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Teach less, work more for 'personal aggrandizement': motto of J&K academia too

4/10/2011 12:20:33 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: A report indicating that professors and teachers in reputed academic institutions of the country devoting less than four hours to teaching in a week may have stirred and shaken all but the fraternity here in J&K. Not because they are insulated to or ignorant about the normal ethics teachers are required to follow. Actually, the scene here is not even similar but far more grim and grave. At a time when entire nation is celebrating great social activist turned national hero Anna Hazare's victory over his crusade against corruption, the startling revelation about this saddening picture in academic institutes of excellence is enough to stir the Union HR...

Assassination of Ahl Hadees chief aimed at destabilsing peace

4/10/2011 12:20:10 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, April 9: Whatever may have been the reasons for the assassination of Maulana Showkat Ahmed,President Jamiat Ahl Hadees in Srinagar on Friday,one thing is clear that it was part of the plan to belittle the claim of Chief Minister,Omar Abdullah,and senior functionaries of the security agencies that the situation in Kashmir had shown marked improvement. It has been seen in the past that whenver the Government claims that the security environment in Kashmir had improved or when it claims that tourist traffic to the valley has picked up it is greeted with gun and grenade attacks. What happened on Friday just at the entrance of the Ahl Hadees mosque at G...

Valley shuts down after cleric's death

4/10/2011 12:19:51 AM

Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 9 : Separatist outfits imposed a shutdown in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, a day after a blast claimed the life of Maulvi Showkat Shah, the chief of the Jamiat-Ahle-Hadis in Srinagar. Streets of Srinagar wore a deserted look as shops, schools and offices remains closed. Authorities mobilized and deployed hundreds of armed security personnel to patrol the area and quell the simmering unrest. Residents urged the government to bring the culprits to book at the earliest. "Our cleric was killed in the attack yesterday. We do not know who killed him and for what reason. A shutdown has been imposed in this area. Our lives have been ...

J&K: Jinnah is not dead, he is very much alive

Communal Approach - II

4/10/2011 12:19:20 AM

Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 9: Both Noorani and Habibullah enjoy official patronage and both, like mainstream separatists and others of their ilk controlling the separatist, terrorist and communal outfits in Kashmir as well as Pakistan, are staunch believers in the concept of Greater Kashmir comprising the now 100 percent Muslim Kashmir Valley and the Muslim-majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh, such as Poonch, Rajouri, Doda and Kishtwar in Jammu, and Kargil in Ladakh. Both want to divide Jammu in a manner that enables Kashmir and Islamabad to establish control not only over the strategic Himalayan region, which is highly rich in green-gold, but also over river Chenab, which has th...

‘Peoples’ power is not 3 nights of candles and music'

4/10/2011 12:18:36 AM

Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Noting that peoples' power was not only about "three nights of candles and music", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was amused to see the sort of people trying to jump on the Anna Hazare bandwagon. "People's power is a continuous process and not three nights of candles and music," Omar wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter. The Chief Minister said he was amused "to see the sort of people trying to jump on the Hazare bandwagon." "I'm all for people's power but with great power comes even greater responsibility," he said after the anti-corruption crusader called off his fast-unto-death at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. "Now that victor...

MLA gheroed, heckled at Samba

4/10/2011 12:17:59 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU : MLA Yashpal Kundal was tonight gheroed and heckled continuously by some people at Mala Pangwal in Sumb area of Samba for allegedly asking villagers to vote his candidates to victory in the upcoming panchayat polls in the state. Kundal's vehicle was stopped by Gopal Singh Charak, a candidate for panchayat polls, and his supporters at Mala Pangwal amidst the raising of slogans against him. Charak alleged that he had come to the village late at night only to address public meetings in support of some candidates. The MLA continued replying to the queries of the angry people for about half an hour and was later allowed to move. When contacted, he said he had gon...

Chopper fare reduced but vehicles continue to face tax burden

Amarnath pilgirmage

4/10/2011 12:15:53 AM

Kunal Shrivatsa EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 9 : Even as Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has decided to reduce the fare of chopper service between Pahalgam and Panjtarni for the benefit of Amaranth pilgrims, the state government did exactly the opposite and continued with the policy of charging tax from the buses having All India Tourist Permit. The State Transport department has not shown any courtesy to the Amaranth pilgrims coming via road as their tourist buses would only be allowed to enter the state after paying a prescribed amount of tax at Lakhanpur, the gateway of Jammu Kashmir. However, the private Light Motor Vehicles have been left out from the ambit of such an entry...

‘Commoner alone can decide quantum of normality’

Irresponsible statements

4/10/2011 12:14:25 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: While different quarters have given different reasons for Moulana Showkat's killing on Friday in a blast, Kashmir watchers have linked it to what they call irresponsible and reckless statements issued by the authorities from time to time. "You cannot trumpet a change without actually making the people feel it on the ground", said an agitated political activist preferring anonymity. According to him there is no need claiming that situation has taken a favourable turn or militancy has been wiped out. "Let the people feel it on ground", he said. History of the conflict adds weight to the activist's view. It has been seen that the militants have always stru...

Dogra Certificate Ordinance receives passionate response in Jammu

4/10/2011 12:13:51 AM

Vaibhavi Chandel EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, Apr 9: The Dogra certificate issue that has of late generated a ripple besides a larger interest among the people of the region is being believed to give more space to the people of Dogra origin who have been denied access into the army due to their non-compliance of height as required in it. The ordinance of Dogra Certificate promoted by the Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla has invited great appreciation from all castes and creeds, particularly of the peripheral Jammu that has been ignored on all fronts and now with this edict coming into force, the people of Jammu region have started feeling to have inculcated a sense of belongingness into them ...

Bhim takes on Geelani, hits nail on the head

4/10/2011 12:13:16 AM

Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 9: Situation in Jammu province is likely to deteriorate. A number of developments have taken place during the past few days which have left the Dogras with no other option but to create the 2008-like situation to defeat the regressive forces in Kashmir, defend and preserve their distinct identity and identify themselves completely with the national mainstream. In fact, what has happened in the state during the past few days has created a situation in the Jammu province that has the potential of dividing the state. One of the major causes that has all the ingredients of motivating, or even provoking, the people of Jammu province to take recourse to the me...

Woes of Narwal Mandi

4/10/2011 12:12:41 AM

Vaibhavi Chandel EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu : The Narwal fruit and vegetable market, which is one of the most busiest and business hub in the city which fulfils the vegetable and the fruit demand of the Jammu region is one of the filthiest place in the city. The stench, emerging from this area, rotten vegetables and waste scattered here and there is what welcomes you to this big business house of this city, which satisfies the demand of grocery of lakhs of people of Jammu city. Drains filled with filth and mud and heaps of garbage scattered here and there, it is all what receives you as you steps into this market. For their convenience, the traders even dump the waste vegetable...

‘Militancy down’ No talks with militants: Pillai

4/10/2011 12:11:55 AM

New Delhi : The Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai today ruled out any possibility of involving the militants in talks. Pillai said the local group, Hizbul Mujahideen had almost been wiped out. "Miliatncy is down and there are just 100 local militants active in Kashmir", he said. The government of India, he said, has no plans to invite militants especially the chairman of Jehad Council, Syed Salah-ud-Din for talks. " However, if he gives up arms , he is welcome", he said. Pillai said the militant groups had failed to recruit fresh Kashmiri youth in recent times. "This is a positive development and has helped a lot in curbing terror", he said. However, Pillai did not rule out the thr...

After wife's death, man too dies in hospital

4/10/2011 12:11:29 AM

EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU : After jumping from the rooftop of their rented house at Mastgarh here Friday in a suicide pact, while the woman died yesterday, the man succumbed to his wounds this morning. Janu and his wife Sunita had jumped from the rooftop of their rented house at Mastgarh Friday. While Sunita died soon after the incident, her husband succumbed to his injures at the GMC hospital today.After post-mortem, the bodies were handed over to their families for last rites. Police had registered a case in this connection.Police sources said Sunita, who was already married and had left her in-laws, had married Janu and both were living in a rented house at Mastgarh for the past some t...