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With Rs 5 lakh police has "closed" Tarseem's murder case but Giri's family still screaming for justice Dalit organisations fume over police's atrocities on community youth 6/24/2015 1:06:56 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Dalit organisations fume over gruesome murder of a youth Tarseem Lal facing charge of narcotic smuggling, who was allegedly killed by five policemen of Special Operation Group (SoG) of J&K Police on Sunday. While as the helpless family members of Rakesh Singh Giri, another Dalit youth who was killed by police in fake encounter on November 21, 2010, are moving from pillar to post to get justice, the "brave" cops of J&K police have gunned down another Dalit boy in the name of encounter. Dalit organisations have reasons to fume because nearly four and half years have passed but nothing has been done to provide justice to the family members of Giri. In the meantime police has alleged killed another youth of the depressed community. With the intervention of Social Welfare and Forest Minister Bali Bhagat five police of SOG have been arrested for killing Tarsem Lal but justice still eludes to the poor family of Giri. Police fired on a youth identified as Tarseem Lal, involved in narcotics smuggling, when he tried to escape after his arrest in Domana ...   READ MORE

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For a change Mirwaiz plays 'Good Boy', stays away from protests Hurriyat M cadres act more loyal than the king, face detention 6/24/2015 1:06:46 AM Early Times Report srinagar, June 23: Acting more loyal than the King, the cadres of Hurriyat Conference-M might have planned to visit restive Kulgam over killing of two militants and a civilian there and got detained midway, but their Chairman and senior separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq volunteered to stay away from the protests and enjoyed freedom. This is not any hypothetical assumption but the crux of two back-to- back statements issued by the Hurriyat Conference-M today. One handout said Hurriyat M leaders were put under house arrest, otherwise they would have visited Kulgam to protest the killing of "freedom fighters (militants)". But the other handout said that Mirwaiz was fr...   READ MORE   2 Inspectors trying to become SHO of a border PS 6/24/2015 1:06:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Two police Inspectors are using all their connections to get posted as SHO of a border police station in Jammu district. One of them was earlier SHO of this border police station but he was attached with the district police lines here, following the posting of a probationary IPS officer as its SHO. Another got himself transferred to Jammu-Kathua range and then to Jammu district in the recent past. As he has already served as SHO there, he wants to be its SHO again. Both were making rounds of the offices of senior police officers for their posting to the said police station, according to police sources. One of these Inspectors, during his posting in ...   READ MORE   The inaccessible BJP ministers! 6/24/2015 1:06:28 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: The J&K BJP leaders, who before becoming MLAs and then ministers, would feel honoured to speak to journalists, nowadays take pride in ignoring them. They have changed a lot since March 1 last when the BJP-PDP government was formed in the state after initial hiccups. They wilfully do not attend the journalists' phone calls and at times put them on hold. It seems as if they have developed an obsessive attachment to the feeling that the scribes are unworthy of their attention. But it was not the case before they became ministers over three months back. Before the conduct of state polls last year, they would even discuss their party matters with scribes and ...   READ MORE   Lal Singh left red-faced after reprimand from Ram Madhav 6/24/2015 1:06:20 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: BJP's central leadership is not happy with the working of J&K Health Minister Chowdhary Lal Singh and has asked him to show more understanding of his ministry. According to sources, the BJP national secretary Ram Madhav was not impressed with the working of Lal Singh when he presented the report card of his 100-day of the government. "Don't bring about what you have done with the central government schemes. Show me what is your contribution to the Health department. Suspension of doctors is meaningless. It alone doesn't give health benefits to poor people," Madhav told Lal Singh, said the sources. They said the central high command has taken serious ...   READ MORE   BJP leaders, ministers skip Dr Mookerjee's Balidan Diwas function 6/24/2015 1:06:11 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: The ministers and senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday skipped the Balidan Diwas function, which was organized to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Shyama Prasad Mookherji , who sacrificed his life in Jammu in 1952 to break the permit system and for total integration of J&K with rest of country. Though senior BJP leaders, including Party national general secretary, Ram Madhav and its national vice president Avinash Rai Khanna were in Jammu the duo failed to attend the programme organized by the district BJP here today. The BJP ministers who were yesterday in Jammu along with Madhav and Khanna to parti...   READ MORE   Claims Farooq Abdullah pays tributes to Dr Mokherjee BJP media cell creates flutter 6/24/2015 1:06:04 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: The media cell of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday created a flutter after it issued a press note claiming that BJP National Secretary Farooq Abdullah also paid tributes to Dr Shyama Prasad Mookherjee. The press note while giving details of the ceremony held to pay tributes also mentioned name of Farooq Abdullah, National Secretary who attended the ceremony and paid homage to the party stalwart. According to party leaders though it was a routine event of paying tributes to Dr Shyama Prasad Mookherjee but due to faux pass it turned out to be the most happening political event of the day. The clipping of the press note went viral on the ...   READ MORE   BJP MLAs say review agenda of alliance, Madhav says implement it Genuine concern 6/24/2015 1:05:50 AM ET Report Jammu, June 23: No one had expected that the BJP MLAs would muster courage to air their opposition to the "pernicious" agenda of alliance in the presence of its architect Ram Madhav, party national general secretary and in-charge J&K, but very surprisingly it happened on Monday, when the RSS ideologue held meetings with party ministers, MLAs and party office-bearers in Jammu. They reportedly did muster courage and condemned the agenda of alliance. They condemned the agenda of alliance in the manner the outraged nationalist camp in J&K had been condemning it ever since it was made public in Jammu on March 1 and demanded its review. The BJP MLAs, as per many insiders, not just con...   READ MORE   Scribes hit streets, demand action against Hanjura, his escort 6/24/2015 1:05:27 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 23: Demanding resignation of PDP minister and suspension of cops involved in assault on a scribe, scores of journalists Tuesday staged a protest against the thrashing of a senior journalist, Javaid Malik by the security circle of state Agriculture Minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura. Journalists working for various local, national and international media houses, held the protest near the Press Colony to protest against the beating of Javaid Malik, who was be...   READ MORE   Ready to apologize, says Hanjura 6/24/2015 1:04:49 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 23: A day after security guards of the Agriculture Minister Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura assaulted the senior journalist Javaid Malik at city outskirts here, the Minister on Tuesday tried to put the controversy to end by stating that he is ready to apologize. In a statement here Hanjura said: "The story carried by GK about one journalist Javaid Malik having been allegedly thrashed by my security guards has come as a shock and surprise to me. The fact is that a red car swiveled and slam-stopped in front of my vehicle and the driver of the vehicle rushed towards my car and tried to open the window of my vehicle. He was stopped by the security guards and take...   READ MORE   PHE deptt observes Govt order in breach, regularizes only 3 on 'selective' basis Regularization of contractual workers with over 7 years of service 6/24/2015 1:04:38 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Having remained in controversies during the previous NC-Congress regime for scores of reasons, PHE and Irrigation Department has made itself conspicuous itself for one negative cause, rather intention. This is the only department which has not only defied the government order but an Act properly enacted during the erstwhile coalition with regard of regularization of adhoc/consolidated daily wagers who have completed 7 years of service, thanks to whimsical administrative officials at the helm who are deliberately stalling the cases and delaying justice with scores of deserving adhoc based employees. Sources said the order issued by the NC-Congress governm...   READ MORE   Academy of arts, culture and languages or academy of anti-Indians 'India's cultural aggression on Kashmir' 6/24/2015 1:04:24 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL) was established in the state decades ago. It braches were established in all the three regions of the state - Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Its stated objective was to promote the state's art, culture and languages. The aim was novel. However, it is difficult to say if the JKAACL has been able to achieve its objective. On the other hand, it can be said that JKAACL, Kashmir, instead of promoting art, culture and languages, has been promoting anti-India sentiments in the Valley. It is not an overstatement; it is a statement of fact. That it has turned out to be an academy of anti-Indians and ant...   READ MORE   Concentrate on work: Mufti to ministers Unhappy over manhandling of scribe by Mantri's guard 6/24/2015 1:04:13 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayed, has told his ministers in clear terms to refrain from taking up controversial issues and instead concentrate on work. The advise has come after reports that the coalition government has not been able to provide good governance. The Chief Minister has further advised his ministers to spend more time in office chambers to address the problems of the people. Mufti has told the ministers not to fall prey to machinations of mischief mongers. Reports suggest that the CM was dismayed over manhandling of a journalist by the guards of a minister. Official sources said that Mufti Sayeed may be meeting Prime Minister and the...   READ MORE   Mob torches Beacon vehicle in Kulgam 6/24/2015 12:52:09 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Kulgam, June 23: Locals protesting against the civilian killing torched a Beacon vehicle on Srinagar-Jammu highway near Wanpoh in Khudwani area of Kulgam in south Kashmir. Reports said that at around 17:10 Pm, a mob stopped Beacon vehicle at Wanpoh after noticing Army uniform in the vehicle. "It was the army uniform which attracted the attention of locals ," a BEACON official said. He said that protesters torched the vehicle and thrashed employees on bo...   READ MORE   Jugal promises establishment of premier hospital in Jammu, Khajuria speaks against discrimination with Dogras 6/24/2015 12:33:36 AM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: The state unit of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), which in fact, seems to be compromising over the establishment of the premier AIIMS today, once again trumpeted establishment of hospital in Jammu solely to befool Jammuites knowing an earlier statement of Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh that the hospital would not be snatched from Kashmir. Now the million dollar question is-Why AIIMS issue is raked up by the state unit of Bhartiya Janta Party especially among those leaders who are not part of Jammu and Kashmir government? Speaking during a party programme here at Party Headquarter Kachi Chawni, Jammu organised to commemorate th...   READ MORE   Want to visit SKIMS as attendant? Be ready to be fleeced 6/24/2015 12:33:21 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, June 23: Srinagar's Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) is in news for wrong reasons again. The administration is charging Rs 100 from each attendant for a 15-minute visit to the hospital. Several people told Early Times that while their near and dear ones are admitted in the hospital, visiting them has become very difficult because of the irrational decision of the hospital authorities. The people said a checking squad appointed by director SKIMS Dr Showkat Zargar makes rounds of the hospital wards after every 30 minutes. "The squad carries a receipt book and whenever any person is found visiting any patient without a Rs ...   READ MORE   Violating norms, telecom operator digs out lane of Mubarak Mandi heritage site 6/24/2015 12:33:01 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Though Mubarak Mandi heritage site has already been declared a protected monument a telecom operator has reportedly dug out several hundred meters of lane connecting the site. Members of Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society (MMJHS) informed Early Times that for the last two nights, some cable operator has been digging out lanes to lay cables, which was in violation of guidelines. "Mubarak Mandi is already declared a protected monument and according to an SRO of Heritage society, apart from Archeological survey of India, it is also the responsibility of state government to protect the monument", he said, adding that for any intervention ...   READ MORE   GHSS Topneel lacks proper staff Class work continues in winter zone 6/24/2015 12:01:10 AM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: Even as class work continues in winter zone of the state, Government Higher Secondary School, Topneel of district Doda is the live example where teachers of six subjects are not available. Reliable sources of Education department informed Early Times that current government has pressurized teachers to give hundred percent results but the schools have not been given proper staff. The GHSS Topneel was upgraded in 2007 and had sanctioned strength of 14 lecturers in various subjects but astoundingly till date government has only filled six posts of which two are permanent and four work on contractual basis. Moreover, the school is head...   READ MORE   Solar lights struck amidst administrative inertia, political short sightedness 6/23/2015 11:59:41 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, June 23: District administration Kishtwar, allegedly at the behest of some political workers belonging to ruling party has reportedly diverted about 1500 solar lights reserved beneficiaries residing in Municipal limits of Kishtwar town and its adjoining areas. The sources informed the "Early Times" that in addition to 20000 solar lights worth approximately Rs. 56 Cr, 3000 solar lights were sanctioned for Kishtwar town by previous National Conference-Congress government, added that out of these 3000 solar lights, District administration Kishtwar distributed about 1500 solar lights among the political activists of ruling coalition partner ...   READ MORE   Ramzanpura craves for attention Whose baby is this? 6/23/2015 11:59:28 PM Mohd Irfan Early Times Report Jammu, June 23: In a glaring instance of official apathy, Ramzanpura area falling under ward No.60 of Janipur adjoining Paloura is a perfect example of government apathy. The locality sans basis amenities as the locals accused successive governments of apathy. "We are fortunate enough that our local MLA, Bali Bhagat has become a minister in the BJP led coalition government but to our utter dismay, the minister has not done anything for the locality," the locals said. However, being a MLA of Raipura -Domana, under whose jurisdiction this area 'Ramzanpura' falls, Bali Bhagat is seemingly not making any concrete efforts to direct concerned authorities ...   READ MORE   Faiz Ahmed Faiz daughter's visit leaves Kashmir media embarrassed No news coverage, paid advertisement carried by Srinagar dailies 6/23/2015 11:59:15 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 23: In what has left the media houses in Kashmir red-faced, the Srinagar dailies failed to offer any free coverage to the Kashmir visit of daughter of famed poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz and instead only carried a paid advertisement. While the Government College For Women MA Road here was courteous enough to host the visiting personality, Srinagar dailies failed to reciprocate. This is despite the fact that the visiting lady had assured to offer assistance to the college. The issue has sparked a major debate on social networking websites with Ayaz Rasool Nazki, a noted writer, playing the whistleblower for having noticed the advertisement in the newspapers. "W...   READ MORE   JMC keeps Joint Commissioner column vacant 6/23/2015 11:58:47 PM EARLY TIMES IMPACT Mohd Irfan Early Times Report Jammu, June 23:A day after Early Times carried a story titled "who is joint commissioner JMCs" as the website (jmc.nic.in/contactus.html) shows Kapil Sharma still holding the post where as he was transferred by the cabinet reshuffle on 29th of May. Jmc Commissioner Soujanya Sharma Said "Kapil yet to be relieved by the corporation, as he himself assumes the charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner Jammu (ADC)", he asserted. When asked why the website shows Kapil as Joint Commissioner, commissioner, he said, "actually those who are entrusted with updating the website think Kapil might came back again. But by tomorrow I will set th...   READ MORE

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