Akshay Azad

Akshay Azad Jammu, Mar 25: The Jammu and Kashmir government has a separate Tribal Ministry along with J&K Advisory Board for Gujjars and Bakerwals but both have no data about the number of tribal population, which is still nomadic. A RTI application was filed by this correspondent to the department of Tribal Affairs seeking information of total number of Bakerwals as per last three census reports. It was also sought that out of total population of Bakerwals how many were semi-nomadic and settled? The Department of Tribal Affairs forwarded the RTI application to J&K Advisory Board for Gujjars and Bakerwals, which in turn furnished data of whole tribal population in the state, which stood at 14,93,299, in which Gujjar Bakerwals and over dozen other tribes are included. The department further informed that there was no separate data of the Bakerwals population even in the Census of 2001 and 2011 respectively. In response to the question of categorization of B...

Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 24: The maiden press conference convened by the first ever official spokesperson of the Governor administration, here today created more confusion in the minds of people rather than clearing it. The appointment of the Spokesperson itself was mired in mystery as there was no order on the official website of General Administration Department or on the official website of Governor office regarding the appointment. The message circulated by Information department reads, 'Principal Secretary, Planning Development and Monitoring Rohit Kansal has been designated as official spokesperson by the state government to address a press conference on Sunday 4 PM'. It was also not known whether Rohit Kansal was official spokesperson for the Sunday's press conference only or was designated for the times to come. The rumour-mill started spinning by unprecedented developments such as issuance of two government orders directing ...

Wild animals attacking livestock another worry for nomads, farmers Akshay Azad Jammu, Feb 13: The successive state governments have so far failed to legislate any policy in the last over seven decades, to compensate thousands of farmers and nomads, who lost their livestock in the wild animals' attack. The Wildlife department provides compensation for the human loss but there is no policy to compensate for the loss of livestock in attack of wild animals. Sheeps killed in leopard attack in village Karnah of district Kupwara: Pic courtesy: Kashmir Patriot Mohammad Shrief of village Chakka of Ramban had lost over 20 sheep and goats on January 5 when leopard barged into his cowshed at around 12 of night. "After listening cries, I along with some other members reached the cowshed but till then the beast had killed over 20 livestock", Shrief recalled, adding that the Veterinary officer, Patwari, Police official visited his house and compiled a report...

Maximum public leaves marquee before PM completes address    Akshay Azad  Vijaypur, Feb 3: The loudspeakers were blaring announcements about black objects while police personnel at security barricades were ensuring that no black item will enter the venue of Bhartiya Janta Party’s “Maharally” where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to lay foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and to inaugurate several other projects.  http://www.earlytimes.in/newsdet.aspx?q=254242 The advisory against the entry of black clothes, was lifted unofficially by the organizers, probably after observing that maximum of the people were in black jackets or black clothes. The advisory against black objects got confined to scarf, caps, gloves, handkerchief while people in black robes were allowed to cross the security barricades.  Link of the Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccIzfNgp37o A podium was set up in t...