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| PDP, NC train guns at Kashmir centric political rebels | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 12: Rebel leaders of Peoples Democratic Party appearing on the political scene in Kashmir has evoked sharp reactions from their parent party (PDP) and the National Conference.
Soon after this group met the delegation of 15 envoys from different countries in Srinagar the PDP expelled them from the party. National Conference ridiculed these leaders and called them all names. They just fell short of terming them as traitors.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Most of the leaders who met the envoys and the Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu comprised of the PDP leaders, who were ignored by their party when it was in power."
He said, "Now these leaders have got a chance to make their presence felt and they are making sure that they utilize this opportunity to come on the forefront and become a force in new political setup in the newly carved out union territory of Jammu and Kashmir."
An observer said that PDP has become completely irrelevant as most of it leaders have deserted it or they have been expelled from the party. "National Conference... | |
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| Un-believable; JE PWD attended BE classes in JMI Delhi, serving in Jammu simultaneously | | | | Avinash Azad
EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 12: Nearly impossible to believe that a Junior Engineer (JE) of Public Works (R&B) department during his posting in PW(R&B) construction Division-II, Jammu had simultaneously attended regular classes for B.E Civil Engineering at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University, New Delhi.
According to documents available with Early Times the Junior Engineer now an Executive Engineer (XEn) posted in Rural Engineering Wing (REW) of Rural Development and Panchyati Raj (RD&PR) department in Jammu division, had done his degree from 1991-1994 and job regularly.
"The JE (now XEn RDD) was attending his duty as JE regularly in Jammu from 1991 to 1996 and regular... | |
| | | | Mech Div Rajouri caught on wrong foot, cancel online tender to appease blue-eyed | | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Jan 10: It may sound bizarre, but the state of art of executing works through tendering process is not bereft of irregularities that have brought many cases to highlight.
Since the departments undertaking such dubious practices try to come clean when caught on wrong foot, yet there seems to be no administrative control or guidelines to take cognizance of such offences.
In one such activity conducted at Executive Engineer Mechanical Division Rajouri , a tender was floated demanding manpower as security guards in the department.
After the tenders were opened, Jaanbaaz security agencies were allotted the works for supply of the manpower to the department, which ... | |
| | | | PDD adopts soft stance against defaulter supplier | | Fails to recover full penalty amount | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 12: The Power Development Department (PDD) has been suffering huge revenue loss due to its lackluster attitude in taking timely corrective measures for consolidating its crumbling financial health, which can be gauged from the fact that it showed casual approach in recovering penalty amount from a supplier who failed to fulfill entire order.
Sources in the department told Early Times that the Procurement and Material Management wing of Power Development Department had cancelled supply orders of a company for supplying short material few years ago. "Supplier had to supply the materials including Aluminium Conductor Steel-Reinforced Cable (ACSR), whi... | |
| | | | Filthy Nallah in heart of Sunderbani city exposes SBM | | |  Ankit Kessar
Early Times Report
Sunderbani, Jan 12: The Swatch Bharat Mission, which was started by Center government led by Bhartiya Janta Party, is being defeated in Sunderbani where a nallah which flows through city has never been cleaned resulting presenting bad picture of the area.
The BJP leadership seems to be hardly bothered to pay attention towards Sunderbani, where plethora of public issues is still needs to be addressed. Sources told Early Times that that the sanitation aspect... | |
| | | | Commendable policing by JK cops! | | Extract money by intimidating visitors from Chandigarh | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 12: In a very shameful act by the Jammu Kashmir police cops in Jammu, who took money from the youths hailing from Chandigarh by intimidating them, who had come to Jammu for holiday.
As per reports, the incident took place in last night on National Highway in Sidhra area , where some youths were stopped by the cops, who were in their vehicle as their vehicle had gone out of order.
The cops started questioning them about their presence in the area during night hour, although youths told them about their identity and informed them that their vehicle has got some problem but cops started intimidating them. They started torturing them from their ... | |
| | | | Cluster University Srinagar does a Jaspal Bhatti! | | Students made to change exam centers | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 12: In a first of its kind development in the history of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir, the Cluster University of Srinagar introduced a system of making students change exam centers during exams thereby putting the pupil to "undue inconvenience."
For the ongoing examinations for various graduate and post-graduate courses, the CUS evolved a "new mechanism" of changing exam venues of students from one place to another.
In one such case, the students of 3rd semester of various integrated courses pursuing education at the Amar Singh College in Srinagar were made to appear in some of the papers at their home campus whereas the same students were made... | |
| | | | J&K Bank's only CDM in Udhampur remains dysfunctional, customers suffer | | |  ASHWANI SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
UDHAMPUR, Jan 12: The only Cash Deposit Machine (CDM) of J&K Bank here remains dysfunctional for most of the time thereby aggravating the sufferings of those who want to deposit money.
"I have to deposit some money at odd hours in the account of my son who is doing MSc Computer Sciences in Punjab and as the internet is not functional in J&K I wished to use the services of CDM but to my dismay it was not functional," rued Ramesh Kumar-a local businessman.
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| | | | 'Will Be Treated, Probed Just As Any Other Militant': J&K Police On Arrested Officer Davinder Singh | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said that decorated police officer Davinder Singh, who was apprehended along with two top Hizbul Mujahedeen militants on Saturday afternoon, will be treated and probed just like any other militant.
"The arrested officer will be treated and investigated the way militants are," IGP J&K Police Vijay Kumar said.
The police detained the officer, along with two militants when the trio was travelling in a vehicle on Srinagar-Jammu highway at Wanpow, he said. "Interrogation is underway."
When a reporter mentioned that Davinder had confessed during an interview that he had asked Afzal Guru to ferry a man named Mohammad... | |
| | | | Hemophilia patients' lives at risk | | Govt fails to procure drugs | | | Ishtiyaq ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 12: The hemophilia patients have been left at the mercy of God with government failing to keep drug available for them.
There are over 320 registered patients with the Day Care Centre at SMHS Hospital Srinagar.
However, authorities are putting their lives in danger as they are not making any efforts to procure drugs for them.
Hemophilia is a rare genetic disorder that keeps blood from clotting and leads to excessive internal or external bleeding.
The treatment is very expensive - a single dose of the clotting factor ranges from Rs 7,000 to Rs 27,000.
A majority of the patients, particularly children, require three doses of the clotting ... | |
| | | | MC's carelessness turns new Bus Stand Rajouri into garbage dumping site | | | |
Sushil Dutta
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Jan 12: Municipal Committee (MC) Rajouri has utterly failed in improving the sanitation and hygienic state of the town as its carelessness has turned the new Bus Stand Rajouri as a dumping site with garbage all around which is a source of nuisance for passersby.
Pertinent to mention that new Bus Stand Rajouri is situated at the entrance point of the town near Salani bridge thus shattering the first image of the town as unhealthy and unhygienic. Earlier it is resolved by the administration that the garbage of the town will be dumped near a selected point at Sunderbani but the MC Rajouri is creating confusion and is making the town prone to diseas... | |
| | | | Three ''most wanted'' Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists killed in Pulwama gunfight | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 12: Three "most wanted" Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed on Sunday in an encounter with security forces in the Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir''s Pulwama district, police said.
The terrorists -- Umer Fayaz Lone alias "Hamad Khan" of Seer village, Faizan Hamid of Mandoora and Adil Bashir Mir alias "Abu Dujana" of Monghama -- were wanted for their complicity in terror crimes, including attacks on security establishments and civilian atrocities, a police spokesman said.
He said the trio were affiliated with the proscribed Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit and were trapped during a cordon-and-search operation jointly launched by police and security force... | |
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