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| Chirping of Migratory birds missing at Gharana wetland | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: The loud chirping of migratory birds in Gharana wetland at RS Pura is missing, as the number of migratory birds is far less this year from the last few years, due to the indifferent attitude of the local people at RS Pura.
Though the migratory birds from Siberia have arrived at internationally acclaimed Gharana wetland yet their number is very low this year.
According to the wildlife officials, due to the indifferent attitude of the locals at the surrounding areas of Gharana wetland, the migratory have been moved to the wetlands of the surrounding areas, especially the Bar-Headed gees.
Gharana wetland is about 35 kilometers west of Jammu in R.S. Pura sector on Indo-Pak border, it is home to thousands of migratory birds during winter from China and Cen... | |
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| Pak army refuses to open gates for Cross-LoC trade | | |  Early Times Report
POONCH, Jan 10: The Pakistani army today refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods at Cross-Line of Control trade point in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, in the backdrop of tension in bilateral relations following ceasefire violations which killed 2 Indian troops.
Twenty five trucks carrying goods, mostly vegetables, from India were not allowed to cross the LoC and enter Pakistan-occupied Kashmir at Chakan-Da-Bagh, officials of the Trade Facilitation Center (... | |
| | | | Guv dismisses, PHE rewards 'powerful engineer' | | Murky affairs of cash starved State | | | Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Jan 10: In rarest of the rare cases, PHE department has not only retained an engineer dismissed by Government but has given him promotion to the next higher grade followed by the full pension benefits after his retirement.
General Administration Department (GAD) while invoking the provisions of Section 126 of the Constitution of the State of Jammu and Kashmir on the recommendations of the then Governor of the State, had dismissed the services of an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) but the PHE department bestowed promotions and other services benefits on the AEE in a sheer but criminal negligence while ignoring the orders of his dismissal issued at the highest level.... | |
| | | | Scam in Reasi division of PHE, Govt likely to order probe | | Cong Minister's brother under cloud | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: State Government is all set to order probe into allegations of 'poor and fraudulent' implementation of various schemes of Public Health and Engineering (PHE) Department in Katra sub-division during the last 8 years.
Sources said that Chief Minister's grievance cell has been repeatedly receiving complaints about alleged 'poor and fraudulent' implementation of various schemes of Public Health and Engineering (PHE) Department in Katra sub-division during the last 8 years from locals as well as several retired and serving officers, who have remained associated with Katra sub-division.
They added that grievance cell would as a matter of routine forward the co... | |
| | | | NC leadership going sleepless; PDP, separatists gaining ground in Valley | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 10: With opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) breaking strong bastions of National Conference (NC) in Kashmir valley, the leadership of NC is perturbed over growing popularity of PDP and worried about separatist jumping the fray.
Though PDP has become a headache for both NC and its alliance partner Congress, but the reported move of some factions of separatist organizations to contest the 2014 Assembly poll has given sleepless nights to NC leadership. According to sources, some top NC leaders during last few days have asked their party cadres to move into their constituencies and launch a door to door campaign in each and every mohalla apprising the ... | |
| | | | Police Stations grapple with manpower crunch, "helpless" to counter rising crime graph…? | | It's wake-up call for police brass | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: It is shocking but true that Jammu and Kashmir Police is grappling with a manpower crunch even as crime graph shows a sharp rise here in the State, which has also been on the terror radar for a long time now.
In past couple of months, be it Kashmir valley or Jammu Province, both parts of the State have witnessed numerous cases of accidents/fatal accidents, crimes including heinous cases of rape, attempt to rape and molestation.
If sources in Police Department are to be believed, the Jammu and Kashmir Police tasked with protecting the people still remain at least 60 percent short of the sanctioned strength, while crime graph including cases of road accide... | |
| | | | Wetland shrinking due to encroachment…..! | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: The Gharana wetland in Rajinder Singh Pura has fallen to the apathy of land encroachers as the wetland has been reduced to the half of its original size and it is dying a slow death.
For past many years the wetland is coming up as a major tourist destination Jammu where tourists can easily come back in one day.
"On official records, this wetland is spread on an area of 0.75 sq km, but encroachment by the local farmers have reduced this wetland to less than half the size that it used to be a couple of years ago," says a wildlife department employee.
Gharana hosts around 20,000 migratory birds coming from different countries every year, but wildlife exper... | |
| | | | Pak army refuses to open gates for Cross-LoC trade | | |  Early Times Report
POONCH, Jan 10: The Pakistani army today refused to allow trucks from India carrying goods at Cross-Line of Control trade point in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, in the backdrop of tension in bilateral relations following ceasefire violations which killed 2 Indian troops.
Twenty five trucks carrying goods, mostly vegetables, from India were not allowed to cross the LoC and enter Pakistan-occupied Kashmir at Chakan-Da-Bagh, officials of the Trade Facilitation Center (... | |
| | | | Pakistan violates ceasefire again, claims its soldier killed by Indian troops | | | | Early Times Report
POONCH/NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Just two days after two Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistani troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in a case of ceasefire violation, the Pakistan army today evening violated ceasefire again even as it claimed that one of its soldiers was killed by Indian troops.
The latest incident of ceasefire violation was reported from Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir where the Pakistani army fired at Indian posts. Notably, in the Tuesday incident, the Pakistani troops had crossed into the Indian territory and ambushed an Army patrol party in the Mendhar sector of Poonch.
Meanwhile, the neighbouring country claimed that one of its soldiers was kill... | |
| | | | Give us order we will eliminate entire Blouch Regiment' | | Gruesome killing of two jawans | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Jan 10: A pall of gloom has not only descended on the hometowns of martyrs Lance Naik Hem Raj and Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, where they were cremated with full honour, but their gruesome and brutal killing has also shocked and angered their colleagues in their 13 Rajputana Rifles Regiment involved in counter insurgency operations in the sensitive and strategic Mendhar sector in Poonch district. It has shocked and angered them to the extent that they are, according to a very trustworthy report from Rajouri, asking their bosses to give them order so that they eliminate all the jawans of Pakistani Blouch Regiment which martyred Hem Raj and Sudhakar Singh on January 8 after cr... | |
| | | | Dachnipora residents allege irregularities in MGNREGA | | | | Saahil Sohail
Anantnag, Jan 10: Alleging gross violation of set pattern and norms particularly flagship of centrally sponsored scheme Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the locals alleged that concerned higher ups in Rural Development Department (RDD) have allegedly benefited blue eyed cohorts in Anantnag district of South Kashmir.
Locals accusing that officials at the helms of affairs in Rural Development Department Dachnipora block have sidelined the norms to winds and only have allegedly shelled out benefits to blue eyed and political activists as well but sidelining the common masses of Dachnipora block.
According to sources within the department and r... | |
| | | | Privileges Committee finds Taj guilty, puts him on notice | | 'Derogatory' remarks against chairman LC | | | early times report
Jammu, Jan 10: In what can be seen as no end of trouble for PHE and Irrigation Minister Taj Mohi-u-Din, the Privileges Committee of Legislative Council has put him on notice after finding prima facie him of guilty in having made derogatory remarks against the Chairman of Upper House Amrit Malhotra. The Privileges Panel has directed the Minister to plead his defence in writing in the matter so that the matter could be proceeded further.
The Privileges Committee held meeting today in which the members discussed the matter threadbare and found prima facie Taj having made derogatory remarks towards the LC Chairman, an issue on which tow other members of opposition Murtaza... | |
| | | | NC working president, general secretary pulling in different directions | | Dwindling support-base | | | Neha
JAMMU, Jan 10: Top NC leaders like its working president Omar Abdullah and general secretary Sheikh Nazir Ahmad are pulling in different directions. Omar Abdullah is, it seems, convinced that his party has lost its sheen and appeal, that it is just not in a position to recapture power on its own and that if it has to recapture power in 2014, it has no other alternative but to enter into a pre-poll alliance with the Congress party. He has been advocating the need for a pre-poll alliance with the Congress party since the last week of November 2012, saying this is the only alternative available to keep the PDP out of power and recapture political power. He had also raised this issue in t... | |
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