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More than 10 lakh from Jammu alone, 24 lakh live below poverty line Its official now; previous regimes make JK India's Poorest State 10/4/2019 11:09:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: The union government has an uphill task in hand- to get the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir along with its people from abject poverty and reverse the previous trends that kept showing JK as one of the poorest states of India. As per the official documents, the poverty has been an inseparable feature of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947 and the successive regimes made little effort to ensure that the people reeling under duress could witness any dawn of prosperity. BPL estimated ratio of Jammu and Kashmir are at at 21.63 percent which comprise of 24.21 lakh of which 26.14percent (22.00 lakh persons) are from rural areas and 7.96 percent (2.21 lakh persons) are living in urban areas. According to the union government's survey, the absolute poverty has shown an increase from 19.05 lakh rural, 1.86 lakh urban and 20.92 lakh combined in 1993-94 to 22 lakh, 2.21 lakh and 24.21 lakh respectively till in 2007-08. Meanwhile, head count poverty ratio has shown a declining trend. As per the ES the poverty was 30.34 per cent Rural (R) 9.18 per cent Urban (...   READ MORE

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'Wait and watch won't help, Delhi needs to act; destroy terror bases in PoK' Pak sponsored terrorists waiting for chance to bleed India: US 10/4/2019 11:09:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: The United States has warned of possible terror attacks by Pakistan based terror outfits in retaliation to New Delhi's move to reorganize Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories- J&K and Ladakh. According to the US based intelligence agencies, the terror bosses sitting in Pakistan are likely to activate the terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir to carry out the terror strikes in J&K and other parts of the India. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Warning sounded by the US based intelligence agencies cannot be brushed aside. There are enough inputs which suggest that terror launch pads are full and Pakistan Army is making every possible attempt to ...   READ MORE   Previous state governments fail Kashmiris, unable to introduce water transport 10/4/2019 11:09:28 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 4: At a time when the whole world is fighting the pollution of different forms the lackadaisical attitude of the people at helm in the past ensured that people of Kashmir do not find any solution to the automobile pollution. Some years back then state government claimed that the people of Kashmir would feel relieved from the automobile pollution. The people at helm announced that water transport would be introduced in Srinagar and then it would be extended to the other districts of Kashmir valley. Sources told Early Times that non-seriousness of the successive state governments to introduce the water transport meant that automobile pollut...   READ MORE   Competition between ACD, Director RDD Jammu 'Lakhs of rupees being spent for renovation of offices recently' 10/4/2019 11:09:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: Already facing huge shortage of funds to meet the past's liabilities of department in Jammu division, the Director Rural Development and Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Jammu reportedly spending several lakhs of rupees for their recently renovated offices for expansion and renovations, even beyond the standard of a Commissioner Secretary's Office in Secretariat. According to sources both the offices had been renovated two years back with all modern facilities and sufficient sitting places in both offices. "For ACD's office, two more rooms being merged with existing office with a sitting capacity for more than 3 dozen peoples. Around one and a half...   READ MORE   After Abrogation of Article 370, Army recruitment drive gets historic response in Kashmir 10/4/2019 11:09:12 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 4: The Indian Army's maiden recruitment drive held in Kashmir since the abrogation of article 370 on Aug 5, 2019 has drawn "historic" response from the aspiring to join the defence services. On Oct 3, the recruitment drive held by the army here post abrogation of the special status drew huge response with over 2000 youth turning up to become soldiers to serve the nation. Official said the drive was for the close relatives and blood relations of the ex servicemen from the Army. A senior official said after comparing the turnout of youth with the previous such drives it was found that this time highest number of aspirants had turned up for the test. ...   READ MORE   NIA files supplementary charge sheet against JKLF chief Yasin Malik, others in terror funding case 10/4/2019 11:09:06 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, Oct 4: The NIA Friday filed a supplementary charge sheet before a Delhi court against JKLF chief Yasin Malik and four other Kashmiri separatists, including a woman accused Asiya Andrabi, for allegedly conspiring to wage a war against the central government by carrying out terrorist and secessionist activities. The charge sheet, running into 3,000 pages, claimed that Pakistan High Commission supported the separatists through transfer of funds via financial conduits to create unrest in the Kashmir valley. The case relates to alleged terror funding in 2017 in the valley and involves Jama''at-ud-Da''wah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind bas...   READ MORE   Aftermath of 370 abrogation: Massive crackdown on Hizb terrorists, OGWs in Kishtwar District 10/4/2019 11:08:59 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: Like in other parts, the hilly District of Kishtwar in last three decades has witnessed large scale destruction including the killings and massacres claiming hundreds of innocent lives with the onset of militancy over 30 years ago. The killings of Parihar brothers and a RSS leader in last one year has further jolted the confidence of the peace loving people of Kishtwar District which on one side had witnessed ugly face of terrorism while at the same time has witnessed around five major incidents of communal clashes that further damages the spirit of common people as authorities at the helm of the affairs fail to punish the culprits involv...   READ MORE   Against sanctioned cost of Rs 325 lakh, SWD adamant on releasing only Rs 274 lakh Girls Hostel project at GDC Samba 10/4/2019 11:08:51 PM GS Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 4: Despite demarcation of land for construction of 100 bedded Schedule caste girls' hostel at Government Degree College Samba, the Social Welfare Department (SWD) is adamant to release Rs 274 lac while the sanctioned amount is Rs 325 Lakhs for the construction of same. It is pertinent to mention here that in year of 2013 the SWD had announced that 100 bedded girls' hostel would be constructed in Samba with the estimate cost of 325 lakhs and work of construction of said hostel was allotment to Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board (JKHB) but due to adamant attitude of Social Welfare Department to release allocated funds, the fate of hostel is still not ...   READ MORE   Communication gag, floods make security forces worry about families Cannot talk to families on daily basis say security forces 10/4/2019 11:00:43 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 4: With valley hit with continuous communication blockade hundreds of security forces posted in the Kashmir claim that they cannot reach out to their families as they used to before 5th August. While as the recent floods in many Indian states have added more to the worries of security forces personnel. The security personnel who belong to various states like Bihar and Rajasthan are very much concerned by the news of floods and what adds more to their ordeal is the ongoing cellular gag as they can't speak to their families frequently as has been the practice before August 5. The valley continues to witness the cellular communication gag for 61th day cau...   READ MORE   Man-animal conflict claims 60 lives across JK in 3 yrs 10/4/2019 11:00:30 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 4: Even as the government is observing Wildlife week, the focus is more on publicity than increased man-animal conflict which have claimed around sixty lives across Jammu Kashmir in the past three years. Giving reasons for what he called `disturbing trend' an official of the Wild Life Department said : "Denudation of forests, encroachment on forest land and vanishing buffer zones force animals to move towards villages where they come across human beings and the results are before us." According to him, animals no longer feel safe in forests and shortage of food further increases their woes. It has been observed that leopards and bears venture int...   READ MORE

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