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| BJP killing itself in Jammu | | What an irony! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: Will the BJP leadership take cognizance of such slogans as "Kavinder Gupta, Amar Rahe", "Nirmal Singh, Amar Rahe", "Sat Sharma, Amar Rahe, Bali Bhagat, Amar Rahe", Rajesh Gupta, Amar Rahe" and "down with the BJP and take some concrete steps to recover its lost political space?
What an irony! The BJP that fought for the Jammu cause for decades is today working whole time to defeat it. To defeat it for what? To further pamper Kashmir, controversial Kashmiri leadership and help fanatics and separatists in the Valley to accomplish what they failed to accomplish after 1947. The single-point agenda of the Kashmiri leadership after 1947 was to get not just Kashmir separated from what it called Hindu and communal India, but the entire state of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh on the ground that the state was Muslim-majority, which could not be integrated with India socially, culturally, constitutionally, politically and administratively. The other component of the agenda of Kashmiri leadership was to establish its complete hegemony and domination over the pol... | |
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| What is sauce for Panthers Party goose is "not" sauce for BJP gander | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: The state unit of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir is helpless.It is hapless because of its inability to secure from the Government of India, which has a BJP Government, various facilities and concessions for the region of Jammu from where it had won 25 out of 37 seats in the previous Assembly election.
In fact it was peoples' support to the BJP that it has been able,for the first time, to share power with a Kashmir centric party, the PDP. Whatever may be the merits and demerits of the alliance between the BJP and the PDP, the BJP has not been able to fulfill its various commitments it had made to the people of the region of Jammu.
It had failed to fulfill ... | |
| | | | 'AIIMS okay for Kashmir, in Jammu it will spread diseases' | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: Facing flak over its failure to come up to the expectations of Jammuites, over proposed establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders have been leaving no stone unturned to justify their party's position, which conspicuously are nothing more than tactics to befool masses.
In an amusing statement, made to justify his party's stand, a BJP leader said that establishment of AIIMS in Jammu would only bring in more disease. "The AIIMS is okay for Kashmir. If it comes up in Jammu, it will only spread diseases", the BJP leader, who had come to attend a cremation at Jogi gate said.
The BJP leader, who ha... | |
| | | | Sajad's aide violates HC directions with impunity | | Constructs hotel on state land in Pahalgam | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Aug 1: In total violation of the state High Court orders seeking preservation of environment in the Valley of shepherds (Pahalgam), Sajjad Lone's close aide has not only grabbed state land but constructed a hotel on it.
Official Sources told Early Times that influential land grabber occupied the land measuring 1 Kanal before two months and started constructing a hotel on it.
They identified the land grabber as Anwer Jan-resident of Samba Jammu- who according to them contested 2014 assembly elections from Pahalgam assembly segment on Peoples Conference ticket.
Sources said that influential land grabber managed to 'pressurize' the revenue of... | |
| | | | 'Vindictive' Edu Minister gets school principal removed | | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: On July 29, Education Minister Naeem Akhtar Andrabi ordered attachment of Chief Education Officer (CEO) Srinagar and principal Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothi Bagh, Srinagar, with the Directorate of School Education, Kashmir.
On the record, the duo was punished after the Education Minister found the Kothi Bagh school untidy during his visit there. There's, however, a different story doing rounds in the Education Department about the attachment of the duo.
According to credible sources in the Education Department, Fatima Shaheen Tak, principal of the Kothi Bagh school, had openly revealed to the media that it was the Educ... | |
| | | | `Kashmiris have thrown shoes on all Abdullahs' | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: The Abdullahs have received bouquets and brickbats as well. None among them including Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah had a cakewalk in the state. The people conveyed their displeasure whenever the leaders deviated from the stand. At times they pelted stones to express their anger and when stones were not available, the people threw shoes.
This way the Kashmiris have the distinction of inventing this `novel' mode of protest. However, Kashmir history fails to mak... | |
| | | | Ruhullah plays politics over deadbody | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: After losing power National Conference is toeing the line of separatists and seems to be hell bent upon vitiating the peaceful atmosphere in Kashmir. The newly appointed chief spokesman of the NC Aga Syed Ruhullah on Friday issued a hard hitting statement demanding that mortal remains of the Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who was hanged at Tihar Jail in New Delhi, be handed over to his family.
A day after Yakub Memon was hanged, Ruhullah issued a statement saying, "Guru's family being deprived of his body was against the tenets of natural justice and undermined the constitutional principles of the country. The system cannot differentiate based on biased pr... | |
| | | | Return of Afzal Guru's mortal remains | | Is NC suffering from amnesia? | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Leadership of Kashmir's oldest political party National Conference, it seems, is suffering from amnesia, if one goes by its recent demand of return of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru's mortal remains.
Guru was secretly hanged in New Delhi's Tihar Jail on February 9, 2013 when the Omar Abdullah-led NC-Congress coalition was ruling the state and the Abdullahs' party was a partner in the UPA in Centre too.
But now the party, which suffered humiliating defeat in the last Assembly elections, wants return of Guru's mortal remains to his family in the Valley. This political stunt, if it was designed as one, has however failed to strike a chord... | |
| | | | Another bombshell dropped on Super-speciality hospital, Health ministry now messes up with Urology deptt | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: Call it irony of sorts or illogical decision making but Health and Medical Education department after having virtually destroyed working atmosphere of cardiology department has now targeted Urology department of the super-speciality hospital.
According to the sources, health and medical education department has again directly interfered in the working of the urology department. An order has been issued from the civil secretariat in which the department has been bifurcated into two units. Through the order, they have created the two units without actually mentioning the same in the order.
Calling the order "working roster", sources said... | |
| | | | 3 PDP ministers call shots amid criticism | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 1: The three cabinet ministers of PDP may well be enjoying upper hand in all key matters of governance, the trio have earned different names on account of their focus of work, priorities and style of working, no matter what ministries they are actually holding at present. While the R&B Minister Altaf Bukhari is being referred to as Minister of 'traders', Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu's name is being likened to that of minister of 'Corporates'. The third one, Education minister, contrary to his portfolio is being called popularly as minister of 'bureaucrats'.
Sources said many people around the trio are not happy with their style of functioning. This team of m... | |
| | | | Mufti visits injured police personnel | | |  Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 1: Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, visited Army Hospital here this morning to enquire about the health of the police personnel, who were injured in a late night attack on Friday by militants on a police party near Mirgund on Srinagar-Baramulla Highway.
He also condemned the attack and asked the doctors treating the injured police personnel to provide advanced medical facilities so that they recuperate well in time.
The Chief Minister was accompanied ... | |
| | | | Kishtwar: School found shut during official hours; DC orders probe | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Aug 1: A high school in Kishtwar was found locked during school hours, prompting the Deputy Commissioner to order a probe.
A police team headed by Additional SP Kishtwar, Abdul Qayoom, had recently visited the High School Bandrina in connection with a probe related to alleged embezzlement in some BRGF plan executed though Rural Development Department, sources said.
They said the school was found locked, and accordingly the matter was brought into the notice of Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar, Mohammad Javed Khan, and Chief Education Officer Kishtwar Vinod Kumar Soni.
Khan immediately ordered a probe into the absenteeism culture that too in ... | |
| | | | Rationalization of primary schools defeats purpose of SSA | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 1: Defeating the very purpose of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA), the J&K government has been forcing students of primary schools of far flung areas to cover several kilometers to reach school.
Sources in the Education Department told Early Times that when the SSA was launched, its basic purpose was to give primary education to children living in far-flung areas at their door steps.
Under the scheme, several new schools were opened by the government, and the enrollment in schools increased manifolds.
But the so-called rationalization of primary schools is defeating the very purpose of the SSA.
Take the example of Government Primary School ... | |
| | | | NOCs granted to allegedly illegal stone crushing units at Reasi | | ** SIC directs authorities to reveal info under RTI | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 1: The state information commission (SIC) has directed the PIO in the office of deputy commissioner, Reasi, to forward an RTI application to the concerned authorities so that information is provided under the Right to Information Act to an RTI activist who has alleged that many stone crushing units in Reasi are operating without No Objection Certificates (NOCs) from the departments of I&C department, forest, power amd labour, besides pollution control board.
J L Kaul of Talab Tillo moved an RTI application on January 2, 2015 before the PIO in Reasi DC's office, seeking information on number of stone crushers functioning in Reasi district, name of each propr... | |
| | | | After militants attack on police party, security beefed up across north Kashmir | | |  S.Tahir-Ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Aug 1: Day after militants attacked police party at Mirgund Pattan, in Baramulla district, Security was heightened across north Kashmir amidst high alert and intense frisking on Saturday.
According to police sources, a police party of Police station Pattan, had put up a naka at Mirgund on Friday late evening, after receiving information of militants in the area.
Police party headed by SHO Pattan Inspector Mohammad Saleem Mir, signaled a Tave... | |
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