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Kishtwar riots: Justice Gandhi makes startling revelations, stringent recommendations Termination of services of IG, DIG, DC, Dy.SP 4/5/2015 12:14:15 AM Registration of FIR against Police personals on duty Custodial interrogation of MoS Home Kitchloo Two Hurriyat leaders, Imam indicted for hatching conspiracy Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammau, Apr 4: The Justice Retired RC Gandhi who submitted his report to the government on 16-3-2015 indicting Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo, former Minister of State for Home in Omar Abdullah government, has recommended termination of services of the then Inspector General of Police Jammu Rajesh Kumar, Deputy Inspector General of Police Doda-Kishtwar-Ramban Range Ashkoor Ahmed Wani, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Saleem Mohammad Chowdhary, Dy SP HQ Kishtwar Farooq Qaseer. Communal violence had flared up on Eid, falling on August 9, 2013 which resulted into the killings of three persons and injuries to scores of others, beside loss to public and government property after the rioters created havoc in the town in a free for all situation. Commission also recommended the registration of FIR against the above mentioned police officers and other police personals on duty. It also recommended cus...   READ MORE

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Officials who withdrew lakhs to repair breaches in dock Flood Scare Aftermath 4/5/2015 12:13:24 AM Mufti asks close aides to act against erring persons Fazal Khan Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 4: The state government has taken a serious note about officials withdrawing lakhs of rupees for repairing breaches and other damages which were caused due to the September 2014 floods. Sources told Early Times the recent flood scare in Kashmir revealed that many breaches which were shown as repaired on papers turned out to be a "cosmetic measure" on the ground. "Departments which were assigned the job of filling in these breaches had taken temporary steps by just putting sand bags over the places from where water had gushed out during September 2014," they said. At many places, sources sa...   READ MORE   Cabinet may consider MLC nomination list on Monday PDP zeroes in on Sartaj, Shatru, Manhas, Bashir Mir 4/5/2015 12:12:59 AM BJP picks up Khajuria, Ajatshatru, Arora, Ambardar Ahmed Ali Fayyaz Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 4: Cabinet on Monday is likely to consider and sanction a list of eight political leaders---four each from PDP and BJP---for submission to Governor who is expected to accord his approval to their nomination as Members of Legislative Council next week. Knowledgeable sources on Saturday revealed to Early Times that both the coalition partners, PDP and BJP, have finalised their nomination lists which would go to the Cabinet, most likely as a non-agenda item, during a meeting on April 6th. Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed would preside over the Cabinet meeting. Cabinet is supposed to consi...   READ MORE   BJP giving 'preference' to one caste Coordination Committee 4/5/2015 12:12:24 AM Early Times Report Jammau, Apr 4: Resentment is brewing among the people of Jammu region and BJP members and followers over the preferential treatment the party high command has been giving to one particular caste in the government and the party. "Jammu region houses many communities and castes, but the BJP high command under the influence of certain vested interests has been giving preference to one caste over all others" has been the general perception in the region. Very importantly, many party MLAs, are in private expressing the same view and saying "not one but two castes are being given preferential treatment". What has provoked the ignored castes, which constitute majority populat...   READ MORE   JKPCC considers favourites for district president posts 4/5/2015 12:12:05 AM Kunal Shrivatsa Early Times Report Jammau, Apr 4: After reconstitution of Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), the workers accuse the leaders of considering favourites for the posts of district presidents. Sources within the PCC informed Early Times that party leadership is all set to rope in a few of its favourites for the posts of district presidents in some districts of Jammu region, however, the yardstick for appointing new incumbents remains the same and i.e. preferential treatment to few individuals. "The process of appointing new presidents for some districts has been set into motion by the PCC president Ghulam Ahmad Mir Satish Sharma son of former MP Madan Lal Shar...   READ MORE   MLA secures stay on eviction notice, others follow suit Ex-legislators refuse to vacate govt accomodation 4/5/2015 12:11:46 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammau, Apr 4: Around a dozen former legislators have refused to vacate official accommodation. A former legislator of National Conference has recently secured a stay from the court against the eviction notice issued by Estates department and if sources are to be believed, many other legislators have been contemplating and might follow the suit. Sources informed Early Times that a former MLA, who was not even a minister in Omar led coalition government had been occupying a palatial government house in New Rehari Colony. "Despite the fact that he owns a big palatial house in Muthi, which is given on rent to the department of Narcotics Control Bureau at R...   READ MORE   J&K Govt will initiate both short, long term measures: PDP 4/5/2015 12:11:25 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Apr 4: Ruling PDP today hailed the role played by civil and police administration in dealing with flood-like situation in Jammu and Kashmir and assured people that the coalition government will initiate both short and long-term measures to deal with the problem. PDP President Mehbooba Mufti also sought cooperation from people in dealing with such situation in future by desisting from encroachment of river basins and embankments. "Government will initiate both short and long-term measures to deal with the situation arising due to water- logging and floods during the raining seasons," Mufti, also an MP, said in a statement here. The Government will respond...   READ MORE   Ignoring Muslim leadership, BJP likely to nominate Ajat Shatru 4/5/2015 12:11:02 AM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report Jammau, Apr 4: Ignoring the considerable rise in the vote share in the Muslim dominated constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir especially Jammu province during the recently concluded Legislative Assembly Polls, State BJP President Jugal Kishore Sharma is likely to nominate Ajat Shatru Singh as the fourth candidate to the upper house of the legislatures solely to secure a legislative assembly seat for his brother Nand Kishore Sharma. As per party insiders, the nomination of Ajat Shatru Singh as the fourth MLC along with former MLA Jammu East Ashok Khajuria, Party Vice President Ramesh Arora and Surinder Ambardar has been planned by none other than Jugal Kisho...   READ MORE   'Sell out' in J&K described by Shah as a tribute to Mookerjee Bengaluru BJP meet 4/5/2015 12:10:51 AM Early Times Report bengaluru, Apr 4: Terming the victory of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir in the last assembly elections as another "feather in the cap" of the party, BJP national president Amit Shah said that "it should be viewed as a humble tribute to the martyrdom of Jana Sangh's founding president Shyama Prasad Mookerjee". He made this statement while delivering his presidential address at the party's national executive meet at Bengaluru on Friday. According to him the victory of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir was "much more than the victories scored in the States like Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkand". The BJP had won 25 seats in the 87-member house and all these were from Jammu regio...   READ MORE   JK people suffer as highway remains closed for 4th day, Mehbooba bats for Alternative Roads to Kashmir 4/4/2015 10:51:18 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 4: As Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained closed for vehicular traffic for the fourth consecutive day today due to landslides at various places people suffer in both the regions suffered. Over 600 Kashmir-bound passengers are stranded at the Jammu bus stand for the past three days. They want to be airlifted. Around 700 vehicles also stranded along the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway at places like Udhampur, Banihal, Ramban, Batote and...   READ MORE   KCC&I wants immediate announcement of package for traders affected by Sept 2014 floods Expresses concern over cancellations due to recent floods like situation 4/4/2015 10:50:22 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 4: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I) today demanded that announcement of package for the traders affected by September 2014 devastating flood is expedited so that the traders start afresh without any further delay. Addressing a press conference here, KCC&I President, Sheikh Ashiq Ahmad said that chamber had expected that package would be announced in the first week of April, adding that t no indications have been received so far. Ashiq said that recent flood like situation should give a fillip to the announcement of package. "We were expecting that package for the traders would be announced in the first week of April, ...   READ MORE   Sidhra golf Course fails to promote local economy Is cheaper then Kashmir courses 4/4/2015 10:49:52 PM Shiv Dev Thakur Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 4: Describing tourism as a corner stone of State's economy, ex- Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah in an inaugural function of golf course in 2011, stated the inauguration of Sidhra golf club as a step forward to develop sports tourism and to generate local economy of Jammu as well as the state, but this did not add much to state's economy owing to the functioning of the Sidhra Golf Club. "The availability of golf Sports facility at Jammu would mean a lot to economy of Jammu as If we are able to attract even one percent of the huge number of pilgrims towards the Golf sport facility available here," said the Minister Tourism and Culture, Nawan...   READ MORE   Rising water level causes concern among Sopore residents 4/4/2015 10:49:42 PM S Tahir-Ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Apr 4: Though the rain has stopped across the Kashmir valley the water level in river Jhelum is still a cause of worry for the common masses of Sheer Colony here and other adjacent areas of Sopore town in this North Kashmir district. Mohammad Ashraf, a resident of Sheer Colony told Early Times, "the water level is still three feet below the danger level, but it has registered a steady increase over the past several hours and has submerged hundreds of households of Sheer colony." Ashraf said that water has almost started to recede in river Jhelum, but is slowly increasing in many parts of Sopore town, especially in the low lying areas lik...   READ MORE   Leh avalanche kills 4 army men, one missing Search on for missing soldier 4/4/2015 10:49:08 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 4: Four Army jawans were killed and another went missing after an avalanche hit the vehicle they were travelling in, in frontier Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening after heavy snowfall in the area. The avalanche hit the Army vehicle at remote Changla village in Leh which trapped five soldiers who were then travelling in the Vehicle, spokesman of Army's northern command Col S D Goswami said. He said that rescue teams immediately swung into action and recovered bodies of two soldiers while as two others were rescued in a critical who later succumbed. He added that another soldier was still missing and rescue operation ...   READ MORE

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