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| Following are the two stanzas of Rath's poem: | | | |
Dear Zubin, music and memory rhyme
to my ears as they do to yours.
A part of what music is,
apart from what music is,
memory belongs to the dead
as much as it belongs to the living.
To the clouds. And to the clay.
To the concert goers and to the purple grave-flowers.
Dear Zubin, the Zabarwan hills will remember you
just as they remember the faces on the posters.
Faces that were once our sons.
Our sons who once climbed the cliffs
and jumped into the afternoon water.
Here are the cliffs and the lake, but our sons are gone.
After the concert, you packed your passport and your baton
and your accent and left. The Zabarwan hills can't.
On the day of your concert, dear Zubin,
I was sick.
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| Proposed road will render 100 families homeless | | PWD makes separate road to benefit DPS | | | Bijay Charak
JAMMU, Sept 27: The political sway of Delhi Public School management can be gauged from the fact that a proposal to construct separate road for the school was mooted by former PWD Minister, which would only be materialized by dismantling of more than 100 households.
Astonishingly, DPS is a private owned school, but the proposal of separate road was mooted by PWD and entire expenditure would have been bear by department instead of private school management.
Though the proposal has been shelved due to change in portfolio of concerned ministry but the proposal is still haunting the residents of Prem Nagar area, as they are being scared that it could be executed anytime.
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| | | | Talks between Cabinet Sub Committee, JCC leaders end in deadlock | | Fresh phase of agitation from October 1 | | | Jehangir Rashid
SRINAGAR, Sept 27: Following failure of their talks with the state government over their demands the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) today gave a call for fresh phase of agitation starting from October 1. The agitation includes pen down strike for two days on October 4 and 5.
Sharing details with Early Times, Pir Nisar Ahmad, Press Secretary JCC said that Cabinet Sub Committee (CSC) headed by Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather failed to meet any agreement with the JCC leaders during their meeting. Nisar said the CSC adopted a cold shoulder towards the genuine demands of employees and as such the JCC was forced to call for a fresh phase of agitation.
"The CSC wanted ti... | |
| | | | Contractual appointment of JTA at GMC&H | | Character verification yet to be conducted | | | Avinash Azad
JAMMU, Sept 27: Two months after the appointment of blue eyed Junior Theatre Assistant (JTA) at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) on contractual basis, the character verification remains awaited.
Earlier, the GMC&H authorities allegedly twisted the rules to appoint JTA, Wasim Tariq, in lieu of some pecuniary benefits, rejecting the deserving candidate who was above in the merit list. Moreover, a case against said candidate is also pending in Chief Judicial Magistrate, which raised a question mark over functioning of GMC&H authorities and influence of blue eyed candidate.
Ignored, deserving candidate Mohd Safeer son of Talib Husain resident of Ghambirmug... | |
| | | | An open letter to the chairman sub committee for negotiation with EJAC | | Has Govt taken a call to raise retirement age of its employees? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 27: Ultimately the government seems to succumb to the pressure mounted by the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) who are vehemently pressing for extension of retirement age to 60 from 58.
It is apprehended that government may accede to their demand without having any insight to the repercussion likely to erupt in its backdrop. Millions of unemployed and idle educated youth are closely and jealously watching the development.
There is a tangible frustration among the unemployed educated youth for not finding any avenues of recruitment and indifferent attitude of government towards their problems.
On the contrary government is adhering to the appeasing p... | |
| | | | Terror attack exposes CM's demand of lifting AFSPA | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 27: The barbaric terrorist attack which claimed lives of 10 people including police and army personnel exposed the hollowness of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's demand of lifting Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).
The 10-hr long blood bath unleashed by the terrorists has reinforced the point that there is no let up in firing at J&K from across the border. The guns are blazing and are going to continue.
Chief Minister who had locked horns with the Army over the lifting of this Act has even gone to the extent of saying he fails to under why this Act can't be lifted from Jammu and Kathua district where this has been no serious act of violence.
Thi... | |
| | | | Jammu bandh: energetic mode of BJP on wane | | Participation thin, absence of few leaders conspicuous | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 27: State unit of BJP may well pat itself for bandh having culminated on a 'successful' note in Jammu today, but the party cannot certainly be credited alone for it for more than one reason. In complete deviation to past practices and contrary to forceful and energetic mode party leaders and cadres used to show under such bandh calls over such incidents, it was a superficial show arranged by few and managed by even lesser number in terms of strength in pockets and areas wherever BJP staged protest demonstrations. The participation with thin and enthusiasm on wane . Is the party losing its vigor and are the leaders pushing to wall the purp... | |
| | | | Irrigation-Forest departments lock horns over piece of land | | Concerned SHO refuses to lodge complaint; DFO | | | Akshay Azad
JAMMU, Sept 27: A piece of land in Akhnoor area has become a bone of contention between two government departments, both claiming their stake over it and today Irrigation department broke the wall of Forest complex. The move of Irrigation department was objected by Divisional Forest Officer who tried to lodge a complaint with concerned Station House officer (SHO) but SHO refused to register the same. Sources informed Early Times that today morning PHE, Irrigation department authorities broke wall of Forest complex and started construction work over the piece of land. The Forest employees of the area objected over the move while the Range officer has allegedly taken leave, alleg... | |
| | | | Taj facing wrath of people in his constituency | | Close associates joining other political parties | | | Javaid Naikoo
SRINAGAR, Sept 27: The Minister for medical education and sports, Taj Mohi-ud-din is in a tight spot because of varied reasons. According to the reports not only the senior most workers of state congress are joining other political parties because of lobbyism among the workers but Taj being in the news headlines over the years is also losing his popularity.
As politicians are busily engaged in mustering public support in their constituencies , Taj Mohi-ud-din according to the sources could not assemble one thousand people in his constituency as the close associates of Taj including Syed Najeeb shah who from the last twenty years remained in company of Taj Mohi-ud-din and ha... | |
| | | | Where is the ISM Pharmacist training Institute in J&K? | | Fake Certificates scam in ISM Directorate | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 27: The Directorate of Indian System of Medicine (ISM) officials are in a dock as they have been allegedly issuing fake Pharmacist diploma certificates to candidates in lieu of hefty considerations thus making them eligible for Pharmacist posts (ISM) under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
The documents available with Early Times reveal that such diploma certificates have not issued by any institute which undertakes Diploma in Pharmacy (ISM) instead the Directorate of ISM are themselves issuing the diploma certificates under the seal and signature of the Director ISM J&K Government Dr Abdul Kabir.
Some years back in 2008 a lis... | |
| | | | Give Army a freehand to tackle militancy in J&K | | Politics of appeasement | | |
Rustam
JAMMU, Sept 27: Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif is not a friend of India; he is a bitter foe of our country whose single-point agenda, like all of his predecessors, was, and is, to dismember India by using all means, including terror. Terror is part of the state policy in Pakistan. There should be no doubt about it. He took oath of office for the third time in June this year and ever since then, there has been spurt in the terror-related incidents not only in Kashmir, safe heaven for anti-national forces and hub of anti-India activities, but also in Jammu province.
In this month alone, the Pakistani Army and Pakistan-based terror outfits have violated ceasefire more tha... | |
| | | | Desperate NC in search of an issue | | Mess in Kashmir | | |
Neha
JAMMU, Sept 27: Who is responsible for the whole mess in Jammu and Kashmir? It is the National Conference (NC), according to former Army chief, distinguished General VK Singh. "It's my firm belief that this party is responsible for all the prevailing mess in Kashmir and the way it is making clamour over a useless issue signifies how desperate the party is to grab the attention of the people," he said the other day while rejecting the allegation that he had misused a technical services division (TSD) created by him when he was army chief to topple the National Conference (NC)-Congress-led government in Jammu and Kashmir.
"The NC is misleading the country that 2010 summer agitation h... | |
| | | | Gandhi Commission gets one month extension | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 27: The Government has extended the term of Justice Gandhi Commission for one month, i.e. upto 22nd October, 2013.
As per a notification issued by the General Administration Department here today, the Government has extended the time for submission of Report by the Commission by one month.
Justice Gandhi was appointed Commission of Inquiry by the Government on August 23, 2013 to enquire into the incidents of violence and arson which took place at Kishtwar on August 9 this year. ... | |
| | | | ‘It was a suicide attack’: IGP Jammu | | Jammu on high alert, investigations on, no arrests yet | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Srinagar, Sept.27 : Police on Friday confirmed that the attack on Police station and Army unit in Samba and Kathua areas of Jammu division was a 'suicide' attack carried out by militants most likely from Pakistan, who had infiltrated from across the border. The police however ruled out any 'security' lapse that enabled the militants to carry out the Fedayeen attack 'successfully'. Meanwhile a red alert has been sounded across Jammu and Kashmir following the attack and search operations have been intensified in Jammu region. "This was a Fidayeen attack and all the three militants who carried out the attack had infiltrated form across the border," 'Inspector General of Po... | |
| | | | Police on tenterhooks in Valley | | | | et report
Srinagar, Sept 27 : In view of the recent Jammu attacks in which 12 persons including two civilians were killed at Samba, Police in valley is on heels to avoid any untoward incident. Reports suggest that the police personnel on duty were today on high alert and the additional check posts were created at several sensitive places. Furthermore, the Police personnel were seen donning the full bullet proof jackets with the loaded rifles in hands.
"We are always on high alert but the twin attacks at Jammu have made us to be ready to avoid the attack of any nature in future," said a police personal on duty while pleading for anonymity.
However the Inspector General Police (IGP) Kas... | |
| | | | CAG raps state government on fiscal liabilities | | | | Bashir Assad
Srinagar, Sept 27: Pulling up the Jammu and Kashmir government for its debt situation, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has said the state's fiscal liabilities have gone up by 16 percent to Rs 36,267 crore as on March end, 2012.
"The overall fiscal liabilities of J&K State has increased from Rs 31,272 crore at the end of 31st March 2011 to Rs 36,267 crore at the end of 31 March 2012," said the CAG report for 2011-2012 fiscal, tabled in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly last week.
The total liabilities comprise Rs 20,789 crore of internal debt, Rs 1,903 crore as loans and advances from Government of India and Rs 13,575 crore in the form of public account liabi... | |
| | | | Militants shifting focus towards Jammu | | | | Majid Ahmad
Srinagar, Sept 27: The Thursday's fidayeen attack in which heavily armed militants stormed a police station and an army formation in Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu region has once again shown that terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir are on rise and militants are trying to shift their focus towards Jammu region.
Official data reveals that until September 26 this year, killings of security forces have shot up more than five times to 46 from nine last year, even though encounters dropped to 29 from 33 in the corresponding period of 2012.
Similarly, civilian and terrorist killings have also increased at 14 and 62 respectively until September 26, as compared to 10 and 41 ... | |
| | | | | | | Rahul Gandhi calls Ordinance 'nonsense', PM says will address issue | | | | agencies
Washington, Sept 27: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was apparently taken by surprise by Rahul Gandhi's attack on the Ordinance on lawmakers, on Friday said that he would discuss the Ordinance with the Cabinet after his return to New Delhi on October 01.
"Issues raised by Rahul Gandhi will be considered by the Cabinet on my return to India," the PM said. In a statement, the PM said that Gandhi has also written a letter to him on the issue besides making a statement.
The Ordinance pertaining to the Representation of the People Ac has been a matter of much public debate and the government is seized of all these developments, added the PM.
Dr Singh is in the US to attend th... | |
| | | | Five acquitted by CBI court | | | | agencies
Chandigarh, Sept 27: A CBI court here has acquitted all five persons, including a woman, in an infamous Jammu and Kashmir sex racket case.
Giving the benefit of doubt, Special CBI Judge Vimal Kumar acquitted the accused Absar Ahmad, Hilal Ahmad, Aijaz Ahmad, Sabeena and her husband Abdul Hamid Bullah yesterday. All three prime witnesses turned hostile before the trial court. "Victims did not supported the case of prosecution therefore the accused were given benefit of doubt," CBI counsel RK Handa said.
Accused were charged under Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act.
"The statements recorded by Sessions Judge and Judicial Magistrate in Srinagar under the purview of Section... | |
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