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| Display of Unity in Cong: Azad, Soz conduct joint tour, share dais | | War like situation on IB forces warring factions of Cong to announce cease-fire | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 31: Death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and war like situation on International Border (IB) has forced two warring factions of the Congress to announce "truce" to take on BJP in Jammu region and National Conference as well as PDP in Kashmir Valley.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Saif-ud-Din Soz today jointly visited border areas of Samba and Vijaypur assembly segments to give the message of unity in the party.
Earlier, it was only Ghulam Nabi Azad's programme to visit border areas of Samba district to interact with the people affected by the shelling from across... | |
| | | | Summons against SHO, SI for defying court's order | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 31: Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kathua today issued summons against SHO Kathua and Incharge Women Cell Kathua for defying court orders and destroying the evidence of harassment to the complainant. The suo moto decision was taken by the court following the non admittance of the Inquiry Report by SSP Kathua.
As per reports, SHO Kathua and Incharge Women Cell Kathua harassed the complainant namely Shakti Khajuria and his relatives.
They were allegedly put behind bars illegally. Further court's bail order was also defied. There was matrimonial dispute between Shakti Khajuria and Eshata Sharma and based on the complaint by Eshata, her husband and relatives we... | |
| | | | Congress on its way out in Delhi as well? | | Pre-poll survey | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Oct 31: On October 28 and 29, the CSDS pre-poll survey conducted for IBN7 and THE WEEK magazine predicted a crushing defeat for the Congress and spectacular victories for the BJP in poll-bound crucial states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The pre-poll survey said that while the BJP would return to power for the third time in a row in MP and Chhattisgarh, it would dislodge the Congress government in Rajasthan and break all the previous records.
On October 30, the CSDS pre-poll survey, which was conducted between October 16 and 24 covering 28 assembly segments, predicted a doom for the Congress party. It said that the Congress will win 19 to 25 seats in the 7... | |
| | | | AMCCC asks Committee members to talk to stake holders, leave out irrelevant people | | Proposed visit of Parliamentary Standing Committee comes in for sharp criticism | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Oct 31: The proposed three day visit of 11 members Sub Committee of Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Home Affairs from November 5 to study problems being faced by migrants and refugees in the state has come in for criticism from one of the prominent migrant organizations. All Migrant Camps Coordination Committee (AMCCC) has said that the members of Sub Committee should talk to concerned stake holders instead of talking to hand-picked members of Kashmiri Pandit community. The AMCCC has asked the Sub Committee members to move away from stated position and do some real work for the welfare of Kashmiri Pandits.
"In the past visits of various committee mem... | |
| | | | Third Front of non-existent parties | | State Politics | | | Neha
JAMMU, Oct 31: A few marginal outfits on Wednesday floated what they called "People's United Front (PUF) with CPI-M state secretary M Y Tarigami as its chairman. Tarigami is a two-time MLA from Kulgam, Kashmir. He made his entry into the assembly in 1996, courtesy: The National Conference. The other constituents of the so-called Third Front are the Samajwadi Party (SP), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the CPI. Former member of Parliament, Abdul Rashid Kabuli, and MLA from Khansahib, Kashmir, Hakim Mohammad Yasin, also joined the Third Front. In fact, Tarigami of the CPI-M, Sheikh Abdul Rehman of the SP, Sanjay Saraf of the LJP, Abdul Rehman Tukru of the CPI, Hakim Mohammad Yasin and ... | |
| | | | Omar wants Ragda-2014 to sweep polls | | Geelani's release seems to be part of electoral strategy to ensure boycott and use bogus voters | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 31: Hardcore separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has got the freedom from his house arrest on a platter. Many may perceive it as the magnanimity of the National Conference government and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah but the way mainstream politicians like Ali Mohammad Sagar have suddenly begun to extol the Jamaat-e-Islami ideologue as a "leader" has stunned observers from Srinagar to New Delhi.
Sagar could have been the last man in NC to recognize Geelani as the "Kashmiris' leader". Until yesterday the same Tumbakhnari maestro had been dismissing Geelani as the creation of Kashmir's gun culture whose base was limited to only the Jamaat's radical sect... | |
| | | | First snowfall closes Zojila, Mughal road | | Kashmir, Ladakh shiver with cold | | | Javaid Naikoo
Srinagar, Oct 31: As upper reaches of Kashmir valley received first snowfall of the season, authorities closed the only road which connects Ladakh with Kashmir and under construction historic Mughal road.
The upper reaches of Kashmir division which include Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Peer Ki Gali on Mughal road, upper reaches of Sonamarg, Aharbal and Leh district of Ladakh received season's first snow fall yesterday while as plains across Kashmir received light to heavy rainfall causing a sharp dip in the temperature. According to reports of the MeT office minimum temperature in Leh area of Ladakh division dipped to minus 1.8 degrees Celsius last night, while as in tourist resort... | |
| | | | 'Rumour monger' claiming presence of ultras held | | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Oct 31: Police have claimed to have arrested one rumour monger claiming presence of militants for his vested interests creating panic in the general area of Kotranka of Rajouri region, police said. According to police sources an operation launched after information about the presence of four militants turn out a handiwork of rumou monger Kotranka police but it later turned out to be handiwork of a rumour monger who for his vested interests had claimed to have seen militants in the heights of Peer Panjal mountain ranges in want of bounty money.
Sources said that following this information army and police have launched a joint operation to eliminate the militan... | |
| | | | Security apprehensions brew as non locals grab state land along IB | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 31: Besides repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan, villagers along IB have been apprehensive of grave security risk in the wake of encroachment of hundreds of kanals of strategic state land along the International Border in Kathua by non local nomads who have migrated of late from hilly areas. According to reports hundreds of kanals of State land has been encroached by nomads from other districts in twin border villages Manyari and Pansari in Kathua district. The nomads have constructed their Jughis in these villages on State land which is very close to International Border (IB).
According to sources, the people living in these border villages are tota... | |
| | | | Rate of conviction 70% in 2012: SP | | `CBI is embarrassed in JK' | | | Sumit Sharma
Jammu, Oct 31: CBI has faced embarrassment in the state like Jammu and Kashmir being a special state as there is no perfect way for valuation of property. This was stated by the SP Central Bureau of Investigation while interacting with media persons here today. As an year ender, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) J&K Chapter today projecting its functioning claimed that the probing agency registered 20 cases and disposed them off accordingly while 25 are under investigation ( 15 in Jammu). Further for the last 24 years the CBI Jammu has laid twelve trap cases from each central government departments only. While there are about 6000 cases pending across India due to ... | |
| | | | ‘Don’t expect much from Nawaz Sharief, he has no control over Pak Army’ | | | | Jammu, Oct 31: The Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief has no control over his army so there was no reason to have any expectation from him to control violation of ceasefire incidents on IB. Azad while talking to media persons at Suchetpur Kulian area of Samba said that democratic elected government in Pakistan was helpless in controlling its Army and this was the reason of cease fire violation cases on IB. He said that Pakistan Army which has full control over Pakistan do not want to improve relations with India and this was the real problem. He also accused Pakistani Army of of facilitating infiltration into side. He was of the vie... | |
| | | | Illegal appointments galore at JU | | Call letters sent after 13 days of fitness test | | | Arun Singh
Jammu, Oct 31: Jammu University is again in news-this time for illegal appointments.
Sources told Early Times that Jammu University in 2008 had advertised the posts for security guards during the tenure of the then Vice Chancellor Amitabh Matoo for which thousands of applications were received.
After scrutiny of applications nearly two hundred eligible candidates were called for physical fitness test, they said further adding that JU in a bid to appoint favourites sent call letters to the short listed candidates after 13 days of the fitness test.
Sources said a candidate Mohan Lal son of Dev Raj had received a letter from JU for appearing in fitness test in the first week ... | |
| | | | 'Added vehicular population, defunct traffic lights and dug out roads' Jammu faces grim traffic blues | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 31: Jammu is staring at yet another phase of thick traffic snarls as over 25000 government and private vehicles have added on to the vehicular population of the city with ensuing Darbar move. Dug out roads, defunct traffic signal lights and ill equipped traffic police are likely to complicate the problem.
Number of important arteries within and outside Jammu city have been dug by different agencies and roads have become narrow at many places where traffic jams have become a regular affair. The start of work on Vikram Chowk-Satwari fly over has also narrowed down the national highway which often witnesses huge traffic jams during peak hours.
The traffic pol... | |
| | | | Vultures eye opportunity in agony Diagnostic Labs recommending patients to Ludhiana on fake Dengue Reports | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 31: Nexus between private diagnostic laboratories and doctors at Ludhiana is creating panic amongst the patients at Samba by issuing allegedly fake reports of Dengue.
Highly placed sources in the Health department informed that private laboratories at Samba are misguiding the patients by giving fake reports and advising them to consult doctors at Ludhiana.
It is worth mentioning here that the people at Samba are living in panic for the last few months due to reports of rising Dengue cases at Samba.
Doctors informed that if they suspect Dengue symptoms in some patients they recommend 'Rapid test' and if the report is positive then they collect samples at t... | |
| | | | Budgam Brick Kiln Mafia rapes environment, revenue norms | | CS directs DC to act tough | | | Early Times Report
Budgam, Oct 31: Taking a serious note of the illegal brick kilns operating in central Kashmir's Budgam district the Chief Secretary M I Khanday today directed the Deputy Commissioner Budgam to seal the illegal brick kilns in the district as soon as possible so that a tough message goes to mafia operating in the district .
Chief Secretary was addressing an extra ordinary meeting of district officers , top level officials from state administration and members of civil society in Budgam on Thursday. During the meeting some citizen activist and civil society members brought this matter related to operation of illegal brick kilns in the district and without waiting for a ... | |
| | | | Gandhi commission cross examines 94 witnesses, more people summoned | | Kishtwar violence probe | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Kishtwar, Oct 31: Justice Retired R C Gandhi commission appointed by the Jammu and Kashmir Government to probe into August 9th Kishtwar communal violence cross examined 94 witnesses in last three days and summoned over one dozen more witnesses to be cross examined tomorrow. As per the reports on the first day Gandhi commission examined 35 witnesses and 33 on the second day. The process continued on third day when 26 persons were examined.
. The sources said that during the course of examination, the commission summoned nearly a dozen people for cross examination. In addition to fresh summoned issued today, the commission also summoned to 13 persons out of 107 who... | |
| | | | CEO Rajouri finds irregularities in Baljaralan zone | | 2 teachers placed under suspension | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Oct 31: The Chief Education Officer Rajouri has found grave irregularities in various government run schools of Baljaralan zone. During a surprise visit of some of the schools in the zone, the CEO found found low enrollments in some schools and misappropriation in 'mid day meal' distribution. He placed some teachers under suspension. The check was conducted to ensure regularity/ punctuality and work culture in the Schools. At middle school, Cherrian CEO found that two teachers namely Abdul Majeed and Suriya Begum came late and directed concerned 'zonal education officer'(ZEO) to seek explanation from them.
In high school at Sankari CEO noticed that one (CRP... | |
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