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| Jammu gets Rs 460 cr less than Kashmir for Ring Road project | | Bias in PM's package too! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: Amid the fanfare the projects of ring road in Jammu and Srinagar were inaugurated on Saturday by Prime Minister Modi, but what the state government has tried to undermine is that fact that discrimination was once again adopted with Jammu region, with Kashmir valley sanctioned Rs 460 crores more than Jammu. Modi on November 7, 2015 announced a whopping economic package of Rs 80,000 cr for various developmental projects in the state. However, the work on most of the projects is either going on at a snail's pace or is in limbo due to the reasons best known to the R&B ministry of the state. As per the official documents in possession of Early Times, out of the Rs 80,000 cr package of the Prime Minister, an estimated Rs 42,668 cr was kept for R&B projects in the state. Out of the sum, Rs 2700 cr was kept for Bharat Mala project. The projects in the state were proposed to be taken up under Bharat Mala for length of about 105 kms covered under tourist connectivity.
As per the documents, out of the Rs 80K crore package, the government had claimed last... | |
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| Congress forgets how it conspired against Early Times | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: Forgetting that Congress party conspired against Early Times when it was in power and left no stone unturned to silence your newspaper by resorting to all cheap tactics, the Congress activists and leaders are on the Jammu streets these days crying that "democracy has been murdered' in India.
The leaders and activists of Congress party staged a protest in Jammu on Friday against the Karnataka Governor inviting Bharatiya Janata Party to form the governm... | |
| | | | Miscreants in Valley pelt stones on troops | | Holy Ramzan's first Friday | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 19: The announcement of unilateral ceasefire during the holy month of Ramzan by the central government has no bearing on the actions of the stone pelters in Kashmir Valley.
On the second day of the holy month of Ramzan on Friday, the stone pelters again did what they are notorious for: pelting stones on security forces, thereby denouncing the unilateral ceasefire call of the central government.
Responding to the protest call of the separatists to express solid... | |
| | | | In Mendhar docs toy with lives of people | | |  Early Times Report
Poonch, May 19: In Sub District Hospital Mendhar, a case of cruelty has come to the light. A pregnant lady belonging to a poor family was asked to go to Rajouri or Poonch for delivering a baby.
Mohammad Tariq, husband of the lady, said they arrived at the SD hospital and asked a nurse about the admission formalities. "She refused to admit my wife. Then I approached the doctors, but to no avail," Tariq said.
With the help of some locals, Tariq said, he later approached ... | |
| | | | Hopes of people of Jammu remained hopes | | PM's J&K visit | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 19: The people of Jammu were hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Mata Vaishno Devi and RS Pura would address the issues facing the alienated people of Jammu, but, sadly, it didn't happen.
He didn't speak even on one issue facing by them. The people of Jammu had several demands, but their immediate demands were five.
One, they wanted the Prime Minister to speak on the PDP-BJP alliance and its adverse impact on the people of Jammu. The people of Jammu province never felt so abandoned as they had been feeling since March 1, 2015, when the BJP became part of the state government for the first time. Their hope was based on the premise ... | |
| | | | Rassana under threat, says HEM | | Kathua case | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 19: The Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM), a conglomerate of several socio-religious organizations, which has been spearheading a movement to persuade the powers-that-be in the state and at the centre to hand over the alleged Kathua rape and murder case to the CBI for a fair and transparent investigation into whole issue, on Saturday alleged that Rassana, where the crime allegedly took place in January this year, was under grave threat and that certain undesirable elements want to capture the village and its forest area for conducting anti-India operations.
"Hiranagar area and Rassana are strategically vital for national security. They are under grave threat. They are... | |
| | | | SC’s order to shift case to Pathankot yet to reach Kathua court | | Rassana rape, murder case | |  Harpeet Singh Sethi
Early Times Report
Kathua, May 19: The prosecution has come under scanner in the infamous Rassana rape and murder case yet again when the Apex court order of shifting the case to Pathankot was not presented in the Kathua court hearing the case.
On Saturday Sanjhi Ram, the main accused of the case, and 6 others were presented in the court of District Principal Sessions Judge Kathua. The accused again demanded CBI probe. While talking to Media Persons in the court comp... | |
| | | | On greenery initiative SFD Rajouri officials making fortunes | | | | A B Sharma
Early Times Report
Rajouri, May 19: Always on a wrong foot for many illegal works since the taking over of the Social Forestry Department (SFD) Rajouri by the corrupt heads, this time also it has been caught for siphoning off illicit money against works executed by it.
Just two kilometers away from Sunderbani tehsil, the department at Thandapani had taken up a plantation project at a closure under compartment 47/48 to plant nearly 11, 500 saplings for greening the area.
Since the area marked for greening was measured to be accommodating 11,500 saplings for plantation, the department under the corrupt practice of its incharge District Forest Officer ( DFO), Junior Ranger a... | |
| | | | 8 years on, R&B Deptt yet to complete Bridge | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 19: In yet another instance of neglect and apathy of Roads and Building Department, the vital Qamarwari, Norbagh Bridge that proposed to connect several areas here in the Srinagar city is awaiting its completion for past eight years.
Sources said that the authorities in the Roads and Building (R&B) department have miserably failed to complete the project on time as it has so far missed several deadlines.
The work over the construction of the alternative bridge was started in June 2011 at the estimated cost of Rs 9.85 crore while the bridge was supposed to get completed in June 2014. "The government had assured that the bridge would be ... | |
| | | | Geelani's Hyderpora says no to hartal, greets Modi with open markets | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 19: In a major setback to the separatist camps, markets near pro-Pakistan hawk Syed Ali Geelani's residence here on Saturday defied the hartal call given by the so called Joint Resistance Leadership or JRL and greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi with open marketplaces in the area.
The markets on the high security Airport Road in Geelani's native Hyderpora and adjoining Pirbagh were open on the day when the separatist leader had asked the people of Kashmir to "greet Modi with protests."
It's for the first time in the recent past that the markets were working as normal in the area, which is otherwise seen as Geelani's bastion.
On Saturday morning, life ... | |
| | | | Who's PIO in Poonch district offices? | | All officers designated as APIOs! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: It is 10th year since J&K RTI Act 2009 got enacted in Jammu and Kashmir, but it seems officers at the helm are still not aware about the Right to Information Law. RTI calls for appointment of Public Information Officers (PIO) in each public authority. In majority of the district offices the district officers have been designated as PIOs, but in Poonch district all the district officers (except DFO and ACR) have been designated as Assistant PIOs (APIOs), which means they can't provide information to people under RTI Act as their job is to assist the PIOs whose details are not at all available.
Details available with Early Times reveal that official webs... | |
| | | | Nawaz Sharif removes lid from Pandora's Box of Pakistan | | Behind the veil | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: Whatever stance Pakistan will adopted in the National Security Committee (NSC) meeting the cat is out of the bag. And the lid to the Pandora's box has been opened by none other than the former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, who has made a disclosure holding Pakistan responsible for allowing non-state actors to cross into Mumbai where they kill over 166 people and cause damage to various hotels and buildings. And India is pleased with Nawaz Sharif's statement which has confirmed India's charge against Pakistan for exporting error to India. Though NSC members described Sharif's disclosure as incorrect and misleading but the charge has been established.
Th... | |
| | | | Fearing stone pelters, employees stay away from duties | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 19: Despite directives by the government, most of the employees prefer to stay away from duties on strike days of separatists fearing stone pelters.
While separatists have been announcing strike on every issue in Kashmir, the employees who get hefty salaries make them an excuse to stay at homes.
Some of the employees have been going to duties on alternate days but have adopted a different strategy of not getting noticed by the stone pelters.
Government has warned employees several times that their salaries would be stopped if they do not attend offices on strike days.
Asking for strict compliance, the government has warned several times enjoining: "an... | |
| | | | People at Utterbehni village forced to drink contaminated water | | |  Gurdas Kumar
Early Times Report
Vijaypur, May 19: Residents of Upper Lovely village in Utterbehni area of district Samba are forced to drink contaminated water from the pond as there is no PHE water to the village for the last one month.
The shortage of drinking water in this village is so acute that the villagers have no other option but to drink water from a pond situated in the village which is contaminated and the green algae is visible on its surface.
An elderly man of the village... | |
| | | | Dying Dal: Will minister ask LAWDA where has money gone? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: As the government on Friday appealed the general public to avoid polluting the water bodies, there are question marks over government's non-seriousness in safeguarding the water bodies.
The Tourism Minister on visited the interiors of Dal and Nageen Lakes to take stock of the ongoing de-weeding and cleaning at these water bodies. The minister was accompanied by officials of Tourism Department, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), J&K Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) and other allied departments.
What the minister has perhaps forgotten is the fact that it wasn't the people who have been acting as a spoilsport in damaging state's prized... | |
| | | | 'Lal batti' use continues in JK | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 19: It seems there is no end to 'VVIP culture' in Jammu and Kashmir. For example, a Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) posted in Jammu continues to use 'Lal batti' (red beacon) on his official vehicle despite a country-wide ban on the practice. This practice is not specific to SDM only but several bureaucrate in State Government as well as in Central Government continue to misuse their official position despite the direction from the higher ups. Mostly these burea... | |
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