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| Govt failed to take cognizance of MET warning | | Snow awakens Govt | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 16: The fresh snowfall in the valley has yet again raised questions about efficiency of the government. It failed to take note of the meteorological department's warning that had predicted heavy snowfall from Saturday. Had the government awakened on time, the situation today would have been different.
And when snow has again thrown life out of gear, the Chief Minister has asked the National Highway Authority and BEACONS to redouble their efforts in restoring Jammu-Srinagar National Highway for traffic to help pushing essential commodities and LPG to the Valley from Jammu on priority.
The Rural Development Minister, who is stationed in Valley to oversee the ... | |
| | | | For 'BJP' shifting of sands continues towards Prof Gupta faction | | Coterie of Manhas, Sat Sharma are working as dictators in Party | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: The shifting of sands towards the Prof Chaman Gupta faction further continued as the BJP cadre upset with the State BJP Leadership and the manner in which the seven BJP MLA's were expelled over the alleged 'Cross Voting' issue many more BJP workers resigned from the primary membership of party.
Sources said that depressed and dejected over the party leadership within state unit of party many more heads alleging ill treatment given by Central BJP to the senior leaders are changing their loyalties towards their leaders and now are preferring to the Prof Chaman Lal Gupta camp.
Sources accused the state and central leadership of party for specifically targe... | |
| | | | Booklet of JK government a 'photo album' of Omar: BJP | | As SVO & SAC remained toothless, corrupt elements indulge in loot and bribery | | | "Moreover, corruption, scams and land encroachment have reached a peak during these three years, mocking the claims of achievements of coalition said Manhas.”
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: BJP today ridiculed Omar Abdullah's claims of achievement in a recently released booklet, saying the three-year record card is more of a "photo album" of the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister while it further added as the State Vigilance Organization (SVO) and State Accountability Commission (SAC) remained defunct corrupt elements openly indulged in loot and bribery.
"The booklet released by Omar to highlight his achievements in the past three years is more of a photo album of the chief minister... | |
| | | | Heavy rains paralyze normal life, City plunges in dark owing to poor visibility, power disorder | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Incessant rains in Jammu region and snowfall in upper reaches as well as Kashmir Valley since Saturday late night have virtually paralyzed the normal life here today.
Thin attendance was marked in private as well as government offices due to heavy downpour and cold. Furthermore, even thin attendance was marked in government and private schools with most of the city residents opting not to send their wards observing bad weather conditions. Migrant labourers were seen looking for shelters and trying to kill the chill by lighting firewood. Vendors were also not seen on the different city roads.
Heavy rains threw normal life out of gear in the entire state. ... | |
| | | | Heavy snowfall fails to deter Vaishnodevi pilgrims, yatra on | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: The Vaishnodevi pilgrimage is going on despite snowfall continuing in and around the cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, officials said. "Snowfall is continuing in and around the Mata Vaishnodevi shrine. There is already four to five inches of snowfall triggering extreme cold conditions," they said. The shrine and its adjoining area at Trikuta hills received the season's first snowfall on January 6. Despite the cold condition, the pilgrimage is going on smoothly and over 5,000 pilgrims are undertaking yatra to the shrine, they said. Helicopter services for the pilgrims have been suspended in view of the snowfall, they said. There has been ... | |
| | | | CEO orders 'stops work' at ZEO Office Rajouri till 29 | | | |
Early Times Report
Rajouri, Jan 16: Following a tug of war between the two Zonal Educational Officer (ZEO) Rajouri and the matter is subjudice, the Chief Education officer (CEO) Rajouri orders 'stop work' till Jan 29.
The tug of war between the two officials in education department has not only made mockery of a govt institution but also had brought the work in education department to stand still.
The things took dramatic turn about a month back when ZEO Rajouri, Nirmal Kumari was transferred on 21st Dec,2011 and was appointed as ZEO Sunderbani while Naresh Kumar was appointed as ZEO Rajouri from Khwas.
But Nirmal Kumari seeking relief from court has got stay of her transfer from Cour... | |
| | | | BJP High Command grills state leadership, asks to give quick response to Speaker's queries | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: BJP national leadership is totally perturbed over the irresponsive attitude of the newly nominated Legislative Party leader Jugal Kishore Sharma to the letter of Speaker Mohammed Akbar Lone who had asked him to file the objections on disqualification of seven BJP MLAs from him by January 15.
According to party sources the Party High Command after coming to know that BJP legislative party has sought more time to his petition for disqualification of Party MLAs for cross voting episode of April 13 last year.
The Party High Command according to sources has grilled the State leadership and sought an immediate reply from it as to why it delayed the filling of ... | |
| | | | CB books 'two revenue officials,' four others | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Crime Branch, Jammu today has registered has registered a case against SS Chib, the then Tehsildar Jammu and Rajinder Kumar, the then Patwari Halqa Domana and four others persons for hatching a criminal conspiracy for issuing the Fard-e-Intakhab of the land acquired u/s 4 and 8 of Agrarian Reforms Act which as per law couldn't be issued.
According to Crime Branch a case u/s 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC r/w Section 5(2) PC Act Svt. 2006 was registered against Jagdev Singh, Sukhdev Singh, Shivdev Singh & Jaidev Singh sons of Janak Singh R/o Village Kaink Tehsil and District Jammu and SS Chib, the then Tehsildar Jammu and Rajinder Kumar, the then P... | |
| | | | Congress, PM, HM and minority votes | | Assembly Elections | | | Rustam
Jammu, Jan 16: AICC general secretary and the Congress' "Yubraj" Rahul Gandhi, who has put everything at stake to win the minority votes and capture power in Uttar Pradesh, on January 11 faced a very difficult situation in Azamgarh. He had gone there to address an election rally, but he couldn't. Why because several thousand students of Shibli Nomani College, where he stayed for a night, held massive demonstration against him and the Congress. Their grouse against Rahul Gandhi and the Congress was that the Congress-led UPA Government did not hold judicial inquiry into the alleged fake Batla House (Delhi) encounter of 2008 and that the government has slapped "fake cases of terrorism ... | |
| | | | Who will the Dogras vote for in the coming municipal elections? | | Limited Choice - III | | | Neha
Jammu, Jan 16: It is the people of 24 assembly constituencies in Jammu province, all in the Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Udhampur and Reasi districts and parts of Rajouri district, whose position is quite precarious. Their choice is rather limited. They have no lost for the Congress party because they consider this party as the mother of all ills facing not just them but the entire state. They are of the firm belief that it is the Congress and New Delhi which are squarely responsible for their miserable plight and all round degeneration. They are also of the view that it is the Congress which has consistently sacrificed them to keep the Kashmiri leadership in its right side. In this context,... | |
| | | | LPG rationing after CAPD minister said 'sufficient stocks | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Jan 16: Despite claims by CAPD minister Qamar Ali Akhoon and officials of the department that sufficient stocks of LPG are available in the Valley a serious LPG availability crisis has resulted in serious hardships to the people.
When the Kashmir University authorities closed down the University's hostels because of non-availability of LPG to run the kitchens of the University hostels those have to cater to more than one thousand students, state CAPD minister Qamar Ali Akhoon went public criticizing the University authorities for closing the hostels for non-availability of LPG cylinders.
"They should have called me or the officials of the CAPD and the LPG cyl... | |
| | | | J&K most illiterate among northern states: census Report | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 16: Jammu and Kashmir is least literate among northern states including the newly carved out Uttarakhand, reveals the latest census report.
Though the state's literate population has been pegged at more than 68 percent of the total 1.25 crore persons - with a decadal growth of 13 percent - it is far behind other northern states like Himachal Pradesh (83.78 percent), Punjab (76.68 percent) Haryana (76.64 percent), Delhi (86.34 percent) and newly created Uttarakhand (79.63 percent). Jammu and Kashmir's literate population was recorded at 55.50 percent in 2001 census.
According to the census data, more people in JK are leaving farms and villages to set... | |
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