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| Ankita has a bad story to tell | | Teachers fractures student's hand for poor result | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 4: For Ankita, a class 6 student in a local private school, going to her class will never be same experience again as she got her hand fractured by the baton of her teacher.
An innocent Ankita, a student of Activity Higher Secondary School in Janipur, was not keeping well for past few months, though she was attending her school regularly. When she was put to a class test, for being unwell since quite sometime, she was not able to fair well as other her classmates did.
Yesterday when the results of her class test were out, she could obtain only six marks out of 15. This did not go well with the teacher who was too keen to improve overall result of school rather than understanding the problem of poor Ankita.
The teacher, Poonam, broke loose on the student started beating her up in the class. The innocent student was beaten so mercilessly that four of her fingers were broken and hand was fractured.
Ankita went home writhing with pain but she did not tell her mother as what all had happened in the school. She says that she was scared of telling ... | |
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| Congress puts entire weight | | BATTLE OF POONCH | | | NIRBHAY JAMMUAL
Jammu | Dec 4: As the battle of Poonch becomes quite symbolic for future electoral wave of two major political parties, the ruling Congress sensing insecurity has pressed all its men of consequence to make sure that the assembly constituency is wrested in the upcoming by-polls of December 12.
The chambers of most of the ministers in the civil secretariat here today wore a deserted look as most of the top Congress men were either already camping in Poonch or were on the way. "Poonch has become royal battle field as a major part of the government is camping here", said a political activist while speaking to EARLY TIMES over phone from Poonch.
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| | | | Smart? J&K's e-governance is dull | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 4: According to the web policy of Jammu and Kashmir government, each department is required to have website with all the relevant information.
The website of Transport department shows Mangat Ram Sharma as Transport Minister and Raman Bhalla as Minister of State. The fact that Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen is the Transport Minister and there is no Minister of State in the department has not been taken into account.
The main official website of Jammu and Kashmir government whose content is backed by the Department of Information still maintains that there are 14 districts in the state –the eight new districts have not been taken into account. You the section p... | |
| | | | Mehbooba meets PM, asks for WG implementation | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 4: With some relocation of troops from the school buildings and other public facilities in Kashmir giving a breather to the Peoples Democratic Party, the party is now pitching for the implementation of the recommendations of the Prime Minister's Working Groups.
In this connection, the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti last evening called on the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and put before him the urgency of matter.
A party communiqué quoted Mehbooba as saying that deferring the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Groups is not only proving detrimental for the peace efforts but has also started brewing public cynicism.
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| | | | Rs 990 lakhs skins smoked off to protect wildlife | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 4: As the wild animals continue on the prowl killing and maiming innocent people across the state, the officials of state wildlife department are flaunting honours in torching the seized skins of endangered animals to discourage their use.
As per an estimate, the eight truckloads of furs and skins of endangered animals, torched by the wildlife authorities in Jammu and Kashmir are valued in the international market worth Rs 990 lakhs. The stockpile, including 125,000 endangered animal items surrendered by traders in the Kashmir Valley, were publicly burnt by wildlife officials Monday. It is estimated to be the single largest collection of wildlife skins ... | |
| | | | Sunny’s associate arrested from Gadigarh | | ‘Babban makes several disclosures’ | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 4
City South police today arrested the wanted criminal and a close associate of Sunny Choudhary from the Upper Gadigarh area where he was hiding in a rented house. After firing shots at police at Manda three days back, the alleged accused had given dogged the police and fled away from the spot.
During interrogation to police he is reported to have made several disclosures and the plans of the gang.
SP South Zahid Manhas said today police received specific information of presence of criminal namely Gagan Deep alias Babban son of Amarjeet Singh resident of Nanak Nagar in Ajeet Nagar Upper Gadigarh area. On receipt of the information ,a police party led by... | |
| | | | The boon of Sunday bazaars | | Transact business worth Rs one crore; two thousand earn livelihood | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Dec 4
With most of the shops in the city markets closed on Sundays, make shift bazaars come up in major parts of old Jammu city, what have come to be known as Sunday Bazaar. Right from Raghunath Mandir chowk to City Chowk, Kanak Mandi, Rajinder Bazaar, Residency Road and even along Super Bazaar up to Purani Mandi and beyond this Raj Tilak Road, up to Sabzi Mandi and even in the by lanes of Kachi Chhauni and Pacca Dunga thousands of pavement vendors put up their merchandise for sale on Sundays.
According to a rough estimate the Sunday bazaars transact business worth Rs 1 crore every Sunday and provide livelihood to about two thousand families. It... | |
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