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| Infighting, Cong parting ways leave NC in lurch | | LA Polls | | | Elders versus youngsters
disappoint workers
Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Congress parting ways from its coalition partner National Conference and deciding to contest the forthcoming Assembly elections on its own has put the NC in a catch-22 situation. NC top leadership seems confused and indecisive about what to do and how to proceed.
Till date National Conference has named 46 candidates who would contest the Assembly polls, slated to be held later this year, from various segments across Jammu and Kashmir, but it has left out the seats which till the recent past were considered to be its citadels.
Sources told Early Times that NC not even winning a single seat in the Parliamentary poll... | |
| | | | Kousarnag debate proves Omar has long relinquished powers to separatists | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 2: It is not always that Kashmiri separatist leaders and the NC leaders are on the same page. But, when elections draw close, it has become a tradition for the NC leadership to sing songs of separatism. The forthcoming state assembly elections are no exception to this general rule.
In times of elections the statements of the separatist leaders and the NC leadership sound as if these are written by ideologically akin parties. One recent example of this is the opposition, on similar lines, to AFSPA and the more recent example is of Kausarnag Yatra.
Kashmiri Pandits have been undertaking religious journeys to Himalayan glacial Lakes in the Valley including the ... | |
| | | | J&K's most honest bureaucrat issues Health Department's dirtiest orders | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Senior IAS officer Gazanfer Hussain is enjoying the reputation of being the Jammu and Kashmir State's most honest civil servant for his proven integrity in the last over 30 years of his unblemished service. But, ironically, the Commissioner-Secretary of Health & Medical Education departments has been used by the unscrupulously corrupt layers of the system-upward as well as downward-to issue arguably the Health Department's dirtiest transfer orders.
As per a familiar modus operandi, Directors of Health in Kashmir and Jammu framed and submitted two lists of the officers for transfer in a major reshuffle in the month of July 2014. Hand-picked names were gi... | |
| | | | Yogesh to contest as Independent from Rajouri | | Revolt in BJP camp | | | Sumit Sharma
jammu, Aug 2: Revolt in Jammu BJP camp came to fore with BJP's Jammu camp as Revolt took place in the BJP's Jammu camp with Yogesh Sharma announcing to contest from Rajouri as an independent candidate.
The attribution of the revolt goes to the former IGP Farooq Khan who allegedly stated to be the person behind the curtain.
Yogesh Sharma, who claimed to be the candidate for the mandate, revolted against the BJP party and even threatened to go for election as an independent candidate if he was ignored at the behest of the former IGP who joined party recently. Yogesh Sharma a two time Sarpanch, who served BJP for three decades and was performing his duty as district president... | |
| | | | Geelani's shutdown call unfortunate | | | |
Fazal Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Kashmir observed a shutdown today on the call of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who believes that yatra to Kousarnag in south Kashmir by a few people, can disturb the fragile environment in the area.
Calling for a shutdown against the yatra has hurt the sentiments of Kashmiri Pandits, who after a longtime are trying to relocate their roots in the Kashmir valley. "We are a part and parcel of the Kashmiri society. Despite it being our own land we are being treated as strangers. Geelani calling for a shutdown against the yatra has made it clear that he doesn't want us to return," said Rohit Kaul.
Kaul said, "We know it very well that people are not with G... | |
| | | | Minor clashes over Kousarnag Yatra, life crippled | | Cops accused of thrashing a doctor in Noor Bagh area | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: Normal life was crippled across the summer capital of state along with other parts of Kashmir due to strike and restrictions imposed by authorities in most areas of old city in connection with the controversy generated over the proposed Kausarnag Yatra in South Kashmir's Kulgam district.
The call for strike was given by hard-line separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and it was supported by some other separatist groups. On the other hand authorities imposed restrictions in the five police stations of downtown Srinagar. The strike and the restrictions virtually led to a complete standstill of activities.
Curfew like restrictions was imposed in areas comi... | |
| | | | Embarrassment for Narendra Modi over Kousarnag yatra issue | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 2: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ,may find himself getting caught between the devil and the deep sea as far as the issue of Jammu and Kashmir Government's buckling under pressure mounted by separatists and their supporters which resulted in cancellation of the permission granted to Pandits to start their pilgrimage to Kousarnag lake from Kulgam area in the Valley.
In fact the Central Government had displayed no panic when the state authorities cancelled the permission which they had granted earlier. What could have compounded the Central Government's dilemma, especially for Narendra Modi, had the Kousarnag pilgrimage lasted for over a month. On the basis of ... | |
| | | | Conspiracy against Kashmiri Hindus, India | | Kousarnag pilgrimage | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 2: The Kousarnag pilgrimage is Indian conspiracy to change the Muslim majority character through the medium of pilgrimages, says Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Kashmir is a Muslim State, he also says. India is following in the footsteps of Israel and has launched cultural aggression on Kashmir, he further says. The pilgrimage will destroy the Kashmir's ecology and pollute its environment, says the so-called Kashmiri civil society, which is an integral part of the ongoing movement in the Valley. The pilgrimage will also destroy the fragile ecology and pollute environment of Pir Panjal, it also says.
"The new controversy created about Kousarnag is a conspiracy to divide people of Ja... | |
| | | | Disorganized Cong acts weird, dead man enters party panel | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 2: In what could be termed as a glaring example of widening gulf between party high command and a common leader, Congress party has chosen a dead political leader as a member in the panel to shortlist and select candidates for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Senior Congress leader Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam breathed his last this year in June but surprisingly the order copy issued by Congress High Command and signed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi contains the name of Aslam as a member to select the candidates from Congress party for Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. This has caused discomfort to his family.
"This clearly... | |
| | | | Bank to expand role under CSR programme: Chairman | | J&K Bank holds 76th AGM, approves 500% dividend | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: J&K Bank today held 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of its share holders here, which approved the dividend payment of 500 percent to bank's share owners. The meeting witnessed an unprecedented attendance of shareholders of the bank from different walks of life.
Addressing a jam-packed hall at SKICC, the Chairman and CEO Mushtaq Ahmad appreciated the share holders for their emotional bonding and unflinching support saying, "The achievements of the bank would not have been possible without your continued patronage and unwavering support which has always been a source of strength and inspiration for us."
Attributing the bank's growth momentum to its ... | |
| | | | PDP suspends one aspirant, issues notice to another | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Aug 2: The principal opposition Peoples Democratic Party Saturday suspended the membership of a senior leader in summer capital Srinagar over anti-party activities and issued show cause notice to another leader. Sources said that Abdul Rouf Bhat, a former militant commander had joined the PDP in 2011 and was latter elevated as vice president district committee Srinagar in 2012.
However, Bhat was a contender for the party ticket from Amirakadal constituency currently represented by NC in the state legislature. PDP, however, announced the candidature of senior leader, Sayed Altaf Bukhari that annoyed the former militant who started anti-party activities in the are... | |
| | | | Coalition partners still in fools' paradise | | | | Shakeel A Khan
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: National Conference and Congress don't seem to be serious enough to look into wrong doings committed by them in the last sixty months or so.
It appears as if the leaders of both the parties haven't accepted the verdict of the people in the recently concluded Parliamentary elections and are under the impression that by parting ways with each other, they can bounce back in the upcoming Assembly elections. Given the present political atmosphere of the state, it seems to be distant reality. 'When misfortunes come even the jelly can break the teeth'. The proverb fits to the situation as far as the present position of the NC and State Pradesh Congress committee... | |
| | | | Militants decamp with victim's weapon after fatal assault | | Another cop ambushed | | | Syed Tahir Bukhari
PATTAN, Aug 2: Suspected militants attacked a policeman with an axe before decamping with his rifle in Pattan town of Baramulla District in North Kashmir late Saturday. According to police official , an Indian Reserve Police (IRP) personnel was injured critically after he was assaulted with an axe before decamping with his service rifle. This is the second such incident of weapon snatching by suspected gunmen in the conflict-torn region in this week official said. A police official told that IRP man has been identified as Firdous Ahmad Baba( belt no 683) a constable with the Indian Reserve Police, who was posted at the main market in the North Kashmir town, was attack... | |
| | | | Seeking mandate to subvert Indian state, enslave Jammu and Ladakh | | Playing with fire | | | Neha
JAMMU, Aug 2: The comprehensive defeat of the pro-autonomy National Conference (NC) and its unscrupulous ally, the Congress, and the massive victory of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the just-held Lok Sabha (LS) elections was taken by most of the people in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) to mean the opening of a new chapter in the history of the relations between New Delhi and the State. In fact, this electoral verdict was interpreted by many as a great political development in the troubled State that, according to them, promised politics based on sound democratic and economic issues. But, sadly, it was not to be. The NC and similar other Kashmir-b... | |
| | | | Breeding toxic childhood | | Growing use of internet by young teens is assuming more dangerous dimensions than having a positive impact on them | | | Sajjad Bazaz
Just a few days back, a re
tired government official mailed me woes of his MBA pass-out unemployed son. Among other things, his communiqué had a surprising mention of a list of recurring expenses which he has been bearing for his unemployed son. The most striking item in the expenses' list was a regular expenses on internet. Though the retired official has narrated his own financial worries, yet his query reminded me of growing dangers of internet in which our society is being engulfed. Internet is not only an unnoticed hole in our pocket but is also emerging like a menace as the growing use of internet by our children is assuming more dangerous dimensions than having a po... | |
| | | | PDA's "selective" demolition drive angers locals | | People up in arms against minister's son-in-law | | | Saahil Suhail
Anantnag, Aug 2: There has been anger in Movera village of Pahalgam where Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA) was today alleged to have carried out a demolition drive against illegal constructions in the area.
Only poor were touched while no action was taken against the rich and influential violators, people alleged.
Reports said that this morning, a PDA team and revenue officials arrived in Movera village along with machinery to carry out demolition of structures raised illegally on the river bank. They said the team entered newly constructed hotel of Mohd Altaf Butto and damaged the lawn of the hotel on which the Srinagar based hotelier had kept tiles and cement. Local... | |
| | | | Com Secy downplays blatant nepotism in Edu Dept as affluent rules the roost | | | | Bivek Mathur
Jammu, Aug 2: Teachers and masters who expected justice from the new Commissioner Secretary Education Deptt are astounded and taken aback by the manner in which the officer has tried to down play and negate their concerns of nepotism including undue promotions and choice postings for the chosen few.
Maheshwar Parsad, Convener, All Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh Teachers Federation (AJKLTF) shared the pain of his meeting with the Commissioner Secretary, Education Department, Nirmal Sharma.
On August 1, a deputation of All J&K Ladakh Teachers Federation had called on Commissioner Secretary of School Education Department led by its President, Bhushan S Verma and convener, Maheshwar ... | |
| | | | Palampur resident gets PRC by greasing palms of officials | | | | Corrupt rule the roost in J&K
Avinash Azad
Jammu, Aug 2: As the corrupt rule the roost in Jammu and Kashmir, a resident of Palampur tehsil of district Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, has managed to get Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC)by allegedly greasing the palms of officials concerned.
According to a document which Early Times has in its possession, accused Kamal Nain Singh, who is involved in a much publicized fake State Subject case, is proprietor of Kangra Fort Banquet Hall, Barnai. He originally belongs to village Ghughar of Palampur tehsil of district Kangra.
Name of Kamal Nain, his father and grandfather Sher Singh exists in the revenue record obtained from Tehsildar Palamp... | |
| | | | Nandpur GMS engages students to clean school premises | | ----ZEO assures inquiry, CEO justifies act---- | |  Akshay Azad
Jammu, Aug 2: The famous quote, "Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve" written on walls of every school in J&K, is irrelevant for the students of Government Middle School (GMS), Nandpur, where students are engaged to clean school premises and for other chores in gross violation of norms.
Most shockingly, ZEO assured to initiate inquiry but Chief Education Officer (CEO) justified the act of the school management.
In the GMS, Nandpur, near Miran Sahib, students including boys and girl... | |
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