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Leave for London, ask their staff to answer queries raised by legislators 2 Ministers prefer foreign trip over LA session 10/8/2015 12:28:41 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: Ministers seem least bothered about State facing financial crunch and are busy in reaping the fruits of power. Two top Ministers who should have been present in the Assembly to attend the Autumn session reportedly left for London earlier this week. Sources told Early Times that two Ministers holding important portfolios without caring about the Assembly session left for a foreign trip the expenses of which, according to the sources, would be borne by the State exchequer. "There are many questions pertaining to the ministries of both the mantris which need to be answered. Both the Ministers have asked their staff members to reply to the queries raised by the legislators," sources added. They said, both the Ministers have directed their staff not to answer the controversial questions and remain silent over the crucial issues. "It seems opposition has not taken the note of the absence of two top Ministers in the House," said a politician. He said that Ministers should have delayed their trip to London for one week and stayed back till th...   READ MORE

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SHAME:DyCM, Ministers of "nationalist" BJP miss wreath laying ceremony of martyr soldiers 10/8/2015 12:28:17 AM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 7: Ministers of "nationalist" BJP have shamelessly given a miss to the wreath laying ceremony organised by Defence authorities for four soldiers of the Army who attained martyrdom while fighting with Pakistan sponsored terrorists in Handwara area of North Kashmir. Defence authorities had organised wreath laying function at Srinagar with a hope that Ministers of the "nationalist" BJP would turn up for the function to encourage the soldiers who are valiantly fightin...   READ MORE   BJP Ministers throw ball in each other's court, MoS lobby presses for 'reshuffle' 'Lapses' on political front cost party heavily 10/8/2015 12:27:40 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 7: As failure on governance front and lapses on various issues are costing BJP dearly, MoS lobby is pressing for reshuffle within the party and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh is the main target. Ambitious MoS lobby of BJP is counting on the performance of cabinet ministers of the party came in for severe criticism from various quarters that matter in effecting possible changes in the present set up. A couple of senior leaders from New Delhi during review meeting of the party and ministers in terms of assessing their performance took this assessment that those occupying cabinet berths had not been able to deliver upto expectations on various matters ...   READ MORE   Providing land to border residents at safer places: Centre, State passing buck on each other 10/8/2015 12:27:26 AM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 7: Plights of border residents are increasing with every passing day but both State and Central Governments are shifting responsibilities on each other to provide alternative lands to these helpless people at safer places so that they can shift their family members at the time of tension on the borders. For the last ten days, both the Governments have prepared comprehensive proposals to provide land to border people at safer places but these proposals remained only on papers or confined only in the speeches of the leaders. Today Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Mehrishi, who first time visited Jammu after his appointment on this post, said that decision to provid...   READ MORE   Formation of Jammu based regional party on cards 10/8/2015 12:27:18 AM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 7: Disappointment of Jammu people for the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party as well as failure of Congress to revive itself is all set to evolve a Jammu based regional political outfit as some veteran leaders of this region are seriously contemplating for the same. According to the sources in political circles, some former Ministers and legislators of Congress as well as a few senior leaders from ruling BJP, who are feeling disillusioned over power hungry face of the saffron brigade, are in touch with each other over the formation of new regional party. Several social organizations of Jammu and a number of political personalities from different outfits have so ...   READ MORE   Jammu's civil society for a regional party Opposition also K-centric 10/8/2015 12:27:09 AM ET Report jammu, Oct 7: The developments which unfolded in Kashmir during the past four days once again made it manifestly clear that there was none even in the opposition parties who would ever adopt a holistic and all-inclusive approach towards the issues facing not just Kashmir but also other regions - Jammu and Ladakh. It was Kashmir, Kashmir and only Kashmir that dominated everything with the people of Jammu and Ladakh finding themselves in a State of helplessness, despondency and frustration. The people of Jammu region had pinned faith in a party and brought it into power, but the so-called Jammu region-centric party abandoned them even before taking oath of office. Everyone, inclu...   READ MORE   Omar Abdullah’s latest concern: why's there less rice on wazwan trami? 10/8/2015 12:26:54 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: National Conference president and former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, is these days concerned over the diminishing quantity of rice on the wazwan trami (copper plate) at marriages in Kashmir. Though it sounds hilarious, this is the latest concern of Omar. "Try and spot the rice under the meat). A traditional wazwan served on a Trami with the waza serving more meat," Omar posted on Twitter on Tuesday night while attending the baraat of his party colleague and spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu who tied the nuptial knot at Nigeen Club. Omar's tweet drew instant response from his online 'followers' with many of them taking a dig at the former Chief Minister....   READ MORE   "Powerful" Inspector gets PS of his choice 10/8/2015 12:26:44 AM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 7: A police Inspector, termed as "powerful" in police circles, has utilised the services of a BJP Minister to get a police station of his choice in Rajouri district. Before his transfer to Rajouri, he was posted in Jammu where he remained posted as SHO of several police stations. Though he faced allegations of corruption against him, he continued to head one police station after the other in Jammu. However, as the allegations of corruption piled up, he was transferred to Rajouri by the zonal police headquarters. In Rajouri, he was posted as SHO of a remote police station. Since he was not satisfied with his posting, he utilised the services of a BJP Minist...   READ MORE   Rashid's challenge on beef party receives Saffron brigade's backlash Ravinder Raina leads team of BJP MLAs to thwart the 'ignoble deed' 10/8/2015 12:25:32 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: Situation turned volatile and highly charged up as chairs flew across and offensive abuses tossed at each other at MLA hostel Srinagar where Independent Langate MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid had thrown a beef party that invited the saffron party's ire on the issue. The party which was obviously in defiance to the High Court order directing implementation of provisions to ban beef was arbitrary, but was thrown by the MLA openly challenging the saffron brigade to c...   READ MORE   Now, Lal Singh terms Mufti-led police deptt corrupt Miniya Chatterji 10/7/2015 11:45:31 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: Health Minister Lal Singh has undermined Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's authority for the second time. Taking part in a discussion in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday over growing drug abuse in the J&K, Singh trained guns at the police, terming it "the main culprit behind the spread of the drug menace." "Nobody will talk about how the police is actually responsible for the drug menace. If there is a weak SHO, things are bound to regress. Drugs are not spread by unemployment. What has unemployment to do with a teenager student who consumes drugs?" Singh said, while responding to suggestions of members on how to curb the men...   READ MORE   ‘LoC banking to dilute Indian stand on POK’ Miniya Chatterji 10/7/2015 11:39:35 PM Kunal Shrivatsa Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 7: Ever since the formation of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) coalition government, the saffron party, which first time assumed power in the state, had to cut a sorry figure on number of issues including the abrogation of Article 370, establishment of AIIMS in Jammu region, imposition of service tax on commercial heli-service and most recent the ban on sale of beef. In such sequence of events unfolding one after another has pushed the BJP to a discomfort zone, another issue so far not that predominant in the political circles of the state, has the potential to become 'Achilles heel' of the saffron pa...   READ MORE   Police officer killed in Bandipora shootout CM, DGP, IGP pay him floral tributes 10/7/2015 11:14:31 PM S.Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 7: A police officer, who was heading a Special Investigation Team (SIT), was killed on Wednesday in a brief shootout in Gund Dachin area of Bandipora district of north Kashmir. A senior official told Early Times that a special police team from Rajbagh was chasing militants in the district. The police team fired at the vehicle carrying the militants who retaliated, which resulted in a brief shootout. He said the militants emerged in front of a ...   READ MORE   Despite trying times, Govt sailed smoothly: Mufti CM praises ministers 10/7/2015 11:13:41 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Wednesday said that despite facing "various sensitive issues" in the past six months, the PDP-BJP alliance has sailed through smoothly. "We have witnessed various sensitive issues in the past six months. But our ministers and administrative officers played good role and we passed through these sensitive issues peacefully," Mufti said here after visiting his party headquarters at Emporium Lane (Polo View), for the first t...   READ MORE   1295780 vehicles registered in J&K till August, 602645 in Jammu district Vehicular Population explosion! 10/7/2015 11:12:42 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar Oct 7: As a matter of concern for the Jammuites, the Jammu District of the state is heading towards the vehicular population explosion due to excessive registration of new vehicles. By ending August 2015, out of 1295780 registered vehicles in J&K, Jammu District has 602645 Vehicles and if the same trend of registration of new vehicles continued, the state of Jammu and Kashmir will have 1575000 vehicles in next three years and more than half of those vehicles will be in Jammu District. In response to CQ No. 47 of MLC Charanjeet Singh, Minister for Transport Abdul Gani Kohli informed the House that 12,95,780 vehicles have been registered by Mot...   READ MORE   Constable alleges scam in IRP, info denied under RTI Gazetted officers posted in rural area draw 20 % HRA! 10/7/2015 11:12:30 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: A selection grade constable posted with IRP 12 BN at Mattan Anantnag has alleged that some gazetted officers posted at Parihaspura Pattan IRP 3rd Battalion have been drawing 20 % House Rent Allowance (HRA) which is actually meant for Govt officials posted in municipal limits of Srinagar and Jammu. The constable used his Right under J&K RTI Act and sought the details from the office of the Commandant IRP 3rd BN , but the information was not provided to him by the Public Information Officer (PIO) who invoked security reasons for the same. The case finally landed in State Information Commission (SIC) which upheld orders of PIO partially but directed him t...   READ MORE   Doda-Kishtwar road Govt's top priority: Mufti PM takes personal interest in National Highway 10/7/2015 11:12:21 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 07: Stating that the Srinagar Jammu highway has faced neglect after 1947, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Wednesday said, it is delightful to see that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking his personal interest in the National highway. He also said that State government has taken the construction of Doda-Kishtwar road as its top priority. The Chief Minister while replying to the calling attention motion moved by Congress legislator G M Saroori during the zero hour in the Legislative Assembly said. "Unfortunately, Srinagar-Jammu highway, which is the only life line between Kashmir and the rest of the country, has not been comb...   READ MORE   Ceasefire violations along LoC claims lives of 28 civilians, 20 security men 10/7/2015 11:12:12 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: The government on Wednesday claimed that 48 persons including 28 civilians and 20 security personnel have been killed on Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) on account of continuous ceasefire violations by Pakistan since 2012. The state government that comes with a detailed data about total deaths and casualties due to ceasefire violations by Pak also revealed that 189 civilians and 61 security personals have also been injured during three years in the state. This was informed by the Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed who also holds the portfolio of Home Minister in a written reply to a query by BJP MLA, Satpal Sharma in t...   READ MORE   Will Congress replicate 2010 in 2015? Leh Council polls 10/7/2015 11:11:29 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 7: Election campaign in Leh district of Ladakh region is in full swing. The Congress, which has been at the helm of affairs in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, since years now, has fielded candidates in all the 26 constituencies and working overtime to repeat its 2010 performance. The Congress had won 21 out of 26 elected seats in 2010. Congress MLA and former cabinet minister Nawang Rigzin Jora, former MLA T Samphel, former Union minister P Namgyal and many other senior Congress leaders have been crisscrossing the district to enlist the people's support. The Congress is seeking the people's mandate on such planks as UT status for ...   READ MORE   To curb anti-national activities, authorities ban separatists' seminar 10/7/2015 11:11:00 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: Continuing curbs on the anti-national activities of separatists in Kashmir, authorities have banned the scheduled seminar of separatists and detained some of them. Taking serious note of the separatists' activities following severe criticism from many political fronts across the country recently over the hoisting of Pakistani flags by separatists, authorities today banned a seminar organised by the hardliner Geelani group and arrested its some activists. According to sources, the separatists had booked a hotel in Lal Chowk for the today's programme, but after receiving inputs about the seminar police foiled their bid and also detained se...   READ MORE   Passport for Geelani, unending wait for others 7157 passport verification, 1179 LoC permit applications pending 10/7/2015 11:10:47 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 7: Even as the External Affairs Ministry, Government of India, has issued passport to hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, nearly 7000 passport applications are pending in J&K. In reply to a question by PDP MLA from Wachi, Aijaz Ahmad Mir, about the number of passport/LOC permit applications pending disposal for verification with police and other agencies, the minister in-charge Home informed the Assembly on Wednesday that as on September 17, 7157 passport verifications are pending disposal. Similarly, 1179 LoC permit applications of Indian nationals and 2736 permit applications of PoK/Pak nationals are pending for verification at ...   READ MORE   ‘Militants may strike in Jammu during festive season’ 10/7/2015 11:10:34 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 7: The intelligence agencies have warned of selective target killings by militants in the Jammu region as part of their plan to stoke communal tension in the state. The agencies have warned that these attacks may coincide with the festival season which is starting in few days. According to the sources, the intelligence agencies have got specific inputs that terrorists are planning a major strike in the Jammu during religious festival season. The aim to create communal tension and put the BJP in a black spot. The coming festival season will be the first time that the BJP will be in power in the State and is seen as responsible for the security and the intere...   READ MORE   Assembly speaker, council chairman order revocation of suspension of legislators 10/7/2015 11:10:29 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 7: Legislative assembly speaker Kavinder Gupta and legislative council chairman Haji Anayat Ali today ordered for the revocation of suspension of two MLAs and two MLCs respectively. The legislators had been suspended for the rest of autumn session after they created ruckus in assembly and council respectively. As soon as the legislative assembly started its proceedings for the day MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami urged the speaker to roll back his order of suspension of two National Conference MLAs from the house for the rest of autumn session. Tarigami said that speaker should be magnanimous enough to order for the revocation of suspens...   READ MORE   NC Minister's message on JK Libraries' website mocks at Digital India campaign 10/7/2015 11:10:23 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 7: Digital technology is presumed by Prime Minister Narender Modi as panacea, a harbinger of development of country but majority of government departments of Jammu and Kashmir government are laggards. Department of Libraries and Research is one such example, website of which is still displaying the picture of National Conference (NC) Minister, instead of minister from present dispensation. The official website of Jammu and Kashmir Department of Libraries and Research is still displaying the photograph of NC Minister Nasir Aslam Wani, in the option of message, who was the then Minister of State for Housing & Urban Dev, PHE, Tourism, Revenue & Reli...   READ MORE   BJP Ministers throw ball in each other's court, MoS lobby presses for 'reshuffle' 'Lapses' on political front cost party heavily 10/7/2015 11:10:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 7: As failure on governance front and lapses on various issues are costing BJP dearly, MoS lobby is pressing for reshuffle within the party and Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh is the main target. Ambitious MoS lobby of BJP is counting on the performance of cabinet ministers of the party came in for severe criticism from various quarters that matter in effecting possible changes in the present set up. A couple of senior leaders from New Delhi during review meeting of the party and ministers in terms of assessing their performance took this assessment that those occupying cabinet berths had not been able to deliver upto expectations on various matters a...   READ MORE

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