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| SIC directs SE R&B Doda to provide information to Applicant | | RTI on Works executed in Special Sub Division Gandoh Bhalessa | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Superintending Engineer (SE) R&B Circle Doda to provide information related to execution of works in Special Sub Division Gandoh Bhalessa to an RTI applicant from Gandoh area of Doda.
As per details available one Mohammed Shafi son of Hashim Din a resident of Village Trithloo, Tehsil Gandoh Bhalessa, District Doda moved an application dated 16-02-2013 under J&K RTI Act, 2009 before the PIO, Superintending Engineer, PWD (R&B) Doda, District for seeking certain information relating to special Sub-division Bhalessa Gandoh for the years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. The PIO did not provide the information ... | |
| | | | KU students refuse to stand for National Anthem | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: The authorities in Kashmir University had to face embarrassment today after the students refused to stand up while the National Anthem was being played out during a Special Convocation, where Governor N.N.Vohra was invited to deliver address.
Reports said that a special convocation was being organized by Kashmir University to confer degree of doctorate of Science. As the Governor started his address, scores of students left the Convocation Hall and did not hear the address.
The rest of the students both boys and girls preferred not to stand up and remained seated when the National Anthem was played out to formally begin the proceedings of the Convoca... | |
| | | | Disabled by accident, carpenter's family survives in ruins | | Spouse engaged as SPO sacked after 45 days | | | Javid A Malla
BARAMULLA, Oct 2: A tragic road accident ruined the life of old town family after a police Rakshak vehicle hit head of the family at new town Baramulla and left him disabled forever. Ghulam Mohmmmad Najar son of Ghulam Rashool Najar, 36 of Qazihamanm old town, Baramulla was working as carpenter before the accident struck family and smashed their only source of sustenance.
Since last more than four years, Najar's family is left to starve as the only bread winner has been left incapacitated. Najar is survived by three little daughters and wife Shakeela Begum. After running from pillar to post for years, Baramulla police on the compensatory basis engaged Najar's wife Shakeela ... | |
| | | | 5 soldiers injured in Army's anti-infiltration bid along LoC | | `No village or post occupied by militants, operation on' | | | Keran Infiltration
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Pakistan's special troops were suspected to be involved in the massive infiltration bid by militants which is being countered by the Army in a major operation for the ninth day today in Keran sector along the LoC in which five Indian soldiers were injured.
The operation launched on September 24 is continuing with the Army saying the magnitude of infiltration from multiple points at the Line of Control was quite different from the trend seen in the earlier attempts is an indication that some special troops of Pakistan were involved. About 30 to 40 terrorists were reported to be involved in the infiltration.
Although General Officer C... | |
| | | | Assembly unlikely to summon Gen VK Singh | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: The State Assembly is unlikely to summon retired General VK Singh to explain his statement about Army paying to ministers and politicians of the State.
The National Conference has moved a privilege motion in this regard in the Assembly and even Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mir Saif-ullah has also urged the Speaker for this.
"The Speaker most likely will not issue directions for summoning Gen Singh. The State government has already been communicated against this move by top officials from the Centre," said a senior Cabinet Minister.
According to sources, the Centre doesn't want to rake up this issue any further as it has the potential o... | |
| | | | Race between Kashmir centric parties | | Raise emotive issues to outwit each other | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: With elections due in next year the Kashmir centric political parties are in race to outclass each other by raising emotive issues to exploit the sentiments of people in the Valley.
While National Conference (NC) is opt repeated making the reiteration of removal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and withdrawal of Army from militancy infested state without paying any heed to ground realities, the Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in its bid to surpass the NC has accused India of treating J&K as its colony.
According to political analysts the two Kashmir centric parties are making the statements keeping in view the forthcoming Assembly and... | |
| | | | Was opposition to ordinance Rahul's personal or peoples' view? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: When the Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi, rubbished the ordinance aimed at shielding criminal legislators he had stated that it was all trash, needed to be torn and thrown away. While saying so he did not forget to call his fulminations against the ordinance as his personal view. And he was heard repeating that whatever he had stated about the ordinance it was his personal view.
And the same Rahul Gandhi is said to have told Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh,by way of his defence, in New Delhi on Wednesday that whatever views he had expressed on the ordinance were those of people.Luckily he did not explain which people,people from which area,people fro... | |
| | | | Danger to India is from Delhi, not Srinagar | | Chidambaram on AFSPA | | | Neha
Jammu, Oct 2: The danger to the unity and sovereignty of India is more from New Delhi than Srinagar which has been standing on the Indian nerve since more than 150 years. There are elements in Delhi who want to tie the hands of the Army and paramilitary forces involved in anti-insurgency operations in the state. One such powerful person, who is also an important member of the Congress Core Committee, is Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
In October 2010, when Kashmir was burning and the nation was demanding a stringent action against the separatists, Chidambaram as Home Minister had said "Kashmir is a unique problem that needed a unique solution". And yesterday (Oct... | |
| | | | Situation doesn't permit revocation of PSA, says Omar | | In the interest of security of J&K | | | Rustam
Jammu, Oct 2: The situation in Jammu and Kashmir is alarming. It would be dangerous to revoke the Public Safety Act (PSA) at this point of time, as its revocation at this juncture would not be in the interest of the security of the state. This was the crux of the written reply of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to the question of CPI-M leader and MLA from Kulgam, MY Tarigami. Omar Abdullah, who also holds the Home portfolio, replied to the CPI-M MLA's query on Tuesday.
"In the last five years -- (from 2009-July 2013 -- 1257 persons have been detained under PSA in J&K (1,117 people from Kashmir and 140 from Jammu division)…66 people from Kashmir have been re-detained due to... | |
| | | | Syed Salahuddin vindicates Army chief's disclosures | | | | o Mainstream politicians get dictations from New Delhi
o Pakistan needs to change its Kashmir policy
o Farooq got 1987 assembly elections rigged
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Reacting to the recent statement made by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about the 'conditional accession' with India, chairman, United Jihad Council (UJC) Syed Salahuddin today said that mainstream politicians are not trustworthy and they sometimes speak the language of separatist leaders to appease and befool the people of Kashmir.
In an interview with Srinagar based news agency, Syed Salahuddin said that the revelations made by former Army Chief of India is not surprising as every Kashmiri knows it well tha... | |
| | | | NC must shun anti-people politics for betterment of JK | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: As the winter session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is going on in Srinagar, the MLAs of various political parties may not get the opportunity to raise the issues pertaining to public life.
The session is being dominated by politics from all quarters as government has failed to address the concerns of opposition parties. The public issues shall remain unaddressed if the current trend continues. The Omar Abdullah government stays comfortable when issues of public concern and misgovernance are not raised. The people of Jammu and Kashmir for past 24 years are facing the worst kind of insurgency which has taken toll on their lives, as thous... | |
| | | | 15 years on, shops constructed by DIC remain unutilized | | | | Rakesh Sambyal
KATHUA, Oct 2: The incompetency of District Industrial Centre (DIC) and state government can be gauged from the fact that around 15 years back, nearly a dozen shops, which valued in several Crores, were constructed at prime location Hatli-morh, but are yet to be inaugurated and utilized.
The shops are located at prime location of Jammu-Pathankot national highway and can be used for different commercial purposes, which will help DIC to generate revenue, but neither DIC is using these shops nor giving the same to needy people on rent.
Local youth Inderjeet Singh, Raman Bharti, Karan Kumar told Early Times that at one hand government was not having any concrete employment g... | |
| | | | Centrally sponsored 1109 CSCs lying idle across JK | | VLE's protest on Minister's arrival | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Oct 2 : Like hundreds of other schemes in the state, ill implementation of centrally sponsored scheme to establish 1109 common service centres in according to the village level entrepreneurs has revealed the outdated working mechanism of state government.
Village level entrepreneurs (VLE's) of Kashmir who protested in Srinagar today in presence of the Minister of state for information technology, Feroz Ahmad Khan said that state government has been playing with the lives of thousands of educated youth since 2009 as the claim of state office bearers to provide an opportunity for the educated youth to establish self help centres and earn their livelihood independ... | |
| | | | PIO BDO Khour harasses RTI applicant | | Demands inflated rates to provide information | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, Oct 2: Contrary to the claims of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah regarding strengthening Right To Information (RTI) Act in the state, some officials in government departments are resorting harassment to those seeking information under Act.
Sources told Early Times that in sheer violation of RTI Act 2009, PIO Block Development Officer Khour demanded Rs 10 per photo copy from an information seeker Raj Kumar who had filed an RTI to PIO Block Development Officer Khour seeking information of total number of job card holders and utilization of funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Panchayat Nanthal of Khour Block. "In response to my RTI... | |
| | | | 12th pass teacher promoted as Master | | Director orders inquiry; CEO mum | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: Making mockery of rules to facilitate blue eyed candidate, Chief Education Officer (CEO) Poonch refused to comply Director School Education 's order directing verification and cancellation of wrongly accorded promotion to a teacher.
According to documents available with Early Times, a teacher namely Tanwir Begum posted at Government High School Naka Majhari (12th pass) was promoted as Master and adjusted in the same school.
According to documents the qualification of promotee was written as B.A, B Ed. "In the published list of master on July 22, 2013 which was wrongly sent by Head Master and dealing assistant of High School Naka Majhari.
Sources info... | |
| | | | Respect through advertisements and disrespect in practice | | International Day of Older People | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: A paid advertisement issued to some newspapers by the Directorate of Health Services Jammu on the International Day of Older Persons makes an interesting reading.
The advertisement is about the well being of the older citizens in the State and there can be no denying the fact that our elders deserve special treatment and respect in the society in addition to special attention for their physical and mental well being.
That apart, the plight of our elders has been anything but pathetic because of the callous shown to them in government offices, banks, post offices and other places these people cannot avoid going to.
The state Social Welfare Department giv... | |
| | | | APSCC renews its boycott call of NC, Congress candidates during 2014 Assembly elections | | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has renewed its appeal to the members of Sikh community not to vote for the candidates of National Conference and Congress during the assembly elections to the state scheduled to be held in 2014. The appeal was renewed during a public contact programme organized by APSCC at Singhpora village in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. The APSCC delegation during the interaction asked the members of Sikh community not to vote for candidates of coalition partners National Conference and Congress during the next assembly elections.
APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina lamented that the coalition government has fa... | |
| | | | Encounter starts in Srinagar, Cop injured | | HM militant held in Sopore | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 2: A cop was injured in an encounter that broke out between militants and joint team of Special Operation Group of Police (SOG) and CRPF in outskirt's of Srinagar city late evening today.
"On a tip-off about militant presence, Special Operation Group of Police (SOG) and CRPF cordoned off the Ahmed Nagar area of Baspora in Srinagar district late this evening and launched searches," Official sources told Global News Service.
The militants, who the forces believe could be two in number, hiding inside the residential house came under heavy fire from the militants which were retaliated triggering a gunfight, sources said.
During the initial gunf... | |
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