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Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti seems to have forgotten that when she ruled the state many scams were pushed under the carpet.
"She never took cognizance about the discrepancies which were highlighted during her rule. The PDP ministers and leaders enjoyed impunity and everyone had started believing that they are above the law," said an analyst. ... | |
| | | | Hails Kashmiris for participation in elections; Jammu, Ladakh find no mention | | BJP president again takes Jammu, Ladakh for granted | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 15: The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah has once again taken Jammuites as well as Ladakhis for granted as during a recent high level review meeting, only Kashmir was discussed in detail while Jammu and Ladakh region found no mention.
According to the news published in a section of media, Amit Shah had a meeting with senior party leaders including General Secretary Ram Madhav, Avinash Rai Khanna, State BJP Chief Ravinder Raina and State General Secretary (organizations Ashok Koul in New Delhi to review the affairs of Jammu and Kashmir.
Amit Shah had reportedly said, "Despite threats by the militants and separatists and boycott calls by... | |
| | | | Terror recruitment case: Geelani's former aide nabbed | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 15: Kishtwar police busted a major over ground terror network in Kishtwar District, when it managed to detain former aide of hardliner Huriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani hailing from Figsoo area of Thatri in Doda District.
As per the details available with ET, the name of former Geelani aide identified as Noor Hussain alias Fiaz Malik surfaced during the questioning of recently arrested Hizb and HuJI militants.
The sources said that Fiyaz Malik remained private secretary of Syed Ali Shah Geelani from 2002 to 2013 and as many as five FIRs were registered against him in Kashmir. He left the Geelani Huriyat faction in 2013 when he was arre... | |
| | | | Govt employee allegedly pursuing IMBA | | SIC seeks attendance details from KU | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 15: State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the authorities of Kashmir University (KU) to provide attendance details of a candidate alleged to be a government employee who is reportedly pursuing Integrated MBA (IMBA) course in the university as a regular candidate.
Details available with Early Times reveal that one Bilal Ahmad Bhat a resident of Pulwama sought information from PIO, University of Kashmir, Srinagar regarding detailed attendance report of Bariq Manzoor of IMBA Batch 2014 Enrollment No 14037111003 from 2014 till the date of filing of his RTI application. Bilal also sought his examination details of semesters till 2018.
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| | | | A group within BJP trying to sabotage RSS's Dharam Sabha | | | |
Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 15: Although senior RSS leaders are working round the clock to make Sunday's Dharam Sabha a grand success, a group within BJP is all-out to sabotage the event to teach Sangh leaders a lesson for not taking them seriously.
Prestige of RSS leaders is at the stake for Sunday's Dharam Sabha as they have pressed all resources to make the event successful. Even responsibilities have been given to BJP leaders to bring crowd for the Sabha in which resolution on Ram Temple is likely to be passed.
Credible sources said that majority of the senior BJP leaders feeling humiliated and insulted by the incumbent RSS leadership which has authorized only a ... | |
| | | | Despite getting Raj Bhawan attention, former CMs train guns on Governor | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: Even as some of the key decisions taken by the Governor SP Malik have seemingly benefitted the politics of National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party the most, two former chief ministers, who come from the twin parties on Saturday trained guns on the Raj Bhawan.
Reacting to the civilian killings in Pulwama, former Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti accused the Governor Malik of failing to tackle Kashmir.
In a series of tweets, Omar Abdullah hit out the governor administration, saying it failed to focus on the security of the people.
"The administration of Governor Malik has one task & one task only - to focus on the security ... | |
| | | | Politically affluent Govt officials immune to transfers for years | | | |
Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 15: Making mockery of the transfer policy of the government, many official have held the plum postings in various departments from past many years and successive governments have not dared to touch them as they enjoy proximity to corridors of power.
"From Finance to Planning, Health to Education, Horticulture to Sericulture and Agriculture some people have made the departments as their fiefdoms and don't want to move from their first place of postings", said sources.
Sources said that, central Kashmir has become hub of these influential people, and accordingly north Kashmir to South Kashmir, these people were not transferred due to th... | |
| | | | Whistleblower RDD Engineer thrashed by colleague | | Punished for exposing embezzlement in Department | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 15: An Executive Engineer (XEn), Rural Engineering Wing (REW) was allegedly assaulted by his colleagues during a meeting called by Director General, Rural Development Jammu at Panchyat Bhawan this morning.
According to sources, XEn REW Udhampur, Bashir Ahmed Sheikh assaulted his colleague XEn Ashok Kumar Pargotra for reportedly highlighting scandals in the department. "A meeting of ACDs, DPOs and XEns from all districts of Jammu divisions was called by Director General, Rural Development Jammu. As per sources privy to the incident, as Ashok Kumar reached at meeting venue, Bashir Ahmed Sheik grabbed him and started thrashing him", sources said.
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| | | | BJP's efforts failed as Lok Sabha Speaker accepts Chhewang's resignation as MP | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 15: All efforts of BJP to mollify Thupstan Chhewang failed as Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan has ultimately accepted his resignation.
BJP had made every possible effort to convince Chhewang to withdraw his resignation-both as MP as well as from BJP but he refused to work with incredible and inefficient leadership of J&K BJP.
Chhewang, one of the veteran and most respected leaders of Ladakh, was 'humiliated and insulted' was Ravinder Raina and Ashok Koul lobby as this group only preferred inexperience and weak leaders at everywhere to keep their total control on the party and organization.
Reports said that Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepted... | |
| | | | Chidambaram wants implementation of interlocutors’ report on J&K | | | | JAMMU, Dec 15: Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has once again endorsed the October 2011 interlocutors’ report on J&K and regretted that the Congress-led UPA Government didn’t implement it, thus “adding to anger of Kashmiri people”.
“The UPA Government should have acted on the report submitted by the three interlocutors on (Jammu &) Kashmir in 2011, but it was not handed properly,” said Chidambaram, adding that “talks are the only way forward to resolve Kashmir’s problems”.
The three interlocutors were: senior journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, academic Radha Kumar and bureaucrat MM Ansari. The three-member panel was appointed by the Centre with a mandate to ... | |
| | | | Interference by locals in anti-militancy operations takes a toll on security forces | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: The interference by locals at encounter sites is taking a toll on army and police with many security personnel having lost their lives in 2018 in Kashmir.
Police in the Valley has issued an advisory many times asking people living within two-kilometres from the site of a gun battle to stay indoors. Despite that some people go near to the encounter sites. On Saturday, one army man lost his life during an encounter with militants at Kharpora Sirnoo, where some people tried to disrupt the operations. "Some people from various areas of South Kashmir Pulwama rushed to Kharpora Sirnoo where the encounter was going between forces and the militants in a bid ... | |
| | | | Omar, Mehbooba have no mandate to speak for whole J&K | | Jammu, Ladakh not Kashmir's colonies | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: Kashmir-based parties, including the PDP and the NC, have upped their ante against the Indian politico-constitutional arrangement and put forth demands ranging from greater autonomy to talks with Pakistan to making borders irrelevant. And leaders like Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have suddenly become more vocal. They are saying that the time has come to end the 70-year-old conflict and resolution of the Kashmir issue. Hold talks with Pakistan and all stakeholders in Kashmir, they are saying. They have no place for Jammu and Ladakh in their scheme of things. They consider Jammu and Ladakh as Kashmir's two colonies where the life of th... | |
| | | | Lal Singh's cold-shoulder response to BJP's bid to placate him | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 14: In a bid to placate former minister Choudhary Lal Singh, BJP state president Ravinder Raina has hailed Singh as strong and dynamic leader who is fighting for the cause of Jammu. But, Lal Singh, on the other hand, has given cold-shoulder response to the BJP state president.
While opening office of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan at Jammu on Thursday, Lal Singh has not uttered even a single word in favour of state BJP leadership. Instead of giving hear to the praise of BJP, Lal Singh felicitated his supporters who have been elected as Sarpanchas and Panchs.
Lal Singh is wise enough to realize that state BJP leadership has lost credibility and trust of the p... | |
| | | | JK set to miss opportunity to make its twin capitals 'Smart' | | Previous regime was only hoodwinking people | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: The Previous regime in the state of Jammu and Kashmir was hoodwinking people in the name of developmental projects with fresh example witnessed on Saturday when it came to fore that the much hyped smart city proposal for the state's twin capitals is in infancy stage and no concrete measure so far has been taken to execute the project on ground.
On Saturday high level meeting of the government officials was held over the smart city proposal in which it was revealed that the project is in its very initial stage and that there is much ground work needed to be done in this regard.
As per the official handout, the meeting, which lasted for several hour... | |
| | | | Victory in 3 states revitalizes Congress in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15 : Recent victory of Congress in three State Assembly elections has revitalized the party in Jammu and Kashmir which is also likely to go for Assembly polls along with Lok Sabha elections by April-May. Assembly results of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh have not only energized the party leaders but also made those Congressmen to rethink over their next move who were mulling to shift their loyalty towards the saffron party.
The Congress leaders who had turned a cold shoulder towards the party high command's decision of considering mandate for the forthcoming State Assembly elections on the basis of show of strength by the aspirants, have sudde... | |
| | | | Over 70 percent Govt. schools without electricity | | 'Digital literacy' a hallow claim! | | | Vijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: The tall claims of the government about 'Digital literacy' have fallen flat as 70 percent government run schools in Jammu and Kashmir are still without electricity. "The PDP-BJP alliance as well as incumbent government has been focusing on administrative affairs of education department and a very little focus has been given to providing electricity or infrastructural development in Government schools", sources said .
They further said that lack of electricity was a big impediment towards digital literacy as well because when there is no electricity in schools, the children will have no access to computers and other digital equipment. It... | |
| | | | Congress' Chidambaram wants implementation of interlocutors' report on J&K | | Making 'Temporary' Article 370 'Permanent | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has once again endorsed the October 2011 interlocutors' report on J&K and regretted that the Congress-led UPA Government didn't implement it, thus "adding to anger of Kashmiri people".
"The UPA Government should have acted on the report submitted by the three interlocutors on (Jammu &) Kashmir in 2011, but it was not handed properly," said Chidambaram, adding that "talks are the only way forward to resolve Kashmir's problems".
The three interlocutors were: senior journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, academic Radha Kumar and bureaucrat MM Ansari. The three-member panel was appointed by the Cent... | |
| | | | No room available for students, official documents kept at cook's residence | | Middle school Danna Loran lacks basic infrastructure | |  M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Dec 15: Govt Middle school Loran lacks basic infrastructure from more then 9 years. For 72 students there is not even a single room in which class can be taken.
Locals and students said the clases are taken under the open sky. They added that comtinued exposure to sun light has caused man skin ailments.
They said the students are leaving the school and the number is decreasing with every passing day. " There is no place for the official record. Rig... | |
| | | | Balakote sans communication facility | | | | M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Dec 15: Falling across the Line of Control In Mendhar Sub division, Tehsil Balakote sans the communication facility in forward villages sources said here today.
As per sources the 12 villages falling across the fence on LoC in Balakote have no communication facility. No phone or mobile works there. People have to cross fence and then only are able to get connectivity. This area has not road connectivity too. The roads were in dilaplidated condition while the tehsil as well as district administrations have failed to take stock of the locals problems, they added. It is pertinent to mention here that health and Education scenario in this tehsil was n... | |
| | | | Non availability of anesthetist continues to hamper functioning of DH Kishtwar | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 15: Kishtwar District spread over the area of more than 7800 Sq miles is continuously suffering due to the non availability of anesthetist as the same has hampered the routine operations and surgery in District Hospital Kishtwar. As a result of this the poor patients suffer badly and are being forced to refer from Kishtwar hospital to various hospitals of Jammu Division.
As per the details available with Early Times, several patients were referred to Doda and Jammu hospital from Kishtwar Hospital in last two months as authorities despite promising the posting of the Anesthesia doctor fail to fulfill its promise.
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| | | | Seven civilians killed as protesters clash with police, security forces in different areas | | Three militants, army man killed in encounter at Sirnoo-Pulwama | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 15: Situation took an ugly turn in South Kashmir's Pulwama district as seven civilians were killed following an encounter in which three militants were killed while as a soldier also laid down his life during the gunfight.
Reports said that a joint party of Special Operations Group (SOG) of Jammu & Kashmir Police, 182 and 183 battalions of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 55 Rashtriya Rifles launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Monghama area of Pulwama district after receiving inputs that some militants are hiding in the area.
As the joint party of police and security forces was carrying out their operation they we... | |
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