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Modi Govt hardens stand on Govt formation in JK 3/13/2016 11:07:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: The Modi Government has reportedly hardened its stand on the 'conditions' put forth by the PDP on the government formation in J&K. Sources said it's for this reason that Home Minister didn't hold any talk about the government formation with Governor NN Vohra when the latter called on him on Saturday. "The Modi government is now of the view that since all issues on the government formation were decided with the former CM Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and it's for keeping view of his sensitivities that items like holding talks with separatists and AFSPA were incorporated in the agenda-of-alliance, so nothing new can be discussed now," said a senior official. It's for this reason that the Home Minister in his first formal meeting with the Governor NN Vohra, after imposition of the Governor's rule, did not broach up the issue of formation of popular government in J&K. The most important aspect of the meeting was the presence of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and also the senior officials of the intelligence bureau. Sources said that ...   READ MORE

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Delay in Modi-Mehbooba talks may prove fatal for alliance 3/13/2016 11:02:14 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 13: Persistent delay in the much-expected talks between Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is dimming the prospects of government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. Modi's one-on-one with Mehbooba was being considered crucial for government formation in the state that too when the PDP has categorically said that it would consider continuation of alliance with the rightwing party only if the center announces "tangible CBMs." A similar development had taken place in February last year when Mufti Muhammad Sayeed had met Modi before the oath taking on March 1, 2015. But this time, the suspense over talks continue...   READ MORE   'Article 370 has nothing to do with Accession' Perverted Kashmiri view 3/13/2016 11:02:06 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: The divisive, communal, anti-people and anti-democratic Article 370 is once again in the news. Why do Kashmiri opinion-makers want Article 370 to become a permanent feature of the Constitution? Why because, according to them, it was because of Article 370 that the "agrarian reforms" could be introduced and land allotted to the tiller; the people of the state got land "free of cost under Roshni Act of 2002"; educated youth got relief and the people got a say in matters of governance. These are all spurious arguments and they do not hold any ground. They also say that Article 370 is a bridge between the state and India and the state would become independen...   READ MORE   Transit camps for Amarnath Yatra still in 'transition' 3/13/2016 11:01:56 PM Kunal Shrivatsa Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: Even as Supreme Court of India passed strict instructions to set up transit camps at district headquarters of Kathua and Samba enroute holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath to ensure paramount safety of the pilgrims keeping in view of the inclement weather conditions, there is no headway in the completion of these sites after the lapse of four long years. It is pertinent to mention here that after Supreme Court's ruling, a process of establishing Transit Camps was entrusted to J&K Tourism Department, which acquired a piece of land between two bridges of Sahar Khadd in Kathua with the active support of district administration and began cons...   READ MORE   Forest Deptt squanders plantation funds 3/13/2016 11:01:50 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: Blame it on the apathy and lack of accountability on part of its officers, the Forest Department has reportedly diverted funds worth crores meant for plantation on other works, giving a big setback to afforestation initiatives to maintain environment balance. Sources told Early Times that in order to give thrust to the afforestation in the State, a huge fund allocation to the tune of Rs 39 crore was made to the department and same was disbursed among the Territorial Divisions but latter, overlooking the directions of the Steering Committee spent most of the funds on fencing works. "Giving a damn to the guidelines of Steering Committee which...   READ MORE   UK's 'forget-Kashmir' suggestion rattles separatists 3/13/2016 11:01:42 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 13: United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Philip Hamond's suggestion to Pakistan that it should not make Kashmir a precondition for starting dialogue with India has had its impact on Kashmir. It has rattled Kashmiri separatists as well as the so-called civil society groups in the Valley. "I urge both Pakistan and India not to allow non-state actors and other pressure groups to derail the peace process. Settling the Kashmir issue should not be a precondition for starting the dialogue process," British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on March 8 made this significant statement at a joint press conference with Sartaj Aziz in Islamabad. He had also advised Pakista...   READ MORE   Questioning Govt's move to vacate bungalows unfair 3/13/2016 11:01:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: By questioning the approach of Government and Estates Department on policy of vacating official bungalows, the BJP has adopted an approach which in fact shows the party has tangled itself in dilemma and dualism in following the Government instructions. The apt thing would have been to set an example first in vacating the bungalows before pointing fingers at others occupying wrongly for years. Three BJP MLAs chose to go to media to raise questions and accuse Estates Department, so to say the present administration in issuing orders to those who remained ministers with PDP-BJP alliance goevrnment to get their residential accommodation vacated. They terme...   READ MORE   Water scarcity triggers protest at Salwah 3/13/2016 10:50:05 PM MS Nazki Early Times Report Mendhar, Mar 13 : Residents of Salwah Village have been facing scarcity of drinking water for the past seven days due to construction of road under PMGSY as the supply pipe line has been damaged due to the ongoing works taking place in the area. Residents of Salwah village staged a protest against the PHE authorities here on Sunday and blamed the officials for the mess. " These officials allowed the road construction from lower Salwah to upper Salwah under PMGSY...   READ MORE   Hostel housekeeper at GDC Srinagar 'abuses' female students 3/13/2016 10:49:40 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Mar 13: There seems to be no end to mess at Government Dental College (GDC), Srinagar as more than 60 female students of the college have lodged a complaint with the higher ups against the hostel housekeeper who has passed lewd and obscene marks against them. Early Times has the possession of a copy of the complaint which the aggrieved students have lodged with the disciplinary committee. The 'distressed' and 'depressed' students have asked the committee members to take stern action against the hostel house keeper namely Tariq Ahmad. They have also approached State Commission for Women in this regard. "According to Tariq-the housekeeper all t...   READ MORE   SIC website sans functionaries' contacts 3/13/2016 10:49:34 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13:It lambasts other public authorities for not making information available on their respective websites, but the State Information Commission has itself not made available contact number of its functionaries on its website. Sources informed Early Times that one could contact the Commission through post or telephonically (land line telephone), as the number offunctionaries of the Commission is not available on website of the Commission. "One has to personally visit the office, for even minor works, as nobody responds to calls on telephone numbers available on the website", said an information seeker, adding that number of registrar and secret...   READ MORE   Forest deptt officials 'facilitating' cutting of nursery in North Kashmir 3/13/2016 10:49:28 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Mar 13: Despite tall claims of beautification and stoppage of deforestation of nurseries in this district of North Kashmir, locals allege that the concerned department has told them to axe the nurseries for fencing which is completely illegal in nature. Sources said that hundreds of trees were axed today in compartment number 70 of forest nursery in Sangri area. Hundreds of trees have been damaged by some locals in connivance with higher authorities of the forest department after they were told to axe the trees for fencing purpose in Gujjar Sangri area, sources told early times. "The nurseries were used for various purposes like the rural pop...   READ MORE   Farmers in shock as rains damage crops across Jammu 3/13/2016 10:49:21 PM Abodh Sharma Early times Report Jammu, Mar 13: Incessant rains that lashed Jammu and Kashmir along with neighbouring states in last 48 hours, have dashed the hopes of a bumper kharif crop. This crop was expected to give a shot in the arm to the agricultural economy where the sentiment has continued to be low despite a hyped 8 percent growth of the GDP. Economists all across the country were pinning hopes on this Kharif to rein in inflation which has been the major concern for governments and the people alike. Standing crop of wheat in thousands of square hectares in Jammu, RS Pura, Arnia, Bishnah, Samba and Kathua were damaged due to strong chilly winds and un-seasonal rains. "The crop w...   READ MORE   Chopra Nursing Home 'dreads' employing male MOs 3/13/2016 10:49:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 13: Though it sounds surprising, it is true. The government-run Chopra Nursing Home at GMCH here houses all female Medical Officers (MOs), with no space for males to serve in the clinic. Owing to this nature of the appointments in the nursing home, GMCH administration is under severe criticism. Only female MOs have been appointed there for the last more than five years, according to official sources. In the last over five years, the GMCH administration had not appointed a single male MO at the nursing home, thus making it a health institution that was being run exclusively by female MOs, sources said, saying, "This puts a question mark on the GMCH administ...   READ MORE   In Omar's Beerwah, garbage dumped in river, public toilet locked 3/13/2016 10:49:07 PM Early Times Report Beerwah, Mar13: Few days back National Conference had highlighted achievements of its leader Omar Abdullah who is also MLA of Beerwah constituency in central Kashmir's Budgam. NC claimed that Omar Abdullah got large funds to the development of constituency, but on ground there is no development seen anywhere. When one travels around Beerwah town , we can only see filth and garbage scattered around. Irony is that the only public toilet constructed by local Muncipal Committee is locked from last one year and people are forced to urinate in open. The women are the worst sufferers and face lot of mental ordeal in absence of a public toilet. Locals allege that Muncipal C...   READ MORE   AHD Poonch faces staff shortage, medicines 3/13/2016 10:48:58 PM MS NAZKI Early times Report Poonch, Mar 13: Animal Husbandry Department is facing shortage of Veterinary doctors, non-gazetted staff and medicines as the authorities have failed to fill up the vacancies, sources told Early Times. They said only six veterinary doctors are working against a sanctioned strength of 37 doctors where as only 135 vacancies have been filled against sanctioned strength of 280 non-gazetted employees of the department in Poonch district. The live stock including animals and poultry too has many fold increased as compared to the 2011 census, they added. Sources said an amount of Rs 10 lakh per year, is being sanctioned by the Government to procure the medicines for...   READ MORE   NFSA creates chaos amongst rationees 3/13/2016 10:48:52 PM Dev S Early Times Report Katra, Mar 13: The department of CAPD has been taking such decisions which instead of providing any relief to the poor population, has been creating more problems for the already suffering people. The step taken by CAPD for supplying of grains instead of wheat in the State, has created a havoc for the people as in the present time it is not feasible for all to get the grains grind and extract flour of it. The ration has not been provided to some people even though after the announcement of such massive packages from the centre for the state. Reliable sources said that in the past even the quantity of Ration disbursed to the rationees at control rate was not quit...   READ MORE

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