FRONT PAGE STORIES |
|
|
| 'Desperate' Omar claims credit for 'desperate' measures taken by coalition Government | | Wants to empty state coffers for 'public good' | | |
Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, July 12: National Conference-Congress coalition government in the state wants to create financial mess for the new state government and this was aptly proved by the statement of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah the other day.
Addressing party workers on the 14th death anniversary of his grandmother Begum Akbar Jahan on Friday, Omar had said that he would not hesitate in emptying the coffers of state treasury if it is for the welfare of common masses. He said that People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been frustrated by his so-called pro-people measures and that the steps would ensure victory for National Conference in the Assembly elections.
The State Governmen... | |
| | | | Expansion of Jammu Airport caught in quagmire | | AAI fails to acquire adequate land for allied facilities | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, July 12: The expansion of Jammu Airport is reportedly caught in a quagmire as the executing agency Airport Authority of India (AAI), has so far failed to acquire the land, required for creating various facilities.
Sources informed Early Times that apart from expansion of existing runway for increase the landing surface, the AAI also required land for construction of parking slots and for other allied purposes.
"The AAI needs a total of around 27 Kanal land including 17 Kanal from Satwari and 10 kanals from Narwal Pine area which is in possession of local residents, besides it also needs the land in possession of Sheep Husbandry Farm, which is yet to be acquired for... | |
| | | | Union budget has not gone down well with Kashmiris ? | | Jammu and Ladakh | | | Rustam
JAMMU, July 12: The Union budget, which was presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha on July 10, has not gone down well with certain vested interests in Kashmir. Significantly, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which stands for self-rule, shared sovereignty and so on, unlike the National Conference (NC), the Congress and many vested interests in the Valley, has welcomed the budget.
Earlier, the PDP leadership had welcomed the rail budget, which was presented by the Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda in the Parliament on July 8.
Why did not the Union budget go down well with sections of political class and society in the Valley? They are unhappy for three rea... | |
| | | | PDP won't go with BJP, Congress relieved | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, July 12: As often said, 'politics is the art of possibilities' the cold war between PDP and Congress leadership seems to be a thing of past now. Power corridors of Srinagar are rife with the talk that the estranged partners may join hands for government formation after state assembly elections. In the race for power, all is forgiving. Though there are reports that PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayed has cold shouldered senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's overtures, insiders, however, admit that Congress leadership is now convinced that the PDP cannot reach the magical tally of 44 but at the same time will not go with BJP for power sharing. Congress functionaries-b... | |
| | | | LA elections take toll of Omar's nerves | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, July 12: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's assertions that 'It is my government and will empty state coffers for the people of the state' has taken everybody by surprise. It appears that the forth coming Assembly elections have gone to his head.
Omar Abdullah looks to be in a mood to score maximum in the power play conditions but he must remember that weak teams lose most of the wickets in the power play. It is a known fact that when one goes for desperate attempts there are chances of injuries as well.
People of the state generally believe that the National Conference finds itself in a situation of isolation and that is why it is in the romantic mood these days t... | |
| | | | Strategy for Assembly polls: Cong to avoid direct attack on Modi; to expose misdeeds of local BJP leaders | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 12: The process for Assembly elections has started and political parties have also pulled up their socks to expose each other.
The Congress, which got crushing defeat at the hands of its arch rival BJP in the Parliamentary elections, has decided to expose BJP in the Assembly polls to corner the over enthusiastic saffron party.
Credible sources disclosed that as part of its new re-devised strategy, the Congress has decided not to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly during Assembly elections campaign. "Instead of attacking Narindra Modi or his government, Congress leadership would try to expose misdeeds of local BJP leaders who have many loose poin... | |
| | | | Omar hits hard at PDP for remaining mum on IIT to Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 12: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has resented the granting of IIT at Jammu. The CM had infact hit at the PDP for not standing up to the 'concerns' of the Kashmir region.
Omar addressing a rally at Baramulla said the then NC MPs had got central universities both at Kashmir and Jammu region. The CM had carefully twisted facts here. The fact is Central university was at the first place granted to Jammu but in a planned manner shifted to Kashmir. Fearing that the Jammu region could again erupt, as the decision had come close to the 2008 Amarnath land row, the CM was forced to take to up the issue with the Central government which had no other option but to al... | |
| | | | Tough for BJP to open its account in Kashmir valley during Assembly poll | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 12: It is news.Really it is news with substance.It is news having all interesting frills. And the news is that the BJP has plans of fielding party candidates in all the 46 Assembly constituencies in the Kashmir valley. It is news because the BJP is, for the first time in its history, trying to register its presence in the Kashmir valley, in a big way, during the Assembly election, scheduled to be held towards the close of the current year.
Yes,in the past the BJP fielded its candidates from three to four Assembly constituencies but had failed to win. It had fielded its candidates from Baramulla an Anantnag Lok Sabha constituencies during the recent elect... | |
| | | | Revenue Clerks, Patwar Association asks DTO to tender apology; threaters Tehsil level agitation | | | | M.S Nazki
Poonch, July 12: Revenue Clerk and Patwar Association in DC office Poonch today went on strike against the manhandling by district treasury officer Poonch to an accounts employee of DC office on July 8, 2014.
The Clerk and Patwar Association of DC office Poonch urged the district treasury officer Jitender Pandita to tender an apology for manhandling accounts clerk of DC office Ashwani Kumar who had gone for encashment of salary bills for the employees of DC office Poonch. Sources said that on July 8 Ashwani Kumar an accounts clerk in DC office Poonch went to district Treasury office Poonch with the salary bills of employees of his office. On seeing him the DTO Jitendra Pandi... | |
| | | | Political vendetta forces 850 MW Rattle HEP management to stop project construction work | | Project head Martin Bookly resigns from his post | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, July 12 : The project management of 850 MW Rattle Hydro Electrical Power Project presently under construction in Drabshalla village of Kishtwar District today decided to stop all construction work undergoing at project site after Bhartiya Janta Party Yuwa (BJYM) yesterday forced them to close the office over the issue of denial of jobs to the local youths hailing from Kishtwar town and its adjoining areas.
The BJYM activist led by senior leader Shashi Badyal while talking to "Early Times" said that the project management is befooling the locals of Kishtwar District, particularly the unemployed youths of Kishtwar town and its adjoin areas on the name of ... | |
| | | | Pak, K separatists oppose Delhi's stand on UNMOGIP | | Right & Bold Stand | | | Neha
JAMMU, July 12 : Earlier this week, New Delhi asked United nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), which has been overlooking military activity in this and other part of J&K, to vacate a government bungalow in the heart the union capital that it has been using rent-free for almost 40 years. The decision was "consistent with India's long-standing view that UNMOGIP has outlived its relevance," said Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman of the Indian Foreign Office. A foreign ministry spokesman also asserted that the decision was "in line with efforts to rationalize the UN body's presence in India".
New Delhi has been maintaining, and very rightly, that the UNMOGIP ha... | |
| | | | PIO's continue to violate law, CIC's letter gathering dust | | Failure of Govt to provide training on RTI Act ? | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 12: As Government fails to provide proper training to its officials about the implementation of Right to Information Act (RTI) in the state, the Government officials particularly the Public Information Officers (PIO's) and their seniors the First Appellate Authorities (FAA's) continue to violate the provisions of this transparency law in J&K about which the present Government led by Omar Abdullah is making all hue and cry. Even the State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) G R Sufi wrote several letters to the Government regarding this matter but it seems his letters are eating the dust at Civil Secretariat and the reason is that CM is hardly bothered t... | |
| | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
|