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PDP Mantri keeps separatists happy, enjoys power too Sailing in two boats 5/25/2016 12:36:52 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 24: After announcing that government and separatists are on the same page vis-a-vis return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley and ruling out any possibility about setting up exclusive colonies for migrant Kashmiri Pandits, who were forced to leave the Valley in 1990, the senior PDP leader and a minister on Monday praised Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani for his contribution in education sector, saying, "He (Geelani) has educated lot of youth" in north Kashmir's volatile Sopore town. "Geelani Sahab has also taught a lot of people here (in Sopore) and apart from him, we have other people who produced educated people in Sopore," the minister said, addressing students and teachers at Government Degree College at Sopore. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Since the day PDP led government has taken over the reins of the state for the second time the PDP minister in question is leaving no stone unturned to appease the separatists and it looks like he is toeing their line." He said, "One fails to understand why the government is so sacred...   READ MORE

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Appeals Yasin Malik to spare him 5/25/2016 12:36:39 AM Early Times Report srinagar, May 24: Following persistent bashing by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, the senior PDP Minister , has finally played card to appease Malik's rivals in the separatist camps. The PDP minister now openly appreciates firebrand separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, for latter's "contribution towards the society." Though Geelani was often accused of having a "soft corner" for the Peoples Democratic Party and even "helped the party to win elections", it is for the first time in the recent past that a PDP leader has openly expressed his love for the pro-Pakistan hawk. Insiders said it was not any accidental statement but that PDP ...   READ MORE   Ram Madav slams JU VC for banning ABVP Who got anti-RSS man appointed as VC? 5/25/2016 12:36:31 AM Early Times Report Jammu/New Delhi, May 24: BJP ministers in the cabinet had taken Vice Chancellor of Jammu University, Prof R D Sharma to the task for stifling voice of the student community. It is the rare occasion when all the Cabinet ministers had shown unity while criticizing incumbent Vice Chancellor of Jammu University but there is big question, "Who were the BJP leaders who had managed appointment of Prof R D Sharma as Vice Chancellor of Jammu University?". These days every-one in the BJP and other affiliated organizations were asking each others, who played role in getting Prof R D Sharma appointed as Vice Chancellor despite the fact that there were many other contenders for th...   READ MORE   Censured by BJP for his vindictive attitude, VC JU returns to Facebook for media bashing 5/25/2016 12:36:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 24: Hours after BJP top leadership made its intention clear to clip wings of Vice Chancellor Jammu University Prof. R D Sharma for allegedly trying to asphyxiate ABVP, the student wing of the party not only on the JU campus, but beyond it, the VC returned to Facebook yet again abusing media to his relish to give vent to his frustration and embarrassment. On his Facebook posting, the VC accused a 'blackmailing section of print media' of publishing reports and deniying that JU had refused permission to any organization to organize activities on the campus. It is pertinent to mention here that all leading news papers of the state had published reports quoting...   READ MORE   Dentists seek implementation of DCI rules in JK 5/25/2016 12:35:54 AM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, May 24: Accusing the state government of contradicting Dental Council of India (DCI) Rules with regards to amendment in recruitment rules, the valley based dentists and scholars have demanded direct implementation of DCI rules in Jammu and Kashmir. Pertinently DCI rules are applicable throughout India barring Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 which gives special status to the particular state. The dentists desirous to implement DCI regulations in the state claimed that the state government by not amending its preceding policy is contradicting the rules of countries supreme governing body for all the dental colleges. They sought amendment in...   READ MORE   Mehbooba wants to bridge gap between Valley, Jammu 5/25/2016 12:35:46 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is trying to slip-in the shoes of her father late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed by bridging the gap between Jammu and Kashmir region. Like Mufti Sayeed, she is personally inspecting and supervising the developmental scene in the Jammu region. She reviewed the power scenario in the Jammu in a meeting and directed officials to ensure that there is adequate power supply in this region, when it's needed most. She issued these instruction after having issued similar ones at the meeting of the Srinagar. The CM has been consistently pushing the developmental and infrastructure programmes in both the Jammu and Srinagar cities. It was in ...   READ MORE   Pallanwala PP head had also 'teased' girl, attached to DPL Khour PS rape case: 5/25/2016 12:35:38 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: A fortnight or so after the arrest of Khour police station SHO Mohammad Iqbal Chagatta for allegedly raping a woman in police custody and SPO Mamta Kumari for acting as a facilitator to the crime, a senior police officer today ordered the attachment of Pallanwala police post incharge to DPL, following his involvement in the 'teasing' of the victim. Pallanwala PP incharge Vishal Dogra was attached to the DPL here by SSP, Jammu, and Jeet Singh was posted in his place as new PP head, according to police sources. Sources said after the recovery of the girl, who had eloped with her lover and solemnised marriage with him, she was allegedly teased by Pallanwa...   READ MORE   Separate homeland for KPs the only lasting solution Kashmir belongs to its original inhabitants 5/25/2016 12:35:25 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: All the Kashmiri parties, separatist and communal outfits, Kashmiri civil society groups and Kashmir opinion makers and commentators have joined hands against the internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus, the original inhabitants of Kashmir. These anti-Kashmiri Hindu forces have not only opposed separate colonies for them but also the proposed composite colonies where 50 per cent flats will be reserved for Kashmiri Hindus and 50 per cent for others, including Muslims from Kashmir. They have said that if the Kashmiri Hindus wish to return to the Valley, they will have to live in the localities they vacated in early 1990, notwithstanding the fact that many of ...   READ MORE   PHE executes schemes worth Rs 4 cr in violation of norms 5/25/2016 12:35:11 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: The Public Health Engineering Department, in violation of guidelines under "Sustainability component" of National Rural Drinking Water Programme, got executed dozens of schemes at a cost of over Rs 4 crore. Sources told Early Times that as per programme guidelines any recharging structure meant for overall management of water resources which do not directly recharge drinking water sources were not eligible for funding under Sustainability Component" of the programme. They further informed that PHE department took up around 568 schemes under "Sustainability Component" for execution and out of which only 14 schemes were completed and re...   READ MORE   J&K cadre IPS officer owns 3 flats worth 7 cr in Delhi 5/25/2016 12:34:59 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: A J&K cadre IPS officer, who is on central deputation for the past some time, is alleged to be having three flats worth Rs 7 cr in New Delhi. One of the flats is in posh Vasant Vihar area of the union capital. Its cost was estimated at over Rs 5 cr. The cost of other two flats was Rs 1 cr each, police sources said. Of the three flats, one was in his own name and the other two were in the names of his wife and father. Apart from these flats, he owned a shop in a posh Delhi area and benami property, which he had purchased in the name of his in-laws, sources alleged. Sources said he was getting lakhs of rupees as rent of the shop. He has held many import...   READ MORE   Principal 'punished' after he ignores minister's 'unrealistic' proposals 5/25/2016 12:34:49 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 24: The transfer order of Principals issued by the Department of School Education last week has raised eyebrows since some glaring loopholes have come up in the whole process with fingers being pointed towards the role of Minister for Education in this whole 'fiasco'. Sources told Early Times that principal of a Higher Secondary School in the summer capital was transferred since he raised objection over some of the recommendations made by Minister for Education Naeem Akhtar during his visit to the educational institution some time back. "Some time back the Minister for Education visited M P Higher Secondary School for boys at Bagh-i- ...   READ MORE   People worried over disturbance in Valley Govt succumbs to separatists' pressure 5/25/2016 12:34:40 AM ET Report SRINAGAR, May 24: Even as the PDP-BJP government in the State having succumbed to the pressure of separatists, the Hurriyat groups want to keep "pot-boiling" which has created a fear psychosis among the people who believe that disturbance is only affecting the state's economy, tourism and the students. According to the reports, the government had proposed to establish colonies for the migrant Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley and Sainik Colonies for the retired army Officials. However after facing pressures from the separatists who had threatened to launch an agitation if the government goes ahead with the proposed plan of establishing separate colonies for the migrant Pandits a...   READ MORE   Unhappy with posting, SP proceeds on leave, calls on ex-minister 5/25/2016 12:34:23 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: Not satisfied with his posting, a superintendent of police (SP) first proceeded on 'protest' leave and then called on an ex-minister to get his transfer order modified. Though the ex-minister called up senior officers at PHQ, the SP was not given any choice posting. The duo had so far got only 'fake' assurances from PHQ, police sources said. Sources said the SP was given insignificant posting because of the reason that he was a confidant of the ex-minister. As a mark of punishment, he had been transferred twice in the past two months, sources informed. He was posted in Jammu when the 'powerful' ex-minister had managed his posting in his home district ...   READ MORE   NET/SLET candidates get 4 marks for M Phil, PhDs get nothing 5/25/2016 12:19:49 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, May 24: The Jammu and Kashmir Higher Education department's recruitment rules for the posts of Assistant Professors in Government Degree Colleges are reportedly dubious in nature as NET/SLET holders have been getting four points for M.Phil degree while Ph.D holders, having separate M.Phil degree are getting no marks for same degree, virtually pushing them at margin. According to the recent lists published in JKPSC, many of the Ph.D holder candidates have found no place in the short listing, due to the alleged dubious criteria adopted by JKPSC. "As per the short listing criteria adopted by JKPSC, the NET/SLET and Ph.D is eligibility for the AP po...   READ MORE   ACR, Tehsildar Kathua fail to retrieve encroached land 5/25/2016 12:19:43 AM Early Times Report Kathua, May 24: The Kathua revenue officials have failed to retrieve thousands of kanals of state land. "The officers act like spectators and expect miracles to retrieve encroached land," Nanju Ram, a senior citizen of village Jagatpur said. Hans Raj S/o Thoru Ram R/o Jagatpur a ReT has encroached state land and path that was being used by villagers in few months back but Hans Raj encroached entire state land resulting hard for people to walk. Number of deputations from village approached DDC Kathua who marked complaint to his below hierarchy ACR Atul Gupta, he marked Tehsildar Avtar Singh, to Naib Tehsildar Bhog Raj then Gradwar Ismail and Patwari Arun Kumar b...   READ MORE   Voting for BJP, a wrong decision, lament Jammuites Discrimination, humiliation continue 5/25/2016 12:19:36 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: The people of Jammu province voted in large numbers for the BJP hoping that their vote for this party would end discrimination with them and help achieve equality with Kashmir in every respect and bring them closer to New Delhi. However, they today bemoan their decision and say in one voice that their decision to elect BJP candidates in the assembly elections has turned out to be a curse for them. There is hardly anyone in Jammu who is happy with the conduct of the BJP as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Pakistan and Kashmir policy. On the contrary, all right-thinking people in the region have concluded that "theirs was the wrong decision" and tha...   READ MORE   Manpower for 17 Ayush Units yet not sanctioned despite lapse of ten years of its establishment ISM deptt facing neglect 5/25/2016 12:19:23 AM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, May 24: The Indian System of Medicines (ISM) department of state is totally neglected by state government, as the manpower of 17 Ayush units has not been sanctioned despite lapse of ten years since its establishment. Reliable sources in department concern informed Early Times that these Ayush units were established by government in all major Allopathic hospitals and Medical Colleges of state including Medical College Jammu, District Hospital Gandhi Nagar, Udhampur, Doda, Rajouri, Poonch, Kathua, Pulwama, Shopian, Handwara, Budgam, JLNM hospital Khanyar, Anantnag, Baramulla and two units of tehsil Bhaderwah including Drudo and Baloot but staff p...   READ MORE   Tourists fleeced in Valley, Tourism Police absent 5/25/2016 12:19:14 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, May 24: With the state authorities beating the trumpet of tourist arrival with gusto, the absence of the tourism police is adding woes to the tourists who arrive in droves in valley and their complaints going unnoticed and unattended. The tourism police force in Jammu and Kashmir was established 38 years back in 1978 but the successive regimes in the state took no measure to strengthen it or make it more effective on ground. The result of such a non- serious approach by the helmsmen is becoming worrisome with tourists coming to valley complaint about harassment at several places with no one paying any heed to their pleas. A senior official...   READ MORE   Cong, NC demand probe, family allege killing by army men Mystery shrouds over disappearance of youth in Kishtwar 5/25/2016 12:19:06 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishwtar, May 24: As mystery shrouds around the disappearance of local youth (27) Abdul Wahid Gujjar of Hungana Mulchatar of Kishtwar District who went missing since May 21, the family members alleged involvement of army in this killing while District unit of Congress and National Conference have demanded thorough probe in this missing. According to local reports, a local youth (27) Abdul Wahid Gujjar s/o Gafoor Gujjar of Hungana-Mulchatar Mughalmaidan of Kishtwar district went missing since 21/5/2016 and is untraced till today. The youth got disappeared after he left his home to invite the relatives for the marriage ceremony of his paternal cou...   READ MORE   Kupwara bids tearful adieu to slain cops 5/25/2016 12:18:56 AM S Tahir-ul Haq KUPWARA, May 24: A pall of gloom descended in this North Kashmir district when the dead bodies of three policemen reached to their native villages. Thousands of people from all sections of society participated in their funeral prayers. Hundreds of people visited the houses of trio policemen who were shot dead on Monday by militants in Srinagar. Ghulam Muhammad Bhat (ASI) of Surigam Lolab is survived by his wife Sonmali Begum, two sons Mohammad Yaseen who is also working in police department and Amir Gulzar 10th class student, while as the deceased policeman has three daughters Tanweera (married) Sabhat and Sabreena, both of whom are unmarried. Nazir Ahmad, cousin brother...   READ MORE   Why are Kashmiri separatists happy with Vajpayee? Bartering J&K to appease Pak 5/25/2016 12:18:51 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 24: Kashmiri separatists of all hues and parties like the NC have been hailing former Prime Minister Vajpayee and urging PM Modi to follow in his footsteps to resolve the so-called Kashmir issue. Why do they hail Vajpayee? They hail Vajpayee because he wanted to make the separatist-friendly, divisive, communal, anti-Jammu, anti-Ladakh and anti-minorities Article 370 a permanent feature of the Indian Constitution and also wanted to resolve the Kashmir issue by accommodating Pakistan in this part of the state. Indeed, there are cogent reasons for Kashmiri separatists and others in the Valley to hail Vajpayee. That Vajpayee had planned to barter J&K and sea...   READ MORE   Govt in no mood to curb separatist activities Malik meets employees' union heads 5/25/2016 12:18:41 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 24: Continuing with his plan to prepare an environment for a long cycle of violence, Separatist leader, Yaseen Malik after motivating other Separatist factions and Transporters today approached government employee heads to motivate them for his strategy. One noted employee leader told Early Times that Yaseen Malik approached them along with his supporters today and hinted to be ready for a long cycle of violence in Kashmir very soon. He said that Malik discussed, return of Kashmiri Pandits, NEET, Sainik colony establishment and similar other burning issues with them in angry tone and asked them if they are ready to support him in his pre-planned long str...   READ MORE   Locals concerned over security as danger looms in 'hanging power wires' 5/25/2016 12:17:48 AM M S Nazki Early Times Report Mendhar, May 24: Apprehending insecurity in the locality, the Naka Manjhari residents today expressed serious concern over hanging of electricity wires with trees in villages and said that concerned Power Development Department (PDD) is least concerned over security concerns of people of said locality in district Poonch. Accusing the Power Development Department (PDD) of putting the lives of residents in danger by not aligning the electricity transmis...   READ MORE   Nud to Janda road in shambles, Department in deep slumber 5/25/2016 12:17:14 AM Neeraj Badyal Early Times Report SAMBA, May 24: The dilapidated condition of road joining Nud to Janda is endangering lives taking heavy toll on the health of the commuters who continue to suffer with the administration failing to meet their demands for years. Residents of far flung villages situated along the route like Danth, Kapai, Sarian, Nullaha, Checkowan, Slater, Janda, Janda Gujran are facing lot of problems due to the poor road connectivity. The Nud to Janda road is in this deplorable condition from last 11 years. People of this area face untold difficulties day in and day out, as the condition of road is worsening day by day. Rainfall further worsens the conditions of alr...   READ MORE   SPO alleged enjoys two jobs, draws separate salaries, probe ordered 5/24/2016 10:56:41 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar, May 24: A Special Police Officer (SPO) allegedly was enjoying two government jobs and also has drawn salaries against the two jobs and taking cognizance in this regard police have ordered a probe. According to sources, the accused identified as Madan Lal s/o Jodhram posted at Trishpura in Kuntwara of Kishtwar District despite being an SPO in the police department is allegedly withdrawing salaries from two different places one as an SPO and other as a driver of a bus engaged with Kendriya Vidyalaya School Kishtwar. As per the details available with "Early Times" the accused SPO was caught on camera while driving a school bus engaged by ...   READ MORE

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