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Only 3 Ministers attend Ram Madhav's meeting in Srinagar BJP a divided house! 11/1/2015 12:41:51 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: Only three BJP Ministers attending a crucial party meeting in Srinagar on Saturday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally on November 7 has triggered the speculations about all is not well within the BJP. The National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ram Madhav, who arrived in Srinagar this morning, met his old friend, separatist turned mainstream politician Sajad Gani Lone here. Madhav, according to the sources, told Sajad to ensure that his workers participate in the PM's rally and it should look like a BJP show. Ram Madhav also chaired a meeting of the BJP leaders in Srinagar this afternoon and stressed on them to put up a united face. Despite meeting being important and crucial only three BJP Ministers, Deputy CM Dr Nirmal Singh, MoS Priya Sethi and Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Prakash Ganga were present on the occasion. However other Ministers holding important portfolios stayed away for the reasons best known to them. Insiders revealed that State BJP leaders had been informed well in advance about ...   READ MORE

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Ahead of PM's visit, Madhav meets Mufti in Srinagar 11/1/2015 12:41:41 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to J&K, BJP's National General Secretary Ram Madhav who arrived here on Saturday held a meeting with Chief Minster Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Soon after Madhav landed in Srinagar, he drove towards the CM's Gupkar residence and held detailed meeting with him, Government sources told Early Times. "The focus of the meeting was to ensure the success of Modi's rally in Srinagar on November 7 as it will be the PM's first rally in the Valley after the PDP and the BJP formed the coalition Government in the state," said a BJP leader. Modi's last Kashmir rally was held at the city's Sher-e-Kashmir st...   READ MORE   PDP leaders divided over PM's financial package 11/1/2015 12:41:32 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a multi-crore development package for J&K, the ruling PDP leadership is divided over the issue, with some saying that November 7, when Modi makes the announcement in Srinagar, will be a "decisive day." Sources said on this day, some of the senior PDP leaders, who over the months have been unconvinced with the performance of the coalition Government and often stay away from party meetings, would take a final call on quitting or staying back in the party. One such leader, who also happens to be a Member Parliament, is understood to have conveyed to his party loyalists that he was only waiting f...   READ MORE   'Maverick' Dr Farooq Abdullah wants to be peace monger between India, Pakistan 11/1/2015 12:41:25 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: National Conference President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah wants to be a peace monger between India and Pakistan and it is due to this reason that he in the recent past has been advocating dialogue between the two neighbouring countries. Interacting here with a delegation that has come from Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Dr. Abdullah said that peace holds key to the progress of India and Pakistan. He said that dialogue alone can lead to the resolution of the problems being confronted by the two neighbouring countries. He also advocated for simplifying the procedure related to cross Line of Control (LoC) visit. It would be in p...   READ MORE   A police officer who is DIG of 3 places in Kashmir 11/1/2015 12:41:19 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 31: While a police officer is at present the DIG of three places in the valley, he is said to be finding it hard to do justice with even one of them. This is for the first time that a police officer has been given charge of three important postings in the restive valley, according to police sources. Central Kashmir DIG Ghulam Habas Bhat was first given additional charge of DIG, traffic police, as per government order No 492 on the transfer of Alok Puri. Then he was given the charge of DIG, North Kashmir range, too as per another order No 493. This way, he is holding the charge of three places as DIG. DIG, North Kashmir range, Gareeb Dass is at present ser...   READ MORE   NC's secularism has destroyed J&K Religious cleansing in Valley 11/1/2015 12:41:10 AM ET Report jammu, Oct 31: It is generally believed that Kashmir witnessed persecution of the miniscule Hindus and its migration in January 1990. It's not a belief well-founded. What happened in 1990 was just a completion of the process of religious cleansing of the minorities unleashed by the fanatics in Kashmir in 1947, when Jawaharlal Nehru conspired against the nation in general and Jammu in particular and handed over the State power to Sheikh Abdullah - who had turned to him after he failed to throw in the lot of Kashmir and Kashmiri Muslims with Pakistan and who was known for his ultra-sectarian views and anti-Dogra formulations. Not only the oppressed and persecuted Hindus, the Dogra...   READ MORE   2 DSPs sent back to Police Deptt from jail wing 11/1/2015 12:40:59 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 31: Two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs), who were on deputation to the jail department, has been sent back to their parent department. Both of them would remain attached with the district police lines (DPL) here till their further posting orders, police sources said. Sources said they were sent back to police department a week after a senior police officer took charge of the jail department. In their transfer order, the senior police officer said their services were no more required by the jail department, the sources added. Following the senior police officer's September 11, 2015 order No 1052/7270, the home department called back the two DSPs - ...   READ MORE   Govt moves SC against HC order on RTI rules; CM not taken into confidence 11/1/2015 12:40:50 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: Bureaucracy in J&K is not keeping the Chief Minister informed about some important issues, raising a question mark on the functioning of the Government itself. For example, CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was not at all taken into confidence when the Government decided to challenge the J&K High Court order over RTI rules in Supreme Court. Details available with Early Times reveal that the High Court had advised the Government last year to have a relook into strengthening of J&K RTI Rules which were repealed by the National Conference Government few years ago. A petition was moved by a Jammu-based lawyer B R Manhas before the High Court over repealing of J&...   READ MORE   Infighting at Durga Nag takes sheen off shrine 11/1/2015 12:40:43 AM Early Times Report jammu, Oct 31: The infighting between two managing committees is eating up vitals of Durga Nag Shrine at Srinagar which is an ancient seat of Adi Guru Shankaracharya and where a temple of Goddess Durga exists from time immemorial. According to sources, the mismanagement of the shrine especially after the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has put it to a heavy loss with some people forcibly occupying the premises. The management as well as the Government have failed to vacate the occupied premises till date. Sources said the Shrine property is in shambles as some of its employees and Management Committee members are making a hay without caring for the development of t...   READ MORE   Corrupt officials get plum postings, BJP fumes 11/1/2015 12:40:36 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 31: The top BJP leadership has expressed concern over awarding of plum postings to the officials, facing corruption charges. Sources told Early Times the BJP leadership has made it clear that the corrupt officials can't be accommodated and they should be shown the exit door forthwith. There can't be two set of principles in the governance. "On one-hand the government has suspended and dismissed officials on accusations of being corrupt but at the same time corrupt officials are being accommodated. This goes against the stated government policy," said a senior BJP leader. The government recently posted two senior officials against whom corruption charges ...   READ MORE   Govt regularizes casual labourers, need based workers without following official guidelines, reveals RTI 11/1/2015 12:35:24 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: A RTI has revealed that state government has regularized hundreds of casual labourers and need based workers during the past several years but while regularizing them authorities have not followed official guidelines. A Right to Information (RTI) query filed in the office of Chief Engineer PHE Kashmir has exposed a mega backdoor employment scam in Jammu & Kashmir. Details available with Early Times reveal that Abdul Kabir Khan S/o Mohammad Afzal Khan R/o Mohalla Manthran, Mohura, Tehsil Bonayar District Baramulla filed a second appeal before the State Information Commission (SIC) on 24.09.2015 under Section 16 of the J&K RTI Act 2009 against Firs...   READ MORE   Attach erring LAWDA officials who allowed illegal constructions around Dal: DB to Govt Com SVO asked to set up special team to enquire into allegations of misuse of office 11/1/2015 12:35:07 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 31: Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Hasnain Masoodi has directed government to attach those officials of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LWDA) who have allowed illegal constructions which were ordered to be sealed recently by the court within the prohibited area of Dal Lake. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Hasnain Masoodi directed Commissioner Vigilance Organisation to constitute a special team for conducting an enquiry into amassing of wealth by officers and officials of LAWDA. "Court Vigilance Commissio...   READ MORE   Grand alliance tears into BJP, questions its nationalist credentials J&K in Bihar elections 11/1/2015 12:08:17 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 31: Election process to constitute a new assembly in Bihar is on and the country would come to know on November 8 as to who wins the crucial elections. Interestingly, the Maha Gathvandhan (Grand Alliance) of the JDU, RJD and Congress has been raking up the prevailing situation in the Kashmir Valley and attacking the BJP from right and left for what has been happening in the state since March this year. The JDU, the RJD and the Congress leaders, who are attracting good crowds and have made things quite difficult for the BJP, despite hectic campaigning by PM Modi, have been exposing what they term as its separatist-friendly approach in Kashmir. In fact, they a...   READ MORE   Police foils ABVP, PDP student wing protest against JU's VC 11/1/2015 12:07:58 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Oct 31: Police on Saturday foiled an attempt by ABVP activists and student wing of PDP to disrupt a function of the Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University Prof R D Sharma here. Both students' bodies were holding protest inside Kishtwar college campus over various issues pertaining to Kishtwar college and against the suspension of three university students affiliated with the ABVP. Reports said members of ABVP's Kishtwar unit led by their president Sourab Kotwal and PDP student wing led by its district president Muddassir Ahanger along with college students held strong protest against the VC, demanding immediate revocation of suspension of t...   READ MORE   Sailan Massacre: CBI files closure report after 17 yrs Eyewitnesses, survivors challenge 'closure report,' file 'petition' 11/1/2015 12:07:49 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 31: Eyewitnesses, survivors have challenged the 'closure report' and filed a protest 'petition' after the closure report dtd August 25 was filed before the CBI court in Jammu by Dy SP Ashok Kalra of the CBI who sought to wind up investigations in the Sailan Massacre of 1998 in which atleast 19 people allegedly were killed from point blank range in Sailan, in Surankote of Poonch District. Pertinently, Atleast 19 people were shot to death at point blank range in their homes in Sailan in Surankote Tehsil, of Poonch District on intervening night of 3/4 August 1998. For inept a total of 13 females and 6 male members of three closely related families were alleg...   READ MORE   Govt school found closed, action initiated against erring staff 11/1/2015 12:07:14 AM Early Times Report Rajouri, Oct 31: Education department here has initiated disciplinary action against the staff members of Government Primary School Draman in Kotranka zone after the school was found closed during surprise inspection. As per reports, based upon complaints by locals about closure of a school in Kotranka zone of Rajouri, a team of DIET under the supervision of Principal Pardeep Sharma and led by Senior Lecturer Zahid Malik and Lecturer Fazal Hussain conducted surprise inspe...   READ MORE   Potholed roads: Locals left irked over poor performance of R&B deptt 11/1/2015 12:04:17 AM M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Oct 31: Resentment among locals across the Poonch district is brewing as majority of roads are in dilapidated condition and are dotted with potholes giving a bumpy and dusty ride to the daily commuters and forcing vehicles to move at snail's pace consuming precious time of commuters. The residents are up in arms against Roads and Buildings (R&B) department as well as GREF authorities alleging callous approach towards their miseries caused due to poor r...   READ MORE

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