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| Weariness, division appear in separatists' camp | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: The separatists' camp has started showing signs of weariness after about three-month continuous call for bandh and strikes, which has not only consumed about 90 lives but has crippled life in the Valley and hit the students most who are to appear in the board exams.
The weariness also comes at time when the separatists are under intense pressure to call off their hartal 'calendar' as many citizens have started questioning the relevance of this unending cycle of violence with not even an iota of response from the Modi government.
The top separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had written a letter to all camps of separatists and also to the members of ... | |
| | | | Centre to go slow on dialogue with separatists | | Wants elimination of last terrorist | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: The Centre has decided to adopt go slow policy on holding dialogue with separatist leadership in Kashmir valley in view of their involvement in Kashmir turmoil and over three month long unrest in Valley.
High placed sources told Early Times that Centre has decided not to waste time and energy in holding parlays with separatists who are the brain behind present turmoil in Kashmir by instigating the local youth to take to arms and attack government buildings and security forces
Sources said in view of prevailing situation in Valley where subversive elements ruling the roost, Centre has decided first to weed out all terrorists from Kashmir a prerewuisite... | |
| | | | Govt not to terminate anti-national employees, courtesy BJP ministers | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: State Government has reportedly shelved its decision to terminate over 50 government employees who were directly involved in anti-national activities-thanks to the petty personal interests of the power hungry BJP ministers.
Termination of over 50 government employees, whose involvement in attacking security forces and instigating youth to indulge into violence has been established, was on the agenda of the Friday's Cabinet meeting but the issue could not take up because BJP ministers were more concerned about managing plum postings for their officers rather than taking action against such employees.
Sources in the corridors of power said that due to pr... | |
| | | | Ex-Director SKIMS misled AERB over PET scan installation | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 15: While cancer patients in Kashmir are suffering for want of PET scan, the former Director of SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) misled the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) over installation of the facility at the hospital, making it vulnerable to deadly radiation hazard.
Sources said the then Director along with Head of the Nuclear Medicine department and other officials of the then administration initially showed a site near Genetic Center of the hospital to the AERB experts for installation of PET scan machine.
"However, later without assigning any reason, they (SKIMS administration) resubmitted a plan to the AERB for installation of the ... | |
| | | | Govt admits errors in Srinagar Master Plan, passes buck to consultants | | Officials who allowed vandalism roam scot-free | | |
Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 15: There are meagre chances that the consultants who prepared a flawed Srinagar Master Plan would ever be brought to the book with the case gathering dust at civil Secretariat here due to official negligence and favouritism.
As the implementation of the much hyped Srinagar Master Plan has been kept in limbo since years, sources revealed to Early Times that the basic reason behind the inordinate delay was the flawed master plan prepared by the consultants. More ironic is that the serious aspects of the master plan including development trajectory, proposed land use map, zonation, building bye laws and social infrastructure planning. "Tho... | |
| | | | IPS officer approaches Union Minister for posting as Distt SP | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: Desperate to get appointed as SSP of any of the districts in Kashmir, an IPS officer, after failing to get local politicians by his side, has got his name recommended from a Union Minister.
He was transferred and posted against an 'unimportant' post about two and a half years back, with the assurance that he would soon be posted as a district SP in the valley, but that did not happen, police sources said.
Except him, the other two officers of his batch have been posted as district SPs. However, when he did not get posted as SSP of any district in Kashmir, despite the government 'promise' to this effect, he started making efforts on his own.
Sources ... | |
| | | | ATM is not automated teller machines for Kashmiris but it is Any Time Maaz (mutton) | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: Even during the height of turmoil and violence people in Kashmir have not lost their sense of humour. ATM is no longer for them (Automated Teller Machine) because during the shutdowns all the banks remained shut and the ATMs could not be operated.
What then is ATM for the people of Kashmir? It is "Any Time Maaz (mutton)" Since Kashmiris are fond of rice and mutton hartal or no hartal they have to devise methods for making mutton and rice available. Well each household in Kashmir does store rice and wheat atta but Mutton is a rare commodity during the shutdowns.
A new way was devised under which mini trucks would act as mobile mutton shops for which t... | |
| | | | SI turns 'genie' to appease lady politician | | Picks up Mehandi designers presents them at Banquet Hall | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: A Sub-Inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) who is posted as in-charge of a police post in Jammu city arranged Mehandi designers for a powerful lady politician here on Saturday.
Sources told Early Times on the instruction of a well known female politician the Police Officer took the Mehandi designers to a Banquet Hall where female leader along with her friends was waiting for Mehandi designing.
The SI, sources said, on the instructions of the "powerful lady" sent his subordinates to city areas where designer were busy in Mehandi designing on the occasion of Karwachoth. "Some Mehandi designers were picked up and taken to a banquet hall to appease th... | |
| | | | Minister in a fix over biotech park project in Jammu | | 'Omar's IIM remarks act as roadblock' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: Although all formalities for upcoming biotech park project in Jammu region stand cleared, the Science and Technology minister finds himself in a tight corner in the wake of former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's remarks on IIM Jammu.
Last year, Government of India had approved two projects of biotech park project, one each for Kashmir and Jammu regions. Accordingly, the divisional administration of Jammu took the matter seriously and did all the spade work, clearing the decks to take into hand the work of construction in Kathua district.
"The land identified for the project in Srinagar got stuck in acquisition issues while in Jammu region the land which w... | |
| | | | Machinery worth lakhs gathering dust in Gandhi Nagar park | | Floriculture Mandi nowhere in sight | |  Vinod Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: The much needed flower market for flower growers of Jammu region is nowhere in sight but the machinery purchased by department for collecting flowers, is gathering dust.
The Floriculture department had reportedly mooted a proposal to construct a flower market in one of the park in Green belt park of Gandhi Nagar locality, which was halted due to a court case.
The half constructed structure is in ruins, while as the department had also purchased... | |
| | | | IIM united Kashmir against Jammu | | BJP of indifference | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 15: On Thursday, the Union Government announced setting up of Institute of Management (IIM) in Jammu and set apart Rs 61.90 crore for the sanctioned institute, which would be spent not in one go but within four years. It was not a new decision; it formed part of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Rs 80,000 crore package for the state. There was nothing in the decision which caused hullabaloo in Kashmir and all the more because Kashmir was also part of the decision.
The decision not only evoked a very negative and anti-Jammu response from NC working president Omar Abdullah but also from many others in the Valley. They in one voice said that Jammu was being pre... | |
| | | | Kashmir's CD hospital on brink of closure | | | | Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 15: Patients at Kashmir's lone chest diseases hospital at Dalgate here are craving for basic facilities.
Sources at the hospital told Early Times that most of the patients after being let down due to the pitiable infrastructure prefer to go to private nursing homes to get treated.
Sources said the hospital, which was established by Christian missionaries over a century ago primarily for treatment of tuberculosis, lacks basic facilities like proper heating arrangement and life saving paraphernalia.
The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital is virtually defunct and has been locked for the patients. The hospital besides lacking basic infrast... | |
| | | | Contractors refuse to return sold public road | | Admin fails to create parking space | | | G S Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: To hide its failure to create sufficient parking space across Jammu, the district administration had sold the public road for parking purpose years back but there seems no possibility to reclaim these sold public roads from contractors.
Moreover, instead of reclaiming these roads, the shameless district administration, every year handed over these public roads to contractors' by inviting tenders for parking vehicles at road side and generating huge money by charging fee from the daily commuters.
A visit of busiest markets of city including Rughunath Bazar, Residency Road and RTO office- Jammu and even Apsara Road, Gandhi Nagar, reflects that... | |
| | | | 'Forest officials grab Deptt land in south Kashmir, Govt fails to take action' | | Jangal main Mangal | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 15: The state government has failed to take action against two officials of the Forest department who have allegedly encroached upon a piece of land of their department which is part of a forest nursery in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir.
The officials (both brothers) have allegedly constructed residential houses on the land and were suspended for this act in 2008.
Now, the State Information Commission (SIC) has issued penalty notice against the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) concerned, as he had denied information on the issue under Right to Information Act. But in-spite of all this the land continues to be under the illegal occupation of the two offi... | |
| | | | Huge pit in Janipur turns death trap for commuters; MLA unmoved | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 15: A huge pit on ever-busy Janipur road has failed to attract the attention of state BJP president and MLA Jammu West.
The erratic digging of the road leading to a big pit on Amphalla to Janipur Road has turned out to be death trap for the commuters as well as vehicle pliers. From last two weeks the pit is causing traffic jams also, but it appears the same is not an issue for the MLA concerned.
A Facebook user posted on his wall the issue and exposed the development claims of so-called leader of the area. The post evoked huge reaction with the netizens criticizing the BJP and its MLA for their failure to repair or fix the road for last two weeks.
A net... | |
| | | | Meeting on J&K; none from Jammu, Ladakh | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 15: J&K has been in the news for almost 100 days now. Of course, dust has started settling in Kashmir, but the attitude of the Kashmiri leaders from the so-called Kashmir-based mainstream parties towards India and Jammu and Ladakh has not changed. It has become more hostile. Some leaders have gone totally insensitive. They have forgotten that there are two other regions of the state.
The Kashmiri leaders have turned exceptionally biased against New Delhi, Jammu and Ladakh. It became clear on Friday when Kashmiri leaders of all the political parties, barring the PDP and the BJP met at the residence of NC president Farooq Abdullah to discuss the political situa... | |
| | | | 50 % increase in traffic since 2008 | | 'No road widening in JK' | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 15: Even though Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has witnessed 50 percent increase in traffic since 2008, there has been little road widening over these years.
Sources said the inadequate traffic personnel for manning the traffic movement in the State was main reason for traffic mess and the narrow roads had turned the situation worse.
According to the official figures of traffic department, the number of vehicles in J&K was 6,68, 445 in 2008. In 2009, it gained7.77 percent increase and reached upto 7,37,581.
While as in the year 2010, 2011, 2012; it increased traffic percentage of 10.34, 11.92 and 11.98 percent respectively and their number reach... | |
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