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JKDF chief defends party cadres action, termed demand as genuine 10/8/2012 11:48:16 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Srinagar, Oct 8: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Front chief Anil Gupta defended the action of three party cadres who today storm inside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and created ruckus over growing unemployment problem in State. In an exclusive chat with "Early Times", Anil Gupta said that all the three youths are the responsible office bearers of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Front and said that all of them were protesting against the growing unemployment in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that his party was fighting against the unemployment since last 3-4 months and said that his party men followed all the means of democratic way to lodge his protest. He said that the protest of three party cadres was well in the ambit of democracy. "We have made dharnas and even jail baro andolan was done by us for securing jobs for unemployed youths, but Government has slept over it and they don't awake," said Anil Gupta. He identified the three youths as Manish Gupta District Youth President JKDF, Ambadkar Gupta General Secretary JKDF Jammu and Sunny Mahajan from Udh...   READ MORE

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Government declares 2305 persons as disappeared Yet another contradiction 10/8/2012 11:47:39 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 8: The State Government today issued yet another contradictory statement on enforced disappearances in Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to a question of CPI(M) MLA, Yusuf Tarigami, the Chief Minister who also heads the Home Ministry informed the Legislative Assembly that 2305 persons had been declared disappeared since 1990. Omar Abdullah repeatedly took Mufti Sayeed to task for his Government's record on human rights. Addressing a press conference on May 2, 2008 Omar Abdullah said 4000 Kashmiris were subjected to enforced disappearance by the State since 1990. The process of issuing statements on custodial disappearances started in July 2002. Former Ho...   READ MORE   Artificial scarcity of subsidised, non-subsidised LPG cylinders alleged Black marketing of cylinders rises in the region 10/8/2012 11:47:12 PM Bharat Bhushan jammu, Oct 8: Following the Centre's new policy on cooking gas, some gas agencies here are alleged to have created artificial scarcity of subsidised and non-subsidised LPG cylinders as a result of which their black marketing has risen abruptly in the region. People are up in arms against the Government and have warned to launch an agitation if the problem was not sorted out at the earliest. They alleged that the scarcity had been created by some gas agencies in connivance with the officials of CAPD. "The non-availability of domestic and commercial cylinders has led to their black marketing," they added, lashing out at the Government for its failure to address the alleged i...   READ MORE   No Time Limit for Mubarak Mandi Heritage Project Out of Rs. 300 Crores for renovation, Only 1 percent spent in 4 years 10/8/2012 11:46:48 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 8: In a shocking response to an RTI query, Mubarak Mandi Jammu Heritage Society (MMJHS)has admitted that out of Rs. 300 crores only one percent amount has been spent for the renovation of the Historical complex so far. The RTI application dated September 24, 2012 filed by activist Raman Sharma reveals that the total estimated cost of the Mubarak Mandi project is Rs. 300 crore out of which only Rs. 3.52 crore has been utilized by the society for the restoration of a portion of the historic symbol of this Dogra Heritage. The renovation work is carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India which has also submitted utilization certificate dated January ...   READ MORE   Should peace precede or proceed creation of employment avenues in J&K? 10/8/2012 11:43:25 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 8: The incident of three persons trying to interrupt the proceedings of the in session State Legislative Assembly is unprecedented as it pertains to the burning issue of unemployment in Jammu and Kashmir. It is against the democratic discipline that anybody should try to interrupt the proceedings of the august House. This having been said, one cannot overlook the reasons for the frustration of our young boys and girls who are educated, professionally qualified and yet unemployed in thousands. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah reacted to the incident by saying there was no security breach in the incident as the three persons had obtained valid passes from an ML...   READ MORE

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