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Baglihar Hydel power project's productive life short; generation likely to dip: Report Senior Abdullah's controversial 'gift to J&K' 10/6/2010 11:22:19 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 6: Jammu and Kashmir government's much-hyped 450 megawatt Baglihar Hydroelectric Project, referred in the present National Conference-led government circles as former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah's gift to the state after he returned to power in the year 1996, is not only risk prone and would in the years to come fail to generate even 10 to 20 megawatts of power. Jammu and Kashmir government claims the project as it own despite the fact that it is being maintained and operated by National Hydroelectric Project Corporation (NHPC). So, are the vehement claims of Jammu and Kashmir government over the controversial Baglihar Hydroelectric Project blatant lies? If the insiders and experts are to be believed, the project is unlikely to benefit the state after the year 2020. Even at present, despite having been made operational, the project has failed to address power woes of Jammu and Kashmir. It is because of this reason that Jammu and Kashmir continues to face power deficit of around 744 to 750 megawatts. Moreover, official sou...   READ MORE

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Rajouri College president murdered Five persons arrested; locals, students hold protest 10/6/2010 11:21:56 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI, Oct 6: Newly elected President of Post Graduate College, Rajouri was murdered by some people of his village late last night. Police has lodged FIR and arrested five persons allegedly involved in the crime. As per reports, newly elected PG College, Rajouri, president Ali Asghar Jatt (19) son of Mohd Ayub Jatt of Dhanidhar village was murdered last night while he was returning home with his friends after celebrations of his win in the college elections. Police sources said that some youth were already waiting him near Water Filtration Plant of Public Health Engineering on Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Road. "When Ali Asghar reached the spot, he was stopped...   READ MORE   Like father (un) like son Omar, Dr Farooq differ on accession 10/6/2010 11:21:42 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 6: The Chief Minister and his father, Dr Farooq Abdullah seem to pursue different goals. Dr Farooq does not question the totality of state's accession to Indian union. Omar on the contrary believes the accession is not total. "It is conditional and temporary", he said today while addressing the Legislative Assembly. The former Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah has always tried to be more Indian than the Indians. During his regime, he behaved more as the External Affairs Minister of India than the Chief Minister of Jammu Kashmir. Time and again he threatened Pakistan of dire consequences for "causing trouble in Kashmir." He even suggested military action ag...   READ MORE   Sword of Damocles hung loose on Jammu Cinema owners 10/6/2010 11:21:27 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 6: The cinema owners in Jammu are facing rough time to resurrect the dying virtue of celluloid grandeur, courtesy many factors, with slapping of heavy taxes by the state government being one of the prime causes. The recent guillotine hanging on the cinema halls came from a new slabs of taxes imposed upon the selling of the tickets, for which a team of sales tax employees have been enshrined with the job to keep a keen eye on the three out of some of the cinema halls running in the province. Already burdened with diminishing audience in the halls, the cinema owners are finding great hardships in making two ends meet while paying salaries to its staff besides ...   READ MORE   Turncoats turn black sheep within, try to weaken organizational might Students'revolt against discrepancies in KAS list 10/6/2010 11:21:17 PM MISHU GUPTA & KUNAL SHRIVATSA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 6: Even as the scholars and students of Jammu University raised a voice of protest against the alleged discrepancies in recent lists of selected candidates for interviews of Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS), some student leaders with their 'dubious' role tried to dissuade the protesters from taking part in the demonstration held on campus here today. The protesting research scholars and students, who held a symbolic demonstration and boycotted their classes, besides lamenting the alleged favouritism and biased results of KAS mains declared recently by Jammu Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC), were also objecting the ...   READ MORE   Advantage New Delhi: Musharraf has only acknowledged what everyone in India knew 10/6/2010 11:20:54 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 6: Former Pakistani President and the one responsible for the 1999 Kargil misadventure/intrusion Pervez Musharraf has finally publicly acknowledged that Pakistan did train underground militant groups to fight in Kashmir. Actually, he acknowledged the Pakistani dirty role in an interview to the one German magazine, Der Spiegel, only the other day in London, where he has been living in self-imposed exile. "They (underground militant groups to fight against India in Kashmir) were indeed formed," Musharraf told German magazine Der Spiegel in an interview. Significantly, Musharraf didn't express any regret for what Pakistan did to bleed and dismember India and ann...   READ MORE   BJP's double-speak: Sushma hailing 8-point package, J-K BJP opposing it STARK REALITY 10/6/2010 11:20:40 PM RUSTAM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 6: On September 30, J&K unit of the BJP organized bandh in Jammu to register what it called its "opposition to the New Delhi's just-announced 8-point package." The bandh was a massive affair. Jammu observed a complete shutdown and sent a clear signal that they rejected outrightly the New Delhi's 8-point package as another move on the part of the authorities in the Union Capital to pander to communalism, separatism and terrorism in Kashmir. There was consensus in Jammu that the said package was rabidly anti-Jammu, anti-Ladakh and anti-refugees. The bandh was complete not because the people of Jammu obeyed the BJP's call. It was complete and massive beca...   READ MORE   Like Sheikh and Farooq Omar starts fulminating against centre Behind the veil 10/6/2010 11:20:24 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 6: As has been the case with his grandfather so has it been with the grandson. He is, though at times, as good or bad in politics as has been his father. This sums up the current bewilderment of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah. When the centre announced its 8-point peace package for Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah was one among those who welcomed it. And he is the same Omar who, on Wednesday, lashed out at the same central Government for not having consulted him on the opening of schools when it announced its 8-point peace package. Till Wednesday Omar was silent on the issue and his recent meeting with Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi was part o...   READ MORE   Job racket unearthed, 4 arrested 10/6/2010 11:20:03 PM JAMMU: Police busted a fake appointment racket and arrested four persons including a Power Development Department (PDD) employee who cheated innocents by promising them for jobs in various government departments. Based on specific inputs, Janipur police led by SHO Janipur Jaipal Sharma conducted raids in different areas of Jammu district and arrested the cheats who charged Rs 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh each from the job seekers in lieu of providing them government service. The arrested frauds have been identified as Vijay Kumar, PDD employee, son of Dhayan Chand resident of village Kamaal, Vijaypur, Sanjay Pandita son of Lasha Nath Pandita, residence of Om Nagar, Talab Tillo, Bohri; Ravi Ab...   READ MORE   Mushtaq taking over as Chairman J&K Bank today 10/6/2010 12:39:47 AM Ahmed Ali Fayyaz EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, Oct 5: Over a month after Haseeb Drabu's dismissal by Omar Abdullah's coalition government, nominee of the Board of Directors (BOD), Mushtaq Ahmed, is taking over as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd on Wednesday. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today communicated its approval to the appointment of Mushtaq Ahmed as Chairman of the J&K Bank following which Government of Jammu & Kashmir appointed him as a Director on Board, clearing decks for his appointment on the topmost position in the bank. RBI sources revealed to Early Times that a number of "anonymous caveats" were overruled and nomination of Mushtaq Ahmed, as p...   READ MORE   Lone refutes 'statement' on Durbar Move Soz intervenes quickly to 'save' Cong position 10/6/2010 12:39:34 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Oct 5: Amidst the circumstances which are far from normal in terms of political uncertainty and the situation in Kashmir, the Congress, a major ally of ruling coalition could have found itself in trouble but for timely intervention of the veteran PCC chief Prof Saif-u-Din Soz who not only 'cleared the air of confusion' immediately but also 'prevented' the issue from taking any controversial contours. It was the statement of newly appointed Pradesh Youth Congress president Shoaib Lone regarding Durbar Move carried by some media during the day which was quickly washed away by the PCC President, knowing well the statement could have wider implications not only the ...   READ MORE   An alleged case of corruption: Examinees beat BOSE officials 10/6/2010 12:39:18 AM ET REPORT KISHTWAR, Oct 5: In an alleged case of demand of money by four officials of board of school education (BOSE) from examinees to facilitate cheating, the latter beat them up in an examination centre here today. The officials were also alleged to have misbehaved with some female candidates, police sources said. They arrived here from Doda in the morning and went to centre No 701 of boys higher secondary school, Kishtwar, where students were taking D E Ed papers. Sources said they allegedly demanded money from the examinees to facilitate cheating by them. However, finding no response, they started harassing them, the sources added. Sources said they also misbehaved with some girl...   READ MORE   Warrants issued against 2 PDP leaders in defamation case Dr Fayaz Shawl also served warrant 10/6/2010 12:39:03 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Srinagar, Oct 5: The Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Srinagar, B.L. Bhat today issued bailable warrants against two PDP leaders MLA, Nizam-ud-Din Bhat and Nayeem Akhtar Indrabi in the defamation case of filed by the state Government. The two leaders had allegedly accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of receiving kickbacks in the allotment of a power project in the state. A court here today issued warrants against 2 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders in the defamation case filed by Jammu and Kashmir government after the duo allegedly accused Chief Minister of receiving kickbacks in the allotment of a power project in the state. Principal District a...   READ MORE   NC leader held with 580 cement bags at Bari Brahmana Minister allegedly tries to hush up the case 10/6/2010 12:38:36 AM SUMIT SHARMA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Oct 5: A National Conference (NC) leader and income tax lawyer was today arrested by the crime branch (CB) of state police for allegedly using Ambuja cement, which was not for retail sale, in the construction of a multi-storey business complex at Bari Brahmana. A total of 580 cement bags were allegedly seized by the CB sleuths in an early morning raid on the under construction complex of NC president for Samba district Mohinder Pal Gupta, son of Prakash Chand Gupta, of ward No 2, Bari Brahmana, CB sources said. As Mohinder was said to be the close confidant of a NC cabinet minister, the latter allegedly tried to use his influence to get Gupta relea...   READ MORE   Ex-DSP's son dies mysteriously 10/6/2010 12:38:12 AM JAMMU: The son of a retired DSP and employee of Idea telecom company today died under mysterious circumstances outside his office at Gangyal here. Police sources said ex-DSP Mohammad Sharief Bhat's son Sahil Bhat had a scuffle with his two colleagues after which he came out of the company's Gangyal office in anger. However, he collapsed soon after he stepped out of the office and died instantly. Police had registered a case in this connection....   READ MORE   Two students drown in pond 10/6/2010 12:38:02 AM JAMMU: Two minor boys, both students of 8th class, drowned in a pond at Bemina Pul in Udhampur today.They were identified as Bharat Bhushan (14), son of Budhi Singh of T-Morh, and Nadir Alam (14), son of Nissar Ahmad. Both were students of Bright Carrier Public School, Udhampur. Police said they drowned when they decided to take a dip in the pond on their way homes after the school hours. Their bodies were fished out by police and removed to hospital where post-mortem was conducted on them. Later, these were handed over to their family members for last rites. Police had registered a case in this connection....   READ MORE   Impersonator held at Arnia 10/6/2010 12:37:50 AM JAMMU: A boy, who appeared on behalf of his friend in mathematics examination of 10th class, being conducted by JKBOSE, was today arrested by police at Arnia near here. Police sources said acting on a tip-off, Arnia police raided exam centre No 238 of government high school, Saahi, and arrested the impersonator, who was identified as Sahil Kumar, son of Fakir Chand of Malu Chack. He was taking the exam in place of Pawan Kumar, son of Krishan Lal of Saahi, the sources added. Arnia police station SHO, Inspector Arjun Chib said the accused had removed Pawan's photo from the JKBOSE roll number card and pasted his photo on it. A case in this connection had been registered against the accu...   READ MORE   Jawan dies of heart failure 10/6/2010 12:37:38 AM JAMMU: An army jawan of Gorkha Rifles died of heart failure at Balnoi in Mendhar area of Poonch early this morning. Police sources said rifleman Bimal Somare (28), son of Tek Bahadur Somre of Bardanda in Nepal, complained of chest pain early in morning. He was immediately shifted to hospital but was declared brought dead by the doctors, the sources added. He was posted with 25 Gorkha Rifles at Balnoi Base in Mendhar. Police had registered a case in this connection and started investigations under section 174 CrPC....   READ MORE

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