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Early Times Report
Udhampur, Oct 20
19 Year old labourer was killed while five other labourers hailing from Doda and Ramban districts sustained injuries when as under construction double story shop collapsed in the Johnu -Barta area 25 Km away from the district head quarter late evening today.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Udhampur-Rayees Bhat confirmed lintel was laying by the labourers in the under construction shops at Johnu Barta and suddenly shuttering fell down and whole building collapse resulting workers engaged in the work fallen victim of it. After getting the information, Police as well locals and Army started rescue operation and inform the police who arrived and JCB was deployed in the operation.
Police said thar six injured persons were referred to District Hospital Udhampur and during treatment one of the injured succumbed.
The deceased has been identified as Tanveer (19) son of Mushtaq resident of Batote.
Injured have been identified as Mohd Yasin (16) son of Mohd Rafiq of Ramban, Rafiq Ahamed (25) son of Mushtaq Ramban, Lal Chand (35) ... | |
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| Champions of region's cause down play history's Bulwark | | Jammu's ardent lover continues to remain unsung | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Maharaja Hari Singh, an ardent lover of Jammu seems to have been ruthlessly forgotten by the people who claim to represent the sentiments of the region on all for a. The idea pertaining to the declaration of holiday on his birthday has been abandoned.
NC founder and former Jammu and Kashmir's chief minister who did many acts of treason against the Dogra rule in Kashmir even admits in his autobiography that the love Maharaja Hari Singh had for Jammu was deep rooted inside his heart and even at the time of departing from this world, his last wish centred around Jammu.
On Page 289 of his book Aatesh-e-Chinar, Sheikh Abdullah describes the love Maharaja ... | |
| | | | BJP's equitable development slogans exposed | | 75% of state's incomplete projects fall in Jammu | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: With BJP making tall claims of equitable development in all three regions of the state at top of its voice for over three years that it stayed in power, the fact of the matter is that over 75 percent of the incomplete developmental projects in the state lied in Jammu region.
As per official figures, there are around 2200 development projects lying incomplete in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 1500 fall in Jammu region, thus exposing the claims of the BJP. As per the official details of Planning and Development department, the highest number of projects are lying incomplete in Poonch district of Jammu region, which require a funding of Rs 1113 crore. The... | |
| | | | In Srinagar, Hurriyat protests are allowed but not Dussehra function! | | New Delhi takes serious note of 'Govt negligence' | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 19: As if the sentiments of Kashmiri Pandits hold no value in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that the community was not allowed to celebrate Dussehra function in their homeland while New Delhi has taken serious note of the matter.
For the past few years, Kashmiri Pandits would celebrate Dussehra at the TRC Ground in the summer capital of Srinagar as the location was seen "secure from the security point of view."
But this year the community was not allowed to hold the event at their place of choice.
Sources said the state government especially the Jammu and Kashmir Police had "secretly resolved" to avoid allowing the community to host Dussehra celebrat... | |
| | | | Rape accused marries victim in Kishtwar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 19: A rape accused in Kishtwar has married the victim after the latter filed a case against him last week.
The rape accused, a Handloom department employee, married the victim in a local temple in Kishtwar after five-day deliberations with the family of the victim and with active support of Kishtwar police. The victim, inspired from the #MeToo# campaign, had filed a case against the employee of the Handloom department and his friend alleging that they had been blackmailing her after recording her porn videos which were captured while raping her the office premises of Assistant Director Handloom in the Deputy Commissioner complex Kishtwar.
The rape victi... | |
| | | | Internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus all set to create history in Valley today | | ULB polls | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 19: ULB elections were held on October 8, 10, 13 and 16. Results will be out on Saturday, October 20. But whatever the result, one thing is crystal clear: Internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus all set to create a history of sorts. Thanks to the Kashmir-based PDP, the NC, the CPI-M and other small political groups, which boycotted the ULB elections.
At least 25 Kashmiri Hindus living in Jammu have been elected unopposed on BJP tickets from Kashmir. On Saturday, the Kashmiri Hindu refugee voters could seal the fate of many contestants, as in many wards, only 2-3 percent votes were cast. The election authorities had allowed internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus... | |
| | | | Has BJP again started dancing to tunes of Kashmir centric leaders? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: As the results of the recently held Municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir are slated to be announced on Saturday the stakeholders are trying to work out the permutations and combinations which could emerge after the results are out.
After the announcement of the BJP state president Ravinder Raina that Jammu and Srinagar cities would get the Mayors from his party, separatist turned mainstream politician Sajad Gani Lone has also chipped in. He has claimed that Srinagar would have a Mayor from his party, Peoples Conference, which only won two seats in the 2014 assembly polls.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Soon after the PDP-BJP government ... | |
| | | | 6-KM flyover on Jammu-Akhnoor Highway a wasteful expenditure of Rs 350 cr? | | Stakeholders seek review of project | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: With work on the 8-lanning of the NH 144-A Jammu-Akhnoor Road getting underway, aspersions have been raised on the inevitability of the 6 Km long proposed flyover from Canal head to Ganesh Vihar especially after the approval of the Ring Road from Raya to Nagrota, which is likely to take a huge chunk of traffic heading towards Akhnoor and beyond.
Sources informed ET that a couple of social and commercial organizations have made representations to the Government, Member Parliament from the Jammu-Poonch constituency and other relevant quarters seeking a review of the project to the extent of construction of the flyover.
The project for 4- lan... | |
| | | | Renewal of arms license goes unabated in J&K | | As CBI begins probe | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: Though Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has started a probe into over 4 lakh arms licenses issued in Jammu and Kashmir, many on forget documents, the renewal of arms licenses has been going unabated in various districts of the state.
Sources in the Revenue department told Early Times that there was no let up in the renewal of the arms licenses issued from various districts of the state. "The government fee for the renewal of arms license is Rs 1500, but many agents have been working in district headquarters and get the licenses renewed in return of hefty amount paid to the officials", sources said, adding that as per norms the arms license was to b... | |
| | | | Suspense about identity of candidates fighting civic polls in Kmr all set to end as counting commences | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 19: Suspense over the identity of candidates who braved militant threats and took a plunge in recently concluded municipal elections would be over as the counting of votes for these elections would be taken up at the district headquarters across the state on Saturday.
The identity of the people who fought the civic polls in Kashmir was kept secret following threats from militants to such candidates. At majority of the polling booths the presiding officers and the other staff did not divulge details of the candidates to the media persons visiting such polling booths.
It was due to this fear factor many of the wards in the local bodies in ... | |
| | | | Overstaying docs to be transferred soon | | Rural posting mandatory | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 19: To ease the burden on city hospitals, the Health department is going for a major reshuffle to strengthen the understaffed health care centres in far-flung areas in J&K.
Sources in the Civil Secretariat told Early Times that the Health department has sought a list of overstaying doctors in hospitals and other health care centres of the state.
They said the department was making a list of doctors who have not served in rural areas so far so and that they could be sent to rural areas. "The step is aimed at decrease in referral cases of patients and would reduce the burden on city hospitals," a senior official of the Health department sai... | |
| | | | ULB polls: Message from Jammu, Ladakh unambiguous | | Days of Kashmir hegemony over | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 19: The just-held Urban Local Bodies elections in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh have cleared many cobwebs of confusion and established that Jammu and Ladakh have nothing to do with the type of politics the so-called Kashmiri mainstream had been indulging in since 1947 and that they were, and are, for India and there is no meeting ground between Jammu-Ladakh and Kashmir.
The people of Jammu and Ladakh rejected outright the Kashmir-based parties' politics of boycott and blackmail, coupled with threats, and showed them their place by exercising their right to vote on an unprecedented scale. Jammu broke the record. Almost 70 per cent of the eligible voters exercised ... | |
| | | | Forest clearance projects worth Rs 80 lakhs abandoned | | I&FC dept takes up schemes without survey | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: The Irrigation and Flood Control department (I&FC) has been taking up projects related to irrigation without conducting any preliminary survey and requisite clearances from Forest department, costing Rs 80 lakh to the exchequer.
Sources told Early Times that construction work of four out of 130 schemes was taken up without preliminary survey, geological investigation, forest clearance, etc.
"Non-fulfilment of pre-requisites led to non-development of canal section and consequently resulted in abandonment/change of proposals, which defeated the basic objective of these projects," said sources.
They said that in case of construction of Buzzla Khul in D... | |
| | | | FD gets 46 Cr compensation for 45000 trees from Power Company | | Every single tree fetches 10000 only | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 19: What can be called open loot of state exchequer under the garb of so called development, the Jammu & Kashmir Forest Department has realized mere Rs 46 Crores for allowing felling of around 45,000 trees inside the forests of Pir Panjaal area of Rajouri , Poonch , Shopian and Budgam. As per reliable sources at an average mere Rs 10,000 has been realized from each tree aged between 30 - 150 years.
Sources in Forest department have revealed that there has bee... | |
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