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BJP not averse to Mehbooba becoming CM 10/24/2015 12:37:11 AM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 23: The BJP, an ally in the PDP-led coalition Government in J&K, has said it would welcome Mehbooba Mufti as next Chief Minister of the State if her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed decides to step down. A top BJP leader said though his party has no information about Mehbooba replacing her father as CM, the party leadership feels there is no harm if the Muftis decide so. "We really don't have any information about the issue. As far as Mehbooba is concerned, she is a dynamic leader and most popular face of the State. Hence BJP is not going to challenge any decision of Mufti," the BJP leader told Early Times on the condition of anonymity. PDP sources however said the move might not go down well with a section of the party leadership that is pressing for its inclusion in Union Ministry. "There is clear-cut direction form PDP patron Mufti Sayeed not to challenge the authority of Mehbooba. However, there are some leaders within the party who might oppose the move," a source in PDP told Early Times. Notably, Mufti has made it clear to the par...   READ MORE

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Why did Beigh, Karra stay away from party meeting? PDP to introspect 10/24/2015 12:36:54 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 23: After two of its founding members and MPs, Muzaffar Hussain Beigh and Tariq Hamid Karra recently skipped an 'important' meeting of the PDP which was chaired by party president Mehbooba Mufti, its leadership has started looking for reasons for the apparent cracks in the 17-year-old party. It is believed that differences have been caused due to dubious role played by some government officials, who in the garb of being PDP loyalists have proved black sheep working at the behest of a coterie of ministers. While Mehbooba and her father, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed recently conveyed to the party cadres that their relation with the BJP was strong en...   READ MORE   Central BJP leaders skip birth anniversary of Prem Nath Dogra 10/24/2015 12:36:33 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: None of the central BJP leaders attending the birth anniversary function of Prem Nath Dogra, who is still a source of inspiration for BJP leadership in Jammu and Kashmir, raised many eyebrows. The state unit of BJP on Friday organised a function to observe birth anniversary of the party stalwart Pandit Prem Nath Dogra. Top BJP leaders from Jammu and Kashmir were present in the function but none of the central leaders arrived from New Delhi to attend the function. People of Jammu were expecting that a senior leader from Centre or some Union Minister would attend the function as late Pandit Prem Nath Dogra was a great leader. Credible sources said ...   READ MORE   Kashmiri youth attacked by separatist sponsored stone-pelters battling for life Slap PSA against accused, their masters 10/24/2015 12:35:28 AM 'If people involved in Udhampur attack can be booked under PSA why can't be the miscreants and their masters involved in the attack on Javaid at Charsoo Awantipora be dealt in a similar way." Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: Separatists left no stone unturned to turn the death of Zahid Rasool Bhat, set ablaze by a few miscreants along with his another colleague in Udhampur earlier this month, into a "golden chance" to vitiate the atmosphere in Kashmir. Miscreants involved in Zahid's death h...   READ MORE   Governor snubs PSC Chairman over selection of interview experts 10/24/2015 12:34:23 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 23: Governor NN Vohra is learnt to have snubbed Jammu Kashmir Public Service Commission Chairman, Lateef-us Zaman Deva over selection of experts for the interviews of Medical Education Teachers in the State Government Medical Colleges. According to the highly placed sources, Governor NN Vohra took cognizance of inviting interview experts only from a particular institution and sought a clarification from PSC in this regard to allay the alleged misconceptions over the issue. Even as the PSC sought to give some flimsy reasons behind inviting experts from a particular institution, sources said that the Governor rejected such claims and strongly reprimanded ...   READ MORE   Joint Commission succumbs to land mafia Fails to submit list of land grabbers 10/24/2015 12:34:10 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: Writ of land grabbers has been running large in Jammu, who have succeed to exert so much pressure on the Joint Commission-constituted by Divisional Commissioner Jammu to identify grabbers of state and Nazool land in and around Jammu city-that it has failed to submit report after lapse of more than a month. Sources informed Early Times that following reports of land grabbing in and around city, with active connivance of Revenue and Police officials, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Dr. Pawan Kotwal on September 17 had constituted a Joint Commission to identify the encroachers for taking stringent action within shortest possible time. "R K Shavan...   READ MORE   BJP sweeps LAHDC polls; wins 18 seats Congress bags 5, NC gets 2 seats 10/24/2015 12:33:51 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 23: The Bhartiya Janta Pary today swept the elections for the 26-member Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Leh, bagging 18 of the 26 seats. Talking to the Early Times over phone from Leh Assistant Commissioner (Rev) Sunil Kumar said that BJP has won 18 seats while Congress, managed five seats this time while National Conference got two. He said that one seat was won by an Independent. The officials said that counting for 26 seats of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh was taken up at the Government Degree College, Leh and completed by around 7. 30 pm. He said that total seats required for majority in t...   READ MORE   'Defeat leaves Jora red faced 10/24/2015 12:33:39 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 23: Congress facing crushing defeat in the LAHDC polls has left the party stalwart and MLA Leh, Nawang Rigzin Jora, red faced. Many Congressmen believe that wrong policies followed by the former Minister Jora led to the debacle of Congress in the LAHDC polls. A senior Congress leader while talking to Early Times said, "Most Congress leaders in Leh were not happy with Jora's style of functioning. His arrogant approach annoyed most of the leaders and LAHDC members. They lost interest in campaigning. Entire unit of the Congress party resigned enmasse during poll campaign to protest against the dictatorial approach of Jora. It served as the last nail in Congres...   READ MORE   Integrationists in Europe plan to challenge separatists in London Seminar on J&K on Oct 26 10/24/2015 12:33:28 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: The ongoing bloody anti-India movement in Kashmir, which is dangerously designed to get J&K separated from India and eliminate non-Muslim minorities in the State, has not only upset the integrationists, including the internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus, in the neglected and politically marginalized Jammu province, but also angered and disturbed the Dogras of Jammu and Kashmiri Hindus living in different parts of Europe. On the one hand, the integrationists under the banner of the various organizations, including Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), have planned a massive show of strength in Jammu and other parts of the province on October 26,...   READ MORE   Minister's Inspector brother-in-law calling shots in Police Deptt 10/24/2015 12:33:07 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: A police Inspector, who is brother-in-law of a Minister in the State Government, is now-a-days calling the shots in department. He even refuses to take orders of his DySP and other seniors. While he is sure that his jeeja would manage a good posting for him in near future, he is at present posted at a place where he is not even remotely linked with the thana police. "He is simply an Inspector but refuses to take orders of his seniors," police sources alleged. Sources said he even "reprimands his juniors - havaldars and cops - for taking the orders of seniors without bringing the matters to his notice". After his jeeja became a Minister, his colleagues...   READ MORE   Karra planning to quit PDP? 10/24/2015 12:32:56 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: Is PDP's founder member and former Finance Minister Tariq Hameed Karra planning to quit the party? The statements he has been issuing since June suggest that Karra, who is also a member of the Lok Sabha, may quit the party. There is also the possibility of PDP high command showing Karra the door on the ground that he has been indulging in anti-party activities and airing views in public against the coalition Government. Karra has, till date, not attended a single meeting of PDP-BJP coordination committee. He has declared a number of times that he will not attend any of the meetings of the committee. He did not even attend an 'important' meeting of the ...   READ MORE   FD abandons ICT project midway Rs 71 lakh go down the drain 10/24/2015 12:32:42 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 23: The Forest Department has abandoned Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) project midway. The project was launched three years ago and after spending Rs 71 lakh, the project has been abandoned. Sources told Early Times that the State Forest Department had started the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) project in 2012 at the estimated cost of Rs 10.89 crore, aiming at organizing, planning, implementation and monitoring of forests and other related operations by systematic collection, storage and retrieval of Management Information System and GEO spatial data through a computer based communication network. "The proje...   READ MORE   6 years on, doctor quarters, mortuary await completion 10/24/2015 12:32:26 AM G S Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 23: The Health Minister has failed to release sufficient funds for construction of quarters for doctors and , paramedical staff which was sanctioned in March 2010. The failure to release funds for the quarters for the past six years has delayed the project and it has adversely affected the performance of the Samba hospital. Sources informed Early Times that in March 2010, the department had started construction of a triple storey building of Samba District Hospital with ICU, CCU, OTs, Mortuary, six doctors and 12 paramedical quarters, despite completion of deadline, the construction work of quarters was still not completed. He further sai...   READ MORE   Land Mafia grabs Migrant KP's land, Sprays poison on Crop 10/24/2015 12:32:10 AM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 23: Migrant Kashmiri Pandit families of Manigam-Lar of central Kashmir's Ganderbal District who recently returned to Kashmir feel insecure as some land mafia in nexus with local administration harass them. They have been told to leave Kashmir. Talking to Early Times two Kashmiri Pandit brothers Rajindar Bhan and Dileep Bhan said that some noted influential property dealers during the intervening night of September 10, 2015 sprayed some poisonous substance on the their standing paddy crops cultivated by them and took away paddy which they had stored earlier. They said that these property dealers in nexus with some officials of the revenu...   READ MORE   30 flights from Jammu cancelled, 2,500 people affected 10/24/2015 12:31:20 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, NEW DELHI, Oct 23: As many as 2,500 passengers were affected today as 30 flights were cancelled to and fro Jammu because of restrictions imposed by the Indian Air Force at the airport there for some technical reasons. The curbs on operations were lifted later in the day following intervention by civil aviation authorities. Sources said some 30 flights could neither land at nor depart from the Jammu airport due to a directive from the IAF that asked airlines to operate with significantly less overall load. A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), dated October 7, was issued on the grounds that the airport runway's load bearing capacity was low. Even though the restriction was...   READ MORE   Will Agriculture Minister order probe? Supply of Substandard Paddy seeds 10/24/2015 12:31:16 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 23: Farmers across the valley have demanded a high level probe by the Agriculture Minister in supply of substandard paddy seeds to them. The paddy growers of Budgam, Pulwama and its adjoining areas are critical of the Agriculture department for severe reduction in paddy yield this season inspite of the fact that there was a bumper paddy crop this year. Farmers have accused that all those people who obtained paddy seeds from Agriculture department early this year had a very low yield of crop as the seeds were of inferior quality. Ghulam Mohiudeen Waza , a farmer from Wathoora in central Kashmir's Budgam said he had purchased paddy seeds from the agric...   READ MORE   Category employees enjoy unbridled benefits 10/24/2015 12:31:00 AM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 23: A sensational disclosure that led to tumbling off the skeletons from the medical health department is all set to bring forth a 'extremely clandestine' exercise executed by the Revenue department in alleged connivance with Public Service Commission to benefit category candidates who already are highly paid and have gone for more higher income slab by fraudulent means. The unbelievable documents in possession with Early Times reveal that there are large number of beneficiaries in RBA, ALC , OBC and other category health personnel serving in the department while going for B-grade posting in their department have covertly concealed their already ex...   READ MORE

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