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| Online obscenity of top separatist leader goes viral | | Hypocrisy exposed! | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: A screenshot, showing top separatist leader performing obscene act with a girl during online video chat, has gone viral. The screenshots are being widely circulated in South Kashmir.
According to reports, the screenshots show the separatist Leader performing obscene Acts during a video chat.
Highly placed sources told Early Times that Separatist Leader, who is also well known cleric and preacher, befriended a local girl during 2016 agitation and later develop... | |
| | | | Polling patterns prove Jammu, Ladakh have nothing to do with Kashmir, trifurcation only solution | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: Kashmir witnessing a low polling percentage in the first phase of Urban Local Bodies polls is an indication that people of the Valley are not interested in development and empowering the grass root institutions.
On the other hand Jammu and Ladakh regions witnessed brisk polling as people came out in large numbers to elect the counselors. "Kashmiri people not coming out to exercise their franchise should serve as an eye opener for the people who just keep on harping about Kashmir and leave no stone unturned to appease the Kashmir centric leaders and parties," said an analyst.
He said that people by staying away from polling booths have lost their right to ... | |
| | | | Srinagar city not J&K State | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: The high voter turnout in Jammu and Ladakh, which constitute 0ver 88 per cent of the state's land area and house more than half of the state's population, has rattled the vested interests in Kashmir where the voter turnout was a paltry 8 per cent. They have been doing all through favourable media houses to tell the international community that the Monday electoral exercise was just a farce as the people. They have been claiming that there was low turnout and polling booths remained deserted.
"Low turnout marked phase one of J&K local body polls and booths remained deserted," they said again and again to mislead public opinion and to hide the truth. The s... | |
| | | | Voters repose faith in candidates, ignore party affiliations | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: The huge voter turnout in the Phase-I of Urban Local Bodies elections in Jammu has suggested that this time people have reposed faith in the candidates rather than the political parties which they belong to.
Sources told Early Times that trends in the first phase of elections reveal that independent candidates have an edge over the candidates of political parties.
"Voters this time have given preference, importance to the credentials of the candidates rather than going by the parties. For instance there are some wards in Jammu Municipal Corporation where independent candidates are said to have done well to get votes in their favor including Ward No. 15: P... | |
| | | | BJP MLA's step-motherly attitude triggers resentment, Bhatodi seeks HSS | | | | Early Times Report
KATHUA, Oct 9: Dozens of people hailing from panchayat Bhatodi,, Dhannu Parole, Guddu Flal, Lahri, Ria Sial etc raised their voice against alleged step-motherly attitude of Member Legislature Assembly (MLA) Bani who subdued the rights of these people and upgraded Government Lower High School Sadrota than High School Bhatodi.
People from up reach area approximately 110 km from Kathua town today approached Early Times Team and expressed their grievance with a belief that it is the only source to fulfill the demand.
Pertinently representative of village Bhatodi and surrounding Panchayats submitted that there is a Government high school Bhatodi Zone Malhar is running from ... | |
| | | | Reasi school forces students to clean toilets, get firewood | | | |
Early Times Report
reasi, Oct 9: In brazen violation of norms, Government Middle School Dadva( Doogi) staff in Pouni area here has been allegedly forcing the schoolchildren to do odd jobs including cleaning toilets and collection of firewood for preparation of midday meals.
While taking a video, Early Times team found that schoolchildren were being seemingly forced to do jobs which hampers their studies.
While some students were cleaning toilets others were collecting firewood for preparation of midday meals. The students said they were doing it on the instructions of the school staff.
The area locals said the school has become infamous for forcing children to labour. "The school staf... | |
| | | | #MeToo: Kashmir women's group drops bomb-shell on sexual harassment | | Names journos, politicians, bureaucrats | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: Kashmir Women's Collective (KWC), a social media group on Facebook, claiming to be working for the cause of women, has created a storm by accusing some journalists, politicians, bureaucrats and others of sexual harassment.
"We at KWC strongly and unequivocally condemn such attitudes and behaviours and are with all the victims who came out with their stories. Their stories give courage to other women and nearly all women experience such realities on a daily basis," says the post.
"We understand that a conservative society like Kashmir will show backlash in form of dishonoring women who speak up and by shutting down and denying access to certain professions... | |
| | | | Party holds emergency meet a day after Ist phase of elections | | PDP likely to reverse its poll boycott decision | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: The poll boycott seems to have backfired for the PDP which now is contemplating to rectify the mistake it committed by boycotting the civic polls.
What has really caught the eye of political analysts, is the fact a day after the first phase of Urban Local bodies elections were held in different parts of the state, the PDP called an emergency meeting of senior leaders, legislators and other functionaries. The meeting that was chaired by the party's vice president Abdul Rahman Veeri witnessed participation of almost all senior leaders of the camp.
Though the spokesman of the party tried to downplay the main theme of the meet, stating in a party handout t... | |
| | | | After ET report Samba admin wakes up, provides assistance to accident victim | | |  Gurdas Kumar
Early Times Report
Vijaypur, Oct 9: Taking cognizance of a news item published in daily Early Times, a few days ago about indifference of the local administration towards miserable condition of an accident victim who lost his both legs, the Samba District Administration provided him a tricycle and financial help of Rs 10,000. The Early Times had published the story titled "Ex-BJP minister makes fool of Samba accident victim" in its edition on October 4, 2018 wherein adminis... | |
| | | | Despite expensive promotion campaigns, Tourism Deptt fails to increase footfall of tourists | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 9: Expensive promotion campaigns of the tourism department have failed to increase the footfall of tourists to the Kashmir valley, especially the foreign tourists, who have been mainstay of tourism industry of Kashmir for decades.
"Though these programs continued from last several years but the reality is that it attracted few foreign visitors," sources within the department said.
Sources said that though foreign tourist arrivals to India witnessed 8.4 percent growth over last year, Tourism department Kashmir continues to fail in attracting foreigners in large number.
Sources said that the highest number of tourist arrivals was in 2014, ... | |
| | | | Hours before second phase of local body polls polling staff yet to be deputed to polling stations | | Administration not ready to learn from mistakes made in recent past | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: Barely few hours before the commencement of second phase of polling for local bodies in Kashmir along with Jammu complete mismanagement was witnessed on ground at Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir. By 9:30 PM, 75 polling parties expected to discharge their duties at equal number of polling booths in the Srinagar district were yet to be deputed to their respective areas. These polling personnel were left to shiver in the cold at Revenue Training Institute (RTI), Bemina and there was nobody who would look after them. "We arrived here at 10:30 in the morning and since then we have been waiting for our deputation to the di... | |
| | | | Heavy turnout in ULB polls: Frustrated NC puts question on impartiality of Governor's office | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 9: Frustrated over response of the people during first phase of elections of the civic bodies, National Conference (NC) leadership has intensified attack on Governor Satya Pal Malik for not succumbing to the 'black-mail' politics of the Kashmir based party. NC as well as PDP was expecting that their boycott would badly effect turnout in the civic body polls and people will not cast votes. But, barring some areas of South Kashmir, there is no impact of boycott call on the poll. While as North Kashmir registered good response of the people, other parts of the Kashmir also received sober response from voters. Even in the strongholds of NC namely Poonch and Raj... | |
| | | | To deter militant threats, candidates asked to take preventive measures | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 9: Amid the ongoing urban local bodies elections, the candidates have been advised to take all precautionary measures to evade any threats or attacks from militants.
Over 1,000 candidates will participate in the second phase of the urban local body polls in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
The four phase elections began on October 8 and will end on October 16 for which the campaigning by candidates has been going on.
In the first phase polls on Monday, threats from militants groups kept a majority of people away from polling booths in Kashmir Valley for where the turnout was a paltry 8.3 per cent, whereas over 65 per cent of the electorate voted in the... | |
| | | | Guv’s advisor irked over unscientific waste disposal in Chadoora | | Ganai promises scientific waste management facility | | | Early Times Report
Budgam, Oct 9: After several years of wait, Chadoora town in central Kashmir's Budgam district might get a scientific waste management facility very soon. This was announced by Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, advisor to J&K Governor, during a public durbar held at Budgam on Tuesday.
Ganai met with several delegations during the public durbar. He felt very sad after coming to know about the sad state of affairs vis-a-vis solid waste management in Chadoora town. Ganai assured that very soon the facility for door to door collection of garbage plus its treatment on scientific lines would be initiated in the town. He directed Deputy Commissioner Budgam and SDM Chadoora to prepare a... | |
| | | | One year on, Forest guest house still incomplete | | | | Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Oct 9: Over a year has passed but the Forest Department Guest House at famous hill station of Patnitop is yet to see the light of the day.
The then Forest Minister, Choudhary Lal Singh on September 29 last year had laid the foundation stone of this Guest House after which some work was also started but the building is still awaiting completion. Sources informed that after the then Forest Minister, Choudhary Lal Singh resigned from council of ministers in the wake of Rassana rape and murder case, none took interest in the project which was to provide accommodation to the visiting officers and others from the Forest Department at the hill ... | |
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