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GoI to clip wings of separatists No talks, stern measures on cards; Mainstream politicians to be taken on board 8/9/2016 11:34:13 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 9: The separatist leaders in Kashmir who were waiting in wings to get an invite for the talks over Kashmir have been left dumbfounded instead security grid has been asked to act tough against them. The separatists who have been continuously fuelling the present unrest in Kashmir were expecting an invitation of talks from the government of India over ending the present crisis. However, the stern posture being exhibited against them by the union home ministry has left them cornered from all sides. The union government, according to sources, has decided to bring the elected legislators on board to discuss the present situation in Kashmir and measures to bring back the normalcy in the region that has been reeling under the continuous curfews imposed after the strike calendars are issued by the separatists every week after since July 8. Reports informed that though the separatist leaders were tight lipped over any offer of dialogue coming from the centre to them and were readying themselves to react in accordance with the situation. However, what has...   READ MORE

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Police to act tough against stone pelters 8/9/2016 11:34:04 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad ET Report Srinagar, Aug 9: In an attempt to end month long protests in Kashmir, the police on Tuesday said that it would continue action against the youth involved in stone pelting. A senior police official preferring anonymity told early TIMES that they have identified those who create law and order problem in the valley. "We have identified stone pelters through videography and have already detained some of them. There are more arrests to come and the crackdown will continue against those indulging in stone pelting," the police officer told early times. At least 55 people including two policemen have been killed, and over 3,500 civilians and 3,000 security personnel ...   READ MORE   Nothing outside constitution, focus on development: PM Modi Kashmir Unrest 8/9/2016 11:33:55 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: The PM has clearly indicated that there would not be any talks with the separatists or anything outside the Indian constitution. The PM has also made it clear that his government wouldn't be discussing any proposals like Greater Autonomy or any more autonomy to the state. The PM breaking his silence on the unrest in the Kashmir, which has till not claimed about 55 lives has clearly underlined that development alone will be focus of his government and if the talks are to be held than it will be held with in the premises of the Vajpayee doctrine. "The way PM has pegged the Kashmir unrest on the development is quite clear he is no going much into the poli...   READ MORE   'Incompetent' state BJP leaders kept away from Patnitop meet 8/9/2016 11:33:44 PM ET Report Jammu, Aug 9: By not inviting any BJP leader from J&K in the Patnitop meeting, BJP's point-man in J&K, Ram Madhav has given a clear and blunt message that all BJP leaders of the State are inefficient and incompetent to discuss Kashmir and other issues of the country. After Patnitop episode one thing has been established that BJP's Central leadership is termed all local leaders as incompetent. The Central leadership has valid reason to sideline all such inefficient leaders because during the last over one and half year, one of the BJP leader or minister has proved its credentials. By giving controversial statements, BJP leaders and ministers of J&K have proved that they are not c...   READ MORE   Police officer turns money lender Gives loan against land only 8/9/2016 11:33:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: Khaki and money lending business have made a good combination here and the cocktail has helped a police officer earn crores. "The police officer gives loan against land only. He has so far given crores of rupees as loan to the people," police sources alleged. His close relatives and a retired police officer were also alleged to be his partners in the money lending business. "Customers are brought to him by his relatives," sources said. Sources said the pieces of land, against which the loan amount had been given to the people, were situated in the heart of the city and city's peripheral areas. "Those, who fail to repay the loan amount on time, their la...   READ MORE   Renovation of Darbargarh: Too little too late? 8/9/2016 11:33:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: The initiatives of the previous governments to renovate and refurbish the remains of Mubarak Mandi Complex, what was once the seat of power of Dogra regime and represented the rich heritage and grandeur of Dogra kings have fallen flat as years after they took off, they have yielded little result and loads of misery. Nine years since the work began on the complex, restoration work on only a part of the complex has been done while the inconvenience caused to the...   READ MORE   Kashmir drifts as politicians disappear from scene 8/9/2016 11:32:51 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: The common masses in Kashmir feel totally isolated due to the failure of the mainstream politicians to establish contact with people at grass root level where the normal life has been completely paralyzed for the past 31 days now. According to sources the Kashmiris have been taken to ransom by a section of separatist leaders and subversive elements whose number however is very less while the majority of people in Valley are for prevalence of peace and restoration of normalcy. Sources said that Kashmiris are not with Pakistan too and they hesitate to raise pro -Pak slogans during the mass rallies and public protests too. In such rally out of total number...   READ MORE   Minor among 14 JK militants in NIA's 'most wanted' list 8/9/2016 11:32:44 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: A minor is among the 14 J&K militants in NIA's list of most wanted terrorists and carries a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head. Though NIA has carried a series of raids at their residences and possible hideouts in Kashmir and Kishtwar areas, they have so far remained untraced, according to police sources. Ten of them included Junaid Akram Malik of Kishtwar, Khurshid Ahmad of Pahalgam, Farooq of Kulgam, Fayaz Ahmad of Kulgam, Nazir Ahmad of Sopore, Mubarak Shah of Sopore, Mohammad Maqbool Pandit of Pattan, Manzoor Ahmad Dar of Baramulla, Ghulam Nabi Khan of Pahalgam and Abdul Majid Sofi of Sopore. All of them were alleged to be involved in terror incident...   READ MORE   Misconception in Private schools network taking toll on students Illegal education system ruining students' career 8/9/2016 11:32:36 PM A B Sharma Early Times Report RAJOURI, Aug 9: The ironical misconception on the educational front in district Rajouri has thrown up certain significant issues that have given educational set up in the district a very bad name. In Sunderbani at zone lower Hatthal, there are nearly 12-15 private schools which are running illegally that bye-pass the education norms and strictures of the district thus depriving the students' government facilities as these private institutions claim to be advanced in providing the holistic studies. Already there is a great misconception amongst the students and parents in Jammu and Kashmir that the private institutions are well equipped to provide the notewo...   READ MORE   Separatists backed trade body adds fuel to fire 8/9/2016 11:32:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 9: As the Kashmir unrest entered into its 32nd day on Tuesday, a few members of the business fraternity, who claim to be the so called representatives of the traders in Kashmir, announced full support to the strike calendar issued by the separatists. Their decision to offer unconditional support to the ongoing unrest in Kashmir has irked the traders and shopkeepers, who are not a part of their association, neither do they recognize the so-called Kashmir Inc. Sources told Early Times that a few people have hijacked this trade body in Kashmir and are trying to establish the writ of the separatists among the business community, which has suffered losses worth cr...   READ MORE   Cong, CPI, CPI-M, NCP on same page Kashmir unrest 8/9/2016 11:19:16 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: It was on this day in 1953 that the then Wazir-e-Azam of J&K Sheikh Abdullah was dethroned and arrested. The charge against him was that he had flirted with the United States with a view to getting Kashmir separated from India and converting it into "Switzerland-type independent Kashmir". JL Nehru got removed this Kashmiri leader from the political scene when convinced that he had become a threat to national unity. This was the Congress of those days. Today's Congress is not that Congress. In fact, it cannot be termed Indian National Congress; it should be called Sonia-Rahul Congress as they play all the shots and all others follow their diktats faith...   READ MORE   RMSA lab assistants of Poonch without salary for 3 years 8/9/2016 11:14:21 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 9: The charm of permanent government job for nine lab Assistants engaged in district Poonch under Rashtriya Madhamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA) has turned into a nightmare as since their engagement in 2013, they have been waiting for their salary but apart from concerned officials' apathy, even High Court orders made no change in their fate. Nearly two dozen lab assistants were engaged by Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Recruitment Board and they joined various schools of district Poonch in year 2013 and 2014 under RMSA but for the last nearly three years, these unfortunate government servants have not been getting salaries, despite making h...   READ MORE   Coordination within party leaders eludes, CM handling things all by herself PDP MPs continue to remain reticent over Kashmir unrest 8/9/2016 11:13:47 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 9: As PDP MLA from Tral Mushtaq Shah's statement on Burwani Wani registered some response for the first time at the level of legislators over Kashmir unrest, the silence from other quarters including those from the two seasoned MPs has become conspicuous in the political scenario of the state. The leaders of the ruling party are still sitting apart in their cocoons in the same way the stalwart MPs have chosen reticence, giving an indication yet again all is not well within the party. Sources said while the Chief Minister Mehbooba is making all out efforts to douse the flames of unrest at her own level, coordination and cooperation from her party colleagues ...   READ MORE   Stray dogs haunt Srinagar residents, security forces 8/9/2016 11:13:28 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 9: Already wounded Srinagar city, now a days is also facing the wrath of its old enemy-the stray dogs. According to this Early Times reporter, resentment is brewing among the Srinagarites against the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) for failing to curb the dog menace. "The stray dog population has witnessed manifold increase in various areas including city-centre Lal Chowk. Bemina, Qamarwari, Batmalloo, Rawalpora, Khaniyar, Rajouri Kadal, Jawaharnagar, Padshahbag and other parts of the city from the last one month," people from these areas said ET over phone. They said that the canines have been storming streets, chasing cars, pul...   READ MORE   New Delhi may hand over Kashmir to Army News Analysis 8/9/2016 11:13:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 9: Signals emanating from New Delhi suggest that the worried authorities might hand over the disturbed and militant-infested Kashmir to the Army for some time. Reports appear credible given the fact that on Monday Sopore was virtually handed over to the Army. What transpired during the meeting of the Union Home Minister, Defence Minister, Union Home Secretary, National Security Advisor and others was not something ordinary; it was a serious exercise undertaken to review the prevailing situation and discuss ways and means aimed at bringing normalcy back to the Valley. Reports suggest during the meeting, various options were mulled and their implications were ...   READ MORE   10-yrs on, Bhaderwah Industrial Estate defunct 8/9/2016 11:13:08 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 9: The state government had spent crores of rupees to establish new Industrial Estate at Dandi, Bhaderwah but 10 years after its establishment not a single unit is functioning here, which clearly indicates that how much previous as well as incumbent government is interested to promote Micro and Small Scale Industrial Units across JK. Pleading anonymity, an official of Department of Industries and Commerce told Early Times that the Industrial Estate Dandi, Bhaderwah has a total of 60 kanal land having 19 plots out of which a single plot land measuring 16 kanal was allotted with the help of former Chief Minister to for manufacturing unit of th...   READ MORE   AI extends cancellation charge waiver for Kashmir flights 8/9/2016 11:11:01 PM Agencies NEW DELHI, Aug 9: Air India on Tuesday said it will not impose any cancellation or re-scheduling charges on tickets booked for flights to and from Srinagar till August 16, amid the volatile situation in Kashmir. Last month also, the carrier had extended the relaxation for Kashmir flights. "Applicable penalties of re-issuance, date change, no-show, cancellation and refund charges for travel from/to Srinagar for both domestic and international flights, stand waived," Air India said in a release. Violent protests erupted in Kashmir the day after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces on July 8. As many as 55 persons including two...   READ MORE

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