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| BJP backtracks from promise of granting UT status to Ladakh | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: After winning Ladakh Parliamentary seat with handsome margin, the BJP has once again backtracked from its promise of granting Union Territory (UT) status to Ladakh at this point of time. Instead of fulfilling the promise during President's rule in the State, BJP is now trying to befool people of Ladakh with announcement that after formation of BJP led government in J&K, UT status will be granted to Ladakh within six months.
Talking to reporters at Jammu along with newly elected Member Parliament from Ladakh, Jamyang Namgyal,BJP state president Ravinder Raina excused that there were some technical hurdles in granting UT status to Ladakh. "In the coming Assembly elections in J&K, there will be a chief minister from BJP. And within six months after formation of BJP government in J&K, UT status will be granted to Ladakh", Raina stated, which is a glaring example of cheating people of Ladakh once again.
Even during campaign of the Lok Sabha elections, all BJP leaders had promised to grant UT status to Ladakh. At this point of time when State is under... | |
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| GMC Jammu's HDU remains dysfunctional due to non-availability of ventilators | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: The High Dependency Unit (HDU) established last year at Government Medical College Jammu continues to remain dysfunctional due to the non-availability of ventilators, Early Times learnt on Friday.
Official sources revealed that the Principal Government Medical College Jammu has placed an order for procurement of 32 ventilators before the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation six months ago but the corporation hasn't yet delivered the equipments mandatory for making the High Dependency Unit (HDU) functional.
They said that around Rs 77 Lakh have been spent to establish High Dependency Unit (HDU).
"Structure was existing but w... | |
| | | | Militants regrouping cause of concern | | Union HM asked to act tough | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: Despite taking many steps the Government has failed to control militancy in Valley which is getting revived day by day.
A cording to sources supported from across the border militants are regrouping in Kashmir Valley as well as Kishtwar district of Jammu region.
Though the Government has tightened it's noose on terrorists, they still manage to regroup in three districts of South Kashmir including Shopisn, Pulwama and Kulgam besides the Kishtwar district in Jammu region. In Kashmir Valley militants get local support and people in three districts provide safe passage to them by resorting to stone pelting on security forces to engage them till militants h... | |
| | | | Kashmir domination with state | | 4 of 5 ministers from Valley | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: Kashmir's domination within the state is an old phenomenon. Jammu & Kashmir-watchers say it is "more marked". For example, when the first-ever cabinet was formed after the state's Constituent Assembly was elected in 1951, four of the five ministers were from the valley. They included Sheikh Abdullah, wazir-e-azam, Bakshi Gulam Mohammad, Mirza Afzal Beg and Sham Lal Saraf.
The Jammu-based Praja Parishad, consistently opposed the Kashmir's domination within the state. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was formed by Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1952, also fought against the valley's domination and pitched for the complete integration of the state into India. It... | |
| | | | Munish asks people to reject slogans, rhetoric | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: Editor, Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Friday said that people of Jammu during the past seven decades have been fed on slogans and rhetoric. While carrying forward his mass contact programme in different areas, Munish told the people that he has no slogan to sell and cannot promise them moon and stars. "But I promise you that if I win I will always remain available for my people and would try my best to become your voice," said, Munish, who would be contestin... | |
| | | | NC, Congress up in arms against each other | | Alliance or no alliance | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 7: The NC and the Congress are up in arms against each other. The NC has made it loud and clear that it will not enter into an alliance with the Congress and contest the assembly elections separately as and when held. The NC has been again and again making its stand clear. It has been saying so loudly, particularly after it won by an accident all the three Lok Sabha seats from the valley defeating the Congress in the Baramulla and Anantnag constituencies and the PDP in all the three constituencies, including Srinagar from where the party chief Farooq Abdullah won. Farooq Abdullah could poll only a little over 1 lakh votes in a constituency of nearly 13 lakh... | |
| | | | Amit Shah hits the ground, Kashmir centric politicians confused | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: The new union Home Minister, Amit Shah, hitting the ground soon after assuming the charge has left the Kashmir centric politicians high and dry. According to the media reports Shah has held series of meetings with the top officials to discuss the prevailing situation in Kashmir and the steps which could be taken to end the dominance of the few people in the Valley. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "The Kashmir centric politicians have been pushed to the wall as they know that their dominance has ended and they can no longer call the shots." He said that history stands testimony to the fact that since 1947, Kashmiri leaders just concentrate... | |
| | | | Says thousands of girls in Kashmir consume contraceptive pills | | Kashmir cleric accuses girls of 'mass-waywardness' | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 7: In a shocking development, a Kashmiri Molvi has accused the Kashmiri girls of moral waywardness saying that thousands of them use contraceptives pills triggering outrage with people seeking strict action against him.
In a video clip that has surfaced on social media websites the Molvi is seen saying that immoral activities take place in cars and that around 18,000 girls from two particular districts alone were contraceptives.
The Molvi is said to have made the shocking revelations while addressing a religious congregation in Kashmir.
Citing example, the Molvi said some persons had caught a couple in compromising position in Nishat area in a car and... | |
| | | | On Eid day dozens of forest trees axed in Budgam | | Timber smugglers yet to be arrested | | | Early Times Report
BUDGAM, June 7: At a time when the people were busy celebrating the festival of Eid across J&K, some criminal elements taking advantage of the festival were busy looting green gold in Surasyar block of Doodh Ganga forest range in Budgam. Sources say that timber smugglers with the patronage of a local Sarpanch of Kutbal village and some forest officials axed dozens of green trees in forest area of Yusmarg. When the locals alerted forest officials lot of timber was seized but the culprits are yet to be arrested.
Details available with Early Times reveal that timber smugglers in Surasyar forest block of Doodh Ganga range in Budgam on the intervening night of 5th and 6th... | |
| | | | Stinking Landoi nallah, choked drains, dilapidated lanes: Welcome to Ajeet Nagar | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, June 7: Stinking Landoi nallah, choked drains and dilapidated lanes of Sahibzada Ajeet Singh Nagar have made the lives of thousands of residents miserable.
Editor, Early Time Munish Gupta, who would be contesting the forthcoming Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Gandhi Nagar constituency, carried forward his mass contact programme in Ajeet Singh Nagar's Ward No. 73, Friends Colony and Jeevan Nagar's Ward No. 58.
Locals told Munish that the main n... | |
| | | | GRS deputation calls on DC Kishtwar, seeks his intervention | | Non implementation of High Court orders by ACD Kishtwar | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, June 7: A deputation of GRS who were asked by the High Court to continue after J&K Government decided to disengage led by JKPM Chenab Valley Coordinator advocate Nazim Qazi, who is also counsel for the petitioner called on DC Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana and seeks his intervention in implementation of court order by passing an appropriate order.
The deputation called upon DC Kishtwar at Mini Secretariat to discuss the issue of salaries of MGNREGA employees.
As per the details available with Early Times, JKPM Coordinator Chenab Valley Advocate Nazim Qazi accompanied by party activists Javed Ahanger, Shahid Hussain Butt, Sheikh Imran, Zaheen But... | |
| | | | Environmental preservation: Whose concern is this in JK? | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 7 : The preservation of the environment seems a least priority for the government of Jammu and Kashmir.
World Environment Day was celebrated on June 5 to come together to combat one of the great environmenta
l challenges of our time.
However, in Jammu and Kashmir, the preservation is still a far away from reality. At least 30 species of animals and plants in Jammu and Kashmir are on the verge of extinction, according to a notification issued by Union ministry of environmentand forest (MoEF).
The endangered 20 plants species of J&K are Aconitum chasmanthum, Aconitum deinorrhizum, Aconitum heterophyllum, Aconitum kasmiricum, Aconitum v... | |
| | | | 'Missing' SPOs join militant ranks, return dead with two militants in 24 hours | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 7: Two militants and two Special Police Officers (SPOs) who had deserted police ranks and joined militants were killed today in a gunfight that raged between security forces and militants in Lassipora village of South Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Earlier on Thursday, police said that two SPOs identified as Shabir Ahmad of Tujan, Pulwama and Suliman Ahmad of Uthmulla, Shopian decamped with their service rifles. Shabir and Suliman were working as SPOs with Jammu and Kashmir Police and had deserted from District Police Lines on Thursday morning with their service rifles.
A top police officer said that these two SPOs had joined Jaish-e-Muhamm... | |
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