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| Srinagar divided over hartal call | | Shutdown in Mirwaiz's downtown, civil lines remain open | | | ET Report
srinagar, Dec 5: A partial shutdown was observed in Srinagar on Saturday in response to a strike call by the traders body of downtown city.
A complete shutdown was observed in downtown areas considered as stronghold of senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while it was a normal day in other areas of Srinagar particularly the civil lines where markets remained opened.
Even as Shaher-e-Khaas Coordination Committee, comprising of associations including Jamia Market Federation, backed by Mirwaiz had given a call for complete shutdown in entire Srinagar district, the call drew partial response.
The strike call was given to protest, "police action" including teargas shelling ... | |
| | | | BJP betrays nation, says Art 35-A can't be declared null and void | | A mandate that is hurting India | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The Indian electorate voted the BJP to power in May 2014 hoping that it would undo the past wrongs committed by the parties like the Congress and bridge the gulf they created between J&K and New Delhi. The electorate in Jammu and Ladakh also didn't lag behind. In fact, the electorate of these two regions gave more votes to the BJP in terms of percentage. The people of Jammu also gave a massive mandate to the BJP in the 2014 assembly elections - 25 seats out of 37. They voted the BJP for the same reason. The BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had created an impression that a vote for him would be a vote for the country's territorial unity and th... | |
| | | | Mehbooba too praises PM Modi | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who is rumored to be next CM of J&K, has now openly started supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing a function at New Delhi she said Modi is taking forward the Vajpayee doctrine and the reports of the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visiting Pakistan is a sign of it.
It's an open and important endorsement of Modi by Mehbooba Mufti who has strong views on the policies of Delhi with respect to the Kashmir and Pakistan.
According to the sources, the visit of Swaraj will give much needed space for Mehbooba Mufti to convince the people in the Valley that the BJP is not averse to hold talks with Pakistan a... | |
| | | | 2 months on, committee fails to submit report | | Illegal revision of Rs 5 Crore | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: Even after the lapse nearly two month, the committee, constituted by government to probe the illegal revision of Rs 5 crore to the Delhi based firm has failed to finalize the report.
Sources said that it is understood that the committee could not develop the consensus as to whether the revision is genuine or not. "Though the committee has started working on this and collected vital records but surprisingly it midway attained a slow pace," sources said.
He said that the functioning of the government can be gauged from the fact that a few of the members who were instrumental in releasing payments were selected by the government as the members of the com... | |
| | | | Swaraj's likely visit to Pak a setback to BJP | | PDP, NC in win-win situation | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 5: The upcoming visit of Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj to Pakistan next week is all set to put the coalition partners in the State at opposite ends to each other.
While the visit is being viewed as 'success' by one partner the same is considered as a 'defeat' to the other.
While Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would see the visit of Minister for External Affairs as a win of its policy for better relations with Pakistan, Bharatiya Janta Party would consider the visit as a 'setback' to its policy vis-a-vis Pakistan. In other words the visit of Sushma Swaraj is considered as a win for PDP and loss to BJP.
While BJP was in o... | |
| | | | For BJP Ministers party office has become a 'farthest' point | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The distance between Civil Secretariat and the BJP office in Jammu is hardly 500 mts but the latter has become farthest point for the party Ministers after assuming their chairs in the corridors of power. They are so busy that they cannot make themselves available in the party office just for an hour or so, that is why the party has to virtually 'beg' before them to seek their time.
This is not for any personal level appointments but an arrangement devised by the BJP leadership lately to build a 'meaningful' rapport with the workers, which the Ministers have failed.
Sources said in order to pacify the anger and resentment of workers and cadres against th... | |
| | | | BJP leaders lock horns for tickets | | Municipal Polls | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Amidst reports that elections to Jammu Municipal Corporation are likely to be held in March an intense struggle has ensued among middle rung Bhartiya Janta Party leaders for the tickets.
The fresh infighting, according to the sources, has triggered a tug of war among senior leaders, ministers and the legislators for the posts of party office bearers.
According to the sources in BJP circles, there are three categories of the aspirants for tickets in Municipal polls. Besides those, who were elected as the Municipal councilors in the last elections, held in 2005, every ward has a number of other aspirants, who have reasons and support for their candidature... | |
| | | | 'Frustrated' separatists fight it out in open | | Don't blame people for your failures: Mirwaiz to Geelani | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Differences within the separatist camp have come out in open as the Hurriyat dove Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has taken on the Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani head on for blaming the people for failure of separatists.
Mirwaiz recently said, "Leaders should not blame people for their failures." Hurriyat dove's statement came a few days after Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani announced that people have failed the leadership.
Sources told Early Times that Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani has taken a strong exception to Mirwaiz' statement and have got it conveyed to him that he should "mind his own business" rather than poking his nose into the matters whi... | |
| | | | CM for conservation of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex | | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Dec 5: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, met the Union Tourism & Civil Aviation Minister, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, here this evening and discussed wide-ranging issues pertaining to civil aviation and promotion of tour and travel industry in Jammu & Kashmir.
A high-level team of officers from both sides comprising Union Tourism Secretary, Vinod Zutshi, Additional Secretary, Culture, K. K. Mittal, Joint Secretary, Civil Aviation, Arun Kumar, Joint Secretary, Tourism, R. K. Bhatnagar, Chairman-cum-MD, ITDC, Umang Narula, Director General, ASI (Archeological Survey of India), Rakesh Tiwari, Joint DG, Civil Aviation, Lalit Gupta, Secretary Revenue, Haj & Auqaf, Moh... | |
| | | | Laid-back approach of JU VC irks Prof Mattoo | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Laid-back approach of Jammu University Vice-Chancellor is irking Chief Minister's high profile Advisor, Prof Amitabh Mattoo while some officers in the JU administration are allegedly acting as more loyal than the king.
Ever since the appointment of Prof Mattoo as Advisor to CM with a Cabinet rank, JU Vice-Chancellor has been creating an impression of dislike for him notwithstanding the former's best possible efforts to help Jammu University touching new heights.
The latest episode in this regard relates to deputation of Vinay Thussoo, PRO in JU, whose services have now been taken in the Personal Section of Prof Amitabh Mattoo.
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| | | | Govt to equip SAC with prosecuting agency within a month | | Commission likely to be accorded semi-autonomous status | | | Peerzada Ummer
ET Report
srinagar, Dec 5: The J&K Government has decided to equip the State Accountability Commission (SAC) with staff and powers.
According to highly placed sources, the Government held a high level meeting over the issue wherein it was extensively discussed that how the SAC would be equipped with all necessary measures. One of the top officials told Early Times that within 15 to 20 days the SAC would be accorded the rights to function sans any hindrance.
But, as per the official, the major roadblocks in this initiative are scores of amendments made by successive regimes in the SAC Act resulted in exclusion of the public administration from its jurisdiction.
There ar... | |
| | | | Delhi yet to be impressed by Sharif's lamb like innocence | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: It is a case of counting chickens before they are hatched for Pakistan which has been making consistent and persistent pleas during the last over one year to India for reopening the channels of dialogue.
Anything that is peculiar about these pleas is Pakistan's silence on whether Kashmiri separatists be involved in the proposed parleys or kept away from the bilateral talks. It has done so to encourage India to reopen the doors for dialogue as Islamabad knows that telling New Delhi to involve separatists in talks could prove a red rag to the bull. And during the last over one year New Delhi has not bothered to respond to Islamabad's pleas because the forme... | |
| | | | Teacher among two more held from Rajouri in 'Espionage case' | | |  Early Times Report
Rajouri, Dec 5: Crime Branch of Delhi police, which recently has busted an Espionage network with the arrest of a BSF serving head constable and a library assistant from Rajouri and Manjakot, today arrested a school teacher and ex-serviceman form Rajouri for their alleged role in the spying network.
On Friday, Crime branch sleuth camping at Rajouri for the last few days had arrested a ex-serviceman from Thanamandi tehsil namely Munawar Hussain Mir s/o Nazeer Hussain who had... | |
| | | | Cop attacks Sub-judge's residence | | Encroachment Row: | | | Early Times Report
Mendhar, Dec 5: Some miscreants allegedly led by a head constable pelted stones at the official residence of Sub Judge due to which brother, sister-in-law and mother of the judicial official sustained injuries. Police have registered a case in this regard and launched massive manhunt to nab the culprits.
According to police sources the incident occurred after the sub-Judge resisted encroachment on state land near his house at Dhar Gloon in Mendhar area.
Sources said that a case under FIR 124/15 u/s 451, 323, 336, 147, 427, 504 506 of RPC stands registered against head Constable Reyaz Ahmed presently posted as Munshi in Ramban Police Station and nine other persons.
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| | | | Embarrassment for BJP as Govt refuses to withdraw service tax | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5 : With the categorical denial of the state government to withdraw service tax on the pilgrims of Mata Vaishno Devi has landed the self-styled pro-Hindu party BJP in an embrassing position. All BJP ministers and leaders including Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh was in forefront to claim that service tax will be withdrawn within day or two but all these claims of BJP leaders proved fake. When this tax was imposed unilaterally by the government without consulting coalition partner BJP, the later claimed that it will be withdrawn within a day or two but now the government has flatly refused to withdraw it.
Credible sources in the BJP said that party work... | |
| | | | Much-hyped Regularization Policy proves deceptive | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: As the much talked regularization Policy of PDP-BJP government continues to prove deceptive, thousands of employees of different government departments working on temporary bases from last 22 years crave for governor rule in the state to receive justice.
Repeated assurances of PDP-BJP government to regularize daily rated workers of different government departments according to such employees have merely proved deceptive tactics of this government too like all other previous governments.
3660 people recruited in between 1992 and 1994 on temporary basis in different governments according to document details till date have completed ar... | |
| | | | SSB delays exam by 3 hrs, puts candidates to trouble | | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 5: The Services Selection Board changed the timing of examination of different trades without informing the candidates. The candidates alleged that the timing was changed without informing them and that it should have been done earlier so that there were no problems for them.
A group of candidates told Early Times that the examination was first scheduled to be held on October 7, 2015, but was postponed to November 14 and then again was defe... | |
| | | | Despite Intl Agency's report 'land grabber' PSI likely to get new posting | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Putting the integrity and credibility of Khakhi under scanner a Probationer Sub Inspector, who is in news for his wrong doing and became the subject of whispering in the police circle for allegedly striking a deal of Rs 13 lakh with the property dealer for allowing illegal construction on the state land during his tenure as In-chage Police Post on city outskirts, is reportedly being posted as Incharge Police Post Manwal. The proposal of his posting was mooted when the state's intelligence agency raised an alarm for his involvement in land grabbing and brought the matter to the senior police officers. Highly placed sources said that while the police w... | |
| | | | Traffic cops fail to handle influential people outside Jammu Airport | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The traffic policemen posted outside Jammu Airport have virtually turned into lame-ducks as they have been facing intimidation at the hands of influential receivers, who refused to follow traffic rules. Whenever any flight lands at Jammu airport, long que of private vehicles can be easily found outside the entrance eagerly waiting to receive their guests. "Every receiver is eager to receive his/her dear one only at the entrance and these people don't bother about the traffic jams, being caused by their arbitrary parking", a resident of the area said. Another person, who is running a shop there, said, "Even though no-parking boards are place... | |
| | | | Health Minister likely to re-inaugurate Ghagwal Trauma Centre | | | | GS Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The Health Minister is likely to re-inaugurate a Trauma Centre at Ghagwal which was inaugurated in his presence as a Member Parliament by the then Health Minister Shabir Ahmed Khan on January 7 in 2013. Since the day the health institution has been inaugurated it has faced man power scarcity or machineries but the department concerned seems least bothered about it. Source in department said that during inauguration, all the speakers (Minister, MP and then MLA) had claimed that Centre would be fully functional and rural people would get benefited. "But unfortunately after lapse of 20 months, the Trauma Centre is not fully functional", he ad... | |
| | | | DFO Bijbehara gets SIC's penalty notice for denying info | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: The State Information Commission (SIC) has issued penalty notice against the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Lidder Forest Division Bijbehara as the officer failed to provide information to an information seeker under RTI Act within stipulated time.
The information seeker had sought details about encroachment of some forest land (forest nursery) by two officials of the Forest department who have allegedly constructed houses over the said encroached land.
Facts of the case are that information seeker Sharief Ali Noori, a resident of Rawalpora, Srinagar, filed a second appeal before SIC under RTI Act 2009 on 16.11.2015 submitting that he moved an ap... | |
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