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Omar led Govt left 150000 destitutes high and dry 5/6/2015 12:22:48 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, May 5: Much to the disappointment of destitute and downtrodden, there are more than one lakh and fifty thousand cases of widows and disabled seeking pension, pending with the government since years. The data available reveals that under Integrated Social Security Scheme (ISSS), there are 29, 439 cases of old age persons waiting to be heard for the government assistance. Similarly, there are 13051 cases of widows pending with the government. Under this scheme, reports informed that there are 12926 cases of handicapped people pending and gathering dust with the state authorities. The total number of the cases under ISSS is 55416. The previous regime in the state has gone on record saying that social Welfare Minister, an amount of Rs 40.60 crore is required to be paid to the applicants and the matter has been taken up with Government of India and the State Planning Department. Sources, however divulged that the government did little to pursue the issue of widows and old age persons with the GOI and hence the destitute continue to suffe...   READ MORE

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Pakistani flags affect atmosphere of reconciliation: Akhtar Involving 'stakeholders' in talks on J&K 5/6/2015 12:22:40 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 5: The Agenda of Alliance of the ruling coalition in J&K says that steps will be taken to restore peace in the state and resolve the "issue" by involving "all the stakeholders", including Hurriyat leaders. "The coalition government will facilitate and help initiate a sustained and meaningful dialogue with all internal stakeholders, which will include all political groups irrespective of their ideological views and predilections. This dialogue will seek to build a broad based consensus on resolution of all outstanding issues of J&K," it says. However, certain developments which took place in the Valley during the last 20 days or so have hampered the process ...   READ MORE   Govt has no funds to buy tents for mobile schools! 5/6/2015 12:22:32 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 5: As the Government claims to be spending huge funds on education many children who read in mobile schools are not hat fortunate. They seek education under the open sky as the authorities have no money to provide them tents. The shortage of tents has adversely affected the schoolionga s most of the students prefer to remain absent to escape sunburns. Most of the mobile schools in Kupwara , Budgam , Baramulla and other districts according to reports have no tents available with them . As the mobile schools will be shifting to higher reaches due to migration of the Gujjar and other population living near Forest areas the teachers who teach in these sc...   READ MORE   Health care suffers in Poonch due to doctors' transfers 5/6/2015 12:22:26 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 5: Health care facilities have been badly hit in Poonch district due to the mass transfers of doctors by health department. Even the patients suffering from minor ailments either prefer to go to the Rajouri district hospital or come to the government medical college and hospital (GMCH) here. Others prefer to consult senior doctors in their private clinics. Sources in health department said that after the recent transfers of doctors, the health care delivery system had shown a downward trend in Poonch district. Some of the transferred doctors had earned a name in the district. People had so much of faith in them that even during serious ailments, they prefe...   READ MORE   Chairperson JKSSRB assures prompt action Un- filled posts of Inspectors in MVD 5/6/2015 12:22:20 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, May 5: Two years since J&K Service Selection Recruitment Board (JKSSRB) advertised 520 posts of various departments vide advertisement notification No. 1 of 2013 Dated 16-2-2013, and filled up all except 15 posts of Motor Vehicle Inspector (MVI); Chairperson JKSSRB has assured to fast track process for filling up these 15 posts of inspectors in Motor Vehicle Department. As per the details available with Early Times, JKSSRB advertised 520 posts in 2013 for various departments including Industries & Commerce, Forest, Draftsmen civil, PHE, FC&I, Agriculture production and others, but all such posts stand filled by the recruiting agency excep...   READ MORE   Accused couple on 5 days police remand, spills beans Sex racket operative in Muthi, Sidhra, Domana; eight women engaged for brothel service 5/6/2015 12:22:08 AM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, May 5: The accused couple, involved in kidnapping and killing of 23 year old paramedical trainee girl, was today sent to police police remand for five days for questioning by the court, however, during questioning by Gandhi Nagar police they spilled beans. Informed sources said that, they told police that they had hired eight women including married one to run flesh trade. The deal was managed through phone by the accused Rajni who is the kingpin of the sex racket. The racket was operative in Muthi, Domana, Bujalta, Sidhra and other adjoining areas of Jammu city. The victim girl namely Shivani Jaral came in contact with them while she w...   READ MORE   SMHS burnward reflects rot in Kashmiri society Tale of 3 `burnt' women 5/6/2015 12:21:55 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 5: The fairsex has not been getting a fair deal in the onetime abode of saints. While authorities boast of empowering women, the reports from he burnward of SMHS hospital explodes these claims. A doctor who mans the burnward told Early Times that three victims of domestic violence are admitted in the burnward every month. Presaently three women, who attempted immolation are undergoing treatment in the ward. One haild from Verinag in Anantnag district and the otrher from Srinagar's old town. Shazia (name changed) got married last year and her mother-in-law forced her to deposit all the ornaments with her. "The relation was no cordial and her hus...   READ MORE   WPRs may get citizenship rights in six months: Gandhi Positive development 5/6/2015 12:21:43 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 5: Will the refugees from West Pakistan (WPRs), who have been leading a wretched life in different places in Jammu province since 1947-1948, get citizenship rights? Yes, if one goes by the statement attributed to Labha Ram Gandhi, chairman of the West Pakistani Refugees Action Committee (WPRAC). Gandhi and six of his colleagues the other day met with national BJP president Amit Shah in Delhi. After the important meeting, Gandhi gave the social group, he says, he represents to understand that they would get all those rights which the state subjects in J&K exercise. A report in this regard said: "The BJP today promised that citizenship rights would be grant...   READ MORE   GoI succumbs, says no separate townships for KPs in Kashmir 5/6/2015 12:21:12 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 5: Minutes after union government announced that there is no policy with the union government to create separate zones within Kashmir for migrant Kashmir Pandits (KPs), protesting KPs said that Bhartiya Janata Party cannot compel KPs to live as per their wish to gain Political points for themselves. Reacting sharply on the announcement of union government in Lok Sabha today in which Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chowdhary while replying to a question put forward by nine member of Parliament's (MPs) whether there is any proposal to create separate zones for KPS in Kashmir, said that 'there is no proposal to create separate zones exclusi...   READ MORE   'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' director suffers 'heart attack' in Pahalgam Salman Khan Hit-and-Run verdict 5/6/2015 12:16:18 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, May 5: Bollywood director Kabir Khan on Monday night suffered a heart attack in Pahalgam. Khan, who was in Kashmir to shoot his upcoming Salman Khan-starrer movie 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', Monday night, suffered heart attack, sources inside the hotel said. They said that Kabir Khan was present in his hotel at Pahalgam when he suffered heart attack. "He was immediately shifted to SK Institute of Medical Science in Srinagar while on Tuesday morning Kh...   READ MORE

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