FRONT PAGE STORIES |
|
|
| ECI seeks details of areas which get snowbound in early December | | CEO designates returning officers for 87 JK constituencies | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12 : In a significant development the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer Jammu & Kashmir today formally set process of assembly elections into motion by initiating the work for poll schedule and appointment of returning officers for all the 87 assembly constituencies across Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources told Early Times that Election Commission of India has asked the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jammu and Kashmir to submit a detailed proposal about the phasing of the polls within a week's time. Following the development, the Chief Electoral Officer of the state Umang Narulla issued a notification designating Government officia... | |
| | | | Jr Soz exposes 'corrupt practices' of NC-Cong regime | | Asks ECI to keep eye over 'transfer industry' | | | Srinagar, Oct 12: "Mistrust" within the ruling NC- Congress coalition touched a new low today when Congress party appealed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to keep an eye on JK's "transfer industry." The national spokesperson of Congress Salman Anees Soz issued a detailed statement this evening about how transfer industry functions in Jammu and Kashmir. "The ECI may be aware that following the massive flooding in J&K, the Government had issued a directive on September 15 stopping all transfers, which was appropriate at the time. As the situation improved, the Government issued an order on October 11, revoking its September 15 order," he said.
Salman Anees Soz, who is the son of Jamm... | |
| | | | Fissure in coalition: Aggressive Cong to take on NC on allotting plots to border residents at safer places | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 12: Congress leaders of Jammu district are not happy with their party ministers who have failed to strongly take up the case of border residents in the government.
Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Prof Saif-ud-Soz today especially called media interaction to give an impression that Congress was going to strongly take up the issue of providing alternative land to the border people, living with five kilometres of International Border (IB). Prof Soz announced that in the next Cabinet meeting Congress ministers would force the government to take decision on this long pending issue.
Prof Soz said that at any cost Congress Ministers would get this iss... | |
| | | | 2 hurt as Pak again targets BSF posts, villages along IB | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Pakistan again shelled Indian posts and villages along the International Border (IB) here, resulting in injuries to two persons.
"The Pak Rangers targeted 15 border outposts (BoPs) along the IB overnight, resulting injuries to three persons in Jammu district," official sources said.
BSF troops retaliated effectively and intermittent firing and mortar shelling was continuing when last reports came in.
Sources said after heavy firing, Pakistani Rangers reso... | |
| | | | 60 posts, including 16 of doctors vacant in DH Kishtwar | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Oct 12: Kishtwar District Hospital that caters the vast area including the areas from neighboring Himachal Pradesh state and Gandoh and Thatri of Doda District having a population of over four lacs is lacking proper staff. There are 60 different posts laying vacant in the hospital including 16 posts of general category doctors and four posts of doctors under NRHM.
As per an official document the copy of which is available with Early Times, 60 different posts are lying vacant in District Hospital Kishtwar including 10 posts of Medical Officers, one post of consultant Dentist, two posts of consultant Gynecologist, one post of consultant Pediatric (Child speciali... | |
| | | | Geelani, other separatists were also on the same boat | | Assembly polls | | | Neha
JAMMU, Oct 12: Pakistani agent and enemy of Kashmiri Muslims Syed Ali Shah Geelani has, as expected, opposed the suggestion that elections to the J&K Legislative Assembly be held on due dates. Geelani & Co has been opposing electoral and democratic exercises since decades now, but the Kashmiri Muslims always disregarded his diktats and participated in electoral exercises in large numbers, leave aside a few pockets here and there in the Valley proper. Even the international community has appreciated this fact and on several occasions said that all the electoral exercises after 1996 were free and fair and the people elected those by whom they wanted themselves to be represented in the... | |
| | | | 89 percent without operation theatres, labour rooms missing in 60 percent | | Politically motivated PHCs, Health Sub-centres! | | | *Even water, electricity not available
Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Oct 12: Having been allegedly opened for purely political reasons, Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub-Centres are facing serious infrastructure blues in Jammu and Kashmir with 89 percent having no operation theatre and around 60 percent without proper labour room.
Released by Statistics Division of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on October 10, Rural Health Statistics have brought out worrying picture of health services available in Sub-Centres (SCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) of Jammu and Kashmir. State government has created 637 Primary Heath Centres (PHCs) in various rural habitations ac... | |
| | | | Politicians deaf to public outcry as Jammu- Akhnoor road gorges precious lives | | Four-lanning project lost in oblivion | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Oct 12: Political insensitivity, coupled with administrative red tape, is responsible for tens of fatal accidents on the 27 kilometers stretch of road between Jammu and Akhnoor whose four lanning has been put on hold despite pressing need and huge public outcry.
705 road accident cases were registered in the sub divisions of Domana and Akhnoor as a result of which 90 persons were killed and 1008 others got injured in them during the last two years.
Heavy concentration of population has been witnessed towards the eastern stretch of the city coupled with establishment of several important residential localities, educational institutions and commercial hubs which have ... | |
| | | | Politicians deaf to public outcry as Jammu- Akhnoor road gorges precious lives | | Four-lanning project lost in oblivion | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Oct 12: Political insensitivity, coupled with administrative red tape, is responsible for tens of fatal accidents on the 27 kilometers stretch of road between Jammu and Akhnoor whose four lanning has been put on hold despite pressing need and huge public outcry.
705 road accident cases were registered in the sub divisions of Domana and Akhnoor as a result of which 90 persons were killed and 1008 others got injured in them during the last two years.
Heavy concentration of population has been witnessed towards the eastern stretch of the city coupled with establishment of several important residential localities, educational institutions and commercial hubs which have ... | |
| | | | PCB not harvesting rainwater, without requisite structure | | 'Green Infrastructure not prevalent in state' | | | K Koushal
Jammu, Oct 12 : It would not be wrong to say that the state Pollution Control Board (PCB) is oblivious to the much popular concept of 'Green Infrastructure', which is evident from the fact that its head office at Gladni, Narwal, is without rainwater harvesting structure.
The board, empowered to label a building or an industry 'illegal' by not issuing the CFE (consent for establishment) certificate, if the building or industry does not harvest rainwater, is itself not harvesting rain water at all.
According to a local scientist working on water pollutants, no government building in Jammu region has rainwater harvesting structure. "The board, which is supposed to issue guidelin... | |
| | | | Flood victims aghast over sand extraction in Kulgam | | Authorities watch helplessly | | | Saahil Suhail
Kulgam, Oct 12: Outraged at illegal extraction of sand from Nallah Vishoo here in South Kashmir, residents of flood-hit areas of Kulgam district have demanded immediate action against the people involved in this illegal trade.
Illegal sand extraction from the Nallah Vishoo near Mah, Mahgund, Nowpora Kulgam and adjoining villages is posing a threat to the embankments, locals said. They said a few contractors in nexus with the officials of Fisheries and Geology Mining Department have started carrying out the illegal sand extraction again after the devastating floods. They said that district administration which is already aware of the fact that the illegal sand extraction d... | |
| | | | Postponement of exams gives Govt teachers feel of freedom from "discomfort" | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: The government decision to defer examinations up to the higher secondary level for 2013- 2014 session till March 2015 has given teachers a feel of freedom from discomfort and anxiety involved in their day to day work in schools. The government school teachers, who were not affected by the September rains and the resultant floods, have already become less burdensome after the deluge inundated the valley.
The syllabus of all the subjects is almost complete. Since the exam dates stand postponed now, students will prefer to sit homes and prepare for their exams. They will not like to waste their time by unnecessarily taking rounds of their schools. And, if ... | |
| | | | Summons issued against six AFSCONS officers | | Molestation, thrashing of woman | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Oct 12: Taking cognizance of the charges leveled by a woman complainant, Judicial Magistrate Munsiff Ramban has issued summons against six including the General Manager of the AFSCON company who were accused of thrashing and molesting the complainant in the Gool area.
The alleged accused have been summoned by the court on November 3 after they were found involved in the criminal offences under section 294,341,323,354,501,504 RPC.
The incident took place in Gool area in district Ramban when six persons identified as Prakesh Supervisor CPE department, Shiv Kumar P&A 2, Roop Singh P&A 1,Milind Palsul Manager Accounts and Bhupendra Rawal Manager Crusher Plant Sunga... | |
| | | | Congress in self-destruction mode | | Separation from Kashmir the only option left for Jammu | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 12: The Kashmiri ruling elite in collaboration with the Congress party has once again let down the people of Jammu province. The case in point is the recent appointment of Chairman and members of the J&K Public Service Commission. That the ruling coalition comprising the NC and the Congress didn't find any person from Jammu capable of holding the top job in the highest recruitment body in the state established beyond any shadow of doubt that the people of Jammu province, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs included, have no place whatsoever in the scheme of things of the NC and the Congress. This was not the first occasion when the ruling elite in the state treated the people of ... | |
| | | | Solid waste management still a challenge in flood hit Srinagar | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Oct12; Even though the solid waste management in the flood hit Srinagar city is going on full swing, extra machinery has been pressed into service to cater the demand, but it remains the biggest challenge for the authorities.
Since September 6, a record 962 metric tonnes of solid waste is being lifted on daily basis from flood hit areas of Srinagar city which is managed at Achan in city outskirts. Though the government claims that efforts are afoot for solid waste management round the clock, however, the ground situation is going from bad to worst only because whatever material inside the flood ravaged has been converted into solid waste by the flood waters. The ... | |
| | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|