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Passing buck to Supreme Court, party trying to change Article 370’s entire discourse

Is NC trying to kill two birds with a single stone ?

8/30/2020 1:35:45 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Aug 29: Killing two birds with a single stone is a perfect English adage that could typify the present strategy of Kashmir’s National Conference which in order to remain in central government’s good books is passing the buck of Article 370 to country’s top court. The strategy, as per the National Conference can save its skin and present it as a peoples’ well-wisher in the public eye in Kashmir and at the same time, the party can present itself as no antagonistic in the eyes of central government. The party can simply claim that can present itself as more loyal to the government of India by claiming that it raised no political voice against its August 5 decision...

NC’s Political Affairs Committee has only one member from South Kashmir

8/30/2020 1:35:34 AM

Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Aug 29: The Abdullah family continues to ignore the southern region of Kashmir. It can be gauged from the fact that it’s Political Affairs Committee has just one member from South Kashmir. The Political Affairs Committee (PAC), which met under the leadership of National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday in Srinagar, has a total strength of 31, sources revealed to Early Times. They said that leaders from South Kashmir were being deliberately kept out from the party’s high decision making platform.“National Conference is a central Kashmir dominated party as 14 out of 31 members of its Political Affairs Committee come from Central...

No ration cards leave deserving families in lurch

Food and Supplies Deptt stops entertaining applications, people suffer

8/30/2020 1:35:27 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 29: The Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs not issuing new ration cards to the deserving people has deprived many families from the benefits of several social welfare schemes. According to the sources, the department has not been entertaining the applications to make new ration cards for the past two years. “For the last couple of years the department is not entertaining applications of even the eligible people for the new ration cards. In these last few years the family structures have changed. One family has been bifurcated into several families but on papers they are still one family”, a citizen said, adding that the department has no...

Kishtwar reports 21 fresh COVID cases, 13 test positive at HEP site

8/30/2020 1:35:13 AM

Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 29: Kishtwar District on Saturday reported 21 new COVID-19 cases that include 13 from under construction project site of 1000 MW Pakal-Dool HEP at Dangdoru while other 8 cases include hospital staff members and some patients who had visited District Hospital Kishtwar for treatment. Speaking to Early Times, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Rajinder Singh Tara said that out of 125 people, who underwent COVID test at Dangdoru, the Dam site of Pakal-Dool Power Project, 13 have tested positive. The DC Kishtwar said that the area has already been declared as Red Zone following the surfacing of a few cases from the project site. He said that in the n...

COVID-19 recovery rate in JK reaches 77% as 648 patients recover, 546 fresh cases come up

Positive cases 36377, active positive 7672, recovered 28020, deaths 685

8/30/2020 1:35:04 AM

Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Aug 29: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Jammu & Kashmir has reached 77 percent as 648 virus affected patients who have recovered were discharged from different hospitals and COVID centres of union territory today. In the meantime, 546 fresh cases of Corona Virus were reported today and as a result of same the number of positive cases in Jammu & Kashmir is 36,377. Since seven more virus affected patients died in the past 24 hours the total number of casualties in the union territory is 685. Jammu district reported 134 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar 102 cases, Bandipora 49 cases, Budgam 36 cases, Kupwara 31 cases, Ganderbal 28 cas...

Govt mulling to hold elections of vacant panchayat seats

8/30/2020 1:34:52 AM

ISHTIYAQ AHMAD EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Aug 29: Jammu and Kashmir Union territory administration is mulling to hold polls on vacant Panchayat seats this year probably in the month of September- October. There are close to 13,000 vacant seats in panchayats across Jammu and Kashmir. This will be the first major political exercise since the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. The state of Jammu and Kashmir was also split into two Union territories - J&K and Ladakh. Sources said that an election on vacant Panchayat seats would be conducted in September-October. Sources said that final electoral rolls are also being completed by the Chief Electoral Officer. Sources said t...

Bridge suffers excessive damage after 20 months of inauguration

8/30/2020 1:34:49 AM

ASHWANI SHARMA EARLY TIMES REPORT UDHAMPUR, Aug 29: Inaugurated with much fanfare nearly 20 months ago, a bridge over river Tawi in Riti Panchayat near Roun Domail area Udhampur has suffered extensive damages due to incessant rains and flash floods. The bridge was thrown open for public use on December 22, 2018 after MoS PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated it for the benefit of people of Udhampur and Ramnagar. Sources informed that the ill-fated bridge was constructed by the Public Works D...

Ravinder Raina’s ‘sympathy & love’ for Azad raises many eye-brows

8/30/2020 1:34:24 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Aug 29: J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina’s new-found love and sympathy for Congress stalwart Ghulam Nabi Azad has raised many eye-brows. After recent turmoil in Congress, Raina has started lavishing praise on Azad who among 23 other leaders have written a controversial letter. BJP president has appreciated Azad, who is under attack from loyalists of Rahul Gandhi, for showing dissent in the dynastic Congress. While addressing a function at Kathua on Friday, Raina indirectly hailed Azad for writing the letter. Raina took a dig at Congress upon the statement given by senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad ‘who is also leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha as well ...

DC Rajouri stops salary of employees for ‘failing’ to implement PMAY-G scheme

8/30/2020 1:34:17 AM

Early Times Report Rajouri, Aug 29: Annoyed over failure of Community Development Blocks (CD-Blocks) to implement Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Gramin (PMAY-G), District Development Commissioner (DDC) Rajouri has stopped the salary of all the employees, including Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) and Block Development Officers in this frontier district. “Salary of all the employees of Rural Development Department (RDD) except class IV, drivers, and employees retiring this month, shall remain withheld till further orders” an order issued by the DDC reads. The Government of India had launched PMAY-G scheme with an objective to provide houses in rural areas by the year 2022, to thos...

Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents

Govind Nagar Lane Preet Nagar residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm

8/30/2020 1:33:21 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Aug 29: People living in the Govind Nagar lane Preet Nagar are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance. The Govind Nagar lane Preet Nagar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they are...

BSF detects 25-ft deep tunnel on IB in Samba sector

8/30/2020 1:30:17 AM

Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 29: In a major breakthrough, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday detected an underground tunnel near the International Border in Bengalad area of Samba district. "It is 25-feet deep and 150-metre long on the Indian side. Some sandbags with markings of Shakkergarh and Karachi, both in Pakistan, were also found. The nearest Pakistani post across the border was nearly 400 metres from the tunnel", sources told Early Times, adding that however, it...

Sub-standard material used in Fatehpur-Danna Dhakran road

8/30/2020 1:29:33 AM

Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Poonch, AUG 29: Concerned contractor in nexus with Junior Engineer, Assistant Executive Engineer and Executive Engineer of Public Works (R&B) Department has used sub-standard material in black topping of the road from Fatehpur to Danna Dhakra road at least for the first two kilometers. The locals accused PWD department of negligence and carelessness towards general masses and said how much commission was taken by department to pass such a substandard work. Th...

CJM Sgr summons Farooq Abdullah, CBI and others on ED's plea

Money laundering/embezzlement of JKCA Funds

8/30/2020 1:28:51 AM

Early Times Report JAMMU, Aug 29: Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar Gowhar Majid Dalal today issued notices/summons to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Dr Farooq Abdullah, ex-JKCA chief and former Chief Minister J&K, Mohammad Saleem Khan, Ahsan Ahmed Mirza, Mir Manzoor Gazanfar Ali, Bashir Ahmed Misger and Gulzar Ahmed Beigh (all ex-office bearers of J&K Cricket Association) in a Criminal Miscellaneous Petition filed by Directorate of Enforcement (ED) under Section 44(1)(C) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 seeking committal of the case titled CBI V/s Mohammad Saleem Khan & Ors arising out of FIR No.05/2015 Police Station CBI Kashmir under Section 120-B, 406 & 409 RPC to ...

Over Rs 38 lakh drawn for nothing, ACB files case against 2 SMC officials, NGO

8/30/2020 1:28:42 AM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 29: Anti- corruption Bureau on Saturday filed an FIR against officials at Srinagar Municipal Corporation and an NGO for embezzling over Rs 38 lakh sanctioned for building household latrines under a government of India scheme.In a statement issued here, the ACB said that 218 Individual Household Latrines and 9 twin storage pits with a cost of Rs 17490 and Rs 12000 were to be constructed under the Swach Bharat Mission (SBM Scheme) by the NGO namely M/S Social Welfare India under the patronage of SMC. However without completing even a single unit of either structure, the said NGO "citing the work done, submitted a completion certificate in respect of aforesa...

AC approves establishment of SCERT by merging SIEJK

8/30/2020 1:28:35 AM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Aug 29: The Administrative Council (AC) on Saturday gave approval to establishment of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) by merging State Institutes of Education Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said this evening. He said AC which met under the chairmanship of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha gave the approval today. SCERT will enable the Department of School Education to train 1.34 lakh in-service teachers through various professional trainings, capacity building programmes, induction courses, contentment enrichment and contemporary trends and techniques for ensuring quality education. SCERT, being the apex academic authority of the U...