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One man one post rule goes for a toss at BJP; blue-eyed boy enjoys four positions 6/1/2018 11:51:23 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 1: One man one post rule no longer holds true with respect to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) at least in the state as a 'blue-eyed' boy is enjoying his stint at four positions in the party. The militant turned Ikhwani turned BJP leader is enjoying like anything since he is dictating terms to the other leaders as he has been given four important posts in the state. In the past this BJP leader had been in fact given the mandate to take decision about the persons to be invited for high profile visit of important personalities of the party to the state. Sources told Early Times that the BJP leader is the General Secretary of the party for Srinagar district. He has been entrusted the responsibility of handling the financial affairs of the party and it is here where he is making merry since the accountability has gone for a huge six in the state. "The BJP leader in question was a militant and later on he joined the ranks of Papa Kishtwari. He along with yet another person got a refuge while joining the ranks of BJP while militancy was at...   READ MORE

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BJP trying to befooling people on own CM, PoK Liberation issues 6/1/2018 11:51:17 PM Early Times Report jaMMU, June 1: Confronting with the 'credibility deficit' state unit of BJP has not stopped its gameplan to befool the people of Jammu region despite being the fact that party has been completely exposed before the masses. Instead of addressing long pending genuine grievances of the people of Jammu region who had voted the party in 2014 parliamentary and assembly elections, BJP has started now befooling them by promising to form its own government in next assembly elections to solve their issues. Presently people of Jammu region are looking towards BJP to solve their problems, BJP leaders on the other hadn tyring to befool the people that next government in which Chief M...   READ MORE   BJP leadership dancing to tunes of Kashmir centric leaders? 6/1/2018 11:51:09 PM Early Times Report jaMMU, June 1: Despite terrorists and the separatists not showing any inclination towards restoring peace in the Valley, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be going out of way to appease the Kashmir centric leaders. Sources told Early Times that a few Kashmir centric politicians have suggested to New Delhi to hold "unconditional talks" with the so-called leadership comprising of Pakistan stooges, Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik. "On the other hand they are trying to build pressure that unilateral ceasefire should be extended in the Valley," they added. An insider revealed that as the news about Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh would visit the Valley in coming days is mak...   READ MORE   Army and Ramzan ceasefire 6/1/2018 11:51:02 PM Early Times Report jaMMU, June 1: At whose behest unilateral ceasefire was announced during the month of Ramzan? Reports suggest that "initially, army authorities were not on board but when their serious concerns were addressed at the highest level in the union government the ceasefire was announced with a rider that the Indian army would not initiate operations on its own but if fired upon they would hit back". As the Ramzan ceasefire announcement came close on the heels of "operation all out" launched by the Indian army many eyebrows were raised and the corridors of power and in the security establishment. Reports say that "since army had achieved major successes by eliminating a major...   READ MORE   JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka unprincipled, PDP-BJP coalition in J&K principled BJP’s double-standard 6/1/2018 11:50:51 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 1: BJP national general secretary and in-charge J&K Ram Madhav has termed the JDS-Congress coalition government in Karnataka “unprincipled”. “We are back to an unstable situation in Karnataka. In 1996, Deve Gowda became the prime minister with just 46 MPs in his party. In 2018, his son HD Kumaraswamy becomes the chief minister with just 37 MLAs. The Congress is cold-blooded and ruthless. It allowed Deve Gowda to stay in power for just 11 months. Let us hope Kumaraswamy gets a little more time at the Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru,” he said while commenting on the formation of the JDS-Congress government in Karnataka where the BJP got 104 seats and the Congress 78...   READ MORE   Early Times threatened for writing in favour of Jammu, supporting Lal Singh 6/1/2018 11:50:30 PM Early Times Report jaMMU, June 1: For the last three-year Early Times is receiving threats for supporting Jammu cause and exposing who have been hatching conspiracies to denied Jammu of its just and genuine share. Two-day back this newspaper has received another threatening letter which was addressed in the name of editor in chief of paper and other staff members. Threats were given to the editor and other staff members for raising pro-Jammu issue and expose misdeeds of some of the BJP leade...   READ MORE   Contractor claims to be BPL; SIC initiates probe 6/1/2018 11:29:17 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: The State Information Commission (SIC) has initiated a probe to verify how a contractor has been issued a BPL ration card by the authorities. The said contractor from Chennani Udhampur has been using RTI Act to extract information from Government offices while he is exempted to pay RTI application / Xerox fees which has led to financial loss in some Government offices. SIC has directed Tehsildar Chenani to probe this issue and check all sources of income of this contractor. Details available with Early Times reveal that an information seeker namely Beer Singh R/O Ganthwal Teshil Chennani District Udhampur filed an RTI application on 20-09- 2017 before th...   READ MORE   Poor Water, power Supply: Public resentment against BJP grows 6/1/2018 11:29:11 PM Ashwani Sharma Early times report Udhampur, June 1: Resentment among common public is growing against the government. Gossips and talks at tea stalls, barber shops, at market, among passengers travelling in buses and mini-buses etc dominate the poor water and power supply in the state. "Earlier it was not the case as is being witnessed during the last 3-4 years," Radha a housewife from Udhampur town said while talking to her neighbour lady at a vegetable shop. The other lady replied that she was unable to help her children to complete their vacation homework as there is no electricity and the schorching hot climate was unbearable even shame on PDD department which has ignored the ...   READ MORE   Blind Kashmiri Youth qualifies CBSE exam 6/1/2018 11:29:02 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 1: Fighting against all odds, a visually impaired Kashmiri Youth has cleared CBSE class 10 examination with flying colours. Yasir Ahmad Khan, a resident of Hakoora village of Anantnag district, who lost his eyesight at a very young age, has scored 68% marks. He had appeared in the examination through open schooling. Talking to Early Times, Yasir said that he lost his eye sight completely in 2014 during month of Ramadhan after suffering from retinal detachment. "After losing eye sight I left school, but in 2017 someone told me to contact a local NGO-Zepa Appa. Javid Ahmad Tak , who is running this NGO, enrolled me and gave me brail train...   READ MORE   JK on high alert as 20 militants sneak into Kashmir 6/1/2018 11:28:56 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, June, 1: A security alert has been issued in Jammu and Kashmir following intelligence inputs that a group of atleast 20 militants have entered Kashmir and could be planning large-scale attacks. Sources told early times that an alert circulated by intelligence agencies has asked the counter-intelligence grid in valley to be on alert. "The alert, issued by intelligence agencies warned that there was a 'strong input' that the group could carry out the attack in the valley and other parts of the state," sources said. They added that the police and other security agencies have increased the patrolling and carried out a series of area domination ...   READ MORE   No end to miseries even in Ramzan 6/1/2018 11:28:41 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 1: Even in Ramzan, people in the Valley face immense hardships due to lack of basic amenities despite tall claims by the government. Before the beginning of the holy month, government had claimed that they would ensure proper electricity and drinking water supply during the Ramzan. "Government has failed to provide us uninterrupted electricity even in our metered area. The electricity often turns off during the time of Sehri (predawn meals) and Iftaar (fast breaking time). It has turned our lives hell and we find it difficult to bear the scorching heat when the electricity goes off," Mushtaq Ahmad, a resident of Habak, said. People from different are...   READ MORE   Grenade attacks on PDP MLA's house in Pulwama, CRPF personnel in Anantnag 6/1/2018 11:28:34 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, June 1: Terrorists carried out two grenade attacks today in Anantnag and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir, including at the residence of ruling PDP MLA Mushtaq Shah, leaving six persons injured. Attackers lobbed a grenade towards the residence of Tral MLA Mushtaq Shah in Pulwama. It exploded in the lawn and no one was injured, a police official said, adding the legislator was not in the house at the time of the incident. Shah is an MLA of the Peoples Democr...   READ MORE   People stage protest against police Deptt at Bari Brahmana, Block NH for 2 Hours 6/1/2018 11:28:23 PM Early Times Report Vijaypur, June 1: The relatives and the family members of accident victim today stage protest against the police department at main Chowk Bari Brahmana and demanded the arrest of the accused who involved in this accident here today. The deceased has been identified as Paras Gandhi Son of Bal Krishan Gandhi resident of Ward No 7 Bari Brahmana Samba. According to the Police sources, a large number of relatives of the accident victim laid the body of Pars Gandhi on road and ...   READ MORE   Locals block Jammu -Pathankote National Highway Erratic power supply 6/1/2018 11:27:35 PM Early Times Report Kathua, June 1: The residents of Rajbagh blocked Jammu-Pathankote National Highway for more than an hour against the power failure since last several days. The protesters including the youth in large numbers came on the National Highway at Rajbagh Morh and sat on dharna against the power failure in the area since many days. The protesters raised anti PDD slogans. Following the protest dharna, there was a huge traffic jam on NH and long queues of the vehicles were seen on ...   READ MORE   Anantnag: BMO, aide attached for drawing salaries of fake appointees 6/1/2018 11:27:05 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 1: The Health Department on Friday attached a Block Medical Officer and a Junior Assistant for committing huge financial irregularities by drawing salaries of fake appointees. As per official documents accessed by Early Times, in-charge BMO Sallar, B S Tulla Singh, and Junior Assistant Mohmmad Yaseen Shah have released the salaries of those employees who stand included in the list of 133 fake appointees, in violation of the instructions of administrative department, Health and Medical Education and Director of Health Services Kashmir. According to the order issued by Directorate of Health Services Kashmir, both the officials have been fou...   READ MORE   Duty of every Jammuite to demand CBI probe into Rassana case: Lal Singh 6/1/2018 11:20:21 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: Continuing his campaign to press for CBI enquiry into the Rassana rape and murder case, former Forest Minister and senior BJP leader Choudhary Lal Singh on Friday addressed a public gathering at Sawan Chack, Kathua. The rally was organised by Ujjagar Singh Kitta and Harmohinder Singh in which large numbers of youth including women take part. While addressing the gathering, Singh said that "it is the duty of every person of the Jammu specially for Dogras to r...   READ MORE   NSF signature campaign for CBI enquiry in Rasana case enters 38th day 6/1/2018 11:19:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 1: National Secular Forum (NSF) today organized a signature campaign in SPMR College of Commerce to garner public support for CBI enquiry in Rasana murder case. Led by, state vice president Pushpinder Singh, district president Anshu Sharma, and NSF activists today kicked off the signature campaign from Science College road. The campaign which was initiated in response to the primary demand of the local people for CBI probe in the matter entered 38th day and g...   READ MORE

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