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J&K's social welfare deptt embezzled crores, centre seeks probe 9/21/2016 11:33:39 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: In an embarrassing but major indictment, Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has accused the Jammu and Kashmir's ministry of Social Welfare of having embezzled the funds meant for the physically disabled people. The funds have been diverted, figures have been fudged and huge amount has been shown as having been spent on buying aids and equipments for physically disabled and mentally challenged children of Jammu and Kashmir. So insensitive has been the social welfare department and its respective heads that aids have been shown as having been bought and later, distributed among the needy ones but ground surveys revealed no such exercise ever took place. Union ministry has now asked the Social Welfare ministry to order and in-depth probe and punish the guilt without worrying about affiliations of the individuals involved. From NGOs to the government offices, none should be spared, is what the Union Ministry has told the Social Welfare Ministry, presently headed by Sajjad Gani Lone of Peoples Conference (PC). A r...   READ MORE

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SSH Jammu 'seriously ill,' BJP in 'comma' 9/21/2016 11:33:34 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The BJP came to power in the state by projecting itself as well wisher of people of Jammu,but it's fast exposing itself as yet another power-hungry party that only believes in hoodwinking people for votes. Take the example of Super Speciality Hospital (SSH) Jammu.For the past one week, the hospital stands paralysed and patients have been left at God's mercy. However, not a single BJP minister or MLA has bothered to know the condition of patients. Penitently, the incumbent Minister for Health and Medical Education Department claimed at a public gathering recently that his focus was to bring the health sector back on track.He however mai...   READ MORE   240 PMGSY works pending for more than 4 years Spill over liabilities likely to be borne JK Govt 9/21/2016 11:33:27 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: More worries are in store for financially fragile Jammu and Kashmir as nearly 240 works under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) have been pending for the last more than four years and the spillover financial liabilities are likely to be borne by state government rather than Union. Sources informed Early Times that as per a recent communiqué forwarded by Union Rural Development Ministry to Commissioner/Secretary to state Public Works Department it has been maintained that out of total 1983 works sanctioned under PMGSY, 1312 works have been completed. "Out of 671 pending road works, 240 road works are more than four years old", the com...   READ MORE   'We love Modi' graffiti spotted in Srinagar 9/21/2016 11:33:17 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 21: A graffiti war has started in Srinagar to take on the separatists. "We love Modi", "Save us from stone-pelters" are some of the graffiti which have been scribbled in many parts of Srinagar on the shutters of the shops, which are closed for more than two months. The intelligience agency officials say it reflects that people are now fed-up with the consistent call of bandh and also realizing its futility. "It's probably for the first that some people are openly contesting the separatists and that too in Srinagar, which always records the lowest pollingturnout. It's quite important and more socoming at a time when people were building the narrative th...   READ MORE   Law student 'molested' in JU's unsafe campus 9/21/2016 11:33:09 PM Early Times Report jammu, Sept 21: A female student of Jammu University's law school was allegedly molested Wednesday in the campus. The accused was later arrested. Sources said one Balvinder Singh, of Kathua trespassed in the campus and intercepted the law student when she was on the way to attend her class. "When the student resisted the advance of the trespasser he started molesting her", said a source in the university, adding that the trespasser punched the student when she raised alarm to save herself from his clutches. On receiving information about the incident, the security staff reached the spot and shifted the student, who was bleeding after receiving punches from the acc...   READ MORE   Sr police officer being transferred to adjust blue-eyed junior 9/21/2016 11:33:02 PM Early Times Report jammu, Sept 21: According to the word taking rounds in the Kathua district police circles here , a senior officer is being transferred only to adjust a blue-eyed officer who is junior to him. "While the senior officer is of additional SP rank, efforts are being made by a BJP leader to post his junior as SSP, Kathua. This is not possible till the senior officer is shifted to other place because rules don't permit to place a junior over his senior," police sources said. Sources claimed that the junior officer, who was at present posted in Jammu, was five slots junior to the senior officer. Sources alleged that the junior SP was leaving no stone unturned to appease th...   READ MORE   Youth turn defiant towards Geelani, enroll enmasse for SPO recruitment 9/21/2016 11:32:42 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 21: The 86-year-old Hurriyat hawk along with his comrades was on Wednesday muzzled after youth in thousands defied him and took part enmasse in a recruitment drive held by police in restive south Kashmir. Such a move by the Kashmiri youth has dazzled one and all. Both police and civil authorities hadn't expected such a large participation of youth into these drives in view of the current unrest. "Seems like winds have changed their coarse. Youth were seen ru...   READ MORE   Hundreds attend army's recruitment rally in Anantnag 9/21/2016 11:30:56 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Sept 21: Defying militant threats, Hundreds of youth Wednesday morning turned up at Anantnag's High ground to attend army's recruitment rally. Amid ongoing unrest, Army's 5-day recruitment rally began here at High ground Anantnag. Reports said that aspirants from various far off areas starting reaching the venue in wee hours of morning. Strict security arrangements were made on the road leading towards the venue. A Total of 340 candidates from were screened on day one. The Recruitment rally is covering districts of Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian, Anantnag and Kulgam. Brig JS Samayal, Deputy Director General Recruiting (Punjab and J&K), told media ...   READ MORE   Read Geelani's autobiography: Akther to teachers 9/21/2016 11:30:46 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, Sept 21: Education Minister, Naeem Akther on Wednesdayduring an official meeting here, advised a group of teachers and officials to read autobiography of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani Walur kay Kinary. Syed Ali Shah Geelani-the man behind current bloodshed- and the one who was derailed Education System by locking down schools in Valley seems to be a favorite author of PDP Minister. According to well placed sources, the minister was addressing the meeting attended by Education Department officials and a group of teachers. Deputy Commissioner Anantnag and other senior officials of the department too attended the meeting. The meeting was called by t...   READ MORE   Land grabbers, thugs enjoy patronage of revenue, forest official Loot, plunder in peer Panjal range! 9/21/2016 11:30:38 PM Avinash Azad ET Report Jammu, Sept 21: Under alleged connivance of Revenue and Forest Officials', encroachment and illegal constructions on forest land in Pirpanchal range goes unabated. Sources informed that the matter was also brought into notice of higher authorities of the forest department, as well as Revenue department, but instead of taking action against the encroachers, the law enforcing agencies knee down. "Land falls under Khasra number 1477 in Mendhar Tehsil, of Poonch District and belongs to forest department where construction is going", the sources said, adding that and the matter was brought into notice of the Tehsildar Mendhar. "Consequently, the Tehsildar constituted ...   READ MORE   Henchmen disappear as uneasy calm prevails in Kashmir Geelani's son, others face heat 9/21/2016 11:30:25 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: Police and other security agencies tightening their noose around separatists and their henchmen have created ripples in the separatist camp. Sources told Early Times during the past few weeks Police and other agencies have rounded up scores of people who were involved in orchestrating street protest across Kashmir. They said the separatists and their agents have been facing the heat as they are being questioned and their bank accounts are being scanned. "For thepast few days Police have been questioning Naeem Geelani son of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani," sources added. They said that investigating agencies believe that Naeem has been instrument...   READ MORE   JK BJP leaders ditch people yet again, fail to get smart city status to capital cities of state 9/21/2016 11:29:39 PM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Sept 21: Leaders of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in the state have once again failed and ditched the people since they failed to convince the people at helm in New Delhi in getting smart city status to any of the two capital cities of Jammu & Kashmir. Neither Jammu nor Srinagar has made it to the latest list of the smart cities announced by Union Minister for Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi on Tuesday. The non-inclusion of the two capital cities in the list of smart cities has led to disillusionment among the masses of state. People in general believe that the BJP leaders of Jammu & Kashmir have failed to project the case of the two capital citie...   READ MORE   Overstaying doc listens to none, Violates rules, illegally prescribes medicines Govt forgets transfer policy 9/21/2016 11:29:33 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 21: In violation of transfer policy of state government, a doctor overstaying in Primary Health Center (PHC) Lakhanpur for the last more than ten years, has allegedly been repeatedly misbehaving with the patients, boasting his superiority of medical education over illiterate and medically illiterate populace of the area. Moreover, in violation of Medical Council of India (MCI) norms, coupled with the guidelines issued by state health department, this doctor has been found recommending names of particular companies, rather than the salts in bold letters, signaling towards alleged nexus between chemist supply shops and doctor. Locals of Lak...   READ MORE   Jammu, Ladakh suffering for no fault Kashmir unrest 9/21/2016 11:29:24 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: The story of Jammu and Ladakh is one of utter neglect and ever since 11947, when Nehru ditched Jammu to please Sheikh Abdullah and transferred political power from Jammu to Srinagar in a hush, hush manner. People of Jammu and Ladakh never got justice from the Kashmiri rulers, whosoever they were. They all treated Jammu and Ladakh with contempt with the Indian political class or national parties like the Congress and the BJP always at the back and call of pampered Kashmiri rulers. They were denied proper share in the assembly, in the government, in the secretariat, in the revenue magistracy and judicial services and financial institutions. In fact, New D...   READ MORE   Uri terrorists cut fence at two places, belong to LeT: Probe 9/21/2016 11:29:13 PM Early Times Report Uri, Sept 21: The four terrorists who stormed an army base in Uri sector on Sunday killing 18 soldiers belonged to Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and managed to sneak in by cutting the perimeter fencing of the highly-guarded army installation at two places, investigations have shown. In an indication that the terrorists were well-versed of the layout of the army base close to the Line of Control(LoC), the assailants locked the cooking room and store from outside to prevent the soldiers from leaving before setting them afire, sources privy to the probe said today. The investigators are not ruling out "insider help" to the terrorists in view of the precise nature of the action...   READ MORE   After every 18 hrs, militancy claims civilian life in J&K, says MHA 9/21/2016 10:39:34 PM SaqibJunaid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 21: After every 18 hours, a civilian is killed in militancy-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir, says a recent report of union Home Ministry. The report says J&Khas been affected by terrorist and secessionist violence, sponsored and supported from across the border, for more than two decades. "Since the advent of militancy in 1990, 13,921 civilians and 4,961 security force (SF) personnel have lost their lives till 2015," says the report. The ongoing militancy is "intrinsically linked with infiltration of terroristsfrom across the border".The report says that protection of human rights (HR) and prevention of HR violations is accorded the ...   READ MORE   Defence experts suggest security audit of all military installations 'Lapses in security grid needed to be examined' 9/21/2016 10:39:28 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: In the backdrop of deadly attack on Army in Kashmir's Uri sector, the defence experts suggest immediate and comprehensive security audit of all military installations in the country, especially in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, to ensure 'all possible loopholes' are plugged in time. One of the top former Army commanders who wished not to be named told early TIMES over phone from New Delhi that though in past some steps were taken for the security audit, but nothing concrete was done by the government of India and Jammu and Kashmir government. "Though the committee constituted by the central government, headed by former vice chief o...   READ MORE   Water bodies of greater significances for public utility 9/21/2016 10:39:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 21: Notwithstanding the fact that waters of Jammu and Kashmir has been the source of discrimination with the neighboring countries , the fact also goes that small rivulets and tributaries in the mountainous region of Jammu add to the greater curiosity among the onlookers as well as research mongers . After ponds and small bowlies of the Jammu region, the escalating water sources in Jammu region are of supreme importance that often go unnoticed and hence get lost in oblivions without much ado . No administrative as well as official interest diverts towards these flowing elixirs of life which, if preserved , embanked and maintained as little store houses at d...   READ MORE   Edu Minister, BOSE differ on exam dates; students in a fix 9/21/2016 10:39:15 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 21: The contradictory statements and announcements from Education Minister and the Board of School Education (BOSE) authorities have put the students in Kashmir in a fix. On September 17, the Education Minister Naeem Akhtar announced that the annual examinations would be held on time, as "Time waits for none." He also ruled out any possibility of discussing the issue of delaying the examination schedule this year due to the prevailing unrest in Valley. Declaring that there will be no change in the academic calendar this year, Akhtar in a statement had said that the examinations would be held as per schedule and there will be no change in session. Howe...   READ MORE   J&K not Quebec, it is Indian Disinformation campaign 9/21/2016 10:39:11 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 21: India-baiter and pro-Pak and pro-Kashmiri separatist Mumbai-based AG Noorani has unleashed a no holds-barred disinformation campaign to mislead the nation. On the one hand, he has shamelessly equated Sri Aurobindo Ghose and S Bhagat Singh, great freedom fighters, with Pak agents, fanatics and mercenaries Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz and murderer Yasin Malik, and, on the other hand, has termed Jammu and Kashmir a disputed territory and asked New Delhi to treat Jammu and Kashmir at Par with Quebec and hold referendum there to ascertain the Kashmiris' opinion on the status of the state. Noorani shamelessly said that if Sri Aurobindo Ghose and S Bhagat Sin...   READ MORE   As Civil Sectt enters into functional mode, political gossips vitiate atmosphere Arguments of employees from two regions at variance, end up in conflicting points.... 9/21/2016 10:38:52 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 21: Even as the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar has begun to get into some functional mode, normal working and work culture is still a farfetched scenario in the corridors of the seat of governance. With Uri attack and Kashmir unrest the two developments at variance, the whispers and gossips among the officials belonging to two regions of the state are not just inconsistent but also witnessing clash point heated arguments these days. Sources said even though maximum attendance seen in almost all the departments of Civil Secretariat and other offices with Durbar Move is those of officials and employees from Jammu region, their counterparts from various parts o...   READ MORE   PCC expansion, reshuffle on cards 9/21/2016 10:38:45 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 21: An expansion of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) is likely to be affected very soon for adjustment of dissidents while the incumbent PCC president is also learnt to have almost finalized the names of new District Presidents thus inviting a reshuffle at the organization level. According to the sources in Congress circles, some incumbent PCC office bearers are likely to be assigned new and significant responsibilities at the District level while the dissidents may be adjusted in the central body, which is all set to be expanded. While elaborating, sources claimed that PCC general secretaries Dr Manohar Lal Sharma and S Manjeet Singh are likely to be appo...   READ MORE

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