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Breaking News :   CM's chamchay thrash young entrepreneurs at Baramulla | Tourism deptt indifferent to Jammu's historic monuments | Hostels san amenities; library sans books, faculty doesn't show up and administration stays inert | Incomplete documents burden PSC, blocks promotion of employees | People protest as in-charge police post Hattli Morh is suspended by police authorities | Radha wants Delhi to make divisive Article 370 a permanent feature | Coalition creates ‘terror ghost’ to retain Srinagar | Kerosene run outdated buses: Hazardous, dangerous | Govt neglecting minority Hindus of Kashmir: JKVM | Srinagar goes to polls today, NC-PDP locked in battle of nerves | BJP trying to foment religious travel in Ladakh: PCC | Exchange of hot words between Modi, Abdullahs may impact security scenario in J&K | NSF extends support to Bar Association Jammu | Lawyers' strike continues | Accidental sparks destroy standing crops in Sherpur | JU students demand roll back in hostel fees | Immigration Centre at Chakan Da Bagh in shambles | Abducted girl recovered, one held | Locals demand revocation of Transfer of I/C PP Hatli Morh | Reject so-called secular parties responsible for forced exodus of KPs: KPC | VHP, BD demand stringent legislation, threaten stir | Pompous CM Secretariat forgoes conventions, shows disregard to RTI Chief | Unprecedented security arrangements as Srinagar-Budgam LS polls being held today | DB directs DC Jammu to submit compliance report | Accidental blast on PMGSY road in Padder injures 5 labourers | DB directs authorities to file compliance report | Jagti migrants highlight their problems | Blue eyed AD given choice postings, deserving marginalized | Srinagar-Budgam set to go for polls today | NIA tortured me, claims Yasin Bhatkal; Court seeks report from Tihar | I was gang-raped for opposing rivals’ wrongdoings, Jharkhand Muslim BJP leader claims | Mukhtar Ansari, accused of murdering Ajay Rai's brother, to support Congress in Varanasi | Party president, PM should be same person: Chidambaram | Prez appeals to Manipur youth to help maintain peace | Narendra Modi stirs sentiments on Kargil War hero's name to gain votes | Hearing in case against Baba Ramdev shifted to May 7 | Records of poll code violation gutted in fire: RTI query | Priyanka questions Narendra Modi's childish behaviour | 'I had honour of flying your brave son': Moving letter to martyr's parents | Facing strong contest from PDP, AAP | SBI donates water cooler | JK cements a sinking boat | One day workshop on tobacco control held | JK still has more gender gap in literacy than national level | Nehru inspects dev works | Unidentified woman found dead mysteriously | Infant charred to death, mother critical in stove blast | Grenades, AK ammunition recovered, HM hideout busted in Kishtwar | Cancels Eidgah rally, venue shifted to Shaheen's residence | Railway extends run of Kanpur- Jammu Tawi premium special | Only 14% KP migrants eligible to vote in Srinagar | Over 300,000 house holds using power sans permission: PDD | Arjun Mahajan to produce 'Khand Mitthe Log Dogre' | Police Constable held with charas | AJKMPJ denounces Farooq's remarks on Modi | Construction work of incomplete toilet complex gets underway | Mufti calls for broader political consensus to resolve Kashmir | LS elections Phase 7: 140 million vote for 89 seats today | CCI grieved over lawyers'-police tussle | J&K Bank accords warm send off to its executives | Ahead of polling uncertainty, fear in Srinagar | Elections only route to see Kashmir out of bad times: Mehbooba | AAP for first time breaks silence on Kashmir issue | IPL to remain eight-team affair till 2017 | Crops damaged due to untimely rains : Niaz | Giggs can be Man United's Guardiola: Lindegaard | Thousands of staff leave for polling stations | Mathematics Deptt in semis of Volleyball, Carrom | Guru Harkrishan, SOS win hockey titles | Vinod calls on DDC, demands fixation of bricks rate | Fan's eye view: Shame about the cricket, but three cheers for Dubai | MHAC Nagbani organises Annual flower show competition with pomp and fervor | Back Issues  
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CM's chamchay thrash young entrepreneurs at Baramulla
4/29/2014 11:40:26 PM
Syed Tahir Bukhari BARAMULLA, Apr 29: In a fit of rage NC leader and Higher Education Minister Mohammad Akbar Lone caught hold of a common person and thrashed him publically. "I am telling you to stop yelling," visibly Lone shouted at the protestor in North Kashmir's Watergam Rafiabad today. According to sources, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was busy addressing the election rally at Watergam Baramulla today National Conference Leader and Higher Education Minister Mohammad Akbar lone thrashed a youth who is reportedly unemployed and belongs from a poor family, Lone allegedly tossed their documents pertaining to their Mineral Water Plant in air in full public glare. Eyewitnesses told Early Times over the phone that, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was busy in addressing National Conference supporters when three brothers Hilal Ahmed, Firdous Ahmad and Mohammad Amin stood up and one among them namely Mohammad Amin waved his hand and tried to attract the attention of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. "Omar Sahab, Omar Sahab, Meri Baat Suno, (Omar Sahib Listen to me)," Mohammad Amin yelled ...
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Tourism deptt indifferent to Jammu's historic monuments
4/29/2014 11:40:17 PM
Arun Singh JAMMU, Apr 29: Tourism Department has never been serious to preserve historical monuments in Jammu province. The extent of its lackadaisical attitude can be gauged from the fact that after initiating the preservation work of historical Samba Fort, the work was stopped for want of funds. Sources told Early Times that Samba Fort is also facing the similar fate that of Mubarak Mandi Complex as the work is still incomplete even after the lapse of more than six years. They said that the project for restoration and conservation of Samba fort was sanctioned in 2011-12 under State Plan at a cost of Rs 4.94 crore on the basis of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) approved by the State ...
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Hostels san amenities; library sans books, faculty doesn't show up and administration stays inert
GMC in complete mess!
4/29/2014 11:40:08 PM
Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Apr 29: From hostels to libraries and academic curriculum, the GMC Jammu is in complete mess and administration of the premier institution is cold and indifferent to the issues facing the students. Girls hostel sans basic amenities and is facing utter neglect of the administration. Faculty employed to teach paramedics are not taking their jobs seriously owing to which students are suffering as far as completion of courses is concerned. A paramedic student pleading anonymity said that for the last over one year, the faculty members are taking their classes randomly due to which students of GNM, Paramedics and Pharmacy courses are facing extreme hardships regarding co...
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Incomplete documents burden PSC, blocks promotion of employees
4/29/2014 11:39:54 PM
Avinash Azad JAMMU, Apr 29: Owing to incomplete documents produced by department concerned, a numbers of Promotion cases of various departments are pending before Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC). According to sources a large number of DPC cases in of 14 departments were lying pending. "Regularization of Promotion of in-charge ETOs and CTOs are pending before the commission since January 11, 2012 in Finance Department. While the commission received another proposal for clearance of DPC/PSC in favour of Senior Scale Account Officer for regularization in the pay scale of Rs 15600-39100 on December 12, 2012, which is also pending", sources said, adding that in Technical ...
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People protest as in-charge police post Hattli Morh is suspended by police authorities
Samba bovine laden truck burnt row
4/29/2014 11:37:45 PM
Sumit Sharma JAMMU, Apr 29: Police authorities have placed in-charge Police Post Hattli Morh, Kathua Sub Inspector Rakesh Jamwal under suspension for his alleged role in abetting bovine smuggling. The development came following the startling revelations made by the four arrested bovine smugglers. Sources told Early Times that during questioning the arrested bovine smugglers told police that they collected bovine animals from Hattli Morh, which were to be taken to Srinagar for slaughtering. Today's development took place in the backdrop of bovine laden truck burn issue in Samba which took place a couple of days back. Additional SP Kathua Yogeshwer Sharma has been entrusted the responsib...
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Radha wants Delhi to make divisive Article 370 a permanent feature
Pandering to separatists
4/29/2014 11:37:32 PM
Rustam JAMMU, Apr 29: NC president Farooq Abdullah's provocative statement that those who vote for Narendra Modi should drown themselves in sea and Kashmir will not be part of India if communal forces come into power in Delhi evoked a very strong reaction from the BJP and sections of media. A number of leading national dailies condemned Farooq Abdullah editorially. One editorial even criticized Omar Abdullah for not dismissing his father's statement as outrageous. Even a couple of Congress spokespersons dissociated their party from the statement. However, it was Radha Kumar, former interlocutor for Jammu and Kashmir, who took an altogether different line. She talked about the need to resol...
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Coalition creates ‘terror ghost’ to retain Srinagar
4/29/2014 11:31:43 PM
Shakeel A Khan SRINAGAR, Apr 29: Plans of the coalition parties seem to have worked effectively as the 'terror ghost' has appeared again that too during the election days. The government machinery is on its toes with the police busy in arresting the youth and this way the sense of fear is being created on the eve of polling for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat. It was quite expected that the people in power will never let the Srinagar seat go away as a means of face saving. The coalition is having no problems with the poll boycott mood of the Srinagarites as it will not harm them. Srinagar is the face of Kashmir and the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir as well. The parties in power will tr...
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Srinagar goes to polls today, NC-PDP locked in battle of nerves
Whose way boycott will go
4/29/2014 11:39:10 PM
Syed Junaid Hashmi JAMMU, Apr 29: With Srinagar going to votes tomorrow, boycott call of separatists coupled with anti-incumbency as well as anti-Modi sentiment running high in all the 15 assembly segments of high profile Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency has made the election extremely tough and unpredictable for both PDP and NC. NC has fielded its patron and strongest candidate Dr. Farooq Abdullah, who is Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy while PDP has chosen ex-Finance Minister and a Srinagar local Tariq Hameed Qarra. AAP has also chipped in with RTI crusader turned politician Raja Muzaffar Bhat. Political observers believe that the contest is essentially between Farooq and Qa...
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Immigration Centre at Chakan Da Bagh in shambles
'Scanning machine out of order, electronic gadgets go missing'
4/29/2014 11:25:59 PM
M.S Nazki Poonch, Apr 29: An immigration centre constructed in 2005 at Chakan Da Bagh amid much fanfare at a whooping amount now is lying in shambles bringing a bad name to Indian government in general and Jammu and Kashmir government in particular while the non functioning scanning machine, established in the premises for individual frisking purpose also is attracting vulnerability from miscreants. The attribution of the imminent danger looming on the visitors directly goes to the concerned PWD as notwithstanding of tall claims, the department has yet to taken cognizance in this matter i.e. the due repairs of the said Building Complex. The building was constructed under able guidance o...
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Unprecedented security arrangements as Srinagar-Budgam LS polls being held today
Eyes focused on Budgam, Ganderbal districts
4/29/2014 11:37:19 PM
Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Apr 29: As the election for Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat is being held tomorrow unprecedented security measures have been put in place by the administration so that the day passes off peacefully without any untoward incident taking place. Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have erected barricades at many places in the Central Kashmir and are checking the people as well as vehicles entering into or leaving the areas falling under Central Kashmir. In the Srinagar district police and CRPF personnel could be seen stopping the people and carrying out random checking of people as well as vehicles. Spread over three districts of Srinagar, Budgam...
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Blue eyed AD given choice postings, deserving marginalized
4/29/2014 11:15:10 PM
Mohd Irfan Jammu, Apr 29 : In glaring instance of nepotism and favoritism on the part of CAPD Department, An AD has been given lucrative posting as AD Trade and store in contravention of norms. The eligibility criteria which is mandatory for this coveted post is being violated with impunity as authorities of CAPD are interested to post this blue eyed on this coveted post. If sources are to be believed, AD Trade and store Ghar Singh has close links with Director CAPD and that is why he has been given the important posting despite his tainted service record. "CAPD Department has becomes a hub of tainted officers as majority of officials were involved in bunglings of ration, lack eligibili...
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Srinagar-Budgam set to go for polls today
4/29/2014 11:14:48 PM
Bashir Assad Srinagar, Apr 29 : Prestigious Srinagar-Budgam Constituency is all set to go for polls tomorrow as the authorities have made all necessary arrangements for the smooth conduct of elections. Police and other security agencies have been deployed in strength in and outside the polling stations and the polling staff was dispatched to their respective polling stations along with the polling material including electronic voting machines since early morning on Tuesday under tight security. The Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency comprised of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Budgam districts is scheduled to go for polling on April 30. Srinagar Lok Sabha seat is comprised of 1106729 electors an...
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Facing strong contest from PDP, AAP
Litmus test for Farooq Abdullah
4/29/2014 11:39:43 PM
Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 29: It is a litmus test for National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah in Srinagar Parliamentary constituency as he is facing his toughest competition from this prestigious seat which has remained with National Conference (NC) for past 60 years. But this time, Abdullah senior is facing double threat from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tariq Hameed Qarra and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Raja Muzaffar. It is a well known fact that whenever people have responded to Hurriyat boycott call, the NC has benefited. The PDP has been asking people to come out and vote as if they don't come out for one day they will have to suffer for more than 2000...
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Cancels Eidgah rally, venue shifted to Shaheen's residence
People fail CM at Baramulla
4/29/2014 11:39:30 PM
Early Times Report PATTAN, Apr 29: Much embarrassment to the National Conference in Baramulla constituency today, only few odd supporters of the party turned up to attend the election rally that was supposed to be addressed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The venue was later on changed on the instructions of Higher Education Minister and Omar Abdullah addressed few odd workers at the residence of former Member Parliament Abdul Rashid Shaheen. Eyewitnesses said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was supposed to address an election rally at Eidgah Pattan in North Kashmir. Reports said that the stage was set for the rally while police had made elaborative security arrangements in this reg...
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NSF extends support to Bar Association Jammu
Lawyers' strike continues
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JU students demand roll back in hostel fees
Abducted girl recovered, one held
Locals demand revocation of Transfer of I/C PP Hatli Morh
VHP, BD demand stringent legislation, threaten stir
Pompous CM Secretariat forgoes conventions, shows disregard to RTI Chief
DB directs DC Jammu to submit compliance report
Accidental blast on PMGSY road in Padder injures 5 labourers
DB directs authorities to file compliance report
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SBI donates water cooler
JK cements a sinking boat
One day workshop on tobacco control held
JK still has more gender gap in literacy than national level
Nehru inspects dev works
Unidentified woman found dead mysteriously
Infant charred to death, mother critical in stove blast
Grenades, AK ammunition recovered, HM hideout busted in Kishtwar
Railway extends run of Kanpur- Jammu Tawi premium special
Only 14% KP migrants eligible to vote in Srinagar
Over 300,000 house holds using power sans permission: PDD
Arjun Mahajan to produce 'Khand Mitthe Log Dogre'
Police Constable held with charas
AJKMPJ denounces Farooq's remarks on Modi
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