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J&K BJP leaders projecting PM Modi's victory as their personal win 5/30/2019 12:26:08 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: Leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party seem to have mistaken the mandate which the country has given to the Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi as their "personal victory." It seems that they have forgotten people across the country voted for Modi only and many voters were not even aware about the names of the BJP candidates who were in the fray. Soon after the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, led BJP to an empathic win in the recently held Lok Sabha elections, the BJP leaders in Jammu and Kashmir started telling the people that party would win at least 50 Assembly seats in J&K and the next Chief Minister of the state would be from Jammu. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Everyone is aware of the fact that the entire country voted for Modi as the people wanted him back. It's after a longtime that India has got a strong leader like Modi and people didn't want him to lose. He (Modi) during his first term took bold decisions and gave befitting reply to Pakistan and the terrorists sponsored by them." He said that the recently held Parlaim...   READ MORE

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Differences surface in JRL over Geelani's recent stand 5/30/2019 12:25:56 AM Early Times Report srinagar, May 29: Differences have surfaced in the so called Joint Resistance Leadership after senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani chose to hold a different stand including his giving a call for the shutdown on the killing of militant commander Zakir Musa. It is pertinent to mention that Geelani who also heads the Hurriyat G was the only leader from among the separatists who gave a call for shutdown and paid tributes to the slain commander after his killing in Tral. It was for the first time in the recent past that Geelani whose Hurriyat G is a constituent of JRL chose to give a call for the shutdown individually and not in consultation with the JRL. Source...   READ MORE   It's better to die at home rather than to visit NTPHC run by two nursing orderlies' 5/30/2019 12:25:39 AM Arun Jasrotia Early Times Report udhampur, May 29: Tall claims of the Health department to provide the health facilities at the door steps of the common masses are nothing but a hoax. Locals told Early Times that the New Type Primary Heath centre (NTPHC) at Nallah Ghoran in Ghordi Block of District Udhampur is running without a doctor as well as a Medical Assistant and people have been left to fend for themselves. "Only two nursing orderlies are running the show," they said. The villa...   READ MORE   Guv launches on-line registration for Amarnathji Yatra 2019 5/30/2019 12:25:08 AM Early Times Report srinagar, May 29: To enable pilgrims intending to undertake Shri Amarnathji Yatra this summer, Governor Satya Pal Malik, Chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), today launched the On-line Registration facility on pilot basis in presence of Umang Narula Principal Secretary to Governor and Chief Executive Officer, SASB at Raj Bhavan, Srinagar. Others present on the occasion included Anup Kumar Soni, Additional Chief Executive Officer; Verinder Slathia, Dy. Chief Executive Officer; Baiju Ubbott Scientist-D, NIC; Sideshwar Bhagat, Scientist-B, NIC and officers of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. Umang Narula, informed that this pilot project for On-line Registr...   READ MORE   Anti-PDP wave sweeping Kashmir 5/30/2019 12:24:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: The PDP, which came into being in 1999, had won three Lok Sabha seats in 2014. It also won 28 Assembly seats the same year before stitching an alliance with the BJP. Around the same time, a large number of party MLAs left PDP and joined rival political parties in search of greener pastures. Two Finance Ministers, Haseeb Drabu and Altaf Bukhari, quit the party. It hurt the party and denting its image in the eyes of the electorate. One top Shia leader and minister, Imran Raza Ansari, and few MLAs also jumped the 'sinking' ship. With support from some of the seniors in the party, including Muzaffar Hussain Baig she managed to check 'open rebellion' i...   READ MORE   Illegal constructions in 'Red Zone' with admin support go unabated in Poonch Some violators even got 'compensation, residential plot' after 2014 floods 5/30/2019 12:24:39 AM Early Times Report poonch, May 29: In brazen violation of norms, the district administration Poonch has ignored the safety of people by openly allowing 'illegal constructions close to Sher-e-Kashmir Bridge, on the Pulasttey river bed in Darya Colony of Poonch town. What is more shocking is that the illegal constructions in the declared 'Red Zone' area are being raised by the people whose houses got damaged in 2014 devastating floods and they were allotted plots at safer place, besides financial aid for the loss they suffered. The main culprits in the crime are the officials of Municipal Council Poonch and Irrigation and Flood Control Department as they have allowed construction of r...   READ MORE   Need your Ashirvaad to make a new beginning: Munish to people 5/30/2019 12:24:00 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Wednesday urged the people to strengthen his hands so that he could fight for their cause and strive for their bright future. Carrying forward his mass contact programme in Lowe Gadigarh and adjoining areas, Munish told the people that there are many issues which common man faces in his day to day life but most of these issues remain unaddressed due to the "lackadaisical attitude" of the elected representatives. "I hav...   READ MORE   Unabated encroachment of migrant land continues 5/30/2019 12:23:03 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: Unabated encroachment of migrant land continues in Kashmir as the government watches helplessly. According to sources, despite enforcement of Kashmiri Migrants Distress Sale Act, the unabated grabbing of exiled Pandits' land continues in Kashmir Valley. Sources said the concerned district Development Commissioners who were made custodians of migrants immovable property under the Distress Sale Act passed by State Legislature in 1997 failed to enforce law in letter and spirit with the result the land mafia is enjoying a field day and they continue to grab the migrants land and other immovable property. The major cause of concern is that even Government...   READ MORE   Despite High Court orders, RDD fails to release salaries of GRS 5/30/2019 12:22:50 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: The Gram Rozgar Sewaks (GRS) who have been appointed by the concern DCs and ADCs across the state allegedly without proper advertisement are up in arms against the authorities. Most of them lament that the government has failed to release their wages since months together despite the High Court directions in many cases involving such GRS from Kishtwar, Rajouri and Poonch districts of the Jammu province. As per the details available with "Early Times", hundreds of GRS including those of Kishtwar District had been denied the salaries since last nearly one and half year on the grounds that they have not been appointed by following the pro...   READ MORE   20 houses in Lower Gadigarh have no toilets: Locals tell Munish 5/30/2019 12:22:12 AM Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, who would contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Gandhi Nagar segment as an Independent candidate, on Wednesday met people from all walks of life at Lower Gadigarh and other adjoining mohallas of Bhargav Public School and its opposite mohalla. Locals told Munish that tall claims of the government that every household in Jammu and Kashmir has been provided with a toilet are a hoax as nearly twenty houses in Low...   READ MORE   Cop selling Charas to youngsters in Doda, video went viral SSP assures action, puts involved under suspension 5/29/2019 11:44:59 PM Early Times Report Doda, May 29: A cop from Jammu and Kashmir Police posted at Doda was caught red handed on Wednesday by locals near district hospital selling Charas to a local youth. A video on social media has gone viral in which a policeman can seen selling Charas to local youth that too within the premises of District hospital Doda. In no time the video was circulated on various social media platforms, creating a stir among the general public. The video also left parents worried ove...   READ MORE   PDP got mere 1800 votes in Khansahib Assembly segment 5/29/2019 11:43:53 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 29: The PDP performance in Khansahib constituency has remained very poory getting only 1800 votes inspite of the fact that local leader and former MLA , Hakim Yasin had not fielded any candidate from his party JK Peoples Democratic Front (PDF). Sources told Early Times that PDP Lok Sabha candidate from Srinagar parliamentary seat Aga Mohsin who himself hails from district Budgam could only get 1800 votes from the Khansahib assembly segment which until recently was a very stronghold of PDP. Sources say that after resignation of local PDP leader Saifudin Bhat from basic membership of party , PDP is loosing its grip in Khansahib area. " I am shocked ...   READ MORE   BJP unlikely to carry out dialogue with Kashmiri separatists 5/29/2019 11:43:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: It's almost clear. Reports from New Delhi suggest that "during its previous stint, the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government did want to involve the Kashmiri separatists in a dialogue process but on the condition that the separatists would acknowledge it publicly". "Carrying out a dialogue behind the curtains was not going to bear any fruit. The talks could not fructify. With the return of the BJP to power, the Centre's policy in Kashmir is unlikely to see any major shift, security operations being its major component," reports from the corridors of power in New Delhi further said. No less than 91 terrorists, including at least 8 top commanders belonging ...   READ MORE   Migrants crave for basic facilities in Jammu camps 5/29/2019 11:43:40 PM S.K. Kaw Early Times Report Jammu, May 29: Notwithstanding tall claims of providing all basic facilities to Kashmiri Pandit migrants living in various camps in Jammu, the migrants are facing unscheduled power cuts in scorching heat. They also complained of delay in disbursement of monthly cash assistance and ration. Lambasting the authorities Sunil Pandita said that the incumbent Relief & Rehabilitation Commissioner seems to be least bothered about the problems of KPs who have been left in the lurch for one reason or the other. He said there were frequent and unscheduled power cuts in this scorching heat when day temperature has surged to 42 degrees Celsius in Jagti camp particu...   READ MORE   No ambulance for poor patients in Kishtwar 5/29/2019 11:43:33 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, May 29: A day after Early Times carried a report on how an ambulance was used for transportation of official goods, a poor patient from Palmar area of Kishtwar was Wednesday denied ambulance for shifting him to Jammu. However, due to timely intervention of the media persons, the hospital authorities were forced to arrange an ambulance. As per the details available with Early Times, a pregnant lady hailing from Palmar area of Kishtwar was on Tuesday admitted in the District Hospital Kishtwar where she had a caesarean delivery. But the newly born developed some medical complications and the family was advised by the doctors at District Hosp...   READ MORE   Civilian killed in security forces firing in Shopian, 50 persons injured in clashes in Kulgam 5/29/2019 11:43:24 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report Srinagar, May 29: A civilian was killed after security forces opened fire on a group of people who were protesting near an encounter site at Pinjura in South Kashmir's Shopian district today. Around three dozen persons sustained injuries in the action of the security forces. Reports said that protests broke out when police and security forces cordoned off the Pinjura village after they received inputs that some militants hiding there. As the security forces cordoned off the suspected houses the militants hiding inside fired upon them and thus a full-fledged encounter ensued between the two sides. When last reports came in the firing had stopped i...   READ MORE

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