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| Kamaal trashes apology demand, tells Congress to mind its tongue | | | | Abodh Sharma
JAMMU, Aug 2: National Conference additional general secretary Mustafa Kamaal has rubbished the demands of apology from the Congress for his scathing counter attack on the Pradesh Congress including its president, Saif-ud-Din Soz, the previous day.
Reacting sharply to the statement of the senior party functionaries of the Pradesh Congress after a meeting held here today, in which they demanded apology from Kamaal for his alleged indecent comments against the party and the president of the state unit, Kamaal said that they must first look into the statements made by their senior office bearer against tallest leader of the National Conference. "They should see the statements made against patron of the national conference, who is our tallest leader after Sher -i-Kashmir. Criticizing NC and its leaders has become favourite pass time for some Congress leaders and we cannot take it anymore" Kamaal said expressing anguish. "They launched a personal attack against Shiekh family, threatening disclosures.. if they design to launch personal attacks, they must be prepared to fa... | |
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| 'Abdullah's beg Cong to stay together, Kamaal leaves Modi behind' | | NC's mischievous 'double standards' | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
JAMMU, Aug 2: Jammu and Kashmir Congress is in quandary over what they describe as mischievous 'double standards' of the leadership of National Conference (NC).
Party is pondering "While Patron of the Party Dr. Farooq Abdullah alongwith President Omar Abdullah have been making knee deep efforts to convince Congress in New Delhi of keeping the alliance intact for the upcoming Assembly as well as Parliamentary elections, senior party leader and Additional General Secretary Dr. Mustafa Kamaal alongwith some other senior members have been left to 'abuse' Congress in public."
He has been spitting venom against Congress in public and if his utterances during the tour of erst... | |
| | | | ‘Jammu has suffered more than Kashmir due to terrorism’ | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 2: Jammu region has suffered maximum damage during the over two decade long turmoil in the State and as per a statistical data the region has faced highest number of massacres during ten year period from 1996 to 2006.
These facts were revealed by the representatives of terrorist affected people from the region to the Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs during its meeting at New Delhi. While presenting a statistical data to the Committee the representatives of terrorism affected people from the region told the Committee members that out of 39 massacres which took place in the state from 1996 to 2006 nine massacres have taken place in Kashmir valley while... | |
| | | | Proposed amendments will notify office not officer | | Govt to amend Grant of PRC Act 1963 | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Aug 2: The State Government is likely to amend Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Permanent Resident Certificate (Procedure) Act 1963, by virtue of which particular offices will be notified for granting Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) instead of officers.
Sources informed Early Times the Revenue department has moved a file pertaining to proposed amendments in JK Grant of PRC (Procedure) Act 1963 to Law department for vetting. "The Law department has almost completed the process and is likely to return the file shortly", sources said, adding that after returning of file to Revenue department, same would be tabled in Cabinet for approval.
After Cabinet approval, sources s... | |
| | | | Ignored senior’s question Govt's pick and choose | | Promotions, postings in top bureaucracy | | | Minister assures review
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: The recent promotions and transfers ordered by the State Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah have raised man an eye-brows with senior most IAS officers crying foul over pick and choose policy of the Government in promoting junior officer to top post.
Highly placed sources told that in Wednesday's Cabinet decision of Postings, a junior IAS officer was preferred on key positing while the state based senior IAS officers were allegedly sidelined or given the tasks of lesser importance. The senior IAS officers expressed dissatisfaction over the transfer and posting ordered by the Cabinet on the pretext that... | |
| | | | Yet another infiltration bid foiled on LoC, militant killed in Tangdhar sector | | 11 militants killed in five days, war like stores recovered | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Continuing with its action against militants near Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir's border district of Kupwara, Army foiled yet another infiltration bid by the militants and killed one militant while as the second militant got injured in the incident that took place in the Tangdhar sector near the LoC.
Over the past five days 11 militants have been killed in different encounters in the Kupwara district. While six militants were killed in encounters with the security forces near the LoC, five others were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Hafrada forests of Handwara area.
A defence spokesman said that a militant was killed during t... | |
| | | | Questions Roma Wani needs to answer to clear confusion | | State Red Cross branch in a shambles | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 2: Roma Wani, state general secretary of Red Cross, needs to answer certain questions which are being asked by many these days in Jammu to clear confusion.
Is she not acting in an "arbitrary fashion to the detriment of the regional unit of Red Cross Jammu"?
Is she "working BEHIND THE BACK of the regional branch in Jammu"? Did she meet DC Kathua a couple of days ago to discuss functioning of the Red Cross and did not talk to the regional branch? Why? Did she meet DC Samba for the same purpose and took the Jammu branch of Red Cross into confidence before or after meting the DC?
Did she meet DC Reasi for the same purpose and took the Jammu branch of the Re... | |
| | | | Need to have modern gadgets, equipments, proper planning in constructions | | 'Fire fighting' Govt way: train the employees | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Aug 2: The incident of fire that engulfed a building in the civil secretariat complex in Srinagar last month has made the NC led coalition Government 'wiser'. The fire destroyed entire official records besides razing the building and other assets to ground. The damage estimated has been colossal as the fire could not be controlled in time which could have minimized the losses. As one of the combative measures, what has now dawned upon the Government to 'train' the employees of civil secretariat in fire fighting, a step which it thinks would prove helpful in the event of such incidents and accidents.
Sources said that a formal programme for imparting training to employee... | |
| | | | BJP takes up the cause of WP refugees | | Gandhi bemoans ignorance of PSC | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 2: On July 30, a very important development took place in New Delhi. Leadership of refugees and migrants met the members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC) on Home Affairs and narrated their woeful tales. The PSC is headed by former BJP national president and MP Venkaiah Naidu and other members of the committee include LK Advani, Lalu Parshad Yadav, Rajiv Partap Rudy, Naveen Jindal and Dr V Metray.
It would be interesting to note what chairman of West Pakistani Refugees Action Committee (WPRAC) Labha Ram Gandhi said while reflecting on the meeting and its significance. Talking to a senior correspondent on July 31, Labha Ram Gandhi made startling revelations and,... | |
| | | | Demand for trifurcation of J&K gets louder | | Telangana effect | | | Rustam
JAMMU, Aug 2: It was expected that the decision to create separate Telangana State out of Andhra Pradesh would give a fillip to the demand in Jammu for statehood and Union Territory status in Ladakh and it has happened. The demands for statehood for Jammu Pradesh and Union Territory status for Ladakh have become louder and shrill then ever before.
In Jammu, several organizations, including Panthers Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Jammu State Morcha (S), the Jammu State Morcha, the Shiv Sena, the Dogra Liberation Front and so on have demanded separation from Kashmir, saying that they have nothing in common with Kashmir and that they cannot accept the position of servitude any lo... | |
| | | | Mufti talk leaves a scar in Wani's chest! | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: National Conference Provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani on Thursday ridiculed Peoples Democratic Party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's assertion on "Imaginary solution" to Kashmir issue if given 40 seats.
Wani said PDP behaved cunningly and played tricks. Well Nasir seems totally unaware of the history of the party he belongs to. The NC used green cloth and rock salt to woo, rather fool the gullible Kashmiri voters.
Take any history book, Nasir and you will find Sher-e-Kashmir talking of Azadi (freedom) when out of power. He loved India only while sitting on the seat of power.
The solutions he put forth range from internal autonomy to trifurcation ... | |
| | | | Gutka sale goes unabated across holy town Katra | | | | Ajay Sharma
Katra, Aug 2 : After lapse of around four months since Gutka was banned across state, its sale is going on unabated in holy town Katra under the nose of authorities, raising question mark over the seriousness of government and other law enforcement agencies regarding implementation of ban. Moreover, the ban has increased the profit of traders who are selling various Gutka productions, on two to three times higher prices than the actual cost across holy town Katra.
"All brands are Gutka are easily available at Katra but are being sold on very high price. A pouch of Rs. 2 is being sold at Rs. 5 while the product with MRP of Rs 10 is being sold at Rs 20 to 25,", a consumer K... | |
| | | | Cloud burst damages property worth crores in Kargil | | High alert sounded | | | Javaid Naikoo
Kargil, Aug 2 : The cloud burst which hit kargil district of Ladakh division Thursday night left houses and public property worth crores damaged, resulting in blockade of all the roads leading to Kargil,electricity failure and scarcity of drinking water in the area. Besides, heavy mud brought in by heavy downpour after the cloud burst has restricted the people inside their households. According to the details received from the area, the cloud burst hit areas of Kargil main town, TiTichumik, Pashkun, chanigund, Hunderman and Baroo areas. The details reveal that unexpected cloud burst damaged two houses in TiTichumik and Pashkun areas though no loss of life has been reporte... | |
| | | | Tarigami accuses Govt of perpetuating corruption | | | | Mustansir
Srinagar, Aug 2 : Hitting hard at Omar Abdullah led coalition government, State secretary CPI(M), M Y Tarigami said that the democratic institutions in Jammu and Kashmir have been subverted and the state has earned the dubious distinction of being the most misgoverned state.
"Insensitive to any criticism and unwilling to bring the necessary changes for ensuring good governance, the democratic institutions have been subverted and their authority undermined for petty politics" Tarigami told Early Times Plus. Tarigami said the Schemes like MGNREGA which transformed the rural India have become the den of corruption in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Though the issue of misappropri... | |
| | | | 3 years on, Rs 1.5 Crore for Girls hostel in Chenani still unutilized | | Is RMSA a failure in J&K? | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Aug 2 : Pathetic implementation of the centrally sponsored schemes in the state could be gauged from the fact that a girl hostel in Udhampur district proposed under Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) in 2010 with an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 Crores is yet to be constructed by the department even as the funds stand released. Highly placed sources in education department informed Early Time plus that in the year 2010, under the central government scheme- RMSA, a proposal was sent to the government for the construction of five girl hostels in the Udhampur district for the girls belonging to the Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs). Sources added that receiving the ... | |
| | | | 'Maharaja' still faces neglect, Hari Singh memorial park wears shabby look | | One step forward one back | | | KUNAL SHRIVATSA
JAMMU, Aug 2: Jammu may be the winter capital of the State and classified as 'B-2' city but going by the lack of proper urban development viz a viz lack of basic amenities gives it an appearance of nothing more than a 'C' grade town and making the spirits of employees down who are demanding upgrading of present status.
It may sound as exaggeration of words but it is very much true when one gives a glance at Jogger's Park on the west side of river Tawi named after last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, the road alongside the recreational area besides the parking lot nearby and just opposite the office of 'Early Times'.
The 'shabby' and 'untidy' condition of these three la... | |
| | | | Handicapped pensioners of Jammu deprived of their meagre dues since April | | | | Arun Singh
JAMMU, Aug 2: Indifference of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) Jammu towards disabled lot of the society, which is entitled to monthly pension, can be gauged from the fact that most of the beneficiaries have not received their pension for the last four months putting them into receiving end.
Sources told Early Times that hundreds of handicapped pensioners have not received their monthly pension of Rs 400 since the month of April. There are approximately 5000 pensioners under handicapped category in Jammu district but for the last few months many of them have not got pensions impelling them to run from pillar to post. "I have been visiting bank to enquire about my pension... | |
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