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Forest guard attached, RO pays on spot visit 8/7/2016 10:46:51 PM MS Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Aug 6: Forest Range officer Mendhar alone with a team of forest official paid on spot visit to forest compartment No. 170 under khasra No. 41 which has been encroached by an influential person and attached the forest guard with his office, sources said here today. Range officer Mohd Bashir Malik alongwith a team of forest officials of Mendhar range paid on spot visit to Forest compartment No. 170 under khasra No. 41 which has been encroached by an influential Mohd Sadiq son of Mohd Zaman of Pathan Teer with the active connivenience of forest guard Mumlaiz Ahmed who has been attached with the office of Range officer Mendhar, sources said, adding a committee will be constituted to look into the matter as how an influential was able to encroach forest land, convert it into other Khasra by fake girdawari and raised concrete structures over it, they added. It is pertinent to mention that Early Times had carried news item regarding the encroachment of forest land a few days ago. While taking the on spot stock of the situation Range officer MB Malik...   READ MORE

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Kashmir unrest divides BJP 8/7/2016 10:47:22 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 6: Serious differences have come to the fore in BJP over how to deal with the present situation in the Kashmir and some parts of Jammu province. Sources told Early Times that at the Core Group meeting of the party which was held at Government Guest House here this morning, there was a vertical division among party leaders as some of them demanded strong action against those who are raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Kashmir and some parts of Jammu province. Credible sources said that when couple of leaders gave the idea of adopting soft approach towards stone pelters and other anti-national elements active in the Valley and other areas, a group within the Cor...   READ MORE   BJP activists up in arms against top brass, blame top leader for party becoming unpopular 8/7/2016 10:46:50 AM Early Times Report Jammu Aug 6 : If the state of mind of the workers and cadres across Jammu region is an indicator, then the party is in for real trouble. The workers are a distraught lot, this time over consecutive goof ups by none other than the top leader over his recent statements. The latest whimper in the party office is ‘ultimatum’ by the workers either wind up the party or replace the top leader who has become a constant source of tension for them. In a do or die situation for the workers of BJP, it is becoming increasingly difficult to handle the public anger over continuous statements of the top leader on Kashmir situation and the role of security forces in Burhan ...   READ MORE   Ram Madhav & Co to prepare roadmap for talks with separatists? Patnitop meet 8/7/2016 10:46:19 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 6: A number of BJP Union ministers, BJP national leaders and RSS bigwigs today gathered at Patnitop for two days to take stock of the situation in the restive Kashmir Valley and parts of Jammu province, including Kishtwar, Poonch, Banihar and Doda. A few local BJP leaders were also there to give inputs. Sources within the party revealed that the purpose of the two-day meaet, organized by India Foundation of which Madhav is one of the directors is to “prepare a roadmap for talks with Kashmiri separatists” and to “persuade them to give up the path of violence and start parleys with the Union Government to discuss what they want to discuss and what they actu...   READ MORE   Amid unrest, MLA daydreams of being inducted as Minister again Mungeri Lal Kay Haseen Sapnay! 8/7/2016 10:46:00 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 6: Amid ongoing unrest in Kashmir when the state government is struggling to restore law and order, a MLA here is daydreaming that he will soon be again inducted as minister in the state cabinet. ET learnt from reliable sources that the lawmaker from the Ruling Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), who was a prominent minister in the previous cabinet led by the then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, strongly believes that he would soon be calling the shots again. As per his loyalists, he is understood to be deriving this inspiration from having been invited by the party leadership to attend some crucial closed-door meetings in the recent past. Sources s...   READ MORE   Army likely to take control of Srinagar-Jammu highway Saahil Suhail 8/7/2016 10:44:20 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 6: As protests are continuing in Kashmir the, Jammu Kashmir Government is mulling to handover Srinagar-Jammu National Highway to Army to ensure smooth plying of vehicular traffic including convoy. Highly placed sources revealed to Early Times that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Army’s Northern Command Chief Lt Gen DS Hooda discussed the issue earlier this week. They said that duo during the meeting observed that to restore normalcy on National Highway was important as Kashmir is short of many essential services while as shutdown enforcers mostly teenagers damage ambulances, vehicles and target innocent civilians for visiting hospitals. “There h...   READ MORE   Dissident camp meet postponed, Jugal refuses to share stage with Tara Chand Congress on Cross Roads! 8/7/2016 10:43:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu , Aug 6 Even as former Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand has managed to get some supporters notwithstanding his being sidelined within the dissident camp, a clear division has emerged in the group thus triggering factionalism within the faction. The new development has created a state of confusion in the dissident camp where the members are not in a position to trust each other for chalking out their further course of action to get the target achieved. Owing to this mistrust and confusion, purposed meeting of the dissident group, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow at 11 a.m in a banquet hall somewhere near Kunjwani, was postponed today. As the meeting...   READ MORE   Public Services Guarantee Act succumbs to babu Public Services Guarantee Act succumbs to babu Peerzada Ummer 8/7/2016 10:38:33 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 6: The dilatory approach of the state dispensation for which Jammu and Kashmir is notoriously known has led to the failure of the much hyped Jammu and Kashmir Public Services Guarantee Act (JKPSGA) on ground with departments keeping least record of timely delivery of the government services. The state government enacted JKPSGA 2011 which came into force on August 10, 2011. The act was ought to provide delivery to the people of the state within the stipulated time limit and relate to the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. However, reports are coming to fore that various departments in Jammu and Kashmir government are keeping no rec...   READ MORE   GOM vindicates the critics of Agenda of Alliance Tackling Kashmir 8/7/2016 10:38:00 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Au 6: The critics of the March 1, 2015 PDP-BJP Agenda of Alliance had consistently rebuffed BJP national general secretary and one of the chief draftsmen of the Agenda of Alliance and asserted again and again claimed that it had two components – political and developmental. The claim of Ram Madhav and other top BJP leaders all along was that the Agenda of Alliance had more to do with development of the state than politics. “The Agenda of Alliance is a developmental agenda” was the refrain of Madhav and his ilk. On the contrary, its critics had repeatedly dismissed the Agenda of Alliance as an agenda of subversion and capitulation and new charter of bondage as ...   READ MORE   Time for India to follow Israel Menace of stone pelters 8/7/2016 10:37:43 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 6: Problem of stone throwers is not just confined to Kashmir. There are other countries as well which have fallen victim to the menace of stone throwers. Israel is one of them. And the problem in this country, which has been the target of many Muslim countries in general and Palestinians in particular, has assumed very alarming proportions like in Kashmir. The Israeli concern over the cult of stone throwers could be seen from the fact that with a span of just two weeks Tel Aviv took two steps to curb the menace. On July 21, the Israeli parliament approved a law that imposes up to 20 years in prison on people convicted of throwing rocks at moving vehicles. ...   READ MORE   DDE faculty duo’s proximity with VC influences decision making 8/7/2016 10:37:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu August 6: Day to day functioning in University of Jammu and Directorate of Distance Education in particular has stooped to a new low with the Vice Chancellor appearing to be under the influence of two permanent faculty members of DDE acting on their advice in certain official matters instead of consulting his team of reliable officials. Sources informed Early Times that these two faculty members have developed the habit of regularly visiting VC’s chamber to brief him about the day to day happenings in the varsity in general and DDE in particular and share the information with him. Sources informed that since both these faculty members are habitual of escaping...   READ MORE   Separatists' dictum is united "we" stand mainstream parties believe "divided we fall." (Behind the veil) 8/7/2016 10:37:02 AM Early Times Report Jammu,August 6 :- Since July 8 when Burhan Wani,commander of Hizbul Mujahideen was killed separatists have shown unity despite their ideological differences and ego problem.And during these 29 days mainstream political parties have been disunited because of ego problem and as a result of lack of will to prevail upon people to abandon the path of violence. In fact Kashmir issue and violence are a unifying force among the separatists.But violence in Kashmir has never remained a unifying force among the mainstream political parties.And if the PDP leadership and the one that represents the BJP start blaming the NC and the Congress and oth...   READ MORE   All is not well with BJP in J&K and at centre Against Kashmir policy 8/7/2016 10:36:42 AM Early times Report JAMMU, Aug 6: Troubles of the BJP are not ending; they are, in fact, multiplying with each passing moment. The situation has climaxed to the point that the concerned BJP lawmakers at the centre and in J&K have started debunking the claims of the RSS-BJP top brass that the situation in the state has started limping back to normalcy and charging their leadership with pursuing a self-destruct and nation-destruct policy in J&K. On Friday, two major developments took place, one each in Delhi and Jammu. In Delhi, BJP MP from Bihar and former Union Home Secretary RK Singh lambasted his own government at the centre and accused it of pursuing wrong policies in J&K vis-à-vis se...   READ MORE   Orthopaedician in Sarwal hospital wants all X rays done from his chosen Diagnostic centre Abodh Sharma 8/7/2016 10:36:24 AM Early Times report Jammu , Aug 6 Despite tall claims of the Government on regulating the erring health sector of the state which has been marred by unholy nexus between doctors and pharmaceutical companies, the mafia has thrived over the years, putting poor patients in deep hole. In one such incident, a doctor posted at Government hospital Sarwal in the winter capital has been openly referring the patients to a particular diagnostic centre of the city to get their X rays done, even as the hospital has a fully functional X ray unit. Patients have openly resented the unwarranted referrals of the Orthopaedician to a particular diagnostic centre for obvious reasons and have decided to fi...   READ MORE   Govt to counter Kashmir unrest through SPO jobs 8/7/2016 10:35:52 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 6: In a bid to counter ongoing unrest in Kashmir, which has claimed over 50 lives and left over 300 wounded, the government has played a trump card by offering youth jobs of Special Police Official (SPO)s in the Jammu and Kashmir Police. A notification in this regard has formally been posted on the official website of Jammu and Kashmir Police jkpolice.gov.in seeking applications from the youth between the age group and 18 to 28 years. Sources said a decision in this regard was taken after a meeting with Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Mufti who is also the Home Minister while senior ministers including Naeem Akhter are also privy to the nod to decisio...   READ MORE   MLAs criticize BJP ministers , say systemic failure responsible for ‘mess’ 8/7/2016 10:32:05 AM Early Times Report Jammu Aug 6 : In the day long hectic deliberations and discussions in at least three meetings held here, the bottom line was a dose of fresh admonishment with advice to the ministers to perform on the lines party expects them to or face consequences. While Kashmir situation and its fallout on party’s working and image was the core agenda of almost all the engagements during the day involving top brass of RSS and BJP, ministers’ performance remained the crucial part both the core group meeting followed by meeting of legislators, MPs and top level functionaries. Sources said in the backdrop of consistent complaints against the BJP ministers for a host of reasons recei...   READ MORE   60 injured as clashes continue across Kashmir, normal life continues to be paralyzed Jehangir Rashid 8/7/2016 10:30:42 AM Early Times report SRINAGAR, Aug 6: Around 60 persons’ sustained injuries as groups of protesters clashed with Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at various places in Kashmir even as normal life was crippled for the 29th consecutive day today due to curfew, restrictions and strike in the valley. At the same time the death toll in the continued Kashmir violence reached 58 as three more persons were killed in the firing of police and CRPF in Budgam and Baramulla districts on Friday. More than 300 persons had sustained injuries during day long clashes on Friday. Reports said that at least 40 persons including seven women were injured when police and CRPF lobbed teargas shells ...   READ MORE   Rains expose poor work on sanitation projects in J&K Crores drained off Saqib Junaid 8/7/2016 10:28:34 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR Aug 6: Even though crores of rupees have been spent on revamping sanitation system in Jammu and Kashmir over the years, situation has gone bad to worse in capital cities and even mild rains have exposed the poor quality of works. The moderate rains are exposing the claims of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Jammu Municipal Corporation about the drainage system in Srinagar and Jammu cities. Interestingly, an official of the SMC said the low lying areas would face problems of water logging whenever there is over 10 MM of down pour in Srinagar unless the adequate drainage system is put in place. “The submerging of low lying areas always happ...   READ MORE   Govt stops following Hurriyat calendar for issuing of curfew passes Issues fresh passes with extended validity 8/7/2016 10:24:17 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 6: Alarmed by Early Times report that the government was issuing curfew passes in Kashmir in accordance with the protest calendar announced by the Hurriyat Conference, the authorities on Saturday started issuance of fresh curfew passes. Unlike the previous passes, now onwards the curfew passes have validity till curfew or restrictions prevail in the Valley. Sources said the government top brass had taken a serious note of the blunder on the part of the administration to issue curfew passes in accordance with the “mood of the separatist leaders.” Sources said the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan was called to the Civil Secretariat to...   READ MORE   Violence, hartals divide Kashmir civil society 8/7/2016 10:21:47 AM Early Times Report Jammu Aug 5 The division is fast creeping in the civil society of the Kashmir over the logic of extending hartal and violent protests which already have claimed about 50 lives. A section of the intelligentsia and the members of the civil society is of the view while such methods have not achieved any thing in the past and this should end before the visit of the all-party delegation to the Kashmir. “We have already lost 50 lives. Six-year back more thatn 100 people were consumed by the senseless violence. Has it achieved any thing? Has the stand of the Government of India changed even a bit ? It’s time to introspect and start asking why we were setting our home on fir...   READ MORE

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