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Basic facilities still non existent on Baltal route 8 Trekking from this track prone to disaster , say pilgrims 6/30/2011 11:58:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 30 : Twenty five year old Amit Sharma from Jammu who returned from holy Amarnath Yatra today feels distraught to recollect what he calls as some nightmarish moments he encountered while trekking from arduous Baltal route.' Dangerous and culpable to disastrous consequences' were the expressions he used to describe the status of this route which is totally devoid of even basic facilities of light and toilets, not to speak of measures safety measures like tents or shelter sheds, an utmost necessity in the event of inclement weather. This he said is in contrast to what government claims before commencement of Yatra. "The first thing I prayed before Bholey Baba while having darshan was that I won't ever be able to come for this holy pilgrimage….at least from Baltal route , no matter it takes less time but it is not worth the risk pilgrims face with lack of all facilities en route…….the pilgrims truly so reach the cave only by grace of Lord Shiva's blessings ( Bholey Baba Teri Bhakto Par Hamesha Kripa Bani Rahe …..Lekin Mujh...   READ MORE

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Rotational chief minister in J&K Congress Doomed 6/30/2011 11:57:26 PM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 30 : Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh yesterday told five leading editors of leading dailies that "there was a decision of the Congress high command that (National Conference) would have a full-term as Chief Minister. We have not done anything to reverse that decision." Actually, the PM said so in response to a question to the effect that there was a question of rotational chief minister in Jammu and Kashmir." Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had also made an almost identical statement on June 18 at Pulwama (Kashmir) to dispel the impression that he might be asked by the Congress to quit the top executive position at the end of this year, when he woul...   READ MORE   Pety politics Rahulji ! Focus on next generation' 6/30/2011 11:56:46 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 30: Politicians always think of the next election. Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi has proved it twice during the past two months. It was pety politics that took him to Mayawati's land twice and not his love for the country or the people of Uttar Pradesh. Notwithstanding India shining claims, the country's picture is not as rosy as is being projected by the politicians. In Uttranchal and Jharkhand the government sponsored gunmen commonly known as Salva Judum wreak havoc with peoples' lives. The Supreme Court also took serious note the excesses perpetrated by the renegade group. Rahul Gandhi's heart never missed a beat for them. He never visited the area for...   READ MORE   Unabated rush of Amarnath pilgrims continue, unregistered yatris surpass number 6/30/2011 11:56:07 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 30 : Though the authorities had decided to debar all un registered pilgrims to holy cave of Baba Amarnath and stop them ahead of Jawahar tunnel, to avoid the rush of pilgrims on two tracks of holy cave thousands of yatris still manage to reach both Pahalgam and Baltal base camps from here on the second day of yatra today. While over 30,000 pilgrims had left for darshan from two tracks early in the morning yesterday out of which 19,000 pilgrims had alone left from Baltal to holy cave, the same rush has been witnessed today also on both the tracks. This has happened despite stopping of several thousand unauthorized pilgrims at various places in Jammu region f...   READ MORE   Major reshuffle in Govt Degree Colleges 6/30/2011 11:55:48 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Jun 30: In the midst of the academic year, Government on Wednesday ordered a major reshuffle of Principals of Degree Colleges throughout the state. Yesterday's shake-up came parallel to the populist creation of 22 fresh degree colleges even as the educational institutes created by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's and Ghulam Nabi Azad's governments are still deficient in terms of faculty as well as infrastructure. Since creation of most of these colleges is said to be a political decision with total disregard to the norms and parameters fixed by the state Planning Department, intelligentsia is dismissing the expansion as an 'educational tsunami'. According to the order...   READ MORE   Blind murder solved, accused held from Punjab 6/30/2011 11:55:22 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 30 : Police have solved the blind murder of a man whose body was recovered from an unfrequented piece of land at Preet Nagar, Digiana, here on June 20 last. Bihari Lal's body was badly decomposed when it was recovered by police. He had a deep head injury. The hammer, used in the killing, was also recovered by police. During investigation, it became known to police that he was last seen with his neighbour Noushad Khan, a mason by profession. A tip-off today led police to the arrest of Noushad from Dina Nagar in Punjab. He originally hails from Bihar. Police said he allegedly killed Bihari for money. A murder case was registered against him at Gangyal polic...   READ MORE   8 Roundtable Conference in Jammu on July 12 & 13 Interlocutors' Approach Selective 6/30/2011 11:54:50 PM Neha EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, June 30 : The New Delhi-appointed interlocutors for Jammu and Kashmir are organizing a two-day-long roundtable conference in Jammu on July 12 and 13 to ascertain the views of the selected few on what could be done to meet the aspirations of different people inhabiting different regions of the state. Their rider is that the state has to be maintained as one political unit. This is a selective approach. The interlocutors can't set pre-condition or impose restrictions on the participants. If it's a roundtable conference then the delegates to the conference need to be given full freedom to express their views. The organizers just can't dictate terms and vitiate ...   READ MORE   Newly married woman among 2 killed in road mishaps 6/30/2011 11:54:00 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, JUNE 30 : A 19-year-old newly married woman and an unidentified man were killed in separate road accidents here since last night. The motorcycle of SPO Darshan Lal of Barian, Samba, today got trapped in a broken patch of Mansar road at Mananu as a result of which it fell in the middle of the road. Darshan's wife Ranjana (19), who was sitting on the pillion seat along along two children of his elder brother, sustained a critical head injury. She was shifted to Samba district hospital from where she was referred to the GMC hospital but she died on the way. Darshan and the two children, who survived with minor injuries, were later discharged from the Samba hospit...   READ MORE   Harassment IED destroyed at Boulevard hotel 6/30/2011 11:53:28 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT SRINAGAR, JUNE 30 : Police today seized three kilogram explosive material from the compound of J&K Tourism Development Corporation's hotel Heemaal at the tourist hub of Boulevard near Dalgate. SSP Srinagar, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari, told Early Times that someone had managed to carry the explosive material in a polythene bag and dropped it on the compound of Hotel Heemaal. However, Police rushed to the spot with bomb disposal squad immediately after receiving the tip off and seized the unfabricated explosive device. Bukhari said that the suspected object turned out to be around three kg of loose explosive material. It had no detonator but a couple of loose wires and d...   READ MORE   SPO hurt as LeT ultras attack police post at Keshwan 6/30/2011 11:53:01 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT KISHTWAR, JUNE 30 : Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants struck the remote Nagnigard Keshwan police post here in the wee hours of Thursday morning, critically wounding a special police officer (SPO). LeT district commander Habib Gujjar alias Salman and his deputy Khurshid Ahmad threw a grenade towards the police post at 1.30 am when some cops were about to leave for routine night patrolling. In the explosion, SPO Mushtaq Ahmad sustained serious splinter injuries. The blast was followed by heavy firing by the militants, according to police sources. The cops, who guarded the post, retaliated. After a brief exchange of fire, the militants fled the spot unhurt, the sources ...   READ MORE   PSO of Azad's brother beaten up at Satwari 6/30/2011 11:49:01 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU : The personal security officer of union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's brother was today beaten up by some unknown youth at Belicharana near Satwari here. Cop Shamas Din, PSO of Ghulam Mustafa -- a contractor and Azad's brother -- was given a severe beating by some youth at Belicharana where he had gone in connection with some work, police sources said. The assailants later fled the spot. Shamas was admitted to the GMC hospital. Originally a resident of Kupwara, he was at present putting up at Gujjar Basti here. The Satwari police station had registered a case in this regard. The accused were yet to be apprehended....   READ MORE

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