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| Omar lone man standing in demanding for deferment of assembly elections | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah seems to be the only mainstream politician in the state who believes that time is not ripe for holding assembly elections at this point of time. This is despite the fact that both Jammu & Kashmir Police and Army have made it clear that they are ready to provide security for the assembly elections.
Omar's bid to get the assembly elections deferred was scuttled since he failed to convince Home Minister, Rajnath Singh in this regard. The CM in the meeting with Home Minister had urged for deferment of elections since the state has been badly hit by ravaging flood. However, Singh told him that both the elections and rehabilitation... | |
| | | | Amid heavy vigil, IS flag surfaces again | | BJP's President Rule demand gaining strength | |  Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Despite assurance of the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and tight security arrangements by security forces to thwart attempts and arrest the people involved, unidentified youth for the third today waved Islamic state (IS) flags in Kashmir after Friday Prayers.
Despite heavy deployment of security forces around Jamia Masjid Area of Srinagar to thwart attempts of youth waving IS flags and arrest the people involved in waving IS flags time and again in the sa... | |
| | | | Professional conduct, integrity of J&K traffic police under cloud! | | Drug addicts, drunk, over-speeding drivers go unchecked; kill people in road accidents | | | Commoners harassed, killers untouched
Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Oct 17: Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways has put a question mark on the professional conduct and integrity of the traffic police cops of Jammu and Kashmir.
The union Ministry has virtually further dented already bruised image of the traffic police of Jammu and Kashmir. Traffic Cops who are often found hyperactive and even at times harassing school going students, female car and two wheeler drivers have been shown in very poor light in a report prepared by the Transport Research Wing (TRW) of Union Ministry for Road Transport and Highways. The ministry is headed by ex-BJP National President Nitin Gadhkari.
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| | | | Contempt: Stay seeker herself violates status quo | | Work on banquet hall continues clandestinely | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Oct 17: In a bizarre instance of contempt of court, a person who sought court's stay against construction building, reportedly has been disregarding status quo herself since May 2014.
According to court order, Anuradha Singh Jamwal wife of Kamal Nain Singh appealed in the court seeking stay against administration's action on her under construction building (Banquet Hall) at Barnai area. The court of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur, on May 15, 2014 observed, "Till the objections are filed and considered, status quo as it exists today with regard to the property in question, shall be maintained."
Following, directions of Vice Chairperson of Jammu Development Authority (JDA... | |
| | | | Instead of announcing relief package for flood victims, Omar announced creation of administrative units | | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: 'Doing politics on dead bodies and graveyards' was the assertion that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would quite often make while referring to the Kashmiri separatists. He would have been perceptibly right in making this statement but for the last one year or so, he is resorting to the worst kind of politiking in response to the death and destruction brought by the nature or allegedly inflicted on people by the state apparatus.
Instead of responding to the grave situation that has arisen due to devastating floods, Omar is further compounding the problems for not only the affected people but also for the next poltical dispensation.
Decisions taken by the prese... | |
| | | | Apprehending political backlash, NC leadership cross with Omar | | Financial package for Chhamb refugees | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Oct 17: The National Conference leadership is upset with the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for approving financial package to the refugees of the Jammu region. Sources said the party senior leadership believes the CM has further damaged the blinkering election prospects of the party.
"The package to refugees could be exploited by our opponents accusing us of favouring Jammu people who were affected by Pakistan, which has role in the Kashmir. We could be politically exploited as anti-Kashmiri," said a senior NC official.
It is for this reason that NC leader Ali Mohammad Sagar had a heated argument with the Congress leader when this package was tabled for approval in the... | |
| | | | PIO FCI gives two hoots to RTI Act | | | |
Bivek Mathur
JAMMU, Oct 17: In yet another attempt of belittling the Right to Information Act, Public Information Officer (PIO), Food Corporation of India (FCI), Jammu branch denied to own responsibility of delivering the information under the act after a period of one month.
With this, the adamant PIO, when contacted by Early Times over the failure of the FCI to deliver the requisite information within a stipulated time period said that he was getting disturbed due to the phone call and hence disconnected the call.
Pertinently an RTI was filed on September 16, 2014 through speed post, seeking to know
Number of times tenders invited by FCI for the purchase of Jute bags/Sacs from di... | |
| | | | Fails to acknowledge Shakti Devi's international feat | | Short- sighted Omar overlooks another Jammu achiever | | |
Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Oct 17: With praises and accolades pouring from all across over Jammu's cop Inspector Shakti Devi who has been awarded the International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has not been able to find time and words to appreciate the officer for her unique feat.
Currently deployed in the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Inspector Shakti Devi of J&K Police has been honoured for her "exceptional achievements" in leading the establishment of Women Police Councils in several parts of strife-torn Afghanistan, where life is on the edge.
While Shakti's achievements have been widely lauded by all and sundry, Omar, who should have been first... | |
| | | | Omar Govt diverting attention from its failures | | Forgets it delayed breaching Kandizal, sends 'over ambitious' rehabilitation proposal to centre | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Jammu and Kashmir witnessing the worst floods of the century last month has opened a Pandora's Box. As the waters have receded and people are mourning the losses, the Omar Abdullah led government in order to divert the attention from its failure to handle post flood situation submitted an "over ambitious" Rs 44000 Cr rehabilitation proposal to the centre. By doing so it has put the ball in centre's court.
The Central Government has maintained silence over the proposal and no immediate help seems to be coming. "It's strange that after submitting the proposal state government believes that it has done its job. If state government wants centre t... | |
| | | | Fearing backlash Cong hesitating official announcement on new district presidents | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 17: Fearing backlash Congress leadership is hesitating to make public the recent reshuffle conducted to revamp the party ahead of the assembly elections. Recently the Congress leadership has removed a number of district presidents and appointed new presidents but no official handout has been issued in this regard.
Credible sources in the Congress said that party leadership has removed half a dozen district presidents but entire exercise has remained secret. Even some incumbent district presidents were not informed that they have been removed from their posts.
Credible sources said that there was pressure on the leadership to remove some district presidents w... | |
| | | | PDD plays hide & seek before onset of winter | | | | Shakeel A Khan
BUDGAM, Oct 17: Though the winter starts in November in Kashmir, the Power Development Department (PDD) has begun to play the game of hide and seek, reminding the people of the dreaded dark times that are ahead. This time the situation may become even more complex since most of the flood affected areas are still without the electricity.
Most of the areas of the Budgam district are experiencing unscheduled power curtailments giving tough times to the commuters. The power supply in many villages of the district has worsened prior to the onset of the harsh colds season and given the poor performance of the PDD it is for sure that the people of the Valley have to be content w... | |
| | | | Municipal Council turns town into garbage dumping site | | 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' has no takers in Anantnag | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Oct 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Program) has no takers in this southern district as the Municipal Council of the town continues to dump garbage on roads and public places in absence of dumping site.Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Campaign' on October 2, to realize Mahatma Gandhi's dream of clean India.
Heaps of garbage have been dumped in general bus stand of the town as well as along roads including in front of the Municipal committee's Office located adjacent to district court complex in the town.
Locals alleged that Municipal Council is dysfunctional after flood water receded in the town and has ... | |
| | | | CA&PD deptt facilitates in pilferage of ration supply in summer capital | | | | Majid Nabi
SRINAGAR, Oct 17: Contrary to the government's recent directive of ensuring free ration to flood affected people of Kashmir, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CA&PD) Department that speaks loud about the surplus supply of ration in Srinagar city has pilfered hundreds of tons rice from free quota.
Sources in the CA&PD department told Early Times that thousands of quintals of rice was embezzled from free ration quota meant for the flood hit people of the Srinagar city. "More or less 20,000 kilograms of rice were embezzled in Batwara area alone and no one musters courage to spell out as to where such a huge quantity vanished," an official in CA&PD department said wishin... | |
| | | | Infiltration bid foiled amid ceasefire violation by Pakistan | | | | M S Nazki
MENDHAR, Oct 17: Pakistan today resorted to heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sub-sector near here in its attempt to push militants into the Indian territory but alert Indian troops discovered the suspicious movement and foiled the infiltration bid.
Violating ceasefire, Pak troops opened fire, targeting Datote forests in Panini Nullah area of Balakote at about 11.45 am. The border troops, who watched all this with a great alertness, detected some suspicious movement close to the LoC on their side, official sources said. The troops then retaliated and opened fire in the direction of the suspicious persons who then retreated, the sources added.
The exchange of... | |
| | | | 13 Govt primary schools of Kathua without mid-day meal for months | | | | Bijay Charak
Jammu, Oct 17: Despite funding by union government to provide mid-day meal to government primary school students from class I- IV, at least 13 schools of Kathua were alleged to have not received this facility for months.
Official sources informed Early Times that the mid-day meal scheme was launched on August 15, 1995 to give a boost to Elementary Education in terms of increasing enrolment, retention and attendance in primary classes by supplementing nutritional requirements of children attending primary schools. But amazingly, the scheme was introduced in Jammu and Kashmir in 2004-05, with the state government making claims that under it government primary schools of five ... | |
| | | | NC succeeds in roping in Cong, CPI | | Delaying Assembly polls | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and the owner of "unpopular" National Conference (NC) has succeeded in roping in the Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI) with a view to making the Election Commission delay the scheduled assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir so that he could avert the impending defeat. Omar Abdullah was recently in Delhi where he met with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and discussed with him the situation arising out in the wake of the devastating September floods. During the meeting, he reportedly told the Home Minister that the time was not opportune for holding the assembly elections in the state. It now appears that Omar Abdullah had - apa... | |
| | | | Universities, colleges to self finance NSS units | | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Oct 17: Paving way for privatization in Higher Education sector, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all the universities and their associated colleges to start Self Financing Units (SFU) of National Service Scheme (NSS), for which the institutions are also allowed to charge from students.
Sources informed Early Times that in a recent communication sent by University Grants Commission to all the universities, it has been maintained that as the NSS should be available to all the eligible students of colleges and Universities across country but due to financial constraints the scheme currently has been covering only 10 percent students eligible to join NSS.... | |
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