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Non-local students contest claims of normalcy in campus NIT row 4/13/2016 12:52:04 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: The handler of NIT row on behalf of State Government has once against exposed himself to faux pas for restoring normalcy and shattered confidence of outstation students punished for upholding nationalism vis-a-vis those denigrated national flag in the campus. While on one of live National TV shows, the aggrieved non-local students of National Institute of Technology Srinagar and their wards falsified the claims of Nirmal Singh, Deputy Chief Minister, saying that what were the solid grounds which prompted him to say that normalcy would be limping back fast in NIT when students continue to be on constant dharna and section 144 still in force within the NIT campus with frightened non local students leaving NIT in a huff fearing insecurity there. On face to face conversation with panelists on TV, these students dismissed the demands of students being floated by NIT administration in a section of media as false propaganda saying that there demands are not amenities like upgrade Wi-Fi. Geyser, mess facilities etc but to lodge FIR and punish JK police ...   READ MORE

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Ex-interlocutor Ansari in his true colours Against shifting of NIT, for implementation of agenda of alliance 4/13/2016 12:51:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: Former interlocutor on J&K MM Ansari has also taken the plunge to support the Kashmiri cause. On the one hand, he has urged the student community in the NIT to help restore peace on the campus so that the agenda of alliance could be implemented. On the other hand, he has made common cause with those who had opposed the demand of the agitating non-local students of the NIT seeking shifting of it to some other place outside the militant and separatist-infested radicalized Kashmir. "The students' unrest at NIT Srinagar has serious repercussions for the implementation of the coalition Government's 'Agenda for Alliance' and for restoring peace and normalcy ...   READ MORE   Sagar, Mir likely to face heat as CM orders probe into 'unsafe' ropeway project Project grounded after Rs 10 cr spent on its construction 4/13/2016 12:51:37 AM Peerzada Ummer ET Report srinagar, Apr 12: Ali Mohammad Sagar, senior Minister in the previous National Conference-Congress coalition regime, and the State Congress chief GA Mir, who was Tourism Minister in the coalition regime, are likely to face probe in a ropeway project which cost Rs 10 crore but has been closed after being declared unsafe. Sources revealed that a probe is being launched over the reasons behind the usage of unsafe material in the Makhdoom Sahab ropeway project. The ropeway which was inaugurated in December 2013 is located on the foothills of Hari Parbat in old city of Srinagar up to the shrine of revered Sufi saint Sheikh Hamzah Makhdoom. The ropeway was closed...   READ MORE   Has BJP deserted Sajjad Lone? SWD headless, Mehbooba waiting for BJP's word 4/13/2016 12:51:25 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 12: Fate of the reluctant Sajjad Gani Lone continues to remain in limbo as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is yet to take a final call over according him the portfolio in her Cabinet which he has been demanding. Top sources revealed that the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti hasn't decided over the issue that Sajjad raised after the swearing in ceremony was held on April 4. Sajjad was made the Minister for Social Welfare and Administrative Reforms Training (ART) but resigned over complaining of being accorded the portfolio which falls below to his 'rank'. Sajjad rushed to New Delhi and complained before the high command of the BJP about being u...   READ MORE   1000 non-local NIT students quit Kashmir, another 200 ready to follow BJP Raj and persecution of nationalists 4/13/2016 12:51:09 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: The 2014 general elections gave a massive mandate to the BJP-led NDA under the leadership of the then Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The BJP on its own won 282 seats and all those who won on the BJP tickets were Hindus. The BJP's allies won 54 seats. 51 winners out of 54 were again Hindus and the remaining three were Sikhs. No party or formation had scored such a victory before 2014. Nor is there the possibility of any political party or a coalition putting up such a show. The mandate was for national security, people-centric social, economic and political policies and against the "secularists' weak foreign pol...   READ MORE   Police high-handedness implicates innocent into crime Files fake FIR, shells money as bribe from victim 4/13/2016 12:50:58 AM Early Times Report rajouri, Apr 12: The police high-handedness is not a new feature with Jammu and Kashmir police in the State as so many astonishing cases come in the fore. Another particular case of harassment and police high-handedness in implicating an innocent person into the crime which he never committed has come into the light in Rajouri district. Kuldeep Raj, son of Balak Ram and resident of Sunderbani, Ransoo became a scapegoat to the police atrocities in a hit and run case that implicated the innocent and has been harassing him for past one and half year. Baggo Begum, resident of Sekri Bakori in Sunderbani was hit by some motorbike rider on January 27, 2015 while the culpri...   READ MORE   BJP to give full support to PDP, hints Jaitely 4/13/2016 12:50:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: The BJP has decided to give full support to the PDP for the continuation of the Government so that it lasts its full term. The subtle but sure message was given about it today by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Jammu. Jaitley said the forming Government with the PDP was also a reason to fight separatism in the Kashmir by taking the mainstream parties of the Kashmir along with the BJP. The Finance Minister has by this statement clearly hinted that even if the PDP continues to pursue its 'soft separatism' policies it won't have any objections. It also suggests that BJP will not make any more noises if the PDP is seen as helping separatism r...   READ MORE   Of 9 lakh jobs in pvt sector, State creates only 1579 JK wins yet another dubious distinction 4/13/2016 12:50:27 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 12: After winning the 'cap' of being the most corrupt State in India, Jammu and Kashmir is notorious for the highest transmission and distribution losses in the power sector. And, now it has won another `distinction. of being the second worst State in terms of job creation in the private sector ahead of only Odisha which stands at the bottom of the list with serial No 20. A report prepared by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) said of about 9 lakh jobs created by various States in the private sector, Jammu Kashmir created only 1579 which is less than 0.2% of the openings created across India. . The jobs were created i...   READ MORE   Police officers to be punished for 'disobeying' transfer orders 4/13/2016 12:50:06 AM Vikas Gupta Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 14: Police headquarters (PHQ) is contemplating disciplinary action against 99 lower rung police officers for disobeying their transfer orders and refusing to join new places of posting. They included 17 Inspectors, 49 SIs and 33 ASIs. Their officers have been asked to explain reasons for not relieving them, according to police sources. "All of them are so well-connected that, using their links, they get their transfer orders cancelled and continue t...   READ MORE   Lack of opportunities forces youth to migrate to other parts of country for jobs 4/13/2016 12:49:25 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: Failure of successive Governments to boost corporate sector in the State in general and Jammu region in particular has forced the thousands of youth especially technocrats to migrate to other parts of country for jobs in private sector. The failure of successive Governments to pursue rapid industrialization of the State or promote tourism sector has been main cause of unemployment in the militancy ravaged J&K. According to sources the 26 year long turmoil in the Valley has given a lot of setback to the development in the State as Government failed to give boost to private sector by giving impetus to industrial and tourism sectors in the State. Though expe...   READ MORE   Demolition of heritage building in Srinagar stopped after ET report 4/12/2016 11:59:05 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 12: The authorities have finally halted the demolition of a heritage building at Solina near Silk factory as the matter has been taken very seriously by the higher-ups. The construction of additional building adjacent to the heritage site has also been stopped sources in Power Development Department (PDD) said. Pertinent to mention that Early Times had carried a detailed report on this issue on Tuesday. The 100 year old building was constructed by Dogra ...   READ MORE   Influential SI misbehaves with senior officer, again 4/12/2016 11:55:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: A disgruntled Sub-Inspector (SI) of police who happens to be a close relative of a Cabinet Minister is once again in news for wrong reasons, as this time he misbehaved with a senior police officer. This incident has now become cause of whispering with in police circle. According to police sources, few days ago the SI had some altercation with a senior police officer after the latter visited the office of the said cop. Sources maintained that the senior cop visited his office and had some arguments over a minor issue following which the politically backed SI reacted in a bad manner which fumed the senior officer who left the office of the said SI in ...   READ MORE   After 8 years, Tagood water Kool becomes functional 4/12/2016 11:48:07 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Apr 12 : After a wait of 8 long years, the inhabitants of Tagood area of Kishtwar district having population of about 5000 people, mostly farmers get water for irrigation purpose with the completion of 4 KM long water Kool. As per the details available with "Early Times" the water Kool project was first identified in the year 1992, but its detailed project report was papered in the year 2007 with the efforts of MLA Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori and the project was sanctioned by the department of Flood Control and Irrigation at an estimated cost of Rs. 1.12 crore. After according sanction to 4 KM long Kool, the department of irrigation...   READ MORE   CM's Grievance redressal cell: Cases disposed, not settled 4/12/2016 10:58:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: In J&K, the only online public grievance redressing system with Chief Minister's office is functioning, albeit on a flawed and faulty mechanism as the authorities at helm have been considering the complaints so received from people as disposed by simply forwarding to the concerned departments without seeking a follow up report on the action taken in the cases. With new incumbent Mehbooba Mufti having assumed CM's office, expectations are high to streamline things with the system. Sources said the authorities dealing with CM's grievance redressal cell have been making claims on having disposed off a sizable number of the complaints received last year bu...   READ MORE   Govt transfers lecturers from schools reeling under shortage Session begins, schools yet to get substitute 4/12/2016 10:58:41 PM BijayCharak Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: The government has transferred lecturers from schools already reeling under shortage and have not sent substitutes to address the crisis. Uttam Singh, a local resident of Kilotran of district Doda informed Early Times that previous month the director school education Jammu has transferred couple of lecturers from Government Higher Secondary School Kilotran including English, Education, Persian, Zoology and Urdu subject but till date department concern provide only substitute of Urdu subject rest of all others subjects transferred lecturers school yet to get substitute. He further said that the school already acute dearth of staff in w...   READ MORE   NHAI fails to ease traffic, busy in raising toll charges 4/12/2016 10:58:29 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 12: The 4-lane National Highway NHAI was built with an aim to ease traffic on Jammu Srinagar Highway but the objective has not been achieved yet. The promises of comfort journey are likely to be proven wrong as NHAI seems incapable to handle the traffic jams . It is busy and efficient in increasing the toll tax against the services which are yet to taken up. The locals rued that the probability of traffic jams were lesser in the past time even after the absence of 4 lanes Highway. A traveller Munish Mehra said that even after paying a toll of around Rs.150, the NHAI failed to render the services to the travellers. He again said that frequent traffi...   READ MORE   Govt squeezes Nehru Park restaurant to accommodate 'influential' bookseller 4/12/2016 10:58:21 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 12: The Government-owned restaurant at the Nehru Park island in the famed Dal lake here has been reduced to half only to accommodate a "blue-eyed" bookseller who is all set to open his sales outlet there. Highly placed sources alleged that a political leader who is also MLC pressurized the Tourism officials to get leased out, half of the space of the restaurant to the bookseller so that he could do his business there. The concerned are understood to have allotted the space to the bookseller at throw away prices. "But prior to allotment of the space, the Government spent lakhs on the renovation of the space," the official sources said. They said the sen...   READ MORE   R&B dept to crack whip on corrupt officers 4/12/2016 10:58:13 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 12: The Roads and Buildings department has started the process for taking decisive action against tainted officials against whom the State Vigilance Organization has sought the departmental action and are facing charges of corruption. One of the senior official posted in R&B department in civil secretariat said that the Minister for Roads and Buildings department Abdul Rahim Veeri has directed senior officials of the department to compile list of officials who have been indicted in corruption cases and have doubtful integrity. "The list being prepared would include those, against whom there were complaints of corruption and SVO has sou...   READ MORE   RTI exposes illegal allotment of works in Hydraulic Division Kishtwar 4/12/2016 10:58:08 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report kishtwar, Apr 12:In reply to the Right to Information application filed by the RTI activist in the office of Director Information Jammu seeking information on the tender notices published in various dailies through Information department inviting tender for various works executed by PHE department Kishtwar now renamed as Hydraulic Division Kishtwar, the Deputy Director Information (PR) Jammu stated that no NIT's were published in any newspaper during 2010-11 and 2011-12 , however 13 NIT's were published in various state and National dailies through information department while according to sources more than 200 works were executed by the department d...   READ MORE   Lack of opportunites forces youth to migrate to other parts of country for jobs 4/12/2016 10:57:59 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 12: Failure of successive governments to boost corporate sector in the State in general and Jammu region in particular has forced the thousands of youth especially technocrats to migrate to other parts of country for jobs in private sector. The failure of successive governments to pursue rapid industrialization of the State or promote tourism sector has been main cause of unemployment in the militancy ravaged J&K. According to sources the 26 year long turmoil in the Valley has given a lot of setback to the devleopment in the State as governemnt failed to give boost to private sector by giving impetus to industrial and tourism sectors in the State. Though ex...   READ MORE   Workers face tough time after govt ban on minor minerals 4/12/2016 10:57:53 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 12: Mining workers across the region are finding it hard to live on after the March 31, 2016 government ban on excavation of minor minerals like sand and gravel from rivers. They are the primary targets of the ban and have started suffering due to lack of food because they are virtually left with no money to feed their families. Before the ban, which was imposed during Governor Rule under SRO 105, PrabhuDyal of Sidhra used to earn Rs 150 or so daily by collecting and loading sand and gravel in tractor-trollies and tippers. "The ban has snatched the only source of livelihood from me and left me unemployed. I don't have any work to do now," he lamented. L...   READ MORE

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