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Govt's half-hearted action to break shutdowns in Srinagar Defaulting allottees get threats by the day, consolation by the night 10/28/2010 11:41:45 PM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Oct 28: Omar Abdullah government's non-serious attempts of breaking the chain of unending shutdowns in the capital city, beginning from the Civil Lines, appear to be doomed to fail---even boomerang. Even as the Directorate of Information has launched a psychological operation to bludgeon the allottees of more than 5,000 government shops into submission---with the motive of failing Hurriyat-sponsored strikes---officials in different government organizations as well as the traders insist that there were "no clear directions from the government". According to well-placed informed sources, constitution of a Task Force to initiate action against the defaulting allottees of hundreds of government shops in the capital city was lacking in seriousness. Officials holding key positions in the departments functioning under Ministry of Housing & Urban Development, Ministry of Revenue as also those directly falling in the Chief Minister's own portfolios, insist that they had no knowledge of a government decision to initiate action against the trade...   READ MORE

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Rajouri Teachers using students as 'bonded labour' MS Sawari kids seen cutting grass during school timings, CEO assure enquiry 10/28/2010 11:41:04 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Oct 28 : If you are sending your kids in government school for getting education, you are mistaken. It is also wrong to think that the he or she is getting knowledge as your child may one among those who are being used like 'bonded labour'. They are made to do various works ranging from cutting of grass to bringing water for by them during school timings. If sources in Kotranka area of district Rajouri are to be believed, there are various government schools where students are being used for cutting of grass during the time they should be in their classrooms. This has been seen so particularly during this part of the year. Sources said that the students a...   READ MORE   Anti-Lal Singh protest at Basohli after he asked police to arrest PDD employee 10/28/2010 11:39:58 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 28: A strong protest was today held against Member of Parliament (MP) Lal Singh by PDD employees and locals at Basohli in Kathua after he asked police to arrest an incharge junior engineer (JE) over allegations of "corruption". The demonstrators raised slogans against the MP and Basohli police and also blocked the Basohli road to vehicular traffic. The problem erupted when, during a meeting of the MP at Basohli, one Shama Begum, wife of Mohammad Rafi of Bari Nagrota, alleged that incharge JE Darmesh had taken Rs 4,000 from her against power tarrif without giving her the government receipt. Without going into the details of the allegation, the MP "or...   READ MORE   Interlocutors conclude visit on 'optimistic note' Say with a 'modest' start, more things will follow 10/28/2010 11:39:35 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 28: Winding up their five day visit to J&K on an optimistic note, the interlocutors appointed by the Centre today said any solution to the political problem being explored through continuous negotiations with different sections would be one acceptable to all the three regions of the state. Jammu visit turned a little disappointing as BJP, J&K Panthers Party and some Kashmiri Pandit organizations boycotted them even as a large number of delegations met them on second day today "Our first visit has been very rich in many ways, primarily because it gave insight into various aspects of aspirations in the two regions……..we can only say we have made a modest beginn...   READ MORE   Defying boycott call of KP bodies camp representatives Displaced youth, Apex Committee members meet interlocutors 10/28/2010 11:39:11 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 28: Though major Kashmiri Pandit organizations including Panun Kashmir, Joint Forum of KPs, All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference, Jammu Kashmiri Vichar Manch (JKVM), All India Kashmiri Samaj and non camp Migrant Association boycotted the interlocutors who are presently in Jammu to meet the cross section of people here, defying their call some KP Apex Committee members, representatives from camps and leaders of displaced Pandit youth organizations called on the visiting interlocutors here today and discussed the problems of the community with them to keep their view point on resolution of Kashmir issue. The KP camp delegation was led by Roshan Lal Raina memb...   READ MORE   JKPCC Chief Soz speaks out: CM Omar at the receiving end 10/28/2010 11:38:44 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 28: And, now it is the turn of JKPCC chief Saif-ud-Din Soz to take on Chief Minister Abdullah and set the record straight as far as the issue of the state’s accession to India was concerned. And, he took on the Chief minister not in a one-on-one meeting. He contested what the Chief Minister had said on the floor of the assembly on October 6 at Dayalachak, Kathua district, while interacting with reporters on Sunday on the sidelines of a Congress rally. He went to the extent of advising the Chief Minister, who has been drawing flake from almost all quarters ever since he made that irresponsible statement, to read his grandfather’s autobiography Aatish-e-Chinar. ...   READ MORE   Agriculture Department's inefficiency mars vegetable production 10/28/2010 11:37:30 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 28: But for Agriculture Department's inefficiency and lethargy, vegetable production in Kashmir would have reached its zenith by now. According to official figures Valley exports vegetables worth Rs 75 Crore annually to North Indian states. These figures were furnished by the government a decade ago. The official press release that gave the data also stated that the production could be doubled if growers are given proper tips every now and then. Ten years down lane, the production has not shown any significant increase. While other departments of the government have to accept responsibility for their failure to prevent construction on land meant for agricult...   READ MORE   India not the erstwhile USSR, Interlocutors overstepped their mandate? Act of sedition 10/28/2010 11:37:10 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 28: Have the Interlocutors on J&K Dileep Pagdaonkar and Radha Kumar lost their balance of mind? Have they gone mad? What is their mandate? Are they operating at the behest of the Union Home Ministry or the Indian Foreign Ministry? Or, are they operating at the behest of Uncle Sam; the Americans who have always sided with Pakistan and hit India below the belt? To whom they are accountable? Padgaonkar and Kumar have undoubtedly overstepped their mandate. Leave aside what they said in Kashmir between October 23 and October 26, notwithstanding the fact that what they said was highly outrageous. Just have a look at what they told media persons in Srinagar on Wedne...   READ MORE   For the information of controversial interlocutor Padgaonkar 10/28/2010 11:36:44 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 28: The story of the People's Democratic Party, which ruled the state from November 5, 2002 to November 4, 2005, and other Kashmir-based parties, including the CPI-M and People's Democratic Front and all the Valley-based separatist organizations has been no different. While the People's Democratic Party, like the National Conference, the CPI-M and the People's democratic Front, has been demanding self-rule for Jammu and Kashmir (self-rule is a carbon-copy of the National Conference's autonomy committee report with one addition - supra-state measures or sharing of sovereignty --), the Kashmir-based separatist outfits have been demanding merger of the st...   READ MORE   3 become ADGP, 3 get selection grade 10/28/2010 11:36:25 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 28: The government has promoted three senior IPS officers as additional director generals of police (ADGPs).They included S K Mishra, Ram Lubhaya and Gopal Reddy, according to a police handout issued here today. "They have been given promotion with effect from July 19 last," the handout said. The government also placed Ghulam Ahmad Dar, A K Atri and Johny William in the IPS selection grade. With this, they had now become eligible to get promoted to the rank of DIGs as and when a vacancy was created....   READ MORE   JU insiders make list of 'interviewers' public 10/28/2010 11:36:06 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 28: The infighting between the Professors of Jammu University (JU) has already maligned the image of the institution on several occasion in the past. But now their personal rivalry has crossed the limits as they have now started making the official secrets public. On October 29 and 30, the interview of Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Commerce are scheduled. But the panel of interviewers, which should be secret to the interviewees, is reliably open to all. If the rumor mongers are to be believed Prof AK Bakshi from Delhi University, Prof Khalid ul Jaman Khan from Kashmir University and Prof Neeraj Sharma from Himachal Pradesh University are am...   READ MORE

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