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(Anti)-National Conference provides legal assistance to stone-pelters 10/6/2016 12:23:20 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 5: What could be seen as inciting trouble in Kashmir, the main opposition National Conference has been providing legal assistance to stone-pelters who have vandalised public and private property for the last three months. Police have launched a massive crackdown across the Valley against stone-pelters and books them under various charges including the Public Safety Act in order to restore normalcy. But look what the NC is doing. It has hired a group of lawyers who plead the cases of stone-pelters and who are part of separatists. It is seen as supporting the ongoing turmoil. "These lawyers have offered services to various stone-pelters to ensure their release so that they return to the streets with stones and create law and order problem," sources said. "Three lawyers are being paid by the NC to plead the cases of stone-pelters and some are also part of separatist groups," a senior NC leader confirmed. Providing legal assistance to the stone-pelters is a U-turn from its stand in 2010 agitation when the NC which was in power then used to call tho...   READ MORE

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Land grabber usurps widow's land, tampers record in connivance with SDM’s brother Andhernagri! 10/6/2016 12:23:14 AM Avinash Azad ET Report JAMMU, Oct 5: A land grabber under patronage of his SDM brother and in connivance with revenue officials tampered land record and transferred a piece of land belonging to widow from his village. Astoundingly, when the victim approached the revenue authorities, instead undoing the wrongs, an IAS officer, then ADC Jammu too ordered status-quo on grabbed land, in Bishnah Tehsil. Victimized by the anarchy of Revenue department, the hapless widow, Bimla Devi is waited for one year for justice. "A PHE employee, from village Pasgal, under patronage of his brother, presently posted as Sub District Magistrate, using his influence over revenue officials in Bishnah Tehsil, ...   READ MORE   Sensing defeat, separatists involve school kids in protests 10/6/2016 12:23:02 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Sensing that the protest agitation is fast slipping out of their hands, the separatists through their new protest calendar have tried to get the children in the forefront to implement their agenda. Separatists on Wednesday issued a new protest calendar calling for march to the United Nation (UNMOGIP) office in Srinagar. Besides, it has asked students to hold "freedom conventions". In one protest demonstration, the people have been asked to march towards their respective police stations. What is surprising is the protest programme issued for Oct 9 which has been termed as 'One Day Students' Resistance Convention.' The handout issued by the separati...   READ MORE   Will Jammu leaders follow their Ladakhi counterparts? Empowering de-empowered Jammu 10/6/2016 12:22:53 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: On October 3, the nation witnessed remarkable unity in Leh district of Ladakh region. The BJP and the Congress, which have their stakes in Ladakh; the NC and the PDP, which have little or no stake in the region as they have no support-base there; the people of Ladakh joined hands and put forth before the visiting Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh demand that sought separation of Ladakh from Kashmir and Union Territory status for their strategic region. They submitted a detailed memorandum on the reasons why they wanted separation from Kashmir and two of the most important reasons were security and discrimination. It was not the first occasion when the peop...   READ MORE   Tara Chand, his men out to dislodge MLC Jugal 10/6/2016 12:22:43 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: The controversy over participation of MLC Jugal Kishore in the Gandhi Jayanti function, which was organized by the Pradesh Congress Committee here, is snowballing into a major controversy as a group of dissidents are mulling to use the opportunity to corner this die hard Azad loyalist for settling personal political scores, sources told Early Times. They said to devise a strategy in this regard, a secret meeting was held at the residence of former Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand where a decision was taken not to miss the opportunity to dislodge Jugal Kishore from heading the dissident camp. The meeting was attended by a handful of Tara Chand loyalists,...   READ MORE   JU VC alters rules to adjust favourite, ignores syndicate decision, withholds appointment of Director DDE 10/6/2016 12:22:35 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: Setting aside the decisions taken by Jammu University Council and Syndicate to appoint a full time Director for the Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), University of Jammu, the Vice Chancellor has persisted with the old formulae of internal adjustment on rotational basis just to accommodate his 'favourites' for key assignment. The advertisement issued for appointment of Director Distance Education last year has turned out to be a faux pas with the adjustment of a blue eyed professor as Director DDE by the university authorities clearing its agenda of fiddling with the laid down rules and regulations. "In the year 2012 (73rd Council meet of JU), a pr...   READ MORE   Allows fruit laden trucks to move in night; Asks city dwellers to carry on with chalos, strikes Geelani's calendar divides rural, urban Kashmir 10/6/2016 12:22:28 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: The Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday issued yet another protest calendar and extended shutdown till October 13. The protest calendars being issued by Geelani during the past few weeks have divided the urban and rural people as Geelani has exempted the vehicular movement from 10 pm to 6am. Sources said that Geelani has exempted the vehicular movement in the night to help the rural people, who these days are sending apple and other fruits to different states. "Geelani called for shutdown when the tourist season was at its peak and people in the urban areas, including Srinagar, were doing brisk business. He gave a damn to the tourist season w...   READ MORE   5x7=4x7, according to Housing Board engineers! Srinagar hospital construction scam 10/6/2016 12:22:17 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 5: In a bid to hide a major scam in the construction of a 50-bedded hospital here, the J&K Housing Board played over smart. But in doing so, its engineers failed in the simple multiplication of 5. Skeletons have started to tumble out of the Housing Board's closet revealing the muck. In the latest, it has come to fore that the engineers evolved a trick to hide the scam wherein officials constructed a 4-floor hospital at Chanapora instead of the prescribed five-storey structure. Trying to cheat the government and to avoid inquiry on where money meant for construction of one floor had gone, the engineers allegedly drafted a fresh but fake Detailed Project R...   READ MORE   Military Intelligence nabs 3 suspects in Jammu 10/6/2016 12:22:07 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: Sleuths of Military Intelligence (MI) apprehended a suspect from a Wave Mall here on Wednesday night, while on a tip-off provided by the accused. Two more persons were picked up from city outskirts. Sources told Early Times acting on an information, soldiers of 10 JAKLI reached Wave Mall here and apprehended one Raiz Ahmed Butt, 25, son of Samdhu Butt, of village Akramabad, Doda. Sources said that on the disclosures of the detained person, a raid was also conducted at Ratnuchak near Kaluchak from where two more suspects were detained. "A driving license was recovered from the possession of Raiz Ahmed and after preliminary investigation he was handed ...   READ MORE   IPS officer shifted out of JK to foil his bid to get central deputation Hulchul in Police 10/6/2016 12:21:58 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: A senior IPS officer has been transferred out of J&K by the government to foil his attempt to get central deputation. The officer was very close to the corridors of power and would even walk to the chief minister's office without appointment before the valley unrest that erupted after the killing of terrorist Burhan in July last. However, after the situation turned violent, the government started maintaining a distance from him and even reprimanded him at times, police sources said. He felt so harassed that he made up his mind to move to Delhi on central deputation. Sources said two days after he applied for central deputation in the last week of Septembe...   READ MORE   PP head set free impersonator after taking Rs 10,000 bribe 10/6/2016 12:21:48 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: A police post head posted in Jammu south is alleged to have freed an impersonator after allegedly taking from him a bribe of Rs 10,000. A youth came to a government office, that falls under the jurisdiction of the police post, in connection with the work of his friend, and allegedly impersonated as his friend, but he was identified by the officer concerned and then handed over to police, according to police. However, instead of registering a case against him, the police post incharge allegedly released him in the evening after taking Rs 10,000 as bribe from. The deal was struck in a car outside the police post, sources said. Before releasing him, the P...   READ MORE   Retired employees turn political leaders; bid to hijack Govt employees' forums 10/6/2016 12:21:41 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: In violation of norms of propriety, retired employees continue to head unions of Government employees and project them as leaders, politicizing these unions and affecting the administration of the government departments adversely. The rules and regulations govern the working of government employees till they are in the service and after retirement the retiree goes out of the purview of these rules having no relevance with the functioning and activities of the in-service government employees. Interestingly it has come to fore that the retired government employees union leaders, now affiliating with different political parties are trying their b...   READ MORE   'Put restrictions on issuing gun licences' Security agencies to Govt 10/5/2016 11:26:38 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 5: The security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have shown deep concern over issuance of gun licences randomly without making proper verifications. Sources said the security agencies have told the government to put some restrictions on issuance of gun licence as they apprehended these weapons may be misused or terrorists may snatch them as they had snatched over two dozen rifles from SPOs for the last three months. "Government has been told that only those should be given licences who are properly verified and their credentials are properly verified that he or she won't misuse the weapon," a senior police official said. As per official ...   READ MORE   Mehbooba Mufti calls for de-escalation of tension on Indo-Pak border Says J&K people suffer most due to Indo-Pak skirmishes 10/5/2016 10:45:10 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that escalation of violence on the Indo-Pak border leads to miseries of people of Jammu & Kashmir. She said there is a need to deescalate the tension so that peace prevails in the state. The chief minister made these remarks during her discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as she called on the PM at New Delhi in the afternoon today. Both Mehbooba and Modi discussed the overall situation in Jammu & Kashmir especially in the backdrop of ongoing unrest and the recent tension between India and Pakistan. An official spokesman said that the CM called on the PM and discussed the overall si...   READ MORE   Pak fires in Sunderbani, KG Sectors of Rajouri 10/5/2016 10:45:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: In yet another ceasefire violation, Pakistani troops fired heavily on forward Indian posts along the Line of Control in Sunderbani and Krishna Ghati Sectors of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, while Director General BSF K K Sharma today reviewed operational preparedness along international border at a high level meeting here. "Pakistan resorted to unprovoked firing in Sunderbani Sector at 1700 hours and Krishna Ghati Sector at 1730 hours this evening by using small arms, automatic guns and mortars,'' a defence spokesman here said. He said Indian troops responded appropriately to the firing and no casualty or injury reported to the Indian side. Me...   READ MORE   Pak shelling triggers migration from Nowshera, Kalai Mora 10/5/2016 10:44:59 PM Early Times Report Rajouri, Oct 5: More than one thousand people from Kalsian , Makri forward villages in Nowshera tehsil and Kalai Mora have been evacuated to temporary camps by the district administration within last 36 hours. Shabir Ahmed Bhat, Deputy Commissioner along with Mohammad Fareed Mir, SSP ,Commandant JKAP (presently officiating SSP) along with a team of district officers today visited Nonial village and interacted with the evacuees put in the temporary accommodation in the high school. "Keeping in view the ongoing heavy shelling in the civilian areas by the Pakistan army, district administration has decided to shift more than 800 people from Kalsian , Makri and other ad...   READ MORE   27 shops, 3 vehicles gutted in Sawjiyan in Pak firing 10/5/2016 10:44:42 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch Oct 5: Atleast 27 shops which include majority of Kacha structures and owned by poor people of the Sawjian of Poonch district along with three vehicles got gutted in a fire triggered due to heavy Pakistan shelling and apparently have deprived small traders from their livelihood. Sources said that dozens of mortar shells landed in Sawjiyan market on Monday and some of these shells landed on a BSF camp and in the market destroying twenty seven shops result...   READ MORE   Pak firing creates panic among border dwellers in Poonch 10/5/2016 10:43:45 PM Early Times Report Poonch Oct 5: Ongoing reaction from Pakistan in Post surgical strike has created panic among border dwellers living along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch which is witnessing heavy firing from Pakistan causing huge loss to civilian property. According to the sources, in wake of prevailing tense situation, the people living on LoC are apprehending more heated hostilities in near future if the present trend goes on and thus are feeling insecure and unsafe. "Factually Poonch district is covered from three sides by Line of control (LoC) and many villages like Gagriyan, Sawjian, Shahpur, Jhulas, Malti, Dalhan, Degwar, Kirni, KrishnaGhatti, Balakote, Balnoi, Mankote a...   READ MORE   Rickshaws disappear from Srinagar roads Torching of autos scares drivers 10/5/2016 10:42:40 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 5: A day after two auto-rickshaws were set ablaze by unidentified persons in old city, the moment of auto-rickshaw's which otherwise ply in extreme situations remained considerably thin in Srinagar city on Wednesday. Fearing attack by miscreants most of the auto-rickshaws in summer capital refrained to ply today while skeletal movement was witnessed in some uptown localities. Pertinently, two auto-rickshaws were set ablaze in separate incidents at Bhagwanpora area of Kralakhud and Saida Kadal areas yesterday. It is worth mentioning that the transport industry in Kashmir has been seriously affected due to the ongoing turmoil triggered aft...   READ MORE   Missionary zeal alone can make SBA a success' 10/5/2016 10:42:31 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan started by the government all over the country needs missionary zeal for success and not just rituals on Gandhi's birthday confined to photo sessions. Records available reveal that from April 1, 1999, the Govt of India restructured the Comprehensive Rural Sanitatin Programme and launched the Total Sanitatin Compaign (TSC) which was later in April 2012 renamed as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA). However, on October 2, 2014, BJP Government headed by Narendra Modi launched Swachh Bharat Abhiyan with the aim to eradicate open defecation from the country slated to be achieved by October 2, 2019. Sources narrate that one of...   READ MORE   Khanday may be new CIC? 10/5/2016 10:42:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 5: Government is planning to recommend name of former Chief Secretary Iqbal Khanday to head the State Information Commission (SIC) as its new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). As per reliable sources, Khanday's name has been recommended for this important assignment. The State Information Commission would completely go defunct next month when the lone Information Commissioner Nazir Ahmad retires. G R Sufi who was the first Chief Information Commissioner of SIC, retired from the post in March and before him Dr S K Sharma one more Information Commissioner had retired last year in October. Till now these vacancies have not been filled up by the selec...   READ MORE   Pak Firing: Standing paddy crop worries farmer community living on Jammu borders 10/5/2016 10:41:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: As there is no respite from cross border firing and it has escalated in the past one week, the farmer community is much worried about the standing paddy crop, which is ready to be harvested in the days to come. The farmers living close to the forward border villages in Jammu belt are not only facing nightmares but concerned about the losses they are apprehending due to border firing if the guns do not fall silent soon. Fresh hostilities ahead of festive seas...   READ MORE   Defying separatists, increasing number of students returning 10/5/2016 10:40:23 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 5: Despite the separatists' call for shutdown, the footfall of the students returning to schools in the valley has been going up slowly, with nearly 1.80 lakh attending the classes yesterday, which is roughly 40-45 percent attendance. Defying the diktats of the separatists, people in several parts of Kashmir have been coming out since yesterday to resume their day-to-day activities. The unrest, which started a day after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir on July 8, is showing signs of fatigue in the civil lines areas of the city as more people are coming out to resume their norma...   READ MORE   Tehsildars of border tehsils rendered immobile 10/5/2016 10:40:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: With tension on LOC and International border continuing for over a week now in the wake of surgical strikes by India on terrorist camps in PoK on September 29, the tehsildars of border tehsils have not been provided with adequate facilities to deal with the problem. According to reports, the tehsildars being the Executive magistrates lack facilities to deal with any type of eventuality during border firing. Sources said one of the basic problems faced by the tehsildars especially in border belt is that they have not been provided with government vehicles and in the event of emergencies, private vehicles have to be arranged, reports said. Reports said b...   READ MORE   M A Stadium, authority unmoved 10/5/2016 10:39:20 PM Nitish Bhardwaj Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: The deplorable condition of road leading to main stadium - Moulana Azad Stadium the hub of the sports activities virtually making the sports persons to begrudged but the authorities concerned still are in slumber. Some of the sports persons on promised anonymity informed that callous attitude of J&K State Sports Council and other executing agency can be gauged from the fact that the potholed road leading to MA Stadium not only gives a ...   READ MORE   Low quality Hemophilia factors irk SMGSH patients Authorities assure quality of factors 10/5/2016 10:39:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 5: The patients accused the administration of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) and SMGS hospital Jammu for providing low quality Hemophilia factors to patients. The patients see a nexus of some outsiders and employees of SMGS hospital which, they said, was not only misguiding the patients but providing low quality factors to them. However, the officials have denied the allegations. They cleared the factors have been purchased after getting satisfactory reports from Indian biggest laboratory under Government of India. Sources told Early Times that the procurement of factors had been done by the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation a...   READ MORE   Kashmir needs Indians: Mehbooba 10/5/2016 10:38:57 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 5: On Tuesday, J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti made a very significant statement in Delhi while addressing a gathering of a selected people at the Bharat International Tourism Bazaar. "I don't know whether you need Kashmir or not but Kashmir needs you," she said. Kashmir has been part of Indian civilization since time immemorial and, hence, Kashmir can't be separated from India. The fate of J&K and the fate of the rest of the country is inter-linked. If J&K falls, India will also not survive. It will break into smithereens. There are forces across the country which are waiting for what ultimately happens in Kashmir, where the separatists, communalists and Pakistani ...   READ MORE

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