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Militants may use parachutes to attack Jammu Security beefed up around Mata Vashino Devi shrine, vital installations 6/16/2016 12:00:32 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: Pakistan's spy agency ISI is reported to have directed the militant handlers in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) to shift their focus on Jammu region. Sources told Early Times the intelligence agencies have collected enough evidences about militants planning to carry out strikes in Jammu by using parachutes and para-gliders to target vital installations in the region. "The intelligence input has been shared with the administration and it has been asked not to allow any person to start activities like para-gliding and para-sailing in Jammu region without the prior permission of the authorities and due security clearance," they added. Sources claimed that intelligence agencies have warned the district administration about the possibility of militants carrying out an attack on the pilgrims visiting the Mata Vashino Devi shrine at Kathua. "We have intensified the vigil on railway stations and the bus stations and have asked people to keep their eyes open," said a police official. The ISI, according to the sources, wants to shift the focus to...   READ MORE

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City shuts down; mobile internet suspended; CM appeals for calm 6/16/2016 12:00:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: Some incidents of stone-pelting were reported today as Jammu city witnessed a near total bandh in protest against alleged desecration of a temple here on Tuesday night, an issue which resonated in the state Assembly as well. Fearing a flare-up, the government suspended mobile internet services and deployed police in strength to maintain law and order. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appealed for calm, saying, "Jammu and Kashmir is the most secular place" and it should not be "hijacked" by extremist forces". She said some elements were "hell-bent" on creating communal tension in the region but the people of Jammu, irrespective of their religion, must uni...   READ MORE   GMC Jammu to get ambulance for non-existing eye bank! 6/16/2016 12:00:11 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: The Government Medical College, Jammu has plans to purchase ambulance for a non-existing eye bank. According to documents available with Early Times the department of health and medical education has sanctioned funds to purchase ambulance for eye bank, GMCH Jammu. "Purchase of one ambulance vehicle by Principal Government Medical and Hospital Jammu for Rs 10.50 lacs only available under capex budget 2015-16 for establishment of Eye Bank at GMCH Jammu", government order number 184 HME/2016, dated March 29, 2016 read. Ridiculing, HME approach to hoodwink masses, sources said that Ambulance is being purchased for non-existing eye bank. "It is not an is...   READ MORE   Desperate Omar wants Mehbooba to resign Ex-CM fears defeat in Anantnag by-polls 6/16/2016 12:00:00 AM Saqib Junaid Early Times Report srinagar, June 15: After being out of power for a year, the desperate NC Working President Omar Abdullah wants fresh polls to be held in the state. He also expects defeat in the Anantnag by-polls saying that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was using state machinery to win the elections. Omar Abdullah led the NC-Congress government for six-years even though, his party had opposed of holding Assembly elections in the state in December 2014 but are now eagerly waiting for the fresh polls in the State. On Wednesday, while addressing a gathering, he said the PDP-BJP alliance was furthering a dangerous and divisive political agenda in J&K that could have far-re...   READ MORE   Govt intensifies crackdown on separatists 6/15/2016 11:59:47 PM Early Times Report srinagar, June 15: The state government on Wednesday intensified the crackdown on separatists here as Hurriyat- G Chairman Syed Ali Geelani called for more protests in the coming days. While Friday is considered to be a sensitive day in Kashmir, Geelani called for post-prayer protests, this time against the killing of a militant in Kud area, who hailed from Bemina locality here. Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik was taken into preventive custody early this morning and shifted to Kothi Bagh police station ahead of the protest sit-in call for the day by the separatist leadership. The Hurriyat M Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and his cl...   READ MORE   After declaring ABVP as outlaw, JU bans entry of BJP in campus 6/15/2016 11:59:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: After unofficially declaring nationalist student organisation- ABVP as an outlaw in Jammu University and other educational institutions, Vice Chancellor of Jammu University, Prof R D Sharma, appeared to be have banned entry of "communal" BJP leaders including party ministers in the campus. Conspicuous absence of BJP leaders including Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh in today's function to inaugurate new examination block of Jammu University is an indication that BJP is also banned in the campus. Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Prof Amitabh Mattoo, Vice-Chancellor Jammu University, Prof R D Sharma and Vice-Chancellor, ...   READ MORE   Senior mantri tries to mislead press by erroneous statement Legislators flayed him; press note says he was praised by all! 6/15/2016 11:59:31 PM Early Times Report srinagar, June 15: When a minister of a cabinet rank in the present coalition was cornered from all sides in assembly over the mess in his ministry, he tried to mislead press by a statement in which he claimed that the legislators praised him for taking revolutionary measures. The statement was released by minister's media manager through the state information department's bulletin on Monday. However, in the assembly he received brickbats over taking bizarre measures that according to the law makers have proved detrimental for the vital sector that the minister is heading. Not only the legislators from the opposition but from the ruling PDP as well took jibes at him o...   READ MORE   IWMP runs against guidelines of Centre 6/15/2016 11:59:19 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: Finding that Integrated Watershed Management Programme is malfunctioning under the control of Rural Development Department, Central Government enforced its guidelines to segregate IWMP putting it under the separately independent control of State Level Nodal Agency. The sources informed Early Times that IWMP launched by central government is designed for village level development in terms of self-help groups, bee-keeping, construction of ponds, capacity building, upliftment of rural youth, boosting the Agriculture, Horticulture sectors etc. Amidst reports about functioning of programme against the interests of rural youth and that too by no...   READ MORE   BJP holds drama in LC 6/15/2016 11:59:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: The other day, the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council witnessed a drama that was enacted by the two BJP MLCs, both from Jammu city, and exposed themselves in the process. Actually, they took exception when one PDP MLC from the Doda area described the Ramban, Doda and Kishtwar districts Chenab Valley and demanded a separate system for the area. It was Firdous Ahmad Tak who demanded what he called "Chenab Valley Development Department" or "Advisory Board for Chenab Valley Department", saying the neglected area deserved special care and attention. Actually, he had moved a private member bill seeking creation of "Chenab Valley Development Department" or "...   READ MORE   'Fooling people of Jammu by politics of deceit' BJP's crocodile tears 6/15/2016 11:59:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: Ours is a cabinet system of government and those who are in power take policy decisions. And if something goes wrong, the whole of the cabinet or whole of the government is held responsible. The system in Jammu and Kashmir is no different, notwithstanding the fact that we have a separate constitution and the centre-state relations are governed under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution. In Jammu and Kashmir also, there is cabinet system of government and it has now a coalition government run by the PDP and the BJP. Both the parties are held responsible if something goes wrong somewhere or if the state government prefers one region over the other as it h...   READ MORE   Perform or perish: CM to babus 6/15/2016 11:58:49 PM Early Times Report srinagar, June 15: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti asked top officials in secretariat and the districts that their current pace of delivery is not acceptable. She had a marathon review meeting with them in SKICC with various ministers around. Mehbooba Mufti told them that nothing much is moving around on ground what no government can accept. "People who are unwilling to deliver should be honest and admit that they lack interest," Ms Mufti said, "This will help the government to make alternatives." Chief Minister reviewed various key programs that have direct interaction with the common people. She asked the Deputy Commissioners to create a WhatsApp connection that shall...   READ MORE   Militant, soldier killed in Kupwara 6/15/2016 11:14:51 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, June 15: One militant and a soldier were killed today, while as four troops have been injured in an ongoing gun battle that erupted after the Army tried to foil an infiltration bid by militants in the Machil sector near Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. A senior police official told Early Times that, "the encounter began on Tuesday morning when the soldiers of 56 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) manning the Line of Control (LoC) inter...   READ MORE   After recent deaths, SMGSH turns out to be den for illicit medicines 6/15/2016 11:14:03 PM A B Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, June 15: After the pregnant woman's death in SMGS hospital on June 1 which was orchestrated by both the SMGSH as well as GMCH to look as a natural death, skeletons have started tumbling out of the fossil cupboard of the health institution which is full of stinky and illicit records. The SMGSH is running a medicine mafia in the institution which is well aided by the administration also as the inputs received from the sources say that medicines purchased by the institutions never reach the SMGS hospital and instead remains in bills which are duly signed by the authorities at the helm. "This practice at galore in the institution since last more than ten...   READ MORE   Rs 30 lakh CDF spent but Machail still without power MLC demands vigilance inquiry 6/15/2016 11:13:49 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar, June 15: Senior Congress leader and MLC has accused Power Development Department, Kishtwar, of allegedly swindling an amount of Rs 30 lakhs provided to it by him for electrification of Machail village in Padder tehsil of Kishtwar which hosts lakhs of pilgrims every year. While speaking in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council today during a calling attention motion moved by him seeking details of Rs 30 lakh CDF provided by him to the department four years ago and added that the reply received by him from the government was shocking as it stated that the village had yet to get electricity and would be covered by RGGVY-II and DDUGJY and ask...   READ MORE   Tainted official continues to call shots in ULBK Directions from CM's office, Guv's secretariat fail 6/15/2016 10:58:37 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 15: Directions from the Chief Minister's secretariat are not being taken seriously by the concerned authorities resulting into a situation where in the complaints of corruption keep on piling with no action being taken against the 'tainted' officials. On 16-05-2015, Pankaj Sharma, Additional Secretary to Chief Minister wrote a letter to Commissioner Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department asking him to probe a complaint against Mukhtar Ahmad Bhat (Head Assistant) in the office of Urban Local Bodies Kashmir. "The Commissioner Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department may kindly find enclosed a copy...   READ MORE   ULB officials illegally drain GP fund of employees 6/15/2016 10:58:11 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, June 15: A massive scam has surfaced in ULB department as timely placed Executive officers have drained GP fund deposits of legal employees as salary to illegal appointees, thus forced higher ups of the department to manage Rs 3,60,62,000 secretly to bury the issue. Amid tall claims of transparency in administration, misuse of public exchequer in ULB department goes unabated as important official documents accessed by Early times reveals that massive scandalous measures are going on Urban local bodies department (ULB) of the state with impunity. Official letter vide DULB/A/2336/17356-17397,dated 12/02/2016 reads that "sanction is hereby acc...   READ MORE   Water seepage in GDC Mendhar building renders it unsafe 6/15/2016 10:57:53 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, June 15: The continuous water seepage in the building of Government Degree College Mendhar since 2012 which also has developed cracks, has failed to attract the attention of authorities . The building worth Rs. 4.91 Crores was constructed by National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC) and handed over to College authorities in the month of October 2011 but strangely after only three months, severe leakage and seepage of water was reported by College authorities. In an application of 19/5/2015 and reminder of 1/7/2015 forwarded by former Principal of GDC Mendhar to SSP Crime Branch Jammu for registration of FIR against NBCC, it has ...   READ MORE   Anantnag by-polls: Flying squad seizes, releases Rs 58 lakh JK Bank officials tight-lipped over the issue 6/15/2016 10:57:20 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report ANANTNAG, June 15: The flying squad, meant to oversee code of conduct violations in Anantnag that is going to polls on June 22, seized and later released Rs 58 lakh in minutes that police had recovered from a private car. Reports said that police intercepted a Maruti Alto in Aashajipora area of Anantnag on Tuesday evening and during frisking a huge amount of cash was found in the vehicle. Sources said that vehicle bearing registration number JK03E 1416, driven by a LIC agent was immediately taken to police post Janglatmandi. "Driver and his co-passenger were asked to reveal identity after they claimed to be JK Bank employees but they failed," a ...   READ MORE

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