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| Ex-MOS Power was at loggerheads with PDD officials | | Allotment of Rs 2500 cr power projects | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: The former Minister of State for Power was reportedly at loggerheads with the officials of the Power Development Department (PDD) over allotting works to the tune of Rs 2500 crore under various schemes.
The higher officials of PDD had reportedly refused to obey the directions of the MOS purely on the instructions of a cabinet Minister.
"And the works to the tune of Rs. 931.33 cr under IPDS, PMDP and R-APDRP in five circles of J&K, transmission and distribution works in 11 districts under RGGVY, DDUGJY at estimated cost of Rs. 746.42 cr, transmission works under PMDP to the tune of Rs. 426.13 cr in J&K state and transmission works for an amount of Rs. 495.54 cr for grid stations at Nagrota and Lassipora were allotted to the companies which had given higher bids, despite having lower bids given by another company", sources said.
According to the communication forwarded by former MOS Power to the higher officials of PDD, it was amply clear that everything was not fine between the junior minister and officials of department.
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| BJP heavyweights stall RSS move on Ravinder Raina | | New state BJP chief | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: Several BJP heavyweights in J&K have stalled the move by RSS for installing MLA Nowshera Ravinder Raina as new president of the saffron brigade in the state.
Notwithstanding the all powerful RSS managing the consent of the party high command, sources said that all the former state presidents of BJP as well as several senior leaders of the party have strongly opposed nomination of Raina as the state chief.
Even as the name of Raina was finalized last week, stiff opposition by senior BJP leaders has forced the RSS to review its decision as the saffron brigade cannot afford to annoy the state unit leaders at the time when Lok Sabha elections are approachi... | |
| | | | No one would jump into death well to visit picturesque Valley | | Kashmir's tourism dies down with death of Indian tourist | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: With the killing of a south Indian tourist due to stone pelting in Kashmir, the already dying sector of tourism in Valley has finally breathed its last now.
As per the experts in the field, the death of a tourist has come as a major blow for the tourist arrival in the strife torn Valley. Who would from now on from any place across the globe would endanger his life to explore the picturesque Kashmir valley?
As per the latest details coming to fore, the situation is going from bad to worse in terms of tourist arrivals in Kashmir Valley. The data reveals that there is mere 15 per cent occupancy, down from 70-80 per cent a year ago in Kashmir hotels and t... | |
| | | | To pretend peace in Kashmir, tourists made scapegoats | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: In a bid to pretend peace in restive Kashmir, government has been promoting tourism but at the cost of lives of innocent tourists, who are lured to the valley and get targeted.
A young man from Chennai, who had come to Kashmir for holidaying, has returned home in a coffin, exposing how "safe" it's to visit the valley for vacations.
Observers have blamed the state government for promoting tourism in Kashmir, when there's no security of the lives of the visiting tourists.
Amid raging gunfights to eliminate militancy, stone pelting has been a medium of aggression from the side of people who support the anti-India ideology.
Incidents of stone pelting on ci... | |
| | | | Amnesty to stone-pelters boomerangs | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: The decision of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to ask J&K CM to grant amnesty to stone-pelters in Kashmir has boomeranged. Instead of producing the desired result, it has only promoted the cult of stone-pelting. This is the situation in Kashmir after the government granted general amnesty to those booked for pelting stones.
The stone-pelters in Kashmir's Shopian, who have frightened the school-going children, including of the age of just 3 to 5 year and their family members for life, know that the government will grant them amnesty sooner or later. That is the reason they have turned aggressive and ruthless..
While providing amnesty to stone-pelters,... | |
| | | | Nation condemns killing of tourist in stone pelting, BJP conveniently forgets it | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 8: Despite the fact that the killing of a tourist in a stone pelting incident has come in for condemnation from people belonging to different shades of opinion, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) at least the state unit has so far remained mum on the issue.
The state unit of the party issues press releases on petty issues at times but this time around it has conveniently chosen not to speak on the issue that has hogged headlines across the length and breadth of the country. No leader of BJP at the local level has so far spoken about the killing of the tourist in the stone pelting incident.
The BJP leaders seem to be busy with less important... | |
| | | | Beti bachao, padhao slogans a hoax | | Young girls made to sit on floor at an event organized by IRCS in Reasi | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: Slogans like beti bachao, beti padhao have just proved to be a mere rhetoric as the people at the helm have no respect for the daughters of the nation.
Recently Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) organized an event at mini secretariat in Reasi. Instead of making proper seating arrangements for the young girls, they were made to sit on the floor in front of the bureaucrats and other officials.
The photo of the young girls being made to sit on floor has gone vi... | |
| | | | Jammu, Ladakh paying for follies of Kashmir | | Time to write new policy | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 8: Regional divide in J&K is complete. And yet Kashmir continues to rule the roost. There is hardly any leader in Kashmir who talks about aspirations of Jammu and Ladakh; they only talk about Kashmir and consider Jammu and Ladakh as the Kashmir's two colonies which house people who are considered as subjects, and not citizens. They talk about Kashmir; they talk about aspirations of the people of Kashmir, barring those who quit Kashmir in January 1990 to escape their physical liquidation at the hands of Azaadiwallas. They talk about Pakistan; they talk about Azaadi; they talk about self-rule; they talk about greater autonomy; and they also talk about what the... | |
| | | | Gandhi Nagar parks flourish, Nai Basti Vijay park vanishes | | Shame for Floriculture Deptt | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: The discriminatory attitude of the Floriculture department seems to be unstoppable, as Gandhi Nagar parks are given much attention than the parks meant for people of lesser God.
The Nai Basti Vijay park is one such example of the department's apathy where the park is developed just for its sake. No park like facilities have been placed there. There is nothing like park as area has been covered with power distribution transformers and a PHE tube well. "There ... | |
| | | | Despite BJP MLA's pleas, ex-Health Minister ignored DH Ramban | | 60% posts of docs, paramedical staff vacant | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: During his tenure, J&K's former Health Minister had allegedly ignored District Hospital Ramban, falling in his hometown, despite repeated requests of the MLA concerned to fill vacant posts of specialist doctors.
When Bali Bhagat was Health Minister, the local MLA, Neelam Langeh, who belongs to Ramban constituency, had, besides requesting the Health department, raised the question of shortage of doctors in the Assembly. Bhagat however ignored these requests.
Twenty-four posts of specialist doctors were sanctioned for DH Ramban. "Out of these, one each post of Consultant Gynaecologist, Consultant Anaesthesiologist,
Consultant Radiologist, Ortho, Dentist... | |
| | | | Health Deptt blamed for delaying RTI info | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 8: An applicant seeking information under Right to Information (RTI) has accused the Health department in north Kashmir's Kupwara district of delaying the information. Mohsin Hussain War, son of Ghulam Nabi War, of Haril, Langate, had sought information from the Block Medical Office, Langate, regarding utilization of funds made under Van Bandu Kalayan Yojna (VBKY) in Monbal village and the sub centers falling around its jurisdiction.
"I have been visiting the office to seek the status of my application. The concerned officials however are taking the matter for granted. The officials here have blatantly violated the norms set under RTI A... | |
| | | | District administration endorses Bandh call, orders closure of schools | | Bizarre! | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, May 8: After derailing the education system in Kashmir valley wherein school children are being forced into stone pelting as a result of which the entire education system in most parts of the valley got crippled, the Kishtwar administration in a bizarre decision endorsed the shutdown call given by Majlis-e-Shoura, an amalgam of various religious organization by ordering the closure of schools in Kishtwar town and its peripheral areas.
As per... | |
| | | | SIC upset over 'superficial' report of DC Samba | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: The State Information Commission (SIC) has expressed displeasure over 'superficial' report about mutation of land submitted by the former Deputy Commissioner Samba Sheetal Nanda.
Moreover, the Public Information Officer (PIO) and First Appellant Authority (FAA) Revenue department didn't attend hearing before the SIC in response to second appeal filled by the appellant Karam Chand of village Jarain, Rajpura in Samba.
The appellant had moved an RTI application seeking: "Whether the mutation of ownership rights of land measuring 7 kanals 12 marlas under khasra No. 221 of village Chack Bhagta, tehsil Rajpura, Samba, have been vested in favour of the applica... | |
| | | | Kathua rape-murder case: Accused to file fresh petition in SC for CBI probe | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: Five accused persons in the Kathua rape-and-murder case are all set to file a fresh petition in the Supreme Court (SC) seeking handing over of the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
According to Ankur Sharma, the lawyer of five of the accused in the case, the petition will be filed in the Supreme Court in a few days.
On Monday, the apex court had directed that the trail in this case be shifted from Jammu to Pathankot in Punjab.
"A fresh petition seeking a CBI probe is ready. It shall be filed within a few days (in the Supreme Court)," Ankur Sharma said.
Sharma further said that a detailed counter on behalf of accused Sanjhi Ram, Vis... | |
| | | | Hindu Ekta Manch meets to deliberate upon SC order | | Rassana rape, murder case | | 
Early Times Report
kathua, May 8: Hindu Ekta Manch welcomed the direction of the Supreme Court in the infamous Rassana rape and murder case wherein the Apex court refused to shift the hearing of the case to Ramban. The leaders of the Manch expressed their satisfaction that Supreme Court also fast tracked the case thwarting the attempts of the government to delay the settlement of the case, by creating a strong hold of 221 witnesses to run the case indefinitely and subjecting the accused... | |
| | | | Vijaypur Youth organize rally, demand CBI probe in Rassana case | | |  Early Times Report
Vijaypur, May 8: The local youth of the town of Vijaypur, took out rally in support CBI probe in Rasana case under the leadership of Dipesh Badgal. The rally started from Baker Point Ramgarh Road and culminated at Main Bazar Chowk. The youth were carrying banners and raised slogans against the state Government.
They alleged that Crime Branch's inquiry is totally fake The youth warned that if the CBI was not initiated they will launch aggressive protest demonstration. ... | |
| | | | Confined inside four-walls, Valley children prone to mental disorders | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 8: The closure of schools in Kashmir is taking a heavy toll on the mental health of children with experts predicting that children were prone to mental disorders and also affect thier studies.
Since March this year, schools in Kashmir have remained closed for around 35 days owing to protests, holidays, and shutdown calls by the separatists.
The children who are confined inside four walls developed various psychiatric disorders. Symptoms may include disturbing thoughts, feelings, or dreams related to the events, mental or physical distress to trauma-related cues, attempts to avoid trauma-related cues, alterations in how a person thinks and feels, and i... | |
| | | | Take relook at amnesty to stone pelters, JCCI president appeals to Centre | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Rakesh Gupta on Tuesday expressed anguish over the death of a tourist from Tamil Nadu and injuries to a local Kashmiri girl after they came under attack from stone pelters in the Valley, asking both the Centre and the state government to take a relook into its decision to grant amnesty to stone pelters.
"The Chamber also feels that the amnesty given to the stone pelters was a great gesture by both the state as well as government of India, but it now needs to be relooked at," said Gupta in a statement issued here. He also regretted that crores of rupees sincerely spent by the government on road shows to... | |
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