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| Teacher "thrashes" student for not joining his academy | | CEO Rajouri assures action against accused | |  Early Times Report
Rajouri, Dec 5: An eight-year-old girl, studying in fourth standard of a government middle school Nagari, in Jamola in border district Rajouri was brutally thrashed by a teacher Deeraj Kumar son of Vaid Prakash of Muradpur allegedly for not leaving government school and joining his private academy.
She was severely beaten by the teacher due to which her right hand received multiple fractures with blood coagulating in her vanes.
Sonika Devi's father Bablu Kumar, a laboure... | |
| | | | 16 years old girl dies suspiciously, family alleges medical negligence | | Hospital horror continues! | | | Sahil Suhail
Anantnag, Dec 5: In yet another case of alleged medical negligence, 16 years old girl died suspiciously in district hospital Anantnag on Monday evening. Anantnag police has initiated inquest proceedings into the incident.
Deceased girl has been identified as Saima Jan daughter of Abdul Rashid Bhat resident of Magam Kokernag Anantnag .
Annoyed family members of the deceased protested inside the hospital against the negligence of doctors and demanded stern against them. Family members alleged that the deployed doctors injected the girl that later caused her death. Protesters were later pacified by Deputy Commissioner Anantnag who visited the hospital after the incident.
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| | | | ‘The policy has failed to address unemployment’ | | 3 years of SKEWPY | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: The Sher-e-Kashmir employment and welfare policy for youth (SKEWPY) has failed to solve the problems of the unemployed youth. Three years down the line the much hyped and much publicized policy has not made any difference. The youth were jobless then and their quest for employment continues to this day.
Instead of decreasing the unemployment in the state, the government has not been able to even safeguard the interests of youth who are wondering here and there to get a job of mere Rs 5000. The commitment of absorbing five lakh youth in government services and promoting private sector in the state have proved to be hollow slogans.
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| | | | 33000 KV lines cause scare in Budgam village | | R&B permission not sought, records missing, reveals RTI | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: A 33000 KV line that passes through Branwar village of Budgam district has caused scare in the area but nobody in administration seems interested in coming to the rescue of the hapless villagers. The lines of 33,000KV in the area which originates from the 7.5 Megawatt mini-hydro electric power project located on Doodh Ganga canal in the same village.
The R&B Department has no records available to suggest whether permission as sought for laying the high voltage lines. In response to an RTI filed by Muhammad Aslam Wani The Executive Engineer vide his letetr No EE/CHD/9659-61 Dated 3/11/2012 has stated that the department had no records on the subject.... | |
| | | | Land Mafia eye Govt land at Ellahi Bagh | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 5: The land grabbers continue to be on prowl. This time they have their eyes on prime land measuring 140 kannals under khewat No 382/9495 and Khata No 1875/1232 at Ellahi Bagh, Bagh-e-Shoura Srinagar.
The land was owned by a reputed pandit family, Prakash kaul and sons some 60 years ago. Brokers and the land mafia in Srinagar, in connivance with some `legal heir' of late Prakash kaul , revenue officials and some politician are trying to grab and sell the land.
This land was owned by the above mentioned persons till 1958 when it became government property by virtue of a J&K High court settlement for one time compensation which was accepted and rec... | |
| | | | Sheikh Abdullah's politically legacy: divisive politics | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Former chief minister late Sheikh Abdullah whose birth anniversary was observed with much fanfare by the NC conference headed state government and by the party itself has one great political trait: divisive poltics.
The person who is being called as Sher-i-Kashmir by the party laid seeds of agitational politics and polarization of Jammu and Kashmir regions. Just after Sheikh Abdullah had assumed office, Jammu was up in flames. An agitation had started in the entire Jammu region but Sheikh, who didn't hold any feeling for this region except indifference, didn't do much to diffuse the situation but used it to further his image as pro-Kashmiri leader.
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| | | | When will they learn a lesson? | | Boycott politics | | | Bashir Assad
srinagar, Dec 5: The election boycott calls of separatists have always gone in vain. This time the panchs and sarpanchs defied the boycott call and voted in huge numbers to elect four members of the Legislative Council. The elections for four reserved seats of the LC were held after 32 years in the state on Monday.
Around 93% turnout was recorded in the polls amid tight security in Jammu and Kashmir. Braving the chill, panchayat representatives thronged the polling booths to exercise their democratic rights.
Interestingly, the polls have come in a year that saw at least six village heads' killed in a series of militant attacks. The militants had created a fear psychosis a... | |
| | | | Governor's praise for the Sheikh questionable | | Secularism & Pluralism, NC Style | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Dec 5: One can understand the logic behind the motivated assertions of the National Conference leaders that the father and founder of the Muslim Conference /Nati-onal Conference Sheikh Moham-mad Abdullah was a democrat of democrats and secularist of secularists; that he symbolized unity and amity; and that he was an epitome of pluralistic and secular ideology, but one fails to understand by the constitutional head of the state expresses similar views. Yesterday, many National Conference leaders hailed the Sheikh and his contribution. Fair enough. They did what they were expected to do on the eve Sheikh Abdullah's birth anniversary.
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| | | | Sheikh Abdullah's Birth anniversary: A ritualistic affair for NC..? | | Fading conviction: CM, ministers, MLAs stay away from Jammu function | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Ruling National Conference the leadership of which tires itself claiming it is the biggest and historically evolved party is a doomed political organization on ground. If waywardness and ritualistic approach to celebrating the birth anniversary of late Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah ,NC's founder is what the leadership chose to adopt today , it is certainly not only an indication but a confirmation that this party is gone and no more a strong, united and convictional political force. From his own family members -the Abdullah father son duo, to sheikh Mustafa Kamal younger son , no one was present in the Sher-i-Kashmir Bhawan, NC headquarters today to pay t... | |
| | | | They choose Friday to hold protest demonstrations | | | | Neha
JAMMU, Dec 5: JKLF leader, murderer and the so-called Gandhi of Kashmir Yasin Malik is very angry these days. The immediate cause of anger is the court judgment against "ex-militants" and separatists. On Monday, presiding officer TADA Court Sanjeev Gupta awarded double life imprisonment to Nazir Ahmad Sheikh alias Gul Danter and Showkat Ahmad Khan alias Pupwaja and five years rigorous imprisonment to Farooq Ahmad Chichoo alleged militants of Hizbul Mujahidden outfit. The judicial process took 22 long years. In other words, the Gul Danter and Pupwaja were awarded punishment after 22 years of investigation and trial.
And still Yasin Malik has been feeling quite up set and perturbed.... | |
| | | | Armed J&K's Forest Protection Force protecting what? | | Fresh report shows increase in forest land grab, timber loot | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Dec 5: Arming the Forest Protection Force (FPF) seems to have failed to keep a check on loot of timber and grabbing of forest land across Jammu and Kashmir.
Neither have the funds nor the weaponry helped Forest department in bringing a heartwarming change in the otherwise gloomy forest land grab and timber loot scenario. Forest Minister Mian Altaf has been making desperate efforts but the officers on the ground have been unable to deliver. Officials of Forest department reluctantly accept that check posts have become timber loot facilitation centers.
Gravity of the situation can gauged from the recent report of Union Forest and Environment Ministry wherein the... | |
| | | | Govt forgets Hari Singh Park project! | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 5: Five months have passed since the former Chief Minister and Union health Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad promised a park in the name of former ruler, Maharaja Hari Singh in the heart of the city.
The park was even inaugurated and Azad in a grand ceremony assured to make it a tourist resort. The park supposed to be a heaven for morning walkers has not come up till date. While tourists are nowhere to be seen, it has become a play ground for street children and rag ... | |
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