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| Omar playing politics to gain sympathy of separatists! | | Who is Kashmiri ISIS recruit? | | | Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah dropping a bombshell by claiming that a Non Resident Kashmiri youth from Australia has joined a global militant outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has created ripples across Kashmir. Many people are curious to know why Chief Minister kept the identity of the youth a secret? And why he stirred the hornet's nest just before the Assembly elections?
A senior politician while talking to Early Times said, "Omar wants to play politics over the issue that is why after making the revelation he did not identify the NRK youth who has joined the ISIS."
The politician said, according to the information available with him, the youth whom Omar was talking about had left the Kashmir two years ago and passport was issued by none other than the present dispensation. "The youth's passport was cleared despite the fact that his father was a former militant. Why did the investigating agencies ignore the antecedents of the youth and his family is a million dollar question which Chief Minister, who is also the Home Minister of JK, has t... | |
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| 'No Question' says Rajnath Singh | | Centre shoots down Omar's AFSPA revocation claim | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: In a major rub to the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah , the Centre has clearly stated that there is no question of revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in the Parliament.
NC Rajya Sabha MP Rattanpuri raising the point during discussion on left-wing terrorism had said if there are recommendations for revocation of AFSPA by Sachar committee and also by a team of interlocutors appointed by the outgoing Government then it is not being done.
Responding to it Rajnath Singh said, "while I never said left wing terrorism is less or dangerous to the terrorism in the J&K, if State Government doesn't allow application of ... | |
| | | | Time not appropriate for withdrawal of AFSPA from J&K | | 'Parameters of normalcy' | | | Neha
Jammu, Aug 7: Just a day after Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju informed Rajya Sabha that the time was "not appropriate" for the withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Chief Minister and working president of the National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah asked the Central Government to explain what exactly it meant by "appropriate time". Rijiju a few days ago rejected the demand seeking withdrawal of the AFSPA. He, among other things, said: "Various stakeholders, particularly the security agencies, have expressed their apprehension…that the revocation of the Act from the State of J&K will jeopardise their efforts in maintaining security... | |
| | | | JU convocation runs into rough weather, auditorium not ready for mega event | | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Jammu, Aug 7: 14th Annual Convocation of Jammu University has run into rough weather with authorities struggling to get General Zorawar Singh Auditorium ready for hosting this high profile event on September 1.
The event is being held after a gap of eight years. The last convocation was held on May 13, 2007 at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium Complex, JU where Dr. Karan Singh was the chief guest on that occasion while then Governor Lt General (Retd.) S.K. Sinha and then Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad were also present.
This time President Pranab Mukherjee would be conferring degrees to the candidates who have qualified for award of Doctor of Philosophy in the year 201... | |
| | | | State Govt's proposal gets Registrar General of India's concurrence | | ST status to Pahari speaking people | | | Akshay Azad
Jammu, Aug 7: The long pending demand of Pahari speaking population of Jammu and Kashmir, seeking Scheduled Tribe (ST) status, might soon be conceded to as the proposal forwarded by Jammu and Kashmir Government has got the concurrence of Registrar General of India.
Sources informed Early Times that Union Government on June, 15, 1999 (further amended on 25-6-2002), had laid down the modalities for determining the claims for inclusion or exclusion from and other modifications in the orders specifying lists for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
"According to these modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Governments a... | |
| | | | `Aggrieved' nurse seeks judicial intervention on sexual harassment | | HC puts Govt on notice | | | ET Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today issued a notice to Government on a petition filed by a nurse, seeking directions for constitution of a committee to conduct an enquiry into her allegations against Director Health Services Kashmir and three other doctors under the prevention provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Woman Act at Work Place.
The notice with the direction to file reply within four weeks was issued by a bench of Justice AM Magrey after hearing the petition by the nurse.
Apart from DHSK Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman, the nurse has alleged molestation attempt on her by Dr. Nazir Shahdad, Chief Medical Officer, Anantnag, Dr. Arshid Hussain Tak Block Medical ... | |
| | | | India resolves to defend borders, LoC in J&K | | New military policy | | | Rustam
Jammu, Aug 7: It was on August 1 that Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag declared that India's response to any aggression from Pakistan will be "more than adequate". He took over as the new chief of the 1.3 million-strong Indian Army that day and in his first statement he advised Pakistan in clear terms to behave failing which New Delhi will act against it and act very decisively. He also said his focus will be on his soldiers and "to enhance the preparedness and the effectiveness of the Indian Army" and made it loud and clear that India's response to any beheading-like incident in future would be "intense and immediate". "I can tell you that our response to any such act w... | |
| | | | Awaiting regularization for years, education volunteers lose hope | | Intra-departmental indifferences put stakes of EVs on risk | | | Ajay Sharma
KATRA, Aug 7: Even 12 years down the line, the gullible lot that joined Education Volunteers (EVs) under the centre sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme launched in the tenure of Harsh Dev Singh as the then Education Minister in 2002-03 are wondering high and dry over the jinx that refuses to break.
The EVs were appointed under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) Scheme in 2002-2003 and were yet to be regularized, despite repeated contacts made with the Government.
In this regard, some of the people working under such schemes in many villages rue that after the lapse of nearly 12 years, no effort has been envisaged from any quarter as they feel their career being jeopa... | |
| | | | Arrogance by Ministers and politicians becomes order of the day in J&K | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Senior National Conference leader and Minister of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan today allegedly abused, harassed and humiliated Chief Minister of Public Health Engineering Department, Kashmir, Muzaffar Ahmad Lankar at a high level official meeting in the PHE Minister Sham Lal Sharma's office. The officer walked out with tears in his eyes and drove straight to his office in Rajbagh, only to write and tender his resignation.
On Wednesday, Congress leader (and the one-time pro-India Ikhwanul Muslimoon chief Kukka Parray's son) Imtiyaz Ahmad Parray allegedly manhandled a lady doctor, Rehana, at Hajan in Sumbal area of ... | |
| | | | Notoriously yours … "Clean Chit" | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: While another case of abuse and roughing up of a bureaucrat by minister has come to the fore, this has led to another speculation that how fast the alleged offending minister would get the clean chit of such inauspicious act of blasphemy that left an upright bureaucrat to resign from his post.
Since the inset of NC-Cong combine in the state many cases have been surfaced regarding dominance of minister upon their officials that has left the scene unruly, later to extend clean chit to the ministers while taking task to the honesty.
In the recent case a Chief Engineer, PHE Kashmir Muzaffer Ahmad Lanker in full administrative view at the chambers of PHE min... | |
| | | | Chief Engineer refuses to take political shit | | Abused by CAPD Minister, tenders resignation | | | Bashir Assad
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Chief Engineer, PHE Kashmir Muzaffar Ahmad Lankar today resigned from his post after he was allegedly abused by Minister for CAPD, Choudhary Ramzan during a review meeting in Srinagar.
The top engineer known for his honesty and integrity was allegedly forced by the CAPD Minister to resign from his post after he was abused by the latter during a review meeting held in the office chamber of Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control, Sham Lal Sharma today.
A top official present in the meeting told Early Times on the conditions of not to be named that the Minister misbehaved with the Chief Engineer and used unparliamentarily language after which Lanker to... | |
| | | | NC lost battle before it commenced | | Unkept promises isolate party | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Un kept promises mostly regarding employment have isolated the NC led coalition government. The NC has severed relations with the people giving an indication that it has lost the battle before it has commenced. The job aspirants of the state say that the people in power have been talking of the unemployment problem of the state only as a means of time buying tactics so as to hide their failures. As per these job aspirants, the coalition partners only want to take advantage over each other, otherwise these people have no noble intentions to address this burning issue. "The recruitment agencies have become dysfunctional as the government hasn't any plans to ... | |
| | | | Indentify land for 'old age homes: DB to Div Coms' | | | | Jammu, Aug 7: In a Public Interest Litigation filed by Viklang Chattra Trust regarding better care of old age home, the Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur directed Divisional Commissioners Jammu and Kashmir to identify the land measuring about 16 Kanals to construct composite home at RS Pura Jammu and Samboora Pampore. In compliance report filed by State, land has been identified for construction of composite home at Samboora, Pampore for Kashmir Division and at RS Pura Jammu for Jammu Division but it appears that the total area of land idenifed does not exceed four to six Kanals. Sr Advocate Sunil Sethi appearing for the PIL... | |
| | | | Pak Rangers to repatriate washed away 'BSF Jawan' today | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: Hopes of safe return of the BSF jawan swept away in string currents of River Chenab to Pakistan has rekindled on Thursday after Indian authorities in Islamabad and in New Delhi took the matter at highest level with Pakistan High Commissioner which later agreed to facilitate the safe return of the jawan at the earliest.
According to official sources the pressure mounted in this regard by the Indian govt upon Pak authorities seems to have worked as the other side has clearly indicated that they are ready to hand over the custody of the BSF jawan to their BSF counterparts on Friday.
"India today summoned the Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner and sought im... | |
| | | | 3 injured in clash over land feud | | | | Jammu, Aug 7:Three persons received injuries in a clash in the village of Rehani jadwal in Mera Mandrian in Akhnoor when two sides clashed over an alleged land dispute. Meanwhile police taking cognizance have arrested one of accused while man hunt is on to nab other accused of assault case.
The incident took place on August 4 (Monday), when three brothers were working in their fields and their rivals assaulted them in a surprise attack and fled from the spot
According to the family members, three persons namely Suram Chand (38), Shinda (32) and Kasturi Lal (28), all are brothers were rushed to the GMC&H where their condition is stated to be critical.
Meanwhile SHO Akhnoor Bharat Shar... | |
| | | | NC represented constituency too faces Govt's apathy | | 5 years, 3 surveys later; road widening work at Kalakot-Siot stretch yet to take off | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Aug 7: Amid accusations of discrimination by opposition parties against constituencies represented by their MLAs, Kalakot constituency represented by National Conference MLA is facing indifference of state Government on account of various development works.
Being represented by National Conference (NC) since 2002, Kalakote constituency, where widening of 22 kilometers road stretch, was incepted around five years back, but so far survey has been conducted three different agencies
First time, in 2008 the task of road widening between Siot to Kalakot was given to Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) with an estimated cost of Rs 32 crore.
Government allotted the proj... | |
| | | | AJKPC to sue ACD Baramulla for rude remarks against GS ACD | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Aug 7: All Jammu and Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) has decided to sue Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Baramullah allegedly for using rude language against general secretary of AJKPC in his absence.
According to reports, one unemployed youth Manzoor Ahmad Sheikh of North Kashmir's Baramullah District went to the office of ACD in connection with a work of MGNREGA Scheme and during his conversation with the ACD, he mentioned the name of General secretary AJKPC, Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Sofi who is also a Sarpanch of the area and wanted ACD's attention to clear the document work pending.
ACD Baramullah Ikramullah Tak allegedly responded by using rude language w... | |
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