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| Deodar, pine trees cut at Jaigathi but forest deptt do not have any such report | | | | BHARAT BHUSHAN
JAMMU, June 4: In the lush-green Jaigathi forests of the mountain-locked Bhaderwah, several deodar and pine trees have been felled ruthlessly. While the officials concerned vehemently denied reports of the cutting of green gold, terming them as "baseless" and the handiwork of those who wanted to tarnish the image of the department, photographs, which Early Times has, say something else.
These photographs were taken in compartment No 32 of Jaigathi by the "lensman" who last week walked through the valleys and into the thickly-wooded hills to expose a possbile nexus between timber smugglers and officials, risking his own life.
In the photographs, some men are seen felling gr... | |
| | | | Omar defies his own logic with short-circuted truth | | | | early times report
Jammu, June 4: Chief minister Omar Abdullah questioning the logic of protests in Jammu against curtailment of Amarnath Yatra said the truth is inconvenient. It's indeed inconvenient if looked in proper perspective and not through the prism of your convenience.
Even a cursory look at the past figures would suggest that yatra has increased when the duration has been increased, From 2005 till 2009 the duration has been 60-day and it increased from 3,88,000 (2005) to 5,33,368(2009).
The fact remains that the weather condition was not different at that time. And going by the logic of the Board and CM, that weather condition is not favourable, the figures clearly show tha... | |
| | | | Omar again talks about Amarnath, says God stopping pilgrims | | 'Comment likely to lit fire' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 4: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has seemingly lit the fire once again by unnecessarily commenting on the annual Amarnath Yatra. On the micro-blogging site Twitter, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has referred to Amarnath pilgrims and said that it is not the state government which is stopping the pilgrims but god. "Actually, right now God is stopping you because there is so much snow on the route that it is not possible to move on the route," he wrote. The comment has come at a time when hundreds of Amarnath pilgrims have reached Jammu and are eager to move towards the cave shrine.
Administration in Jammu is facing tough time in controlling the increasing num... | |
| | | | BJP fails to agitate 'impressively' over curtailment of Amarnath Yatra duration issue | | State unit in disarray | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 4: Despite issue of curtailment of annual Amarnath pilgrimage snowballing into a major controversy, BJP state unit has failed to agitate the issue the way they did in the year 2008.
Organisational abilities have gone down drastically and the party has failed to become part of the protest demonstrations in the way they did it in the year 2008. They have lost the connection which they had managed to establish with the commoners in Jammu. The party's state unit has few faces brave enough to face the public.
The MLC voting fiasco has vertically divided the unit and just because NC does not want to hold assembly elections, BJP's dissidents are having a field day... | |
| | | | Amarnath Yatra - an example of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood | | | |
early times report
Srinagar, June 4: With more than six lakh tourists visiting the place this year so far, tourism has touched new heights in the Valley and all this is a dividend of the prevailing peace. From high end tourist facilities to the middle class catering hotels, restaurants, houseboat owners, taxi operators and those dealing with the handicrafts trade the people are earning an honest living.
The state administration has been trying to ensure that the prevailing peace holds so that this year's Amarnath Yatra and the present tourist season ends normally.
There have been attempts to derail the present peace with stray incidents of stone pelting etc. The separatist elements ha... | |
| | | | Four decades later, debate refuses to die | | Land to The Tiller V/S Roshni | | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, June 4: Even as many illegal occupants have been regularized as the owners of thousands of kanals of state land under hyped Roshni Act, more than four decades later, those who lost their land under Land to the Tiller Act are still questioning Government's intent in bringing about two contradictory legislations which changed the fortunes of many forever.
While under the Roshni Act, those who had illegally occupied government land were made legal owners, under the Land to The Tiller Act, the legitimate owners of their ancestral land were robbed of their properties. Interestingly, both Roshni Act and the Land to the Tiller Act were brought by governments of the National... | |
| | | | Political elite transforms education into business, runs private institutions directly, indirectly | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, June 4: The Jammu and Kashmir government owes a solemn responsibility to the
populace to put the rotten education system on track by taking effective administrative and financial measures, however, for all practical purposes it has failed to deliver to put the education system on track.
On one hand the government has failed to put the government schools back on rails which continue to present a gloomy picture of the entire system and the inefficiency rather insensitivity of the government in improving the infrastructure in these schools to impart quality education to all. The malaise in the government schools has set in so deeply that it will require drastic mea... | |
| | | | Nadda,Tarun Vijay among 100 people arrested | | VHP continues amaranth movement | | | early times report
JAMMU, June 4: On The Second day of VHP's amaranth movement 100 activists were arrested at parade and taken to Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas by police where from they were released in the afternoon led by Mahamandleshwar of Haridwar Swami Nityanand Ji Maharaj. The VHP and Bajrang Dal activists role out a procession in the parade and shouted slogans against the government and the shrine board. Among prominent persons arrested today included BJP national general secretary J.P Nadda, MP Tarun Vijay.
Earlier VHP and BD Activists took out a Shav Yatra and torched the effigy of Governor, N.N.Vohra amidst chanting of slogans. Eight BD activists also tonsured their heads on the o... | |
| | | | Poor connectivity leaves BSNL Rajouri customers 'high and dry' | | Connecting India still a distant dream | | | early times report
Rajouri, June 4: The poor services of the only public sector telecom service provider BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd) has completely left its users high and dry who are facing a lot of problems due to the 'flop show' of cellular services and internet facility of BSNL in Rajouri and its surroundings.
Since the formal introduction of the cellular services in border districts Rajouri and Poonch the public sector tele service provider has failed to come upto the expectations of the consumers. The BSNL services have become an headache instead of a basic service BSNL consumers namely Kuldeep Sharma, Sumit Sharma, Vipan Gupta & many others lamented what is their fault to sho... | |
| | | | BJP has different stands on different regions | | Against Jammu | | | NEHA
JAMMU, June 4: The Congress party, like the National Conference and other Kashmiri parties, is also known for its bias against the people of Jammu Pradesh, notwithstanding the fact that they constitute its core constituency in the state. It is essentially Kashmir-centric and it will ever remain so. The people of Jammu province are aware of this fact. In fact, they are angry with the Congress leadership. But they are also not happy with the BJP. There are valid reasons for them to criticize the BJP and also dub it as anti-Jammu organization.
The accusation of the people of Jammu that the BJP has, like the Congress, also let down them cannot be dismissed as something preposterous. The... | |
| | | | HM likely to put JK report on hold | | Na Khuda hi mila na visaal-e-sanam | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 4: The Home Ministry is likely to put the Interlocutor's report on hold for the time being. A New Delhi based newspaper quoting Home Ministry sources said the report `would trigger' controversies.
The Home Ministry believes that some of the key recommendations could have significant political ramifications. The government is reluctant to constitute a constitutional committee to review all acts and articles of the Constitution extended to Jammu Kashmir. The sources also claimed that the government was not in favour of altering the current provisions of the Article 370.
The government of
India is averse to forwarding of a panel of names for the post of go... | |
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