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Things may turn dangerous in Jammu

1/3/2011 12:03:38 AM

RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2: As if the negative attitude of the state government was not enough to create widespread resentment in Jammu, New Delhi has adopted a step-motherly approach towards the people of this province. All this, despite the fact that the state government wants New Delhi to respect the Jammu sentiment so that peace is not disturbed in this otherwise peaceful province. One can catalogue here instances and instances to show that the state government has all through willfully ignored the genuine claims of the people of Jammu province. But there is one instance that shows that the attitude of the state government towards the Jammu province has been quite positiv...

Little chances of thinning of forces in J&K

1/3/2011 12:03:18 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2: Notwithstanding the strong pleas by some political groups, there are little chance of the thinning of security forces in the state.Official sources said that the state could not risk to withdraw troops at this stage when renewed efforts were being made to revive militancy in the state. Reports also suggested that separatists and their sympathisers were planning another bout of street protests in the summer of 2011, the sources added. "There is no question of taking any chance at this stage; we will have to go by security considerations and not by the political thinking of the groups," the sources added. "This year is going to be very crucial. The summer o...

Govt okay’s 103 posts of physiotherapists

1/3/2011 12:03:05 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2 : In a significant move, the Government has decided to create 103 posts of physiotherapists in all District and Sub-District Hospitals of the state. This was disclosed by the Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Sham Lal Sharma while talking to the media persons after inaugurating the Youth Congress Office in the Congress headquarters here today. Responding to a point, the Minister said that Government has strengthened the mechanism of record in all the Government hospitals and Rs. 9 crore has been earned as revenue from the lab tests and registration tickets. He said that no enhancement of lab tests and registration ticket has been affected for pas...

SI among 10 hurt in clash over land dispute

1/3/2011 12:02:06 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2 : For resisting the alleged move of some people to encroach upon a piece of land at Khiadian in Pouni near here today, a police Sub-Inspector (SI) and his friend were attacked and wounded. In retaliatory action, eight alleged encroachers were also injured, police sources said. Sources said some Gujjars allegedly encroached upon forest land at Khiadian, which was being used by local youth as a play ground. The Gujjars also raised the barbed wire fencing around the land. Some youth opposed it and tried to cut the wire, the sources added. Sources said while the youth were cutting the wire, a group of Gujjars appeared on the scene and attacked them with lathis....

PDP's raises concern over K issue again, party's new year resolution: Channelise public opinion for solution of 'problem'

1/3/2011 12:01:45 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Jan 2 : Notwithstanding its consistent concern over the issues of local governance, NC led coalition's functioning and a host of matters related to general masses, the People's Democratic Party, J&K's largest opposition party has raised its voice and concern once again over resolution of Kashmir issue. More than a mere statment, the party has cautioned that the 'future of entire region would be jeopardised if Kashmir issue was put in cold storage'.The loud call has been made by none other than the only stalwart in the party, Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. There is no denying the fact that a politician of Mufti's stature has a thorough understanding and assessme...

Army personnel under scanner for planting "fake" IEDs

1/3/2011 12:01:27 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2 : After the alleged fake encounters, the alleged planting of "fake" improvised explosive devices (IEDs) has started "troubling" security forces. The planting of "fake" IEDs by some people allegedly in connivance with certain middle-rung army officials is becoming a new way in militancy-ridden Jammu and Kashmir to earn hefty cash rewards, official sources said. Certain individuals, including ex-servicemen, allegedly in connivance with some army officials were engaged in "planting black sand" and passing them on as RDX-laden IEDs to earn award money, the sources added. The interrogation report of some of the accused including Mehboob Dar and an ex-servi...

Road mishaps claim about 5,000 lives in 5 yrs

1/3/2011 12:01:06 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2: Nearly 5,000 people have lost their lives in road accidents in the state in the past five years.This number if higher than the number of those killed in militancy during the corresponding period. More than 900 people were killed in road accidents in the state in2010. The number is comparatively lower than 2009 when 1,109 people lost their lives in road accidents. In 2008, the number of fatalities was 950, the same as in 2007.Nearly 1,000 persons were killed in 2006 in road mishaps across the state. Official sources said the number of people killed in road accidents over the years is much more than those killed in militancy-related incidents, as 3,183 pe...

3 killed, 22 hurt as minibus falls into Chenab

1/3/2011 12:00:42 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT DODA, Jan 2: Three persons were today killed and 21 others wounded, some of them critically, after a minibus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and plunged into Chenab river at Kararra near Nai Basti army camp here. The ill-fated minibus was on its way from Prem Nagar to Doda. Police sources said the tragedy struck at about 8.30 am when the minibus driver failed to negotiate a sharp curve due to thick fog. Army jawans and locals rescued the passengers and evacuated them to the district hospital here. Sources said while Thakur Singh, son of Kunj Lal of Parnot and Hari Ram, son of Rasila Ram of Malwana were declared brought dead by the doctors, Ghulam Nab...

Calling non-Kashmiris Kashmiris an insult to non-Kashmiris

1/3/2011 12:00:21 AM

NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2 : Gulam Nabi Fai termed the people of Jammu and Kashmir as "a Kashmiri nation." He simply negated the whole concept of India as a nation. India has only one nation and one nationality, Indian. You cannot have a state inhabiting more than one nation. Those who described Hindus and Muslims as two distinct nations got separated from India in 1947 and founded Pakistan. Yes, there are in India many social and religious groups, but it is not something peculiar to India. Every state in the world houses several social and religious groups and no state worth its name ever allow any of the social groups to secede. The Indian State cannot be any different. We are...

Land mafia in Jammu has political patronage: Mehbooba

1/2/2011 11:59:55 PM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Jan 2: The menace of land grabbing has grown from leaps and bounds over the last few years in Jammu city besides its peripheries and this could be gauged from the fact that even the main opposition party- Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) has raised concern over the political leaders-land grabbers' nexus in the winter capital of state. The PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has come out with a statement that the winter capital of the state has seen an upsurge in crime graph due to the unholy nexus between land mafia and political leadership of the region. The reported remarks were published in a section of the press today. "The political patronage to land mafia of Jammu...

Cold wave continues in Kashmir, Leh records - 23.6 C

1/2/2011 11:59:24 PM

EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, Jan 2: The Kashmir Valley and Ladakh region were reeling under severe cold wave Sunday with Leh recording a minimum temperature of minus 23.6 degrees Celsius while Srinagar shivered at minus 2.4 degrees. In Leh town, the minimum temperature was minus 23.6 degrees Celsius while it was minus 12.1 in Pahalgam hill station and minus 12.1 degrees in the ski resort of Gulmarg, said MS Wani of the meteorological department. In South Kashmir's Qazigund, the minimum temperature was minus 7.4 degrees Celsius. "Those driving on the Srinagar-Jammu route are advised to drive cautiously as highly slippery road conditions exist on the highway this time," Wani said. A...