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Omar, separatists want to set JK on fire Sainik Colony Row 5/8/2016 11:52:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: The former Chief Minister and National Conference working President Omar Abdullah raising hue and cry over reports about government mulling to set up Sainik colonies in Kashmir indicates that after losing power he is leaving no stone unturned to appease the separatists and other pro-Pak elements who too are toeing the same line. Pertinently, Omar on Saturday had launched a scathing attack on PDP led BJP government for planning to set up Sainik colony in Kashmir and termed it as apossible "ruse to settle non-state subjects" in the Valley. Like Omar, all the separatists, including Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Yasin Malik, Aasiya Andrabi, Shabir Shah and others opposed the move and threatened that mass agitation would be launched against any such attempt. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Since the day Omar has been ousted out of power he has lost the plot and has been making unnecessary noise. Setting up of Sainik colonies has been a long pending plan of the government and someone needs to ask him how could a settling a f...   READ MORE

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Tourist season may get hit 5/8/2016 11:52:19 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: In the garb of opposing the proposed Sainik Colony, the separatists seem determined to spoil yet another tourist season. The reports appearing in media reveal that the proposed move to earmark land for establishing Sainik Colony in Kashmir, which has been denied by the state government, has reactivated all the anti national forces in Kashmir to blow out of the proportion to cash the issue and create hooliganism in the valley to terrorize the peace loving Kashmiris in general and tourists proposing to visit Kashmir in particular in a desperate attempt to crush tourist season and snatch golden opportunity of earning livelihood from petty b...   READ MORE   Mehbooba to make debut at Srinagar Sect today 5/8/2016 11:52:07 PM Hyder Ali Early Times Report Srinagar, May 8: Even as Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti is all set to make her debut at the Civil Secretariat here on Monday, the reopening of Durbar offices in the summer capital, the event is likely to be mired by controversies. While Mehbooba, who has never been a Minister before, will start her office with guard of honour, her adversaries have trained guns on the first woman Chief Minister of the state. Highly placed sources said the opposition National Conference (NC) plans to hold roadside protests "against the double standards of the government" while some in the separatist camp have similar plans. Sources said the security has been beefed up mani...   READ MORE   Durbar Move: A white elephant? 5/8/2016 11:52:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: Even as the main offices working within the Secretariat which shift with Durbar twice a year between two state capitals are inevitably bound to be a part of the ancient practice, there are scores of offices and individual officers whose movement with the government is simply unwarranted, notwithstanding the fact that they do not move in full, instead in camp. These offices outnumber the main departments of the government machinery and put unnecessary, avoidable burden on the exchequer as no government has given a serious thought to irrelevance and insignificance of dragging them along with the Move every year. While the main departments including those ...   READ MORE   JU wastes academic year of PG student Negligence! 5/8/2016 11:50:27 PM Controller examination passes the buck, says can't do anything Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: In yet another instance of Jammu University authorities playing with the careers of the candidates a Post Graduate student couldn't appear in the exams due to the alleged negligence of the Distance Education Department (DDE) and the examination wing of the Jammu University. A Post Graduate student, according to the sources, was left high and dry on Saturday as she was not allowed to appear in...   READ MORE   Unsafe drinking water endangers lives of school students 5/8/2016 11:49:52 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, May 8: Over the last few decades, the drinking water at hundreds of schools across Jammu and Kashmir has been found to contain alarming levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins. Experts say that contaminants have almost surfaced at public and private schools in the entire state. They expressed concern that the problem has unfortunately gone largely unmonitored by the successive governments, even as the number of water safety violations has multiplied. "The consumption of contaminated drinking water over the years has infected a good number of the school children in the state population by Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) virus,...   READ MORE   Violating customer rights, BSNL decides to withdraw ‘customer owned modem’ 5/8/2016 11:49:44 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: The Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department has decided to initiate action against Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for their decision to withdraw, “Customer Owned Modem”, which was  a violation of customer rights, but former has so far failed to initiate any action against major issues with latter, including frequent call drops and poor connectivity. According to the recent communication forwarded by Director CAPD to Chief General Manger BSNL Jammu, it has been maintained that the circular issued vide no. R&C-CFA no. 67/15-16 dated 13/8/2015, wherein it was decided by BSNL to withdraw “Customer owned modem”, option u...   READ MORE   India's stand on AP must not be weakened: Agnihotri RSS contradicts RSS 5/8/2016 11:49:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 8: An RSS "think-tank" and Vice-Chancellor of Central University Himachal Pradesh Kuldip Chand Agnihotri, who was here in Jammu the other day, rightly claimed that Arunachal Pradesh was an integral part of India and that we must not weaken the Indian stand on this north-eastern state. Agnihotri, who is also working president of Indo-Tibet Coordination Committee, in addition, asked the Government of India to clear its stand on Tibet clear. China considers Arunachal Pradesh a disputed territory and it has also annexed Buddhist Tibet. The stand Agnihotri took on Arunachal Pradesh was different from that of another ideologue and think-tank of RSS Rakesh Singh...   READ MORE   BJP MLA turns PDP chamcha 5/8/2016 11:49:25 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: As party leadership is not giving importance to them, some over-enthusiastic BJP legislators have opened channel of communications with PDP leadership to get some personal benefits. By opening channel of communications with PDP leadership, these legislators, on the one hand, are undermining authority of their own ministers while on the other hand they are developing their personal rapport with top leadership of coalition partner to get some works done. Credible sources in the corridors of power, outspoken BJP MLA, who usually adopts ultra-nationalist and hardcore Hindu stand publicly, has also opened channel of communication with PDP top leadership for ...   READ MORE   Soldier's mortal remains reach Kishtwar GOC Chinar Corps condoles demise 5/8/2016 11:13:17 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Jammu, May 7: Amid wet eyes, the family members of a Territorial Army soldier Sepoy Kishori Lal resident of hamlet Dhar of Badhat village of Drabshala in Kishtwar District who died on Sunday along the Line of Control in Machhal Sector in frontier Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir during an anti infiltration operation to prevent the infiltration bid from across the border today reached at Kishtwar helipad where the family members along with army, civil administration, Police and members from civil society received his mortal remains with full military honor. As per the details available with "Early Times", the mortal remains of the deceased soldier arrived at Army's Ki...   READ MORE   Politics of attendance in JU’s, History, Economics Deptts Scholars being targeted selectively 5/8/2016 10:59:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 8: The melodrama of attendance has become the easiest tool to strangulate the research scholars in the departments of History and Economics in the University of Jammu. Sources said the key features of the attendance issue as per university statute and MSP 2009 is that the scholars had to complete two years of residential period which symbolizes that scholars had to be regular within a frame work of two years to complete the pre-ph.d. course work and after that he/she can apply for a job and convert themselves into part-time research scholars. The non issue till now has suddenly stirred up when the two scholars of History department and one scholar of Econom...   READ MORE   ET story 'forces' CM to think about denial of accommodation to Chairperson SSWB Estates department rectifies wrong, issues allotment order 5/8/2016 10:59:38 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Repot SRINAGAR, May 8: The state government seems to have awakened from the 'slumber' since it has issued orders for allotment of accommodation for a chairperson who was without the same for more than a year now. Director Estates issued an order on May 7 according to which accommodation has been allotted to Nirmal Gupta, Chairperson State Social Welfare Board (SSWB). Gupta who was appointed as chairperson in July last year had not been allotted the accommodation in Srinagar last year and this year too, the picture was not rosy as well. Despite enjoying post of Minister of State (MoS), Nirmal Gupta was being denied the official accommodation at Srinagar. This ...   READ MORE   BJP's military policy: Defence establishment says won't vacate land in J&K 5/8/2016 10:59:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 8: The military establishment in J&K has finally asserted and asserted to the extent that it has reportedly told the concerned authorities at the Centre that it will not vacate any piece of land in the militant and separatist-infested J&K unless they were allotted other pieces of land, which are suitable for military operations and training purposes. "We need alternate and suitable land. We cannot vacate land after land in J&K. We have not only to defend the borders with hostile countries like China and Pakistan but also maintain law and order on occasions," a top Army official was quoted as saying. "That is the only condition (allotment of alternate pieces o...   READ MORE   Fulfill commitments you made to Mufti, CM tells Centre 5/8/2016 10:59:23 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 8: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today asked the BJP government at the Centre to fulfill the 'commitments' it had made to her late father and former CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Addressing a gathering, after jointly inaugurating the first-ever National Khadi Exhibition with Union Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister, Kalraj Mishra, here, Mehbooba said the decision of PDPto align with BJP for government formation in the state was full of challenges. "The PDP stands by its commitment of ensuring equitable development across the state. However, we would need the support of the central government in this regard. It is imperative that...   READ MORE   Lone to assume charge of Ministry within days 5/8/2016 10:59:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 8: Peoples Conference (PC) supremo and MLA Handwara, Sajjad Gani Lone is likely to join the Ministry within one or two days. According to highly placed sources, Lone will assume the charge of his Ministry within one or two days as on the persuasion of BJP leadership which has assured him of allotting another portfolio in addition to Social Welfare. Sources said the BJP which has a pre poll alliance with Lone considers him as a family member and Party has assured all support to him. Sajjad Lone was appointed as Minister on BJP's quota and Party has also fully backed him . Sources said Lone will also be given the Portfolio of Science and Technology which was ...   READ MORE   In CM's hometown, MC dumps garbage in water body 5/8/2016 10:59:05 PM Early Times Report Bijbehara, May 8: On the hind side of aggressive campaigning by the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies (DULB) on sanitation and against illegal encroachments Municipal Committee (MC) Bhejbehera in South Kashmir which happens to be the hometown of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is dumping its garbage in the water body. As per reliable information available with Early Times the municipal solid waste , garbage , dead animals are dumped by the Municipal Committee (MC) Bhejbehera ...   READ MORE

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