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BJP leaves Jammu hopeless, pins hope on Kashmir leadership RSS' secret meet in Valley 6/3/2014 12:05:52 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 2: After getting votes from the people of Jammu region, the BJP has diverted its attention towards Kashmir valley to explore possibilities of expand its base beyond Jawahar Tunnel. BJP has opened channel of communication with some Valley based leaders without taking Jammu leadership into confidence. Credible sources in the BJP said that a couple of days back, a senior leader of the RSS "secretly" visited Kashmir valley and interacted with some Muslim leaders there. Although Jammu leadership was not aware of the secret visit of this RSS leader in the Valley, a prominent party activist went there to facilitate meetings of RSS leader with some prominent Valley based Muslim leaders. A group within BJP high command and RSS is of the opinion that leadership of Jammu and Kashmir should be handed over to some leaders of Kashmir valley because leadership in Jammu region was incapable and incompetent so this group was all out to lure some Valley based Muslims to give them charge of state BJP. Secondly this pro-Kashmiri group in RSS and BJP is very much awar...   READ MORE

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GAD sabotaged West Pak, PoK refugees’ one time settlement 6/3/2014 12:05:37 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 2: The Rs 7000 crore package for one time settlement of West Pak refugees and PoK refugees last year was sabotaged by General Administrative Department (GAD) which instead of submitting the proposal to centre with its recommendations has sent the same to Sageer Committee for its recommendations. According to sources the package was deliberately sabotaged by officers in high corridors of power in Civil Secretariat to keep the issue lingering for some time more. Instead of sending the package proposal to Union Government for approval the officers in GAD advised other way to sabotage the Package for these hapless refugees whose three generations failed to seek ...   READ MORE   Omar Govt soft towards seditionists 'Quit Kashmir Movement' 6/3/2014 12:05:27 AM Neha JAMMU, June 2: More than 48 hours have lapsed since the self-styled chairman of the irrelevant JKLF Yasin Malik threatened "Quit Kashmir Movement", but the NC-Congress coalition Government has not initiated legal proceedings against the separatist, who from a pauper has turned multi-millionaire over the period. It was on Saturday that the seditionist Malik charged New Delhi with triggering a debate on Article 370 to "change the discourse of freedom movement in Kashmir" and declared that he would soon launch "Quit Kashmir Movement to defeat these nefarious designs". "The clamour for abrogation of Article 370 triggered by a Minister in Modi Government has led to a political upheaval. I...   READ MORE   Non- subsidised LPG price cut by Rs 23.50 6/3/2014 12:04:52 AM Early Times Report NEW DELHI, June 2: Jet fuel prices have been cut by 1.8 percent and rates of non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 23.50 per cylinder after the rupee's appreciation lowered import costs. The price of jet fuel, also known as aviation turbine fuel (ATF), at Delhi was cut by Rs 1,285.89 per kilolitre, or 1.81 percent, to Rs 69,747.98 per kl, according to Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer. This is the third reduction in jet fuel rates since April. Declining international oil prices and the strengthening of the rupee against the US dollar have made imports cheaper. In Mumbai, jet fuel costs Rs 71,940.36 per kl as against Rs 73,306.89 per kl previously, I...   READ MORE   Cleansed of militants, Bollywood ventures into woods Burnail forest no longer `haunted' 6/3/2014 12:04:28 AM Asif Iqbal Naik KISHTWAR, June 2: Once known as a militants hub, the Burnail forest located in Poonch village on the outskirts of Kishtwar town in 90s and early 2000 witnessed several encounters between the security forces and the militants. As the militancy declined, this beautiful forest situated merely 6 KM from Kishtwar headquarter attracted many locals and tourists. These days Burnail forest has become a hot spot as Aditiya Tickoo is directing his film `Haunted Forest' there. This is th...   READ MORE   Cleansing of Ganga rekindles hope for river Tawi J&K's Waterways deptt is only for preservation of Kashmir water bodies ...? 6/3/2014 12:03:16 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 2: As the Narendra Modi led Union Government has included in its agenda of priorities cleansing of river Ganga, a ray of hope has rekindled back home for a mission on similar lines for River Tawi which is crying for salvaging its pious identity. Life Line of Jammu as it is called, the river is in a state of complete neglect with filth and garbage of many old city areas flowing into it through nullahs and its banks having become malba dumping sites for the city dw...   READ MORE   NC insults nationalist Jammu, Ladakh Ethnic nationalism 6/2/2014 11:59:28 PM Rustam JAMMU, June 2: The NC of the rejected Abdullahs has once again insulted the nationalist people of Jammu and Ladakh and similar other sections of society, including internally-displaced Kashmiri Hindus, who are religiously and emotionally committed to India and who have made supreme sacrifices during all these more than 66 years of independence to defeat the separatist politics in the Kashmir valley, the real trouble spot and den of anti-national and communal activities. The NC insulted the national constituency and outraged its sensitivities by claiming that whatever had been happening in the state is nothing but a manifestation of the palpable identity of Jammu and Kashmir's ethn...   READ MORE   HC seeks status report about charge sheet Gift taking doctors in trouble 6/3/2014 12:05:12 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 2: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked Government to file status report about charge sheet against those doctors who have been named in Public Interest Litigation, seeking action against medicos indulging in malpractices of taking gifts and freebies from medical companies for prescribing their medicine. The directions were passed by a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice M M Kumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar after senior AAG J A Kawoosa for Health and Medical Education Department submitted that a charge-sheet against the doctors will be filed within two weeks. In the statement of facts, the Government has said that a prima fac...   READ MORE   Dilapidated Kreeri roads mock at R&B Department 6/2/2014 11:42:32 PM Syed Tahir Bukhari BARAMULLA, June 2: The Roads and Buildings Department (R&B) has failed to provide better and proper maintenance of roads here in Tehsil Kreeri of North Kashmir's Baramulla district. According to sources, "central and state government is providing funds in crores to the Roads and Building Department for the maintenance purpose, the department has failed to maintain the poor conditions of roads in Tehsil Kreeri and other adjoining areas which connect the place with Baramulla district. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat resident of Kreeri said, "Dilapidated condition of Choora- Kreeri road has put lives of commuters at risk. The 8-10 kilometer stretch passing through Dungdara, Authoo...   READ MORE   Poor disposal of cases: 90 still under investigation since three years 6/3/2014 12:05:00 AM K Koushal Jammu, June 2: Within the voices of accountability and to tirade against corruption, the slow disposing of cases entrusted to the Crime Branch (CB) Jammu for probe seems to be an indicator of happening in a different colours as atleast 90 cases still are lying pending for the last three years. According to sources the investigations by the CB have been undermined because the branch faces a severe shortage of manpower primarily and some other reasons. For inept the Crime Branch is a key investigation agency to probe hard crime cases and has various wings to deal with separate crimes such as land grabbing, cyber crime, video piracy, face job rackets and bank/financial frauds and...   READ MORE   Sarpanch negates R&B Deptt’s claims, demands compensation Encroachment of road 6/2/2014 11:42:44 PM Saahil Suhail Anantnag, June 2: Demanding compensation according to Ribbon Development Act 2007, Sarpanch affiliated with ruling National Conference today negated the claims of R&B department and denied to have encroached land along the Kullar-Charigam road. "I have approached honorable state high court which directed official respondents of the department to adopt procedure prescribed in RD Act." Village head, Mohmmad Amin Bhat of Kullar Pahalgam told EARLY TIMES. He claimed that land for the road was acquired by the department forcibly during 80's and thus department had not paid any compensation to those whose land was acquired. "If they haven't paid any compensation to the land whi...   READ MORE

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