other areas of Mendhar town frequented by people every day. "The garbage dumped out in the open produces such bad smell that it becomes d...   READ MORE   A leading private bank forces its employees to improve deposits, does little to give loans RBI directive to private banks to increase credit flow falls flat 1/5/2021 11:02:10 PM JEHANGIR RASHID Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 5: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directive to the private banks operating in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir to increase the credit flow has few takers as a leading private bank is 'coercing' its employees in Kashmir to improve its deposits in the valley. Sources while quoting the employees of the bank told Early Times that the higher ups of the bank are forcing them (employees) to increase the deposits while doing nothing on improving the credit flow. They said the employees are being pushed to the wall in this regard with some of the employees thinking of leaving their job. "A top rank officer of the bank based in Jammu makes i...   READ MORE   MC Poonch defies stay order, carries out construction work of shops 1/5/2021 11:01:36 PM RAJESH TANDON Early Times Report POONCH, Jan 5: Despite a stay order issued by the court of law, the Municipal Council (MC) Poonch carried out conduction work of shops inside the Bus Stand in violation of norms. Sources told Early Times that the Municipal Council Poonch had initiated the construction work of shops in the premises of Bus Stand through auction which was objected to by the other shopkeepers who alleged that the constructions of shops are not being done properly. "Shops are being constructed in the middle of Bus Stand in an unorganised manner creating obstacles for the other transport vehicles for their clear passage. Some shops are being constructed just adjacent to other ...   READ MORE   5000 vehicles stuck on Jammu-Srinagar Highway, Snowfall hits public utility services in Kashmir 1/5/2021 11:01:23 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jan 5: The public utility services like power, transport have been hit by snowfall due to lack of preparedness by the administration in Kashmir. Kashmir received light to moderate snowfall since Sunday. However, the government is yet to restore the basic amenities to people in several parts of the valley. People have been facing abrupt power cuts while roads are waterlogged or under snow. Mohammad Altaf, a resident of Kokernag, said that electr...   READ MORE   'Imran imitates China's development model to eradicate poverty' Crow's goose trick 1/5/2021 10:52:23 PM ANKUSH VERMA Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 5: Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan's new year resolution that "his govt wants to learn from China's development model to eradicate poverty" clearly reveals his greed and his vested interests, surrendered his country before Beijing. Despite growing anger against China in Pakistan especially in the region of Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan at the manner in which Pakistan's resources are being exploited by China under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to the detriment of local people. Imran khan has totally ignored these facts and is all set to copy the model of economic development followed by china. The premier said that the gov...   READ MORE

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