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BJP continues to play foul with Hindu community Jazya on pilgrimage 9/10/2015 11:59:08 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: It was on September 2 that Finance Minister in the PDP-BJP coalition Government Haseeb Drabu imposed 12.50 per cent service tax on Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage. As expected, the decision outraged the religious sensitivities of the Hindu community across the nation. Even the so-called secular parties, including the Congress and the National Conference, registered their emphatic protest against the provocative decision. They found in it an invaluable opportunity to expose the BJP and further lower its position in the eyes of its own constituency in Jammu and retrieve the lost ground in Jammu region. None had ever expected that the Congress would term the so-called service tax on heli-tickets as "Jazya tax", which was imposed on the Hindus during the Mughal rule, especially Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, but the Congress actually did that. Not only the NC and the Congress, almost all the political groups operating in Jammu and even Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), also condemned the decision. The VHP even threatened a nation-wide protest to force the PDP-BJP co...   READ MORE

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Omar can't fool people of Jammu, Ladakh Division of State imminent 9/10/2015 11:58:57 PM ET Report JAMMU, Sept 10: Working president of the defeated National Conference, Omar Abdullah, who, like other Kashmiri separatists and votaries of self-rule, has been championing the cause of Pakistan and indulging in politics of competitive sectarianism to restore the space his outfit lost over the years to the PDP in Kashmir and BJP in Jammu, has finally realized that the prevailing situation in the State has the potential of forcing people to demand division of the State. It appears, the possibility of the deprived regions of the State witnessing serious demands for the division of the State has frightened him and others of his ilk for obvious reasons. The division of the State would ...   READ MORE   Shocker! BJP MLA climbs on PSO's back to cross river 9/10/2015 11:58:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: In a shameful act, BJP MLA from Jammu's Chhamb area, Krishan Lal, crossed a river atop his Personal Security Officer's (PSO's) back some three months ago. Lal has been photographed crossing a shallow brook and the picture has gone viral on social networking sites. Ironically, Lal justified the act, and claimed that the PSO had been appointed to help him. "He is my PSO. He was hired to help me, right? Who else will help me," asked Lal, as he rubbished alleg...   READ MORE   Mattoo's day out with CM `I am with the boss' 9/10/2015 11:58:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 10: Former Vice Chancellor of Jammu University, Amitabh Matoo's appointment as Chief Minister's advisor has proved a shot in the arm for Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. Known for his administrative skills, Mattoo made many a head turn during his visit to the town and showed why he is important. He also showed why he is `with the boss'. Mattoo conveyed positive signals by attending all the meetings chaired by Chief Minister since yesterday. Today, Mattoo accomp...   READ MORE   BJP leader forcing JU to admit his kin for Ph D 9/10/2015 11:56:57 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 10: A senior BJP leader is pressuring Jammu University authorities to increase intake capacity for Ph D in Library and Information Sciences so that his relative, who has failed to secure admission, joins the programme. Well-placed sources told Early Times that the BJP stalwart, who is himself a professor in SKUAST-Jammu, is using his political affiliation to change the varsity norms. "There are two seats in the Library and Information Sciences for Ph D, and the department invited applications to fill the posts two months ago but the relative of the BJP leader could not secured admission," said sources. "Now using his political link the BJP leader has been ...   READ MORE   Health Minister turns to Astrology, gets door changed for good luck 9/10/2015 11:56:46 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: Believe it or not but Minister for Health and Medical Education has turned to astrology for reasons best known to him. If the sources in the Civil Secretariat are to be believed, Health Minister got the entrance door of his office changed. They said that Health Minister wanted to get the door of his office changed since someone had told him that the door was not in the right direction. They further said that he was told about door being in the wrong direction and hence, inauspicious things were happening to him. Sources affirmed that he got convinced and immediately requested Estates Department to change direction of the door. Bending to his wish, the...   READ MORE   CM orders survey of LIG, EWS families to assess requirement of housing colonies 9/10/2015 11:56:31 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today ordered Housing and Urban Development Department to carry out a comprehensive survey of houseless Low Income Group (LIG) families and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) so that a fair assessment is made about the actual requirement of housing colonies in the State. Laying emphasis on keeping provision of well-laid out roads, schools, hospitals, malls, parks and other basic amenities while developing group residential colonies and flatted accommodation, the Chief Minister said, as a matter of policy, a portion of flats should be earmarked for EWS and LIG families. The Chief Minister had also or...   READ MORE   How Omar's regime ruined career of 6000 NYCs Senior Abdullah sheds crocodile tears 9/10/2015 11:56:23 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 10: National Conference president and former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has extended support to the National Youth Corps (NYC) members who are on hunger strike in Srinagar for last 10 days to press for their demand of absorption in the Government sector. However, the truth is that it was the National Conference-Congress coalition regime led by Farooq's son Omar Abdullah that destroyed career of around 6,000 NYCs by passing a half-hearted cabinet order. As the aggrieved NYCs are demanding the PDP-BJP Government to implement a cabinet order passed by the previous regime, little do these innocent youth know that the order itself is a ...   READ MORE   Illegal extraction of sand continues in Kashmir despite ban 9/10/2015 11:56:09 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 10: Sand mafias in nexus with some Government agencies are illegally extracting sand in the Jhelum at many places in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, despite a ban on sand extraction across the State. The illegal extraction of sand is going unabated particularly during the night hours. "Illegal extraction of sand from the Jhelum is being done by some miscreants through mechanical boats. This has endangered the embankments of the Jhelum," an official of the Irrigation & Flood Control (I&FC) Department told Early Times. "The extraction of sand not only causes loss to mineral deposits but also changes the bed leveling of the river which ...   READ MORE   FD fails to maintain FDRR of Rs 535 Cr 9/10/2015 11:56:02 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: The slackness on the part of Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority of State Forest Department can be gauged from the fact that it failed to maintain a Fixed Deposit Receipt Register (FDRR) of 277 FDRs of Rs 535.30 crore in the name of the Authority. Sources told Early Times that the Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) did not maintain a Fixed Deposit Receipt Register (FDRR) indicating details of FDR's existing in the name of the Authority. Moreover the bank confirmations indicating actual amount of FDRs, actual date of investments, reinvestment, date of maturity, interest earned etc., a...   READ MORE   I&FC Deptt seeks Rs 80,000 as Xerox charges from RTI applicant 9/10/2015 11:39:15 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 10: The Irrigation & Flood Control (I&FC) Department has asked an RTI applicant to deposit Rs 80,000 as charges for photocopying of the documents he had sought. The information seeker Mudassir Manzoor Shah, a resident of Kadlabal, Pampore in south Kashmir, had filed an RTI application before Public Information Officer (PIO) I&FC Department at Batamaloo, Srinagar, through speedpost on 27.01.2015 seeking information including i. Complete detail of payments made by Sub Division Sonwar for river banks from Pampore to Chattabal Veer. ii. Allotment, extension and approvals. iii. Payment made for retaining wall and pitching. iv. Payment made for protecti...   READ MORE   CM for forming Basohli tourism development authority in Kathua 9/10/2015 11:39:15 PM Early Times Report Kathua, Sept 10: With an aim to tap the tourism and heritage potential of the historic Basohli town, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today issued directions for setting up a separate tourism development authority for Jammu and Kashmir's southern gateway. Announcing a new tourism development authority for Basohli in Kathua district, Sayeed said the town needs to be brought on the tourism map of the country. He also directed the Chief Secretary to sp...   READ MORE   Suspense continues over SSP Uttam Chand's posting People's delegation call on div com, oppose his posting in Jammu 9/10/2015 11:38:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: As the police headquarters (PHQ) has almost made up its mind to again post Uttam Chand as SSP, Jammu, a delegation of some people today called on divisional commissioner here and opposed the move, if any. He was SSP, Jammu, when the trouble had over four months back gripped Satwari over the killing of a youth in police firing on some people, who were protesting against the police act of removing Bhinderawala's posters from the area. As the protests turned violent thereafter and Satwari had to be placed under curfew, he was transferred. While SP (rural) was given the additional charge of SSP, Jammu, he had proceeded on protest leave. PHQ, however, wante...   READ MORE   Suspense continues over SSP Uttam Chand's posting People's delegation call on div com, oppose his posting in Jammu 9/10/2015 11:38:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 10: As the police headquarters (PHQ) has almost made up its mind to again post Uttam Chand as SSP, Jammu, a delegation of some people today called on divisional commissioner here and opposed the move, if any. He was SSP, Jammu, when the trouble had over four months back gripped Satwari over the killing of a youth in police firing on some people, who were protesting against the police act of removing Bhinderawala's posters from the area. As the protests turned violent thereafter and Satwari had to be placed under curfew, he was transferred. While SP (rural) was given the additional charge of SSP, Jammu, he had proceeded on protest leave. PHQ, however, wante...   READ MORE

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