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'Lack of coordination' in concerned deptts leads to chaos, jams on NH Amarnath Yatra begins of 'peaceful note' 6/29/2011 1:13:56 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 28: Even as the annual Amarnath Yatra today commenced on a peaceful and smooth note with first batch leaving for darshans in the holy cave of Lord Shiva, lack of coordination between various concerned departments led to chaos en route National Highway on the first day of pilgrimage. The pilgrims upbeat with religious fervour left from Jammu base camp Bhagwati Nagar after Tourism Minister Nawang Rigzin Jora flagged off their first batch early this morning. But this enthusiasm was dampened soon after they covered a stretch of few hours. Nearly 3000 pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra after offering prayers in left in different kinds of vehicles only to get stuck up in heavy traffic jams. According to sources, the cavalcade of vehicles which were interspersed with convoys of security faced frequent hiccups and brakes in forward movement as almost entire highway witnessed traffic jams which could not be cleared for long durations. At some places the vehicles remained stranded in jams for nearly half a kilometer stretch, much to inconvenience of women and ...   READ MORE

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A JU professor who has not taken classes for 4 yrs 6/29/2011 12:10:25 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 28: He is a professor in economics department of Jammu University (JU) without any class to take and research work to promote. For the last four years, he has "failed" to discharge his primary duty of imparting education to students and virtually made no contribution to the progress of academics in JU. Despite that he enjoys all the privileges of a professor. Sounds incredible but it is true. Dhian Singh Bhau was appointed economics lecturer in JU's directorate of distance education. Since 2007, he has not taken any class, according to reliable JU sources. He was promoted as professor in 2008. Interestingly, he is not doing any research work in economics...   READ MORE   Politics takes back seat, social issues come to fore Thank God, June is about to end 6/28/2011 11:57:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 28: The `dreaded' month is about to end. Just two days more and June 2011 will be consigned to the history books. The calm that prevailed throughout the month has proved, yet again that Kashmiris are no mischief mongers. They too want trade, tourism and amity to flourish. The elements that predicted an agitation had to eat a humble pie. The month witnessed a change in the thinking of the separatist camp. They concentrated on social issues. The JKLF chairman, Yasin Malik was the first to break the `separatist jinx'. He raised his voice against female feticide. The Mirwaiz and even Geelani followed suit. Increased drug addiction and waywardness were othe...   READ MORE   Kishtwar porn CD case: Accused sent to 10 days police remand 6/28/2011 11:56:33 PM Early Times Report KISHTWAR, June 28: Chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Kishtwar, Ashwani Sharma today sent porn CD main accused Tariq Qayoom Tak to 10 days police remand. The porn CD scam got exposed Friday last, with police arresting Tariq from Anantnag in Kashmir. A girl student of Tariq, who owned a coaching centre in the town here, was alleged to have performed in the CD, which was said to be in police possession. He was today produced in the CJM's court. While police wanted his custody for 15 days, the judge sent him to 10 days police remand. No bail application had so far been moved by the accused who was arrested four days back. Kishtwar Bar Association president condemned the i...   READ MORE   KPs apprehensions on rise about return formula, warn fringe elements against hobnobbing with Govt 6/28/2011 11:55:51 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 28: With some Kashmiri Pandit organizations hobnobbing with the government on the symbolic return formula of the community to Valley, the majority of its members are opposed to the move and term it a sell out plan. According to sources there is a brewing resentment among the community against all those fringe organisations and elements in the community who for their personnel benefits are playing with the larger interests of Kashmiri Pandits to please their bosses in Government. Sources said as some KP organizations and NGOs are on the move to set the return formula of the government in motion by organization the interactive sessions of the community with ...   READ MORE   Dogras get things but after sustained struggle Valley-Centric Rule 6/28/2011 11:55:04 PM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 28: Ever since October 26, 1947, when J&K acceded to India, the Dogras of Jammu province, irrespective of their caste and creed, have been getting a raw deal with their leadership, instead of taking care of them and helping them surmount the problem of discrimination they have been facing, either remaining indifferent or conducting itself in a fashion that only suits the Valley-based leadership. It's true that the Dogras got a few things during all these years of the state's accession. But it's also a fact that they got certain things after a sustained struggle. Take, for example, the establishment of Jammu University in 1969. The Dogras got this insti...   READ MORE   Advani right when he holds Nehru responsible for K problem Contempt For Jammu 6/28/2011 11:53:40 PM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 28: If the role played by Nehru created problems for India in Jammu and Kashmir, the role played by his daughter Indira Gandhi was no better. In fact, she committed several blunders. She committed an unpardonable in 1971, when the chivalrous Indian Army inflicted a crushing defeat on Pakistan. This was perhaps the first victory of India in the real sense of the term. The nature of the victory could be determined from the facts that Bangladesh emerged out of Pakistan as a sovereign state and over 90,000 Pakistani soldiers, including generals, surrendered before the victorious Indian Army. She could have solved the Kashmir issue once and for all, but sh...   READ MORE   Man commits suicide in office 6/28/2011 11:52:57 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAJOURI,June28: A tourism department allegedly committed suicide under mysterious circumstances while he was on duty in his office here today. He was identified as Ashiq Hussain Shah, an assistant accountant in tourism department. Police removed the body to the district hospital mortuary here. After post-mortem, the body was handed over to his family for last rites. Some family feud was stated to be the possible reason behind the incident, police said....   READ MORE   Chib finds fault with work at polytechnic college, suspends JE 6/28/2011 11:52:01 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU,June 28: Technical and medical education minister RS Chib today found fault with the quality of ongoing construction work at government polytechnic college at Bikram Chowk here and ordered the suspension of a housing corporation junior engineer (JE). JE Joginder Singh was suspended for disobeying the previous standing instructions, official sources said. Chib paid a surprise visit to the polytechnic college and inspected pace of the construction work going on there, besides reviewing the functioning of the institution. During inspection, he scrutinized marks record of the ongoing viva voice test of the college trainees and seized it after he found that it was not...   READ MORE   Farooq says it again : No problem in J&K coalition 6/28/2011 11:51:16 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu,June 28: Union Minister and NC leader Farooq Abdullah today ruled out any problems with ally Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. "There is no problem in the coalition," he told reporters while replying to questions here. Farooq dismissed the reported criticism of his son and J-K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah''s "frequent" vists to Delhi by Congress leader Digvijay Singh. "Omar Abdullah goes to Delhi whenever there is a meeting. He only goes to Delhi. Farooq Abdullah used to go all over the world. The state still ran. What is matter then? How does it matter?", he asked. Digvijay Singh had said that some media reports suggested that Omar frequently visited Delhi to meet ...   READ MORE   Omar rules out any subsidy on fuel, LPG in J&K 6/28/2011 11:50:30 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR,June 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday ruled out any subsidy on diesel, kerosene or LPG gas to mitigate impact of recent hike in the essential commodities. "We are ourselves living subsidy and the day we stop living on it, we will be in a position to give the subsidy but presently our plans are based on it and as soon as our financial position gets stable, we will start thinking on these lines," Omar told reports on the sidelines of a function at SKICC here, . India Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday had asked all chief ministers to reduce state levies on diesel, kerosene and cooking gas to ease the impact of the price hike on the common man. S...   READ MORE

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