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Separatists push Kashmir to edge, Government silent 7/18/2016 12:09:40 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: As Kashmir situation continues to be volatile, Separatist "King" Geelani and company are enjoying all privileges despite being under house arrest, thanks to the government which allows them to be treated as VVIPs, notwithstanding the fact that they have pushed the Valley to edge yet again with all their manoeuvrability of fanning sentiments. The irony is that everyone right from the government to media knows who are the real culprits for pushing the Valley to edge, yet any harsh action eludes. Every time the irony of trouble that erupts is that paid protesting youth are engaged in battle with security forces and separatist leaders enjoy luxuries of life under well protected , guarded houses, cozying themselves in front of TV sets and watching their strategies worked well in putting the place up in flames. Some separatist leaders get easy access to media persons to give interviews on the developments while others are even more special that TV channels come knocking at their doorsteps-all for the sake of their bites or comments for the TV shows...   READ MORE

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Separatists keep their kith and kin away from Kashmir mess 7/18/2016 12:09:33 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Separatist who glorify militancy and call on the youth of Kashmir to take up arms have kept their kith and kin way from the mess. While the separatists want the children of the common man to come out on the roads to protest and leave their studies for a 'bigger cause', their own children and family members are getting the best education in other countries. Nayeem Geelani, son of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, who has been spearheading the agitation was a medical practitioner in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Nayeem's wife was also in the same profession there. Geelani's second son, Zahoor Geelani, along with his family lives in New Delhi. Izhaar Geelani, ...   READ MORE   Former top cop KPS Gill censures JK Govt for failure to control situation in Valley 7/18/2016 12:09:14 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 17: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir Police is already under scanner for failing to maintain law and order in the wake of killing of Hizb commander, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, one of the most efficient former Director General of Police (DGP), KPS Gill has also taken a dig at the government. Gill, who served twice as DGP for Punjab, where he is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control, said it was a total failure on the part of government for having failed to manage turmoil erupting in the wake of Burhan's killing on July 8. The Valley continues to be on the edge since. The former top cop said though security forces acted with restrain...   READ MORE   And now, anti-India campaign on Kashmir through Pak media Black day on July 20, not on July 19 7/18/2016 12:09:05 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 17: Convinced that the coalition government of Mehbooba Mufti will not allow vested interests in media to further vitiate the atmosphere in the already volatile Valley, anti-India elements in and outside J&K have started using Pakistani media to play nefarious games in the Valley. One such element is none other than Mumbai-based and pro-separatist AG Noorani. He has used dawn.com to play dirty games in Kashmir. He has written a nasty article in dawn.comand his objective obviously is to defame Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and lower her position in the eyes of Kashmiri Muslims. Interestingly, he has spared NC working president and Leader of Opposition in ...   READ MORE   MP, MLAs boycott hurriedly convened Udhampur DDB meeting 7/18/2016 12:08:56 AM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Two local MLAs and Member of Parliament boycotted the Udhampur board meeting called by the concerned minister from BJP at short notice. While talking to Early Times, Pawan Gupta, MLA Udhampur informed that a meeting of the District Development Board was called at the instance of its chairman, BJP Minister of Forest, who was reportedly on tour to Udhampur for some other purpose, which was held today on 17-7-16 by giving one day notice which was resented both by him and M.L. A Chenani, Dina Nath Bhagat. It was told that Member of Parliament of the area also took a serious note of calling the high level meeting in an hush hush manner ...   READ MORE   Kashmir remains tense as protests continue 7/18/2016 12:08:49 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 17: Protests and clashes continued to rock Kashmir for ninth consecutive day on Sunday. Reports said that army fired upon a group of youth who tried to storm an army camp at Saderkote Bala in Bandipora district. Four youth were injured in the firing and all of them were referred to Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura for treatment. Two more youth were injured today in the Anchar locality of Soura area in the summer capital. The condition of these two youth is said to be stable. Reports said that protests also broke out in some of the areas in Srinagar and other districts of Kashmir valley. However, the intensi...   READ MORE   Govt directs employees to report on duty immediately 'DC's to furnish regular attendance to civil secretariat' 7/18/2016 12:08:42 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 17: The goverment has directed its employees to report to their duties immediately. The government has further directed the DCs to send attendance of the employees to civil secreteriat. Governance has come to a grinding halt following the unrest in valley against the civilian killings. On Sunday a senior cabinet minister told Early Times that since most of the employees failed to turn up for their duties, the directions have been passed to them to ensure their immediate presence in their respective offices. "Action would be taken against those who defy the directive," he said. He said that on Monday directions will be passed to ...   READ MORE   Stranded pilgrims struggle for food, stay and toilets Where are the social-religious organizations of Jammu? 7/18/2016 12:08:09 AM Ill Prepared SASB! Abodh Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Blame it on the ill preparedness of the SASB and entire official machinery engaged in 'successful' conduct of the annual pilgrimage of Shri Amarnath ji and insensitivity of the religious and social organizations of Jammu, thousands of pilgrims are being fraught with untold misery due to continued violence in Kashmir. Thousands of men, women and children from across the country are facing gross inconvenience owing to...   READ MORE   Ram Madhav to 'educate' BJP Ministers 7/18/2016 12:07:27 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 17: Unhappy over the conduct and performance of BJP ministers in the Mehbooba Mufti's coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP high command has finally decided to train BJP ministers in the state about the ideology of the parivar so that they didn't bungle again in the assembly and embarrass the party at the national level. Sources close J&K BJP president Sat Sharma acknowledged that "the BJP will hold 4-day (July 22-25) training camp at salubrious Patnitop to train the BJP ministers in J&K" and said "those who would educate the BJP ministers during the training camp include BJP national general secretaries Ram Lal, Ram Madhav and Murlidhar Rao"...   READ MORE   BJP thinking to engage English teacher for party's Ministers in coalition Govt 7/18/2016 12:07:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: A serious thought is going on among senior leaders of the BJP to arrange a teacher to teach English to the "highly qualified" party ministers in the government who had passed controversial Land Transfer Bill in the Cabinet meeting. This issue was taken up in the Core Group meeting of the party which was held on Saturday. A senior BJP leader, while expressing his anger over passing of the controversial Bill in the Cabinet, said in a lighter vein, "Although we have highly qualified ministers in the government from our party but I think they are weak in English so there is a need to arrange one English teacher for them to teach the language so that they ...   READ MORE   176 posts of Consultants in 84 CHCs of JK lying vacant Govt filled 25 posts of specialist in 10 years 7/18/2016 12:07:14 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 16: At one hand government constitute Community Health Centers (CHCs) were designed to provide referral as well as specialist health care to the rural population but others a total of 84 CHCs in Jammu and Kashmir, out of 343 sanctioned posts of specialists' doctors 176 are still lying vacant. Reliable sources of health department informed Early Times that in the year 2005 Jammu and Kashmir has a total of 70 CHCs in which total sanctioned posts of specialist doctors was 276 at that time 142 specialist doctors are in position but astoundingly lapse of ten years the in position strength of specialist doctors in 84 CHCs is 176 (i.e only 25 posts of specialists...   READ MORE   Despite Court stay, GMC&H finalizes selection list of 16 FMHW Lack of coordination among Govt offices 7/18/2016 12:07:06 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: Lack of coordination among the government departments can be gauged from the fact that a letter forwarded from the office of Secretary Service Selection Board (SSB) to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) took around one month time. The delay in the communication led GMC&H administration to publish the final selection list of the 16 Female Multipurpose Health Workers in Health and Medical Education Department Divisional Cadre Jammu. Sources said that the Principal of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu and Administrator Associated Hospitals Jammu have allegedly violated directions of High Court and finalized the appointme...   READ MORE   Infighting prevents Congress from cornering PDP-BJP Govt 7/18/2016 12:01:32 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 17: At a time when State Congress is trying its best to corner ruling PDP-BJP coalition for its failures to handle Kashmir situation and smooth run of the holy pilgrimage to Shri Amarnath Ji, the dissident group has once again decided to intensify its struggle for reconstitution of Pradesh Congress Committee. During an emergency meeting of the group, which was attended by senior dissident leaders, a unanimous decision was taken to hold meeting of all the Congressmen, who are not happy with the incumbent team of PCC. The proposed meeting shall be held on July 22 in Jammu and a message in this regard has been flashed to all the likeminded Congressmen, infor...   READ MORE   PDP leader sees no benefit in resigning 'People will forget issue in few months' 7/17/2016 11:40:58 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 17: In the wake of ongoing turmoil in Kashmir, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader was planing to tender his resignation from the party but a second thought has made him change his plans at the eleventh hour. Sources said the PDP leader and MLA, who has earlier remained a minister, was told by some of his close supporters and party workers that he should resign in the "wake of ongoing unrest which has left at least 43 people dead and hundreds wounded." The leader was told by his people that he would have to face an "awkward situation if he doesn't resign as the people were unhappy the way the state government tackled the crises", which erupted in...   READ MORE   GoI picks holes in implementation of PMGSY in JK 7/17/2016 11:40:19 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: The Union government has reportedly picked holes in the poor implementation of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) by the state government as the progress of implementation is reportedly slow as compared to other states. According to the recent letter forwarded by Union Ministry to state government, it has been maintained that in Jammu and Kashmir 721 habitations were still lacking road connectivity. It is further mentioned that out of total 1983 works sanctioned with 10149.27 kilometers, only 1280 works of 5178.19 kilometers have been completed so far. "It is observed that there are still 268 works pending which were sanctioned d...   READ MORE   Traders, commoners worst hit by constant strikes in Valley Separatists busy implementing agenda of their masters 7/17/2016 11:40:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 17: The complete shutdown in Kashmir for over a week now has added to woes of common man and traders in the strife -torn Kashmir Valley as they are left with no alternative but to bow before the wishes of subversives and vested interests who enforce the bandh and strike just to please their masters across the border. The people in the Valley are fed up with routine strikes, curfews and bandhs but they can't raise their voice fearing reaction from separatists and subversives who have been ruling the roost for last 27 years after the terrorism gripped the Valley. According to sources no one bothers to think about common man as separatists and subversives a...   READ MORE   Students travel long distances to reach dilapidated schools Sordid saga of school education 7/17/2016 11:16:48 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, July 17: With Government initiative to upgrade schools marred by politicking and vested interests, several areas in the periphery have been deprived of higher secondary schools in the vicinity, impelling the students to travel long distances to reach schools. Higher secondary students in border villages in Nowshera tehsil have been traveling between 40-80 kilometers daily (to & fro) to reach at Nowshera town, which is the nearest higher secondary school. "Students of 11th & 12th classes from PB, Mohra Kampla, Lam ,Pukhrni, have been covering distance between 30-80 kilometers (to & fro) daily to attend their classes either at Nowshera or at Laroka. As they ...   READ MORE   Kishtwar hospital hit by non availability of specialists One gynecologist transferred, another on leave 7/17/2016 11:15:56 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report KISHTWAR, July 17: District hospital Kishtwar catering to heavy rush of patients not only from Kishtwar but also from adjoining Doda District as well as from neighboring Himachal Pradesh is struck by non availability of gynecologist in the hospital as government recently transferred one gynecologist identified by the sources as Dr. Shafiqa Qazi to Bhaderwah while another gynecologist Dr. Shabnum Laila was on leave as a result of which many delivery (child birth) cases reaching Kishtwar hospital had to be referred causing inconvenience to the patients and the attendants. While talking to ET several patients informed that due to non availability of the ...   READ MORE

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