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Bukhari macadamizes road to his Rangreth factory, allege R&B officials Spends Rs 1 cr to give son runway like connectivity 10/2/2015 12:18:15 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 1: Even as the busy main roads across Srinagar have not been repaired after the devastative 2014 floods, the R&B Minister Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari is alleged to be getting the road leading to his family-owned factory at SIDCO Industrial Estate macadamized on priority. Official alleged that around one crore rupees were being spent on the ongoing macadamization of roads inside the industrial estate, which should not have been the priority as the roads there were already blacktopped and needed minimal repairs. "But he(Bukhari) directed us to macadamize the roads afresh in a way as if they had to be macadamized for the first time," alleged a senior official in the R&B, adding that the road height has been increased by around nine inches to one feet. "Such kind of a macadamization is a record in itself and if any credible investigating agency probes it, the alleged muck of political interference will be exposed," said the official pleading anonymity. He alleged that the political interference was visible to anyone who enters the Rangreth industria...   READ MORE

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Speaker's office can't have two yardsticks for tackling sensitive beef issue BJP may play mischief 10/2/2015 12:18:02 AM Early times Report JAMMU, Oct 1: Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta on Wednesday reportedly agreed to accept for discussion the opposition's private members' bills seeking decriminalization of cow killing and beef eating. At the same time, his office rejected those private members' bills which were submitted by two BJP MLAs seeking death sentence for those found guilty of cow killing and strict enforcement of the September 9 direction of the High Court that ban on bovine killing and beef eating in the state be strictly enforced. Earlier, Gupta had said that he will not allow discussion on the bills which had the potential of vitiating peaceful atmosphere in the State - a ...   READ MORE   Ram Madhav commended, BJP condemned 10/2/2015 12:17:50 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 1: An ardent supporter of the PDP the other day came out in support of BJP national general secretary and one of the main architects of the controversial agenda of alliance Ram Madhav and asserted that it was his intervention that made the local BJP leadership not to make any provocative statement on the ongoing controversy over the issue of bovine killing and consumption of beef. "Fortunately for the state the coalition partner BJPs points man in the state Ram Madhav doused rising passions by downplaying the beef crisis, triggered in the first place by a BJP lawyer (in this case Parimoksh Seth) who had invoked the High Court's powers to enforce a dormant...   READ MORE   Rana, others caught between devil and the deep sea 10/2/2015 12:17:41 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 1: With NC, which has already shown to the people its anti-Jammu face by submitting a bill in the Legislative Assembly seeking decriminalisation of cow slaughter in the state, now preparing to recapture the otherwise lost constituency of Kashmir through politics on the 'beef row', problems are surely to mount for MLA Devinder Rana and other Jammu NC leaders in the days to come. It would be virtually difficult for Rana and other NC leaders of Jammu to show their faces to the people here. Cow is a sacred animal for Hindus who have given her the status of a mother. Standing by Ali Mohammad Sagar, Mian Altaf and Mohammad Akbar Lone, who had on September 16 last s...   READ MORE   Weekly cause list of HC cases not updated after July Advocates seek personal intervention of CJ 10/2/2015 12:17:31 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 1: Advocates have appealed to the Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice N. Paul Vasantha Kumar, for his personal intervention as the weekly cause-list of High Court cases is not updated after July month, causing them inconvenience. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) president Abhinav Sharma said that he has already taken up the matter with Chief Justice of High Court and also had discussion with Registrar. "The exact reasons behind not updating the cause list are unknown and on Tuesday, I have a meeting with Registrar in which the issue will be discussed", he said. Expressing concern over non-updating of...   READ MORE   BJP Kashmir unit in tight spot, mulls polls at local level High Command seeks report card, threatens to choke funds 10/2/2015 12:17:17 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 1: Under pressure from high command to come up with their report card, the Kashmir unit of Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to hold the elections at halqa and district level across the Valley. Sources told Early Times the BJP high command has taken a strong note about BJP leaders bragging about them having done a lot of work at the ground level to rope in the people into the party fold. "For the past four months you have been claiming that thousands of people have joined BJP in Kashmir and at present BJP has more than three lakh members, if it's true prove it," a top BJP leader is understood to have told the party leaders of BJP Kashmir unit. Source...   READ MORE   Delhi asks Pak to vacate POJK India's changing foreign policy towards Pakistan 10/2/2015 12:17:04 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 1: There appears a somewhat welcome change in the India's foreign policy vis-à-vis Pakistan. During the past few days, New Delhi made some right noises to tell Pakistan that while it was prepared to talk to Pakistan to resolve all bilateral issues between the two nations, it would want Islamabad to realize that if it sincerely believed in a serious dialogue with India, it had to stop exporting terrorism to India and also vacate Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Kashmir (POJK), which was under its illegal occupation since 1947-1948. However, it was today that New Delhi took a clear line on Pakistan, Kashmir and terrorism. Candidly terming Pakistan a "prime sponsor o...   READ MORE   State SFD deviates from Union Govt guidelines 10/2/2015 12:16:50 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 1: Violating the guidelines of Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for compensatory afforestation, the Social Forestry Department has gone afforestation over and above the targeted forest area thereby totally deviating from the main letter and spirit of the guidelines which enshrine to use equivalent area for non forest land. Sources told Early Times that as per guidelines as far as possible, the non-forest land for Compensatory Afforestation has to be identified contiguous to or in proximity of un-demarcated or demarcated forest to enable the state Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) to effectively...   READ MORE   MLA Pahalgam to move Privilege Motion against Tourism officials 10/2/2015 12:16:41 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Pahalgam, Oct 1: Accusing the coalition government of damaging the essence of democratic institutions, MLA Pahalgam Altaf Ahmad Wani on today threatened to move a Privilege Motion against Tourism Department officials. "Being a representative of Pahalgam, my name should have been mentioned on the foundation stone (of the renovated Pahalgam Club). This is against the essence of democracy," Wani told reporters near the venue at Pahalgam. Altaf said that not mentioning the MLA's name on the foundation stone was the violation of rule 29 of GAD-2012. "According to the rule 29 of GAD-2012 it is mandatory for them to mention my name on th...   READ MORE   JKCL Samba plant inaugurated for fourth time! 10/2/2015 12:16:31 AM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 1: The state owned J&K Cements Limited has once again inaugurated its Samba plant for the fourth time since it was set up. The 300 metric ton capacity plant was inaugurated on September 20 by the Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander Prakesh . Earlier the plant was inaugurated by MLA Samba Devinder Kumar Manyal. Ironically, before Manyal, the plant was inaugurated by then Industries and Commerce Minister Sajad Kitchloo and SS Slathia on October 19, 2014 even when the unit was far from completion. The unwarranted haste shown by Kitchloo to inaugurate the plant was severely criticized that time. The latest inauguration of the pla...   READ MORE   Corruption, defective machines behind JKCL's fall from grace 10/2/2015 12:16:19 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 1: Defective machinery and allegedly unchecked corruption are blamed for J&K Cement Limited's steep decline in revenue generation. In 2004-05, the government mulled to install an additional unit with generating capacity 600 tons per day at JKCL's Khrew plant as cement was rapidly becoming a profitable sector. The project was given a final shape and the foundation stone was laid by then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. Sources said the project report was prepared and orders were placed for installation of machinery with M/S Promoke Engineering Bangalore for an amount of Rs 80 crores. "The installation process started immediately after pla...   READ MORE   Why is Govt silent on Maharaja Hari Singh's Treasure? Peerzada Ummer 10/2/2015 12:16:09 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 1: The stoic silence of the successive regimes in Jammu and Kashmir about the status of the treasure that Maharaja Rulers left behind in the state has become a cause of worry for many. There are apprehensions about the decaying of that great treasure, the value of which would not be at present less than 10 billion rupees. The great treasure, as per reports, contained a glittering ring studded with all the traditional nine gems arranged around a 10-carat diamond worth approximately Rs ten million. Two diamond necklaces containing 200 blue diamonds, estimated at Rs ten million. Hundreds of rubies from Sri Lanka and Burma. The treasure treasures 20,000 pea...   READ MORE   Will UN's Srinagar office be declared a Public Authority? SIC to hear complaint on Oct 5 10/1/2015 11:07:42 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 1: After failing to comply with SIC's notice and the subsequent adjournment of the complaint filed before the State Information Commission (SIC) , the SIC will now hear the complaint against United Nations Military Observer Group's Srinagar office on October 5. A copy of the notice which is available with Early Times has been dispatched to Srinagar based UN Military Observers Office. The notice has been addressed to Chief HR officer cum Administrative head wherein he has been asked to be present at SIC's full bench at its Srinagar office on October 5, 2015. Pertinent to mention that one Mohammad Hussain Bhat a resident of Shalimar Srinagar tried to seek...   READ MORE   Harassed, humiliated Pandits threaten to march towards Delhi 10/1/2015 11:07:23 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 1: Instead of fulfilling their demands and ensuring their safe and honoruable return to their homeland, the Kashmiri migrants are being put to unnecessary harassment and humiliation. This has generated lot of resentment among the displaced Pandits putting up in various camps at Jammu or outside the State. The problems of displaced Pandits have piled up during the past 26 years when the mass exodus of Pandits took place and the Government both in Delhi and in the State never tried to make a sincere effort to settle them. First failing in fulfilling its Constitutional obligation both Union and State governments could not ensure the security of miniscule mino...   READ MORE   JK's future lies with India: Mufti Seeks friendly Indo-Pak relations 10/1/2015 11:04:56 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Pahalgam, Oct 1: Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Syeed on Thursday said that the future of the state lies with the vibrant democratic India and asked New Delhi to maintain friendly relationship with the neighboring countries including Pakistan if it wants to play a bigger role. Future of Jammu and Kashmir lies with India. Why? Because when the whole India got divided on religious lines-Two Nation theory- Jammu Kashmir was only state before ind...   READ MORE

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