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Karra wanted to be CM, tried to split PDP! 9/19/2016 11:58:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Even as PDP gave a mellow reaction to allegations made by Tariq Karra at the time of parting ways with the party contending it was her who had advocated alliance with BJP besides proposing name of Mehbooba Mufti as the Chief Minister, there are more layers to what has come to fore with regard to government formation in the second innings post demise of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in January this year. Sources said when PDP , Mehbooba Mufti took it long to decide over allying with BJP for second innings of government formation, Tariq Karra tried to rope in many legislators of the party to his fold while he cozied in New Delhi. There was a communication gap between him and the high command at that time and Karra tried to use 'back channel' in motivating them to be by his side as 'senior most' leader and co founder of the party. Even though Mehbooba Mufti was in huge dilemma for some other reasons over government formation, she was also in know of these 'games' played at the behest of Karra and one more leader who was later divested of the ministry po...   READ MORE

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Invites sharp criticism for seeking Mehbooba's resignation 9/19/2016 11:58:43 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: A day after Tariq Karra pitched for Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's resignation to pacify the current unrest, his remarks are being ridiculed by one and all in valley including the civil society groups and even by separatists. Tariq Karra in his recent interview had said that Mehbooba's resignation would douse the flames of the present unrest in Kashmir. "The anger may possibly be doused if the state government doesn't remain there. That is a popular view," Karra said. But he quickly added that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir needed a permanent solution to stop recurring bouts of violence in the state. "I have been vociferously speaking for a permane...   READ MORE   "Power hungry" BJP ready to swallow Kargil humiliation 9/19/2016 11:58:37 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Opposition Congress has given a severe setback to ruling BJP by giving unconditional support to PDP leader Kacho Ahmed Khan, at the cost of NC but the "power hungry" BJP leaders are not ready to take up this issue with its coalition partner PDP. Enjoying power first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, BJP leaders are fearing that taking up issue of humiliation with PDP leaders would annoy them so it is better to bear this shame to enjoy power. Credible sources in the BJP said that this issue was brought to the notice of BJP leaders by the Kargil unit of the party but state leadership has out-rightly rejected their objections and asked Kargil un...   READ MORE   Declares Islamabad innocent, exposes himself Geelani comes to Pak's rescue on Uri attack 9/19/2016 11:58:32 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: In a bid to bail out Pakistan of the dreadful Uri attack, pro-Pak separatist Syed Ali Geelani has started creating confusion over the incident while striving to prove Pakistan innocent. In a statement issued to press, Geelani while exhibiting a dubious face before the people has in one breath condemned the Uri encounter while on the other side declared Pakistan's non-involvement into the entire scene. Masquerading as Pakistan's advocate, Geelani has appealed that Islamabad should not be blamed for the Uri attack. "We as human beings feel pain and with sincere heart believe to promote universal brotherhood. We never derive pleasure from human su...   READ MORE   Uri attack shakes GoI 'Surgical strikes' on terror camps likely 9/19/2016 11:58:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: Shocked at the deadliest attack on Army brigade headquarter in Uri area of frontier Kashmir where at least 17 jawans were killed and another 19 wounded on Sunday, the Central Government is contemplating "surgical strikes" on terror camps in Muzaffarbad area of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Early Times learnt from highly placed sources. The sources said the Central Government has started discussing the matter threadbare with defence strategists, whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally monitoring every development to decide future course of action, aimed to "bring end to terror strikes on India land." Sources said the initiative for milita...   READ MORE   IRCON snapping street lights, plunging city into darkness 9/19/2016 11:58:17 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Entrusted with the job of revamping the power infrastructure in the state, IRCON is working in highly arbitrary and insensitive manner and there has been no check on the lack of accountability on part of the company from any quarter. The company, which in the process of laying new supply lines, transformers and allied power infrastructure is snapping the connections of the existing street lights in different localities of the city, plunging these localities into darkness and jeopardizing the safety and security of the residents. A concerned resident from a locality in Talab Tillo area of the city said while expressing anguish, "there are open manholes...   READ MORE   54 blocks being manned by Panchayat Inspectors, VLWs Adhocism galore in RDD Jammu 9/19/2016 11:58:10 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: More skeletons are tumbling out from the cupboard of Rural Development Department (RDD), as apart from additional charges of blocks to BDOs, more than four dozen blocks in Jammu division are being headed by the Panchayat Inspectors or Mukhya Sevika. Sources said that presently 52 out of total 148 blocks are being headed by Panchayat Inspectors and Mukhya Sevika. "Adhocism in the department has nurtured under the patronage of politicians, and three hilly districts of Jammu division are worse victim of in charge system, where 50 per cent of blocks are being Panchayat Inspectors" said an official of the department. "In Udhampur district...   READ MORE   BJP MLA's henchmen thrash ET's whistleblower, threaten to kill him Ruling party pressurizing admin to fudge reality for filing counter-case 9/19/2016 11:57:54 PM Early Times Report Rajaori, Sept 19: In broad daylight, the henchmen of BJP leader and MLA Ravinder Raina on Tuesday mercilessly beat Early Times' whistleblower in Sunderbani area here even as they threatened to kill him. The incident happened in Lahoti area of Sunderbani when villagers this morning at around 11:30 AM called the whistleblower to see for himself as to how Ravinder Raina was "illegally getting funds allotted for public works in one area, diverted to his vote bank." As the vi...   READ MORE   Will become army doctor to fulfil father's dream: Uri martyr's son 9/19/2016 11:56:45 PM Early Times Report Samba, Sept 19: Ten-year-old Vansh, the eldest of the two sons of Havildar Ravi Paul Salotra, is aware that his father was martyred in the Uri terror attack but that has only strengthened his resolve to don the olive greens to serve the nation and avenge the killing. Ravi Paul of 10 Dogra Regiment was one of the 18 brave soldiers who lost their lives while fighting the four terrorists who attacked the Army Brigade Headquarters in Uri sector of Baramulla district yesterday...   READ MORE   JU VC goes fb way, refuses to crack whip; correct wrongs 9/19/2016 11:56:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 19: Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University (JU) Prof. Ramji Dass Sharma has been using social networking website facebook to respond to critics of his policies and alleged administratively wrong decisions. The view of the civil society is that Sharma may be making efforts to root out Goondaism and corruption from the university but he has no right to continue with wrongs which Vice-Chancellors prior to him have allegedly done. Across the Jammu, civil society is of the view that he should not have allowed the nepotist elements in the university to continue manning top positions. But he not only allowed them to continue on top position but went two steps ahead...   READ MORE   Handwara Police post attacked 9/19/2016 11:48:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: Militants attacked a Police post at Langate in Handwara on Monday evening, reports said. Militants opened fire at the checkpost without causing any damage. Its in place to mention here that on Sunday, four militants attacked an Army camp in Uri sector, killing 18 Army personnel. The four militants were killed in the encounter. Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised a strong and swift response to the terrorist attack. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh blamed Pakistan for the attack after initial investigations revealed that the assault rifles used by the militants had Pakistani marking. Jasih-e-Mohammed is believed to be behind the Uri attack....   READ MORE   Govt orders transfers, posting of KAS officers 9/19/2016 11:48:19 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: Government on Monday ordered following transfers and postings. Mohammad Rafi, KAS, Additional Secretary to the Government, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, is transferred and posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Baramulla-Kupwara [Kamraz], against an available vacancy. Shahnawaz Bukhari, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, is transferred and posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Srinagar, against an available vacancy. Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, is transferred and posted as Regional Dir...   READ MORE   2 soldiers from Jammu martyred in Uri attack, border villages in mourn 9/19/2016 11:28:57 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: A pal of gloom descended the bordering villagers here after news about the death of two soldiers from remote belts of this winter capital was received by the family members. Two army jawans from bordering Ramgarh and Bishnah villages of Jammu region sacrificed their lives for the country in Uri attack yesterday in which 18 soldiers attained martyrdom and around 25 got injured while all four fidayeens were eliminated. Subedar Karnail Singh, of village Shib...   READ MORE   Geelani, Mirwaiz face public wrath People's miseries pileup, thanks to protest calendar of separatists 9/19/2016 11:26:37 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: Two days after Syed Ali Geelani warned banks to stop their operations, the Valley is feeling cash crunch, with the people slamming separatists for adding to their miseries. Geelani in his statement castigated few branches of the J&K Bank over remaining open and functioning in a routine course. One of the branches of the bank namely MA Road was mentioned in Geelani's press release. On Monday, the MA Road branch was closed. The gates were sealed and no employee entered inside the premises. The people who came for cash transfer and withdrawal had to return disappointed. The closure of the banks in Valley has been castigated by one and all here, wi...   READ MORE   Soz bats for unity among all Kashmiri parties Congress' insensitivity 9/19/2016 11:26:30 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 19: The nation was in a state of shock on Sunday in the aftermath of the Uri attack on the strategic Army camp and asking for stringent action against Pakistan, the mastermind of attack. It was only natural. After all, the attack had martyred 18 jawans and the attack was described by many as the biggest ever attack in years. Just at a time when the whole of the nation was in a state of mourning, for JKPCC chief and former Union Minister Saif-ud-Din Soz came out with a suggestion that all the Kashmiri parties must join hands so that all Kashmiris spoke in one voice and so that the Kashmir issue could be resolved. The PDP, the Congress, the NC, the CPI-M, ...   READ MORE   Despite Edu minister's directive, BOSE indecisive about exams 9/19/2016 11:26:23 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: Though Education Minister Naeem Ahktar has directed the Board of School Education (BOSE) to conduct board examinations on time in Kashmir division, the board seems to be unclear about how to hold the exams particularly of Class X and XII. The minister has directed the BOSE to set in motion its men and machinery to prepare the ground for smooth conduct of all coming Board examinations including of 10th and 12th standard. An official in the Education department told Early Times that the board has not been able to decide about the annual exams. He admitted that it is a challenging situation for the department. "If they will curtail ...   READ MORE   Army to repatriate land under its control Governor's initiative to transform in to reality 9/19/2016 11:26:11 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 19: The army has decided to repatriate the land belonging to various agencies that had been under its control for years. The decision to this effect was taken during the Governor's rule though it was delayed owing to some political considerations. According to sources, the army has decided to hand over the land under its control at Tatto ground, land of Jammu university, the land adjoining Jammu airport and also land in kargil that has come under the expansion of the airport there. Decision to this affect was conveyed to the Chief Minister recently and the formal announcement will be made shortly. The decisions were taken during the Govenor's rule. T...   READ MORE   SIC's online portal fails to deliver Justice ? Pending RTI appeals, complaints 9/19/2016 11:26:02 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 19: The online portal launched by State Information Commission (SIC) to file appeals and complaints before the commission has failed to deliver justice as majority of these complaints remain unaddressed. SIC had launched this online portal few months back , but it has failed to address the grievances of the people. It was felt that People aggrieved with Government offices of not giving them response under Right to Information Act (RTI) won't have to personally go to State Information Commission (SIC) for filing appeals and complaints against these public authorities as SIC had provided an online facility of filing the appeals and complaints against su...   READ MORE   NIA team reaches Uri, holds meetings with top officials Security tightened across north Kashmir 9/19/2016 11:25:56 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report Baramulla (Uri), Sep 19: A day after the bloody attack on the brigade headquarters at Uri in which 18 jawans have been killed and over 30 injured, a high level team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) has reached Uri to take stock of the situation and investigate various aspects of the attack reportedly by the militants of JeM, a militants organization operating from Pakistan. The day after attack, various Pakistan made items, weapons have been recovered from the site of attack including AK-47 rifle 4, UBGL 4, UBGL grenades 37, hand grenades 5, GPS 2, Matrix sheets 2, Radio sets 2, food packets, medicines and other war like stores which will be...   READ MORE   Police takes strong objection to circulation of fake news about death of girl Fails to register case against 'anti-social' elements 9/19/2016 11:25:49 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 19: The Jammu & Kashmir Police has taken strong objection to the posting of wrong news regarding the death of a girl in South Kashmir's Shopian district on popular social networking sites. Interestingly, no case under relevant section has been registered with regard to this incident. Reports said some of the persons circulated news on social networking sites that a girl namely Khushboo died while clashes were on in the Vehil village of South Kashmir's Shopian district. The news led to anger and panic among the residents of the village and groups of people clashed with police and security forces against the killing of the girl. The ...   READ MORE   VC overturns recommendation of Director DDE 'Post of Asstt Prof changed to Sociology to accommodate blue-eyed' 9/19/2016 11:20:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: The University of Jammu (JU) is being run by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Ramji Dass Sharma on his own whims and fancies leaving aside the authority of all other top officials hence throwing all established norms and procedures to wind. The recent in the line is creation of one post of Assistant Professor in Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) in the subject of Sociology whereby the then Director of DDE had recommended the post in the subject of Statistics. According to sources, the Vice Chancellor deliberately made the change i.e. from Statistics to Sociology for personal reasons as he wanted to avoid creation of post of Assistant Professor in St...   READ MORE   Another soldier succumbs to injuries; toll reaches 18 9/19/2016 11:20:34 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Another soldier succumbed to injuries in a New Delhi hospital, taking the toll in the Uri attack on Sunday to 18. Sepoy K Vikas Janardhan who was shifted to R&R Hospital, New Delhi, on Sunday in a critical condition succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning. In a deadly attack on an Army base in Uri, close to the Line of Control (LoC), 18 soldiers were killed and 23 others were injured when four members of Jaish-e-Mohammad stormed the base. The four militants were also killed in the gunfight. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday led senior Army and police officials in paying tributes at the wreath-laying ceremony for the killed soldier...   READ MORE   Nation wants action, not official condemnation Uri attack 9/19/2016 11:20:29 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 19: It would be misnomer to call the Pakistani attack on Uri Army camp as terrorist attack. It was not terrorist attack; it was an open act of war unleashed on India by Pakistan and the attack was well-planned. The dreaded attack left 18 of our jawans killed and dozens others wounded, some of them seriously. 13 of the soldiers were virtually burned alive when they were sleeping. Pakistan caused this act of war through Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists who were liquidated by the Army after they had caused damage and martyred our soldiers. This was the biggest attack in a decade and it established that Pakistan was behind it. The terrorists who were liquidated w...   READ MORE   Uri attack: Militants had changed their look to portray as Indian soldiers 9/19/2016 11:20:22 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 19: The security establishments probing the deadliest suicide attack on Army in Uri have observed that militants had changed their get up to portray themselves as the soldiers of Indian Army with the sole motive to inflict as much causalities as possible. The security establishments are also believed that the highly inflammable explosive powder was used in the attack which caused more causalities. Sources told early TIMES that after examining the bodies of militants killed in the attack, it was observed that they had tried their best to resemble the Indian Army soldiers. "They had done a zero hair cut and were almost clean shaved, th...   READ MORE   Uri attack: 'Let's teach Pakistan a lesson' 9/19/2016 11:20:16 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 19: In the aftermath of Sunday's deadliest attack on the army by terrorists in Uri, there are growing voices in India who want to teachPakistan a lesson. Many say that India needs to break all ties with Pakistan while some seek punishment to the perpetrators and others advocate a war againstPakistan. Various defence analysts have different take on it but believe India needs to give strongest reply to perpetrators of the Uri attack in which 18 soldiers have died so far. "It's time we snatched the tactical advantage away from Pakistan by countering such an attack and showed them what the Indian army iscapable of doing," said military analyst, retired ...   READ MORE   Kin of deceased accuse police of shielding accused in-laws of girl Married woman's death: 9/19/2016 11:04:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 19: Relative and family member of the deceased namely Madhu Sharma who allegedly was burnt alive by her husband, father and mother in law at village Nagrota (Utterbani) today alleged that the police shielding the accused and is bent to make deceased death as 'suicide'. Addressing a press conference here today, the aggrieved family told reporters that the concerned police says that deceased committed suicide rather than being killed by her in laws. Demanding a ...   READ MORE

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