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| Rebel’s revelation puts Farooq, Omar in quandary | | NC was about to go for alliance with BJP after 2014 polls: Former NC Chief Spokesman | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 14: Six years after the PDP-BJP bonhomie in Jammu and Kashmir took place post 2014 assembly polls, a senior National Conference functionary has made a startling revelation that BJP was in talks with Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah for the formation of government in the erstwhile state.
Senior NC leader and former chief spokesman of the party, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi in an interview with New Delhi based news portal has claimed that the saffron party was holding confabulations with the NC patriarch and former chief minister Omar Abdullah over the formation of the next government in Jammu and Kashmir.
“This is not the first time I have expressed dissent within the party. Go back to 2014, when the Bharatiya Janata Party approached the National Conference for an alliance after 2014 assembly elections, it was I who vociferously objected to it. Thankfully, good sense prevailed and NC didn’t go with an alliance with BJP,” Ruhullah who besides a politician also is a Shia cleric in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
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| CM secret fund case: ED to summon more PDP aides | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Apr 14: Even as the Enforcement Directorate has got access to details of a diary purportedly maintained by then Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party, President, Mehbooba Mufti about expenditure of secret funds, the ED is likely to question more “aides” of the PDP in the case.
While Mehbooba Mufti was questioned by the ED in March 2020 over the expenditures made by her during her tenure, sources said the diary has shown that a considerable amount was spend on some of the party activities of the PDP.
It was reliably learnt that ED has inputs that the money may have been spent as “perks of the office bearers” of the PDP. Sources said it was being probe... | |
| | | | Deadline expires but national flag yet to be hoisted on many Govt buildings | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Apr 14: Although the deadline has expired many officers have yet not hoisted the national flag on the buildings under their jurisdictions.
On March 29 this year, the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha had directed the Divisional Commissioners, District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police of UT to make it sure that the national flag is hoisted on all government buildings and establishments under their jurisdiction.
Accordingly, the Divisional Commissioners of both Jammu and Kashmir divisions have asked all the Deputy Commissioners and Head of Departments (HoD) to implement the Lt Governor’s directive, regarding hoisting of National flag on all the gov... | |
| | | | Security breach’ at Tulip Garden! | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Apr 14: The famous Tulip Garden on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar here has come under scanner for a “security breach” as some of the visitors had allegedly “entered into the garden by unlawfully crossing over the fence.”
Though the Jammu and Kashmir Police have security in place at the entrance of the Tulip Garden for frisking of the visitors, what has come as “shocker for the security agencies” is that people had been venturing into the garden from the backyard in violation of the law in the fortified area.
This has raised security concerns as several VIPs also keep visiting the Tulip Garden. Recently Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and his counter... | |
| | | | PMAY funds ‘misappropriated’ in Reasi | | Panch, Sarpanch, VLW, GRS under scanner;' have asked BMO to probe, says ADC, locals demand registration of FIR | | | AJAY SHARMA
JAMMU, Apr 14: Funds under Prime Minister Awas Yojana (PMAY) being misappropriated have opened a Pandora’s Box. One such case has come to fore in Reasi district.
According to the details available with Early Times Rs 2 lakhs under PMAY were released in favour of a beneficiary to construct a one room house at Ward No. 10 Goodar Khalsa village tehsil Pouni falling under Panchayat Bambla. “Despite funds being released the house was not constructed,” said a source.
He said according to the PMAY norms funds for such houses are released in installments. “The first installment is released for the construction of plinth, second for raising four walls and third for putting a slab. A... | |
| | | | Authorities adamant to call teachers to attend schools without students | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Apr 14: Higher-ups in the education department have made it a prestige issue to call teachers in the schools without any student. The coronavirus-positive cases are witnessing a daily spike and experts are predicting a peak only by the end of April, authorities are not ready to shut the schools completely.
Keeping in view a surge in corona positive cases, authorities on April 11 ordered that all schools in the Union Territory will remain closed for another week.
An order issued by the government said that after taking an overall assessment of the situation pertaining to the spread of Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, the state executive committee has decided ... | |
| | | | Major tourist destination of Jammu given least attention | | Road leading from NH to holy town Katra in shambles, authorities in slumber | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 14: With the annual Navratri festival going on in full swing, thousands of pilgrims have started coming to Katra but the road leading to the holy town from National Highway is in shambles, exposing the seriousness of authorities towards the major tourist destination of Jammu region.
During Navratri festival the number of pilgrims visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi Cave shrine swelled manifolds but all the tourists have to cover a road length from Domail to holy tow... | |
| | | | DFO facilitates illegal felling, transportation of Khair wood | | Inquires initiated in matter fails to reach conclusion | |  AJAY SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Apr 14: A Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of one of the districts of Jammu regions has allegedly facilitated illegal felling and transportation of Khair wood. Although several inquiries were set up on this issue but same were failed to reach to conclusion.
It is pertinent to mention here that Early Times had already published stories on illegal felling of Khair wood with active connivance of the concerned officials. It has been observed that felli... | |
| | | | PM Modi interacts with Governors, LGs of all states, UTs on COVID-19 situation, vaccination | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Apr 14: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually interacted with Governors and Lieutenant Governors of all states and union territories regarding the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive in the country.
According to PMO, PM Modi said that the values and sense of duty of people are the biggest strengths in the battle against COVID-19, along with the vaccines. He also praised the citizens who participated in this battle last year, considering it their duty, he said that the same feeling of “Janbhagidari” (public participation) needs to be encouraged now as well.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Health ... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks Govt to step in, address people’s problems | | Residents of Lane 2 Dharap pained by neglect, official apathy | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Apr 14: People living in Lane Number 2 Dharap are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance.
The Lane Number 2 Dharap is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they are suffering like anyt... | |
| | | | Culvert constructed by R&B Department on Pahalgam road turns into 'accident spot' | | |  SAAHIL SUHAIL
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Apr 14: Due to poor engineering, a culvert constructed by the R&B Department on Bijbehara-Langanbal Pahalgam in South Kashmir's Anantnag has turned into road accident spot.
According to reports, the R&B division Khanabal has spent a whopping amount of over Rs 10 lakh for the construction of culvert on the road in Liver Village of Pahalgam.
The engineers have constructed and raised the culvert in such a way that it became itself a 'vision obstructio... | |
| | | | Majority of nallahs in Sunderbani encroached; EO feigns ignorance, no action taken till date | | | | ANKIT KESSAR
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Apr 14: It may sound bizarre but it's a fact that majority of nallahs in Sunderbani tehsil of district Rajouri have come under encroachment where people have got illegal construction over slabs.
Interestingly all these menace has been going on under the nose of the concerned Municipal Committee but it showed ignorance of matters of any such encroachment, which speaks volume of corruption in the authority.
It has been witnessed that encroachments on nallahs and roads in town have been going on for the last more than ten years but no action has been taken by the municipal committee against them. The local NGO NPYO and Many Social activists raised t... | |
| | | | Excise Deptt misleading public: JWTA | | 'New Excise Policy death knell for Jammu traders, can't compete in e-auction to save their decades old trade' | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 14: The Jammu Wine Traders Association (JWTA) on Wednesday alleged that the Excise Department was misleading public to justify the 'New Excise Policy."
"The new policy is full of lacunas and is a death knell for the Jammu wine traders who cannot compete in e-auction to save their decades old business. The High Court judgment clearly mentions that the renewal of license in liquor trade is permissible under law," a JWTA member told reporters here.
He said, "The ... | |
| | | | Recovery of Rs 50 crore narcotics exposes terror-drug mafia nexus | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 14: Recovery of narcotics worth Rs 50 crores from a forest of Kupwara district of North Kashmir has substantiated argument of the police that 'narco-terrorism module' is working overtime to ensure flow of funds to terror groups through drug mafia.
On April 8, police had also recovered heroin worth Rs 60 crores from a forest following authenticated information. One Mukhtar AhmadShah, a resident of Panjitara in Tanghdar was arrested in this regard, leading to recovery of nine-kilograms of heroin with estimated market value of the contraband is somewhere between 58-60crores. Police had claimed that the arrested person is associated with some terrorists.
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| | | | Heroin worth Rs 50 cr recovered along LoC in forward areas of Tangdhar sector | | | | S TAHIL-UL HAQ
Early Times Report
KUPWARA, Apr 14: Just in a week's time, a joint team of Indian Army, BSF along with JKP foiled a Narco smuggling attempt in forward areas of Tangdhar Sector last night and recovered 10 kgs of Narco estimated to be approximately Rs 50 crore today.
A top police official said that this is the second consecutive busting of 'Pak sponsored Narco Terror Module' in the past one week.
Incidentally, in a joint operation, a 10 kgs heroin consignment was recovered from the same general area a week ago on April 8/2021, however, this time smugglers were spotted carrying the narcotics along the Line of Control, the police official said.
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