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| BJP agrees to defend 'unconstitutional' Article 35-A | | Playing with national unity | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: To retain control over petty power, the BJP is prepared to undermine national unity and deprive refugees from Pakistan and children of daughters of the State married outside the State to non-State subjects of their citizenship rights in J&K. In effect, the BJP, which for decades fought against the State's special status and demanded abrogation of divisive, anti-democratic and pro-Kashmir Article 370, has agreed to give unqualified support to the State Government so that it could defend Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution in the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear the writ petition against this Article, which was enforced in the State in 1954 to create a high wall between the so-called State subjects and other Indians.
Significantly, it is the Delhi-based NGO, "We the Citizens", which is affiliated to the RSS, has approached the Supreme Court against Article 35-A.
Reports suggest that J&K Government of which the BJP is part has decided to invoke State's special position in the Indian Constitution, the 1952-Delhi agreement, constitutional... | |
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| Ministers flout CM's directives, go missing from Civil Secretariat | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: Ministers seem to care little for the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's directive to remain present in their offices in the Civil Secretariat for speedy redressal of people's grievances.
A recce of the Civil Secretariat by Early Times found most of the Ministers missing from their offices even on designated days leaving the Civil Secretariat deserted.
The Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had directed the entire PDP-BJP Minister to remain in the Civil Secretariat for the redressal of the people's grievances.
It was learnt on Monday that Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu had not been seen for several days and similarly the Ministe... | |
| | | | NC using traders to spread canards about PM's economic package | | Party distributed relief among its workers, left victims in lurch | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing Rs 80,000 crore package for the development of Jammu and Kashmir has sent the opposition National Conference into tizzy, now it's looking for ways and means to corner the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by asking a handful of businessmen in Kashmir to criticize the financial package to create uncertainty.
Sources told Early Times that NC has roped in a few businessmen and has asked them to launch a tirade against PDP to make people believe that Rs 80,000 Crore package is nothing but eyewash. "These people have been told that they should make masses believe that PDP imposed elections on masses when conditi... | |
| | | | After Beigh's `ghar wapsi', how will Akhtar, Fin Min behave? | | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 16: Easing out the differences with the chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and coming closer to him, the PDP veteran and Parliament Member from north Kashmir Muzaffar Hussain Beigh is all set to occupy a vital post in the present regime.
The development may prove worrisome for the Education Minister Naeem Akhtar and his close aide Finance Minister who were considered as Mufti's two trusted lieutenants.
The duo besides holding vital portfolios in the dispensation also used to be privy to the vital decisions being taken vis-a-vis the modus operandi of the government.
Beigh, the old PDP man who was considered no less than Mufti's right ha... | |
| | | | CM delivers keynote address at India Ideas Conclave-2015 | | Radical ideology is anti-thesis of Kashmiri culture: Mufti | | | Early Times Report
goa, Nov 16: Describing J&K as a shining example of plurality and inclusiveness, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, today credited the peace-loving people of the State for keeping their cool during the dark days of 1947 when passions ran high in the entire subcontinent.
He said the people demonstrated the same maturity in the backdrop of certain recent unfortunate incidents by not falling prey despite extreme acts of provocation by certain fringe elements to disturb peace in the State.
"We lost a precious life to the politics of hate but our Legislative Assembly rose to the occasion and conveyed a message of peace and brotherhood to the entire nation," he said, whi... | |
| | | | Demand of division in Jammu divides Kashmiri opinion-makers | | For and against trifurcation | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: The demand in Jammu and Ladakh for three-way split of J&K has rattled the Kashmiri separatists and the fake mainstream Kashmiri parties like the NC, the Congress and the CPI-M. They have all opposed the idea of the State's division and accused the votaries of the State's trifurcation and the Valley's bifurcation as "divisive". They have declared that they will not allow these "divisive" forces to succeed.
Even on Saturday, the demand for the division of the State was opposed both in Srinagar and Jammu. In Jammu, the provincial president of the NC lambasted those demanding division of the State. "While emphasizing upon the significant role of opinion maker... | |
| | | | H&ME Deptt launches massive publicity campaign to highlight Lal Singh's 'achievements' | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: The Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department has undertaken a massive publicity campaign to highlight the so-called achievements of Health Minister Lal Singh.
Huge hoardings have come up at the Super Specialty Hospital (SSH) Jammu with Lal Singh's portraits ahead of the formal launch of grievance cell 'Hello Health Minister'.
What is surprising, however, is that the hoardings have been erected despite a Supreme Court order which bans use of photographs... | |
| | | | Pak PM Sharif stands exposed, time for Delhi to act | | Nasty letter to Asiya Andrabi | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: Pakistan Premier Mian Nawaz Sharif stands thoroughly exposed. It is now more than clear that he and Kashmiri separatists are in touch with each other and that they were conspiring against India to disintegrate it and create conditions which could merge Jammu & Kashmir with Pakistan.
It was Pakistan Radio which exposed Mian Nawaz Sharif and the conspiracies he, in collaboration with Kashmiri separatists, had been hatching against India. Radio Pakistan on Monday published the contents of the letter signed by Mian Nawaz Sharif on September 30 this year.
In fact, Mian Nawaz Sharif has thanked Chief of Dukhtaran-e-Millat Asiya Andrabi in response to her letter hailing... | |
| | | | Land grabbers, revenue officials loot State land | | | | Arun Kumar
Early Times Report
kathua, Nov 16: J&K's Principal Accountant General (PAG) in its report for the year 2014-15 had come up with an estimate that around 20 lakh kanal of State land is still under illegal occupation.
Following this revelation, Ankur Sharma, a Civil Rights and Legal Activist had moved a petition in the J&K High Court for recovering the State lands from illegal encroachers.
Pursuant to this petition the J&K High Court had ordered the Deputy Commissioners of all the 22 districts to ensure that the encroachers were evicted. But a little seems to have moved on the ground in this regard because most of encroachers belong to political parties and are hand-in-glove wit... | |
| | | | Refugees, traders, flood affected families dejected | | Economic package seems to be back-fired for BJP | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: The much awaited economic package, worth Rs 80,000 crores, announced by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for Jammu and Kashmir seems to be back fired for the BJP because every section of the society has rejected this package. The BJP, which was earlier hoping to en-cash the package, is now finding it difficult to face reply furies queries of different sections of the society.
Barring one single group, all other groups of Displaced Persons (DP) of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have rejected the amount sanctioned for their rehabilitation and compensation in the package. These groups are targeting only on BJP for not fulfilling the promise. These groups have ... | |
| | | | Uninvited' Omar going Patna to appease Rahul Gandhi | | | | Early Times Report
sRINAGAR, Nov 16: National Conference working president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in an act of 'appeasing' the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has decided to join his father Farooq Abdullah to attend the oath ceremony of Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar at Patna.
The first press note issued by the NC said that Nitish called Farooq Abdulalh and invited him for his swearing-in ceremony, which was readily accepted by Farooq. But after sometime another press note stated that Nitish also called Omar Abdullah, who will also be going there.
Nitish and Farooq Abdullah have long relations and Farooq has friends and personal relations across the pol... | |
| | | | Dir Education‘missing’, files gather dust | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
ET Report
Srinagar, Nov 16: Work in the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) has virtually come to a grinding halt as the Director, Shah Faesal, does not attend the office on regular basis.
On Monday, when Early Times correspondent visited the office of the DSEK, it presented a deserted look. "Sahab Jammu main hain, woh parsoon ko milenge, (Officer is in Jammu, he will be available on Wednesday)," said the Director's Private Secretary.
The insiders alleged that from last one week, Faesal has hardly attended his office. "There are scores of files of urgent nature gathering dust in the Director's office. In the absence of Director, the work is piling up and one fa... | |
| | | | Irrelevant NC leaders call on Governor | | Forget their past, talk about tolerance | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 16: Battered National Conference leaders from Jammu region led by Omar Abdullah's Friday man, Devender Singh, Rana called on the Governor here with a plea that PDP-BJP government is promoting intolerance.
The delegation led by Rana included former ministers Surjeet Singh Slathia, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, Mushtaq Ahmed Bukhari, Ram Pal, MLA Kamal Arora, former legislators Kashmira Singh and Sheikh Bashir Ahmed besides Jugal Mahajan, Ch Haroon, Gurdeep Singh Sasan, Anil Dhar, Vijay Lochan, Abdul Gani Teli, Israr Khan and Dharamveer Singh Jamwal.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said: "NC leaders in Jammu have turned irrelevant as people have rejected them... | |
| | | | Pragati Maidan turns battle ground | | Artisans allege corruption, officials deny | | | Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 16: Jammu and Kashmir Handicrafts department is in news for wrong reasons as its officials have reportedly closed down a stall of artisans from the Jammu region at the 35th edition of India International Trade Fair (IITF) at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The IITF was inaugurated on Nov 14, Over 7,000 domestic and foreign firms from 28 countries are participating in the fair.
JK artisans and the officials locking horns with each other has become talk of the town as both sides have levelled serious allegations against each other attracting the attention of the other competitors of the states and customers as well.
The artisans from Jammu who wer... | |
| | | | Govt initiates secret exercise to identify teachers in private coaching institutes | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 16: After issuing several illogical guidelines to the private coaching centres in Jammu and Kashmir, the State Government is now learnt to have initiated a secret exercise to identify the Government teachers and Professors providing services in these institutes. According to the sources, the CID wing of J&K Police has been directed to prepare list of such Government teachers, Lecturers, Professors and other State employees, who used to take classes in such institutes. For the purpose, sources added, CID sleuths are maintaining a close watch on these tuition centres and scanning the teachers visiting there.
The direction for preparing list of such teachers h... | |
| | | | PDP trying to tame rebel MP through kin | | Karra the rebel may spoil his Sali's political career | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 16: In yet another bid to "tame" Member Parliament Tariq Hameed Karra, who has been openly criticizing his party-led Government, the PDP is planning to remove his sister-in-law Asiya Naqash from the MoS portfolio should he fail to shed the "rebellious attitude."
Highly placed sources said the coterie of at least three Cabinet Ministers from PDP who are "allergic" of Karra's presence in the party, have floated the thought that if Karra doesn't behave in accordance with the "needs of times" his sister in-law has no right to hold the MoS portfolio in the Government where BJP is the ally.
Sources said the idea to hit Asiya has gained momentum ahead of the go... | |
| | | | KEA threatens of mass movement against 'paltry' sum for flood hit people of Kashmir | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: Taking pot-shots at the development package announced recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) today threatened of carrying a mass movement against the 'meagre' flood relief amount as announced in the package.
Addressing a press conference here, KEA Chairman Mohammad Yasin Khan said that for the past 14 months the flood affected people were waiting for a respectable package from the Government of India. He said the flood hit people feel 'ditched' by Prime Minister as just peanuts were announced for them in the name of relief.
"It seems that a deep rooted conspiracy has been hatched to cause economic lo... | |
| | | | Revenue-Police officials' nexus patronizing conversion of state land into commercial in Batote | | |  Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 16: The nexus between some lower run officials of Revenue department and Police department has allegedly been patronizing the conversion of nearly seven Kanals of state land into commercial in Batote city.
Sources informed Early Times that a total of 7 Kanals and 13 Marlas land falling under Khasra number 330 and 331 in Ward Number 2 Sheikhpora Batote was allotted in favour of Dilawar Sheikh on 10 January 2007, solely for agriculture purposes.
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| | | | Encounter breaks out in Kupwara, 4-5 militants 'trapped' | | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Nov 16: A gun battle started between militants and security forces along Line of Control in this frontier district of North Kashmir this evening.
A senior police official said that Army's 41 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Para commandos launched a massive search operation after a group of 4-5 militants of Lashkar-e Toiba militant outfit gave slip to them on last Friday at Payerpathi village near Line of Control (LoC).
The official said that on Monday evening the joint team of security forces intercepted the same militant group at Behakh forest area near Kumkadi village. He said the group had infiltrated during the intervening night of October 30 an... | |
| | | | Ministers, officials accused of accommodating workers | | Flood sufferers list tampered | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag/Kulgam Nov 16: A week after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced economic package for the state and the flood hit people, revenue authorities in Anantnag and Kulgam districts of south Kashmir in order to accommodate blue-eyed workers have tampered the flood sufferers list.
Highly placed sources said that tampering with the records is being done by the revenue officials on behest of ruling party leaders and a few ministers.
"Since October 2014 we have verified the list of flood sufferers thrice still we are being asked to re-verify the list while as more and more people are being accommodated," a revenue official posted in Kulgam pleading anony... | |
| | | | SMHS Doctor booked for selling expired medicine | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 16: Authorities booked a senior doctor posted at SMHS after recovery of expired medicines from his private clinic at Karanagar, Srinagar. Sources said that action against Dr Hayat Muhammad Bhat was taken after he prescribed one female patient Mac-D3 injection which was found as expired.
One local, Irfan Shafi Gagroo, who according to sources had purchased injections for her wife from Dr Hayat's Clinic and found its expiry date as Oct 2015.
Police sources said that shop has been sealed and the owner Muhammad Saleem has been arrested and a case under FIR No 68/2015 under section 420, 274 RPC has been registered against the accused.
Dr H... | |
| | | | Huge pilferage in ICDS, mid-day meal schemes in State | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: With the successive governments' failure to maintain proper vigil and check, the mid day meal scheme and Anganwari Schemes of the GoI have turned scandalous in J&K State with major chunk of funds earmarked for the same being siphoned off at higher level at the peril of these schemes.
According to sources, the ICDS scheme which is in force in the State since seventies has been a big scandal as it has failed to percolate to the deserving. The material meant for the children under the scheme is either sold in black in the market or taken away the officials to their homes. Sources said that booty is shared by officials from helpers to highest level in th... | |
| | | | SVO sleuths raid LAWDA office | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 16: Sleuths of State Vigilance Organization (SVO) raided the office of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) at Miskeenbagh Dargah here and seized all the official records, sources said on Monday.
"We were receiving continuous complaints about the officials encouraging people to resort to illegal constructions in lieu of money. We raided the LAWDA office and seized all the official records. After the scrutiny of these records we will book all the officials involved in these malpractices," a SVO official told a local news agency.
"Two officials from LAWDA have indulged in massive loot and have grabbed enormous sum of money from violat... | |
| | | | DGP downplays ISIS threat in J&K | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Nov 16: Downplaying the threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Kashmir, Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir K Rajendra Kumar today said that there is no threat from the dreaded terrorist organization in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is under control. While talking to "Early Times" on the side lines of today's inaugural function of District Police Office Kishtwar, the DGP while downplaying the ISIS threat in J&K said that every case is being investigated on merits.
In response to Paris terror attack, Rajendra said that terror attacks are continuous process and are bound to happen. "Anti infiltration... | |
| | | | JU's error puts career of 168 UG students into jeopardy | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 16: Around 168 students pursuing B.A.Part III in Distance Education Department with Geography, Psychology, Music and Statistics missed practicals due to absence of contractual teachers in DDE during the current session. The students were to appear in internal practicals scheduled to be held at 2 P.M. w.e.f. 4-11-2015 for fifteen days in the Govt. College for Women Gandhi Nagar Jammu. However, wrong timing which clashed with the timings of CWG students has put their career into jeopardy. The sources told that the predicament of the students became more formidable when they faced trauma for missing practicals during recent pooja holidays in the Colleg... | |
| | | | As social media flooded with posts defending Paris carnage intelligence agencies serve caution notes to J&K Govt | | Besides raising ISIS flags, Valley youth defend terror group on social media | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 16: Even as Director General of Police (DGP) has ruled out any influence of ISIS in Kashmir Valley in the wake of terror attacks claimed by the global terror outfit in Paris, intelligence agencies have asked the state agencies to remain on high alert.
In the wake of Paris mayhem, intelligence agencies have sounded the state government to keep a strict vigil on the activities of those who have been repeatedly raising ISIS flags in Kashmir Valley. Earlier the intelligence agencies were taking such incidents lightly but now agencies involved in maintaining law and order in terror plagued state of J&K were asked to take this issue seriously because the dreaded ... | |
| | | | Teachers without salaries for six months | | | | Ashwani sharma
early times report
Udhampur, Nov 16: Despite claims made by state government solve all issues teachers fraternity in state, Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers in the district are without salaries for six months.
A head teacher Satish Kumar told that teachers engaged under Sarv Siksha Abhiyan and ReTs are facing many problems due to this.
"Without money we cannot enjoy our festivals and our Karvachouth, Diwali, Bhaiya Dooj passes in miseries," he said. Another ReT Sham Lal said that they have to borrow money from friends and relatives to meet daily family chores.
"We have taken loans like home loan, education loan for child, vehicle loan etc on the base of our salaries and ... | |
| | | | Omar's high moral ground purely for returning to power? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 16: Ex-Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's taking of high moral ground by first praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and later, accepting the invitation from JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar's invitation to attend swearing-in ceremony speaks in volumes about him having learnt not much from the debacle in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and later in the Assembly elections. Omar lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delivering an excellent speech in the British Parliament. He did this at a time when the nation was waiting with abated breath to hear the Prime Minister criticizing the rough elements who had created an atmosphere of fear across the country. A de... | |
| | | | Golden crop continues to lose glory despite saffron mission | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 16: Even after the National Saffron Mission was set up to help the dwindling production of Saffron in Kashmir, there is a visible decline in the saffron production from last few years.
The mission was to bring more land under Saffron cultivation has not been achieved yet. After this year's harvesting season, the growers say, they are yet to see the most prized crop attain its pristine glory back.
The implementation of the National Saffron Mission was extended for two more years last month by the Union government in view of the losses the Saffron plants suffered in past two years due to 'heavy downpour'.
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