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| Wanted by Crime Branch for fraud, PDP leader roams freely | | Will Mehbooba hand him over to CB for fair probe? | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: A PDP leader, who is wanted in connection with a case registered against him for forging the signatures of a former Law Minister, was seen with the former Chief Minister and the PDP President Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu recently.
According to the details available with Early Times Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police had registered a FIR No. 23/2017 under sections: 420, 465, 467 & 468 RPC against self styled zonal president of PDP Inderwal-Talib Hussain Butt on the basis of the complaint wherein it was maintained that he had forged signature of the concerned minister after formation of the government, the accused had allegedly collected lakhs of rupees by misusing his powers as a zonal president of the PDP.
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| After losing power Mehbooba targets NIA | | Forgets agency helped her rule J&K after exposing Pak stooges in 2016 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and the president of Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti after training guns at her former ally Bharatiya Janata Party has shifted her focus towards the National Investigating Agency.
"Declaring suspects as terrorists on the basis of sutli bombs (firecracker), associating (them) with the dreaded IS (ISIS) is premature. It has already devastated their lives and families. NIA must learn from earlier episodes in which the accused were acquitted after decades," Mehbooba wrote on Twitter.
She made these comments after NIA arrested 10 people after carrying out raids at multiple locations and recovered explosive ... | |
| | | | DC Kishtwar had no jurisdiction to direct police for registration of FIR | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: In a petition filled by Early Times senior correspondent Asif Iqbal Naik against the registration of an FIR on the direction of the Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar on the basis of complaint filed by one Junaid Hussain Malik Son of Late Ghulam Mohammad Malik Resident of Ward No. 7 Malik Mohallah Kishtwar, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court stayed the impugned FIR on the ground pledged by the counsel of the petitioner that DC Kishtwar had no jurisdiction to order the police for registration of the FIR in this instant case.
Advocate Faheem Shokat Butt while arguing in the petition stated that the aggrieved of illegal and arbitrary registration of FIR bearing ... | |
| | | | Trouble ahead for BJP as refugees likely to field own candidates for Lok Sabha seats | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: Trouble ahead for BJP as refugees of all categories are thinking over fielding their own candidates on Lok Sabha seats
Although no official announcement has been made in this regard, a meeting of representatives of refugees, of all categories, was held some days back in which it was decided to field own candidates for Lok Sabha seats of Jammu province.
In Jammu province there are four types of refugees namely displaced persons of 1947 from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Displaced Persons from Chamb in 1965, Displaced Persons from Chamb in 1971 and Refugees from West Pakistan. Refugees from West Pakistan have right to cast vote in only Lok Sabha el... | |
| | | | Is it Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) or Pakistan-occupied-Jammu & Ladakh (PoJL)? | | Putting things in perspective | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: Pakistan invaded J&K in October 1947 and invasion continued till December 31, 1948, when the then Indian PM JL Nehru dumbfounded the nation by unilaterally enforcing ceasefire to please his separatist and communalist friend Sheikh Abdullah of Kashmir so that he could rule the state with utmost ease. The Sheikh was afraid of all non-Kashmiris, including non-Kashmiri Muslims living in Jammu province and Gilgit-Baltistan, part of Ladakh.
JL Nehru enforced ceasefire at a time when the chivalrous Indian Army had the Pakistani invaders, regular and irregular, on the run and it was about to get the aggression vacated. The ceasefire helped Pakistan to establis... | |
| | | | Now Geelani's son supports Muzaffar Baig on referendum | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: While the Peoples Democratic Party is often accused of enjoying cordial relations with the Hurriyat G Chairman Syed Ali Geelani, his son has supported the PDP stand on referendum in Jammu and Kashmir.
Geelani's son, Sayed Nasim Geelani has said that "Then it is better to have referendum."
The son of senior Hurriyat leader said it on the social while endorsing the news report on what PDP media leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig said on December 17.
Addressing a function in the national capital, Baig had said Kashmiri Muslims would vote for India if the United Nations-mandated plebiscite was conducted in Jammu Kashmir.
"I believe Muslims of Kashmir will sta... | |
| | | | Masked miscreants desecrate Grand mosque's pulpit, make video viral | | Separatists finally sense heat of their misdeeds | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: What is proving as Frankenstein's monster for the separatists in Kashmir is the emergence of the dreadful face of radicalised youth who have this time desecrated the pulpit of Kashmir's grand mosque.
On December 28, when the congregational Friday prayers concluded at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, some masked youth burst into the scenes, holding flags of dreaded terrorist organisation ISIS and chanting slogans. One amongst them jumped to the pulpit- exactly at the place where Mirwaiz Umar Farooq delivers sermon every Friday and unfurled the black flag as his other mates raised slogans. The video was captured on some mobile phone and later the clip was ... | |
| | | | Mr Farooq Abdullah, Jammu & Ladakh need to be given priority, Kashmir has everything | | Biased is NC | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: NC president and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah on Friday enacted a drama of sorts in the Lok Sabha in his desperate bid to gain the nation's sympathy for the region to which he belonged and from the community to which he belonged. He tried to create an impression that Kashmiris were the most oppressed people and Kashmir was the most backward and disempowered region in the country, which needed special attention and deserved special care. How else should one interpret his statement that "for the sake of India, Kashmir needs to be given priority"? Farooq Abdullah made this statement while participating on the statutory resolution for proclamation of Presi... | |
| | | | Illegal nursing homes, diagnostic centres operate in Jammu | | 'Gender determination tests done with impunity' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 29: In sheer violation of the rules and regulations of the State Health Department, hundreds of private clinical labs, diagnostic centres and nursing homes are operating illegally in the Jammu province for last many years.
An official within the department, seeking anonymity, told Early Times that not only this, some of the centres were running illegally but some of them indulged in sex-determination activity especially in Samba district despite clear directions of the concerned department as well as the Supreme Court. Sex determination activity was being done by a number of such centres for the last many years as they have nexus with officials of the con... | |
| | | | Four Jaish militants killed in encounter at Hanjan-Pulwama | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 29: Four militants owing allegiance to banned militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad were killed in a gunfight with police and security forces in the Hanjan village of South Kashmir's Pulwama district today.
While three of the slain militants belonged to the Pulwama district the fourth one was identified as a foreigner. Some arms and ammunition were recovered from possession of slain militants while as clashes broke out after the encounter. Some civilians sustained injuries with some reports saying that one among the injured succumbing to his injuries at a city hospital.
Reports said the gunfight broke out early morning following a cordon an... | |
| | | | Community bunkers for border people still incomplete | | | | MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Dec 29: Out of 40 community bunkers sanctioned for border people in Poonch, 39 have been constructed by the Pachayat department but with out any living facility, sources informed here today.
They said eight months have passed since the construction of community bunker was started with the sole purpose to provide shelter to people during shelling by Pak army across the border but people said these bunkers were in poor condition without any living facility. Not even the plaster of walls have been done they added.
The need for bunkers. was felt after it was resolved that due to frequent shelling incidents from across the border concrete community bunke... | |
| | | | Languishing projects cleared, no process initiated for implementation | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 29: Jammu and Kashmir government might have cleared 1200 languishing projects but no process has been initiated by the departments for their implementation.
For the last two month, the High-Powered Committee (HPC) constituted for ensuring assured funding of languishing projects cleared around 1200 languishing projects involving a cumulative investment of Rs 2,720.87 crore.
To expedite the completion of the projects, the state government on September 5 set up J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation for spending up to Rs 8,000 crore on completing unfinished infrastructure projects.
An official of JKIDFC said that heads of depa... | |
| | | | JKPCC fails to transfer employees for years, AE overstays for 19 years | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 29: Throwing all rules and regulations to winds, the Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation Limited commonly known as JKPCC has failed to transfer employees for years together. An AEs overstay of 19 years is a glaring example of this irregularity.
As per the details available with "Early Times" in reply to an RTI of Social and RTI Activist Haqnawaz Nehru of Doda, the Deputy General Manager JKPCC unit 9th Doda, one AE namely Kalyan Singh is posted in Doda Unit since last 19 years while another employee Hoshyar Singh (Works Supervisor) has not been transferred since last 11 years, Bansi Lal (Chowkidar) since last 10 year & 11... | |
| | | | Narwal Mandi Park craves for attention | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 29: The miserable condition of Narwal Mandi Park near Vegetable Market has been craving for attention which is lying unattended since its creation.
Although the Park is entirely covered with boundary walls and an entrance gate has also been made but total indifference of the Floriculture and other departments gives it a shabby look.
According to locals the park is situated near the Vegetable market of Jammu but the park is so filthy hat it makes anybody's... | |
| | | | Conversion of agriculture land into residential, shopping complexes goes on unabated | | Concerned authorities in deep slumber | |  Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 29: There is no let up in construction of hotels and shopping malls over agriculture land in Kashmir valley and somewhere the agriculture land is being sold by the land brokers at high rates, while as government is turning blind eye over this alarming situation.
Sources said that the construction of residential houses and shopping malls on agricultural land is unabated in Kashmir despite the High Court ban. "Right from Shalteng to Tangmarg... | |
| | | | MC Prez, VP yet to take oath as problems heap up in town | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Dec 29: Over a month has passed, the elected President and Vice President of Udhampur Municipal Committee (MC) have yet to take oath.
Meanwhile, there is complete mess in affairs of this MC as work has not been started unlike other municipalitiwhich is hanging between devil and death as far as works are concerned even oath ceremony of muncipal councils or commeties of other districs in jammu provision were completed and work will continue ... | |
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