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Accused offered Rs 500 to trigger communal frenzy, 2 more held Nanak Nagar Desecration Act 6/18/2016 12:36:22 AM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, June 17: A day after terminated policeman indulged in a sacrilegious act at a religious place in Nanak Nagar here, Police on Friday arrested two more suspects on the charges of instigating the accused to enter the religious place and create a scene there. Sources told Early Times the duo came on Police radar after the cops went through the Call Details Report (CDR) of the accused ex-cop Gurbachan Singh son of Harbans Singh of Nanak Nagar. The arrested duo have been identified as Rajinder Kumar son of Sukhdev Kumar of Nanak Nagar, a property dealer, and a UP based conman namely Suresh Kumar at present Talab Tillo. The police swung into action on the statement of women devotees, who were offering prayers when the accused entered the religious place. The devotees told the Police the accused entered into the premises while talking over the phone. The accused was demanding Rs 500 from other persons on phone the devotees said. "He was in fact screaming at someone asking for money. He did not take off his footwear and entered the religious plac...   READ MORE

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MHA warns of more attempts to vitiate peace, broadband services restored 6/18/2016 12:36:10 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 17: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued warning of more attempts to polarize the atmosphere in the Jammu region along religious lines to communalise the situation. The ministry has asked the state government to act seriously on its advisory and keep a tab on the developments. "The two back-to-back sacrilegious incidents can't be isolated incidents. These pose serious questions especially about the timing. Even if the accused may not be knowing the exact repercursions, but there is strong possibility that their handlers might have done it with a definite game plan," said a senior official, who is privy to the advisory issued by the home mini...   READ MORE   Security beefed up around religious places in Udhampur 6/18/2016 12:36:01 AM Early Times Report UDHAMPUR, June 17: After the alleged 'desecration act' reported in Udhampur, the authorities have beefed up security around religious places. Sources told Early Times that after facing strong protest and resentment after sacrilegious act at Janipur and Nanak Nagar areas, Police have tightened the security around Devika Aap Shambu Shiv temple in Udhampur. Sources said that to ensure fool proof security at ancient Aap Shambu temple at Davika ghat Police today opened a new police post to keep check on anti-social and anti-national elements . The police post was inaugurated by senior police officer. Police post would work round the clock for the safety and se...   READ MORE   108 militants killed in 1 yr in JK 6/18/2016 12:35:53 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 17: There seems to be no end to the militancy related incidents in the state with around 150 such incidents taking place during January 2015 and January 2016. More than 60 civilians and security forces personnel were killed in these incidents. According to the figures made available by the Home Department, 146 militancy related incidents took place during the period of 15-1-2015 and 15-1-2016. In these militancy related incidents 22 civilians got killed while as 39 security forces personnel also laid down their lives while carrying out operations against the militants. One hundred and eight militants were killed in these incidents. Nor...   READ MORE   Mehbooba to rectify Omar's skewed decisions No more NC-style vote-bank politics, Raj Bagh to get only footbridge 6/18/2016 12:35:45 AM ET Report SRINAGAR, June 17: In a major setback to previous National Conference led government's plan to construct skewed bridge instead of a straight one, near Presentation Convent Higher Secondary School at Raj Bagh, only to favor its "vote bank politics" in Amira Kadal constituency, an expert committee has found the upcoming structure unsafe for vehicular movement. Highly placed sources said the Mehbooba Mufti -led government has taken a serious note of the expert opinion that the bridge would make the entire area accident-prone on both the banks of river Jhelum. The sources said the Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation (JKPCC), which is executing Rs 20 crore project, ha...   READ MORE   Anantnag bye-poll: Has Cong already accepted defeat or fighting a fixed match? 6/18/2016 12:35:33 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 17: Congress candidate for Anantnag bye-election, Hilal Ahmed Shah, is roaming in different areas of Jammu to seek votes of Kashmiri Pandit migrants, who have been living in different areas of Jammu and outskirts. But, his party leadership has not shown any seriousness to fight the election where Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti is contesting as PDP candidate. The non serious attitude being adopted by the Congress leadership to contest the elections has raised many eye-brows in the party. There is feeling among party workers that either party leadership has accepted defeat before polling or it is fix match to ensure smooth sailing for Mehbooba Mufti. Credible...   READ MORE   BJP is untouchable for PDP in poll campaign 6/18/2016 12:35:27 AM Early Times Report ANANTNAG, June 17: Campaign for Anantnag bye-election is at its peak but PDP has not involved any BJP worker or leader in the campaign. There is feeling among PDP leadership that taking services of BJP workers in the campaign would be proved disastrous for the party. PDP leadership has straightway told BJP leadership to keep its workers and leaders away from the campaign because their involvement in campaign would be exploited by the rival candidates. Some BJP workers had shown much enthusiasm to campaign for Chief Minister but they were sidelined by the PDP leaders, who have been campaign in Anantnag....   READ MORE   Ministers enjoy luxurious life at cost of state exchequer Rs 3.5 cr spent on chopper ride in 1 yr 6/18/2016 12:35:18 AM Saqib Junaid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 17: While Jammu and Kashmir claims to be one of the poorest states in the country, with the State's internal revenue not even enough to meet the administrative expenses, a whopping Rs 3.5 crore is drained out of the state exchequer towards the helicopter ride expenses of ministers in and outside the state, throwing austerity out of the window. According to official details, almost all the ministers have used state chopper from March 1, 2015 to April 30, 2016. These ministers have used the state chopper from Srinagar, Jammu to N Panch, Kishtwar, Padder, Gandoh, Doda, Jammu, Billawar, Nehrupad, Udhampur, Kargil, Padam, Leh, Chanderkote, Reasi,...   READ MORE   Forest guard turns 'broker,' secures release of Gucchi smuggler 6/18/2016 12:35:05 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 17: A notorious forest guard who is known for his influence in the Rajouri district has struck a deal with police officers after a smuggler of wild mushroom Gucchi (a costly forest vegetation) was detained with approximately 12 quintal of Gucchi under the jurisdiction of one of the police stations of Rajouri district. According to police sources, on specific information Police arrested the smuggler from Rajouri and seized around 12 quintals of Gucchi worth around Rs 1 crore from him. Later, after the incident role of influential forest guard came to light who intervened and struck a deal with police officers for letting free the Gucchi smuggler. The deal ...   READ MORE   Political parties fail to woo KPs Migrant voters from Anantnag lack enthusiasm 6/18/2016 12:34:56 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 17: With major political parties failing to woo migrant voters in Jammu and other parts of country, there is no enthusiasm among the Kashmiri Pandit voters from the Anantnag Assembly Segment where bye elections are to be held on June 22. The Kashmiri Pandits from Anantnag Assembly segment leading an exiled life in various parts of country since 1989-90 have lost interest in bye elections as the leaders of all three major political parties which have fielded their candidates for June 22 bye elections have so far failed to woo them. The Pandits from Anantnag said that no political leader from three major political parties including Peoples Democratic Party ...   READ MORE   Omar wants Govt to book nationalists of Jammu NC, its leadership hates Jammu 6/18/2016 12:34:16 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 17: Former Chief Minister and National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah has made it clear that his party and him are anti-Jammu. While addressing a gathering in south Kashmir's Anantnag district Omar while referring to the protest against sacrilegious act at a religious place in Jammu said, "PDP-BJP coalition government let off rioters in Jammu too easily, without pressing any serious charges against them. Had they been Kashmiri separatists or for that matter common Kashmiri people, they would have been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) by now." He said, "Leave alone burning a truck, separatists in Kashmir are not even allowed to talk and say...   READ MORE   Mehbooba seeks list of non-performing officials 6/18/2016 12:34:03 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 17: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has directed authorities to scrutinize the list of non-performing officials for immediate action. According to the official sources, Mehbooba Mufti is not happy with the performance of some officers and receives regular complaints from various departments about officials who either don't work at all or harass the public. "Chief Minister has directed to classify these erring employees and has asked to compile the list for the immediate action," on condition of anonymity, one of the top officials of the CM's secretariat told early times on Friday. He said that the Chief Minister has also considered that t...   READ MORE   ISIS flags, 'jeeve jeeve Pakistan' slogans raised at Mirwaiz Farooq's protest march 6/17/2016 11:54:20 PM Early Times Report srinagar, June 17: Pro Pakistan slogans and ISIS flags were raised at a protest march organised by separatists leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to protest against proposed Kashmiri Pandits and Sainik colonies in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides waving the flags of the hostile neighbouring country, protesters raised slogans of 'jeeve jeeve Pakistan'. What was startling was Farooq made no attempt to stop the protesters from indulging in anti-national activities. The Bharatiya Jana...   READ MORE   KPs reject dialogue suggestion of separatists 6/17/2016 11:53:04 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report srinagar, June 17: As separatist leaders in Kashmir propose talks with migrant Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) over their re-settlement issue in Kashmir, KPs seeing no strategy in suggestion proposed by separatist said that talks would prove fruitless. Thrusting aside recommendations of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq that a group of separatist factions will talk with KPs over controversial settlement issue, Pandits today said that dialogue suggestion proposed by separatist leaders at first place lack strategy to pave way for settlement of KP's in Valley. President Kashmiri Pandits Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS)Sanjay Tikoo told early times that "let Separatists first tell us how...   READ MORE   Who was behind Rs 450 cr liability in MGNREGA? 6/17/2016 11:52:59 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report srinagar, June 17: The Jammu and Kashmir government has now itself admitted that the liabilities in the vital Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) are mounting with each passing day, with helmsmen finding it difficult to tame the crises. During the ongoing budget session, the issue related to the liabilities created in MGNREGA was raised in the upper house with legislators demanding the reasons behind such whooping liabilities that too when the Government of the India (GOI) is releasing the funds against the approved plan each year for the scheme. The state government in its reply while admitting the liabilities mounting...   READ MORE   Jammu University VC replaces Director DDE for not following his 'diktats' 6/17/2016 11:52:46 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, June 17: Sensing that that Director, Directorate of Distance Education is not going to oblige university administration to favour two teachers of DDE, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Jammu has replaced the incumbent Director and has appointed a blue eyed teacher of Economics as Director DDE, sources told Early Times on Friday. They said consequent upon gross irregularities committed by two teachers which were highlighted by a section of press, both these teachers approached their God fathers, who are at the helm of the affairs to save their skin. The sources said that university authorities tried their best to prevail upon the incumbent Dir...   READ MORE   BJP likely to start dialogue process with Hurriyat 6/17/2016 11:46:02 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 17: Reports emanating from New Delhi suggest that the Narendra Modi Government may initiate dialogue process with all political groups, including the Hurriyat Conference in the spirit of "Insaaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyat" following the approach set by former Prime Minister and BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Reports in this regard said: "To enlarge the constituency of peace and deepen its societal moorings, the coalition Government will take well considered political initiatives. It would follow the approach similar to the one initiated by Vajpayee and help initiate sustained and meaningful dialogue with all internal stake holders, which will includ...   READ MORE   Two local militants killed in encounter in Sopore 2 AK-47, assorted ammunition recovered from encounter site 6/17/2016 11:45:50 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report Baramulla, June 17: Security forces in a joint operation have eliminated two local militants today during a fierce encounter which took place in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. "Locals have identified the slain militants as Altaf Ahmed of Gund Brath of Sopore town and Imtiyaz Ahmad of Wusun Sumbal of Bandipora district, police sources said. Sharing details of the encounter a top police official said, "On a tip of information about the pr...   READ MORE   Mid-night protests over alleged medico-negligence rock MCH Anantnag Health authorities order probe into allegations 6/17/2016 11:45:35 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 17: The death of a woman due to the alleged medical negligence at Maternity and Child Hospital (MCH) Anantnag triggered protests at late night when the family members and attendants demanding justice staged protest. Following the district health authorities ordered inquiry into the matter. According to sources one Shaheena wife of Mohammad Ashraf Ganai was admitted in the hospital on Wednesday and was operated on Thursday at around 12 pm. "Ho...   READ MORE   50 pc J&K SHCs are 'without' potable water facility 6/17/2016 11:45:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 17: Even as government claims that Sub-Health Centres (SHCs) are vital peripheral institutions for providing primary health care to the people and play an important role in the implementation of various health and family welfare programmes at the grass-root level, 50 pc of them were alleged to be without the facilities of potable water and electricity. Sources in the department concerned informed Early Times that J&K 'has a total 2265 Sub-Health Centres, but none runs as per the guidelines of Indian Public Health Standard (IPHS) and more than 1200 are without regular water supply'. "At least 1013 are without electricity," the sources added. SHC at Gandyal, ...   READ MORE   Warden 'beats up' girl students, 16 hurt 6/17/2016 11:44:58 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, June 17: At least 16 girl students on Friday were alleged to have been beaten up by the hostel warden of their school after they refused to clean the school premises. The incident was alleged to have taken place in Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Rajbagh. The students were also said to have held a protest inside the school premises, demanding an action against the warden. "We were preparing for exams, the warden came to us and asked us to clean the school premises but when we refused, she asked us to leave the hostel room and join classes. We told her that we are preparing for exams and hence cannot join classes. On hearing this, she lo...   READ MORE   Indian state protecting separatists, says BJP MLC 6/17/2016 11:44:54 PM Prof Hari Om Jammu, June 17: On June 11, something very extraordinary happened in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council, which, undoubtedly, put the powers-that-be in the State and at the Centre on the mat and exposed their soft approach to those in Kashmir, who in the name of right to self-determination or independence repeatedly bloodied and convulsed the State's political scene and disturbed its rather delicate socio-religious equilibrium. The case in point is the blistering attack of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLC, Ajat Shatru Singh, on the Government of India and the PDP-BJP coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir. Ajat Shatru Singh is son of Karan Singh, Congress veteran and...   READ MORE   PM's Rs 80,000 Cr package for overall development of State:Drabu 3000 more Jobs for KPs, I lakh jobs to be created 6/17/2016 11:33:01 PM Asif Iqball Naik Early Times Report Srinagar June 17: Replying to AQ.No. 103 of Congress Legislative Party Leader Minister for Finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu today informed the House that Prime Minister's Special Package of Rs. 80,000 crore is for the State for overall development and it cannot be confined to any area, district, region or divisions in particular. The Minister said that under the package, Rs. 900 crore would be spent for stepping up of support under creation of infrastructure in district hospitals, sub-district hospitals and PHCs over 5 years. He said that Rs. 200 crore is meant for sports development in the state, Rs. 1200 crore for September 2014 flood assistance for comple...   READ MORE   Ex- Cong minister among several others involved in forest land grabbing 6/17/2016 11:30:52 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar June 17: The government today stated that a former Congress minister was among several others, including employees, who had encroached forest land at different places in the state and claimed that the process was on to take this land back from them. In written reply to a question, the government stated that out of total geographical area within the LoC, the demarcated forest constitutes 20230 sq km which is 19.95% of the area and added that the forest area is shrinking due to degradation of demarcated forests caused by various biotic pressures including human beings. It said the diversion of 11924 hector forest land for non forestry purposes u...   READ MORE

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