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| After becoming irrelevant in Jammu, NC talks about protecting Hindu shrines, temples | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, Jan 23: After becoming irrelevant in Jammu region, National Conference, has raised the bogey of ordinance for management and regulation of Hindu shrines and temples.
"We urge the Centre, as also Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to facilitate the implementation of the bill, brought twice by the National Conference in the Legislative Assembly but could not get passage due to inherent contradictions of several political parties", Provincial Vice-President Anil Dhar told reporters here.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "The NC seeking an ordinance for management of Hindu shrines and temples is an attempt to strike a chord with the members of the Hindu community. The NC seems to have realized that joining hands with parties like Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has not helped its cause and it will have to revive its secular credentials for its survival."
The analyst said, "When the NC was in power it could have easily got the bill for protection of the Hindu shrines passed during its tenure but the NC leaders just offered lip service to the memb... | |
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| Shah Faesal praises Centre, hails vaccination programme ! | | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, Jan 23: Months after quitting politics, founder of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples' Movement (JKPM), Shah Faesal has lavished all praise on the Union Government's vaccination programme.
Praising the Union Government's programme is considered as the ground of civil services topper to rejoin government service because his resignation has yet not been accepted by the Centre.
"This is more than just a vaccination program. It's good governance + human capital formation + nat... | |
| | | | A week after his transfer as Dir Tourism, Dr GN Itoo still holds charge of DC Baramulla | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, Jan 23: A week has passed since Dr G N Itoo was transferred and posted as Director Tourism Kashmir; he is still holding the charge of District Development Commissioner Baramulla.
Over a week ago there was a major reshuffle in the administration with several DCs and directors being transferred. One among them was District Development Commissioner Baramulla Dr G N Itoo, who was transferred and posted as Director Tourism Kashmir. Surprisingly, he is still holding the charge of DC Baramulla.
"We fail to understand why Dr G N Itoo is not taking charge of Director Tourism Kashmir a week after his transfer," an official of Tourism Department told Early Times. Dr Itoo ... | |
| | | | Never ending struggle for SKUAST- Jammu's separate identity | | Despite assurances from administrators no steps taken to rechristen varsity | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, Jan 23: It seems the never ending struggle of the citizens of Jammu region for giving separate identity to the Agriculture University won't end soon.
The varsity is running under the name and title of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu for the past many decades. This has hurt the sentiments and the identity of Dogra people.
The faculty members of the university, who had led this fight for the justice to give separate identity to SKUAST Jammu, with aim to provide identity, which such name, signify the Jammu region and its culture.
The hope of the faculty members and senior citizens of Jammu had risen first time when SP Mal... | |
| | | | Pak radio, mobile signals available in border villages | | Frequencies of Indian telecom companies inaccessible | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, Jan 23: On one hand the signals from Pakistan's radio stations as well as telecom companies are available to border villagers along the International border in Suchetgarh and Abdullian but the signals from Indian telecom companies are unavailable, depriving them of the benefits of communication revolution.
The detection of two tunnels along International Border in the last fortnight by the Border Security Force (BSF) has exposed the nefarious designs of Pakistan to infiltrate militants to Jammu and Kashmir but at the same time the air signals from Pakistan radio stations are still audible in several villages along the border while the telecom signals from Pakist... | |
| | | | Geelani's granddaughter gets engaged | | Made in Turkey affair! | | | AJAY SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 23: Senior separatist leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani's, granddaughter, who has been living in Turkey for the last few years, has got engaged to a Kashmiri man, who also has been doing the rounds of the same country.
Sources said even though the engagement took place in Kashmir recently, the couple knew each other for long as the two would generally meet in Turkey. The sources said the "love affair from Turkey cannot be ruled out."
Sources said the man, whom Geelani's granddaughter got engaged to, is a businessman-turned-journalist.
Sources said the engagement took place in the summer capital of Srinagar as both of them had come to Kashmir to ... | |
| | | | Fee Regulation Committee serves notice to school after complaints of violation | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
jammu, Jan 23: Despite the Supreme Court directives and guidelines some private educational institutions charge exorbitant fee much more than prescribed norms from students which has generated a lot of public resentment in J&K and parents of the students have sought action agains such schools and their management.
While expressing the concern the parents and some social organisations have said that Government has fixed s guideline for fee and fixed the norms but in violation of these prescribed norms some private schools charge highest fee from students seeking admission there on the name of development charges which is highly illegal and objectionable.
However takin... | |
| | | | Relief and Rehab Deptt seeks action against 32 KP employees | | Occupying under construction quarters | | | Saahil Suhail
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Anantnag, Jan 23: The Relief and Rehabilitation department has sought action against thirty-two (32) Kashmiri Pandit employees for illegally
occupying under construction quarters in South Kashmir's Vessu-Qazigund area.
According to documents, available with Early Times, Tehsildar Relief and Rehabilitation (M) Srinagar has written to Station House Officer
Qazigund and asked him to register a case under relevant laws against a group of employees, who he claims have illegally occupied under construction residential quarters at Transit Camp Vessu Qazigund.
"As reported by the Nodal Officer (South) and the camp staff Vessu, during the intervening night of 1... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents | | Residents of Gangyal area opposite CRPF camp pained due to least concern shown by people at helm | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 23: People living in Gangyal area opposite CRPF camp 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 Gangyal area opposite CRPF camp 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... | |
| | | | Fresh snowfall disrupts normal life, electricity off in various border area of north Kashmir | | | | S TAHIR-UL HAQ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
BARAMULLA, Jan 23: Normal life came to a grinding halt on Saturday after fresh spells of snowfall hit Kashmir valley, thus disrupting power supply, road connectivity and drinking water supply and other essential services in north Kashmir. Reports said that due to fresh snowfall there are scores of villages in Uri area that includes Churanda, Batgrah and Hatlanga are still closed. For the last fifteen days the snow has not been cleared from the roads in these border areas due to which people are suffering badly, said local residents of Charunda.
Now due to fresh snowfall, many roads and power supply also got affected in many villages like Garkote, Nambla ... | |
| | | | 11 districts report no fresh case of COVID-19; 94 cases in other districts, one death | | Positive cases 123946, active positive 1103, recovered 120914, casualties 1929 | | |
Jehangir Rashid
EArly Times Report
SRINAGAR, Jan 23: As many as 11 districts of the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported no Corona Virus in the past 24 hours even though 94 new cases of virus were reported in other nine districts. With one fresh death the death toll reached 1,929; positive cases reaching 1, 23,946.
Udhampur, Rajouri, Doda, Kathua, Samba, Kishtwar, Poonch, Ramban, Reasi, Pulwama and Bandipora reported no fresh COVID-19 case. Srinagar district reported 38 new cases followed by Jammu district 29 cases, Anantnag district eight cases, Budgam district six cases, Ganderbal district four cases, Baramulla and Shopian districts three cases each, Kupwara district two cas... | |
| | | | Fear grips border belt as one more Pakistan terror-tunnel found on IB | | | 
EARly Times Report
Jammu, Jan 23: Fear gripped the border belt of Jammu province with the recovery of one more tunnel on the International Border (IB) in Kathua district. Today’s tunnel is the fourth one recovered in the same belt during the last six months.
There is a possibility that terrorists may have sneaked into this side through this tunnel from Pakistan.
The tunnel appears to be six to eight years old and it has been found at the same place where BSF had shot down a Pakistani dro... | |
| | | | No taker of defunct public hand pumps in Rajouri, Ground Water Division shuns responsibility | | | 
Ankit Kessar
Early Times Report
Rajouri, Jan 23: The slackness of the Ground Water Division of Jal Shakti can be gauged from the fact that the majority of public hand pumps at prominent places in Rajouri district are defunct with the concerned department instead of repairing them offering excuse of financial constraint.
Astonishingly the Ground Water Division of Jal Shakti refused to take complaints by saying that it is the responsibility of Panchayats and the concerned Municipal Counc... | |
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