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Politically sunk, Rana sings Kabir's praises

“He was epitome of righteousness”

6/13/2014 11:53:03 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, June 13: Strange are the ways of politicians. Most of the times they preach what they do not believe in. NC provincial president for Jammu talked about Sant Kabir saying he was epitome of righteousness. Well the commoner has never contested Kabir's greatness. It is the politicians who pollute the religious places for petty politics. The NC has the dubious distinction of using religious places for misleading the people. The NC leadership would take every Tom, Dick and Harry to Chrar-e-Sharief shrine for what Kashmiris call Dastarbandi. Rana has not done anything different by talking about Sant Kabir. People know what motives he has to fulfill. He must have some ...

Irked over amnesty to stone pelters

Union Home Ministry seeks details from JK Govt

6/13/2014 11:52:41 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, June 13: Worried over the grant of amnesty to stone pelters by the Jammu and Kashmir Government, the Union Home Ministry has sought details about the package. Hundreds of youth were arrested and challaned for their alleged involvement in stone pelting incidents during the 2010 agitation. The agitation left 130 persons dead and evoked severe reaction from the people. However, the Government decided to go soft on the stone pelters and around 1800 youth have been granted amnesty till date. In the coming days the amnesty is likely to be extended to 50 youth. The state Government is doing it as one of the many measures it's taking to show itself as a pro-people Gove...

4.6 quake hits Jammu

6/13/2014 11:52:26 PM

Early Times Report Jammu, June 13: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude today rocked the mountainous belts of Jammu region. "A mild intensity earthquake hit the mountainous belts and jolts were felt in Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban and Udhampur districts, an official here said. He said that the earthquake was of 4.6 magnitude on the Richter scale occurred this evening at 7 am latitude 33.3 North and Longitude 75.8 East with depth 18-kms. However, panic gripped these belts and people rushed out of their houses. "No report of any damage or loss of life has been reported so far from across the region," said official....

PoK, West Pak refugees sour over NaMo's nonchalance

6/13/2014 11:52:14 PM

THE SUPPLICATION || We will ask Modi that if the Centre is afraid of Kashmir-centric leadership then please settle us in any part of a big nation like India, says Gandhi Kunal Shrivatsa Jammu, June 13: The refugees, who fled from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) after the 1947 tribal invasion orchestrated by Pakistan army and those who came from West Pakistan as a result of Indo-Pak wars of 1965 and 1971, had pinned high hopes on Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after it took over the reigns on May 26. The expectations of lakhs of refugees of all categories residing in different parts of the state has swelled manifold since the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) had promis...

Officials' apathy pushing BOSE towards bankruptcy

Board losing Rs. 5 crore annually

6/13/2014 11:51:53 PM

Avinash Azad Jammu, June 13: Official apathy of State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) is pushing the Board towards bankruptcy, as losses to the tune of around Rs. 5 crore are being reported in supplying of textbooks to various schools across the state. Sources informed Early Times that JKBOSE provides books to various Government schools for the students from class 1 to 8th under Sarav Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA). "There was huge variation in actual manufacturing cost of per set of books for various classes and the Government approved rate for the books. In the year 2007-08 the state Government had approved rates for per set of books to various standards but after lapse of 6 years, their rat...

Pompous Cong fails to learn the lessons; leadership flaunts its indispensability

6/13/2014 11:51:34 PM

Abodh Sharma Jammu, June 13: Reduced to an embarrassing 44 seats in the entire country, the thick skinned Congress seems to have learnt no lessons as the state unit of the party is still complacent about its indispensability on the state's political stage. Statements from its senior leadership that no Government can be formed in Jammu and Kashmir without Congress are indicative of the fact that the party has not shed its smugness despite unprecedented rout. Fate that the grand old party of the country met in the recent Parliamentary elections should have taught numerous lessons to its pompous leadership, but if the statements of its leaders are any reflection, the party has yet to come to...

Tourism Directorate Jammu fails to utilize funds under GoI scheme; surrenders Rs 1.25 cr

Kashmir registers 100 percent utilization

6/13/2014 11:51:25 PM

Shiv Thakur Jammu, June 13: Tall claims of Tourism Department about their achievements in generating employment in tourism sector for the youth of the state have fall flat as the money released under the Government of India (GoI) sponsored schemes is lying unutilized owing to the failure of officials in Jammu and hence the funds are being surrendered. Director Tourism, Soujanya Sharma, when contacted about a similar scheme namely 'Hunar se Rozgar' failed to reason out his inability to utilize about Rs 1.25 Cr under the same scheme whereas his counterpart Director Tourism Kashmir, Talat Parveez said, "the money under similar scheme had been received and the same has been distributed to t...

RAW DEAL: Fearing threat, department shuns differently able to ill-suited location

6/13/2014 11:51:10 PM

K Koushal Jammu, June 13: A differently able employee working as Junior Assistant posted in the office of Tehsildar Settlement Jammu was transferred to the office of Tehsildar Basohli as he allegedly posed as an imminent threat to a nexus operating in the department on the higher levels. Sources claim his transfer order was a scheming ploy of the higher authorities in the office of Tehsildar Settlement Jammu who wanted him out of their sinful practices. The deployment has been ordered as per an order issued by Regional Director Survey and Land Records Jammu. As per the order in possession of Early Times, the physically handicapped Junior Assistant posted in the office of Tehsildar Se...

Poll debacle forces Omar to become 'generous', concedes demands of ReT teachers

IMPORTANCE OF CABINET MEETINGS DEMEANED

6/13/2014 11:51:00 PM

Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, June 13: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has turned 'generous' ever since the coalition being headed by him faced debacle in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections at the hands of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). After youth and Government employees, today it was the turn of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers to get 'special favours' from Omar. Omar announced at the summer and winter capital cities of state that five years of service of ReT teachers would be included in their service books. Ever since the ReT pattern was introduced in the state the ReT teachers were on warpath with the state Government demanding that their initial five years shoul...

Defeated Beg virtually writes political obituary of NC

Party in complete disarray

6/13/2014 11:14:25 PM

Rustam JAMMU, June 13: The ruling National Conference is in complete disarray. Its top-ranking leaders are taking on each other publicly. Even NC working president and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is surrounded by a "coterie of manipulators and self-seekers", is under attack. The state of affairs in the party could be determined from what senior leaders of the party are saying about the Chief Minister and those few who ran, and continue to run, the Kashmir's premier political organization. So much so, a senior leader of the party, who is also considered ideologue of the party, has virtually written political obituary of the NC. He may be thrown out of the party. To start with, he a...

Staring at another debacle, NC still blinking over real issues

6/13/2014 11:13:53 PM

Shakeel A Khan SRINAGAR, June 13: The internal adjustments within the National Conference can simply be attributed to frustration of the party high command, which is very much concerned about the most likely defeat in the coming assembly elections scheduled later this year. The party top brass actually is in no mood to ascertain the actual facts that affected NC adversely. Senior party leader from South Kashmir, Dr. Mehboob Beigh openly leveled allegations against a senior minister in Omar government for considering candidates of his own choice for the post of Relationship Executives in Jammu & Kashmir Bank. Actually this issue came to fore during an election rally of National Confer...

Kashmir is nobody's parental estate

Bigot Geelani nobody to decide fate of refugees from WP

6/13/2014 11:03:19 PM

Neha JAMMU, June 13: Jammu & Kashmir is one of the 29 states of the Union. It is not the parental estate of Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Nor is it the personal fiefdom of any other Kashmiri. Jammu & Kashmir is legitimately Indian. The people of Jammu & Kashmir have all rights all over India as the rest of the Indians have all rights in this state. It is disgusting that we have bigots like Geelani in Kashmir who are being allowed by the law and order authorities and the executive to make irresponsible statements and outrage the sensitivities of the minorities. Their place should have been behind bars, but they are roaming about freely and preaching not only anti-minority views but also preach...

Coalition deliberately denied RBA status to migrants: KPs

6/13/2014 11:03:11 PM

Early Times Report JAMMU, June 13: There is a brewing resentment among the displaced Pandits from Valley against the Government for deliberately denying the RBA status to the community that from Valley during mass exodus of 1989-90. The Government has put the memo in Cabinet meeting which was held at Union Capital on June 11 at Srinagar for approval but due to certain differences in the coalition the decision on this crucial issue was delayed. This way the Government has deprived the members of the displaced KP families from the benefit of RBA status despite the fact that the status of migrants has lowered after their mass exodus as they lost their property as well as other source of i...

Unrecognized School functioning in gas godown in Anantnag, Govt clueless

6/13/2014 11:01:04 PM

Saahil Suhail Anantnag, June 13: Risking lives of hundreds of innocent students, an unrecognized School continues to function in gas godown in the backyard in Uranhal area of Anantnag district while as the tainted officials of the department remain unmoved and continue to delay action. . Using its delaying tactics Chief Education Officer Anantnag and Zonal Education Officer Anantnag are delaying the action against the unrecognized school whose functioning in LPG Gas godown can prove disastrous any time. Chief Education Officer Anantnag, Ghulam Rasool had assured action on May 7 when Early Times carried the news report. However since then the CEO is using delaying tact's and is misle...