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NC workers 'dishonour' mandates, refuse to work for party candidates 11/8/2014 11:45:41 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: National Conference (NC) which is losing leaders one after the other is in for more trouble with workers refusing to honour the mandates distributed by the party leadership in various constituencies of the state. They are already up in arms against the party leadership and have been openly refusing to accept the dictates of the two Provincial Presidents, i.e. Devinder Singh Rana and Nasir Aslam Wani. What makes the matter worse is that the two presidents are also contesting candidates for Nagrota and Amira Kadal constituencies. Both know importance of winning from the respective constituencies respectively and are also aware of the consequences, in case, they fail to win. Of the two, Rana is stretching to all possible limits to win from Nagrota. If NC insiders are to be believed, Rana has stopped going to the party headquarters and is spending most of the time in his constituency, canvassing for votes. They added that since Rana is out, those who have got mandate are facing an uphill task in convincing workers and forcing them to be part of the el...   READ MORE

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Rana, now Constituency Provincial President 11/7/2014 11:57:52 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: Days ahead of the votes are cast and later, results declared; party headquarter of National Conference (NC) has seemingly been deserted by one and all. Ask for the reason and you would come to know that the man who led the charge for the last three years, Provincial President Devinder Singh Rana is missing. These days, he has been spending most of the time in his Nagrota Assembly segment, the constituency from where he is the contesting candidate of National Conference (NC). If his close friends are to be believed, he goes to the constituency at 11 in the morning and returns late in the night. They maintain that sometimes the NC provincial president even ...   READ MORE   Urban Local Bodies department employees throw a challenge to CEO, State Government 'Roll-back transfers/postings or face agitation' 11/7/2014 11:57:44 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Chief Electoral Officer, Umang Narulla is all set to face an acid test as thousands of employees in the Urban Local Bodies department are all set to launch agitation in case the poll conducting body does not order the State Government to roll back the transfer of tainted officials done in alleged violation of Model Code of Conduct (MCC). The employees of the Urban Local Bodies department have voiced concern over the transfer of 10 officials done on October 25. The employees said that one of the orders has been shown on the back date of October 24 while as the other order has been shown to be issued on October 25. "Since MCC is in place...   READ MORE   After losing proxy war, Pak calls separatists 'freedom fighters' JK Integral Part of India, no one can preach secessionism 11/7/2014 11:57:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: Pakistan is making desperate attempts to trigger unrest in Kashmir ahead of the Assembly elections. The recent statement of the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam that Kashmiri separatists are "freedom fighters" indicates that the neighboring country wants to entice its stooges sitting in Kashmir to do something big ahead of the Assembly elections. It looks like everyone in Pakistan is following the advice of the ousted President of the country General Parvez Musharraf . The former President last month in an interview to a private news channel had suggested that Pakistan should provoke its agents in Kashmir to trigger unrest in the strife ...   READ MORE   Everything goes against NC 11/7/2014 11:57:22 PM Bashir Assad Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 7: With people from all walks of life entering the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the morale of the party is all time high. Dozens of credible political and social workers are joining the PDP on daily basis which adds to its confidence. Contrary to this dozens of workers are leaving National Conference again on daily basis which further impacts its moral which is already low. PDP leaders and workers are quite enthused about the situation as everything seems falling in their scheme of things. Joining of former Chief Secretary and NC veteran, Sheikh Ghulam Rasool had certainly brightened the prospects of the party in Ganderbal constituency...   READ MORE   Leadership desert 11/7/2014 11:57:15 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 7: The race for joining the PDP among NC leaders especially those belonging to once strong bastion of the NC, the Ganderbal constituency has not come as a surprise to most people in the State. After Omar Abdullah decided to leave Ganderbal and try his electoral luck in Beerwah and Sonwar, the NC rank and file has been under tremendous stress in Ganderbal. Instead of giving mandate to somebody who had stood by the NC in the past, Omar Abdullah decided to field Sheikh Ashfaq Jabbar from there. Ashfaq had fought 2008 elections against Omar in Ganderbal as a Congress candidate. Those who left the party include former Chief Secretary and sitting MC MLC, She...   READ MORE   4 years on, Animal Husbandry Poor veterinary services in JK 11/7/2014 11:57:05 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: Around 500 families of Kuchall village in Kishtwar district totally depend on their livestock. But poor veterinary services haunt them. Cattle rearing are the traditional activity enmeshed into the socio-economic structure and fabric of rural population in Kishtwar district, so effective veterinary services are needed to protect and preserve the livestock. "It's problem of all the villages across Jammu Kashmir. 684 Veterinary Institutions including Veterinary Hospitals, ICD Centers, Dispensaries, Livestock Development Centres, and First Aid Centres are available across the state but most of the hospitals, labs are available only in the main ...   READ MORE   RTI exposes bungling in Tractor road from Seri to Top in papers only 11/7/2014 11:56:53 PM G.S Asgotra Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Schemes (MGNREGS) which promises 100-days works for rural labourers, has become a golden goose for employees of Rural Development Department (RDD) and panchayat representative, who have been swallowing public money, depriving the rural masses from benefits of scheme. In response to an RTI application, the Rural Development Department (RDD) revealed that the tractor road from Seri to Top of panchayat Halqa Dhanoo in tehsil Udhampur district which was shown completed on papers in year 2011-2012 and funds to the tune of Rs. 3.80 lakhs have been withdrawn, was in reality constructed last month and...   READ MORE   South Kashmir defies Mirwaiz's protest call 11/7/2014 11:56:39 PM Early Times Report ANANTNAG, Nov 7: Distressed with devastating floods, people in southern Kashmir outrightly defied the protest call of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and went about their business as usual today. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq led Hurriyat Conference had called for a protest after Friday prayers urging lawyers and clerics of masques to lead the rallies against the Chatergam killings but it seems Mirvaiz's Hurriyat is fast losing touch with the masses in Valley as none of the lawyer and religious cleric in South Kashmir protested on his call. Reports said that a single demonstration wasn't organized in South Kashmir while as region also defied the strike call of amalgamon Thursday. "Shop...   READ MORE   In absence of new faces, Cong Tainted legislators have a last laugh! 11/7/2014 11:56:29 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 7: The Congress is running short of new faces in the party and has been forced by the circumstances to repeat the names of tainted leaders for the 2014 Assembly polls. From Rajouri party has given mandate to Shabir Ahmad Khan, former minister who was forced to resign after allegations of sexual harassment were leveled against him by a lady doctor. The Congress party also could not replace the tainted legislators from its list of candidates and succumbed to the pulls and pressures of the candidates. According to party sources despite receiving complaints against the sitting legislators and earning bad name for the party high command succumbed to the diktats...   READ MORE   Cross-border trade in J&K helping anti-India forces Time to review 11/7/2014 11:56:16 PM Neha Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: The charge that the cross-border trade between this and other part of J&K had been only helping anti-India forces across the border was not without any basis. It was a well-founded charge and the recent revelations made by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) established beyond any doubt that the charge was absolutely correct and that it would be suicidal if the the cross-border trade was allowed to go on in the way it hasd bee happening since 2008. A number of reports have appeared on this subject. One report has said, a top Hizbul's chief of operations in the Valley Muzaffar Ahmad Dar, presently lodged in Central Jail Srinagar, had been able to ...   READ MORE   Tainted Mukhtar-ul-Aziz enjoys 11/7/2014 11:56:02 PM Mudasir Tariq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 7: National Conference-Congress coalition Government has over the years facilitated plum posting of fraudulent bureaucrats who are accused of criminal conspiracy. The people at helm recently transferred a tainted official to a significant position despite fact that he assisted in wrongful payment of undue compensation causing loss worth crores of rupees to the state exchequer. According to an enquiry report, a copy of which lies with Early Times, the Vigilance Organization Kashmir (VOK) on 16th December 2011 has found that Mukhtar-ul-Aziz under a criminal conspiracy had facilitated wrongful payments of undue compensation to the tune of Rupe...   READ MORE   Troops fired after the car ignored their signals to stop for checking "Army cannot behave like traffic police in Kashmir" 11/7/2014 11:55:54 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: The Army's admission of its 'mistake' of the killing of two-youth in Srinagar has evoked strong a reservation within the Army. A section of the top Army leadership feels that it will go against the Army in the future, which is doing tough job in the Kashmir. According to Army sources, the Army was reluctant to make such public statement and it didn't say anything beyond that it will hold an inquiry. However, the timing of the killing was politically sensitive. Sources said political leadership decided that Army should make this statement. Sources said on political directions, GoC of Northern-Command flew to Srinagar to make this statement. "The statement ...   READ MORE   RMSA teachers seek salary, threaten agitation 11/7/2014 11:38:58 PM Syed Tahir Bukhari Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Nov 7: Teachers/masters working under Rashtriya Madhiyam Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) are without salary for the past four months in Baramulla district. These masters told Early Times that government has not released their salaries from last couple of months. They have threatened agitation incase the salary was not released immediately. A teacher from district Baramulla Mohammad Altaf told Early Times that, "there are almost 276 masters and 48 Headmasters who were recently promoted by the directorate of school education Kashmir are without salaries from June 2014 till date" Almost master grade employee is getting 40000 as salary and Rs 27160...   READ MORE   Seniors refuse invitation, admin in tight spot Fresher Party Row 11/7/2014 11:38:47 PM Mohd Irfan Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 7: The fight between the juniors and seniors of Law College in Jammu University took a new twist today after seniors refused to accept the invitation for the fresher's party slated to be held on Saturday. Sources told Early Times despite varsity administration breaking the ice and striking a deal between the warring groups the students of 5th semester hardened their stand today and alleged that administration was supporting the juniors. They demanded unconditional apology from the juniors. Seniors said that they won't attend the party till juniors apologize for their "rude behavior." Refusal of the 5th semester students to attend the part...   READ MORE   Routine work yet to commence in flood-hit SMHS hospital 11/7/2014 11:38:35 PM Shakeel A Khan Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 7: The routine work hasn't resumed in the premier Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital despite the fact that the cleanliness drive has been completed. It is the hospital which catered to the huge rush of the patients in the pre flood times but now the patients have to return disappointed from the this hospital. The busiest hospital in the pre flood times hasn't come to the terms despite the claims of the government that the hospital is fully functional. The flood has marooned this hospital so much so that the hospital is presenting a picture of the place haunted by the ghosts. The attendants and the patients fail to get their problem...   READ MORE   NREGA results discouraging in Valley 11/7/2014 11:38:19 PM Syed Tahir Bukhari Early Times Report KUPWARA, Nov 7: The results of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme are discouraging as there is low level of awareness about the provisions of NREGA and how to demand work under this scheme. People of Kupwara district in north Kashmir said the wages under the scheme were lower than the rates of wages which they get locally. People from scores of villages of Kupwara district have not been provided job cards, whereas the fact is that even the people who were aware of NREGA schemes have secured job cards but they don't make demand for the work due to various reasons. Early Times have learnt from credible sources that the people who need work...   READ MORE   Bhim opposes ministers' presence in Jammu Issueless JKNPP like NC, unhappy with election schedule 11/7/2014 11:38:11 PM Rustam Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 7: It is not just the ruling National Conference (NC) that is unhappy with the announced election schedule for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and it is a compulsion that has left the NC with no other option but to participate in the ongoing election process in the state. The so-called Jammu-centric J&K National Panthers Party (JKNPP) is also sailing in the boat in which the unpopular NC is sailing. The PDP, the BJP and the under-attack or at-the-receiving-end Congress were the only parties which welcomed the decision of the Election Commission to hold assembly elections on time. Chief patron of the JKNPP, Bhim Singh, who is known more for his vague, ridi...   READ MORE   Army regrets killing of 2 youth at Chattergam, assures fair probe in firing incident 11/7/2014 11:36:27 PM Majid Kapra Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 7: Army on Friday regretted the killings of two youth by its jawans in Chattergam area of Central Kashmir's Budgam district, saying it was an incident of 'mistaken identity' and said that it will be ensured that transparent enquiry into the 'unpleasant incident'. Expressing sympathies with the victims' families, army also announced compensation of rupees ten lakh each to bereaved and rupees five lakh to injured youth family's as compensation....   READ MORE   Give clean chit to Kichloo, Sharma, Saroori ROs reject PDP’s objections 11/7/2014 11:29:33 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Nov 7:- Returning Officers for 51-Kishtwar and 52-Inderwal today turned down the objections raised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demanding rejection of nomination papers of Minister of State for Home and National Conference Candidate Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo, BJP candidate Sunil Sharma both contesting candidates from 51-Kishtwar Assembly Segment and Congress candidate Ghulam Mohammad Saroori from 52-Inderwal Assembly Segment on the ground that the trio concealed the information regarding registration of a FIR and criminal cases against them. District coordinator PDP submitted the written objections in which it was stated that there...   READ MORE   100 hotels hired for 2000 Move employees at Rs 12500 ED, hotliers nexus 11/7/2014 11:29:14 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 7: In the name of Darbar move Estates department (ED) is earning huge amount of money from hoteliers as the accommodation for move employees is proving to be an enormous burden on state exchequer. Crores spent annually on the accommodation of these employees is being misused by the top government officials in the department, official source disclosed. One of the top senior officials of the civil secretariat while talking to Early Times alleged that Estate Department is blatantly allowing gross loot and plunder of huge money in providing accommodation to employees in the hired private hotels. "Around 2000 government employees wor...   READ MORE

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