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| Akbar Lone embarrasses Omar Abdullah over anti Sajad Lone statement | | Exposes loopholes in National Conference | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 28: National Conference working President and former chief minister, Omar Abdullah faced an embarrassing situation the other day when one of his trusted lieutenants distanced himself from the statement of Omar which he made with respect to Minister for Science & Technology and Animal Husbandry Sajad Gani Lone.
Omar had in statement said that Sajad is a 'turncoat' and his life is full of turns made for personal benefits. However, Omar's trusted lieutenant and MLA Sonawari, Mohammad Akbar Lone distanced himself from his working president's statement. Heon Saturday said that since he was busy in the board meeting of Bandipora he does not know anything about the statement.
The former Minister for Higher Education said that he would not like to be part of the statement which has been issued in his absence. This assertion from Akbar, who is a former speaker of the legislative assembly goes against the party politics and does not augur well for the future of National Conference.
It would be in place to mention here that party poli... | |
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| NC leaders put party spokesman in tight spot | | Disown statement issued on their behalf | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 28: Taking strong exception to the statement attributed to them, a major chunk of senior National Conference leaders Sundaydistanced themselves from the handout issued by the party spokesman, Junaid Azim Mattu against PC chairman and Minister Sajad Gani Lone.
The senior NC leaders including Mohammad Shafi Uri, Shareef-ud-Din Shariq, Mir Saif-ullah and Qaiser Jamsheed Lone told a Srinagar based news agency on Sunday that they had not issued any statement against Lone. They said the NC spokesman was compelled by two party leaders to issue the statement against Lone.
A joint statement issued by the NC media cell attributed to senior leaders Chaudhary ... | |
| | | | Mann Ki Baat: PM maintains silence on Lalit Modi row, talks about converting 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' into people's movement | | | | Bharat Bhushan
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 28: While crores of Indians turned on their radio sets this morning to listen to prime minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' for its content and novelty, he did not venture anywhere near to the raging political controversy around foreign affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhra Raje for their links with the ex-IPL chief Lalit Modi.
The J&K journalists of both print and electronic media and politicians, besides other countrymen, listened to the today's Mann Ki Baat of the prime minister due to the reason that this was his first address to the nation ever since his party colleagues - Sushma and Raje - are mire... | |
| | | | Pak admits sponsoring terrorism in J&K | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 28: Pakistan has probably for the first time admitted its role in sponsoring terrorism in the State . The Pakistan authorities received the dead body of the terrorist who died after exploding a grenade in Kashmir.
Wahid Noor Khan was arrested by the police in 2001. He was being shifted when he flunked a grenade to escape in Sopore, but the grenade exploded killing him and a police personnel on June 20.
The police had then denied sending the dead body of Noor Khan to his residence at Panchmag-Rawalakote in PoK. However, on Friday five police officials of the State police carried the body to Wagah border where it was handed over to the deceased's brothe... | |
| | | | Dr. Jitendra's plan of saffron park, degree college for Padder yet to take off | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, June 28: Much hyped announcements by the MoS in Prime Minister Office and MP from Kathua-Udhampur-Doda, Dr. Jitendera Singh about setting Rs 650 cr Saffron park, special job fairs, degree college and other slew of projects for Kishtwar are yet to take off. Singh had last year announced a degree college for Padder during a public rally and assured the local people that classwork in the college would be started from this year. But even after more than eight months since Singh made the announcement, nothing was done on the ground as neither any rented accommodation nor land acquisition process has been started.
Similar is the fate of around 5... | |
| | | | Frequent shutdown calls in peak tourist season irk traders | | Lets defy these calls, suggest stakeholders | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 28: Separatists calling for frequent shutdowns in peak tourism season in Kashmir has perturbed the tourism players and businessmen, who have not come to terms with life after September 2014 floods.
Separatists called for a shutdown twice during the last week due to which tourists present in Kashmir had to face lot of inconvenience. "We are fed up of shutdowns and stone pelting. We observe shutdown out of fear as we lack the guts to defy the separatists," said a trader.
He said shutdown called by the separatists now remains confined to Lal Chowk and adjoining areas, while the people in uptown and city outskirts hardly pay any heed towards these calls.... | |
| | | | This Mufti from Anantnag harasses officials, seeks undue favours for henchmen | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, June 28: A PDP leader in this south Kashmir district is allegedly harassing top officials of the administration, seeking undue favours for his henchmen.
Mufti Sajjad Ahmad who was recently appointed as in-charge for whole south Kashmir is openly interfering in the administrative decisions and influencing the same to benefit his close aides and friends, highly placed sources told Early Times.
They said that continued harassment from the PDP leader has irked many officials who have taken up the issue with their higher-ups. There is no respite from the harassment, though.
Mufti also forced some officials to distribute flood relief among the ... | |
| | | | Does BJP really care about Jammuites? | | Despite part of Govt, party fails to make Summer Secretariat functional in Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 28: Almost one month has passed since the MoS in Prime Minister's Office, Dr Jitendera Singh, had announced that BJP's alliance partner PDP has been apprised of the urgent need to start Summer Secretariat in Jammu to enable the Jammuites to meet the ministers in order to seek redressal of their grievances.
Three days after Dr Singh's announcement, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh also made similar statement, assuring people of Jammu that the practice of holding Summer Secretariat would not be discontinued in the larger interest of the people of Jammu region. All these announcements have, however, remained confined to papers as no formal order has been is... | |
| | | | Yatra arrangements: Traditional track still snow clad | | | | Abdul Majid
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 28: With less than a week left for the scheduled commencement of the annual Amarnathji Yatra on July 2, the arrangements on the ground are fast missing deadlines as even the snow is yet to be cleared from some crucial portions of the mountainous track to the shrine. Officials said such arrangements used to be usually in place a fortnight ahead of the pilgrimage.
Official sources said the "poor arrangements" have emerged as a concern for the government following the recent visit of Governor NN Vohra to the cave shrine in the Himalayas.
On June 27, Vohra, who is also the Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board accompanied by PK Tripathi,... | |
| | | | Shortage of doctors' hits patient care at CHC Mahore | | Out of 16 doctors posts sanctioned, 13 are lying vacant for years | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 28: Patient care has taken a backseat due to an acute shortage of doctors at Community Health Centre Mahore, where 13 posts of doctors are still lying vacant, besides the medicines are also missing from Hospital.
Sources informed Early Times that around a decade, CHC Mahore was upgraded by state government but till date same has failed to provide best health care facility to people of Mahore.
"The CHC Mahore has sanctioned strength of 16 doctors including six specialist doctors, eight Assistant Surgeons and two Dental Surgeon but the all specialist doctors posts have been falling vacant since the institution was upgraded, besides six posts ... | |
| | | | Modi effect: Govt to develop Intl yoga centre in Jammu | | | | Abdul Majid
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 28: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he was overwhelmed by the response to World Yoga Day, the state government reiterated its commitment to develop International Yoga Center in picturesque Mantalai area of Jammu region.
Officials said to boost pilgrim tourism, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has decided to develop the International Yoga Center where people from across the world would be attracted.
Officials said since last week when Modi led the Yoga event in the national capital, the state government has made development of the International Yoga Center a part of its tourism promotion through road shows across the cou... | |
| | | | Minister I&FC gives ultimatum to H&UDD ‘Prevent sewerage from going into Tawi, Ranbir Canal’ | | | | G S Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 28: Intensifying its battle against Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), the minister for Irrigation and Flood Control, Choudhary Sukhnadan has summoned the H&UD and its Urban Environment
Engineering Department (UEED) to divert flowing of all sewerage into Ranbir Canal and Tawi River; otherwise he is compelled to barricade them. The The river and the canal have been exorbitantly polluted since Jammu Municipality Corporation (JMC) allowed flowing of sewerage water into these water bodies.
Moreover, during the tenure of previous government, the department of Pollution Control Board (PCB) had time and again forwarded notice to JMC... | |
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