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| Fake orders, real pay: Fraudulent teacher drew salary for 13 years | | | | Atul Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: For 13 years, he was on the payroll as a government employee. Now the Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department says the appointment behind that salary never legally existed.
The Directorate of School Education, Kashmir (DSEK), has declared the alleged 2013 appointment of Imtiyaz Ahmed, a resident of Rawalpora, Srinagar, null and void ab initio. An inquiry found that the appointment, confirmation and promotion orders in his service record were never issued by the competent authority. The department has also ordered recovery of all financial and other benefits drawn on the basis of that appointment.
According to Order No. 347-DSEK dated September 3, 2026, Ahmed was shown as a teacher at the Boys Middle School, Gagribal, in Srinagar's Nishat area. Departmental records traced his entry to Government Order No. 395-GAD dated April 2, 2013, which placed him as a laboratory assistant. A confirmation order dated April 3, 2013, attributed ... | |
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| Azad exploring possibility of ‘Ghar-Wapsi’ in Congress? | | |  Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad seems to be looking for a way back to the Congress party. His own party, the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), has failed completely in politics.
Azad worked in the Congress for nearly 50 years. He was Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008 and also served as a Union minister. On 26 August 2022, he quit the Congress. In his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi,... | |
| | | | Heroin out, pills in: J&K's new addiction hiding in medicine cabinets | | | | Muskan Thakur
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: As the police crackdown on drugs in Jammu and Kashmir intensifies, the narcotics trade has simply changed its route. Large consignments of heroin, charas and other contraband are being seized and peddlers are being pursued, yet medicines meant for pain relief and other ailments have quietly become the new instruments of addiction. At the local level, this form of abuse is being referred to by names such as "Tapal."
Police acknowledge the shift. Investigations show that the misuse of drugs such as tramadol and tapentadol is rising steadily. These are prescribed by doctors for severe pain and certain serious conditions, but people with addic... | |
| | | | Pak prisoner dies by suicide in Jammu Jail | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: A 36-year-old Pakistani undertrial prisoner died of suspected suicide at the high-security Central Jail here on Sunday, officials said.
Shahid Imran, a resident of Sargodha in Pakistan's Punjab province, was arrested along the International Border in the Makwal sector of Jammu in October 2024 and lodged in Kot Bhalwal jail, they said.
The prisoner who was suffering from a mental disorder was found unconscious in his cell, following which a preliminary inquiry suggested that he had attempted suicide, officials said.
He was immediately shifted to Government Medical College hospital in Jammu, where doctors declared him dead.
Hospital sources said the dec... | |
| | | | Fake officer, fake jobs, Rs 60 Lakh gone: EOW chargesheets Kupwara man in twin fraud cases | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Kashmir of the Crime Branch J&K has filed two separate chargesheets before the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against Abdul Majeed Mir, son of Abdul Rahim Mir and a resident of Kalaroos Lishtiyal, Kupwara. The cases involve allegations of cheating, impersonation, forgery and the fraudulent collection of money from job seekers.
According to the investigation, the accused allegedly lured people with false pr... | |
| | | | Special Crime Wing Jammu files charge-sheet | | Visa Fraud Case | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: The Special Crime Wing (SCW), Crime Branch Jammu, has filed a charge-sheet against a consultant in connection with an alleged visa fraud case involving several persons who were allegedly duped on the promise of arranging work visas for Canada.
In a statement a CB spokesman said, “The charge-sheet was filed against Lalit Sharma, son of Surinder Sharma, resident of Nai Basti Rangpur, R.S. Pura, Jammu, proprietor of M/s Kalika Education Consultant and M/s Knight Rider Consultant. The charge-sheet was presented before the Special Municipal Court, Jammu, in FIR No. 02/2025 registered at Police Station SCW Jammu under Section 420 of the IPC.”
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| | | | Search operations launched in Rajouri, Udhampur | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched search operations in the forest areas of Rajouri and Udhampur districts following information about suspected terrorist movement in the area, officials said. Three suspected terrorists reportedly abducted a villager, Anil Sudan, near his house at Upper Lardia in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri late Saturday night, the officials said.
Sudan was, however, released around 3.15 am after the trio used him as a guide to reach the Dua Khad forest.
On being informed, police and the Army rushed to the area and launched a combing operation to trace the suspected terrorists, the officials said, adding that n... | |
| | | | Top Lashkar Commander 'Moosa' used ayurvedic honey remedy to heal bullet wounds in jungle hideout | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar/New Delhi, Oct 4: A top Pakistani terrorist, believed to be a former commando of the Pakistan Army's elite Special Services Group (SSG), had turned to age-old Ayurvedic treatment of using pure honey to treat his bullet wounds for early healing while hiding deep in the forests of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday.
Mohd Asif, alias "Hashim Moosa", the chief operational commander of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the region and one of the masterminds ... | |
| | | | Army soldiers save woman's life in Udhampur | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 4: Army's prompt action saved a woman who had suffered critical head injury after falling from a height in a remote high altitude area in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, a defence spokesman said.
The woman belonging to the Bakarwal community sustained the head injury after falling while cutting wood and reportedly remained unconscious for nearly two hours at 9,700 feet in Seoj Dhar area, the spokesman said.
On receiving information, he said Army personnel responded swiftly to the medical emergency and immediately reached the location.
"Under remote medical guidance through video consultation, Battle Field Nursing Assistants provided imme... | |
| | | | Punjab Police dismantles illegal arms network | | AK-47 Rifle, 2 hand grenades recovered | |  Early Times Report
Chandigarh, Oct 4: An AK-47 assault rifle and two hand grenades were recovered from an individual as the Punjab Police dismantled an illegal arms and explosive supply network in Amritsar, a top police officer said on Sunday.
The Amritsar Rural Police also recovered the assault rifle's magazine and live cartridges from the accused, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said in a post on X.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the accused is allegedly linked to foreign... | |
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