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Home Minister turn's down CM's recommendation to defer polls Omar's 'Mission New Delhi' a flop show 10/15/2014 12:14:44 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah making last moment attempt to persuade Centre to postpone the forthcoming Assembly elections in flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir has ostensibly back fired as the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has turned down his proposal. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been camping in New Delhi for the past 2-days, according to the sources, had made a "strong recommendation" for postponement of elections in the state to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The Home Minister is understood to have told Omar that "Let the Election Commission of India take the final call as the commission is an independent body and no Government is empowered to interfere in the decisions and working of the commission." Sources said that during his 2-day stay in New Delhi Omar through his emissaries got it conveyed to the top BJP leadership that forthcoming Assembly polls in JK should be postponed at least till March next year. They said that Omar tried his best to get it conveyed to the people at helm that situation is not conducive for pol...   READ MORE

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Full ECI team to visit Srinagar this weekend 10/15/2014 12:14:28 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 14: The entire team of Election Commission of India is visiting Srinagar this weekend most likely on Saturday to assess the situation amidst an overwhelming demand for holding Assembly elections flood ravaged in Jammu and Kashmir on schedule. The team, according to the sources would comprise of Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath and Election Commissioners HS Brahma and Nasim Zaidi. The visit - comes close on the heels of a trip made by Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi last week for an assessment whether elections can be held now or not in view of the massive devastation caused by the recent floods. The ruling National Conference is opposed...   READ MORE   Pats its own back for 'exemplary' rescue work, no mention of Army, NDRF NC's memorandum- A tragic comedy! 10/15/2014 12:14:22 AM Abodh Sharma JAMMU, Oct 14: Shamefully contradicting their leader and the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who himself confessed that there existed literally no Government for first three days after devastating floods hit Srinagar; Contrary to the fact that the Ministers of the National Conference resurfaced in the summer capital days after the floods had begun to recede; And notwithstanding the fact that the Ministers had to face public fury at several places and were subjected to violent protests, National Conference today passed a resolution patting its own back for rescue work during floods. In a meeting presided over by NC General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar and attended by NC Provincia...   READ MORE   OMAR's FLIP FLOP ON POLL TIMINGS Sept 6: Seeks polls on time 10/15/2014 12:14:05 AM Sept 14: Says time not ripe for elections Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 14: The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sought timely polls on September 6 when water had not submerged Srinagar and other parts of the Valley. Addressing a press conference at his official residence on the eve of arrival of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 7 Omar had clearly stated the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were scheduled to be held in November-December and "we hope that situation caused by the floods would have been tackled by then and rebuilding of infrastructure set into motion". He added the problem in Jammu and Kashmir is that if the Assembly elections are delayed beyond November-Decem...   READ MORE   Pak shells LoC again, targets over 10 posts, villages 10/15/2014 12:13:49 AM MS Nazki MENDHAR, Oct 14: Pakistan today again shelled the Line of Control (LoC) in Balakote sub-sector of Poonch, targeting over 10 Army posts and residential areas. Official sources said Balakote sub-sector, where two Army jawans and a woman were wounded on Monday in the heavy shelling, today again became the target of the enemy troops. India returned the fire effectively, the sources added. Over 10 Army posts, including M S Tekri, Kunikar Bunker, Panini Nullah and 431, and villages became the target of Pak firing. The unprovoked enemy action caused no harm on the Indian side. Loss, if any, on the Pak side was yet to be ascertained, sources said. The heavy shelling and gunfire start...   READ MORE   Politics houses mysterious death of Divya Manhas Cop building pressure on investigating team to entrap businessman’s son 10/15/2014 12:13:41 AM ET Report JAMMU, Oct 14: Politics has started taking its role in the death mystery of the girl namely Divya Manhas daughter of Krishan Singh Manhas and for the very purpose a cop is playing the active role to settle the score of his influential relative, making the police's investigation team baffled. While parents of the girl expressed their suspicion on three boys, one of them is grandson of a politician and two others are sons of influential persons, for their alleged role to inject the intoxicants in the body of the girl which claimed her life, an influential cop is putting the pressure on the investigating officers from different corners to involve the name of one Rohit Kumar. How...   READ MORE   Elections approaching, Modi's state BJP becoming disorderly house 10/15/2014 12:13:32 AM Kunal Shrivatsa JAMMU, Oct 14: While the Assembly elections in the state are expected to be conducted in December, the factionalism in 'disciplined' Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is growing day by day as unruly scenes which marred a BJP workers meet at Kathua on late Monday evening was enough proof to indicate that dissension is on the rise in the saffron party. Sources informed Early Times that a BJP workers' meeting turned into a virtual battle field as the rivalry between two groups led by State General Secretary Rajiv Jasrotia and BJP's District unit President Advocate Vijay Sharma came out in open as their respective supporters used abusive language to make counter points. "The BJP pr...   READ MORE   Crores expended on Sidhra Golf course; another white elephant in the making DPR, Administrative approval nowhere 10/15/2014 12:13:23 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Oct 14: With construction cost likely to go over Rs. 60 crore, prestigious Golf Course in Jammu which is stretched over an area of 1385 kanals in Sidhra is set to become another white elephant. If the report of the Chief Minister's monitoring cell is taken into consideration, the construction of 18 hole Golf Course was taken up by the Tourism Department in the year 2005-06 on 1385 kanals of land on the left bank of river Tawi at Sidhra in Jammu without seeking mandatory administrative approval. The report further establishes the fact that Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the golf course was never vetted by planning department neither was ever same sought from th...   READ MORE   Gul faces peoples' ire in Eidgah 10/15/2014 12:13:08 AM Javaid Naikoo Srinagar, Oct 15: Legislative Assembly Speaker and MLA Eidgah Constituency of Srinagar, Mubarak Gul had to face wrath of people in his own constituency today. The people chanted slogans as soon as Gul arrived in the area with some of his associates, reports said adding Gul was told to leave the area. However, reports said, Gul was almost heckled when he tried to interact with some elderly people of the area. A local told Early Times that nobody from the administration visited them after the floods. Gul represents the Eidgah constituency in the Legislative Assembly. This constituency is regarded as a strong bastion of NC. However, today's incident must have further de...   READ MORE   Flood 'ghost' continues to haunt coalition Govt as senior NC leader faces embarrassing situation Flood affected people give vent to feelings 10/15/2014 12:13:01 AM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Oct 14: A senior Cabinet Minister and senior National Conference leader today faced an embarrassing situation as a group of people disrupted his speech during a function here. The protesters accused the NC leader of fleeing the Kashmir valley during the ravaging flood that hit the state in first week of September. As soon as the senior NC leader started his speech a group of people stood up and raised objection over the speech. The protesters objected to the speech of the senior NC leader saying that he has got no mandate whatsoever to talk about the relief measures being taken by the State Government for providing relief to flood affected people. "You people ar...   READ MORE   How long shall NC, Cong coalition last? 10/15/2014 12:12:49 AM Sandeep Bhat JAMMU, Oct 14: The days are numbered for present National Conference and Congress led coalition Government in the state as both parties are now leveling allegations on each other and after the flash floods, the wedge has deepened further. The Deputy Chief Minister ordered timely examination of all classes but his order was reverted by none other than Chief Minister who postponed the examination up to March. Not only this, the provincial president and close aide of Omar Abdullah, Devinder Singh Rana, demanded an enquiry in Class IV appointments in Education Department which is headed by DyCM. He has also sought quashment of such appointments. The war of words has been...   READ MORE   Congress more than Kashmiri parties 'responsible' for Jammu's miseries, say the youth Hollow Sloganeering 10/15/2014 12:12:42 AM Rustam JAMMU, Oct 14: The people of Jammu province, which houses almost half of the State's population and is also termed as the land of the abandoned refugees, are seething with anger. Their anger is directed more against the Congress rather than the Kashmiri parties, including the pro-autonomy and essentially sectarian and fundamentally Kashmir-centric National Conference (NC). They bemoan, and rightly, that they voted for the Congress election after election hoping that it would fight for their genuine cause but it always failed, let down and humiliated them. The general view in Jammu province is that the Congress always "ditched its core constituency and brazenly bartered" their legit...   READ MORE   Alarmed Omar against LA polls on due date Time for relief, rehabilitation 10/15/2014 12:12:29 AM Neha JAMMU, Oct 14: The ruling National Conference (NC) might have expressed its willingness to go by the decision of the Election Commission as far as the holding of Assembly elections in the flood-ravaged state is concerned, but the truth is that NC working president and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in his heart of hearts doesn't want elections on the due dates. This became clear on Sunday, when he told a senior commentator that "at the moment, thousands are homeless"; that "floods struck the Kashmir valley, hit hard Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Reasi and washed away villages"; that "we have to determine our priority"; that "the winter is knocking at our doors and we have to save our peopl...   READ MORE   No transfer for 2 lecturers of Education for 25 yrs 25 out of 42 overstaying in choicest colleges 10/15/2014 12:12:15 AM Akshay Azad JAMMU, Oct 14: The unholy alliance between the corrupt officials of Higher Education department and affluent college lecturers became evident when a case involving overstay of two lecturers of education at their choicest places for 25 years came to fore. Shabnam Suri was transferred to GDC Kathua, but in a span of two years, she was transferred four times and retained her posting at WC Gandhi Nagar in 2013. Shabnam Suri, posted at WC Gandhi Nagar has been overstaying in Jammu city for the last 30 years, while Tabasum Ara posted at WC Parade has never transferred outside Jammu city colleges. From 1984 to 2011, she was at WC Parade and for two years she was at COE Jammu after ...   READ MORE   Omar's free ration announcement irks homeless flood victims Demand rehabilitation ahead of winter 10/14/2014 11:01:59 PM Saahil Suhail Anantnag/Kulgam, Oct 14: Outraged over free ration announcement, flood victims of these southern districts while demanding rehabilitation ahead of winter, have accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of playing political franks. Homeless flood victims in Argatnoo Village of Kulgam district accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of ignoring their sufferings and politicizing the flood catastrophe by announcing 'free ration' to all included unaffected bureaucrats. "It seems Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is deliberately delaying the rehabilitation of homeless flood victims which is quit strange and unacceptable as he continues to promise since the day one after water receded tha...   READ MORE   CEO seeks details from DCs on impact of floods 10/14/2014 11:01:44 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Kishtwar, Oct 14: Ahead of finalizing polling dates for upcoming state assembly elections, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jammu and Kashmir Umang Narula today sought details from all 22 District Election Officers (Deputy Commissioners) regarding the impact of recent floods on election preparedness. "As you are aware, the Election Commission of India will be visiting the state to assess the status of preparedness for the forthcoming Legislative Assembly Elections. As such it is requested that the information regarding impact of recent floods on election preparedness may be filled and sent to this office for being consolidated" read the letter No. PS/CEO/Elec/2014/365 d...   READ MORE   CAPD Deptt bosses add to miseries of flood affected people Eat up sanctioned monthly ration quota 10/14/2014 11:01:35 PM Majid Nabi SRINAGAR, Oct 14: The underhanded approach of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department in dispensing free 30 kilogram ration among the flood affected people had set off a sense of displeasure among the masses as only 28 kilograms are being provided to each household on all ration depots here. Contrary to the government's recent directive to provide free 30 kilogram ration to every family in view of recent catastrophe in Srinagar city, the officials of CAPD are dispensing only 28 kilograms of free rice on all ration depots while rest of two kilos per household goes to officials home. A rough survey conducted by Early Times at some ration depots in civil lin...   READ MORE   Floods damage 50,000 vehicles in Srinagar 10/14/2014 11:01:24 PM Bashir Assad Srinagar, Oct 14: Near about 50,000 private vehicles are lying outside showrooms and workshops in Srinagar for repairs which got damaged during devastating floods that hit the state on September7. According to the show room and workshop owners more than 50,000 private cars of all brands have been damaged in devastating floods in Srinagar city alone. Thousands of damaged cars are lying outside show rooms along Pantha chowk-Parimpora bypass. Thousands more are in cue awaiting repairs in workshops. According to mechanical engineers flood waters have blocked engines of most of the vehicles as such the vehicles need complete overhauling which is a very time consuming process...   READ MORE   Commuters succumbing to arbitrariness of transporters in Ramban Administration helplessly mum! 10/14/2014 11:01:15 PM Bivek Mathur Jammu, Oct 12: In utter disregard to law and order apparatus, transporters in Ramban district have been coercing the commuters in Ramban district by not only ocercharging at will, but also misbehaving with them while the law enforcing agencies have maintained a stoic silence to their arbitrariness. As per a complaint forwarded by a Chanderkote villager to the Naib Tehsildar, Chanderkote on behalf of the general public of the village, a copy of which is available with Early Times, transporters (Mini bus drivers and conductors) on the Chanderkote-Rajgarh route have fixed their fares at Rs. 60 no matter where you alight en route Chanderkote-Rajgarh. Villages on the route incl...   READ MORE   'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' is far away from reality in Kathua 10/14/2014 11:00:41 PM Arun Trisal Kathua, Oct 14: Several cleanliness drives under slogan of Swachh Bharat Campaign' was launched on October 2, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to realize Mahatma Gandhi's dream of clean India but to its sharp contrast, the 'threshold of state' Kathua town present a gory look to visitors courtesy apathy of local Municipal Committee which has turned city into a nightmare Several people of the Kathua town alleged while the whole nation responded to Prime Minist...   READ MORE   Omar rules out presence of ISIS militants in JK 10/14/2014 10:59:25 PM Javaid Naikoo Srinagar, Oct 14 : Ruling out presence of ISIS militants in Jammu and Kashmir, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said that some youth used ISIS flags for the sake of show only and action has already been taken in this regard. Talking to media during his visit to New Delhi, Omar said that no militant of the ISIS was present in Jammu and Kashmir. "Some foolish youth used the flags for fun," he said. After discussing border tension with Home Minister, Rajnath Singh Omar Abdullah told the media agencies that 'unfortunately some channels have played up this issue unnecessarily but we have already taken action against the guilty in this regard and the matter is being fo...   READ MORE   Decline in enrollment in Govt primary schools Around 100 schools with less than 10 students 10/14/2014 10:59:15 PM Bijay Charak Jammu, Oct 14 : It is a wake up call for the government and its efforts to improve the quality of schooling through the Right to Education, as enrolment children in government's primary schools of Jammu district was on decline for last few years. Sources informed Early Times that 100 out of 978 government primary schools in 16 zones of Jammu district have less than 10 children enrolled. Sources further said that the major decline is witnessed in 14 zones including 10 schools in Satwari, 13 schools RS Pura and 12 in Dansal where less than 10 children are enrolled. Similarly, six schools of Chowki Choura, Jourian and Gandhi Nagar have 10 children each. Similarly five schools i...   READ MORE   HC disposes of bunch of petitions about regularisation of Rehbar-e-Ziarat 10/14/2014 10:58:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 14 : High court judge Janak Raj Kotwal today decided bunch of petitions regarding regularization of Village Agriculture Extension Assistants and disposed of all the petitions with various directions. According to the petition, the state government in 2007 engaged all the unemployed agriculture graduates in the State as Rehbar-e-Zirat (for short ReZs). The government has now formulated a policy for their regularization as Village Agriculture Extension Assistants. Dispute involved in these seven writ petitions arises from the process of regularization. Justice Kotwal, after hearing the two sides, observed that petitioners are Agriculture Graduates (B.Sc. Agric...   READ MORE   R&B Deptt gears up to connect flood hit areas in Jammu 'Of 2708 damaged roads, 2666 have been restored' 10/14/2014 10:58:44 PM K Koushal Jammu, Oct 14 : To restore and enhance the motorable communication in flood ravaged Jammu region , Roads and Building (R&B) Department, has pressed all of its resources and machinery so that the relief and rehabilitation process further be strengthened for reaching out to the people even in the farthermost/ interior region of the state. Official sources within department said, "Equipped with over 375 excavators and JCBs, the department coming to the expectation of state government has provisionally restored 2666 road links out of damaged 2708 link roads, having a total road length of 2692 kilometers spread across the ten districts of the Jammu region of state." Buoyant over the...   READ MORE

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