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Patronized by Raj Bhawan, now State Govt servants leave PMO, BJP red faced in Jammu 2/28/2019 11:53:37 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: The Raj Bhawan has allegedly given such a "free hand" to government servants from Kashmir that now even the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party in the centre are getting red faced by such "anti-national acts" of the employees. Officials said on Sunday when BJP President Amit Shah and minister of state in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh addressed a party rally in Jammu and stressed on the importance of nationalism in the state, a Kashmiri government servant made anti-national comments on TV debate, taking the ruling party head on and also demanded resolution of the so called "Kashmir dispute." The said government servant who was introduced as Mushtaq Hak Sikander has been coming on TV debates despite the concerned authorities being in the know of the matter. Sikander contradicted Dr Jitender Singh and Amit Shah's viewpoint in the TV discussion and said that "Kashmir issue should be resolved." The said government employee who is allegedly close to some political parties in Kashmir has been "regularly seeking re...   READ MORE

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Union Cabinet approves amendment of Art 370 clause 'This would benefit residents in Jammu, Samba, Kathua' 2/28/2019 11:53:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 28: The government on Thursday gave its nod to the promulgation of an ordinance for giving reservation benefits to SCs and STs in Jammu and Kashmir by amending a clause of the contentious Article 370, which gives special status to the state. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. "It will serve the purpose of application of relevant provisions of the Constitution of India, as amended through the Constitution (Seventy Seventh Amendment) Act, 1995 and Constitution (One Hundred and third Amendment) Act, 2019 for Jammu and Kashmir, by issuing the Constitution (Applicat...   READ MORE   Centre bans Jamaat-e-Islami 'Activists enjoyed political patronage during PDP rule' 2/28/2019 11:53:21 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 28: Socio-religious group Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu & Kashmir has been banned by the central government. The order was issued late on Thursday, with a statement issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stating that the Jamaat has been declared illegal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. "Under Section 3 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the central government declares the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), Jammu and Kashmir as an 'unlawful association'," said the statement issued by the MHA. After Crackdown on Separatists in Jammu & Kashmir, Home Ministry Airlifts 100 Para Companies to Srinagar. Leaders linked to JeI were raided in t...   READ MORE   Where is BJP's self-styled 'Desh Bhakt' Ravinder Raina? 2/28/2019 11:53:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: At a time when Pakistani Army is especially targeting Nowshera area of Rajouri district, residents of this belt looking for their MLA and BJP state president Ravinder Raina, who is mysteriously disappeared from the scene during the last two days. Raina, who availed every opportunity to enacting drama of criticizing Pakistan at all platform, is not available these days. He is mysteriously disappeared from the scene at a time of crises when border residents are living on constant fear for the last three days. Border residents from Nowshera to Kathua were expecting that Raina, who is hardcore anti-Pakistani, will visit their respective areas and spend n...   READ MORE   Criminal nexus of revenue officials in Reasi duping residents 2/28/2019 11:53:02 PM AB Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: The deep rooted corruption in the Revenue Department in Reasi Distinct is duping poor residents for routine jobs. In a brazen incident, Lambardar Riyala of Tehsil Pouni of District Reasi took Rs 2000 from a poor family to get them a certified copy of their land records. As per sources, Roshni Devi daughter of later Soba Ram of village Riyala, along with her husband Vikrant Sharma had been running pillar to post in Revenue Department to get a certified copy of the land record of her father for the last one month. They alleged that they visited Patwari Pouni Sanjeev Kumar repeatedly to get copy of land record but the Patwari made lame excuses...   READ MORE   Delhi brought Islamabad to its knees Abhinandan returning today, India's splendid diplomatic victory 2/28/2019 11:52:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Thursday (Feb 28) will go down in the diplomatic, military and political history of India is a path-break day and as a day when New Delhi brought the nervous and mortally afraid Pakistan to its knees and dictated all the terms. The case in point is the announcement in the Joint-Session of the Pakistan National Assembly that Pakistan will return to India Wing Commander Abhinandan on Friday. "My government will release Indian Air Force pilot tomorrow as peace gesture," Imran Khan said while addressing the joint session of Pakistani parliament. The announcement electrified the political scene of India with people across the nation saying "Abhinandan My Hero...   READ MORE   Pak begging for talks proves no one can snatch Kashmir from India 2/28/2019 11:52:40 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Indian Air Force jets bombing a JeM terror camp at Balakote deep inside Pakistani territory has rattled the neigbouring country. An analyst while talking to Early Times said that "after the airstrikes at Balakote Pakistan jets tried to hit the military installation by crossing the Line of Control. It was an act of desperation. One of their jets was shot down and we also lost a MIG in the process but this in no way has lowered the morale of the armed forces and they are ready to hit the enemy hard." He said that for the past two days Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has climbed down from his stand and is ready to talk about "terror and terrorism." "I...   READ MORE   Islamabad using civilians as human shields to fire missiles and mortars Surgical Strike 2 2/28/2019 11:52:32 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: The successful Surgical Strike 2 deep inside Pakistan and across LoC on February 26, which left over 300 Jihads, including over 25 top JeM commanders dead, and destroyed JeM terrorist training camp at Balakot and launching pads at Muzaffarabad and Chakoti, has rattled Pakistan. It has made the position of PM Imran Khan untenable. The situation has turned so bad for Imran Khan that Parliamentarians in Pakistan are chanting such slogans as "Imran Khan Murdabad" and "Shame Shame Imran Khan". Desperate as he is and the Pakistani Army are, they have stooped so low that they used innocent civilians as human shields to avenge the Surgivcal Strike 2. On Wednesday...   READ MORE   As country unites against Pak, Mehbooba sings in Imran's praise 2/28/2019 11:52:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once again has proven where its loyalties are. At a time when country is united against Pakistan, PDP is the only political group that is busy hailing Pakistan. Mehbooba Mufti lauded Pakistan PM Imran Khan for releasing captured IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and said that he acted like a statesman. She also expressed hope that the Indian leadership will also reciprocate this peace gesture. Briefing the joint session of the parliament PM Khan announced that Varthaman will be released tomorrow as a "peace gesture". "Good news, whole nation will be relieved. I hope our leadership will also reciprocate this peace gest...   READ MORE   SAC approves delegation of powers to Div Coms, DCs for transfer of state land Accords sanction to 3% hike in DA of Government employees, pensioners approved 2/28/2019 11:02:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik decided to delegate the powers regarding transfer of state/departmental land to the Government departments in favour of Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners to the extent of 100 Kanals and 10 Kanals respectively. This would speed up development projects. SAC decided that the Divisional Commissioner concerned shall be authorised to decide the cases relating to transfer of state/departmental land exceeding 10 Kanals and upto 100 Kanals (free from encumbrances) to the state government department (s) for public purposes/ developmental ...   READ MORE   Amidst rising tension, border civilians complain of slow pace of bunker construction 2/28/2019 11:01:36 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Living on the edge amid consistent shelling and frequently rising Indo-Pak tension, the border village residents near here have been left ruing the snail's pace of bunker building along the LoC and IB. The government has been able to build less than 1,000 bunkers last year despite sanctioning nearly 15,000 of them. As per official figures, the Centre approved the construction of 14,460 bunkers in December 2017 at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore for border residents facing consistent Pakistani shelling along the LoC and IB in Jammu division. While 7,298 bunkers were sanctioned for Rajouri and Poonch districts along the LoC, 7,162 were meant for the residents liv...   READ MORE

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