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| Highway closed again, thousands spend night on road | | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Feb 11
The Srinagar-Jammu highway was closed yet again, this time due to slippery conditions because of the below freezing temperature.
Meanwhile, despite airlifting of about 5000 stranded passengers, more than 3500 people, including women and children, had to spend the night in their vehicles on the highway in below freezing temperature, after authorities announced reopening of the road yesterday morning after six days of closure.
A traffic police official told UNI here today that no fresh vehicle was allowed from Jammu or Srinagar this morning.
''It is totally slippery at Patnitop and other areas,'' he said, adding, it would be risky to allow traffic ... | |
| | | | Forest deptt: Mother of all controversies | | HC issues notice on charges of regional discrimination | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 11
The controversies are in no mood to bid an adieu to the Forest department. The latest in the series involve the connotations of regional discrimination –the High Court had issued notice to the government in a petition which says that adhoc appointees of the Kashmir division have been regularized while those from Jammu have not only been left but also faced with the risk of loosing job.
The adhoc employees in the Forest department were appointed in 1994 in violations of the laid down rules. The government, however, in 2001 had asked the Commissioner Secretary of the Forest department to terminate services all adhoc employees recruited in violation of ru... | |
| | | | Stay put, DCs told | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 11
Taking serious note of the absence of Deputy Commissioners from the district headquarters even the hours of crisis, the Chief Secretary BR Kundal has asked the administrative heads of all districts not to move out of their jurisdictions without permission from the next senior officer.
A circular issued by the Chief Secretary said that absence of the Deputy Commissioner from district headquarters often cause embarrassment for the government.
The circular said, "it was observed that some of the Deputy Commissioners leave their headquarters and areas of operation without seeking prior permission resulting in severe inconvenience to the public and even em... | |
| | | | Pak soldiers return home untouched | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 11
There may be a shower of brickbats from the other side of the divide but the authorities from this side are always forthcoming with their bouquets.
This precedence was once again repeated today when the BSF pushed back the three Pakistan soldiers who had inadvertently crossed into the Indian Territory last evening in RS Pura sector.
The BSF soldiers had arrested three Pakistani soldiers when they crossed the international border from Suchetgarh area. They belonged to the 19 Punjab unit of the Pakistan army near the India-Pakistan border.
Authorities said it was not known why the soldiers crossed into the Indian side and the three will be questioned. ... | |
| | | | KPs can change political landscape | | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Feb 11
Political Analysis
After a decade and half of political isolation, finally there is a good omen that the Kashmiri Pandits have made up their mind to contest the assembly elections.
The displaced Kashmiri Pandits after their exodus from the Valley in 1990s had been completely politically sidelined. The reason was that neither they took any initiative of participation in the mainstream political process and nor did any major party make any significant attempt at seeking their role.
Being a fringe watcher of the politics since 1990s, the Kashmiri Pandits could not become a part of the political decision making process. Though the previous National Conf... | |
| | | | Speculations over supplying firm’s links with local politician | | Faulty (ill fitting) jackets issued to troop in J&K | | | Early Times Special Correspondent
Jammu | Feb 11
The report appearing in a section of the press about 17000 faulty (ill fitting) jackets issued to the army troops in Jammu and Kashmir for the winter, that hamper free movement of arms, essential for quick reaction to the threat from the terrorist, has given rise to speculations about the source from where the jackets were procured. The number of these defected jackets is believed to be running to much more than 17000 issued this winter to the soldiers posted on LoC and in Kashmir valley, who are now under additional discomfort in the severe cold conditions in Kashmir and upper mountainous reaches in Jammu division.
The sources trace the s... | |
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