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| Assets grew from Rs 12 lakhs in 2008 to Rs 2 cr in 2014 | | NC lawmaker wealthier by Rs 1.88 Cr in 6 years | | | From Rags to Riches
Wealth of MLAs has seen manifold increase from 2008 to 2014 as the affidavits filed by them prior to elections show how they have grown from rags to riches.
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: An NC lawmaker from a remote constituency in Kashmir division and Deputy Speaker of J&K Legislative Assembly has grown wealthier by almost Rs 1.88 crore rupees in just one tem as per the details shown by him in his affidavit filed during 2008 and 2014 assembly elections respective.
Details available with Early Times reveal that MLA 's total wealth was shown at around Rs 12 lakhs in 2008 elections and when he submitted his wealth details during 2014 assembly elections the ... | |
| | | | Kashmir BJP unit at crossroads | | New faces look for escape route, as high command ignores them | | | Resentment
If BJP high command fails to address the resentment within the Kashmir unit then there is every possibility of many young leaders quitting the party.
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: Many faces which had joined Kashmir unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have eventually disappeared from the scene as party high command has ignored them and their suggestions during the past 2-years.
Sources told Early Times most BJP leaders in Kashmir believe that they were not given the space they deserved and were left in lurch by the BJP top brass. "Most BJP leaders had joined the party due to Modi wave prevailing in India in 2014 and they were of the belief that even if they los... | |
| | | | Don't halt traffic for army convoy's movement: Mehbooba | | | | No Safe Passage
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti doesn't want 90's to return and has asked the security agencies to devise some other plan to counter the terrorist threat on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.
Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 25: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has put her foot down on the proposal of Army seeking to halt all kind of vehicles movement on whichever highway or road the army movement was to take place.
Though a matter a concern that after almost 10 years, Army has requested the state government to devise a mechanism for providing safe passage for its convoy on all the routes across the state including the National Highway. Sources sa... | |
| | | | Inefficient system hampers regularisation of daily wagers | | Figures vary, Govt confused, process likely to start afresh | | | Confusion Prevails
The Jammu and Kashmir government has no idea about the exact number of daily rated workers due to which their regularization process is getting delayed.
Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 25: The regularisation of around 60, 000 daily rated employees in Jammu and Kashmir has again been kept in limbo by the incumbent regime due to dishonesty and corruption done at various official levels in ascertaining the exact number of the daily wagers engaged in different departments in Jammu and Kashmir.
Highly placed sources told Early Times that the government at the highest level is confused as the numbers of the daily wagers waiting to get regularised... | |
| | | | Greed for power forces BJP ministers to ignore RSS chief's suggestion | | Citizenship Rights to West Pak Refugees | | | Power corrupts
BJP ministers not talking about granting citizenship rights to WPRs and not paying any heed towards Mohan Bhagwat's advice to stand behind WPRs has exposed the saffron party leaders in Jammu. It seems they are maintaining a "criminal silence" over the issue to appease Kashmiris.
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 25: Greed for power has dared BJP ministers in the J&K coalition to ignore suggestions of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat during his this year's annual Vijaydashmi address had strongly asked for granting all rights to refugees from West Pakistan. Mohan Bhagwat's address was a message to BJP leadership at the Centre in general and state in p... | |
| | | | Posters against MLA Jammu west appear | | |  Black And White
Posters accusing MLA west Jammu have sent the BJP MLAs into tizzy as these depict the authoritarian attitude of the BJP leaders, who came into power by winning 25 seats in Jammu region in 2014 assembly elections.
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: Despite the tall claims of BJP of working for the welfare of Jammu, people have come up with anti-leaders protests and a poster regarding MLA west Jammu and state president BJP-Sat Sharma have appeared in the city, wherein ... | |
| | | | Loot: Cab driver captures traffic cop's video | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: Encouraged by the ET expose of the extortion mafia being run by traffic Police, following which four traffic police cops were attached
Another cab driver has managed to capture this open loot of men in blue on his mobile phone camera, which is likely to role several heads again.
A driver of Ford Ikon passenger car who was intercepted at Akhnoor road by a traffic cop smartly captured him on his mobile phone, demanding 'entry' on behalf of Sector Officer Paloura. ... | |
| | | | 'Opportune time to reset J&K, separate Ladakh' | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 25: Voices have again begun emanating out of Ladakh seeking its separation from the trouble torn state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Ladakhis no longer want to remain with Jammu and Kashmir since they believe neither their culture nor their geography is even remotely connected with the two regions which they say are at loggerheads with each other. They have brought this concern of theirs in the notice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet. They are vigorously pleading for being separated from the state of Jammu and Kashmir without any further delay.
Strategic experts, academicians, politicians and elected representatives have all j... | |
| | | | Patients shiver at SMHS Hospital as Govt curtails heating arrangements | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 25: Even as Kashmir is under severe cold wave, the authorities at the SMHS hospital have curtailed heating arrangements to save a few bucks. The measure has evoked severe criticism from various quarters.
The central heating system is being kept off for most part of the day, something which has compounded the miseries of the patients and their attendants alike.
The doctors apprehend deaths due to extreme cold. The patients and attendants said they were... | |
| | | | Man killed by unidentified gunmen in Sopore | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 25: A man was killed by unidentified gunmen in the apple township of Sopore in north Kashmir district of Baramulla, official sources said here tonight.
They said unidentified gunmen fired at one Nazir Ahmad Mir outside his residence at Bahrampora in Sopore this evening. The injured was immediately taken to a local hospital from where he was referred to SMHS hospital in Srinagar. However, Mir succumbed to his injuries. Meanwhile, the gunmen managed to escape from the spot, they said, adding a massive search operation has been launched to nab the accused. Police have registered a case and initiated investigation into the incident.... | |
| | | | Clearing confusion of Refugees from Pak, PoJK | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 25: Even after 70 years, many opinion-makers are committing serious mistakes, as they are not differentiating between the political status of refugees from Pakistan and refugees from Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Kashmir. Some of the opinion-makers are of national repute. They are misleading the nation by describing the refugees from Pakistan as refugees from Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK), thus hurting their genuine cause.
They are, in fact, not aware of the fact that there are many varieties of refugees living in Jammu, all Hindus and Sikhs. There are Hindu refugees from Kashmir. There are border migrants of 1965 and 1971. And there are refugees fr... | |
| | | | But fails to comply Abraham Committee suggestions | | PDD blames people for power crisis | |  Saqib Ahmed
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 25: While the Power Development Department is blaming people for power crisis, the authorities have failed to comply the directions of the Abraham Committee report for improvisation of power supply in the state.
The Abraham Committee in its report has said that PDD in J&K was not making any serious efforts to reduce transmission and distribution loss levels and was passing burden of the entire loss levels to the consumers.
The Abraham Committee... | |
| | | | Name of Mendhar MLA's son deleted from FIR | | 9 booked for violence | |  MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Dec 25: Police has not included the name of son of local MLA in the first information report registered in connection with the violence in Poonch. Some fruit vendors and tea stall owners had named 10 persons including the MLA's son as, responsible for the violence in Mendhar town.
But only nine persons have been booked, while local MLA's son whose name figured in the complaint at serial No.4 has not been mentioned in the FIR. On December 22, National Con... | |
| | | | CM's Media advisor faces protest in Anantnag | | | | Scribes humiliated
Journalists, who had gone to cover a function attended by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in south Kashmir, were not allowed by the security guards to enter the venue. After they staged protests Chief Minister had to say sorry and her media advisor Suhail Bukhari tendered an unconditional apology.
Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Dec 25: Dozens of journalists working with electronic and print media Sunday staged a peaceful protest demo against Chief Minister's media advisor after SSG men barred them from covering a function at Dak Banglow Khanabal.
According to reports, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti along with her cabinet colleagues and senior offic... | |
| | | | IGNOU students missed classes, courtesy 'CM Scooty scheme' | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Dec 25: Hundreds of students enrolled with Indra Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Sunday missed their weekly classes as authorities selected Government Degree College Anantnag, which is university's study center, venue for launching 'CM Scooty scheme'.
The students expressed resentment against the decision of district administration and appealed them to spare their study center on Sundays. "We are attending classes once in a week, Please don't use our college for these functions," students who were found roaming on Khanbal-Anantnag road said. A large number of female students too expressed anguish. "Students are coming from far off ... | |
| | | | ReT teachers left high and dry over delay in regularisation | | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Dec 25: Even as ReT teachers in almost all zones have been regularised and are availing the benefits of General Line teachers, ReT teachers in Chenani zone are still struggling for their rights, owing to the unwarranted delay in their regularisation even after completion of their probation period of five years.
They completed their probation period about six months back. Sources said some of them had submitted their files for regularisation in the 1st half of 2016 to the concerned officer at Chenani, but any action was yet awaited.
Sources said the inordinate delay on the part of the officer had caused resentment among the ReT teachers.
P... | |
| | | | Centre assures state it won't allow repeat of 2008 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 25: The Centre has asked the state government not to succumb to any pressure of separatists and the protests supported by them over the issuing of 'just identity card' to the West Pak refugees. It has also asked the government to identify the officials who were planting 'wrong' stories in Kashmir media.
"We have directed the state government to just stick to its stand of issuing identity cards to the West Pak refugees. There is no need for any thinking on this issue. It's just another desperate attempt by the separatists to browbeat the government. They are now using this as an excuse to further rake up the issue in the valley, but we won't allow them," sai... | |
| | | | PHE JE asks employees to work in his under construction house | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Dec 25: A junior engineer of PHE department is alleged to be utilizing the services of his subordinate employees in his under construction house at Kheribal, Anantnag.
Locals alleged that the JE had engaged two dozen employees in his under construction house. "He is raising roof of his house and PHE employees are working there in shifts," they alleged, saying he was quite influential.
Some of the employees working at his residence alleged that the JE had forced them to work there. "You are not attending duties. Let you work at my residence," the JE was alleged to have told them.
"We took up the issue with some officers of the department but ... | |
| | | | BJP U-turn on domicile certificate to refugees inhuman: Hari Om | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu Dec 25: Terming BJP's U-turn on issuance of domicile certificates to hapless and suffering Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan as inhuman, Jammu for India (JFI) convener Prof Hari Om today said the BJP has proved that it is no different from the PDP, the NC, the Congress, the CPI-M, separatists and that the people of Jammu province will surely avenge the betrayal of their mandate as and when they got an opportunity.
"The BJP has betrayed the 2014 mandate. It has b... | |
| | | | Amid freezing cold, clouds help improve night temp in Kashmir, Leh | | | | With the MET office predicting moderate rain and now in higher reaches during the next 48 hours, the people are expecting improvement in weather. Clouds triggered a slight improvement in night temperatures but the cold wave continues. The on-going dry spell has caused respiratory ailments across Kashmir and Ladaklh regions.
Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar: Dec: 25: Amid severe cold across Kashmir, the night temperature showed some improvement due to cloudy skies at various places including Srinagar and Leh.
There was a drastic improvement in night temperature in Leh in Ladakh region due to cloudy skies. Against minus 8.2 degrees recorded yesterday, the night t... | |
| | | | Family seeks FIR against in-laws, blocks Highway | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, DEC 25: Family members of a woman, whose body was found near railway line near Raya Morh on Saturday, blocked National Highway near Satwari for two hours demanding FIR and arrest of her in-laws who alleged tortured her. Body of 24 years Ashu Devi wife of Balwinder Singh resident of Bagoona (Rajinder Pura) Vijaypur was found near railway line Rahya Morh on Saturday morning. "Asha Rani resident of Nand got married on Feb 2014 in Baguna village, of Vijaypur Tehsil, Ja... | |
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