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| Resentment growing against BJP over selection of candidates | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: The resentment in BJP over selection of candidates by dropping senior leaders and giving mandate to new entrants in the party is growing by the day, with more senior leaders expressing their open opposition to the party decision.
According to sources after the open revolt by party's women wing against the decision, members and senior leaders of party's SC Morcha have also shown their resentment over the selection of candidates for ensuing municipal elections in Jammu.
Sources said that in ward 61 of Raipur Damana Mandal SC Morcha of the party has launched a strong protest against party leadership over the changing of name of a candidate cleared by Elect... | |
| | | | Many displaced KPs return to Kashmir for polls | | 'Will work to bring two communities together' | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Sept 25: Braving militant threats, a number of displaced Kashmiri Pandits have returned to Kashmir Valley to participate in the upcoming municipal elections.
According to reports, some of the KPs have got tickets from the BJP while others are contesting as independent candidates
In south Kashmir's Anantnag district, 27 candidates filled nomination papers for Achabal, Qazigund and Kokernag municipal committees as September 25 was last day for filling nomination papers for municipal bodies falling in first phase as per the notification issued by Chief Electoral Office.
Among the contestants is a young Rishap Bali, an engineering graduate. After ... | |
| | | | `Exiled Pandits have lost faith in democratic process' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: Over seven lakh displaced Kashmiri Pandits have lost interest in democratic process of the country as successive Governments and political parties during last 29 years of their exile have failed in their honourable and dignified return and rehabilitation in Kashmir Valley.
Though successive State Governments since 1996 have oft repeated claimed that return and rehabilitation of Pandits was top on their agenda but no Government or political party showed any determination in this regard.
Sources said lack of political will to settle Kashmir crisis and rehabilitation of over seven lakh exiled Pandits in their motherland has been a cause of concern for ex... | |
| | | | 'Senior Party Leader deceived us' alleges BJP District President | | Alas! BJP couldn't find a candidate in Kokernag | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
anantnag, Sept 25: In South Kashmir's Kokernag area, despite rigorous efforts Bharatiya Janta Party couldn't find a single candidate to contest municipal elections.
As per official reports, a total of 22 candidates filled nomination papers on Tuesday for taking part in scheduled municipal elections but none among them was contesting on BJP ticket. Among contesting candidates, 10 belong to Congress while 12 others are contesting as independents.
As per official information, 40 candidates filled nomination papers for Kokernag, Qazigund and Achabal Municipal Committees as [25th of September 25, 2018] was last day for filling nomination papers for municipal ... | |
| | | | Model Code of Conduct leaves admin 'lazy' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: The administration, which had otherwise been on the toes during the Governor's rule, is suddenly being seen as allegedly lazy with the announcement of Model Code Of Conduct for the upcoming Urban Local Body polls.
With the Model Code of Conduct to continue across the state at length till ending October, the transfers cannot take place till then.
Sources said many of the officials have started thinking that as no transfers can take place till then, "there would be no accountability of works underway till then."
Though the civil secretariat is in Kashmir and official machinery should be more active, the work on various development projects including co... | |
| | | | Omar rejects Rahul's mandir politics | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 25: NC vice-president and former Jammu & Kashmir Minister Omar Abdullah is not really happy with his friend AICC president Rahul Gandhi. He is unhappy because Rahul Gandhi is taking recourse to soft Hindutva and visiting temples to woo voters across the nation.
He has said that visits to temples will not help Rahul Gandhi and his Congress restore the political space it has lost to the BJP and that if he really wishes to recapture the lost space, he has no other option but to seek people's mandate on people-centric planks. Rahul Gandhi and his Congress would lose 2019 in case he continued to indulge in Hindutva, soft or otherwise, Omar Abdullah said the ot... | |
| | | | Upcoming ULB elections: Former Congress Corporators rue party's neglect | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: The State Congress party has sharply come under criticism in the process of finalization of its candidates for Urban Local Bodies elections slated to be held in the next month by out rightly ignoring its senior, experienced leaders and former Corporators by not involving them in decision making.
Sources told Early Times that the former Corporators of Jammu Municipal Corporation from the Congress party, who were well aware of the ground position of the party in different wards and about the deserving candidates, but State Congress party kept them away.
Reliable sources informed that even former mayor JMC and senior Congress leader Narinder Singh, was als... | |
| | | | Reasi school 'forces' poor students to labour | | | | Early Times Report
REASI, Sept 25: The students studying at Government High School Dadva in Pouni here are allegedly forced to labor by the school staff.
The schoolchildren and their parents complained that instead of imparting proper education, the school staff makes the kids do labor including lifting of boulders.
"The schoolchildren most of whom come from poor families, are also regularly made to clean the school premises and once the process is complete they are made to carry the dustbin out to dump the trash outside," the locals said. The schoolchildren confirmed the same adding that their precious time goes waste.
The parents said despite filing of numerous complaints the "school ... | |
| | | | Answer script for revaluation has 2 handwritings | | BOSE shields culprits | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: The J&K Board of School Education (BOSE) has once again come under scanner after an answer script of a candidate who had applied for revaluation was returned from Srinagar office with objection that the answer script has two handwritings.
Sources in the BOSE revealed that a candidate of Class 10th of 2018 (annual) of Jammu province had applied for revelation as the candidate secured only 12 marks in the said exam.
The answer scripts were sent to Board office at Srinagar for revaluation, but the answer script was returned to the Board office at Jammu with the objections that it had two different handwritings.
"After the objections were received in the B... | |
| | | | Terrorists trying to shift base ahead of Panchayat polls | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: Terrorists operating in the Valley are trying to shift their base from south to north Kashmir to disrupt the forthcoming Panchayat polls.
Sources told Early Times that terrorists and their handlers are aware of the fact that people in north Kashmir are keen to contest the Panchayat polls and they would come forward in large numbers to participate in the exercise.
An official said that to create fear in Sopore area terrorists on Sunday night abducted a 45-year old labourer and after labeling him as an informer of the security forces shot him dead.
He said that terrorists are resorting to such acts to instill fear and insecurity among the people so ... | |
| | | | Trusting Pakistan would be suicidal | | Needed: Hard Approach | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 25: India and Pakistan are again face to face with each other. They are trading charges and counter-charges against each other after New Delhi cancelled the meeting between External Affairs Minister (MEA) Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The announcement that Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan would meet on the sidelines of the UNGA session had given some to understand that both the countries would work together to establish peace in the region, but it was not to be as Pakistan showed its ugly face once again by bleeding the Indian nation in the Jammu's Ramgarh Sector and killing three cops in South Kashmir in a short s... | |
| | | | House damaged due to PMGSY work | | Victims still waiting for compensation | |  Arun Jasrotia
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Sept 25 : Dev Raj, a poor resident of Ghorla village in block Ghordi of District Udhampur is waiting for the compensation from PMGSY department after his house was damaged in the work undertaken by the said department in 2017.
Mantoo Devi victim while talking to Early Times said that the family didn't get single penny for the damages to their house .
"We live in miserable condition; spend nights in neighbourhood as we have no resources to co... | |
| | | | Water Policy draft gathers dust in JK | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 25: It has been around 18 months since the drafting of 'Water Policy' by J&K, but its implementation remains a distant dream.
The then government framed a draft for the first ever 'State Water Policy' in March 2017. In it, it was stressed for preparation of a master plan for flood-prone areas and called for various measures to prevent floods in the Valley in future.
"Measures to establish the extensive networks for flood forecasting, to give timely warnings to the people likely to be effected shall also be outlined. A roadmap for determination of the limits of the flood basins and the necessary exercises to be carried out shall be prepared," the draf... | |
| | | | SIC directs to allow inspection under RTI | | Information sought into purchases made by Director (R) SKUAST (J) | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 25: State Information Commission (SIC) has directed Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences Jammu (SKUAST- J) to allow an information seeker to undergo inspection of official record under the provisions of J&K RTI Act 2009 in the office of Director Research. The information seeker wanted details of purchases made by the office but the same was denied by the said office and the case finally landed before SIC who directed the SKUAST Jammu to allow the inspection of records as the information was voluminous .
Details available with Early Times reveal that on 11.11.2017 an RTI application was filed by one Ashish Sharma, S/o Ram Rattan, R/o. Pano... | |
| | | | Staffers take Allopathic Sub Centre Phangial for a ride | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Sept 25: The Government Allopathic Sub Centre Phangial near here is functioning at the will of its staffers and it reflects that the norms laid down by the concerned authorities are simply ignored.
While the time of opening of such health centers and other government offices is 8:00 am, even by 11:00 am no doctor, no nurse and no staffer were available.
Susmita Devi, a local working in her agriculture fields informed that these days the vi... | |
| | | | Junaid Mattu's resignation from NC triggers speculation that he might return to original fold | | Likely to make it big in civic polls | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 25: Resignation of National Conference spokesman Junaid Azim Mattu from the party fold here today has given enough scope for rumours that he might return to the party where from he defected and joined National Conference.
Once a darling of Peoples Conference (S) Chairman, Sajad Gani Lone, Mattu took the centre stage while seeking 'freedom' (Azadi) for Kashmiris. He used to preach secessionism though his write-ups in one of the English dailies published from Srinagar.
Mattu was one of the important members of Peoples Conference (S) and was looked upon as deputy of Lone when it comes to leadership skills. At times he used to spew ven... | |
| | | | Govt to enhance honorarium of SPOs, Urges them to be careful especially while visiting home | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 25: The Jammu and Kashmir Government is enhancing honorarium for Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Jammu and Kashmir, who have been helping security forces to tackle militancy.
Sources claimed that Centre has agreed the proposal of the state government which was submitted by the Government headed by Governor Satya Paul Malik.
"Since SPOs have played a vital role in combating militancy in the Valley and due to its popularity among youths, the government has decided to do more for them," sources said.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had enhanced the honorarium of Special Police Officers (SPOs) of Jammu and Kashmir from 3000 to 600... | |
| | | | Two militants killed in Sopore encounter | | Arms, ammunition recovered | | | Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Sept 25: Two militants were killed in an encounter that erupted between militants and security forces in Nowpora Tujjer Shareef area some seven kilometers away from the main township of Sopore in this north Kashmir district.
A senior police official said that, on Monday late evening, a joint team of security forces including army, police and CRPF launched searches in Nowpora adjacent to Tujjer Shareef area, following reports of presence of militants in the area.
"The operation was put on hold for night, and by the time the whole area was cordoned off, so that militants could not escape from the area", the police official said.
The of... | |
| | | | Private coaches can't use SC infrastructure: Secretary | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 25: Sensing nexus between some of the sports officials and the private coaches of skating who were allegedly permitted to take classes at skating rink at Indoor Sports Complex, the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council issued orders for prohibiting the private Coach/Instructor/Trainer for using the Council infrastructure for Coaching purposes or conduct coaching classes within the Sports Council premises.
As per order no. 550 of 2018 dated 29-09-2018, the secretary Sports Council has clearly stated that un-authorized private Coach/Instructor/Trainer use the Council infrastructure for Coaching purposes or conduct coaching classes within the Sports Council... | |
| | | | Single Source communication system down in forward villages near LoC | | | | Early Times Report
Poonch, Sept 25: Depending upon the single source communication in twelve forward villages of Balakote sector near LoC were suffering at the hands of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd ( BSNL) as the services of the wireless loop (WLL) the only means of communication is said to be down for the last couple of days due to technical snag sources said here today.
The affected villages include Dharati, Suhala, Panjani Chaper Dhara, Burthi, Kangra, Batori, Tarkundi, Dabbi, Bassomi and Famgot. The villagers alleged the lackadaisical approach of the telecom company for its delay to restore the single communication source in the area as these villages had no service of internet or mo... | |
| | | | Planning Deptt employees angry at SAC decision | | 'Accounts Service Financial Service should be merged' | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 25: The Planning, Development and Monitoring Department employees have decided to protest against recent State Administrative Council (SAC) decision to transfer the former's powers to Finance Department.
Recently, the Finance Department issued an order vide no: 407-FD of 2018, dated 20-09-2018. The order states that allocation of expenditure functions and related issues of authorization, releases, revalidation, re-appropriation etc are transferred from Planning Development and Monitoring Department to the Finance Department.
Also, the allocation of functions as listed at Annexure "A" rests with the Finance Department and functions lis... | |
| | | | 7 years on, Saddal Bridge still incomplete | | PWD setting benchmarks of laziness | |  Arun Jasrotia
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Sept 25: After decades of relentless struggle,the people of Tehsil Moungri District Udhampur got a motorable bridge sanctioned at Saddal Nallah and construction work thereof started by the PWD (R&B) division Udhampur, but seven years since then, the bridge is far from completion, putting serious question mark on the work culture within PWD.
Locals while Talking to Early Times said that the people were extremely pained by the abandonment of t... | |
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