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PMO scolds Jitendra Singh ‘Stop interfering in J&K Unit of BJP’ 10/1/2015 12:48:26 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: The MoS in PMO Jitendra Singh has been directed by the top Central leadership of the BJP to desist from taking credit from the flagship developmental schemes of the Central Government. He has also been asked to stop interfering in the internal affairs of the State unit of the BJP. The directive to the Jitendra Singh came after he said that a modern highway connecting Katra will be constructed at the cost of Rs 1500 crores. The announcement in this regard was already made by the Union Government and the Union Cabinet had already made an announcement in this regard. It was done on the intervention of the PM after a proposal was sent by the State Government . "The MoS in PMO by making such statements and getting it carried in local press is trying to give an impression that it’s being done on his insistence which is factually not correct. The Minister has done such acts in the past and has been told sternly to keep away from repeating such acts," said a senior BJP leader in the Central Government. The sources said that since PM Modi has made a ...   READ MORE

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Now, Health Minister hurls unhealthy remarks at NC leadership 10/1/2015 12:48:12 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: Health Minister is in news again after he used abusive language against opposition National conference (NC) leadership over the beef ban issue. During an interaction with media persons here, when Health Minister was asked about the Bill submitted by NC seeking annulment of the beef ban law, he heaped abuses against the NC leadership. "Don't ask rubbish things," he said, and went on to use abusive words for the NC leaders. "They are talking rubbish because they are sitting idle now," he said. This is not the first time that Health Minister has landed himself in a controversy. Immediately after he took over as the Health Minister in March this yea...   READ MORE   Police bosses adopting unfair means to regularise SPOs working as their domestic helps 10/1/2015 12:47:54 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 30: Some senior police officers of the rank of SSPs and above are alleged to be adopting unfair means in J&K to get regularised the SPOs (Special Police Officers) who are working at their residences as domestic servants. These SPOs do every menial job for them. They massage their bodies, mop the floors of their houses, wash their clothes, bring vegetables for them from the market and also cook food but draw their salaries from the Government Treasury. In lieu of their services, these officers have now started the process of getting them regularised through fraudulent means. While they would continue to work at their residences, in police records, they wou...   READ MORE   Congress to oppose bills seeking revocation of ban on cow slaughter 10/1/2015 12:47:45 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 30: Convinced that any move to revoke ban on cow killing and eating of beef in the state would provoke communal tensions across the country, the Congress has, according to top sources in the party, decided to oppose tooth and nail bill or bills seeking revocation of the 1932 laws as contained in the Ranbir Penal Code concerning cow killing and beef eating. "The Congress will not allow the adoption of any bill that could escalate communal tensions in the country. We are a national party. We cannot be a party to any move that tears apart the country's social fabric. Jammu & Kashmir is a communally sensitive State. If any bill seeking revocation of ban on co...   READ MORE   BJP opposes and supports Article 370 at the same time 10/1/2015 12:47:18 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 30: Something is fundamentally wrong with the so-called nationalist and integrationist BJP. It says one thing in Jammu & Kashmir and exactly the opposite in Delhi or elsewhere in the country on the same subject. In Jammu & Kashmir, for example, the BJP not only supports Article 370 but also goes further to appease its coalition partner, PDP, and the valleyites. But in Delhi, the BJP opposes Article 370 and questions Jawaharlal Nehru for conferring special status upon Jammu & Kashmir on the ground that it was a Muslim-majority state. Just go through the PDP-BJP agenda of alliance and you would yourself find that the BJP gave up its age-old demand for the a...   READ MORE   JU disengages HGRCC's JRFs University cannot escape from its commitment: Court 10/1/2015 12:47:01 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: Determined to shut Human Genetics Research cum Counseling Centre (HGRCC), the administration of university of Jammu, after disengaging some employees, has now disengaged JRFs. Though, the High court has cleared that the university cannot escape from written commitment to run the Centre. Documents possessed by Early Times reveal that the University of Jammu on Wednesday disengaged five JRFs. "A meeting of the committee constituted to look into the functioning of the HGRCC was held in the office of Vice Chancellor on September 8, 2015 wherein it was recommended that JRFs Jyotdeep Kour, Dr Surbhi Sethi, Rohit Bhardwal, Ravi Sharma and Meen...   READ MORE   Sycophant Inspector trying to get posted as SHO 10/1/2015 12:46:47 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 30: A sycophant Police Inspector, who, using his political connections, has got himself prematurely transferred from Reasi to Jammu range, has been now-a-days trying hard to get posted as SHO of any "important" police station here. He does not want to miss any opportunity and has been paying personal visits to the offices and residences of senior police officers and touching their feet for a favour, according to police sources. While doing all this, he hoped that he would be posted as SHO of some "important" police station but, to his surprise, he was attached with the District Police Lines (DPL), Jammu. While he was given an important assignment at the...   READ MORE   J&K among states with highest HR violation cases Police atrocities un-punished 10/1/2015 12:46:35 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has placed Jammu and Kashmir among the states with highest number of human rights violations in the last three years. Moreover, despite huge number of police personnel found involved in human rights violations, disciplinary action has not been initiated against a single public servant so far. The National Human Rights Commission in its latest report for the last three years till July 15, 2015 has recorded 1237 cases registered, which also exposed the claims of zero tolerance against the HR violations. A total of 411 cases were registered in 2012-13, out of which 395 were disposed off while 16 re...   READ MORE   (Un)Accountability Commission's website stills shows Nargotra as chairman, Hussain as member 10/1/2015 12:46:21 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 30: At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is showing his seriousness towards Information Technology revolution from Facebook headquarters in the US, the official website of J&K's anti-graft agency, the State Accountability Commission (SAC), hasn't been updated from last more than one year. The SAC's website (www.jksac.nic.in) shows Justice (retd) Y P Nargotra as chairman of the Commission and Justice (retd) Hakeem Imtiyaz Hussain as member. Photos of Justice Nargotra and Justice Hussain are also displayed on the website. Notably, Justice Nargotra and Justice Hussain retired from the SAC in August 2014. Also, orders issued by SAC from time to time...   READ MORE   J&K Industries and Commerce Department is headless 10/1/2015 12:46:11 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 30: The crucial Industries and Commerce department is without an administrative head to oversee its operations. The post of the commissioner secretary is lying vacant since Senior IAS Officer Khursheed A Ganai went on protest leave, after Government appointed, B R Sharma, as Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that the department is also without special secretary. "Though Sajad Ahmad Khan is the special secretary of the department but recently he was deputed by the government for some training course to Karela," sources said. They added that the day Kursheed Ahmad Ganai went on protest leave the matters of the secretary...   READ MORE   Advertisement Notices turn farce; Ad-hocism underline JU administration 10/1/2015 12:46:00 AM Early Times Report Jammu Sept 30: For last ten years, Jammu University has earned dubious distinction of inviting applications for administrative positions, but adjusting only blue eyed against these positions. An insider informed Early Times that the posts of Registrar, Controller of Examination, Director College Development Council, Administrator GZSA have remained unfilled for the last over ten years and every year advertisements are issued just as formality with no serious efforts to fill these posts. "University Authority has put in place the junior most officers of the rank of Joint Registrars as Controller of Examination, Director, College Development Council and a teacher holdin...   READ MORE   No condemnation, no strike call; separatists can't annoy their bosses 10/1/2015 12:45:48 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: Residents of Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) hitting the streets and staging protests against the autocratic regime and demanding freedom from Pakistan has brought to fore how much people of PoK are fed up of Pakistan. Pertinently, CNN-IBN on September 29 exposed the real face of Pakistan by highlighting the massive protests in PoK. Protests were held against the Pakistani government in Muzaffarabad, Gilgit and Kotli. The authorities were shown using force to quell the rebellion in the region. Irony is that Islamabad never loses a chance to hit out at New Delhi for suppressing the rights of JK people. Separatists, who claim to be the champions o...   READ MORE   'Leaders by default' bringing embarrassment to party…..! Is State unit of BJP going 'AAP' way …? 10/1/2015 12:45:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: State unit of BJP appears to be going AAP way in facing embarrassment at the hands of few leaders whose association with the party is not quite old, yet they are holding good political positions and command in certain ways. While there are many in the party whose credentials and background is getting gradually unfolded much to discomfiture of the party, the latest one is that of MLA from RS Pura whose wife's case came to fore today as HC has given directions to Crime Branch to probe her alleged fake Degree in medicine. Sources said BJP's RS Pura MLA Gagan Bhagat's case has brought a fresh dose of embarrassment to party already in doldrums on various co...   READ MORE   Ban on live telecast of Assembly proceedings surprises people 10/1/2015 12:45:21 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 30: J&K Government's ban on live telecast of the House proceedings has shocked many scribes in the State who believe the gag order is an indication that ruckus would be witnessed during the coming autumn session of the Assembly here. Legislative Assembly's Speaker Kulvinder Gupta on Tuesday said that electronic media would not be allowed to live telecast the proceedings of the House. "At times there are some incidents and happenings in the House which are not appropriate to be telecast live. Let's keep those incidents confined to Assembly only. So there will be no permission for live telecast, but journalists can do deferred telecast," h...   READ MORE   HC sets aside ACR's order, directs distribution of solar lights as per sanctioned list ACR Kishtwar ignores HC order 10/1/2015 12:05:36 AM Early Times Report Kishtwar Sept 30: In violation of directions of High Court of Jammu and Kashmir, controversial Assistant Commissioner Revenue (ACR) Kishtwar today distributed the Solar Lights among the 28 beneficiaries in Dool area of Kishtwar District who were not in the list of the beneficiaries authenticated by the former Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Javed Ahmed Khan and endorsed by the High Court in its order dated 24-09-2015. As per the details available with "Early Times", Justice...   READ MORE   ESIC prefers retired paramedics over unemployed youth 10/1/2015 12:05:01 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 30: The Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has recruited retired government employees as paramedical staff in its hospital in Jammu, leaving qualified unemployed youths dejected. Sources told Early Times that ESIC had advertised posts for engagement of paramedical staff for its hospitals early this month and the interview of the same were held on September 16, 2015. "In its advertisement, the ESIC had invited the applications from the retired paramedical employees from Central Government/ State Government/ESI Corporation/Quasi Government/Municipal Body/Defence having age of not less than 64 years for six staff nurses having Dip...   READ MORE   MLA Amira Kadal asks corporation officials not to seek permission for construction Political interference takes toll on functioning of SMC 10/1/2015 12:04:06 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Political interference in the functioning of a civic body like Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has taken toll with illegal constructions going on in a posh area located a stone's throw away from the city centre. Sources told Early Times that constructions without the necessary permission are going on unabated in the Jawahar Nagar area of the summer capital of the state. The work has already been completed on some of the structures and it is going on at a full speed on rest of the structures. It has been learnt that MLA Amira Kadal, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari has passed on directions to the officials of SMC not to ask for per...   READ MORE   After fee revision, Betaab valley received less tourists Exorbitant entry fee disappoints tourists 10/1/2015 12:03:51 AM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar,Sept 30:The revision of ticket fares in tourist destinations has discouraged the visitors from entering these 'gated' tourist spots. Visitors especially locals complain that the higher ticket tariff to enter parks like Betaab Valley dampens their spirit to fully enjoy the scenic beauty of the tourist spot. The tourist destination, which is maintained by Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA), witnessed massive construction from past few years, is situated in South Kashmir, some 88 kms from Srinagar. The entry ticket to Betaab Valley, known for the location of Sunny Deol starrer Bollywood movie Betaab, costs Rs 100 per person, which the touris...   READ MORE   CM to inaugurate multiplex at Pahalgam today Kashmir all set for return of silver screen 9/30/2015 11:59:30 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 30: With the inauguration of multiplex type facility in Lidder Valley on Thursday, Kashmir seems all set for return of silver screen. The Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed is scheduled to inaugurate a multiplex at Pahalgam club on October 1 to attract high-end tourists to Kashmir. Situated at the foothills of Pir Panchal mountains facing river Lidder, the club has a banquet hall, a multi-cuisine restaurant, a coffee shop, a four-lane bowling alley, swimm...   READ MORE

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