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100 illegal commercial structures under construction in Srinagar Admn helpless before Ministers, Politicians 9/22/2015 12:13:48 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: At least 100 illegal commercial complexes are under construction in Srinagar amid allegations that the Housing Ministry headed by Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh is under influence of the ruling PDP to allow such constructions. As the illegal constructions are going unabated, the authorities concerned like the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and the Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) have been looking the other way. Sources said PWD Minister Altaf Bukhari, who is also MLA Amira Kadal, virtually runs the affairs of the SMC and SDA, the two agencies that are supposed to keep track of construction activities in this summer capital of the State. "Nirmal Singh has virtually given a freehand to the PDP people to run the affairs while Bukhari is our virtual boss with regard to developments in Srinagar," said an official in the Housing and Durban Department, pleading anonymity. He said Bukhari has become more powerful after the transfer of Tufail Matto who last month was removed as SMC Commissioner and attached with the Industries Depa...   READ MORE

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Park named after legendary ruler becomes city's garbage dump JDA's tribute to Maharaja Hari Singh 9/22/2015 12:13:28 AM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: At a time when those taking pride in grandeur of rich Dogra heritage are holding special functions in Places as far as Samba and Billawar to commemorate 121st birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh, back home a park named after legendary ruler on the bank of Tawi is turning into a disgrace to him. Named after the legendary ruler of the state and dedicated to public with great pomp and show by the former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Ma...   READ MORE   IGP orders suspension, departmental probe SI-turned-kingpin of drug mafia detained 9/22/2015 12:12:51 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: Sub Inspector Nitin Khajuria, PID No. EXJ-109496 presently posted in District Police Lines, Jammu was placed under suspension by the IGP Jammu Danesh Rana after preliminary investigations hinted at his connivance with the drug smugglers. The said cop had already been under scanner and his involvement with the drug mafia was confirmed by the two drug smugglers who were arrested at Jammu Railway Station, during special naka outside Jammu Railway Station on Monday. The gang of drug smugglers including the cop was busted when a Police Party of P/S Bahu Fort laid a surprised naka at Narwal near Railway bridge and stopped one Alto Car bearing Registration No. ...   READ MORE   Govt sanctioned funds for new machine; admn yet to place orders At GMCH, docs examine patients with 'dead' endoscopy machine 9/22/2015 12:12:40 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: Virtually playing with lives of the people, doctors at Jammu's Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are examining patients with an endoscopy machine, which was declared 'out of order' some months ago. Ironically, the hospital administration did not replace the defunct machine even as the state government has sanctioned funds purchasing necessary equipment. "On September 7, the government sanctioned around Rs 220 lakh to GMC Jammu to purchase an endoscopy machine (which costs around Rs 85 lakh), six multi para monitors for SSH (Rs 15 lakh), four sets of neurosurgical instruments for SSH, (Rs 40 lakh), one sleep lab for CD Hospita...   READ MORE   PDP says no to any kind of alliance with BJP Leh autonomous council polls 9/22/2015 12:12:29 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The PDP, which is essentially Kashmir-based party and has little or no support-base in Ladakh, today made it loud and clear that it would not forge any pre-poll alliance with the BJP to contest the October 17 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh polls. The PDP said that the party would go alone in the upcoming elections and contest only four seats in the 30-member Autonomous Hill Development Council. Six members are elected and the remaining four seats are filled by nomination. The statement to this effect that the PDP will not enter into alliance with the BJP to contest the elections jointly was made by Peerzada Mansoor, who is Politi...   READ MORE   Jammu businessmen are Hindus first, then traders Economic blockade threat 9/22/2015 12:12:08 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The threat of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), an RSS outfit, that it would go in for economic blockade to Kashmir in case the PDP-BJP Government allowed discussion on private member's bills, seeking de-criminalisation of cow slaughter and beef eating has unnerved and rattled not only the Kashmiri leaders, separatists and religious leaders but also the business community in Kashmir. The VHP had on Friday threatened that it would launch an agitation similar to the one the country witnessed in Jammu in 2008 over the Amarnath land issue and enforce an economic blockade if the Jammu & Kashmir Assembly allowed a discussion to repeal of the relevant laws which cr...   READ MORE   Bill to repeal beef sale ban may not be allowed in LA BJP-PDP in tacit understanding 9/22/2015 12:11:57 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The BJP has made it clear that it will not allow any bill, private or by any party, which seeks to the repeal the section prohibiting sale of the beef in the State. The PDP too has decided to go slow on it. Speaker Kavinder Gupta had said as a Speaker he will not allow any bill which has the potential of creating law and order problem in the State. The speaker has thus clearly made it clear that the bills for repealing section RPC 298 and RPC 298-B will not be entertained. The National Conference, CPM, independent MLA Engineer Rashid had submitted their bills in the Assembly secretariat as the session starts in Srinagar soon. The Speaker by stating it ...   READ MORE   Time for BJP to review its 'Agenda of Subversion’ Revolt in Jammu 9/22/2015 12:11:45 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: It was on March 1, 2015 that the PDP-BJP 'Agenda of Alliance' was made public in Jammu, almost three hours after the formation of the coalition Government in the state. Ever since then, the politically conscious people of Jammu region have been criticizing it and demanding its withdrawal, saying "it is an agenda of subversion, an agenda of capitulation, another rivet in the chain of Jammu slavery and a new charter of bondage for Jammu". The AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC), which spearheaded the movement for the establishment of AIIMS in Jammu, but withdrew the agitation in a most dramatic manner, had consistently attacked the Agenda of Alliance and t...   READ MORE   SFD has no record of 70 lakh trees planted by it Poor monitoring, evaluation 9/22/2015 12:11:33 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The Social Forestry Department (SFD) has failed to keep vital records of over seventy lakh trees planted by it in the last six years. Sources told Early Times that due to absence of monitoring and evaluation system of the schemes implemented by Social Forestry Department, many schemes failed to yield the purpose. "The Social Forestry Department had no proper monitoring system to evaluate the impact of schemes and investment made. During the period 2009-13 the Department had planted 70.13 lakh trees in the state. Despite the cost of plantation, maintenance and protection of plants was borne by the Social Forestry Department but no records of...   READ MORE   "Do you sincerely want mortal remains of Yusuf Chak?" 9/22/2015 12:11:21 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: At a time when the Kashmir based political parties have toned down their politics over Afzal Guru and the demand on mortal remains which was loud until a year back has somewhat quietened in the political corridors, a Valley politician has stirred up a hornet's nest again, this time cornering the ruling party PDP. A day after the government declared that it would initiate a process to bring back mortal remains of Kashmir's last ruler Yusuf Shah Chak, PDF president has hit back with an equally strong political punch questioning the coalition government's policy on getting back mortal remains of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat. Yasin, an ex minister and legisla...   READ MORE   Valley witnesses sharp slump in tourist business Expensive road shows fail to yield results 9/21/2015 11:30:11 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: Amid hectic tours of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to metropolitan cities for luring tourists to the Valley, the tourism industry is witnessing a sharp drop in its business. Though the authorities here remain tight-lipped over the number of tourist arrivals this year, sources said the business witnessed a sharp downfall "which was never ever witnessed even during the militancy period in Kashmir." There are reports that the tourist destinations are receiving not more than 15 percent visitors, hence resulting in loss of 85 percent of the business this year. The tourist spots of the Valley continue to give deserted and desola...   READ MORE   HC directs BOPEE to redraw merit in selection of MD 9/21/2015 11:30:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 21: In a petition filed by Pankaj Sharma seeking a direction to the BOPEE to re-evaluate her OMR Answer Sheet, Paper-II of MD/MS/PG Diploma and MDS Entrance Test 2015 after treating option "B" instead of "A" inadvertently filled-in by the petitioner against Column "Question Booklet Series" in the said sheet. Justice Tashi Rabstan after hearing Sr. Adv Sunil Sethi for the petitioner whereas Adv AS Kotwal appearing for the BOPEE allowed the petition and observed that since vide order dated 10.04.2015 respondents were directed not to complete the selection process, respondent-Board is directed to evaluate the OMR Answer Sheet of Paper-II of the petitioner wh...   READ MORE   CBI registers case in multi-crore JKCA scam 9/21/2015 11:29:53 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: Acting on the directions of J&K High Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case into the multi-crore J&K Cricket Association (JKCA) scam allegedly involving its office bearers including former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. A day after the BCCI gave recognition to a newly elected cricket body headed by Sports Minister Imran Ansari, the CBI formally registered a case into the scam, and designated officials are all set to proceed ahead with their probe. General Secretary JKCA, Iqbal Ahmed Shah while talking to Early Times welcomed the move and said the cricketing body will cooperate with the CBI to comple...   READ MORE   JK Govt fails employees on Eid Salary, festival advance not released 9/21/2015 11:29:38 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: The State Government has failed to keep its promise of releasing the salary of Government employees ahead of the festival of sacrifice, which is an important occasion for Muslims Worldwide. As the State is facing a severe financial crunch and is fighting hard to get more financial assistance from the Centre, nearly four lakh fifty thousand employees could not get neither their salary nor festival advance on Eid-ul-Adha. However, most of the employees have expressed their dissatisfaction over government negligence move saying that their salaries should have been released few days before Eid-ul-Adha so that they too could have ...   READ MORE   SIC comes to rescue of whistle blower Notice issued to SE, XEn 9/21/2015 11:18:26 PM ET Impact Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: State Information Commission (SIC) has finally come to the rescue of a whistle blower from Srinagar who was earlier victimized by the officials of Power Development Department (PDD) for filing a complaint before the Divisional Commissioner against the PDD's erring officials .he had also sought some information from the Executive Engineer concerned under RTI Act as well which irritated the officials. Early Times had filed a detailed report over this issue on 30th August . When the whistle blower was continuously harassed and information was not furnished to him under RTI Act, he knocked the doors of SIC which has issued notices aga...   READ MORE   KPs renew demand for opening Sharda temple to Hindu pilgrims Union Govt asked to take up issue with Pakistan 9/21/2015 10:49:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: Kashmiri Pandits today renewed their demand for the pilgrimage to world famous Sharda Shrine situated on the banks of river Neelam in Athmuqam tehsil of Muzaffrabad in PoK. In this connection the KPs have also urged the Union Government to take up the issue forcefully with Pakistan Government. The demand was made at a function organized by Sanjeevani Sharda Kendra, Anand Nagar Bohri which was held in connection with celebration of Sharda Ashtami today. The ...   READ MORE   Tourist arrivals in Kashmir this year below expectations: CM 9/21/2015 10:45:50 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said tourist arrivals to the state this year have been below expectations and called upon the national media to change the negative perception which has plagued the state. "Tourist arrivals this year have been below expectations. Tourism has to brace up for bigger challenges ahead. I seek cooperation from the national media in changing the negative perception which has plagued Kashmir for quite...   READ MORE

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