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In absence of elected Govt, Guv takes major decisions 1/31/2016 12:21:49 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 30: Amid delay in government formation in the state, Governor N N Vohra has been taking major decisions for the last one week for smooth functioning of the governance. There has been delay in forming the government in J&K and the state is under Governor's Rule since January 9, following the demise of late Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. As no deadline has been fixed and the PDP President Mehbooba Mufti keeps everyone on guessing, Governor N N Vohra has taken some major decisions for the smooth functioning of the civilian government. For the past few days, Vohra had reviewed holding of elections to Municipalities and Panchayats with Chief Secretary BR Sharma and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shantmanu. While the elections to Municipalities had become due in January 2010, they will become due to Panchayats in June-July this year. Vohra had also directed the CAPD authorities to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) from February 1 in the state. Although, the PDP-BJP government had been reluctant to implement the...   READ MORE

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CCTVcameras likely to be installed in offices for transparency 1/31/2016 12:21:44 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 30: What could send the corrupt babus into tizzy is the proposed move of the government to install CCTV cameras in government offices to rein in corrupt practices which continue to take toll in the state. Sources said a high level meeting convened in this regard discussed at threadbare the modalities involved in the installation of the CCTV cameras in the government offices. There are high chances that during the first phase of such a novel initiative, cameras will be installed at the offices which have direct public dealing. Sources within the dispensation divulged that in a bid to ensure transparency and accountability in the gover...   READ MORE   Minister earned Crores during his 10-month stint 1/31/2016 12:21:38 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: A senior minister reportedly made huge fortune during the past 10 months by appointing tainted engineers at plum posts. "The minister gave selected positions to tainted engineers in lieu of hefty amount paid by them as bribe," claimed sources. "An engineer, who is involved in number of cases was elevated to top post in lieu of an XUV vehicle (Toyota) amounting to Rs 25 lakhs and Rs 60 lakhs cash," the source alleged. "Another engineer paid Rs 55 lakh in cash to get elevated as the Chief Engineer despite him being declared as deadwood by the state government," the source added. He claimed that five engineers paid Rs 1.18 Crore to get...   READ MORE   Today's meeting will reveal Mehbooba's views on BJP 1/31/2016 12:21:33 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is unlikely to take a decision on the government formation in the scheduled meeting of the party legislators and leaders in Srinagar on Sunday. According to sources, Mehbooba will just get a feedback from the party members about their experience with the BJP and also how the 'Agenda of Alliance' has worked out till now. She will also direct the party leaders to get more active on the ground and get more members in the drive. It will be the first meeting with the party leaders by Mehbooba Mufti after the death of her father Mufti Sayeed. She had till now not interacted with them and had also not spoken any thing on the issue...   READ MORE   Guv seeks report on PHE pipe scam after ET report 1/31/2016 12:21:28 AM ET Impact Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 30: Acting on an Early Times report regarding a scam in Public Health Engineering department Kashmir involving purchase of defective pipes, Governor N. N Vohra has sought immediate report from the authorities of Public Health Engineering Department. Official sources informed Early Times that soon after the report about the purchase of defective pipes was published; the Governor took a serious note over the matter and asked Chief Secretary B R Sharma to direct PHE authorities for immediate report. "The Chief Secretary directed Commissioner Secretary PHE to ask the Chief Engineer Kashmir for the submission of detaile...   READ MORE   Another IPS officer shells Rs 1 Cr to buy flat in NCR 1/31/2016 12:21:17 AM Harish Chander Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 30: Another senior police officer of the state IPS cadre has purchased a flat worth Rs 1 crore in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). Police sources said the officer last year purchased a flat worth Rs 1 crore in Delhi NCR. After paying the booking amount, he last year paid Rs 46 lakh to the builder, sources informed. His wife is also a senior government official. Even if the salaries of both of them are added up, the couple won't be able to pay Rs 46 lakh in one year, sources said. They claimed that Police officer has to make the full payment of Rs One crore to the builder in two years to get the possession of the flat. "The balance amo...   READ MORE   Police officers now keeping bosses in good humour for choice postings Change of strategy in Guv’s Rule 1/31/2016 12:21:11 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 30: Some middle-rung and other senior police officers have changed their strategy in the Governor Rule to get choice postings. Since there are no ministers at present in J&K in view of the Governor’s Rule, these officers have started taking rounds of the offices and residences of their 'bosses' to keep them in good humour. Earlier, they paid visits to the residences of ministers, but they could now be spotted either in the offices or at the residences of their bosses so that they could utilise their services at the right time for choice postings. There was a tussle among them to occupy the offices of IGP, traffic, DIG, crime, SSP, Jammu, and SSP, Reasi. ...   READ MORE   Fearing defections in NC, Omar targets Raj Bhawan 1/31/2016 12:21:00 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 30: NC working president and former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is a worried man. For, none of his plans has been working or clicking. He wants PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to again join hands with the BJP so that the PDP further loses its political space in the Valley, but the PDP chief has so far not obliged him. The PDP has even declared that its scheduled meeting in Srinagar on January 31 is not for discussion on government formation. It is for organizational matters, it has said. Besides, the PDP has cancelled its declared Jammu meeting with the local PDP leaders. Not just this. The family of late Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has vacated th...   READ MORE   Mehbooba continues to play prank with Modi 1/31/2016 12:20:22 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: Suspense over government formation in Jammu and Kashmir has deepened following reports that Mehbooba Mufti has vacated the Chief Minister's house in Jammu.Is it a normal procedure for Mehbooba to maintain political dignity? Or is it a broaded hint to the Centre that she was not interested in taking the oath as Chief Minister? Both seem to be in place because on one hand Mehbooba is in no hurry to form the Government and on the other she does not want to take over as Chief Minister without receiving firm assurance that the Central Government was ready accept her demands. This way she is placing certain preconditions before the Cen...   READ MORE   DC orders 'sealing' of illegal coaching institutes after CEO's report 1/31/2016 12:12:29 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Jan 30: On the basis of report submitted to him by the chief education officer with regard to functioning of illegal coaching institutes in Kishtwar district, deputy commissioner, Kishtwar, Ghulam Nabi Balwan today ordered the sealing to two coaching institutes here. In his report, the CEO said that out of seven coaching institutes in Kishtwar district, only two -- Impact Tutorial and Palladian Tutorial - were functioning without any registration. In reality, however, there were over two dozen coaching institutes operational in and around Kishtwar town. Several government teachers and college lecturers, despite ban on private tuitions by the...   READ MORE   Poonch roads in bad shape, R&B Deptt unmoved 1/30/2016 11:48:53 PM MS Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Jan 30: The Central and state governments may be making efforts to connect every village in the country with a road, but the roads in border district Poonch are in bad condition resulting in sufferings to local people but the concerned Road and Building Department still is unmoved. Locals complained that several main roads connecting vital areas in this frontier district are in dilapidated condition and further alleged the state department of Public Works (R&B) has been unmoved causing many troubles to the people of the district as it has failed to take care of the road. The locals further complained that during the rainy season it is quite hard to tr...   READ MORE   Burglars on theft spree, police clueless 1/30/2016 11:44:08 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 30: A sudden surge in the incidents of burglaries in the city and on its outskirts has gripped people in a state of panic as series of thefts for the past two weeks have raised a big question mark on police efficiency since it has failed miserably in maintaining law and order which is one of the paramount duties of the men in khaki. That burglars were striking literally at will became evident on the intervening night of January 28 and 29 when they committed as many as seven thefts in several localities in and around the city. While some burglars struck at the house of one Ajit Singh in Janipur Colony, which is under the jurisdiction of Police Station, Jani...   READ MORE   Dalwas fire incident: Aggrieved families cry for justice, graves in awful condition 1/30/2016 11:36:59 PM Tahir Mushtaq Early Times Report Ramban, Jan 30: After the lapse of one month the DNA test report of deceased persons of Dalwas Chanderkote fire incident is still awaited which has led to resentment brewing among the bereaved families who have lost their kin in the horrifying incident on late night Dec 31 last year. According to an eyewitness, the graves of the nine persons of the said fire incident who are buried at Kowh Bagh area of district Ramban under the custody of district administration now has sunken from the middle due to the recent rainfall and irony of the picture is that buried bodies are easily visible by the passerby. "Not only this, the grave is emitting foul smell, co...   READ MORE   Tussle over seating arrangement on R-Day Amid PDP-BJP face-off, ADC Kishtwar issues notice 1/30/2016 11:36:49 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Jan 30: After massive outrage over the occupancy of seat reserved for PDP and NC MLCs by a BJP leader during Republic Day function at Kishtwar followed by outrageous message by a revenue official, the PDP and BJP had a face-off over the issue as both the parties were seen involved in an open spat. The PDP termed the probe initiated by the Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar as mere eyewash. As per the details available with Early Times, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar who has been entrusted an inquiry by the DC Kishtwar to probe into the derogatory message circulated by the revenue official allegedly at behest of some senior government offic...   READ MORE   Is PDP preparing for mid-term polls? 1/30/2016 11:36:36 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 30: Jan: 30: The government formation in Jammu and Kashmir continues to remain in suspense after the death of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 7, and if the sources are to be believed, Mufti's daughter and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti is preparing for mid-term elections. PDP insiders said a decision has already been taken by Mehbooba during meetings with her party members and she is likely to make the decision public after taking fresh feedback from the party leadership soon. While the PDP leadership is silent over the immediate political plan or timeframe in the government formation, sources said the leaders are waiting...   READ MORE   Drug abuse alarmingly on rise among youths in Udhampur 1/30/2016 11:36:25 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Jan 30: Drug abuse among youth in Udhampur is of rising concern as besides chewable tobacco, the addiction of poppy straw, Charas and opium etc is alarming among the youths in the Udhampur district. Despite government efforts to create awareness about drug abuse the number of drug addicts is increasing day by day. The alarming trends is visible from the flow of poppy straw (Bukki) at an alarming rate in the last two years and the narcotics drugs like poppy straw (bukki), Charas and the others drugs be it prescription drugs, or Gutkha are increasingly becoming best choice among youth depending on their addiction and want of kick, sources said. ...   READ MORE   DC Kishtwar orders sealing of illegal coaching institutes after CEO report Coaching institute owners snub CEO Kishtwar for preparing false report 1/30/2016 11:36:13 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Jan 30: On the bases of report submitted by Chief Education Officer to Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar with regard to functioning of illegal coaching institutes in Kishtwar District, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Ghulam Nabi Balwan today ordered for sealing of two prime coaching institutes of Kishtwar District within two days, surprising many as CEO Kishtwar in his report submitted to DC Kishtwar claimed that out of seven coaching institutes in Kishtwar District, only two coaching Institutes Viz Impact Tutorial and Palladian Tutorial are functional that too without having any registration while in actual over two dozen coaching institutes are ope...   READ MORE   Avalanche hits Machil area, one dies, two sustain injuries 1/30/2016 11:30:01 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, Jan 30: A boy died while as two others sustained injured in an avalanche that struck the Machil area of this North Kashmir district on Saturday morning. Sources said that the avalanche hit the Chuntiwari Balla area of Machil in the frontier district, resulting in on-spot death of a 15 year old boy. As the news spread in the area, a joint team of Army and police rushed to the spot and retrieved the body, sources said. "The Army and locals launched a...   READ MORE   Three Lashkar militants killed in Lolab encounter 1/30/2016 11:29:44 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report KUPWARA, Jan 30: Three militants owing allegiance to Lashar-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter in Lolab area of this North Kashmir district. The search operation was going on till the last reports came in. A senior police official said that acting on a tip off a joint team of security forces including 28 Rashtriya Rifles and special operations group (SOG) launched an operation against militants in Dardapora village of Lolab area in Kupwara district on...   READ MORE   RSS lobby averse to trimming role of Ram Madhav in J&K political affairs 1/30/2016 11:28:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: Even as complete lull continues to persist on the political waters of J&K with no movement forward in government formation from PDP side, party President Mehbooba Mufti is said to be in direct contact with the top leadership of BJP in New Delhi with whom she has been holding negotiations herself for the last over two weeks. As PDP had sought senior BJP leader Ram Madhav to be out of the picture in case there is any progress in the government formation, RSS lobby at top level is learnt to have declined this move indicating there will be no change from BJP side on the political affairs and matters vital to alliance between the two parties. Sources said ther...   READ MORE   Mehbooba's ethical move turns problematic for BJP 1/30/2016 11:28:35 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: The bold decision of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to vacate the Chief Minister's official residence has sent a shock wave among the former BJP ministers in then Mufti Sayeed led coalition Government. Already dejected over continuous delay in formation of Government, these former ministers from BJP are now facing the threat of their forceful eviction from the official bungalows, which were allotted to them a few months earlier. Earlier, these ex-ministers were confident that Mehbooba Mufti would soon agree to form Government with the BJP and they would continue to enjoy the luxuries of official accommodation for the next five years or even less. This lead...   READ MORE   PDP endorses Hurriyat's trilateral dialogue insistence BJP's litmus test 1/30/2016 11:28:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Jan 30: It is now almost clear that the PDP is in no mood to form coalition government in J&K in the near future. Of course, it has not overruled or ruled in the possibility of re-stitching alliance with the BJP. The point is that the PDP has toughed its stand and reiterated that for the party the Agenda of Alliance on the basis of which late Mufti Sayeed formed coalition government with the BJP in March 2015 "is a sacred document" that needed to be given an effect to in a definite timeframe. It is hardly necessary to reflect on the Agenda of Alliance as everyone in the state knows what it provides for. Suffice to say that it is a highly controversial agenda, whi...   READ MORE   After Shah Faesal, NC-PDP fight it out over 'Ibnebattuta' 1/30/2016 11:28:19 PM Abbas Ali Early Times Report Srinagar, Jan 30: A few days after National Conference "ridiculed" presence of Education Director Shah Faesal at a "political event" hosted by PDP here, the NC has trained guns on another Kashmiri officer, who is accused of having worked as "PDP henchman." Interestingly, both the regional parties are washing dirty linen in public over role of bureaucracy in politics, making people laugh on how "Kashmiri officials remain connected to political parties from time to time." The latest target happens to be Saadut Hussain, a government official, accused of having handled social media accounts under the name IbneBattutta during the Omar Abdullah led government "...   READ MORE   Lack of playgrounds in schools exposes Govt claims 1/30/2016 11:28:14 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 30: Lack of playgrounds in most of the private schools has exploded the tall claims of the government of engaging students in physical activities. The situation, it has been learnt, is alarming in old city, Talab Tillo, Janipur, Gandhi Nagar, Satwari etc where the schools are run in small areas also violates the affiliation rules of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE). "As per BOSE governing rules of affiliation every Government, Private School shall be required to have playground facilities for all children on its rolls to undertake different curricular and co-curricular (sports) activities", he said, adding that under the...   READ MORE   Engagement of DRWs contradicts ban on recruitment 1/30/2016 11:28:09 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Pulwama, Jan 30: At a time when engagement of Daily Rated Workers (DRWs) in different government departments goes unabated despite a blanket ban order of government in place, employees falling under ban period term an agreement with government a tool to break ban order. After lot hue and cry was raised over regularization of 60,000 DRWs of different government departments during NC-Congress Coalition government, then finance Minister Abdul Raheem Rather announced a blanket order vide SRO-64 of 1994 to curb engagement of people as DRWs in government departments. Rather then said that government has issued instructions to the officers to discontinue for...   READ MORE   Dead body of missing BJP leader found from Chenab Deceased played key role in anti-militancy ops in '90s 1/30/2016 11:21:18 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Kishtwar, Jan 29: Kishtwar police has found the dead body of missing BJP leader Jagdeep Singh Parihar. Parihar had gone missing after he left his house on November 2, 2015, to attend a BJP rally at Chaderkot, Ramban. The deceased played a key role in anti-militancy operations in early '90s. It was due to efforts of people like him that mass migration of the minority community was prevented in Chenab belt during the peak of militancy. Parihar's body was found floating in river Chenab near Hasti on Friday evening. While talking to Early Times, senior police officers said that after shifting the body to district hospital Kishtwar, the brother of the deceased who had lodg...   READ MORE

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