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| Govt decides to transfer all “vulnerable” employees to secure places | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 1: Amid ongoing agitation of Prime Minister’s package employees for mass transfer in Jammu, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to immediately post Kashmiri Pandits and other Jammu-based employees in “safe zones” in the Valley within a weeks’ time.
Authorities have decided to take this step after the killing of displaced Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat and Rajni Bala, a teacher of Jammu, who was killed by terrorists on Tuesday.
While Rahul Bhat was appointed under Prime Minister’s Special Employment Package for Kashmiri migrants, Rajni Bala was recruited as per the inter-district recruitment policy of the J&K government.
Quoting official sources, a news agency reported that in view of increased threat perception, the UT administration has decided to immediately post Kashmiri migrants employed under the Prime Minister’s package and other employees belonging to the Jammu division in secured locations in the Valley by June 6.
It was decided that no employee should work or reside in isolated areas or a scattered manner.
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| Amit Shah to chair high-level meeting tomorrow to discuss J&K security | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, June 1: Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level meeting on June 3 to discuss security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the second such exercise in less than a fortnight which comes at a time when terrorists have been carrying out targeted killings in the Valley.
Officials said Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, and senior functionaries of the central government and union territory would participate in the meeting which is also expected to take stock of the arrangements for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, being held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the second high-level meeting in less than a fortnight on the Kashmir is... | |
| | | | Uncertainty looms large over existence of Panthers Party | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 1: With the demise of Prof. Bhim Singh uncertainty looms large over the existence of the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers, the only recognized and registered regional party of the Jammu region.
Panthers Party, which was founded by Prof Bhim Singh after saying goodbye to Congress in 1982, is the only regional party in the Jammu region.
Although Panthers Party never emerges as a big force in the Jammu region like BJP and Congress, the party has a strong base in Udhampur district which is the home district of Prof Bhim Singh and other former leaders of the party. It was only in the year 2002, Panthers Party won an all-time high four assembly seats in the hous... | |
| | | | Discharge tasks with utmost professionalism, dedication: GOC to soldiers on Raising Day | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 1: The White Knight Corps on Wednesday commemorated its Golden Jubilee Raising Day being celebrated on June 1.
Maj Gen J S Bindra, officiating GOC, White Knight Corps, complimented all ranks for the high standards achieved while discharging operational as well as administrative duties.
The General Officer paid floral tributes to the Bravehearts in a traditional wreath laying ceremony at “Ashwamedh Shaurya Sthal” in Nagrota Military Station.
Maj Gen J S Bindra, addressed all ranks of the Corps on the occasion.
He recounted the rich history and motivated all ranks to rise to the occasion to ensure the Corps flag keeps flying high.
He also remember... | |
| | | | Conductor charred to death, driver injured as truck catches fire | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 1: A conductor was charred to death while the driver sustained critical burn injuries after a truck met with an accident and caught fire in Bandipora.
The ill-fated truck dashed with a tree after the driver lost control over it and caught fire during midnight near Shilvat village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district resulting in serious burn injuries to conductor and driver.
Both were removed to SKIMS hospital Bemina Srinagar where the conductor succumbed to his injuries while the driver is stated to be critical.
The truck was also completely gutted in the incident.
Police confirming the incident identified the deceased as 26-year-old Rake... | |
| | | | Army, Police can’t restore peace in Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 1: Asserting that peace cannot be restored by the use of army and police in Kashmir, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah batted strongly for bringing all political parties on board to find out a way to tackle this grave situation and said people want protection of their families. Abdullah asked the government to be very alert during forthcoming Amarnath yatra and said if there is one single untoward incident during the yatra, there will be countrywide repercussions.
“They (government) will have to think about the security aspect. They will have to do something (to ensure security of these Hindu employees). Please call leaders of different p... | |
| | | | Plea in SC seeks direction to establish Bar Council in J&K, Ladakh | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, June 1: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to establish the Bar Council in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
The plea has alleged that failure to provide Bar Council to lawyers from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is nothing less than step-motherly treatment and discrimination. Petitioner Supriya Pandita, who is a practicing advocate from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, has said in the plea that the entire legal fraternity in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has no government established body where they can get themselves enrolled and take benefits of the Bar Council as compared to other states in ... | |
| | | | DB grants one more month time to PCC to file report with costs | | PIL on stone crusher posing threat to environment | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 1: In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding threat to ecological and environmental balance due to construction of certain unauthorized stone crusher and macadam plant a division bench of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court at Srinagar Wing comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi granted time for filing the said report with regard to the stone crushers or the macadam plants which may be causing environmental hazards subject to payment of costs of Rs. 5,000.
The DB observed that the Regional Director, J&K Pollution Control Committee, was required to submit a report in terms of order dated 28-12-2021. The report ... | |
| | | | HC upholds removal of Chairman BDC Block Lamberi | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 1: Justice Puneet Gupta has dismissed the petition filed by Vikas Kumar Sharma challenging the order dated July 9, 2020 whereby petitioner been removed from the post of Chairman of Block Development Council in pursuance to the No-Confidence Motion moved by the Sarpanches of Block Lamberi Tehsil, Nowshera on 28-6-2020.
Justice Puneet Gupta after hearing both the sides observed that court will not normally assess the allegations with magnifying glass and apply rules of strict proof while looking into Section 30 of the Act read with Rule 81 vis-à-vis’ as contemplated under criminal law for proving the case against the accused ‘beyond shadow of doubt’.
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| | | | Civilian injured in Shopian terror attack | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 1: Militants on Wednesday evening shot at and injured a civilian in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The shooting took place at village Chidren, Keegam in Shopian a day after 36-year-old school teacher Rajni Bala, a Hindu and resident of Samba was shot dead in Kulgam.
Police said civilian Farooq Ahmad Sheikh was fired upon by militants in Chidren, Keegam.
"He got (an) injury in leg and has been shifted to hospital," a police spokesman said, adding that his condition was stated to be stable.
Soon after the incident, security forces rushed to the spot and launched a manhunt to trace the attackers. ... | |
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