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| Services cripple under moderate snowfall in Valley | | | | Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Dec 30: Season's first snowfall in the Valley plains is not threatening to be intense but it has, nevertheless, crippled essential services as Kashmir remained cut off from rest of the country and the world today. Surface as well as air communication links to the Valley have been snapped and the continuing snowfall, that began last evening, has badly affected supply of electricity and drinking water in all 10 districts in Kashmir province.
Much awaited snowfall began after two hours of moderate rain in entire Kashmir valley last evening. It continued intermittently for 30 hours till midnight today. Reports suggested moderate to heavy snowfall in the high altitude areas. Officials told Early Times late tonight that accumulation of 15 inches had been recorded in Shopian hilly terrain while as it 16 inches at Jawahar Tunnel, on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, 20 inches at Gulmarg and 14 inches at Sonmarg.
The plains, however, enjoyed a moderate to low snowfall. Authoritative sources maintained that ranging between 2 inch to 8 inch, av... | |
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| CBI registers case in Batra college entrance test scam | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: In the August 21 Batra medical college entrance test scam in which seven fake examinees, including two girls, were apprehended while impersonating the wards of the rich and influential, including GM Saroori and Rampal, CBI has registered a case.
Saroori, who that time was works minister, was forced to quit by chief minister Omar Abdullah after his name had figured in the scam.
A girl was found impersonating his daughter Huma Tabassum.
Rampaul, a senior NC leader, was too alleged to have arranged a fake examinee for his son Lovish Bharat.
Official sources said the Jammu wing of CBI had registered a case in this connection and formed a special team.
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| | | | Jammu receives 40 mm rainfall, Patnitop lashes with snow | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: While the upper reaches of Jammu province experienced heavy snowfall, the winter capital of the state received about 40 mm rainfall in the past 24-hours, plummeting further the day temperature in the region.
The rain which started on Wednesday evening continues to fall throughout the day in Jammu city and other parts of the region due to which the normal life remained affected.
It was raining cats and dogs which forced the people to remain indoors so as to protect them from downpour and biting cold as the temperature dipped to about 15 Degree Celsius.
The snowfall took place at famous hill resort of Patnitop, Trikuta hills in mountainous Reasi district... | |
| | | | AFSPA is must for forces to function in J&K: Lt Gen Jaswal | | | | ET REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: Northern command GOC-in-C, Lt Gen BS Jaswal today said AFSPA is a must for the functioning of security forces in J&K. His statement has come ahead of the meet of cabinet committee on security to discuss the proposal for amendment to AFSPA. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah too has spoken for the dilution of the act. "AFSPA is a must as far as the functioning of security forces is concerned and that is my stand," he told reporters in reply to a question about army's stand on AFSPA.
"I had time and again spoken on this issue. Our chief and ministry of defence have also spoken on it and cleared their stand," he added.
Referring to the security situation in the stat... | |
| | | | 135 civilians, 226 militants, 6 Army officers and 68 Cops among dead | | Onslaught on Fourth Estate amid curfews and strikes | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: The year bygone shall be remembered for a variety of reasons. For six month agitation in the Valley that left more than 114 persons dead and for official onslaught on the Fourth Estate and for broken bones and amputated limbs.
The data furnished by the state Home Department notwithstanding, the year bygone witnessed massive but a different kind of violence. Four hundred and twenty nine (429) persons got killed. The deceased include 135 civilians, 226 militants, 6 army officers and 68 police and Para-military personnel. Violence also left 6 women and several school going children dead.
Hundreds of persons sustained injuries inflicted by canes... | |
| | | | NC-Congress: Coalition of contradictions - II | | | | RUSTAM
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: Three, JKPCC vice-president Dharmpal Sharma not only criticized the NC, but also expressed unhappiness over the manner in which the Congress ministers have been behaving and ignoring the party workers. In fact, his was a scathing attack on both. As for the NC, he said: "We are respecting the cardinal principles of coalition dharma as per the 'directives' of AICC president and doing all that we could to ensure smooth functioning of the government and alliance, but the requests of the Congress workers are not conceded by the government. This has created widespread resentment and anger. It is, therefore, imperative to work out some mechanism that coul... | |
| | | | Samba plunges into darkness due to burning of "feeder" | | | |
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: Dec 30: Due to burning of Bainglad feeder (panel) at Samba, some areas in the district were today plunged into darkness. The feeder, which had developed some fault, was repaired this afternoon and electricity restored to Samba.
Official sources said the feeder blasted at about 4.30 pm and caught fire as a result of which several Samba areas were plunged into darkness.
The fire was extinguished by a fire tender which was pressed into service soon after the incident. The repair work on the feeder was in progress when reports last came in this evening, the sources added.
Meanwhile, agitated over the unscheduled power cuts in the area, people of Smailpur ... | |
| | | | Kashmiris say valley is ignored, demand Special Task Force | | Counterpoise To Jammu's Just Aspirations -- IV | | | NEHA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: The votaries of Special Task Force for Kashmir say that the Valley youth suffer on account of unemployment problem. They are not speaking the truth. The fact of the matter is that the rate of unemployment in Kashmir is less than 30 percent, as against the unemployment rate of over 69 per cent in Jammu province. These are the official figures and can be verified from the Assembly records.
They say that the "Valley's share in the Gazetted services has fallen to 37 per cent." The question to be asked is: Who occupy the remaining 73 per cent Gazetted services in the state? The people of Jammu don't. The People of Ladakh don't. Then who? Non-state subjec... | |
| | | | Railway track being doubled | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 30: The Northern Railways is contemplating to double the track between Pathankot and Samba for the trains to run on time.
This would also sort out the problem of some trains forced to wait for other trains coming from opposite directions in view of the existing single track.
With the doubling of tracks, the railway tracks would soon witness quick passage of trains. The detention of trains on the existing single line waiting for the trains coming from opposite direction would also come to an end. The Permanent Way (PW) officials of the railways said the double tracks would also improve the punctual running of the trains.
"The tracks would soon be double line... | |
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