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Following anti India rant at Tral; MHA monitoring separatist activities directly Mufti assured action: Dr Jitendra Asif Iqbal Naik 5/5/2015 11:42:58 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 4: After the recent anti-India rally by hardliner Huriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani at Tral last Friday wherein the protestors waved Pakistani flags and also raised anti-India slogans, the union Ministry of Home Affairs has started to monitor the activities of various separatist directly, and has issued advisory to the Jammu and Kashmir government to keep a close watch on the activities of separatists. While talking to "Early Times", the sources confirmed that the Union Home Ministry has asked the Mufti Syed led PDP-BJP government to keep strict track of separatists including Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmed Shah, Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie and others, adding that the object of keeping close eye on separatists is to prevent the situation from taking ugly turn ahead of upcoming 59 days annual Amarnath Yatra schedule to begin from 2ndJuly 2015. Sources said that any lenience given to the separatist could be detrimental to the peace and could threaten unity and integrity of the country. Beside asking the JK Home department to put the activities of Hurriyat...   READ MORE

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Mufti asks BRO to prioritize maintenance of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 5/5/2015 11:41:54 AM Agencies NEW DELHI, May 4: Lt. Gen. R.M. Mittal, Director General, Border Roads Organization (BRO), called on Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, here this morning and discussed various issues pertaining to the maintenance of National Highways (NHWs) and other important roads looked after by BRO. Last week, Mufti Sayeed had met the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari, in which, among other things, he had highlighted the need for urgent repairs of NH I-A. During his meeting with DG BRO, Mufti Sayeed highlighted the issue relating to the maintenance of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which is presently in a critical condition. He stressed upon the need to pr...   READ MORE   Courtesy Mufti, BJP fulfills ambition of ruling Kashmir 5/5/2015 12:23:09 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 4: Tuesday, May 5th, will mark a historic day in Kashmir as the conventionally loathed Bhartiya Janata Party's Ministers and its one-odd local Muslim associate----former separatist leader Sajjad Gani Lone----would begin to operate as rulers in the strife-torn valley. Kashmiris turned up in large numbers for the polling and gave 25 seats to PDP, 12 to National Conference and 4 to Congress. With no prominent politician contesting on its ticket, BJP failed to bag a single seat in the Valley of 46 segments in its mych-hyped "Mission-44 Plus". It had claimed to win more than 44 seats and thus form the government of its own, without seeking any political par...   READ MORE   CAPD fails to shift Ration depot; ignores recommendations of MP, MLA 5/4/2015 10:41:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 4: Owing to Bureaucratic Red-tapism, creation of new ration depot for around 500 families in remote village of Sunderbani has been lost into oblivion. The process for creation of the Depot was officially begun in month of April, when favrouing shifting of CAPD Ration store from Sunderbani to village Barnara, Member Parliament, Jugal Kishore Sharma wrote to the concerned Minister, but things remained un-changed till date. "The inhabitant of the said village ar...   READ MORE   Difference of opinion within coalition partners, Govt withdraws initiative Issuance of PRCs in schools 5/4/2015 10:40:27 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 4: The issuance of Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) at school level by the BJP has snowballed the controversy in political circle as PDP in the coalition government has rejected the same saying it will follow the legal procedure and certificates would not be issued at educational institutions. "There is no controversy. We will issue the state subject certificates according to the legal procedure only and PRCs would not be issued at the school level," Mi...   READ MORE   Unequivocal expression to venom against separatists, resistance to Govt 'intent' Jantar Mantar protest brings in unity among KP organisations 5/4/2015 10:38:39 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 4: Protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi by Kashmiri Pandits on Sunday was unique and unprecedented for more than one reason. Resonating and loaded with resistance that got registered with powers that be and made an impact for demands which were made in unequivocal terms. This is what is the impression gathered not only within the community concentrated mostly in Jammu but in Kashmir as well where these voices were aimed to be heard. But more than anything else this protest brought all the organisations of displaced community together which otherwise remain in dispersal with disparate voices. Even as the community members in anger spit venom all through th...   READ MORE   Authorities wake up to NREGA scam in Budgam village Special team conducts raids 5/4/2015 10:38:20 PM Early Times Report Budgam, May 4: Taking cognizance of the ET reports regarding large scale embezzlement of funds under MGNREGA in Budgam, administration has finally woken up as a special team has been constituted by the Deputy Commissioner Budgam that conducted surprise raids to look into alleged scam under MG NREGA in Dreygam, village of Budgam . The raids were conducted by a team of officials for the entire day in the village who visited the spots where the works were shown having been executed. The team has taken all the records of the works into custody. Pertinent to mention that Early Times had exclusively exposed the scam involving embezzlement of lakhs of rupees under MG NREGA...   READ MORE   Created only 4714 jobs against set target of 50,00 WDC failed under NC led coalition Govt'.......................... 5/4/2015 10:38:00 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, May 4: Showing dismal performance of NC-Cong coalition government viz-a-viz women empowerment, Jammu and Kashmir Women Development Corporation could only generate 4, 714 jobs against the target of 50,000 jobs under Women Entrepreneurship Programme in last four years due to financial constraint. Moreover, Jammu and Kashmir Women Development Corporation failed to utilize the funds as an amount of Rs 6.50 crore was released to the Corporation in March 2008, which remained unutilized until 2010 as no guidelines of the scheme were issued. Sources told Early Times that the scheme was launched in March 2010, which provides for grant of loan to women e...   READ MORE   Has Geelani, Co gone defensive fearing state action? Hoisting Pakistani flags 5/4/2015 10:37:38 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 4: Has Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's Saturday statement that law will take its own course and action will be taken against those who violated the law of the land at Tral in Kashmir by raising pro-Pakistan slogans and hoisting Pakistani flags frightened Syed Ali Shah Geelani and his cohorts who held an anti-India and pro-Pakistan event in Tral on Friday? It seems the statement of the Chief Minister, who is under tremendous pressure because of the national media, people of Jammu, parties like the Congress and the Shiv Sena and RSS affiliates like the VHP have upped their ante against Geelani and others and charged the government with going soft on se...   READ MORE   Bhaderwah development works suffer for want of SDM 5/4/2015 10:37:00 PM Early Times Report BHADERWAH, May 4: The vacant post of Sub Divisional Magistrate , Bhaderwah from the last so many months has badly affected the works of SDM office Bhaderwah and people are the worst suffers . According to reports, following the promotion of SDM Bhaderwah to DC Doda several months ago, the authorities have not filled up the post with the result the key project of central government is badly affected in the area and people are also the worst suffers. Reports said scores of land acquisition cases have been completed by the authorities but are pending for want of final approval of the collector. Reports suggest that the non-availability of the collector has badly ...   READ MORE   Cow issued admit card by BOPEE 'to appear in exam' 5/4/2015 10:36:30 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 4: A Budgam resident, who managed to get hall ticket for his brown cow to write a professional entrance examination, said he is determined to take the bovine "to write the papers." "You are invited. It is my legal right to take my cow for the exam. I have paid the fees, so it is my right to take the cow there," Abdul Rashid Bhat told reporters. "It was not my intention to hurt anyone's feeling or make a joke of someone. I filled this form only to check the system," Bhat, who hails from Chadoora area of Budgam district, said. In an attempt to expose the loopholes in the online registration system of J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE...   READ MORE

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