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NC’s twin campus feelers add fuel to fire; PDP creates history, takes Jammu cause 7/25/2009 12:45:57 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 24: Even as the National Conference fielded its Jammu stalwart Ajay Sadhotra to gauge public mood on possibility of twin campuses of the Central University to earn sharp criticism, the most interesting player to join the fray is Peoples Democratic Party which has made a historic move by taking up Jammu cause –perhaps first time ever. As government continued to grapple in dark over the location of Central University, hundreds of students today held a massive demonstration outside the Congress and National Conference headquarters and boycotted their classes in protest. Significantly, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party rejecting the two campus move has lambasted the ruling Congress-National Conference alliance for adopting delay tactics in opening the proposed University in Jammu and threatened to come on roads if any attempt was made to shift it to Valley. In a joint statement issued here today senior PDP leaders reminded that land for the proposed University has been already identified at Samba district and there was no reason to create c...   READ MORE

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Who is telling the truth? Sadhotra or Sharma? 7/25/2009 12:45:12 AM Early Times Special JAMMU, July 24: The issue of setting up a Central university in the State is now hotting up with a section of students in the Jammu region resorting to agitation. Their allegation is that the proposed university, to be set up in Jammu earlier, is now being shifted to the Kashmir region. Simultaneously, an IIM (Indian Institute of Management) is also being set up in the Kashmir valley. This has led to allegations from some leaders in the Jammu region that by opening two institutes of excellence in the Kashmir region, the Jammu region is being discriminated against. The State Government has decided to maintain a pregnant silence and this has added to the confusion. The...   READ MORE   14 years on, Power Development Corporation without service rules 7/25/2009 12:44:49 AM Salman Nizami JAMMU JULY 24: Fourteen years after establishment of the Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation, the successive governments have virtually failed to achieve the objectives of attaining self-sufficiency in the power generation. Ironically, the Corporation has not framed its service rules, thereby debarring it from having a permanent staff and also denying its employees the necessary benefits. Interestingly, as against a potential of 20,000-MW, the state presently generates 40 MW from Salal project having power potential of 690 MW, 480 MW from Uri Power project, 450 MW from Baglihar hydro electric power project, 400 MW from Dulhasti power project, 220 ...   READ MORE   Jammu rural, Rajouri faces acute water scarcity; PHE says all ok 7/25/2009 12:44:37 AM CHAMAN KAUL JAMMU/RAJOURI, JULY 24: Largest area of rural Jammu and entire Rajouri district are under acute water scarcity despite huge efforts made by the concerned department and arrival of monsoon. Reasons of suffering for both the areas are different and the remedies are also different. As far as Jammu rural areas are concerned the main reason of water shortage is unprecedented power cuts by the Power Development Department (PDD). While as reason for water scarcity is said to be the delay in monsoon and the arrangements by the concerned department. “Whatever be the reason it is the people who are worst suffers even after paying dues in time to Public Health Department (PHE) and ...   READ MORE   India proposes only limited talks with Pak 7/25/2009 12:44:23 AM AGENCIES New Delhi, July 24: India’s Foreign Ministry on Friday while completely ruling out talks with Pakistan’s ISI and the Pak Army stated that it was open to a process of limited dialogue with Pakistan. It also reaffirmed that for the resumption of a composite dialogue it was important that Pakistan relinquishes terror. Media reports state that India does not expect much from Pakistan as far as eradication of terrorism is concerned, clearly portraying that it continues to distrust its neighbour. Reports yesterday suggested that Pakistan’s Army and the ISI believe they can play a role in Indo-Pak talks because they were intrinsically linked to policy-making in Pakistan. The st...   READ MORE   Chhari-Pujan on July 26 7/25/2009 12:44:01 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 24- Chhari-Pujan, which is traditionally performed on Nag Panchami, will be held on July 26 (Sunday) at 5 p.m, here at Shri Amareshwar temple. According to Mahant Dependra Giri, Chhari-Pujan in connection with annual pilgrimage of Swami Amarnathji shall be performed at Shri Amareshwar Temple, Akhara building, Badshah Chowk, Srinagar. ...   READ MORE   Man held with Pakistan SIM, currency in Poonch 7/25/2009 12:43:46 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 24: Army troops manning Line of Control (LoC) today arrested a senior citizen and recovered a mobile SIM card of a Pakistani company and Rupees 10,500 in currency of that country in Mendhar tehsil of district Poonch, official sources said. Troops of a battalion of the Dogra Regiment, during normal frisking of locals at Pir Ki Gali crossing point on fence line, arrested one Mohammad Mushtaq, 60, resident of Dharti -- an Indian village on the other side of fence -- in Balakote area of Mendhar tehsil, official sources told UNI. According to sources, Mushaq had gone to Pakistan via Wagha border on April 22 this year and returned on July 20. Army, after b...   READ MORE   SC rejects bail plea of Shopian 4 cops 7/25/2009 12:43:12 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 24- The Supreme Court today dismissed the case of former SP Shopian, Mr. Javed Iqbal Mattoo, filed through his wife, and other accused in the Shopian incident. The State Government had engaged a battery of prominent lawyers including Mr. Harish Salve and Arvinder Sharan to plead the state government’s case. The Advocate General, Jammu & Kashmir, Mohammad Ishaq Qadri was also rushed by the state government to New Delhi to plead the state’s case in the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, accordingly, on the basis of pleadings by the prominent lawyers including Advocate General, Jammu & Kashmir, left it to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) whether to a...   READ MORE

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