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| Terrorists escape from encounter site, courtesy stone pelters | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: After two terrorists managed to escape on Friday during an encounter at Baramulla in North Kashmir has authenticated the allegations at PDP's policy to giving amnesty to stone pelters would help terror groups to strength their base in the Valley. During the last two years security forces have managed to eliminated a large number of terrorists including some self-styled commanders during 'Operation All-out' but decision of the PDP government to release nearly 9000 stone pelters would encourage terrorists.
It is first during the last six months that terrorists have managed to escape from the encounter site amid gun battle due to stone pelting. During the la... | |
| | | | Time to act in Kashmir has come | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Time has finally come for the BJP-led NDA Government to act and act tough in the militant-infested Jammu & Kashmir. The situation is such that Army and other security forces have to play a very pro-active role to eliminate the menace of terrorism in the Valley and other parts of the state, especially Jammu, which has been witnessing deadly terror attacks on occasions and that too on vital army installations. The latest attack was at Army Camp Sunjuwan. Earlier, they had attacked the 16 Corps Headquarters of the Indian Army at Nagrota.
New Delhi has to understand that there is no other option left for it except to adopt a hard approach and discard the ap... | |
| | | | Gruesome Kathua incident: PDP trying to create communal divide in Jammu also | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Succumbing before pressure of separatists and other radical groups of Kashmir Valley, PDP leadership is all out to play communal card in Jammu region to divide peaceful society.
Instead of waiting for the outcome of the ongoing investigation of gruesome murder and rape case of teenager girl, PDP leadership is trying to fish into the troubled water to play communal card.
People of Hiranagar and adjoining localities have demanded CBI inquiry into the gruesome incidents because they alleged that police have been working under political pressure. Instead of supporting the demand of CBI inquiry, PDP leadership has lambasted people of Kathua for organizing pro... | |
| | | | Govt mulling to secrutinise KAS officers' property details | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 17: In view that most of the Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) officers are "hiding" the details of their assets, government is mulling to ask investigating agencies to check their property.
In Jammu and Kashmir, the disclosure of property assets of state administrative officers was an effort to curb corruption and increase transparency in governance.
In terms of sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Men and Public Servants Declaration of Assets and other Provisions Act, 1983, every public servant shall submit to the prescribed authority annual returns of the assets held by official and his/her family members.
They are also req... | |
| | | | Mantri wants his relative to head JKPCC? | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 17: Coalition partners in Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party are trying their best to induct their own man as the Managing Director of the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Company (JKPCC) limited, sources told Early Times.
They said since the day government attached the former MD on the corruption charges, affairs of the government owned company are being looked after by the in charge MD, who is all set to attain superannuation.
An insider revealed that an influential PDP Minister is lobbying hard to get his own relative posted as Managing Director of the JKPCC. "The Minister is lobbying hard to see that his rel... | |
| | | | Mantri's brother ‘steals’ water from public tube well | | To run his stone crusher | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: Brother of a cabinet minister has openly been stealing large quantity of drinking water for his stone crushing unit, from a tube-well dug up by central Ground Water Board (CGWB) for public of Kathua.
Sources informed Early Times that the Central Ground Water Board had dug up a tube-well of good capacity for the public of a village-which falls just few kilometres from district headquarters of Kathua-after spending funds to the tune of several Lakhs of rupees.
"The CGWB has to hand over the tube-well to the district administration Kathua but due to some unknown reasons, the process to handover the tube-well was not completed shortly after the completion... | |
| | | | PDP minister opposes 'consolidated' employment, BJP minister proposes it | | Disharmony between ministers comes to fore yet again in JK | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 17: There seems to be utter chaos and confusion when it comes to the functioning of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government in Jammu & Kashmir.
Ministers are issuing contrary statements much to the discomfiture of the people. The issuance of contrary statements aptly proves that there is complete disharmony among the ministers in the government. Sometimes ministers within the same party lock horns while as at other times there is complete disagreement between ministers of the two coalition partners.
In the recent past a senior minister belonging to PDP said that in future nobody would be allowed to appoin... | |
| | | | Hizb poster warns children, their families against joining Indian Army sponsored schemes in Kashmir | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 17: A new poster of Hizbul Mujahideen has warned women from participating in sports and asked them to stay away from Indian Army and government sponsored schemes.
The threat is going viral on social media platforms.
The warning issued by the Hizbul Mujahideen said that Waheed Para, who is the youth president of Pulwama, along with India agencies forces girls to work with Army and lures them by giving incentives for participation The terror outfit considers ... | |
| | | | Mirwaiz highlights demerits of his own strike call | | It can't get more hilarious! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: The phrase- Pot calling the kettle black- turned pertinent on Saturday with the statement from separatist leader Mirwiaz Umar Farooq who castigated the government for imposing curbs in the volatile areas of the summer capital- Srinagar.
The amusing statement was issued by the Mirwaiz in which he "expressed concern" over the curbs imposed on public gatherings in Srinagar by the state dispensation. What Mirwaiz probably forgot was that it was all because of the strike call when he himself along with Yasin Malik and Geelani had given bandh call for Saturday.
Asking people to protest on streets and compelling them to shut their daily businesses has becom... | |
| | | | Commercialization of residential areas continues unabated | | Haphazard parking eating up main roads | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 17: Posh residential areas in the twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar are being commercialized rapidly in total violation of norms and the menace is causing nightmarish traffic jams.
Sources told Early Times that housing colonies in Jammu and Srinagar cities were developed for residential purposes and no commercial building permissions were accorded in these colonies other than the area earmarked for commercial activity by the concerned authorities, however sources said that majority of these housing colonies have become major commercial hubs with huge showrooms.
Sources said that both the Municipal Corporations have turned a bl... | |
| | | | Pouni people suffer as officials stay away from Tehsildar office | | |  Sahil Sharma
Early Times Report
Reasi, Feb 17: Even as the government claims speedy redressal of peoples' grievances and taking governance to their door steps, the people of Pouni are struggling hard to find officers in the Tehsildar's office.
The officers, according to locals, mostly remain absent as the higher authorities remain unmoved. A local said that he travelled miles and reached the office of Tehsildar on time to get an issue settled. "However, to my dismay, there was nobody... | |
| | | | MC Kathua invites tenders violating SWM Rules | | Source segregation & IEC not included | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 17: At a time when the thrust is being laid by Govt of India to Source Segregation of waste and Information Education and Communication (IEC) activities, the Municipal Council (MC) Kathua has invited tenders for outsourcing solid waste management work but the tender document has not included two basic components for undertaking the work.
Details available with Early Times reveal that MC Kathua published a tender document in shape of Expression of Interest (EoI) in some local newspapers. MC Kathua wants to outsource street sweeping, drain cleaning and door to door waste collection work from residential and commercial areas . The document hardly mentions door... | |
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