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| Violence in Kashmir planned much before killing of Burhan | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: As National Investigative Agency (NIA) is started probing into various aspects of ongoing turmoil in Kashmir Valley one thing has become clear that violence was planned much before killing of Burhan Wani.
Bahadur Ali, a Pakistan terrorist who was nabbed alive in Kashmir Valley in the month of July has revealed dangerous game-plan of their masters across the border.
Bahadur Ali has spoken about the infiltration into India from Pakistan. He has also disclosed to the NIA that his masters had told him and his team to take advantage of the unrest and infiltrate into the Valley.
It was coincidence that Burhan Wani was killed on July 8, 2016 but planning of vi... | |
| | | | Members of particular community defy separatists diktats | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: Defying the diktats of separatists and ultras members of a particular community in Kashmir have rejected to support any strike or bandh call given by separatists and ultras for so called Azadi saying that Kashmir had got freedom in1947.
According to sources recently during a bandh in Valley when some anti social elements tried to block the road in a village in south Kashmir the inhabitants of village came out on streets lifted the road blockade and warned the handful of miscreants not to create tension in the area.
The leaders of the village according to eye witnesses have been heard saying to miscreants ``we got freedom in 1947 from autocratic rule and ... | |
| | | | Police fail to book 'big sharks,' miscreants call shots | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: Despite Police claiming that it has booked more than 170 people under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kashmir and more than 2000 miscreants have been arrested situation in the Valley continues to be grim.
Soon after the authorities lifted curfew from Kashmir on Monday miscreants once again appeared on the streets and enforced shutdown and disrupted the vehicular movement thus puncturing the claims of the authorities that normalcy has been restored in Kashmir.
Following clashes on Monday, authorities once again imposed restrictions in different parts of Kashmir to thwart protests and to keep miscreants at bay. Life once again came to a grinding halt on Tuesday much to ... | |
| | | | Intelligence agencies warn of violent protests ahead of all-party delegation's visit | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: The intelligence agencies have warned of spurt in the violence ahead of the all-party delgation's visit to the Srinagar on Sept 2. The agencies have warned that there could be more violent protests and also terrorist strikes with the objective to de-railing the process of bringing in peace in the valley.
"We have definite inputs that there will be more violent protests aimed to provoke fatal action by the police and security forces. They are being planned with the twin objectives first is to derail the peace process and secondly to scare away people from meeting the delegates by confining them to their homes. We have received specific inputs and have shar... | |
| | | | Police tightens noose around employees for anti-national activities | | Withhold salaries, take action' | | |
Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: Tightening the noose around the government employees for being part of anti-India activities, police have sought the details from the departmental heads about the officials who had been part of stone pelting incidents and disturbing law and order for the last 52 days.
Police has already framed a list of over 200 employees for their involvement in anti-national activities, many have already been arrested. Further sources said the police have asked the departmental heads to frame the list of officials who had been fuelling the current unrest in the Valley.
"Besides police action, these officials will also face action at the departmental ... | |
| | | | Despite having sound financial kitty, help not extended to kin of martyrs | | Sangharsh Samiti's felicitation ceremony a ritualistic gesture.... | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: Eight years on, Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti has been observing a ritualistic programme every year on August 28, all to pay tributes to the martyrs of 2008 land agitation besides felicitating their families by way of token gestures. This year's programme at Geeta Bhawan saw same customary practices in a formal , rather ritualistic manner raising many questions as why the Samiti leaders do not move a step beyond in extending any financial help to the families, mostly having weak economic conditions.
Sources said even though the leaders of Sangharsh Samiti organized a programme this year in which tributes were paid to those who laid down lives in the agita... | |
| | | | Anganwari centers have no toilets | | | |
Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: The tall claims of the State Government about sanitation campaign through the medium of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan doesn't seem to have any impact on the State Rural Development Department which has utterly failed to complete the task of providing toilet facilities in the Anganwari centers across the State as only 13% centers have been covered so far leaving rest of the centers without this facilities.
Sources told Early Times that Anganwari centers have been opened by the Government to instill a sense of hygiene among the children and for that baby friendly toilets, required to be provided in each Anganwari centre to encourage practice of usi... | |
| | | | With 22k untrained teachers, Minister seeks good result in board exams | | | |
Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: Time and again Education Minister have laid emphasis on teachers to provide good results in board examinations but they have virtually failed to train 22 thousands teachers who are still working in primary schools across the state.
Sources in education department informed Early Times that in Jammu division around 10 thousand teachers are still untrained,. The reports from Kashmir are equally disturbing.
They said that not for profit organization 'Pratham' that works across urban and rural India to help children acquire basic skills in reading and arithmetic, was engaged by Department of School Education in J&K to impart training to govern... | |
| | | | What led to sudden loss of Rs 26 cr in JK Cements? | | Govt seeks fresh probe | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: The Jammu and Kashmir government has initiated a probe afresh into the alleged misappropriation of funds in JK Cements, which has suffered losses up to Rs 27 crore.
The initial inspections conducted in this regard reveal that though the company had earned profit of Rs 4.35 cr during the financial year 2011-12, it has suffered huge losses during the previous financial year.
Documents available with Early Times divulge that by the end of 2015, the company had suffered loss of more than Rs 26 cr due to less production, increase in power tarrif, rising cost of fuel and increase in the administrative expenditure.
However, the inspection re... | |
| | | | Vajpayee's Insaniyat-Jamhooriyat-Kashmiriyat will not work, says Baig | | 'Kashmiri want their own state' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: PDP's ideologue and Member of Lok Sabha and former Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig is one Kashmiri leader who has spoken the truth and rejected the suggestion that the application of Vajpayee's Insaniyat-Jamhooriyat-Kashmiriyat lice could end unrest in the Valley and resolve the Kashmir issue. He has said things in the Valley and attitude of Kashmiris especially youth, have completely changed their struggle is more religious in character and implications than political and that they want their own independent state.
Asserting that there have been three preceding stages of the conflict, Baig has said: "This, the fourth stage in the struggl... | |
| | | | SIC grills Tehsildar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 30: The State Information Commission (SIC) today grilled a tehsildar as the officials of Revenue department were alleged to have tampered with the revenue record in Basohli tehsil of Kathua.
The Tehsildar had denied information in this regard to an RTI activist. SIC has now asked him to provide the requisite information without any delay.
One Hem Raj of Bari Brahmana filed an RTI application on November 6, 2015 before PIO (Tehsildar), Basohli for providing him certified copies of Indraj Girdawari on the basis of which khasra girdawari for Rabi 2014 was tempered in respect of khasra No 1212 of Palahi, Basohli.
However, instead of providing the copy of I... | |
| | | | Jammu, Ladakh may be overlooked yet again? | | All-party delegation | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 30: It's now official. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lead an All-Party Delegation to the restive Kashmir and it will start its visit on September 4 and return to Delhi the following day. The delegation will meet "maximum possible number of stakeholders" and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been informed to this effect. Governor NN Vohra, too, has asked Amitabh Mattoo, political advisor to Chief Minister, to do the groundwork.
While it is clear that the All-Party Delegation would visit Srinagar and stay there for full day and full night, it is yet not clear if the Union Home Minister would also visit Jammu and Ladakh, the state's two other regions ... | |
| | | | People raise banner of revolt, separatists in fix | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 30: Situation in restive Kashmir, on boil since July 8, finally started to improve on Tuesday as curfew was lifted from across the Valley, barring two police stations in the summer capital of Srinagar, police and reports said.
Pulwama, which continued to be the only district under curfew, got a breather on Tuesday morning.
Though later in the day clashes were reported from some areas of the Valley, the intensity was low. While at some places force had to be used to disperse the protesters, elsewhere they dispersed off peacefully, the reports said.
According to a police handout, curfew has been lifted from whole of the Kashmir except two Police Stations... | |
| | | | Restoring 4th bridge on Tawi challenge for govt | | | 
Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 30: Opened without any protection wall along embankment of the Tawi river, a portion of downstream wall of the fourth Tawi bridge has reportedly damaged due to recent flood.
According to sources the bridge was scheduled to be reopened on August 15, but due to damage on downstream, the restoration works would take atleast two weeks more.
"Restoration works was in full swing, but unfortunately, prior to its reopening a portion retaining wall, w... | |
| | | | Naeem Geelani not questioned by NIA | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: NIA today did not question Naeem Geelani, son of hardline Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in connection with a probe into certain bank accounts in Kashmir allegedly used to fund the unrest in the Valley as the officers had left for Delhi.
In response to the notice served by National Investigation Agency (NIA) to Naeem Geelani yesterday, he, along with his legal advisor, attended the office of the investigating agency at Shivpora, a spokesman of the Hurriyat said.
"However, the people (officers) concerned had already left for Delhi," he said.
The spokesman said the office incharge called the authorities on phone to convey to t... | |
| | | | A week after deployment, BSF withdrawn from Kashmir valley | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Aug 30: With curfew lifted from all but two police station areas of Kashmir, BSF troops deployed to quell street protests were today withdrawn suddenly and replaced by the CRPF, barely a week after deployment, apparently following demands by the political parties and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
The border guarding force was deployed in the restive Valley after a gap of 12 years.
As a fall out of the decision, four companies of CRPF, which were deployed for route sanitisation exercise for Prime Minister and other SPG protectees in Delhi, have been withdrawn. The task will now be undertaken by the BSF, which is mandated for guarding Indo-Pakistan and Ind... | |
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