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| Separatist leaders likely to be booked under PSA | | Act tough against anti-India elements, Centre tells JK | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 18: The J&K Government is all set to curb separatist activities in the Valley and book various separatist leaders and activists under Public Safety Act (PSA).
The move comes in the wake of strong message from the Centre to the State Government to deal with separatists with an iron hand.
Early Times has learnt that the Union Home Ministry has asked the State Government not to allow any separatist leader to instigate protests and violence in the Valley.
Sources said that ahead of the visit of top Home Ministry officials to the State, the agenda of the meeting has been sent to the State dispensation, with action against the "trouble mongers" topping the lis... | |
| | | | Divisive NC is Kashmir's mouthpiece | | In Jammu, divisive autonomywallas dub neglected nationalists 'divisive' | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Nov 18: The Valley-based sectarian and protagonist of limited accession with India, National Conference (NC), and its Jammu-based handful of agents have unleashed a vilification campaign against the nationalist people of Jammu region by dubbing as "divisive" their genuine demand seeking trifurcation of the State into Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh States. They have been meeting the State Governor, holding press conferences and issuing provocative statements almost on a daily-basis. On Tuesday, it was Ali Mohammad Sagar & Co which poured venom on the neglected, suppressed and oppressed nationalists and poked his nose in the affairs of Jammu and Ladakh, despite the fact that the ... | |
| | | | How KEA provokes people of Jammu | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 18: The other day, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), a conglomerate of pro-separatist organizations, came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described his Rs 80,000 crore financial package as "a ploy to trifurcate Jammu and Kashmir". It also accused the PDP-BJP coalition Government of hatching a conspiracy to "dilute the Muslim majority character of J&K by way of planning its trifurcation on religious lines". It held out a threat that it will launch a "mass movement" in Kashmir against the coalition Government to preserve the Muslim-majority character of the State and fight for justice for the ill-treated Kashmir.
What made the KEA leadership t... | |
| | | | As Government delays action against 'corrupt' officials, people question claims of transparency | | Administrative inertia at its best | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 18: More than four months have passed since the state Government came out with the list of officials who were terminated from Government services following their involvement in different corruption cases. However, the follow up action is missing.
It was on July 1 when the Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar while addressing a press conference here made public a list of 63 Government officials terminated from Government services following their involvement in different embezzlements and scams. The list mainly comprised of officials falling in the middle and lower rung with very few top officials included in it.
Akhtar who is also the Gove... | |
| | | | 'Black Sheep' sabotage Mehbooba's journey to CM chair | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 18: With senior BJP leader and member of Rajya Sabha, Avinash Rai Khanna having said that there's no truth in "rumors" that Mehbooba Mufti would replace her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed as the Chief Minister, the PDP leaders have taken it as an attempt of sabotage initiated by no outsider but some "black-sheep" within her party.
It is believed that the BJP leader did not make the statement on his own but was asked to do so by some PDP Ministers enjoying good relations in the corridors of power in New Delhi.
Khanna, it has come to fore enjoys personal relations with some of PDP leaders who hold Cabinet portfolios and were instrumental in the alliance with... | |
| | | | Geelani, Shah, Malik vindicate ET report | | Skip Mirwaiz `unity meet' | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 18: Vindicating an Early Times report, Geelani, Shabir Ahmad Shah and Yasin Malik on Wednesday skipped Mirvaiz Umar Farooq's much hyped 'unity meet'.
Insiders told ET that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who was aware of this development allegedly managed to put himself under house detention.
"In the executive meet held on Monday it was decided that all constituents of Hurriyat-M will attend the meeting at Mirwaiz Manzil Srinagar.
"Mirviaz had assured that he will attend the meeting but it surprised us when we were informed that he (Mirwaiz) has been detained at his residence," an activist who attended the meeting today at Mirwaiz Manzil said.
Sources said that par... | |
| | | | Police Inspector gets choice posting, thanks to BJP leader | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 18: A police Inspector has been posted as Station House Officer (SHO) of an important police station in Jammu city on the recommendationS of a BJP leader.
"The name of the Inspector was not figuring in the list of officers shortlisted for manning the police station which is considered to be one of the biggest in Jammu district under whose jurisdiction two police posts fall," sources told Early Times on Wednesday.
However, they said, the BJP Minister's wish prevailed and many capable officers were ignored.
One of the reasons why the particular police station is every officer's first choice is because posh colonies of Transport Nagar and several offices come ... | |
| | | | Ahead of Cabinet meet, police, civil officers throng mantris' houses | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 18: Ahead of the State Cabinet meet, likely to be held anytime to effect transfers of senior officers, several police and civil officers today called on some Ministers and spent time with them at their residences.
The officers, who included heads of some police wings, sought favours from the Ministers for choice postings. Some of the officers had come from outside districts, according to police sources.
Those, who failed to visit the houses of their political masters (Ministers of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts), spoke to them on phone. They also spoke to the family members and close relatives of the Ministers to utilise the services for "choice" postings... | |
| | | | Kashmir's ISM dispensaries in shambles | | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 18: Contrary to the claims of the Health Minister of 'revamping the health sector' in the state, at least 500 Indian System of Medicines(ISM) dispensaries are in shambles and not a single penny has been spent so far.
As winter has set in the valley, all the dispensaries affiliated with ISM sector lack basic facilities like proper electricity, water supply and lavatories. No heating system has been arranged yet in any dispensary.
Early Times correspondent found several ISM dispensaries at Uranhall, Anantnag, Shamsipora Anantnag, Manzmoh Dooru, Hiller Shahbad, Kapran, Soofshali in dilapated condition.
The Indian Systems of M... | |
| | | | Despite Govt orders, officers refuse rolling back of attached persons | | | | A B Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: Despite government's strict stipulations not to attach the teachers at any level, the illegal business is flourishing unabated in District Rajouri, tehsil Sunderbani.
The education minister Naeem Akhtar who only yesterday conducted a high-level meet of the concerned officers at Dak Bungalow Sunderbani had again reiterated his strong communication to the district commissioner Rajouri to take cognizance of the mar and release the attached people while returning then to their original place of posting.
Notwithstanding the government order, some departmental offices and institutions have set aside the stipulations and pursuing with the illeg... | |
| | | | Intl Cricket Stadium at Bajalta fails to see light of day, thanks to JKCA, Farooq Abdullah | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 18: The state cricketers and a few JKCA office bearers wonder if the international cricket stadium at Bajalta here would ever see the light of day. No headway has so far been made on the project for which over 500 kanals of land at Bajalta was handed over to JKCA by the state government on lease in 2005. Courtesy: Scam-ridden JKCA and ex-chief minister Farooq Abdullah, who headed the Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association for over 35 years.
Farooq had come under severe criticism of the J&K cricketers after an alleged scam of Rs 60-70 cr was unearthed in JKCA, with almost everyone in the association holding him responsible for the JKCA's deteriorating condition. ... | |
| | | | 2 months on, sugar missing from CAPD depots | | | |
MOHD IRFAN
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 18: Two months on, sugar is missing from CAPD depots.
Notwithstanding the assurance of the concerned minister, the consumers returned dry even on the occasion of Diwali.
Sources informed Early Times that Government gives subsidy of Rs 80 cr but the CAPD department utterly fails to yield positive results after negotiations with the millers who are tasked to provide sugar. CAPD gets sugar at the Rs 39.50 and sell it at Rs 13.50 per kg. The failure of the CAPD has subjected the people to inconvenience and have been purchasing it from the open market at high rates.
Taking a dig over the CAPD for its functioning, a consumer Shagufta kous... | |
| | | | Growing traffic jams choke Srinagar | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 18: Wrong priorities of Traffic Department, occupying of roads by street vendors and ever increasing number of vehicles choke the summer capital almost daily especially in mornings and evenings.
"The Traffic Department is behaving like a revenue generating department. They have limited their work to just filing challans and collecting fines and pay little heed to improving quality of traffic services", A Traffic Department official told Early Times on condition of anonymity. He said officials deployed at various spots have a predetermined quota of challans to file per day and their attention remains on just completing their quotas. "I ... | |
| | | | Chak darab school students sent to Haq's rally | | |  Arun Kumar
Early Times Report
Kathua , Nov 18:- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and JK Chief Minister including HRD and JK Education minister launched several schemes to uplift the standard of education system, took several steps but all seems to have gone in vain. Govt School Chak Dharab Khan falling under ZEO Barnoti Kathua continued the corrupt system and sent all the students in the rally of minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq Khan.
The minister reached here... | |
| | | | Infringement from Pak's telecommunication spectrum affecting mobile connectivity on IB | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: Intervention of spectrum of the Pak telecom agencies is affecting mobile connectivity in the areas adjoin international border in Jammu.
The telecom service provider Aircel in Jammu has expressed its helplessness to give a clean connectivity to the areas of Jammu on International Border due to Pakistan's infringement in its wavelengths.
" Since Indian service providers have to maintain a stipulated distance from the border to erect telecom towers, the Pakistan's telecom towers are more closer to the border on their side that hamper clean connectivity to the customers in Jammu people residing near the IB," said Anil Gupta regional business head , North... | |
| | | | After Durbar Move, babus abandon their offices in Srinagar | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Nov 18: With the highest seat of power, civil secretariat having moved to the Jammu region for next six months, a large number of officials including several senior officers have preferred to keep away from their offices here and some of them have fled to Jammu.
Sajad Ahmad, a resident of the Kralpora has been trying for the last three days to meet the Director School education Kashmir, but found him missing from the office. "From last six days I several times visited his office but every time the officials told me that he is not available," he said.
On Wednesday when this correspondent visited a number of such offices in Srinagar they ... | |
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