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| Pakistan’s border bloodbath continues unabated; India talks tough | | JCO among 12 hurt in fresh Pak firing on LoC, IB | | | Several Pak shells explode in Arnia town, creating panic among locals
Early Times Report
POONCH/JAMMU, Oct 7: While efforts were afoot to re-establish peace on the borders, a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), two jawans and nine civilians were wounded in the fresh shelling and gunfire by Pakistan on Jammu borders which have witnessed the worst ceasefire violations by the neighbouring country during the past one week.
Pakistan too was said to have suffered great losses, including civilian casualties, in retaliatory action by India.
Arnia residents, including one Basant Singh Saini, called up Early Times at about 8.45 pm today and told that nine shells fired from across the border had exploded in the town one after the other. When asked about any loss, they said they were unaware of it as it was not possible for them to move out amid explosions and firing. Shelling and firing also started in RS Pura sub-sector late tonight.
In Mankote sub-sector of Poonch, the enemy troops started shelling and heavy firing at about 1 pm, targeting the forward Indian posts and villages. In Mendha... | |
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| Army conveys tough message to Pakistan | | | |
Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: Even as almost entire International Border has turned into a live wire due to repeated ceasefire violations in last 24 hours, Indian Army today bluntly told Pakistan that India's response to each gun fired from across the border would be "effective, appropriate and immediate."
Chief of Indian Army's military operations, Lt-Gen PR Kumar, resorted to hotline communication to convey India's concern over the ceasefire violations that spread to more than 40 border outposts today.
Army sources said that DGMO level talks through hotline were held this morning and chief of Military operations of the Pakistani Army Major General Amir Riyaz was made aware of ... | |
| | | | India toughens stand puts flag meet on hold | | | |
Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Oct 7: India today toughened its stand on the border situation, after 24 hours of incessant firing and shelling by Pakistan troops across the Line of Control (LoC) that resulted in several casualties. India today put on hold the flag meeting with the Pakistan army, deciding instead to wait for Islamabad to make the first move.
"The Border Security Force (BSF) has been asked to put on hold the proposal for flag meeting with Pakistan. India has now decided to wait for Pakistan to make the first move," sources in the Government said.
Pakistan fired at 40 Indian outposts in Jammu and Kashmir in shelling that began on Sunday. Eight civilians were injured today ... | |
| | | | People want concrete action on the ground to destroy Pak | | War-like situation on LoC, IB | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 7: Pakistan is willfully and deliberately provoking retaliation from the Indian side so that it could internationalize the so-called Kashmir issue. It is violating the International Border from Kathua to Akhnoor and it is breaching LoC from Rajouri to Poonch to Tangdhar to Gulmarg and so on. It has created a war-like situation both on the IB and the LoC. Its Army of terrorists and paramilitaries - inhuman Rangers - plus dreaded Lashkar operatives in Army uniform, are not only targeting the BSF and Army posts but also targeting the civilian areas. They are using deadly and sophisticated weapons to cause as much damage to India as possible. During the past five ... | |
| | | | Modi Govt to roll out border residents plan soon | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 7: Narendra Modi is likely to roll out comprehensive settlement plan for border residents and also the refugees very soon. The Central Government is in the process of the giving final touches to it and could be announced very soon.
"The plan is almost ready. We have taken the views of all the stake holders and will address the each constituency, especially the people of the border who are facing quite a hardship in consistent firing from the Pakistan," said a senior Central Government official in the Home Ministry.
The plan has been conceived by the Centre on taking feed back from the State and other groups. Its financial implications will be met entirely by... | |
| | | | Delays loss assessment report; one month on, affected people yet to get interim relief | | Omar Govt maintains 'criminal silence' over future of flood victims | | | Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Oct 7: Omar Abdullah led Government maintaining suspense over its future course of action about how it's going to rehabilitate the flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir is making affected people believe that no one is going to come forward to help them.
Sources told Early Times that more than 5000 structures have collapsed across Kashmir and people are waiting for the Government to announce its future course of action. "Exactly one month has elapsed since the floods hit Kashmir but Government seems to be in a deep slumber as we are not aware about whether some assistance would be provided to us or not," said Parvaiz Ahmed of Jawahar Nagar who was rendered homeless after ... | |
| | | | Attempt to rope in separatists will boomerang | | BJP's 'Mission 44+' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 7: "BJP is in a self-destruction mode". This is the general view in the length and breadth of Jammu region. This view is based on the various interactions between the Early Times correspondent and certain political pundits, who are closely watching the BJP activities. One thing that was common during these interactions, which took place during the past three days, was that each and every political pundit suggested that "by trying to rope in separatists in its bid to achieve its mission 44+, the BJP is simply annoying its core constituency in the Jammu region and harming its electoral chances".
"It is strange that the BJP is seeking to cultivate chairman of th... | |
| | | | State suffers loss of Rs 1.63 cr as 164 carp fish ponds become non-functional | | | |
Arun Singh
JAMMU, Oct 7: How the lack of administrative accountability mars several important schemes in the state can be gauged from the fact that out of 480 carp fish ponds constructed under Prime Minister's Employment Package in the state, 164 have been rendered non-functional, resulting in the loss of Rs 1.63 cr.
Sources in the department told Early Times that in order to increase fish production and providing employment in the state through Prime Minister's Employment Package, around 480 carp ponds and one trout raceway were constructed at a cost of Rs 4.70 crore during the period 2006-09 but out of these 34 pc were rendered non-functional.
"Out of 480 carp fish ponds, 164 (103 in... | |
| | | | 24 yrs on, adm fails to transfer geography lecturer from GGM Science College | | Overstaying syndrome among college lecturers | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Oct 7: It could be termed as the inability of Higher Education Department or its surrender before the influential lecturers that for the last 24 years, it has failed to transfer a geography lecturer from GGM Science College here.
According to official documents, it has been come to fore that geography lecturer Nirmal Narayan was never touched by department since his joining in 1990. Apart from him, in the list of 12 geography lecturers, nine are overstaying in various colleges of their choice, while 3 lecturers of Geology out of six are overstaying while five lecturers of Electronics out of eight have been overstaying.
The other college lecturers in the list are Anjna ... | |
| | | | Associate Professor, PA at war over a trivial Xerox copy | | Nothing social about it! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 7: Department of Sociology in the University of Jammu, which claims to hold researches in new social orders in the modern society has been caught in petty fights over things as petty as a photocopy of a document.
According to sources, the Personal Assistant (PA) of HoD Sociology department Professor Aabha Chouhan, was not only made to tender a written apology, but was also transferred following his refusal to get the Xerox copy of a document sent by an Associate Professor done.
The high voltage drama that took place in Sociology department, few days ago, was witnessed by the students and scholars of Sociology department. Eye witness disclosed that Associate... | |
| | | | Patients being denied medicines at Govt hospitals | | Doctors-Pharma nexus working overtime! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 7: While Directorate of Health Jammu makes hefty purchase of medicine being annually, patients visiting the hospitals across Jammu are asked by the doctors to purchase maximum medicines from the markets.
Sources informed Early Times that due to nexus between doctors and Pharma-companies, the patients at Government hospitals are being denied free medicines, so that they are impelled to buy from open market.
It was also learnt that some doctors working at various Government hospitals in Jammu are prescribing substandard drugs to patients in lieu of commission. Sources said that same practice is being witnessed at Gandhi Nagar Hospital, where patients have to p... | |
| | | | For its 12 offices, S&T deptt paying Rs 25 lakh annual rent | | Offices have been set up in rented buildings | | | Bijay Charak
JAMMU, Oct 7: Instead of establishing its own buildings, Science and Technology department has been operating its 12 offices from rented buildings across the state and paying around Rs 25 lakh annual rent.
The state government had created Science and Technology as separate department decades back, but since then it has not created its own infrastructure in various districts, which is causing huge loss to state exchequer.
Well placed sources informed Early Times that the department has been paying around Rs 2 lakh as annual rent for each rented building, hired for its offices. "The department pays Rs 30 thousands for its Jammu and nearly Rs 20 thousands for its Kashmir offic... | |
| | | | 4 months on, Rayor villagers forced to drink filthy pond water | | PHE fails to restore potable water supply | | | G S Asgotra
Jammu, Oct 7: It might sound bizarre but it is true that nearly 62 households of village Rayor, panchayt Kard of district Samba have been forced to drink filthy water of a pond due to the apathy of Public Health and Engineering (PHE) Department which has failed to restore water supply for the last four months.
Inhabitants of village Rayour told Early Times that for the last four months they were deprived of potable water and forced to depend on a pond water to quench their thirst and also for other uses. "The motor pump installed by the PHE department into a dugwell on Basantar river, from where water is supplied to village, has gone kaput", they said, adding that the villag... | |
| | | | Butchers make merry on Eid, CAPD in slumber | | Will Deptt be penalised for not doing market checking? | | | Mohd Irfan
Jammu, Oct 7: In the absence of any checking by CAPD staff, butchers sold meat to people here on Eid-ul-Azha yesterday at Rs 350 per kg against the officially approved rate of Rs 280 per kg. This clearly speaks volume of non-seriousness on the part of CAPD officers who make tall claims of doing market checking on eid and other festivals. Even the divisional commissioner's instructions in this regard were not followed.
Castigating CAPD for its utter failure to keep a check on those selling their products on exorbitant rates during festivals, Mohammad Amin, a consumer, said he was surprised to find that meat was being sold at higher rates in several meat shops here.
"It seems ... | |
| | | | Thousands flee homes along LoC | | | | Arnia, Oct 7: Women and children residing near the border leave their homes on a horse cart as they move to safer areasWomen and children residing near the border leave their homes on a horse cart as they move to safer areas after firing from the Pakistani side at Arnia sector in Jammu on Tuesday.
The spell of terror unleashed by the recent ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the border in Jammu and Kashmir has triggered an exodus in the frontier areas of the state as thousands flee their homes to escape the constant firing which has so far left six persons dead and several others injured.
The blistering night-long mortar attacks and the rattle of heavy guns has sent villagers scurryi... | |
| | | | India-Pakistan LoC stand off: Residents of J&K biggest losers | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 7: A group of angry villagers gathered in the main Chowk of Arnia on Tuesday to protest against the Pakistan army for frequently violating a 2003 ceasefire, as well as the Indian government's inability to deal with the situation.
Anger is growing among residents who are living alongside the International Border and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu, which has been bearing the brunt of recent ceasefire violations by Pakistani rangers.
They are asking only one que... | |
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