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Govt orders recount of poor 6/25/2009 10:46:05 PM Early Times report Jammu, June 25: With different and strange perspectives of different departments on Below Poverty Line (BPL) population in Jammu and Kashmir, the government today took a significant and much needed decision of ordering fresh scrutiny of the poor in the state. The statistics of BPL population and the management and dispensation of concessions and benefits for them have always been a big political agenda in Jammu and Kashmir resulting in loss to exchequer and at the same time denial of due services to the deserving needy. To showcase its development profile, the state government puts the BPL population at an impressive low but two key departments have high figures on their records as major central funding depends on these figures. The department of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution and the department of Rural Development peg their schemes taking into account PBL population which is often roughly double that the figures officially claimed by the government. Latest statistics suggest state’s BPL population at around 21.5%. With a view to determining the ...   READ MORE

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Highest number of guests arrive from PoK 6/25/2009 10:45:40 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 25, June 25: A highest number of 59 guests arrived here from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) today when only one man and a woman travelled from here to the other side of the Line of Control (LoC). As many as 42 returnees--21 each from both sides--also travelled in the Karvan-e-Aman bus alongwith the new guests, official sources said this afternoon. They said 59 guests, including 23 women and 12 children, arrived here from POK to meet their relatives here for the first time after their separation in partition. This was the highest number of guests from POK to visit Kashmir valley after Mumbai terror attack last year. Sources said 21 residents of this sid...   READ MORE   Infiltration down but threat still real in J&K, says Antony 6/25/2009 10:45:20 PM New Delhi Jun 25: India today said infiltration from Pakistan has declined in the recent past, but the threat from terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir is "real" and there is no question of lowering the guard. "Of late, there has been a decline in infiltration in the borders but we cannot say it is an improvement," Defence Minister AK Antony told reporters after addressing the Unified Commanders' Conference. He made it clear that "there is no question of lowering our guard, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, as even now these terrorist outfits are working there. It is a real threat." Antony said the relations between India and Pakistan can "move forward" only if strong action is taken by Isla...   READ MORE   6/25/2009 10:43:43 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jun 25: A fresh batch of 1,667 pilgrims early today left for Amarnath cave shrine from Yatri Niwas base camp at Bhagwati Nagar here amid tight security cover, an official spokesman said. A convoy of 54 vehicles, including 25 buses of State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC), nine private buses and 20 light motor vehicles, left for the Baltal base camp for the holy shrine, the spokesman added. The pilgrims in this group also included 308 women, 60 children and 533 Sadhus, he informed. The yatra remained suspended from here yesterday following a heavy rush of pilgrims en route the holy shrine. ...   READ MORE   Chamblyal fair: BSF, Pak Rangers talk ‘peace’ at IB 6/25/2009 10:43:20 PM Early Times report Jammu, Jun 25: Despite recent tensions emerged between the two neighbours India and Pakistan after Mumbai terrorist attacks, it was bonhomie that was witnessed today at a religious fair at Chamlyal as both Border Security Force (BSF) and Pak Rangers shared hugs and discussed restoration of peace at an annual Baba Chamliyal Fair organised on International Border (IB) at Zero Line in Ramgarh Sector of Samba district. They exchanged sweets and gifts to observe the annual affair as thousands of people from different parts visited the shrine of Baba Chamliyal on both sides of the border. Religious fervor and spiritualism once again have enveloped the border town, as the f...   READ MORE   PM responds to Mufti’s letter as Center discusses troop relocation 6/25/2009 10:42:58 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 25: Even as the Central government today sat down to discuss possibilities of relocation of troops in Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is reported to have ‘warmly’ replied a ‘tough’ letter of former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Amidst the Shopian fiasco, the Mufti had earlier this month written to the Prime Minister a heavily loaded letter captioned “are we loosing way in Kashmir”. The Prime Minister, sources said, has replied to Mufti’s letter acknowledging his ‘major’ role in process of reconciliation in Kashmir and promised to take on board his inputs in taking the key decisions. Mean...   READ MORE   Yatra via Pahalgam route by tomorrow 6/25/2009 10:42:36 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, JUNE 25: This year’s Shri Amarnathji Yatra from the traditional route of Pahalgam will commence with effect from 26 June 2009. The Yatra is already progressing from the Baltal route since 16th June. Announcing this here this morning, Mr. B. B. Vyas, Chief Executive Officer of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said that a decision to this effect was taken by the Chairman SASB Mr N. N. Vohra, after examining the report of the Joint Team comprising senior officers of the State Administration and the Chief Executive Officer of the Board, which undertook several visits to the track in the past two days. The Chairman of the Shrine Board also took note of the...   READ MORE

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