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| ADB penalizes ERA for inefficiency, shelves Rs.519.5 Cr projects | | Jammu's flyover unlikely to come-up | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times report
JAMMU, Oct 17: Asian Development Bank has rejected Jammu and Kashmir government's request to finance four major developmental projects, two each in the twin capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar, costing Rs.519.5 crore.
Bank has not only rejected the government's request but also given detailed reasoning for the same. It has raised serious objections over the detailed project reports (DPRs) which were prepared and submitted to it by Jammu and Kashmir government's much hyped Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) for perusal and later on for funding.
Bank in one of its review mission reports, copy of which is with early times, has raised serious doubts ... | |
| | | | 'Interlocutors can play a great role in resolving crisis' | | Himalayan feature | | | Early Times report
JAMMU, Oct 17: Though the appointment of three interlocutors by centre on Kashmir to resolve the crisis in strife torn Valley has not been welcomed by the separatists and other mainstream political parties in state yet a cross section of people in Kashmir is of the opinion that the interlocutors can perform a good role in resolving the prevailing crisis provided they meet the cross section of people in the state and seek their viewpoints. According to some intellectuals in Kashmir pleading in Kashmir anonymity, the appointment of interlocutors by union government can go a long way in resolving the prevailing crisis in Kashmir provided they seek the independent opinion fr... | |
| | | | Dussehra celebrated with religious fervour, gaiety | | | | Early Times report
Jammu, Oct 17: Marking the victory of righteousness over evil, Dussehra was celebrated across entire Jammu region today with effigies of Ravana along with Kumbhkarna and Meghnath, bringing the curtains down on nine day long Ram Lila, performed every night at several places depicting Ramayan (from the birth of Lord Rama to the end of Ravana).
Huge effigies of Ravana, his brother Kumbhkarna and brother Meghnath (also known as Inderjeet), symbolising the evils, whose end by Lord Rama and his 'sena' led by Veer Hanuman and Sughreev is celebrated every year as Dussehra, went up in flames as at the stroke of 5.45 pm in the presence of hundreds of people at Parade Ground in th... | |
| | | | Farooq sticks to his political tagline on 'integral part of India...'! | | | | Early times report
Jammu, Oct 17: The former Chief Minister of J&K and Union Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah known for his political rhetoric on Pakistan bashing has said it again. …. "Pakistan must stop aiding and abetting terrorism in Kashmir Valley….. Kashmir is an integral part of India and it shall remain so for ever….". This is the political tagline senior Abdullah has been toeing for years now and nothing is new in the overtures he made while speaking to media at a function in Pune today.
The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, whose political orientation has changed ever since he shifted to Delhi has been often seen and heard reiterating this statement at any place his views ... | |
| | | | Wajahat in his true colours, wants Delhi to grant autonomous status to J&K | | News ANALYSIS-II | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: The opening paragraph of this news analysis clearly suggests what Habibullah wants. He wants the pre-1953 position for the state and this, according to him, is something minimum that may be acceptable to the Muslims of Kashmir. He wants the withdrawal of the AFSPA and he wants the withdrawal of all the Central laws from the state. Besides, he wants New Delhi to "bring the people of the state, and the Valley in particular, towards participation in governance" and "allow to the Kashmiris the same respect and dignity that is considered a right by every Indian citizen…"
Habibullah wants New Delhi to withdraw the AFSPA and grant pre-1953 status to Jammu and Ka... | |
| | | | Minors abandoned at Jammu railway station | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: Three sisters in their infancy, aged between one and three were abandoned at Jammu railway station on Saturday.
It was an alert sweeper identified as Gurdev Singh who saw three children sitting at the railway platform near the computer room with no elder around them. He took the abandoned babies into his custody and has been taking care of them ever since.
"After finding the girls, I have been taking care of them till now…. I provided water, milk and food to them. I didn't sleep the whole night and have been attending them. I had a couple of blankets, I gave them to the children," said Gurdev Singh.
It is the irony of fate that three year old Kajal, t... | |
| | | | Geelani started track II diplomacy' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 17: Jealous of his growing popularity, Geelani's opponents accuse him of initiating Track II diplomacy. According to them, Geelani was the first to initiate bilateral dialogue and that too at track II level with Ram Jethmalani and Wajahat Habibullah.
Similar allegations were leveled by former Huriyat (M) chairman, Moulana Abbas Ansari in March this year. Ansari said the un-divided Hurriyat Conference authorized Syed Ali Geelani to hold talks with Wajahat Habibullaha and Ram Jethmalani. Geelani, therefore, became the first person to open channels of track II diplomacy. He also became the first person to recognize such exercises", he said.
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| | | | Issue of J&K Accession: And now it's S M Krishna's turn | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 17: As if what the desperate, frustrated, failed and thoroughly, isolated Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on the floor of the assembly on October 6 in regard to the otherwise settled issue of accession of J&K to the Indian Union was not enough to outrage the Indian public opinion, the Indian Foreign Minister, S. M. Krishna, has also jumped on to the Chief Minister's separatist bandwagon to spoil the Indian pitch in the state, which is legitimately Indian and which acceded to the Indian Dominion on October 26, 1947 in terms of the constitutional law on the subject. Ever since Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over the crucial foreign portfolio to K... | |
| | | | J&K roads to have traffic signals installed by Dec-Jan: IGP | | | | Early Times report
Jammu, Oct 17: In a bid to streamline the rising traffic chaos, Jammu and Kashmir IGP (Traffic) Hemant Kumar Lohia said the signal lights will be installed on roads of twin capital cities of the state by the coming months of December-January.
''Following rising traffic problem in twin regions of the state, it has been decided to install the signal lights to streamline the system and hopefully it will be done by the months of December-January,'' the IGP told reporters while addressing his maiden press conference here this morning.
Lohia said the issue was taken up with the authorities concerned and the project has been okayed while the work would soon start on it.
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| | | | Budhal operation called off; 2 Pak ultras killed, 2 escape | | | | JAMMU: The Budhal operation was called off with the troops Sunday morning retrieving the bodies of two slain Pak militants of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), while the other two, who were stated to be holed up in the area, remained untraced.
The operation, which began Tuesday last in the thickly forested Kagora hills of Budhal, finally ended today with troops of 60 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) returning to their barracks after six days of relentless searches.
The troops, displaying high degree of professionalism and patience, did not show any haste to kill the four odd LeT militants after they were cordoned in the treacherous mountain passes six days back.
Two of them were, however, killed in an exchang... | |
| | | | Mystery shrouds cop's death | | | | KATRA: A CRPF cop was today found lying dead under mysterious circumstances in a camp of 126 Bn at Mahore in Reasi.He was identified as B Chenna Naik. Police sources said when Naik did not wake up in the morning for his duty, some cops in the camp went to his barrack to enquire about him.
However, when they found him lying unconscious in the bed, they brought the matter to the notice of their seniors who immediately got him shifted to hospital.
In the hospital, he was declared brought dead by doctors. After post-mortem, the body was handed over to the cops who were accompanying it.
Police had registered a case in this connection and launched inquest proceedings.... | |
| | | | Cops arrested for murder of brother-in-law | | | | JAMMU: Two policemen, who happen to be siblings, were arrested by police after the duo allegedly murdered their own brother-in-law after they had an argument with the latter in Batiya villagee of Poonch district.
The accused identified as Shahnawaz, Nawaz along with their father Mirza Din entered into an altercation with Mohmmad Sadiq, 55, in Batiya on Friday night, police sources said.
The deceased Sadiq, who was allegedly a polygamist, was brother-in-law of Shahnawaz and Nawaz.
Sadiq , who had married two women, was attacked with iron rods by the brothers and died on the spot, the police added.
The duo was arrested from Poonch and Jammu last evening.
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