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Jammu Observes Coldest Day; Dense fog affects Rail traffic 12/26/2012 10:09:41 PM early times report Jammu, Dec 26: Jammu has observed the coldest day of this session and the dense fog in the winter capital of the state for the second day has disrupted Rail traffic on Wednesday. Trains were running late by one to 10 hours at Jammu Tawi Railway Station. Train number 12413, All Jat Express (Pooja Express) whose arrival time at the Jammu Tawi is 08:10 am was running late by more than ten hours and reached Jammu Tawi at 06:30pm, the tran is expected to depart from Jammu at 1 am. While almost all the trains were running late by one to 10 hours. Jammu Tawi Railway Station has daily traffic of 25-30 trains to and fro, and most of the passengers have came for Vaishno Devi and some from the Army, pilgrims and the security personals were worst effected of disrupted rail traf...   READ MORE

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RTI query reveals illegal appointments in KDA Locals allege financial misappropriation 12/25/2012 11:06:56 PM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, Dec 25: Belying Government claims of transparency in appointments in Government departments, an RTI query has brought to fore appointment of a Junior Assistant in the office of Kishtwar Development Authority (KDA) in contravention of norms laid for such appointments. The RTI filled by senior People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Shakir Hussain Siddiqui clearly indicates that Kishtwar Development Authority (KDA) appointed a Junior Assistant in the pay scale of 5200-20200 without issuing an advertisement for inviting the application from the deserving candidates. In reply to the RTI query, CEO, KDA Kishtwar in his reply provided the order No: CEO/K...   READ MORE   Is border belt heading towards civil war? Paharis' Threatening Posture 12/25/2012 11:05:50 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 25: Jammu and Kashmir Pahari People Movement (JKPPM) on Monday last threatened that "thirty lakh Paharis" of Jammu and Kashmir would "launch a statewide agitation if Scheduled Tribe (ST) status is not accorded to the community". The threat was administered during a convention of the JKPPM. The convention took place in Rajouri. The Paharis (read the Pathowari-speaking people of Poonch, Rajouri and parts of the erstwhile Baramulla and Kupwara districts) have been demanding ST status since 1991, when the then Central Government granted the ST status to the Gujjar and Bakerwal communities. The Gujjar and Bakerwal communities are ethnically different. They are tr...   READ MORE   Gujjar Mahasabha demands inclusion of RSS, Hurriyat in talks Resolution of Kashmir issue 12/25/2012 11:05:31 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 25: Nobody had ever thought that any organization would ever place the RSS and the All-Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) at par and urge New Delhi to start a dialogue process in which the RSS and the APHC should be involved in order to resolve the over 65-year-old Kashmir issue. But it happened on Monday. The All-India Gujjar Mahasabha (AIGM) equated the nationalist RSS with the separatist APHC and demanded their inclusion in the dialogue process suggesting that their involvement in the discussion is necessary for resolving the Kashmir issue. The suggestion was made during the general body meeting of the AIGM held in Jammu under the chairmanship of its presid...   READ MORE   Azad wants Saroori, Soz 'honest' performers, Omar status-quo Cabinet reshuffle speculations rife, NC-Cong eye 2014 elections 12/25/2012 11:08:17 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Dec 25: Speculations are rife about imminent Cabinet reshuffle along with induction of two more Ministers from Congress and one from National Conference (NC). Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's return from vacations would be followed by expansion in the State Cabinet, induction of three fresh faces and reshuffle of portfolios of non-performing as well controversial Ministers. The reshuffle has become a necessity since the coalition is entering into second last year of its governance and according to the insiders; it has nothing major on its report card to sell to the people of the State in the year 2014. Controversies, allegations of corruption coupled with below pa...   READ MORE   2012 saw spurt in militant activities, decline in casualties 12/25/2012 11:07:13 PM Bashir Assad JAMMU, Dec 25: The relatively calm 2012 which began on a worrying note as far the militancy related incidents were concerned but ended on a positive note in the sense that the death toll in the militancy related incidents was much less as compared to 2011. But the year saw spurt in militant activities in as much as the abrupt strikes by militants took every body by surprise. Though during the last couple of months security agencies neutralized some 20 to 25 militants mostly in search operations but the first and second quarters of the year witnessed abrupt increase in militant strikes. As the year approached towards it end militant activities saw a decline and barring some...   READ MORE   ET tenders apology to SAC 12/25/2012 11:06:16 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 25: Apropos to the news item titled 'Cooperative Minister puts blame on driver' published in December 25, 2012 edition of Early Times, ET tenders apology to SAC, complainant and the public functionaries concerned for breaching sections 18 and 19 of the State Accountability Commission Act 2002 inadvertently. It is further admitted that neither the Editor nor reporter was aware of the sections 18 and 19 of SAC Act 2002, where by it is injoined to keep the inquiry/investigation against any public functionaries secret thus breached the privacy of the preliminary inquiry being conducted by the SAC and the story was published in ignorance of the mandate of sectio...   READ MORE

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