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| ‘Revocation of Art 35-A will dilute Dogra identity’ | | If the law is not needed in JK, why should Haryana and HP have it? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: While both separatists and mainstream parties in Kashmir were trying to take credit for their crusade to protect the identity of the people of the state, the person who framed the state subject law remains unsung to this day.
History is witness to the fact that the Dogra Maharajas took the initiative and constitutionally laid foundation for the safeguard of the special status of the state in general and Dogra identity in particular.
The wisdom of the Dogra rulers was acknowledged and appreciated by the post partition leadership. Article 370 was incorporated and through a presidential order in early 1950 Article 35-A was incorporated. This is something which the state already had.
However, Jammu and Kashmir is not the only state where special laws meant for preserving the identity are in force. Nagaland has Article 371 and the outsiders need a special permit to enter the state.
Similarly, the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh has the domicle law which prevents outsiders to purchase land there.
As per the law, the domicle certificate is i... | |
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| Pakistani hostilities make Jammu undeclared battlefield! | | Fortnight on, normal life, economic activities affected in winter capital region | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: Whereas as the voices are going thicker that India and Pakistan should avoid any further military escalation, Jammu continues to be like a "undeclared battlefield" facing hostilities from the enemy county something that has affected normal life and economic activities in the winter capital region.
It has been ten days since Indian Air Force had attacked terror camps in Balakote but for the Jammu region the Pakistani forces are continuing with their attacks.
The general public opinion is that if Pakistan was doing so to deliberately affect economic activities including tourism and trade in the Jammu region.
After a few hours of lull on the LoC and the int... | |
| | | | Accused in complaint, Engineer made enquiry officer to probe embezzlement | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: It might sound strange but fact that an engineer who is accused of embezzlement in a complaint filed by his colleague, has been made head of enquiry committee to ascertain allegations leveled against him.
According to documents available with Early Times, Ashok Kumar, Executive Engineer, REW, Rural Development Department, Jammu has filed a complaint in Grievance Cell vide ID (999001027220), alleging that XEn REW, Bashir Ahmed Shiekh and then EXn, REW Ramban, now Superintending Engineer, REW, Jammu had embezzled huge public money.
Astonishingly, the Director General, RDD Jammu to hush-up the enquiry from JK Grievance Cell, has made the accused officer head... | |
| | | | Is PDP extension of banned Jamaat-e-Islami? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of the Peoples Democratic Party Mehbooba Mufti has gone all out to prove that her party is directly linked with banned Jamaat-e-Islami. She led a protest against ban on JeI at Anantnag in south Kashmir on Wednesday and demanded that the ban should be lifted forthwith.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said that by staging a protest against the ban on Jamaat, Mehbooba Mufti is trying to address her constituency and wants to drive home a point that she stands with Jamaat and its supporters. "By staging protest she has vindicated the stand of the nationalist people that BJP had entered into an all... | |
| | | | Mehbooba Mufti's dharna leaves commuters stranded | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Mar 6: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's protest dharna, against ban on Jammat-e-Islami, caused a massive traffic jam on Khanabal-Pahalgam road on Wednesday in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.
Mehbooba Mufti along with her top party leaders arrived in the town to address a scheduled convention of party of workers who had come from different areas of South Kashmir and mostly from Anantnag and Kulgam.
They said that former Chief Minister addressed the workers inside Dak Banglow Khanabal and in the beginning told her workers how the security forces were troubling civilian vehicles on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. "Foundation of PDP was ... | |
| | | | School Education Deptt turns grabber | | Illegally occupies building of public library for decades | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: Constructed years back inside the premises of Model Higher Secondary School R S Pura, the public library has been relegated to operate from a make shift arrangement while the building has illegally been occupied by the School Education Department.
Sources informed Early Times that the Public Library R S Pura was constructed under the Border Area Development programme in initial months of 1991 and after decades, the department of Library and Research had constructed its building in the premises of GHSS, Boys R S Pura but the building was in illegal possession of School Education Department.
"The library building was constructed inside the school so that th... | |
| | | | Electricity bills, vehicle insurance paid from students' money | | SKUAST misutilizes local fund | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: One of the premier agriculture universities of the State has allegedly mis-utilized the Local Fund to the tune of lakhs collected from the students, which strictly has to be spent for the welfare of the students, by diverting it for paying insurance of vehicles, payment of electricity bills, purchase of furniture, furnishing and payment of wages.
Sources told Early Times that the Local Fund has to be collected from students and utilized for the purposes such as providing magazine, common room facilities, conducting education tours, arranging extra-curricular and sports activities.
"Violating the guidelines, the authorities mis-utilized around Rs 8 lakhs ... | |
| | | | Assembly elections in J&K could be delayed? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: J&K might not witness simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls. This is what a report from Kashmir suggests. It is none other than the president of Democratic Party Nationalist (DPN), Ghulam Hassan Mir, who has made a revelation that the possibility of simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in J&K is remote, as the Governor of J&K, SP Malik, is not in favour of early assembly polls.
Only two days ago, Ghulam Hassan Mir, along with the NC, the PDP, the Congress, the CPI and other many party delegations, met the visiting team of Election Commission of India (ECI) in Srinagar. After attending the meeting held to ascertain the views of the political parti... | |
| | | | Additional salary: Govt reprimands DCs over delay in release | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: Taking serious note of delay in release of promised one month additional salary for the polling staff, the government has sought reasons from the deputy commissioners for the delay.
According to reports, the government has written to deputy commissioners, seeking details from them about what happened to the orders pertaining to the disbursement of one month additional salary to the state government employees who had discharged poll duties last year in October.
Sources said the government is likely to order high level probe into the delay done in the process and is going take action against the officials who reportedly threw the issue into the cold stora... | |
| | | | DDC's ploy of being impartial, issues notice to BJP for removing banners | | |  Harpreet Singh Sethi
Early Times Report
KATHUA, Mar 6: In a bid to project himself as completely impartial, the District Development Commissioner (DDC) Kathua, who is facing serious allegations of being a supporter of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), came out with an order of removing all hoardings, flags and posters of the saffron party from the government properties.
It is worthwhile to mention here that yesterday some political parties pointed out the biasness of the DDC, Kathua during ... | |
| | | | RDD fails to start repair work of Panchayat Ghar Ainpur yet again | | | | Early Times Report
Sunderbani, Mar 6: Rural Development Department (RDD) has failed to start repair work of building of panchayat ghar Ainpur.
The team of Rural Development Department (RDD) along with police party today went for starting repairing work of panchayat ghar in village Ainpur but Tara Chand and his sons Kuldeep Raj and Balwinder Kumar and their wives stopped the work arguing that building was situated in their land, but the status of this land is Custodian land under khasra number 355 measuring total 108 kanals land.
"Some BJP leaders helped the land mafia in creating hurdles for repair work of Panchayat Ghar Ainpur", said sources adding that the people of Lower Bhajwal war... | |
| | | | Shocker: In snowbound Warwan locals track 30 kms with youth's body | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 6: In a shocking incident mocking the system, the people of Warwan tracked around 30 kms in snowbound surroundings with the dead body of an 18 year old youth.
The deceased youth identified by the locals as Altaf Ahmed Wani son of Ghulam Nabi Wani of village Basmina Warwan, was working as a labourer in Punjab and was on way to home in snow bound Warwan for appearing in the matriculation examination earlier scheduled tentatively for March 5 onwards.
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