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| India leaves Pak red faced, NSA level talks called off | | No Kashmir, no separatists, only terrorism | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 22: Frustrated by India remaining firm on its resolve to just discuss terrorism during the NSA level talks between Pakistan and India, as expected neighbouring country on late Saturday evening called off the talks citing that conditions put forward by India were unacceptable.
Pakistan's decision to cancel the talks came after India hardened its position that the talks would be only on terrorism and Kashmir would not be in the agenda.
According to the reports Pakistani establishment was of the opinion that Aziz was not welcome in India after foreign minister Sushma Swaraj's news conference where she set a midnight deadline for Pakistan to decide whether it wants to stick to its demand that Kashmir should be in the agenda for the talks.
A political analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Pakistan from day one was not interested in holding talks with India as New Delhi had made it clear that focus of the talks would be on terrorism and no other issues would be discussed."
He said that Pakistan knows it very well that India has got enough evidence... | |
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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 22: The under-severe criticism and roundly-attacked Narendra Modi Government on Friday adopted the virtually marginalized External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's line on talks with rogue Pakistan. It said no to talks with Pakistan National Security advisor (NSA) Sartaj Aziz if Pakistan insisted on talks with Kashmiri separatists before the scheduled meeting between Aziz and Indian NSA Ajit Doval. In fact, it was the Ministry of External affairs (MEA) which took the charge to show belligerent and aggressive Pakistan its rightful place. Its spokesperson Vikas Swarup charged Pakistan with going against the spirit and intent of July 10 Ufa agreement, reached b... | |
| | | | Pak, Kashmiri separatists and India responsible for raising hiccups in bilateral talks | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Aug 22: Even in the face of repeated pleas for resumption of bilateral talks between Islamabad and New Delhi,Pakistan has not given up its offensive and provocative attitude against India.
While Islamabad was getting ready for NSA level talks in New Delhi its Army resorted to repeated ceasefire violations on the LOC and the IB in Jammu and Kashmir. On one hand Pakistan was eager to engage India in the process of dialogue,on the other it insisted on a meeting with Kashmiri separatists before the start of the NSA level talks.
Islamabad has developed cold feet over holding bilateral talks with New Delhi because the former had definite reports that India was confrontin... | |
| | | | Police register FIR as Al Baghdadi's posters appear in Nowhatta | | Is ISIS making inroads into Srinagar? | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 22: After taking hoisting of ISIS flags in Srinagar lightly for a year, the police finally woke up to registered a FIR following life-size posters of the terror outfit chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi appeared in old Srinagar on Friday.
Baghdadi's posters appeared in old City's Nowhatta locality yesterday after the congregational Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid.
Witnesses said around a dozen masked youth , assembled atop an under construction facilitation center in the locality, were life-size poster of the top militant, was pasted on the brick wall. Baghdadi's posters were spotted at least at two places in the locality with a tag: `Welcome to Kash... | |
| | | | Undertrial Sunny Baba escapes from GMCH; 8 cops arrested | | Amandeep Singh murder case | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 22: An undertrial, who was allegedly involved in a conspiracy to eliminate witnesses in the Amandeep Singh murder case, managed to escape on Saturday from Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) where he was admitted for over one month.
Sumit Choudhary, alias Sunny Baba, was arrested in March 2011. He was referred from Kot Bhalwal jail to the GMCH Jammu on July 11 and was admitted in the emergency ward of the hospital. Though he was not suffering from any major ailment, Sunny was kept in the emergency ward on the orders of a senior doctor who was influenced by a Cabinet Minister.
Ironically, Sunny for most of the time remained in the disaster ward of ... | |
| | | | Are Farooq, Omar on talking terms? | | NC, Hurriyat and talks | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 22: Are president of NC Farooq Abdullah and his son and party's working president Omar Abdullah in talking terms? Do they sit together to discuss issues before they make their views public? Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah are, it appears, not on talking terms. Had they been on talking terms or had they discussed the issues facing the state and the nation as a whole, they would not have spoken differently on the same issue on the same day.
The case in point is the contradictory stands the father and son took on the issue of talks between Pakistan National security advisor Sartaj Aziz and Kashmiri separatists like Geelani Mirwaiz, Malik and Shah. Farooq Abdu... | |
| | | | Ex-Minister, former female Corporator lock horns | | Influential threatens to teach senior leader a lesson | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 22: A verbal dual was witnessed between a senior Congress leader and former Corporator of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) who had violated protocol and decorum of the party. Congress leaders and workers witnessed exchanges of barbs between a senior leader and a female ex-Corporator.
Credible sources in the Congress said that a former Minister demanded disciplinary action against an ex-Corporator who had violated protocol during a meeting which was held on August 20 to observe birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. Instead of admitting her mistake, the female leader entered into a verbal dual with the senior party leader, who is also ex-M... | |
| | | | I&FC department over-rules Finance Minister | | Orders to collect Aabiyana tax with 15 % increase | | | GS Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 22: Overruling the Finance Minister, Haseeb A. Drabu, the department of Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) is going to collect Aabiyana (irrigation tax) from farmers across the state, despite the fact that announcement for its abolition was made in maiden budget of PDP-BJP coalition.
Moreover as per recent communiqué by I&FC department, the district officers have been ordered to collect Aabiayana, with 15 percent increase from previous irrigation tax.
Source informed Early Times that during the first budget session, the FM, Drabu had announced to abolish Aabiyana. "Not only is it archaic and a symbol of feudalism, the collections from this irrig... | |
| | | | In backdrop of resentment, party 'dreams' to sweep LAHDC polls....! | | BJP still riding high on victory euphoria | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 22: Over 9 months, BJP continues to convolute itself in victory euphoria and is still riding on the wave which enabled the party bag as many seats in the state. At a time when that wave is waning and resentment growing fast, the leadership is claiming to sweep the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council elections which the region is gearing up for now, oblivious of the fact that it could not bag even a single seat out of four during Assembly elections when the Modi wave was at its zenith.
The victory ecstasy is being expressed by BJP National Vice-President and MP Avinash Rai Khanna who is also Prabhari of J&K. Khanna is currently on tour to Ladakh regio... | |
| | | | Mission Power" accomplished, BJP forgets martyr status for Chamel Singh | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 22: The demand of granting martyr status to Chamel Singh and suitable compensation to his family, was seemingly a poll plank of BJP to attain power. It has now forgotten him because the "mission" has been accomplished.
Pertinent to mention here that Chamel was beaten and then murdered in Kot-Lakhpath jail of Lahore in January 2013 under the circumstances in which Punjab's Sarabjit Singh was murdered by the Pak jail authorities. The body was kept for two months in Pakistan. Vital organs were found removed before the body after it was handed over to the family for last rites.
While in opposition, BJP legislators and leaders from the state and the ... | |
| | | | SIT team also changed; Students call off indefinite strike after 14 days | | BGSBU deadlock ends; Registrar removed | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Aug 22: The indefinite strike launched by students of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU), Rajouri, came to an end after 14 days on Saturday after the varsity removed the Registrar.
The students had gone on an indefinite strike to demand removal of the Registrar Mohammad Rashid Chowdhry for his alleged involvement in a scholarship scam. The students had also demanded action against other accused, re-audit of three important accounts of the university, adequate facilities at hostels, etc.
SSP Rajouri, Dr Haseeb Mughal, agreed to change members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case after marathon meetings for three days with student re... | |
| | | | 40 houses damaged in landslide, people shifted to camps | | |  Arun Trisal
Early Times Report
Kathua, Aug 22: Villagers residing in Shoara, Panchayat Ucha Pind in Ramkot of Kathua district have nightmarish experience on August 20 when entire Ucha Pind hamlet in Ramkot tehsil of Kathua district suffered huge damage after a massive landslide hit the village but the inhabitants managed to survive.
According to local reports the landslides struck Ucha Pind at about 10 pm when the people were about to sleep and they ran out of their houses and managed to... | |
| | | | UMC turns panoramic banks of 'River Tawi' into garbage dumping sites | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Aug 22: While tall claims are being made to restore the pristine glory of revered river Devika in Udhampur, the Tawi, which also meanders through the district has become the polluted river of the area as the Udhampur Municipal Corporation (UMC) and locals are dumping solid waste in it.
Udhampur Municipal Corporation (UMC) have allegedly made the river Tawi of Udhampur their new dumping site. In violation of the norms that the dumping site shoul... | |
| | | | Despite ban, senior doctors continue private practice | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 22: Ban on private practice by senior medicos notwithstanding, the doctors are reluctant to adhere to the government order issued in the year 2013 and are continue to make quick bucks through private practice.
If sources are to be believed then some senior doctors officiating as Head of Departments (HoDs) in GMC&H, Jammu have not discontinued private practice despite a government ban on any such activity.
Sources informed Early Times that in order to escape wrath of the authorities concerned the senior doctors have made some precautionary alterations while offering the private services either at their respective residences or at any othe... | |
| | | | Re-appear students aghast over JKBOSE notification | | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 22: The JKBOSE has deprived the 12th class re-appearing students from the last chance which was available to them but was postponed due to floods in September 2014.
Students whose Paper-B was cancelled due to floods, appeared in the August-September 2014 bi-annual examinations second last time and still had last chance in March-April 2015.
Board officials said that the JKBOSE will be issuing a fresh notification asking these re-appear students in 1 or 2 subjects to seek fresh admission for all subjects. The JKBOSE did issue the notification but stopped the process of filling the forms 10 days before the last date i.e July 30.
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| | | | 'Govt promoting transfer industry as priority sector' | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 22: The scores of transfers and postings affected in the state administration on Friday establish that the PDP-BJP government has been ordering transfers and postings without a proper homework.
It is clear that the state cabinet partially or fully modifies its previous orders on transfers and postings. For example, not a single officer transferred earlier in March, April or May has been allowed to continue beyond two or three months at one position. This is confusing, and the working of the departments has received a huge setback by this exercise of frequent transfers and postings.
"Today you think A is not competent and replace him by B. Tomorrow you r... | |
| | | | Shah, ors detained in Delhi ahead of meet with Aziz | | Talks only on terror: Sushma | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 22: Making no bones about the Government of India's decision to keep separatists away from the Pakistan National security advisor, the security agencies imposed restrictions on Shabir Shah led delegation after its arrival in New Delhi on Saturday.
According to reports, the security agencies asked the leaders where they would be staying in Delhi. Later they were driven to the place mentioned by them. They were told not to move out of the place. The leaders have been detained ahead of talks between the national Security Advisors of India and Pakistan on Monday at Delhi. The Pakistan High Commissioner had invited separatists over a recept... | |
| | | | NC asks Mufti to resign over Hurriyat leaders' detention | | Khisyani bili khamba nochay | | | Abdul Majid
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 23: The National Conference, which didn't quit power even after death of 120 civilians in the street protests in 2010, wants Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to resign on "detention of Hurriyat leaders".
National Conference regretted `uncertainty' preceding the scheduled NSA-level talks between New Delhi and Islamabad.
Junaid Matoo said the "detention of Hurriyat leaders in New Delhi was part of an understanding between the Central Government and Mufti Mohammad Sayeed."
He said, "it has become evident and apparent that J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had arrived at an understanding with the Central Government and the BJP t... | |
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