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| Announces Rs 17,600 for Kucha houses, 70,000 for Pucca structures | | Govt categorizes collapsed houses | | | People say Omar's lie 'exposed'
Fazal Khan
Srinagar, Sept 30: The victims whose houses collapsed across Jammu and Kashmir due to the devastating floods earlier this month may get another shock as the state Government has categorized their houses into Kucha and Pucca.
The State Government has asked the concerned Deputy Commissioners across the state to provide Rs 70,000 as compensation to the victims whose Pucca houses were washed away by the floods and Rs 17600 to those whose Kucha houses have been destroyed.
The order no. Rev/Camp/HN/ 2014 dated 23/09/2014/ issued by the Commaissioner Secretary Revenue, a copy of which is with Early Times states: "It has been reported that in some districts the ex-gratia is being paid as per old guidelines. In this connection I would like to inform you that norms by the Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India were revised during November 2013.
The revised norms are fully damaged Pucca houses Rs 70,000 in plains and Rs 75,000 in hilly areas. Fully damaged Kucha houses Rs 17, 600. Severely damaged Pucca houses Rs 12600 and Kucha houses Rs... | |
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| Ungrateful, shameless Geelani targets Delhi | | Befooling Kashmiri Muslims | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 30: Vested interests in the Kashmir valley, especially educated, have unleashed a misinformation campaign against New Delhi, Indian media and Army and other agencies of the Union Government.
Their single-point agenda is to mislead and hoodwink the flood-affected Kashmiri Muslims and create hatred between them and New Delhi so that they remain somewhat relevant. They are using social media to the hilt. Section of biased press in the Valley too have joined the misinformation campaign and, unlike the Jammu press, only focusing on Kashmir and the losses it suffered as well as its requirements.
It's not just the vested interests who are playing mischief and provoking Kashmi... | |
| | | | Nomination of new members raises brows, hierarchy brushed aside | | MFC of GMC turns personal fiefdom of blue eyed doctors | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, Sept 30: The Medical Faculty Club (MFC) of Government Medical College and Hospital has allegedly become the personal fiefdom of some blue eyed doctors, as the nominations of four out of five members recently made by Principal GMC are totally unconstitutional and in violation of existing laws and protocol.
The four members appointed by GMC Principal, were not even eligible for the posts as they were not even active members of MFC, which is mandatory as per existing laws besides the senior most doctors were sidelined to adjust the blue eyed, which was another violation of protocol.
Sources informed Early Times that according to PMC order No. GMC/order/342 dated 20-8-2014... | |
| | | | Kewal remains untouched; Govt accepts SDM's comic explanation | | Enquiry into Khour relief Cheque distribution eyewash? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 30: Believe it or not but Kewal Krishan Sharma, forest guard turned high profile and influential PRO of Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand remains untouched officially despite having seemingly committed fraud in broad day-light.
For the fraud which has been established in the preliminary enquiry report of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Rakesh Kumar Bhagat, the man under fire, Kewal is yet to be penalised. He has neither been suspended nor issued a show cause notice, which is mandatory as per service rules. Only an enquiry has been ordered but no action has been taken against him despite the man involved being a non-gazetted employee.
Bhagat who allowed his o... | |
| | | | All is not well in party: BJP ignores Lal Singh, Satish Sharma during Kathua visit to assess flood losses | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 30: A delegation of BJP leaders conducted extensive tour of the flood affected areas of Kathua district but two-time Lok Sabha member from this region, Choudhary Lal Singh, who has recently joined BJP was conspicuously missing from the tour.
Kathua district is home town of Choudhary Lal Singh, who was inducted in the BJP with much fanfare in the presence of BJP national president Amit Shah and other senior leaders.
Interestingly Choudhary Lal Singh has strong base in Kathua district but BJP leadership is ignoring him in his own district. Instead of giving him chance at Kathua district, Choudhary Lal Singh has been deputed to Kashmir Valley along with othe... | |
| | | | Doctors, paramedics engaged under NRHM without salaries for 10 months | | NRHM in jeopardy! | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Sept 30: Jeopardizing the implementation of ambitious NRHM initiative, hundreds of specialist doctors and paramedics engaged under National Rural Health Mission are contemplating to quit as they have not been paid for the last nearly 10 months.
Sources in Health Department informed Early Times that nearly 50 specialist doctors were engaged by Health department under the scheme and their salaries were being paid from the funds provided by NRHM directorate to Director Health and Family Welfare.
Moreover, nearly 100 specialist doctors, Paramedical employees, Female Multi Purpose Workers (FMPW) engaged in Non Communicable Diseases Programme (NCDP) and Integrated Diseases... | |
| | | | As Pancheri, Moungri limp to normalcy, winter demon knocks at doors | | |  Kunal Shrivatsa
JAMMU, Sept 30: The life in rain and landslide hit areas of Pancheri and Mongri tehsils in Udhampur district is slowly but steadily limping back to normalcy but hundreds of affected families in the entire belt who were rendered homeless are up against another challenge of coping up with the fast approaching winter season.
After facing the wrath of nature on September 6 and 7, several affected families in the entire belt of Pancheri and Mongri tehsils, who either lost their hou... | |
| | | | Astt Dir, TSO allegedly issue fictitious ration cards, Dir CA&PD holds inquiry after commission's interference | | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Sept 30: An inquiry against Assistant Director and Tehsil Supply Officer (TSO) CA&PD ,Udhampur has been initiated following the allegations of corruption in the shape of issuing of fake ration cards.
The inquiry was started by the Director CA&PD Jammu G.S Chib after the interference of the State Information Commission.
The alleged scam of fake ration cards, came to limelight when a whistle blower knocked the door of Commission after he received incomplete information from the office of Assistant Director CA&PD ,Udhampur. The whistle blower namely Prem Nath of Delly Chak, Udhampur moved an application seeking details of ration cards with all the records of Photo boo... | |
| | | | Ravaged Jammu which deserves equal attention | | Biased think tanks | | | Neha
JAMMU, Sept 30: The recent floods devastated not just parts of Kashmir valley but also almost the entire Jammu province. There was hardly any district out of 10 that did not suffer from flood fury. In fact, Jammu province suffered more losses both in terms of life and property/infrastructure. According to one estimate, nearly 90 per cent of villages in Jammu province were affected by the rains and floods. Reports suggest that no less than 3,153 out of 3,729 villages in the hilly and mountainous alone were affected. The story of Jammu district was no different. As many as 817 villages with 3,06,000 people in Jammu district were affected. Over 190 persons lost their lives. Rajouri distr... | |
| | | | BOPEE continues with its `bad' habits | | Counsels 2 students a day | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: The Board of Professional Examinations which has earned a dubious distinction of being a corrupt organization after its involvement in exam scam has not changed its functioning despite its revamping.
The BOPEE which has today called the students from different parts of Valley for counselling for the Bachelor of Unani Medicines (BUMs) today delayed the process for entire day. Though the candidates were called to report at 8 am in the morning, the officials up to 3 p.m had only conducted the counselling of two students.
Sources said that the students from far flung areas of Kupwara, Anantnag, Shopian, Uri, Karnah had managed to report the BOPE office a... | |
| | | | Sports Council authorities allotting MA stadium for non sporting activities | | Will HC directions on Parade Ground deter arbitrariness? | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
JAMMU, Sept 30: On the hind side of the direction of the State High Court not to use Parade Ground for any other purpose except sports activities that was delivered today, MA stadium, the main sporting centre of Jammu has been lent out to non sporting activities twice in a week, jeopardizing entire sporting activity conducted in it.
Resentment is brewing amongst the players and their parents towards cold indifference of the authorities, especially the Joint Secretary of the State Sports Council and the Sports Officer Jammu Rajan Sharma who have been instrumental in making such allotments. "For petty sums of money, these officers have been allotting MA Stadium for religious... | |
| | | | Omar's myriad challenges: Primary is to galvanize dampened spirits of Team NC | | All is not well in NC camp; morale of its cadres at all-time low | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Sept 30: The Valley is gradually coming out of the shock and the devastation it underwent in the nearly week-long rains and floods and the things are gradually settling down there but Chief Minister Omar Abdullah faces myriad challenges ahead. Actually, the problems for him are going to begin now. The biggest perhaps is likely to come from the J&K people who feel that the Government left them at a time when they needed it to stay and help them. As of now people are not in a mood to pardon him as all of them feel that had he as a Chief Minister volunteered to come forward to know about their whereabouts, his subordinates would have surely followed him. In his absence f... | |
| | | | Both National Highways cleared from jam , 6 hour Journey took 36 hours | | People blame poor road, nomadic movement for frequent jamming | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar Sept 30: After remaining trapped in heavy vehicular jam on Jammu-Kishtwar National Highway for more than 30 hours people reached Kishtwar today afternoon. Similar was the case with the vehicles traveling on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway where the passenger vehicles and other commercial vehicles remain trapped for over 40 hours.
While talking to "Early Times", the people said that mismanagement, bad roads and movement of nomadic families with their livestocks was the reason for massive jam on both the National Highways. They said that at many places the road is single lane, particularly between Patnitop and Udhampur and Between Ramban and Qaziqund.
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| | | | Modi not Nawaz Sharif conquers mind of Americans | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: That newspapers,intellectuals and the common people in Pakistan are convinced that the Indian Prime Minister,Narendra Modi overshadowed Nawaz Sharif in all sectors of diplomacy and articulation of ideas during Modi's visit to the US.It was for Nawaz Sharif a brief visit which he utilized on delivering his lack-lustre speech at the UN General Assembly,and later had a meeting with the World Bank President from whom he extracted a commitment for granting financial assistance for meeting energy crisis and for carrying out relief and rehabilitation work in areas that were hit by severe floods
It was simply he came,he saw, he spoke and then left s... | |
| | | | Molvi Iftikhar Ansari's demise a major loss for PDP | | | | M.L.Kak
Jammu, Sept 30: The PDP has lost an influential leader in the demise of Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari,a prominent Shia leader.He had the gift of the gab and would unnerve even his staunch political opponents by his high pitched fulminations.
The Maulana had a chequered political career and if he quit one party to join the other or later returned to the parent organization he did so not for any political or financial gains.Not for any personal aggrandizement.He did so when he found a number of skeletons in the cupboard of the Congfress,or the National Conference or the Janata Party.
When in 1977 he joined the Janata Party,which had set all the rivers in the north and centra... | |
| | | | Ultra killed in Kupwara gun fight | | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
KUPWARA, Sept 30: An unidentified ultra was gunned down by security forces when suspected militants fired on a patrol party of the Army in Warnav village of Lolab area in Kupwara District of north Kashmir on Tuesday morning.
According to police, "acting on a specific input about the presence of a group of militants in a village of Lolab area of the district, police's Special Operation Group (SOG) and Indian army's 18 Rashtriya Rifles laid a siege and asked them to surrender.
Militants opened fire upon army's patrolling party of 18 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) Warnav village of Lolab forest in Kupwara district, official maintained.
The group of militants hiding in the fores... | |
| | | | Shopkeepers replace old structures with concrete ones, SMC in slumber | | Blessing in disguise | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Sept 30: The devastation caused by recent floods has proved blessing in disguise for some shopkeepers. They are replacing old structures with concrete ones as Srinagar municipality watches helplessly.
Pertinently encroachment of roads, drains, footpaths and water bodies has been described as one of the reasons of the worst ever floods that rocked Jammu Kashmir recently. The authorities, according to environmentalists, should have been alert this time to prevent such acts.
It was learnt that after water receded some opportunists in Regal Chowk, Natipora, at many places people were seen replacing their old structures with concrete ones.
"A relative of mine livin... | |
| | | | Delayed exams take toll of students' mental health | | Flood aftermath | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: The career of thousands of students is at stake since there seems to be no end to their miseries. This very fact has taken a toll on the mental health of the students as the government has failed to revive the educational institutions on the priority basis.
The month of September has ended and there seems to be no chances of conducting the annual examinations in the near future which is for sure to harm the interests of the students studying at various levels. It is the right time to conduct the examinations since ninety percent of the syllabus stands completed.
If the academic session is prolonged or the examinations are deferred, the minds of the stu... | |
| | | | Govt employees feel betrayed after returning to Srinagar | | `Not able to work under present conditions' | | | Sandeep Bhat
srinagar, Sept 30: The tall claims of state government for providing proper facilities like accommodation, food, internet, mobile connectivity, FAX etc seems to have fallen flat as after 26 days of catastrophe, the water is still logged at many places and there is lack of basic facilities .
After the floods, number of government employees who belong to Jammu province left valley including locals to wait for restoration of normalcy, but the incumbent state government issued an order to all its employees to return to the duties failing which they will be taken to task and an action will be taken under rule.
The claims of the administration fell flat as there is no telephone... | |
| | | | Traffic jam causes chaos on National Highway | | |  Sarita Jamwal
Udhampur, Sept 30: Chaotic traffic on Srinagar - Jammu highway allegedly due to failure of traffic police to regulate vehicular movement has plugged the 300 km artery road from all sides, on Tuesday affecting the much needed supplies to flood hit Kashmir.
According to reports due to chronic jams hundreds of vehicles, including goods carriers remain stranded along the road right from Udhampur upto Banihal.
The commuters and drivers alleged that main cause behind the mess cre... | |
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