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Snack vendor's murderers held He was killed following refusal to marry his daughter with the prime accused 12/15/2015 12:00:46 AM S.Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report SOPORE (BARAMULLA), Dec 14: The killers of the snack vendor, who was stabbed to death outside his residence at Behrampora here on December 12 evening, have been arrested by police. Ghulam Mohammad Tantray (45), son of Ghulam Ahmad, was stabbed to death by unknown persons at Behrampora area when he was on way to his home. He was killed after he refused to marry his daughter with the prime accused, according to police sources. Talking to media persons here today, North Kashmir DIG Garib Dass said the two accused involved in the incident had been arrested by police. Soon after the murder, protests had erupted in the area, following which police had constituted a SIT under the supervision of SSP, Sopore, Abdul Qayoom. The SIT, headed by SDPO, Rafiabad, ...   READ MORE

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JK's central funds reduced from Rs 15919 cr to Rs 10271 cr 12/15/2015 12:00:16 AM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Pulwama, Dec 14: As part of newly grouping in expenditures to meet design of flexibility of centrally sponsored schemes, central assistance funds for Jammu and Kashmir have been reduced to a greater extent for the financial year 2015-2016. The details collected during ongoing Lok Sabha functioning by a noted writer said that central assistance funds for Jammu and Kashmir were reduced from Rs 15919.99 crores in 2014-2015 to Rs 10271.34 crores in 2015-2016. As per details central assistance fund scheme for Jammu and Kashmir for the financial year 2015-2016 goes as rupees Rs 10271.34 cores which includes Rupees Rs 2399.54 crores under central assistance to ...   READ MORE   Health deptt daily wagers not paid for over 2 yrs 12/15/2015 12:00:01 AM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Reoprt Jammu, Dec 14: On the hind side of government's claims of being responsive and considerate to the issues of the people at large, Daily Wagers and need based workers of GMCH and associated hospitals have not been paid their meagre salaries for over two years. Frustrated to the core, these workers are mulling to shun their works, which may completely jeopardize patient care in this premier health care institution. "Nearly 160 daily wagers (Mech) engaged at Government Medical College and Hospital, Shri Maharaja Ghulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital, Chest Diseases (CD) Hospital and Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) Jammu are running Gas plants, ICUs, CCUs, Operation The...   READ MORE   Is BJP speaking PDP's language? 12/14/2015 11:59:49 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec: 14: After PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti, dropped a bombshell in the state polity, claimed her party consulted Separatists Hurriyat Conference before forming the government with BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, its coalition partner, seemingly, put weight behind the PDP leader's remarks. PDP President and MP, Mehbooba Mufti, while speaking at Agenda Aaj Tak on Saturday in New Delhi said that her party had sought approval from Separatist Hurriyat Conference for the government formation with right wing BJP. "Forming an alliance with the BJP was not easy and took us two months to decide the agenda of alliance. Hurriyat was also called for taking i...   READ MORE   ‘Killer roads' claim 2488 lives in JK since 2013 12/14/2015 11:59:44 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: The number of militancy related deaths is much lower than the deaths caused in road accidents. The number of road accidents and the persons killed in them has alarmingly risen over the last few years as since 2013 till July 2015 as many as 2488 persons have lost their lives vis-a-vis 21,335 persons received grievous or minor injuries in 15,442 road mishaps during this period which is indicative of the fact that the roads in the state are quite unsafe. As of July 2015, as many as 506 people got killed in 3212 road accidents and 992 people lost their lives in 5861 road accidents in 2014 while 990 people were caught in the death trap in 6469 road accidents ...   READ MORE   Officials overstay at their posts 12/14/2015 11:59:40 PM Early Times Report Udhampur, Dec 14: Owing to political influence and links with higher-ups in their departments, certain officials in Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department Udhampur district are sticking on to their posts despite being transferred. According to sources two months back Director CAPD Department transferred Salesmen of different districts in Jammu including Udhampur vide order number 193-DCAPDJ of 2015 dated 12-8-2015. Apart from this Storekeepers in District Udhampur were also transferred within the district vide order number 269-CAPDJ of 2015 on dated 17-10-2015. Though among the transferred officials, those who have no godfathers in politics or in...   READ MORE   Cluster approach key to promotion of traditional craft, says Mufti 12/14/2015 11:59:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: To boost traditional handmade and artisanal craft for its inclusive growth, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Monday, sought Central support in fostering entrepreneurial cooperation by promotion of cluster initiative. He also called for complete focus on traditional craft which are women-centric such as shawl embroidery, chain stitch, sozni and crewel work. The Chief Minister made these observations during his meeting with the Minister for Industries & Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga and the visiting Chairman of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (K&VIC), Vinai Kumar, here this morning. Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, was a...   READ MORE   Cluster approach key to promotion of traditional craft, says Mufti 12/14/2015 11:59:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 14: To boost traditional handmade and artisanal craft for its inclusive growth, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Monday, sought Central support in fostering entrepreneurial cooperation by promotion of cluster initiative. He also called for complete focus on traditional craft which are women-centric such as shawl embroidery, chain stitch, sozni and crewel work. The Chief Minister made these observations during his meeting with the Minister for Industries & Commerce, Chander Parkash Ganga and the visiting Chairman of Khadi & Village Industries Commission (K&VIC), Vinai Kumar, here this morning. Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B. B. Vyas, was a...   READ MORE   After NC's electoral rout, Dr Farooq wants to visit Pakistan 12/14/2015 11:59:29 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 14: The intentions of National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah to become an ambassador of peace, and go to Pakistan for better Indo- Pak relations have become too obvious. This aspiration of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was known to everyone when he during a book launch function at New Delhi said that he would like to go to Pakistan and request the country to stop war against India and allow peace in the region. Though Dr Farooq also trained guns against the UPA regime, accusing it of not allowing the former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to initiate dialogue with Pakistan, he said, Congress was apprehensive that 'yeh ...   READ MORE   Rs 1.2 cr scam surfaces in SIE Rs 100 each taken from 1.2 lakh students, not refunded despite mass promotion 12/14/2015 12:02:40 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 13: A whopping Rs 1.2 crore scam has surfaced in the State Institute of Education (SIE) here as the exam fee taken from students of class 8th for final examination last year was not refunded even though they were given "mass promotion" in the wake of floods. Some officials of the SIE and the other concerned in the Directorate of School Education Kashmir are believed to have grabbed this money to make personal fortunes and to throw lavish Kebab-Kanti and Wazwan parties, which continue to be held till date at such Government offices. The SIE Srinagar conducts the annual class 8th examinations for entire Kashmir province including Kargil and Leh districts...   READ MORE   Mehbooba misquoted, claims party leader PDP denies Hurriyat's ashirward 12/14/2015 12:02:11 AM Controversy! Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 13: The statement of Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbobba Mufti that Hurriyat was taken into confidence before the new dispensation was formed in Jammu and Kashmir has created ripples in the State but PDP is claiming that Mehbooba has been misquoted and she has not said it. A section of the press on Sunday carried the details of an interview which Mehbooba Mufti had given to national news channel Aaj Tak and a few newspapers reported Mehbooba having revealed that Hurriyat was taken into confidence before PDP entered into an alliance with BJP in Jammu and Kashmir. However, PDP leaders vehemently denied that their President had clai...   READ MORE   Omar the CM allowed vandalization of tourist resorts Now illegal constructions in Gulmarg worry him 12/14/2015 12:01:45 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 13: Even as health resorts of Kashmir were vandalized by influential Kashmiri families during the previous National Conference led regime, the then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah now being out of power has started raising hue and cry on illegal constructions. Former Chief Minister today said that massive constructions were being carried out under the guise of "minor repairs" in Gulmarg tourist resort. "It's terrible to see that under the guise of minor repairs, massive constructions are being carried out in Gulmarg, authorities complicit," Omar, the working president of opposition National Conference wrote on Twitter. The Jammu and Kashmir High court has...   READ MORE   SP stoops low to get lucrative posting Supplies vegetables, fruits to 2 BJP Ministers 12/14/2015 12:01:00 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 13: To seek their support in getting a lucrative posting as the head of a district in Jammu region, one SP of J&K police has touched a new low by being the supplier of fresh vegetables and fruits to the residences of two BJP Ministers. Though he is very junior, he is desperate to head a district as its SSP. The district, he is eyeing, is already headed by a SP-rank officer. To turn his dream into reality, he is now-a-days busy in pleasing the two BJP Ministers, knowing that he can't become an SSP without the support of the two BJP Ministers as and when the proposal of his posting as the head of the particular district was discussed in the State Cabinet. ...   READ MORE   Centre proposes doing away with interviews for jobs, J&K Govt 'negates' it GAD changes nomenclature of word interview with 'oral test' 12/14/2015 12:00:44 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 13: J&K Government of which BJP is the ally is bent upon disposing everything proposed by the Union Government as a matter of national policy sought to be implemented all across the country. In what can be seen as sneering at recent decision of the Centre to do away with the tradition of interviews for jobs, PDP-BJP Government has brazenly negated this by simply changing the nomenclature of the word interview and replacing it with an expression 'oral test'. It has been mentioned in the fresh notification/SRO on advertisements for the non gazetted posts by GAD. Sources, said the GAD in this order has mentioned about these posts under several departments t...   READ MORE   Not a single player from Jammu in State teams of 3 disciplines Discrimination against Jammu now spreads to Sports field 12/14/2015 12:00:26 AM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 13: Sportsmen of Jammu region have become the latest victims of discrimination against Jammu as not a single player from Jammu has been selected in the State Athletics, Badminton, and Table Tennis teams which are taking part in the ongoing National championship under Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan in Jammu. Entire sports fraternity and the sports persons of Jammu in particular are up in arms against the Department of Youth Services and Sports alleging that not only the merit has been ignored, those responsible for the selection of the State teams have indulged in gross impropriety. "State teams are selected after organizing trials, giving opport...   READ MORE   Lok Sabha debate on Article 370 upsets Congress Attack on PDP-BJP 12/14/2015 12:00:17 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 13: The Friday debate in the Lok Sabha on Article 370 and plight of the internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus and other victims of fanaticism, including those from Pakistan, has upset and rattled the "secular" Congress. It has fielded its MLA from Sopore Abdul Rashid Dar to express its concern over the Lok Sabha debate on J&K, refugees and Article 370. The Lok Sabha on December 11 not only discussed Article 370, but also adopted a resolution that desired the Government of India to settle the displaced Kashmiri Hindus in their own homeland. The resolution also talked about the rights of the refugees from Pakistan. The resolution, which is not a binding on the...   READ MORE   Gas agencies dupe consumers Charge Rs 75 for checking cylinders 12/14/2015 12:00:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 13: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is himself making fervent appeals to the people living Above Poverty Line (APL) to give up LPG subsidy there is no end to the black marketing and misappropriation by the LPG dealers of all the three petroleum companies, Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum. In between innumerable complaints of black marketing and misuse of domestic LPG cylinders during ongoing wedding season has outraged the denizens in Jammu. A local LPG outlet has reportedly innovated a new way of duping its customers, sources divulged. They said staff members of one HP LPG outlet operating in Talab Tillo area of the cit...   READ MORE   Cong leader's relatives enjoy privileges in JU 12/13/2015 11:59:57 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 13: Relatives of a senior Congress leader are allegedly calling the shots and are enjoying the privileges in Jammu University. Sources told Early Times that the senior Congress leader had got his relative adjusted at an important post in University of Jammu a few years ago and since then he has been ruling the roost. "The official adjusted on Congress leader's direction even got his wife appointed in the Varsity," sources added. "The Congress leader had tried to get him adjusted in Baba Gulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri but the then Vice-Chancellor of the BGSBU had refused to accommodate the blue eyed", sources said. "But the then V...   READ MORE   VC fails to nail influential liaison officer 12/13/2015 11:59:50 PM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 13: Despite the recommendations of a sub-committee constituted by the Vice- Chancellor of Jammu University to check the irregularities in the salary of a Liaison Officer, VC himself has failed to take action and revoke the unnecessary hike in the salary to the blued eyed. According to sources, the committee included Chief Coordinator all off site campuses, Prof Rajnikant, Joint Registrar Finance, Jatinder Khajuria, Sohaib Innayat Mallik, Director Kishtwar Campus and Coordinator Dawood Iqbal recommended to revoke the salary of an employee and collect recovery with effect from 1st April 2014. Pertinently, from the year 2010 to 2014 salary of the...   READ MORE   As Mehbooba declines to become CM of JK, NC leaders look for 'issue' to target PDP Party yet to respond to PDP President's announcement 12/13/2015 11:41:32 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 13: As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti has made it clear that she is nowhere in race for the position of chief minister in the state leaders of opposition National Conference (NC) are looking for an issue to target the PDP. Taking part in a programme organized by a leading news channel at New Delhi, Mehbooba had said that she is not interested in becoming Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir. She said that her father and PDP Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is the best person to be Chief Minister. She added that she has plans to replace her father as CM of the state. Following the PDP President's announcement the NC ...   READ MORE   Sham's solution to Jammu problem Regional Council 12/13/2015 11:41:21 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 13: Congress leader and former minister Sham Lal Sharma has come out with a solution to the Jammu problem. Jammu province is the most neglected region in the country. It has no or little say in the governance of the state, despite the fact that Jammu is bigger than Kashmir, it generates and pays more revenue, its population is equal to Kashmir, if not more, and is also the region that was at the helm of affairs between March 1846 and 1947. The Jammu's political class and New Delhi have been responsible for the neglect and backwardness of Jammu province, as they give a preferential treatment to the Valley, which houses a class of people who browbeats and bla...   READ MORE   9-yrs on, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex still incomplete 12/13/2015 11:41:12 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Dec 13: The renovation of the Mubarak Mandi Heritage complex going on at snail's pace has disappointed the people. The work on the said project is moving at snail pace for the past 9 years when the projected first started in 2006-2007 at the cost of Rs. 71.29 crore. As per the details available with "Early Times", the work on conservation/preservation of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex started in 2006-2007 and during the said period three projects worth Rs. 71.29 Crore were sanctioned by the government under different programs. After according sanction to Rs. 71.29 Crore worth projects, the then government even released Rs. 16.26 crore for ex...   READ MORE   Civil society seeks re-opening of BOPEE-2010 case for vital findings 12/13/2015 11:01:08 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 13: The closure report filed by the Crime Branch with regard to probe into Common Entrance Test (CET) of the year 2010 conducted by the BOPEE has evoked severe criticism from civil society groups. The groups seem all set to seek judicial intervention for reopening of the case. The Crime Branch after receiving notice from the court registered FIR No. 24/2013 and conducted investigation as court monitored the investigation. However, on August 26, this year, after around three years of the rigorous investigation, the Crime Branch here submitted a closure report with regard to probe into Common Entrance Test (CET) 2010 conducted by the BOPE...   READ MORE   After killing of a civilian, thousands of people protest against the murderers in Rafiabad Baramulla 12/13/2015 11:00:56 PM S.Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Dec 13: A day after the civilian was killed protests rock Rafiabad area of Baramulla district today morning after the dead body of a traditional snack vendor reached to his native village Bahrampora. According to sources that, panic gripped on Saturday late evening, after some unidentified persons attacked a local man with sharp knives and silt his throat when he was on way to his home. Ghulam Tantray was not having any personal rivalry with anyone, and it is hard to believe that he is no more with us, said sources. However according to eyewitness that today morning the local residents from all walks of society staged a protest demonstration...   READ MORE

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