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JK in deep financial crisis as PC withholds plan funds 8/15/2014 12:09:38 AM Bashir Assad SRINAGAR, Aug 14: With each passing day, the problems for Omar Abdullah Government are getting compounded. Thanks to an inordinate delay in the approval of the annual plan by the Planning Commission of India for the current financial year, development works in the state have come to a grinding halt. Sources in the Planning and Finance Departments told Early Times on Wednesday that due to withholding of plan funds by the Centre, the financial crises is deepening to an alarming extent. The situation is so bad that soon, there may be no money to provide fuel for Government vehicles, what to speak of spending on developmental works. A senior bureaucrat told Early Times that in normal course, the Planning Department would release the second installment in the second quarter of the year. He said that the situation is moving from bad to worse. The bureaucrat said that ahead of Eid this year, the Government raised a loan of Rs. 300 crore from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. It was only then that the Government was able to release the salary bills of its employees. Th...   READ MORE

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Hindus, Buddhists, Christians anti-India, says Mirwaiz Seminar of secessionists 8/14/2014 11:52:42 PM Neha JAMMU, Aug 14: Hindus, Buddhists and Christians are anti-India. This precisely was the meaning of what self-styled chairman of APHC-M Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Monday in Srinagar. "We (Mirwaiz and fanatics like him) will give them (divisive forces) a befitting reply that people of all three regions, be it Buddhists, Hindus, Christians and Muslims are all part of the Kashmir's genuine freedom struggle". The mad man made this statement while addressing a seminar of secessionists in Srinagar on August 11 the theme of which was "Khonay Shaheeda Ranglayega" (Martyrs' sacrifices will bear fruit) and it was organized to commemorate the sixth death anniversary of slain Hurriyat (M) activi...   READ MORE   NC, Cong don't know what they say IIT is for all 8/14/2014 11:52:28 PM Rustam JAMMU, Aug 14: Working president of National Conference (NC) and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz, it seems, do not know what they say or they make statements without realizing that their views are offending even those who belong to their own faith. This became more than clear when they in one voice condemned the Union Government for its decision to set up an Indian Institute of technology in Jammu - institute which will not be the sole preserve of the Jammu youth but of the country, including Kashmir and Ladakh. Both the Kashmir-based leaders forgot that their parties were in power in the state and that they had consistently claimed that they talk...   READ MORE   PHC Aishmuqam staff, assaults victim following Tehsildar's surprise visit Nurse molestation case' 8/14/2014 11:52:15 PM Saahil Suhail Anantnag, Aug 14, 2014: In an another unfortunate development, officials of the health department instead of taking action against the employees found absent by Tehsildar Pahalgam in a surprise check, have sent an explanation notice to 'Nurse molestation Victim' for misbehaving with the staff members, who was allegedly assaulted by a lady doctor and blamed for informing the magistrate. Sources said that on 11th of this month at around 2:30, Tehsildar Pahalgam raided Primary Health Center in Aishmuqam area of South Kashmir and reportedly found all the employees excluding the medical officer Dr Khalid-ul-Rehman and Nurse molestation victim who is posted in the same hospital....   READ MORE   BJP gives another setback to Lal Singh by appointing Nirmal Singh as campaign committee chairman 8/14/2014 11:29:49 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 14: By appointing Dr Nirmal Singh as chairman of the Election Campaign Committee, the BJP high command has given a clear signal to Choudhary Lal Singh that party is not going to accept his terms and conditions for joining BJP. Choudhary Lal Singh, who has resigned from Congress after castigating both Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saif-ud-Din Soz last month, has announced to join BJP. He would most probably join BJP on August 25 when national president of the party Amit Shah is visiting Jammu to formally kick start party's campaign for Assembly elections. Credible sources in the BJP said that before resigning from Congress, Choudhary Lal Singh was putting some terms ...   READ MORE   Congress high command comes to Omar's rescue again 8/14/2014 11:29:40 PM Mustansir SRINAGAR, Aug 14: Putting all speculations to rest about pulling out of the coalition Government in J&K, the Congress high command has directed the state not to disturb the Omar Abdullah Government till elections are held in the state. Earlier the State Congress had reported the unease persisting between the coalition partners to the party high command in New Delhi and had asked them to take a call on whether to continue the coalition Government with NC or not. However, highly placed sources told Early Times on Thursday that the Congress high command has directed the state unit not to withdraw support to Omar Abdullah led Government and continue with it till elections are h...   READ MORE   As NC president refuses to come out of 'shock', party morale hits all time low Further delay in distribution of mandates 8/14/2014 11:29:31 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Aug 14: National Conference President, Dr. Farooq Abdullah is yet to come out of the shock which he received in the form of defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the Srinagar-Budgam Parliamentary seat. Dr. Abdullah is taking no interest whatsoever in the party affairs and it is his son Omar Abdullah who is calling the shots. The NC President has kept himself aloof from the distribution of mandates for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. This too has provided a platform for the critics to dissect the performance of National Conference in the recent past. Sources told Early Times that the basic reason for disillusionment of Dr. Abdullah is that the...   READ MORE   Too loud over human rights, NC-Cong coalition unable to make SHRC functional 8/14/2014 11:29:15 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Aug 14: While State Accountability Commission (SAC) will go defunct on August 18, more than a month has passed with NC-Congress coalition Government struggling to make headless State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) functional. Non-seriousness of the State Government reflects from the fact that even the Adhoc which was being headed by a National Conference (NC) card holder Rafiq Fida no longer exists yet the two coalition partners are busy in theatrics, caring a little about an important institution having gone to dogs. Meetings are being planned by the Law department for appointing members to the commission but the two coalition partners are shying away to come ac...   READ MORE   CJM Kishtwar directs police to investigate rape charges against Sonu Encounter specialist cop in trouble 8/14/2014 11:29:06 PM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, Aug 14: Encounter Specialist cop Shiv Krishan Sharma alias Sonu who was released on bail from Sessions Court Bhaderwah on 31st of last month for his alleged role in making attempt to revive militancy in Doda and Kishtwar Districts is once again landed in a trouble after Chief Judicial Magistrate Kishtwar directed SHO police station Kishtwar to investigate the rape charges against him (Sonu) leveled by complainant (name withheld) accusing the cop of committing the rape on her, beside making a false promise of marriage with her (victim) after committing the crime. As per the details available with "Early Times", the complainant allege that the accused cop who was p...   READ MORE   FMPHWs allege gender discrimination in promotion mechanism 8/14/2014 11:28:49 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Aug 14: As female multi purpose health workers (FMPHW) of Health and Family Welfare Departments recruited since 1970 allege 'gender discrimination' in promotion mechanism, authorities in Health Department say 'recruitment rules does not support their promotion quota'. Around 3000 FMPHWs of Jammu and Kashmir divisions working since 1970 in Health and Family Welfare Departments while alleging gender discrimination in promotion mechanism said that male counterparts of both the department who are working with them were promoted once in their career but only FMPHW's for unknown reasons have been denied their due share of promotions despite formal requests to auth...   READ MORE   NC holds Soz responsible for failed CCC meet Seeks change in Chair 8/14/2014 11:28:38 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 14: The National Conference leadership is said to have conveyed to the Congress high command that it would participate in the coalition coordination committee meeting in case some senior Congress leader or Minister headed the committee. These views were conveyed to the Congress high command after the NC members of the CCC stayed away from the meeting which was scheduled to be held in Srinagar on August 10. The meeting had to be cancelled which provoked the leaders of the state unit of the Congress to campaign against the attitude of the National Conference in the AICC circles in New Delhi. Reports said that NC leadership has been peeved over the way the PCC...   READ MORE   Appearance of Pakistani flags causes embarrassment to police, security forces Flags come up in Srinagar, other parts of valley 8/14/2014 11:28:20 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Aug 14: In a major embarrassment to police and security forces agencies, Pakistani flags appeared in some localities of summer capital and other areas of Kashmir valley. The flags were put up in connection with the Independence Day of Pakistan that was celebrated today. Reports and eye-witnesses said that Pakistani flags appeared in some of the localities of downtown city. A Pakistani flag appeared on the busy Residency Road early in the morning. The flag was removed by the policemen, but not before it came into the notice of the people who passed through the road. Eye-witnesses told Early Times that couple of girls owing allegiance to separatist outfit Dukhtara...   READ MORE

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