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Heavy rush, landslides suspend Amarnath yatra Unregistered Yatris must not undertake pilgrimage: SASB 7/4/2011 1:04:04 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 3 : The ongoing Amarnath yatra was suspended today from the base camps of Jammu and Srinagar viz a viz Pahalgam and Baltal base camps due to heavy rush and landslides. An unprecedented rush of vehicles on Pathankot-Jammu-Srinagar National Highway forced the authorities to suspend the pilgrimage today. "Over 2,000 vehicles of unregistered pilgrims have been stopped at various places enroute Pathankot-Jammu-Srinagar highway as a measure to ease out the rush of the pilgrims, while over 30,000 pilgrims are camping in Jammu base camps," a senior police officer said. "The yatra was stopped from Jammu for second day today in view of heavy rush of pilgrims at the cave shrine and enroute from Baltal and Pahalgam routes…. No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed today to move towards Amarnath from Jammu base camp," he added. Police also stopped pilgrims' vehicles at Lakhanpur Inter-state terminal in Kathua and stopped them there till further orders. In Jammu base cam...   READ MORE

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Govt draws flak for prevailing mess on Amarnath yatra 7/4/2011 1:03:34 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 3: The State Government has come under a severe criticism for the prevailing mess on Amarnath yatra with various Hindu organizations blaming the Government and Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) for the same. The rigidity of the Government not to start the yatra on June 15 coinciding with Jesh Purnima which was the traditional date of yatra has been one of the main causes of the increasing rush of the pilgrims, said Khem Raj a senior VHP leader who has been brain behind organizing the Amarnath and Buda Amarnath pilgrimage during nineties when terrorists had openly threatened these yatras in the state. He, while expressing dismay...   READ MORE   Messy conditions on NH affects flow of Vaishno Devi pilgrims Roads choked, prompt action of authorities elusive 7/4/2011 1:02:35 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 3: Mess in forward movement of Amarnath Yatra on the National Highway has indeed affected the flow and momentum of the Yatris of this holy pilgrimage. On the third consecutive day today as Yatra was not allowed, the messy scenario of vehicles propelled chaos on the general traffic, severly affecting the flow of Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims. Instead of providing any relief, the government agencies aggravated the tension and nerves in what could be seen as gross mismanagement and mishandling of unprecented rush on the road. Eyewitness accounts said as the traffic of vehicles remained stranded on the roads, some vehicle owners in d...   READ MORE   Panthers Party takes the plunge, opposes rehabilitation policy Supreme Court To Hear The Case Today 7/4/2011 1:00:53 AM Rustam EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 3: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) has done it. It has knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court of India and urged it through a petition that the state government and the union government be barred from implementing the decision of the J&K Government on the return to and rehabilitation of Pakistan-trained Kashmiri militants in the Valley. It filed petition on July 1. The Vacation Bench of the Supreme Court would hear the case on Monday (July 4). It needs to be noted that the state government has cleared the return of 100-odd Pakistan- trained terrorists and rehabilitate them in the state. According to the petition, the state go...   READ MORE   Burglars target house of Azad's niece, Police Inspector Gold worth 1.5 Lakh, valuables, clothes stolen in Bhatindi 7/4/2011 1:00:05 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Jul 3: In a rare demonstration of confidence, burglars last night broke into the house of the union Minister of Health and former Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad's niece whose husband is a Police Inspector posted in J&K Police Headquarters. Informed sources revealed to Early Times that late last night unknown burglars broke into the house of Mr Azad's niece, Mala Shehnaz, in the high security Bhatindi area of Jammu city and decamped with gold, other valuables, including utencils and clothes. A supervisor in the state Social Welfare Department, Mala happens to be the daughter of Azad's elder brother late Haji Ghulam Qadir Bhat. Her husband, Aij...   READ MORE   Want a class 4th job in J&K govt? Take the backdoor n Does CM really know nothing about this? Early Times Report Jammu, July 3 : What is the best way to enter the government service in J&K at the class 4th level? No marks for guessing the r Does CM really know nothing about this? 7/4/2011 12:59:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3 : What is the best way to enter the government service in J&K at the class 4th level? No marks for guessing the right answer. Yes, backdoor is the best way to enter any state government department and if you know a minister or his head of the department well, rest assured you have got yourself a job. While thousands of unemployed poor youth are battling it hard filling forms at the various districts for class 4th recruitments in different government departments, the luckier ones are silently entering into these departments without even facing an interview or a process of selection. Early Times has learnt through highly...   READ MORE   July 4, 1995: Al Faran abducts 6 foreign tourists from Aru 7/4/2011 12:58:39 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: Enforced disappearance has been widely agitated in the state especially in Kashmir for the past two decades. However, very rarely have the human rights defenders made a mention of people who disappeared in the `custody' of the militants. Every month the members of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) assemble at the Municipal Park to seek the whereabouts of their disappeared wards. However, never has the organization talked about the disappearance of six foreign tourists abducted by the Al Faran in 1995. On the contrary, the aggrieved wives of the tourists expressed sympathy with the relatives of the disappeared in Kashmir repeatedly d...   READ MORE   Go Air flight diverted to Delhi, passengers denied B/L facility Rana's family among 150 who had miraculous escape at Jammu Airport 7/4/2011 12:58:14 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 3: Over a hundred passengers on board G8-154 had a narrow escape when a Go Air plane failed to land at Jammu Airport due to sudden high velocity winds and the flight was dramatically diverted to New Delhi. Family of Political Advisor to Chief Minister, Devinder Singh Rana and former Minister Garu Ram, were among over 150 passengers and crew who had a miraculous escape even as the pilot, with amazing application of wits and mind, regained control of the airplane and later landed smoothly at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Informed aviation sources revealed to Early Times that Srinagar-Jammu-Delhi flight of Go Air took off at Srinagar Ai...   READ MORE   Jagdish Mukhi is Prabhari, Anil Jain appointed as Seh Prabhari Challenging tasks ahead for new functionaries of J&K BJP unit 7/4/2011 12:57:05 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 3: After keeping the matter of some changes at the organisational changes shelved for some time, BJP high command finally effected minor reshuffle in some states including J&K which will have two new functionaries as incharge and co incharge. Veteran party leader and former minister Jagdish Mukhi has replaced OP Kohli as incharge (Prabhari) while as RP Singh has been replaced by Dr Anil Jain, also a senior leader , as co Incharge (Seh Prabhari). In the backdrop of the turbulence faced by the J&K unit of the party, both the new functionaries are confronted with challenging tasks ahead, in addition to their routine roles and responsibilities. Even though th...   READ MORE   Full marks to Telangana Congress leadership Jammu Congress Leadership 7/4/2011 12:56:00 AM NEHA EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 3: Compare the Telangana leadership with the Congress ministers and Congress legislators hailing from Jammu province and see for yourself the difference. You simply cannot compare the Telangana Congress leadership with the Jammu Congress leadership. In fact, the two are not comparable. The Jammu-based Congress ministers and legislators are made of a different stuff. They are not even prepared to open their mouth. They are indifferent to the Jammu cause. They are indifferent even to the constituencies they represent in the Assembly and the Lok Sabha. They have thrown in their lot with the Kashmiri leadership whose single-point agenda is to loot and fleec...   READ MORE   Even before homecoming, murmur begins over 'new residential status' of returnees Return and Rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits-1 7/4/2011 12:54:14 AM Syed Junaid Hashmi EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 3 : Even before the first family of migrant Kashmiri pandits could have begin journey back home, locals without any ambiguity want them to become part of their "struggle". Not only this, they want them to take sides. Locals in Kulgam, Baramulla, Pulwama and Kupwara districts of Kashmir valley are waiting with open arms to welcome Kashmiri pandits back to their homes. They do talk at length about the past of Kashmir valley and especially, make a mention of cordial Kashmiri Pandit-Muslim relationships. They remind you of Malik's who were the first to locate holy Amarnath cave and also remained its caretakers for a long time. But a deeper...   READ MORE   FIR against NC leader, others in land grabbing case 7/4/2011 12:52:25 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT R.S Pura, Jammu 3: RS Pura police lodged a case against NC leader Taranjeet Singh alias Tony and his other associates for allegedly grabbing a piece of land situated in village Shjatriyan,which falls under the jurisdiction of R S Pura police station. The case was registered on the instruction of court, sources said. Vikas Dutt, in his complaint, alleged that Tony has grabbed his maternal piece of land situated in village Shatriyan. On the instruction of court police lodged a case under section 427,447 RPC under FIR NO No 88/2011 against NC leader and his associates....   READ MORE   Mobike accident leads to rapists' arrest 7/4/2011 12:51:36 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Kathua, July 3 : A computer teacher and his associate, who were taking a girl to some undisclosed location after allegedly committing rape on her, were today arrested by police after their two wheeler met with an accident near Hatli Morh here today. The accused have been identified as Tarun Sharma son of Rajinder Sharma and Vishal Balotra son of Nek Ram, both residents of Kathua. Tarun, who is a computer teacher, who also runs a computer institute in a town. Police sources said the matter came to light when the girl Sabita Dewi( name changed) daughter of Hukam Chand of Hatli Morh, who was admitted to the hospital after the motorcycle of the accused on which she was rid...   READ MORE   Man found murdered at Akhnoor 7/4/2011 12:50:25 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, July 03: The disfigured body of a man was today recovered by police from a nullah at Mandrian Jagir in Akhnoor. The body, with head and face crushed beyond recognition, was first spotted by some passersby, according to police sources. After the matter came to their notice, cops reached the spot and evacuated the body to the mortuary of sub-district hospital, Akhnoor. With the help of locals, the dead was later identified as Kuldip Singh, son of Rangil Singh of Akhnoor. After post-mortem, the body was handed over to his family for last rites. Sources said Kuldip's head and face seemed to have been crushed with some heavy object. Police had registered a ...   READ MORE   Omar goes Jhingalala again 7/4/2011 12:49:16 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT Jammu, July 3: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah's tweets reflect various aspects of his life. His following has swelled considerably and he believes that the website was an effective means of communication. There is no denying the fact that the website has helped him reach the people, at least those who can afford the luxury of Internet. Omar flew to Jammu Friday and was disappointed to find that his DTH TV connection had not been charged. Omar could not see Wimbeldon finals and posted on Twitter. "I can't believe NO ONE at home in Jammu remembered to recharge my Tata Sky account. I can't watch the tennis," the chief minister posted on Twitter, obviously referring to t...   READ MORE

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