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| Kashmir bags major share in funds allocation, Jammu still faces neglect | | Saga of discrimination | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah may be singing peens of redressing genuine grievances of people of Jammu region but when it comes to allocation of funds, official documents point out that Kashmir region enjoys a significant edge.
From tourism ministry to school and higher education ministries, Kashmir gets major share in allocation of funds. Interesting is the case of tourism ministry whose in charge is MLA from Ladakh Nawang Rigzin Jora. Ministry during the last two financial years released Rs. 4697.05 lakh (Rs.2404.55 for 2008-09 and Rs.2292.50 for 2009-10) for boosting tourism in Jammu region under the state plan.
On the contrary, the same tourism ministry allocated Rs. 10, 535.28 lakh during the last two financial years for Kashmir region. The only difference is that allocation was on the lesser side during the last financial year 2009-10 when the ministry allocated Rs. 4553.50 lakh for the development of tourism under the state plan as compared to Rs. 5981.78 allocated for the year 2008-09. Leh has got just Rs. 428 lakh for ... | |
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| Who the interlocutors in J&K must meet to know the truth | | | | Rustam
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: It is good that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram and interlocutors like Dileep Padgaonkar have announced that the panel of interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir would hold the "largest possible consultations with all sections of opinion in Jammu and Kashmir" to reach a conclusion. However, it is the statements issued subsequently by Chidambaram and Padgaonkar that have created a serious doubt in the minds of the people about their intentions. The statement of Chidambaram that there are "no red lines for interlocutors" and the assertion of Padgaonkar that their "mandate…is to seek as large area of agreement as you can to get t... | |
| | | | What happened to Sher-e-Kashmir employment package? | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Oct 22: The much hyped employment package was unveiled by the Chief Minister on the 104 birth anniversary of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on December 5 last year has yet to take off.
The package was announced to address what the Chief Minister called a gigantic unemployment problem in a principled manner. However, the package, Sher-e-Kashmir Employment and Welfare Programme for Youth (SKEWPY) was simply forgotten. Even after ten months it could not be translated into reality. The 105th anniversary of Sher-e-Kashmir is fast approaching and the unemployed youth are as high and dry as they were a year ago.
The package had evoked widespread ridicule. It evoked critical... | |
| | | | Haunted by Chittisinghpura massacre on Clinton's visit, J&K fears terror strike during Obama trip | | | | Bharat Bhushan
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: Haunted by the Chittisinghpura massacre of 35 Sikhs on the eve of the arrival of US president Bill Clinton on March 20, 2000, the Jammu and Kashmir government fears a terror strike ahead of Barack Obama's India visit early next month.
The Chittisinghpura macabre incident preceded Clinton's arrival by only a few hours and the scale of the violence was large even amid the exceptional sorrows of the valley. The incident was linked to the US President's visit. For the first time, the victims were Sikhs, a religious minority never before targeted during the bloody decade infused with grief.
It was a monstrous way of the militants to grab the i... | |
| | | | Plight of Jammu Muslims as bad as Hindus, Sikhs | | Must blame Kashmiri rulers for utter neglect | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Sep 22: The plight of the Muslims of Jammu is highly pathetic. They, like the Hindus and Sikhs in this province, represent that segment of society that has never received its legitimate due share in the state’s political and economic processes. In fact, their life, like the life of other communities inhabiting the ignored Jammu province, is not one of political and economic aspirations, notwithstanding the fact that they belong to the majority community in the state that has been ruling Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. The Kashmir-based leaders have always exploited them for garnering votes, but when it comes to catering to their even basic needs they dismiss them as... | |
| | | | FIR against NGO for allegedly Kidnapping Ladakhi children | | | | Sumit Sharma
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: The Pacca Danga police have registered a case against non-governmental organization 'Youth Movement for Peace' for allegedly kidnapping some cloudburst-hit children from Leh.
The case has been registered following complaints by the parents of 27 children who were brought to Jammu by the NGO through alleged fraudulent means.
In their complaints, the parents said the NGO distributed blankets, medicines and clothes among them after the cloud burst on August 6.They alleged that after the completion of their task in Leh, the members of the NGO disappeared from the scene along with the
children without informing them.
For the last two months,... | |
| | | | Gandhi Nagar robbery: Five suspects picked up | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: In the sensational Gandhi Nagar robbery that took place Thursday, police today picked up five suspects from different city areas for questioning.
Though police for tight-lipped, sources said five suspects, who had been picked up, would be paraded before the eyewitnesses for identification.
One of the suspects was also said to have taken to the office of SSP, Jammu, for his questioning by the officer.Police had also rounded up the man who was constantly in touch with
Himanshu Gupta, a witnesses, on his mobile phone.His identification was established through decoding of the call details on Himanshu's cellphone, the sources ad... | |
| | | | Muslims from J&K term accession final, irrevocable | | Jagmohan, Najma participate in seminar on current situation in Kashmir | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: Quick on the heels of yesterdays seminar organized by pro-separatist elements in Union Capital, a seminar was also organized by the nationalist organizations in New Delhi today to declare the accession of J&K State with India final and irrevocable.
Over 500 prominent people like scholars, intellectuals, and activists of various social and political organizations besides over 100 Muslims from Jammu and Kashmir participated in the seminar and declared that J&K is an integral part of India. The seminar among others was also
addressed by former Governor of J&K Mr Jagmohan and BJP leader and former Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Najma Heptula. The seminar was... | |
| | | | Separatists given full freedom to preach secession, nationalists booked & thrashed | | Delhi's Bungling Instinct | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 22: The authorities in New Delhi bungled yesterday and alarmed the whole of the nation. They made the world believe that India is a banana republic where the separatists enjoy full freedom to preach secessionism and communalism and nationalists carrying tri-colour in their hands and raising pro-India slogans are booked, thrashed, punished and humiliated. Indeed, the authorities in the South and North Blocks and in the Delhi Government have allowed the separatists - Kashmiri and Maoist - to covert the Union Capital into a den of anti-national and break-India activities. How else should one interpret the manner in which the authorities allowed pro-Pakistan Syed ... | |
| | | | Vaishnodevi pilgrim dies in landslide | | | | KATRA: A Vaishnodevi pilgrim died at Himkoti en route the holy cave shrine of the goddess today after she was hit by earth and a heavy stone that came sliding down the hill.
The dead was identified as Ila Sarkar (50), wife of Tapan Sarkar of Kolkata.
The incident took place at Himkoti while she was on her way back to Katra after having darshans of the goddess, police sources said. The body was later evacuated by police to the Katra hospital. After post-mortem, it was handed over to her family members for last rites.... | |
| | | | 1 killed, 2 hurt by lightning | | | | JAMMU: Lightning struck three remote areas of the region early this morning, killing a man and wounding two others, including a 20-year-old girl.
Rattan Singh (37), son of Thakur Dass, was working in a cattle shed in his house at Galiot in Pancheri, Udhampur, when he was killed by lightning at about 9 am.
Rattan died instantly, police sources said and added that his two sheep were also killed.
Hafeeza Bano (20), daughter of Gulzar Ahmad of Aftan Marg in Gool, Ramban, sustained burns after lightning struck their house in the wee hours of today morning.
As Aftan Marg is a far-flung area of Gool, Hafeeza was taken by her family members to a nearby army camp where army doctors provided her ... | |
| | | | Criminal held at Gadigarh | | | | JAMMU: An alleged murder accused was today arrested by police from Gadigarh area near here. He was identified as Trilok Singh alias Laddi, son of Narayan Singh of Lower Gadigarh.
Acting on a specific information, a Satwari police team laid a trap at Gadigarh and caught hold of him, police sources said.
A sharp-edged weapon was also recovered from him, SP (south) Rajeshwar Singh said.
He said Laddi and his six associates had alleged committed the murder of Harpreet Singh, son of Gagan Singh of Upper Gadigarh, with sharp-edged weapons last year in Gadigarh area.
A case under section 302 of RPC and 3/25 of Arms Act was registered against the accused at Satwari police station.His six associ... | |
| | | | PM cancels Ladakh tour, Chidambaram to visit on Oct 30 | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 22: Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, who was scheduled to conduct an inspection of the relief and reconstruction work in Ladakh on November 2nd next, has suddenly canceled his programme. According to official sources, a letter faxed from PMO did not mention reasons but communicated that the PM’s visit to Ladakh on November 2nd stood ‘postponed’. It did not mention any rescheduled programme,
Joint Secretary in PMO, Sanjay Mitra, today visited different sitesin Leh district in the company of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and a high-level delegation of senior bureaucrats from Srinagar. He later flew back to New Delhi with Chief Minister.
Sources said ... | |
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