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| So Mr Omar Abdullah can contest Panch, Sarpanch and Parliament elections! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: Even as former Chief Minister and National Conference President Omar Abdullah recently declared that he won’t contest Assembly elections unless the statehood is restored, the simple point seems that he has kept other options of contesting elections open.
Going by the statement of Omar, he can contest other elections -be it that of local urban bodies or the Parliament elections because he has nowhere been averse to those elections.
“As for me, I am very clear that while J&K remains a Union Territory I will not be contesting any Assembly elections. Having been a member of the most empowered Assembly in the land and that, too, as the leader of that Assembly for six years, I simply cannot and will not be a member of a House that has been disempowered the way ours has,” Omar recently said in his write up for the national media.
Observers say the point remains that if Omar was so concerned about the non-participation in elections why he mentioned only the Assembly elections.
The question makes sense because in the past, Omar has contested ... | |
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| Sinha’s appointment as LG will check ‘corrupt practices’ of J&K BJP leaders | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: Appointment of a mature leader and close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah as Lieutenant Governor (LG) of J&K has surprised all BJP leaders from J&K.
Manoj Sinha is not only a three-time Lok Sabha member but he is also a close Prime Minister and Home Minister.
Credible sources in the BJP said that appointment of such a mature and honest politician as LG of J&K would also help the Centre to check misdeeds and corrupt practices of some party leaders in J&K who have influenced the previous LG, Girish Chander Murmu. “Being a gentleman bureaucrat Girish Chander Murmu was not aware of the deceitful and corrupt practice... | |
| | | | Omar sahib peep into the past, then ‘beat your chest’ to seek Mehbooba’s release | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: National Conference vice-president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, Omar Abdullah, apparently seems worried about Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under Public Safety Act being extended, he keeps on demanding her release.
Omar needs to peep into the past and check for himself erstwhile J&K State, he himself detained Mehbooba Mufti for toeing the line of separatists.
On July 31, 2011, dramatic scenes were witnessed outside Mehbooba’s residence when... | |
| | | | LG Sinha’s fake Twitter handle puts intelligence agencies on tenterhooks | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: Within hours of the name of senior Bharatiya Janta Party leader Manoj Sinha emerging for the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, his fake Twitter handle has gone active putting the intelligence agencies on tenterhooks.
The twitter account not only resembles the real twitter handle of the Lieutenant Governor, the fake one has been created at a “strategic time.” The police have started investigations.
As per the twitter handle, it has been created in July 2020. Sources said intelligence agencies are trying to figure out with what intention was such account created in July as till August 6, it looked largely inactive.
Interestingly the acc... | |
| | | | New admin in place; will Jammu’s discrimination cease to exist? | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 10: With the government making tall claims that discrimination with Jammu is going to be a thing of past, there are questions that would haunt the authorities over whether the blunders of the past will be undone and centrally sponsored schemes will have a equal share for both the regions of the erstwhile state. Interestingly, Jammu region in the recent past was sanctioned Rs 300 crore less than Kashmir Valley for horticulture development. The government while reaming tight-lipped over such discrimination hasn’t till date explained while such a partial treatment was given to the Jammu region that equally deserves the right to have funds for the Centrally S... | |
| | | | R&B engineers play ‘truant’, deviate site plan of road in Pouni, construct wall that caves in 6 months | | 35 lakhs go down the drain | |  Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
REASI, Aug 10: The engineers of Roads & Buildings (R&B) Department in a tehsil of this district managed to manipulate the site plan of a road and constructed the same road some 200 metres away from the original site of construction of road.
Early Times has learnt from sources that in 2018-19 the R&B department invited tenders for the development of a three kilomteres road in the Pouni tehsil. The road was supposed to be developed from Sobha Dhanga and would... | |
| | | | COVID-19 caseload in JK reaches 25367 as 470 fresh cases come up, six more people die | | Active positive 7514, recovered 17375, total deaths 478 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 10: The death toll due to Corona Virus in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 478 as six more persons died due to virus in past 24 hours. The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the union territory reached 25,367, as 470 fresh cases were reported today.
Srinagar reported 115 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Bandipora 79 cases, Jammu 58 cases, Baramulla 41 cases, Budgam 31 cases, Pulwama 30 cases, Kupwara 17 cases, Anantnag and Ramban 16 cases each, Ganderbal 15 cases, Shopian 14 cases, Kulgam 10 cases, Kathua eight cases, Rajouri and Samba five cases each, Doda four cases and Udhampur, Reasi & Kishtwar two cases... | |
| | | | Shah Faesal resigns as president of J&K People's Movement | | | 
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 10: Former IAS officer turned-politician, Shah Faesal on Friday stepped down as president of Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement. Faesal had formed the JKPM in 2019. Faesal, who topped the 2010 civil services exam, on Sunday, had hinted his exit as he removed his reference to his political affiliations from his Twitter account.
The JKPM executive meeting was held on Monday to deliberate on the political developments in the state.
"In the meeting, reques... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to solve problems of people of Guru Arjun Dev Ji Nagar Rakh Raipur Satwari Cantonment | | Residents of Guru Arjun Dev Ji Nagar Rakh Raipur Satwari Cantonment at receiving end since problems remain unattended | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 10: Munish Gupta, Editor in Chief, Early Times has asked the administration to come up to the expectations of the people living in the Jammu region and solve the problems living in the different areas of the city.
Referring to the problems being faced by the people of Gandhi Nagar constituency Munish said that many areas of this constituency have been left to the mercy of God. He said that despite repeated reminders the people at helm have not taken any step... | |
| | | | Sand mining goes on unabated near Shamshan Ghat Muradpur | | Where is District Administration ? | |  RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
RAJOURI, Aug 10: Sand mining, which remained a routine affair in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, has now announced its arrival near the religious places as the mafia is openly excavating sand along Shahshan Ghat, Muradpur.
But the district administration seems to be in deep slumber which shows that administration is supporting the sand mafia.
On one hand, open illegal mining is going on and on the other hand, the said material is being dumped on ro... | |
| | | | Vicharnagh Asthapan shrine- a victim of official neglect, apathy | | |  S K KAW
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 10: Once a pious seat of learned Brahmans across Jammu and Kashmir, who used to finalize ‘panchang’ for the new year, the historic Vicharnagh Asthapan shrine popularly known as ‘Vichar Saheb’ situated near SKIMS, Soura in Srinagar has lost its pristine glory with the passage of time.
The shrine has become continuous victim of complete neglect and official apathy for the last over three decades.
The shrine is registered as Trust Asthapan Vicharnagh in ... | |
| | | | Water tank at Tain non-functional for 5 yrs | | |  M S NAZKI
EARLY TIMES REPORT
POONCH, Aug 10: The people from Tain area and its vicinity near Mankote village of Mendhar Sub-Division in Poonch district are extremely affected due to the neglect of the Public Health Engineering/ Jal Shakti Department in the border area of Mendhar.
Residents of the area said that five years ago, a water tank was constructed by the PHE Department under a `PHE Scheme’, claiming that population of over 100 souls will be provided water, which will remove the suf... | |
| | | | Forest mafia raids jungles in lockdown, large number of trees felled | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early times report
Udhampur, Aug 10: While there is strict lockdown across the country forest mafia is active in four forest blocks in Ram Nagar forest range chopping forests to gather wood and other forest products.
The locals have claimed that cutting of trees was not possible without the involvement of personnel of forest department. Sanjeev Jandial, a local resident who is a councilor of Ram Nagar municipal committee said that the forest department has suspended two guar... | |
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