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BJP surrenders even Social Welfare Deptt to Kashmir Hapless Jammu ditched again 4/6/2016 12:32:43 AM Early times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: During the regime of late Mufti Sayeed, the BJP Cabinet Ministers from Jammu held the portfolios of Power Development, Public Health Engineering and Irrigation, Health and Medical Education, Industry and Commerce, Transport, Forest and Social Welfare. The rest were with the PDP and some of them included Home, Finance, Planning, Revenue, Tourism, Education and so on. The complaint of the people of Jammu region then was that the BJP surrendered almost everything to Kashmir and that it was Kashmir which got all the vital departments as well as maximum representation in the State Cabinet. They were expecting that they will get equal share in the governance of the State under the new PDP-BJP dispensation that came into being on Monday after almost three months of confusion, uncertainty and war of words between the PDP and the BJP leaders over the would-be-political status of Jammu province vis-a-vis Kashmir Valley in the State's polity. But all of their hopes got dashed to the ground. This is not an overstatement; it's a statement of fact and is very ea...   READ MORE

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Naeem's first day in office starts with controversy Edu Minister does it again! 4/6/2016 12:32:29 AM Hyder Ali Early times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 5: PDP leader Naeem Akhter's second innings as Education Minister has started on a controversial note like his previous tenure. This time the teachers fraternity in Kashmir has locked horns with the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) against its "controversial" ban on fund raising by their unions. Exactly on the day when Naeem took oath as the Minister, the DSEK back home decided to initiate strict action against any fund raising for unions, including the influential J&K Teachers Forum, which is a "non-registered organization." The action is likely to include registration of police FIRs against the Education Department staffers. So...   READ MORE   'Birbal' has no place in Mehbooba's court 4/6/2016 12:32:06 AM Early times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 5: PDP leader and recently appointed Education Minister Naeem Akhtar was shown his place on Monday merely after few minutes of the swearing in ceremony when during a group picture, he was spotted standing in the corner row that too with the junior Ministers. As per the PDP insiders it was the first symbolic move of the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti of revealing to the party cadre and general people that Akhtar no longer would have any say in the Government fun...   READ MORE   'Angry' Sajjad Lone quits cabinet 4/6/2016 12:31:24 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 5: Barely a day after taking oath as a minister in the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir, People's Conference, Chairman, and separatist turned mainstream politician Sajjad Lone resigned from his post citing dissatisfaction over his portfolio of Social Welfare. On Monday, Lone was sworn-in as a minister in Mehbooba Mufti's government for the second time. Insiders however said like his first innings, Lone was again unhappy with the portfolio decided for him by the Bharatiya Janata Party. The insiders said he took a serious note of him being given "raw deal" by the BJP leadership and he decided to quit.. Lone was given the Department of Social Welfar...   READ MORE   BJP's Lal, Ajay, Sunil preferred 'Jai Hind' over 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' slogan Blatant disregard for Mohan Bhagwat & Co 4/6/2016 12:31:18 AM Early times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: Lal Singh, Sunil Sharma and Ajay Nanda, who on Monday were inducted by the newly-appointed Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in her 22-member Ministry, showed blatant disregard for RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat & Co as well as the BJP as a party and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to establish "secular credentials. They instead of chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai slogan chanted Jai Hind slogan. And they dared the RSS chief, the BJP national leadership and Maharashtra Chief Minister as soon as the National Anthem ended at the beginning of the oath-taking ceremony and the BJP activists and workers, who were among the audience as guests, chanted Bharat Mata Ki J...   READ MORE   SI leaves drug peddler without FIR, secret inquiry initiated 4/6/2016 12:31:04 AM K Koushal Early times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: A Superintendent of Police (SP) has initiated a secret inquiry against a notorious Sub-Inspector who is posted as in-charge police post for letting free an accused who was handed over to him by District Special Branch (DSB) wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) with a 3 kg poppy straw (bhukki) in January in lieu of huge money. However, the accused who is truck driver by profession after getting freedom escaped to Guwahati. If sources are to be believed, District Special Branch (DSB) wing of Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of January apprehended a truck driver on specific information and recovered 3 kg poppy straw from his possession....   READ MORE   Portfolio reshuffle shocks ex-Health Minister's lobby in GMC 4/6/2016 12:30:56 AM Avinash Azad Early times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: Several trusted lieutenants working in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) and those holding loyalties with former Health and Medical Education Minister Choudhary Lal Singh are in State of deep shock and some of them have gone into 'coma', following change of portfolio. Despite available all doctors and life supporting equipments, their condition in GMC&H is reportedly deteriorating due to the apprehensions that the new Cabinet Minister Bali Bhagat would not provide them ventilator and left them to the mercy of god. These faithful servants of former Minister, who got plum and choicest posting in GMC&H and have been holding many p...   READ MORE   Meanwhile, some celebrate for getting azadi from Lal terror 4/6/2016 12:30:49 AM Sumit Sharma Early times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: The medicos held a party and distributed sweets at boy's hostel of GMC&H at Bakshi Nagar after the news broke out that former Health Minister Lal Singh has been given portfolios of Forest, Environment and Ecology in the coalition Government. "Lal Singh's presence always invoked fear and terror among the medical fraternity in the State. After he took oath at the Raj Bhawan on Monday, he sent a message to the Super Speciality Hospital and ordered to keep his room in order as he was sanguine of retaining his old portfolio. But it must have been a rude shock to him when he read today's newspaper," said a doctor while dancing at the party. Bali B...   READ MORE   'Nationalist' BJP Minister refuses to help NIT students Face Police beating again for raising pro-India slogans, tricolor 4/6/2016 12:30:29 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 5: At 6.30 pm on Tuesday when Jammu and Kashmir police started unprovoked lathicharge on students of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar for raising Tringa and raising pro India slogans, some of the fear stricken students telephoned a senior BJP leader, who is minister in the coalition government, to save them from the wrath of police, but the self styled nationalist leader refused to provide them any help. Students virtually pleaded before the senior ...   READ MORE   BJP leaders influencing babus for revoking PSA of infamous criminal 4/6/2016 12:29:35 AM Early times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: Just a day after the popular coalition Government of PDP-BJP formed, the real face of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) got exposed as some leaders of the party allegedly using their office and designation pressurized some bureaucrats just for shielding a notorious criminals including one having slapped with Public Safety Act (PSA) in recent past for threatening a revenue official. Highly placed sources stated that barely a day after the district administration slapped Public Safety Act (PSA) on a notorious criminal and history sheeter for allegedly threatening a revenue official, a delegation led by Nand Kishore unsuccessfully contested MLA of Bhartiya Jan...   READ MORE   Altaf Bukhari's sudden rise cost him second innings 4/6/2016 12:29:28 AM Hyder Ali Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 5: Even as a war of words has erupted between senior PDP leader Altaf Bukhari and his veteran colleague in the party, Tariq Hameed Karra, the question remains why the former alone was dropped from the council of ministers if he was not the only leader under the scanner. On the day when Mehbooba Mufti was sworn in as Chief Minister, PDP stalwart and one of the founding members of the party - Karra -equated three of his party colleagues with renegades, the Ikhwanis. The old guard, Karra said the trio is "contemporary Kukka Parray", and asked the party president Mehbooba Mufti not to incorporate any of them in the council of ministers. But then wh...   READ MORE   Recruitment of APs likely to be delayed further 4/6/2016 12:28:59 AM Akshay Azad Jammu, Apr 5: Authorities of the Jammu University and Kashmir University are still reluctant to issue Minimum Standard Procedure (MSP) certificates to Ph.D qualified candidates as per UGC guidelines of 2009-after the lapse of nearly five days since orders are issued by Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education department. The Commissioner Secretary to Higher Education Department on April, 1, 2014, had issued an order, which reads, "The University (JU/KU) shall start issuing the provisional certificates as desired under Rule 20 of UGC regulation 2009, to all those candidates who have applied/apply to them for the certificates and shall complete the process within 15 days positively"...   READ MORE   Following Kolkata flyover collapse, ERA all set to conduct safety audit of JK flyovers 4/6/2016 12:28:53 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 5: A four member team of Asian Development Bank (ADB) including Atsushi Kaneko, Senior Portfolio Manager, ADB, Ron Slangen, Resettlement Consultant (INRM) and Saugata Dasgupta ADB (INRM) visited the state to review the progress of various projects being executed by J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) under the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Urban Sector Development Investment Programme (JKUSDIP). Muhammad Azhar, Public Relations Officer, J&K ERA, Kashmir told Early Times that ADB mission visited various sites which include construction sites of Jehangir Chowk- Rambagh expressway corridor, Multilevel parking facility at KMDA, Athwajan...   READ MORE   Srinagar ignored: 1 Legislator from city figures in Council of Ministers 4/6/2016 12:28:43 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 5: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir has virtually been 'disempowered' by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government that assumed charge on Monday under the leadership of PDP President, Mehbooba Mufti. The summer capital has almost been turned into representation less in the new government since only one city based legislator has made it to the council of ministers. The minister too has been turned 'irrelevant' since she is a Minister of State (MoS) while having to work under orders of the senior 'boss'. Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Hazratbal constituency Asiya Naqash took o...   READ MORE   Authorities misinterpet sub-judice: SIC Housing Board asked to disclose info 4/6/2016 12:28:35 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 5: The State Information Commission (SIC) in one its historical orders has made it clear that word Sub-juidice is being misinterpreted and public authorities deny to share information under RTI Act using the word matter is sub-judice. The Commission in its orders has made it clear that there is no mention of word subjudice in section 8 of J&K RTI Act 2009 which discusses exemption from getting any information. The SIC has made it clear that unless any court of tribunal has forbidden for making information public, the public authorities cannot invoke work Subjudice on their own and ask information seekers that information won't be provided as the matter ...   READ MORE   NRDWP scheme for drinking water remains confined to papers in Nowshera 4/6/2016 12:28:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 5: National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) scheme launched by the government with the objective to provide drinking water to the people residing in the rural areas has failed to take off in of Nowshera Tehsil in Rajouri District as residents of the area are longing for safe drinking water. The sources informed Early Times that most of the areas of Nowshera Tehsil are inaccessible due to tough terrain with very few sources of drinking water being dry area and the people are eagerly awaiting government schemes that could avail safe drinking water to them. A document available with Early Times divulge that Public Health Engineering Department Nowshera...   READ MORE   Gun fight rages in Kupwara, 3 militants trapped 4/6/2016 12:28:21 AM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, Apr 5: A gunfight broke out between security forces and a group of militants today at Dardpora area of Lolab in this North Kashmir district. Sources said that at around 12:30 PM gun shots were heard in the forest area of Dardpora, after which a joint team of Army and SOG Lolab cordoned off the whole area. "There was a movement of 2-3 heavily armed militants in the forest area. A patrolling party was heading towards the forest area after which they challenged the militants who opened heavy volume of fire on them," sources told Early Times. A top police official from Lalpora Kupwara said that a joint team of army's 28 Rashtriya Rifles, 18 RR ...   READ MORE   Agenda of Alliance' is, agenda of one billion Indians: Mehbooba Prime Minister has assured full support to Govt' 4/6/2016 12:28:13 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 5: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the PDP-BJP 'Agenda of Alliance' is not a pact between two political parties, but it is an agenda of more than one billion people of the country to usher Jammu and Kashmir into an era of peace, stability and prosperity. "Productive development and inclusive prosperity is possible only in an environment of peace and stability which necessitates that not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir but that of the whole country join this new enterprise of hope to pull the State out of the morass and resolutely address the challenges confronting it," Mehbooba said while addressing a huge gathering of people who had arrived ...   READ MORE   LMD wakes up, warns booksellers Commission first books later! 4/6/2016 12:27:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 5: Reacting to numerous complaints received from Consumer Welfare Organization and parents of school children regarding forceful sale of stationary items along with books, the Legal Metrology Department (LMD) conducted detailed survey of traders dealing with supply of books in various schools in Jammu city and asked them to refrain from such practice. According to Manoj Prabhakar Dy controller Enforcement, a caution message has been floated through electroni...   READ MORE   Social Networking sites abuzz with curse for convicted milk company 4/5/2016 10:55:13 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 5: A Local Milk Company convicted for selling adulterated milk products has evoked massive ridicule on social networking sites where common masses curse the company for playing with their lives with impunity. On Monday a court in central Kashmir's Budgam district in its order said that "Accused company Khyber Agro Farms Pvt Ltd village Ladhoo Tehsil Pampore Pulwama is held guilty and is convicted through its Incharge Operational/nominated person Mohammad Shafi Ganie and is accordingly convicted for sections 51, 52 and 59 of FSS Act 2006." Common masses terming the matter serious took to social networking sites, Facebook and Twitter and curs...   READ MORE   'Khyber Agro Industries endanger human lives' CJM Budgam imposes fine of Rs 9 lakhs 4/5/2016 10:55:05 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 5: The leading business tycoon Khyber Agro Industries pvt Ltd has been held liable of endangering peoples' lives by marketing adultersted milk. Chief Judicial Magistrate Budgam has imposed a fine of Rs 9 lakh on Khyber Agro Farms Private and a nominated officer would also have to undergo an imprisonment of six months. The directions were passed after samples of toned milk (Khyber brand) collected by Food Safety Officer Zeenat Ayoub turned out to be substandard after analysis. Chief Judicial Magistrate Imtiyaz Ahmad Lone directed the Commissioner, Food and Safety Act, to take immediate steps in ensuring that the company products t...   READ MORE

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