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| Faced suspension for entering into NC leader's ancestral house while discharging his duties | | Police officer defied Sagar's diktat to apologize | | | Fazal Khan
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 15: A police officer was placed under suspension in July 2014, after he refused to tender an apology to the close relatives of the former Rural Development Minister and incumbent General Secretary of National Conference Ali Mohammad Sagar.
The Sub inspector of Police Syed Waseem Jehangir had to face Sagar's ire when he entered into the ancestral house of the senior National Conference leader while chasing a group of stone pelters, whom the officer had claimed took refuge inside the Sagar's ancestral home at Nawab Bazar in old city.
At that point of time the NC spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu had justified the suspension of the police off... | |
| | | | PDP-BJP alliance runs into rough weather | | Mufti to meet Modi in Mumbai | | | Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Clouds of uncertainty continue to hover on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. The People's Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in a last ditch effort is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai tomorrow to sort out the issues.
Sources say government formation has run into rough weather because the demand for partial revocation of Armed Forces' Special Powers Act is creating hiccups in the talks with the BJP for the proposed coalition.
PDP had earlier stated that it may or may not enter into the coalition, since the deal was subject to BJP's agreement on the common minimum program for governance, which inc... | |
| | | | Begins process to install GPS/GPRS in public transport vehicles | | JK Govt wakes up after 2-yrs | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: After remaining in hibernation for nearly two years-since the Union government had suggested to install Global Positioning System (GPS) in all commercial vehicles, the Jammu and Kashmir government has finally kick started the process.
Sources informed Early Times that in the wake of Dec 16, 2012, Delhi Nirbaya gang rape case, the Union government had issued directives to all states including Jammu and Kashmir on January 14, 2013, asking them to consider installation of GPS/GPRS in all public transport vehicles.
After a lapse of nearly two years, the Jammu and Kashmir Transport department has begun the process to install GPS/GPRS in all ... | |
| | | | Will Peerzda be ever brought to book? | | Examgate 2012 | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 15: The case against senior Congress leader and former Haj and Auqaf Minister Peerzada Sayeed for resorting to fraudulent means to help his foster son pass the tenth class examination is gathering dust in the government files with no action taken so far.
It was found that the then education minister Sayeed's foster son was found resorting to fraudulent means to pass his 10th class board exams.
Peerzada's son had allegedly made the Jammu & Kashmir State Board officials write his papers. The then Congress minister was accused of facilitating his son's qualification in the 2009 matriculation examination through unfair means and impersona... | |
| | | | Issueless, directionless Panthers Party | | Negative politics | | | Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 15: The Panthers Party, which lost all the seats it contested in the last Assembly election, has, it seems, not learned any lesson. Its top leaders, all from a family, are pulling in different directions. While the two-time MLA Bawant Singh Mankotia, who suffered a defeat at the hands of BJP rebel Pawan Gupta in the Udhampur assembly constituency, has been playing somewhat positive role as chairman of the newly-founded Jammu Pradesh United front (JPUF) and urging the BJP to promote the Jammu cause, Harsh Dev Singh, also a two-time MLA and who suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the BJP in the Ramnagar Assembly constituency, is indulging in ... | |
| | | | The paradoxical ways of the politician | | Terming NHAI "road tax" as anti-people speaks of his lack of knowledge about BOOT | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 15: NC MLA Devinder Singh Rana, who actually used J&K Bank platform to seek his entry in NC and then "establish" himself as a politician, has termed NHAI road tax as anti-people unmindful of the fact that it is being done under BOOT (Build, Own, Operate, Transfer), a public-private partnership (PPP) project model.
Under BOOT, a private company constructs roads and other large development projects under contract with a government agency. It is the new way of developing a large public infrastructure project with private funding. The government agency may provide limited funding or some other benefit but the private partner firm assumes the risks associated wi... | |
| | | | No influential "outsider" to get BJP ticket for Legislative Council election | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: BJP has short-listed candidates for Legislative Council elections and names of all influential "outsiders" have been excluded from the list of potential candidates. Despite their pressure, the influential "outsiders" in the BJP have miserable failed to get their names included in the short-listed candidates.
Credible sources said that influential "outsiders" have utilized their resources. They even approach their political "God Fathers" at New Delhi but their "God-Fathers" failed to get their names included in the short-listed candidates.
Credible sources said that a Union Minister, who is already under fire due his dubious role in Delhi Assembly elect... | |
| | | | BJP unlikely to accommodate leaders of other organisations | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other organisations are also staking their claims on some seats of Legislative Council but BJP unlikely to give any seat to these organisations.
Sources said BJP has decided to first accommodate its dedicated workers so chances of any leader of VHP or other groups to get Legislative Council is very bleak. BJP has made it clear to leaders of other organisations that first of all the party has decided to rehabilitate those leaders who have been associated with the party.
BJP has also made it clear to the leaders of these groups that party leaders have first right to get accommodated on Legislative Council seats. A large number o... | |
| | | | Agriculture officials converse with farmers in English | | Handloom Deptt glorifies art, forgets artist | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15: The directorate of Handloom Development is organising Dast-e-Hunner (National Handloom Expo) at Dusserha ground, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu from February 9 to 23. Masterpieces produced by craftsmen have been put at display in the expo.
Shockingly, the people who visit the expo praise the department for putting such delicate and brilliantly made pieces at display. The hands that created them have not been acclaimed.
Dast means hands and hunner means art. The artful hands have been ignored yet again. The results are obvious. The art is now dying a slow but sure death. People are reluctant to waste their time in learning an art that does no fetch them two... | |
| | | | Karwaan-e-Aman to resume Monday, LoC trade on Tuesday | | | | STahir-Ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 15: Karwan-e-Aman Bus Service will resume on Monday and LoC trade from Tuesday. It was decided in a telephonic conversation with the Jafriya Supreme Council Azad Kashmir (JSCAJK) in which few recommendations were put forth in front of State government as well as Central governments of Both the countries, said General Secretary Salamabad-Chakoti Trade Union, Hilal Turkey on Sunday.
The Bus service and the trade was suspended after recovery of Brown sugar from a Pakistani truck which had come to India on Feb 7.
Hilal Ahmad Turki, General Secretary Salamabad-Chakoti Trade Union telephoned Early Times and said that, " The Karwan-e-Aman B... | |
| | | | Street vendors continue to impede traffic movement in Maharaja Bazar | | | | Mudasir Tariq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 15: While most of the streets in summer capital provide tough time for the vehicular traffic and pedestrians owing to the mismanagement of authorities the historic Maharaja Bazar has become a hot spot of frequent traffic jams. In absence of any check on part of the authorities, roadside vendors rule the street leaving very little space for vehicular traffic and almost none for the pedestrians. "The road here is very trivial; the vendors have occupied both the road and pedestrian path. The street remains jam packed all the time, there is neither space for the vehicles to move nor for the people who pass by," said Majid Ali while buying v... | |
| | | | Gulzar Pir's acquittal leads to criticism from victims, common people | | | | Shakeel A Khan
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 15: People of the Kashmir valley have expressed strong resentment against the clean chit given to faith healer, Gulzar Ahmad Bhat alias Gulzar Pir who was arrested by the police for 'sexual exploitation' of girls.
A group of victims while sharing their views with Early Times said that faith healers like Gulzar Pir enjoy the political patronage. They said that this was the reason that he was set free despite the fact that he was running a 'sex clinic' in the central Kashmir's Budgam district.
"The way the Budgam district court released Gulzar Pir for the reasons of the insufficient proof is an indicative of the fact that the institutio... | |
| | | | Bansal Classes launches its study center in Jammu | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15 : Bansal Classes Private Limited Kota on Sunday launched its study center at 90 AID Gandhinagar, Jammu. The mission of setting foot at Jammu is in tune with National Knowledge Comm-ission's vision of launching various Institutes of Excellence is it engineering or medical or management stream - liT, AIIMS, NISER & 11M. On the occasion, Chairman MBS College and President J&K State Olymic Association Rangil Singh was chief guest and he said Bansel Classes is kno... | |
| | | | Bansal Classes launches its study center in Jammu | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 15 : Bansal Classes Private Limited Kota on Sunday launched its study center at 90 AID Gandhinagar, Jammu. The mission of setting foot at Jammu is in tune with National Knowledge Comm-ission's vision of launching various Institutes of Excellence is it engineering or medical or management stream - liT, AIIMS, NISER & 11M. On the occasion, Chairman MBS College and President J&K State Olymic Association Rangil Singh was chief guest and he said Bansel Classes is kno... | |
| | | | People of Thakrie held protest against CA&PD, locked government run fair price shop | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Feb 15: The reports of embezzlement in distribution of ration at government run Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution department ration distribution fair price shops has become a routine matter in Kishtwar District as the authorities fail to address the public grievances after several public complaints were lodged with them by the people.
In one such latest incident, the residents of Filler - B Panchayat of Thakrie today held a strong protest against the shortage of ration at Fair price shop's. As per the details available with "Early times", the people different villages of Thakrie block today assembled at Shanna village where they held... | |
| | | | LC Polls: NC-Congress to take on PDP-BJP | | It's official now | | | Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 15 : The NC and the Congress, which suffered a massive defeat at the hands of the PDP in Kashmir and BJP in Jammu and which contested the February 7 Rajya Sabha elections in J&K jointly to win one of the four seats, are once again thinking in terms of contesting jointly the scheduled Legislative Council elections onMarch 2. In fact, a spokesperson of the NC stated on Saturday that since the PDP and the BJP had reportedly decided to contest the upcoming Legislative Council elections jointly, it was only natural for the NC and the Congress to join hands against the PDP and the BJP and contest the elections jointly. The numbers in the Legislative Assembly... | |
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