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10 tribal cluster model villages to be developed in JK: Mehbooba
CM reviews implementation of Tribal Action Plan
6/29/2016 11:11:12 PM
Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 29: State Government will be spending around Rs 120 crore on various programmes aimed at the welfare of the tribal population in J&K.. This would include Rs 100 crore earmarked by the Government of India under Tribal Sub-Plan and Rs 20 crore to be provided by the state government under the capex budget. This information was given at a high level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today to review the implementation of the Tribal Action Plan. Vice-Chairman Gujjar and Bakerwal Advisory Board, Choudhary Zafar Ali, Chief Secretary B R Sharma, Financial Commissioner, Planning & Development, B B Vyas and Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Navin Kumar Choudhary were present at the meeting. The meeting was informed that 10 tribal ...
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Choke hawala channels, MHA tells JK
Separatists, militants receiving money from Middle East, Europe
6/28/2016 11:57:21 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: In the backdrop of the attack on the convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Pampore on Jammu- Srinagar highway, Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to activate the security agencies to choke the funding of separatists and militant outfits active in Kashmir. Sources told Early Times that MHA has passed on the instructions to the JK government to ensure that all the Hawala channels are choked and the people involved in such transactions are identified and booked. Sources said around 37 persons-- 17 in 2013, nine in 2014, eight in 2015 and three in 2016 were arrested in connection with their involvement in Hawal...
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Pampore attack: Why can't Modi Govt undertake surgical operations in POJK?
6/28/2016 11:57:06 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: The June 25 Pampore terror attack on the CRPF bus, which resulted in the martyrdom of eight CRPF jawans and injuries to almost two dozen other jawans, has not only brought the CRPF top brass, K Durga Prasad, and the Defence Minister, ManoharParrikar, face to face with each other, but has also made the BJP lawmakers in J&K lose their way The nature of conflict between the CRPF and the Defence Minister could be gauged from the fact that Director General (DG) of the CRPF, Durga Prasad, debunked the claim of the Defence Minister that the "CRPF didn't follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) and the result was that the Lashkar terrorists could attack the ...
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'Govt had inputs about Pampore attack'
6/28/2016 11:56:59 PM
Early Times Report srinagar, June 28: Even as the Home Minister Rajnath Singh has already set up a three-member team to look into the recent militant attack at Pampore, which left eight CRPF personnel dead and another 21 injured, the state government already had intelligence inputs of the possible Fidayeen attack on the highway. Official sources said on June 25, when the heavily armed militants attacked the bus carrying the personnel of 161 battalion of CRPF at Frestbal, 14km from Srinagar, the police was already busy with search operations on the highway while a Road Opening Party (ROP) of the paramilitary was equally on vigil in the area. "We had general inputs of the possible attac...
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Jammu region faces discrimination in allotment of food grains: CAG
6/28/2016 11:56:49 PM
Saqib Junaid Early Times Report srinagar, June 28: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has pin-pointed inequitable distribution of rice in the state thus depriving a large population of the Jammu region from availing the benefit of the food grains at the subsidized rates. In its latest report that was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Monday, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India says that against a quota of 17.12 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of food grains in respect of Jammu division, the administrative department has made an allocation only 16.24 lakh MTs whereas against quota of 20.72 lakh MTs of food grains in respect of Kashmir division the administrative department...
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IPS officer who takes choicest postings
6/28/2016 11:56:43 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: An IPS officer, who is at present posted in the valley, enjoys so much of influence at the PHQ that he always manges his postings to the places of his choice. "He is nowadays taking rounds of the residences of seniors at the PHQ to get his district changed and go to another district of his choice," police sources alleged. "He often remains in headlines because of his work," sources informed, saying that he was the only IPS officer of his batch who had been managing his transfers so frequently. He was once posted in Jammu region also but had soon managed his transfer back to Kashmir where he remains happy. "He is now making efforts to get himself tra...
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NC MLAs from Jammu join protest, stage walkout along with Omar
'Discrimination-with-Kashmir' is news of century!
6/28/2016 11:56:35 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, June 28: The J&K Assembly on Monday witnessed a strange scene: The NC's walkout. The issue: Discrimination with Kashmir. The other day, the assembly was told that an IIT was being established in Jammu. It was this that infuriated all the non-PDP Kashmiri lawmakers and they on Monday created a scene over the issue. Education Minister Naeem Akhtar instantly intervened to pacify the Kashmiri lawmakers, including Leader of Opposition and former J&K CM Omar Abdullah. He told the assembly that "there is a possibility for setting up out-campuses of IIM in the Valley" and that the state government would take the issue of IIT with the Government of India. "With regard to ...
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Now, BJP demands bombardment of militant camps in POK
Party stages drama in LA
6/28/2016 11:56:21 PM
Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, June 28: Legislators of National Conference today created ruckus and staged a walkout from the legislative assembly and accused the BharatiyaJanta Party (BJP) of creating war 'hysteria' in the state. As soon as the house took up the question hour, the NC legislators led by MLA Nagrota stood up and wanted the attention of speaker Kavinder Gupta. The NC members while referring to the demand of BJP legislators that India should carry out aerial strikes on Pakistan said that the same has led to fear psychosis among the people. The NC legislators said that the people living in the areas lying close to border with Pakistan are worried since they b...
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Gangster-turned-land grabber enjoys SHO's support
6/28/2016 11:56:09 PM
ET Report Jammu, June 28: A gangster, who allegedly enjoys full support of the SHO of a police station in Samba district, has nowadays been busy in encroaching upon the disputed lands with impunity from law. The gangster, who is quite notorious in the area, was on the run during the time of another SHO, but after he was transferred and another SHO took over, he all of a sudden became active, according to police sources. To establish contact with the gangster, the new SHO first of all gathered information about him. He then picked up his two accomplices and put them behind the bars. Worried about them, he approached the SHO to seek their release. This way, they came closer and started m...
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2 passport officials get 4-yr imprisonment for fraud
6/28/2016 11:56:01 PM
Ishtiyaq Ahmad ET Report srinagar, June 28: The Special Anti Corruption Judge, Srinagar has awarded four year imprisonment to former Passport officer Srinagar, and then Assistant passport officer Srinagar for making criminal conspiracy in the department. Top official of the CBI Srinagar Tuesday informed Early Times that Court of Special Judge, Anti corruption for CBI cases Srinagar convicted Bashir Ahmad Zargar, KAS, former Passport officer Srinagar, and then Asstt. Passport officer Srinagar, in Case No RC 6(A) 2001 U/s 120-B r/w 409,420 RPC under section 5(1) (c) (d) r/w 5 (2) J&K PC act. "The court sentence directed the convicted persons to undergo four year imprisonment for the comm...
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'Make in India' campaign deflates in JK
Electronic goods unit exists in papers, production stopped, partners bickering
6/28/2016 11:55:54 PM
Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: With much fanfare Metro Hydro Engineers, an SSI Unit at Samba Industrial Growth in the month of October 2015, had launched "Snow Glow" brand of LED, a step in direction of Make in India campaign, but after only few months, the unit is existing in papers only as production has stopped and the partners have entered into legal battles. In the month of October, 2015, a press conference was organized in Srinagar in which Metro Hydro Engineers, had announced launching of brand "Snow Glow" LED with a very catchy tagline, "Born in J&K, Illuminating India", which was widely carried by newspapers. But after only eight months, the proprietor of M/S M...
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PHE Kathua allots work without inviting tenders
6/28/2016 11:22:09 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: Throwing a government order into bin, the PHE department has allotted works to contractors without inviting tenders reportedly to appease a Cabinet Minister, sources told Early Times on Tuesday. They said, an order to stall the execution of works departmentally without inviting tenders was passed by the department in 2015. As per official order in possession of Early Times, directions have been issued by the PHE department to execute the work for realignment of old pipes for improvement of water supply execution work to village Dhalli Hiranagar with the condition that the labour shall be provided by the Sarpanch Panchayat Halqua Dhalli Tehsil Hiranag...
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New admin units left to fend for themselves
2 units of Doda await Tehsildar, other staff
6/28/2016 11:22:01 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: Aiming to provide better governance at the door steps of people in peripheral districts, previous government had created new administrative units across state but failed to fill the vacant posts of Tehsildars and others staff in these units. Reliable sources in district administration Doda informed Early Times that Chiralla and Bharat Bhagla two newly created tehsils were without tehsildars, thus confronting locals with innumerable problems. Contrary to the tall claims of incumbent Government about streamlining the new administrative units, most of units were still lacking proper staff. At least 16 posts including Tehsildar, Naib- Tehsildar (NT) were...
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DC Bandipora issues show cause notice to Tehsildar
Denial of info about Land Acquisition in Gurez
6/28/2016 11:21:53 PM
Early Times Report Srinagar, June 28: The Deputy Commissioner Bandipora who is also the First Appellate Authority (FAA) under State RTI Act has issued a notice to the Tehsildar Gurez for not providing information to an aggrieved party whose land was acquired by National Hydro Electric Corporation (NHPC) during ongoing construction of Hydro Electric Project on Kishen Ganga river in Gurez area. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Ghulam Mohamad Lone R/O Kandyal Gurez filed Second Appeal on 01.06.2016 under RTI Act 2009 before State Information Commission (SIC). The appellant says that he had filed an application before Tehsildar Gurez on 15.01.2016 seeking information/re...
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Militants snatch rifle from BJP man's house in Budgam
6/28/2016 11:21:43 PM
Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, June 28: Militants on Tuesday decamped with a service rifle of one Personal Security Officer (PSO) of BJP leader in central District Budgam after they barged in his house this morning. Sources told Early Times that around six militants who had covered their faces entered in the house of BJP leader Ghulam Mohammad Chopan of central Kashmir's Budgam District and overpowered his security guard, Bashir Ahmad Hanjura and snatched one AK-56 rifle, two magazines and some rounds from him. Official sources said that constable Bashir bearing belt number 283/ security, at the time of incident was with BJP leader at his Gori Mohalla Panzan Chadoora re...
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Live wires pose threat to public in Rajouri
PDD acts as mute spectator
6/28/2016 11:21:29 PM
Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: Unmindful of the potential risk to the lives of the human being as well as the animals with the installation of two electric transformers in open at the Bus Stand in Sunderbani town of District Rajouri but the Power Development Department (PDD) has been acting as mute spectator and waiting for any misadventure to be happened. Sources told Early Times that the two electric transformers have been installed at Bus Stand Sunderbani at very l...
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Controversial land lease bill makes BJP's position awkward
6/28/2016 11:20:53 PM
JAMMU, June 28: The controversial bill on sale of land on lease which has been approved by State Cabinet on Monday and which is to be tabled in the Assembly on June 30 has made the BJP's position very awkward. According to sources BJP is trying its hard to get the Bill stopped from being tabled in the House as its passage will mar the political future of the Party as the failure by BJP ministers in Cabinet to oppose the Bill has already put the party in a piquant situation. Sources said BJP leadership is making last minute efforts to convince the Chief Minster Mehbooba Mufti to get the Bill averted as the same will affect the fate of coalition in the State. However dropping the Bill fro...
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HM divisional commander killed in Kupwara encounter
6/28/2016 11:20:46 PM
S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, June 28: A Divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant outfit was killed today in an encounter in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. A senior police official told Early Times that, one militant was killed today in an encounter between security forces and holed up militants in Nagri area of this district. "On a tip of about the presence of militants in the Nagri area, a joint team of Army, Police and SOG cordoned off the whole area and took search operation, the holed up militants fired several gun shots upon the security forces which triggered of encounter from both the sides, the official said. The official said that the ...
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Jmu-Poonch Rly Line to cost Rs 7227.85 Cr, Baramulla -Kupwara to cost Rs 640.57 Cr: Govt
Both Railway projects pending for approval with GOI since 2008, 2010 respectively
6/28/2016 11:08:04 PM
Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar June 28: Government of Jammu and Kashmir today said that the proposal of Jammu-Poonch Railway Line via Akhnoor and Rajouri has already been submitted to the government of India for approval in the year 2008, besides a proposal for linking boarder District of Kupwara with Baramulla Railway Link also stands submitted with the Government of India in the year 2010 for approval and funding. While responding to the resolution moved by Congress MLA, the Minister in charge Planning Government of Jammu and Kashmir stated that updating of survey report for new Railway Line between Jammu and Poonch with 234.12 KM length will cost Rs 7227.85 Crore while ...
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Specialist docs engaged as administrators, patients suffer
Bad planning causes shortage of medicos DAK
6/28/2016 11:07:47 PM
S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 28: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today expressed serious concern over appointment of specialist doctors as hospital administrators in Health and Medical Education because of which patients suffer immensely.Terming it illogical, President DAK Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a statement said that engagement of specialists as administrators has deprived people, particularly in far flung areas, of specialist care. It makes no sense to assign a job to a person for whom he/she is neither qualified nor trained. It is sheer waste of talent and skill.Statement reads that, "Critical care specialists (Anesthesiologists) have been made Block Medical Offi...
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Pampore attack: LeT's fidayeen preparing for fresh strike on military targets, warn intelligence agencies
6/28/2016 11:06:26 PM
Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: Three days after the terrorist attack on security forces in Pampore, the intelligence agencies have warned that Majid Zargar, Lashkar-e-Toiba's (LeT) new operational commander in the Kulgam district, may be preparing for fresh 'fidayeen' attack in the coming days. According to a report in national daily, some Lashkar 'fidayeen' from the same group of infiltrators which attacked the security forces in Pampore have been dispatched to Majid Zargar for carrying out more attacks in the Kashmkir Valley at an opportune time. The intelligence agencies have warned that the LeT unit, which carried out Saturday's strike on the CRPF, is preparing for a fresh 'fid...
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Attack on CRPF in Pampore was a fidayeen strike: CRPF DG
6/28/2016 11:06:18 PM
Srinagar, June 28 Asserting that the Pampore attack in which eight security force personnel were killed was a fidayeen strike, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General K Durga Prasad said that security forces are prepared to counter any further militant attacks. However, he said it needs to be verified whether the attack was carried by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) or any other militant organization. "If you look at the preparations made by the militants for this attack and the number of magazines and grenades they were carrying, it is clear that it was a fidayeen attack," he said. He said that the militants were intercepted effectively, however, expressed disappointment that eight...
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Rajnath reviews security situation in J&K
6/28/2016 11:06:13 PM
New Delhi, June 28: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, which witnessed a deadly attack on a CRPF convoy that left eight personnel dead, and directed security forces to intensify vigil in the state. During the hour-long meeting, the Home Minister was briefed about the internal security situation in Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the rest of the country and the steps taken to ensure peace. The meeting, attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi, chiefs of intelligence agencies and other senior officials, analysed the inputs, including on infiltration from across the border, received from vari...
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