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| People of J&K salutes Dogra Regiment 'ghataks' | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 30: No one had ever thought that Indian Army would one day cross the LoC, demolish terror camps or terror launching pads and liquidate not one or two but scores of Pakistan terrorists and at least nine Pakistan soldiers. But the Indian Army did that in the intervening night of September 28 and 29. The Indian Army proved that given an opportunity, it can do wonders and even leave behind the American and the Israeli Armies, which are known the world over for successfully launching surgical operations.
That the Indian Army conducted surgical operations for four hours between 12.30 a.m. and 4.30 a.m., killed more than 40 terrorists, including Pakistani soldiers... | |
| | | | Secy H&ME proposes senior, Minister plays truant | | Appointment of DHSJ | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: The hollow claims of Minister for Health and Medical Education department to follow the seniority list for appointment of officials in various capacities under H&ME department proved hollow after a junior doctor was appointed as Director Health Services Jammu (DHSJ), setting aside the seniority list.
If sources are to be believed the Secretary H&ME department has proposed the name of senior most doctor in Health Department for the post of director but at eleventh hours, Minister for H&ME department has disposed his proposal and appointed an allegedly junior doctor as DSHJ.
Sources also said that everyone were accepting the name of senior doctor for th... | |
| | | | Hypocrisy, thy name is Abdullahs | | Surgical strike on Pak | | | Saqib Ahmad
ET Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Pakistan didn't change its attitude during the last many decades, but what is surprising is that National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah, who was once advocating bombardment of Pakistan, is now calling for restraint after Indian army's surgical attacks on the neighbouring country.
The surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir were well hailed across the country, but it was Farooq Abdullah who called for restraint while his son and former CM, Omar Abdullah, maintained silence.
Similarly, the father-son duo have been demanding release of youth who participated in stone pelting, while in 2010, they used to call them drug addicts.
"We hope... | |
| | | | PDP Minister's men rule the roost at R&B Khanabal | | | |
Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Sept 30: A group of contractors backed by ruling PDP Minister has so much monopolized the business of bidding at R&B Khanabal Division Anantnag that without their consent no contractor is allowed to participate in the process.
Official sources told Early Times that the contractors group, which is dictating terms to even higher officials of the department at the behest of the Minister, has named this monopoly 'Baradri' - a process were contractors are brought on a table to negotiate.
They said that the moment department advertises works; this influential contractor group also named as contractors association chooses three to four contractors f... | |
| | | | Construct only 4 floors against prescribed 5; draw payment for full | | 'Corrupt' officials eat away 1-storey in hospital construction | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 30: Taking corruption to new heights, the officials of Housing and Health departments have literally eaten away construction of one full storey of a new 50-bedded hospital here, by constructing only four floors instead of prescribed five but drawing payment for full.
In a first of its kind, the officials involved in the `multi-crore scam', have constructed the 50-bedded hospital at Chana Pora here in brazen violation of the prescribed norms whereby the building has been left smaller than the scheduled size.
Official documents, a copy of which lies with Early Times reveals that in a bid to encourage vertical expansion of Srinagar through construction o... | |
| | | | DHS orders bulk transfers prior to his retirement | | Over 1200 Paramedical get choice posting | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 30: The outgoing Director Health Services (DHS) Jammu has allegedly made bulk transfers of Paramedical Staffers, prior to his retirement. Moreover, the DHS exceeding his limits, transferred several Public Health Nurses comes under Directorate of Family Welfare.
Sources in department informed Early Times, control of mafia over transfer industry in Health department came to surface when outgoing DHS issued transfers order of Paramedical Staffers, including X-Ray Technician, Dental Assistant, Pharmacist and other equivalent posts just a month before his retirement.
"The Government should keep all orders of transfers made by DHS in abeyance and a... | |
| | | | Geelani activates Jamaat to prolong Kashmir unrest | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 30: As the war euphoria has gripped Jammu and Kashmir the separatists in the Valley are trying to change their strategy by activating the Jamaat cadres spread across Kashmir.
Sources told Early Times the Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani has asked the Jamaat leaders to activate their men so that prevailing unrest is dragged further. "People defying the protest calendar has sent Geelani and company into tizzy. Three month long unrest is slowly coming to an end and people are fed up with daily shutdowns and strikes," they added.
Insiders revealed to begin with Jamaat activists in many areas offered funeral prayers in absentia for two Pakistani soldiers... | |
| | | | Information commissioner Nazir retiring, SIC to go defunct | | Non-serious J&K govt! | | | Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 30: Apart from continued disturbances in valley, bureaucratic hurdles coupled with non-serious attitude of state government has defeated the very purpose for which Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (SIC) was created.
Seven months have passed since the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) G.R Sufi completed his tenure on February 29, 2016 but there has been no movement on the file for the appointment of two members to the commission. What makes this deliberate silence serious is the fact that the lone member Nazir Ahmed is set to retire on October 8, 2016after completing five years in office.
The retirement of Nazir Ahmed wo... | |
| | | | Dogra treasure: Committee formed to find Toshkhana items | | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 30: The government on Friday constituted a committee to ascertain the status of the treasure that the Dogra rulers left behind in the state.
Last year, on October 2, the Early Times carried a detailed story about government's non-serious approach towards the misplacing of Toshkhana items.
The report titled 'Why is Govt silent on Maharaja Hari Singh's Treasure?' had stated that the great treasure, contained a glittering ring studded with all the traditional nine gems arranged around a 10-carat diamond worth approximately Rs ten million; two diamond necklaces containing 200 blue diamonds, estimated at Rs 10 million; hundreds of rubies from... | |
| | | | Two years on, authorities fail to construct 4 girls hostels in Doda | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: With an aim to retain the girl child in secondary schools, Government of India (GoI) had sanctioned four girls hostels for district Doda but surprisingly, the School Education department has not started construction of the hostels to this day.
"last year the department indentified land for construction of four 100 bedded girls' hostels at City Middle School (Doda), Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Bhella, GHSS Jakyas and GHSS Kastigarh at an estimate cost of Rs. 9.24 crore under centrally sponsored scheme for students of secondary and Higher secondary schools but till date the construction work yet not started", Sources in e... | |
| | | | Ailing SDH Billawar awaits specialists | | | | Vinod Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: The Sub Division hospital Billawar, located in the area represented by a senior BJP minister awaits appointment of specialists doctors for several years.
According to local, there is dearth of specialists, despite sanctioned posts, the poor and helpless people have lost their lives without treatment.
"For better health care, we have, Government Medical College Jammu as the only option, that too out of reach of the poor people. One has to travel at least 130 kilometes to reach Jammu. It is also very time consuming, and sometimes people die on the way", said Mukesh Kumar a university student from Billawar.
He said that a number of ro... | |
| | | | Authorities foil Lal Chowk Chalo call by imposing curfew, restrictions in Kashmir | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Authorities imposed curfew and restrictions in some areas of Kashmir valley in order to thwart the Lal Chowk Chalo given by the separatists as part of their protest programme. The situation by and large remained peaceful in the valley with protests reported from some areas.
Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik had asked people of Kashmir to march towards Lal Chowk on Thursday evening and hold protests. They had also asked the people to offer the congregational Friday prayers on the road stretching between Dalgate and Batamaloo.
In order to thwart this programme the state government ... | |
| | | | Unrest hits sanitation in Valley | | Garbage, garbage everywhere ! | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: With J&K being among the worst states in India when it comes to sanitation, the ongoing unrest in the Valley has further added to the mess as the authorities concerned are unable to collect the garbage due to the tense situation. The sanitation has been worst hit to ongoing unrest in the Valley as sweepers are not able to reach to various places and collect the garbage and other disposals.
Sources said government has directed authorities concerned to submit daily reports about collection and disposal of solid wastes. The government has taken a serious note of lapses over the collection and removal of garbage on the roadside, tourist ... | |
| | | | Srinagar roads narrate story of official apathy | | | | Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: Mocking at the shoddy approach of the government to patch up dilapidated roads of summer capital Srinagar, people in most city areas complained water logging which according to them has become a cause of inconvenience to the general public.
Notwithstanding tall claims of the government to provide better roads to Srinagarites, most of the city roads which include city's commercial nerve centre Lal Chowk, Magarmal Bagh, Exhibition Crossing, Batamaloo, Hari Singh High Street, Munwarabad, Rambagh, Nawpora, Khayam and Mehjoor Nagar are narrating the story of official apathy.
They said that these roads had developed deep ruts while authori... | |
| | | | Now, BJP MLA asks Govt deptts to file cases against whistle-blower | | Ulta choor kotwal ko dantay | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: In a bid to settle scores with a whistle-blower from Sunderbani, Rajouri who has exposed the muck in the system, senior BJP leader, accused of unleashing goonda raj, is pressuring the administration to file complaints against the former. As if murderous assault on this Early Times whistle-blower around a week ago was not enough, the MLA is asking Power Development Department (PDD), Forest, Rural Development, Public Health Engineering and Public Works Department to file a complaint each with Sunderbani police against the man. A senior official said they have strict verbal directives from the leader and his henchmen that "the Early Times reporter has to b... | |
| | | | Separatists, Pak agents too hit by surgical strikes | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: The separatists and Pak sympathisers in the valley have been hit more than Pakistan by the surgical strikes of army at the terrorists' launch pads and camps across the LoC in which about 50 terrorists are believed to have been killed.
The separatists and their ilks, already pushed to corner with the Modi government not budging an inch with cateogorical refusal to hold talks with them, have gone into a state of shock with the strikes.
It was the least they had expected from the Modi government as they believed that like the previous governments, the Centre would invite Pakistan for talks even after the Uri terror attack.
The shocked separatists and ... | |
| | | | NC leader Kamaal is compulsive confusion creating politician.. | | Blends exodus of KPs with criticism over Surgical Strike by Indian forces….! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: National Conference leader and a close relative of Abdullahs who is a compulsive confusion creating politician mingling irrelevant issues in irrelevant situations has done it again. In a bid to remain in limelight for all the wrong reasons and wrong stand, he has faltered again as the points he made this time simply drew flak. While criticizing the Surgical Strike by Indian forces on terror camps in POK on Thursday, Kamaal not only tried to question the action, but surprisingly pointed out at what he chose the words as genesis of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, shockingly attributing its birth as 'entirely an effort on our side…'
Utterly unrelated and ... | |
| | | | NAAC team's coming visit sends JU admin in working mode | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: The administration of Jammu University is more concerned about its grading than addressing genuine demands of students.
Take the upcoming visit of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) team to the campus. To present a rosy picture, the administration has haphazardly renovated the central library which was in pathetic condition for last two years.
"Since the NAAC announced its visit for awarding grade, the JU administration came into action and haphazardly renovated/ beautified the Dhanvantri library," said a scholar wishing anonymity.
Earlier, when the students and scholars demanded renovation of the library, their pleas went unheeded... | |
| | | | Revenue department unmoved despite SO's order | | Land mafia fleeces gullible people | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: Just 30 kilometers from the winter capital, it seems there are no rules in Bishnah, as the land mafia with connivance of Revenue and Police Department is fleecing gullible people.
According to documents available with Early Times, in 2009 the then Tehsildar Bishnah deleted Girdawari entry of Lekh Raj son of Prem Dass, in Khasra number 507 measuring without verifying the physical possession.
Lekh Raj has taken over the possession of Khasra number 507 measuring 6 Marlas from Kohra Ram son of Chajju Ram, in the April 1990 for period of 50 years on lease, but the same entry on land was deleted by Tehsildar.
However, the victim of autocratic Revenue Off... | |
| | | | PIO says file in CM's office, SIC issues penalty notice | | SKIMS denies info about suspended doctor | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: The State Information Commission (SIC) has issued a penalty notice against the Deputy Medical Superintendent of SKIMS Medical College Srinagar who is also the Public Information Officer (PIO) under RTI Act. The PIO allegedly has denied information about a suspended doctor (Asst Prof SKIMS Medical College).
The SKIMS authorities told the information seeker that the file of the said doctor was with Chief Minister and that was the reason for denying the information.
SIC was not satisfied with this reply and initiated penalty proceedings against the PIO ie Dy MS SKIMS Medical College) Details available with Early Times reveal one Prof Abdul Gani... | |
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