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| BJP utilizes Govt school property for election campaign | | |  Arun Trisal
Early Times Report
Kathua, Sept 30: Known for misuse of official machinery, the BJP state unit forcibly lifted a dice ( Lecture stand) from Government Girls Higher Secondary Kathua without permission of Chief Education Officer and utilized it in the election campaign at Town Hall. Ironically, Dr Jatendra Singh Union minister PMO was the chief guest and used that dice.
Election commission of India has issued Model Code of Conduct for the guidance of Political parties and candidates of which Para No (6) reads, "No political party or candidate shall permit its or his followers to make use of -- any public land, building, compound wall etc, without prior permission in written for erecting flag-staffs, suspending banners, pasting notices, writing slogans, election campaig... | |
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| No candidates to contest for MC Lakhanpur on party ticket | | Congress down and out! | |  Harpreet Singh Sethi
Early Times Report
Kathua, Sept 30: In a major embarrassment, Congress party has failed to find any candidates to contest on its tickets for the Lakhanpur Municipal Committee in Kathua district, setting the stage for a direct contest between BJP and the independents.
Interestingly, the independents are backed by rebel BJP candidate and former Minister Choudhary Lal Singh whose brother Rajinder Singh Bubby and his wife Upasana Andotra have also filed their nominations... | |
| | | | Congress fails to get candidates | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: Claiming to give a tough fight to BJP in the next Lok Sabha and assembly elections in J&K, the faction ridden Congress has failed to even provide candidates in many seats in the ongoing civic bodies elections in Jammu region. The BJP, on the other hand, not only beat Congress in Kashmir Valley by giving candidate in terror infested South Kashmir but also fielded candidates in all most all wards in Jammu province.
It is widely alleged that some state unit of leaders of Congress are deliberately supporting BJP by not fielding candidates at many places.
Credible sources said that some Valley based senior Congress leadership were not interested to contest... | |
| | | | Department in deep hole, Tourism officials holidaying on tax payers' money | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: Shammed and slammed by the government surveys for putting in place shoddy infrastructure for the tourists, officers of state's tourism department are plundering peoples' money on road shows outside the state rather than working on improving upon the identified grey areas.
These road shows being conducted by the department of tourism have come under the radar in the past as well as they have failed to yield the desired results in terms of tourist arrivals in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
As per the reports coming to fore, policy think tank of the Government of India in its August 2018 report had revealed that Jammu and Kashmir was among the worst... | |
| | | | I&FC Deptt violates guidelines of PM's package | | Expends Rs 12 Cr for works not covered under SPA | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: Irrigation and Flood Control Department has allegedly incurred and expenditure of Rs 12 crore on various works from Special Plan Assistance in contravention of the conditions envisaged in Prime Minister's package for floods.
Sources told Early Times that around 55 works were sanctioned under Special Plan Assistance (SPA) in four divisions including Irrigation Division-II Jammu, Flood Control Divisions Jammu, Anantnag and Srinagar at an estimated cost of Rs 14 crore, but were not depicted in the damage reports prepared by the Department and an expenditure of Rs 10 crore which was incurred on these works till 2016. "Similarly, nine Lift Irrigation Scheme... | |
| | | | BJP harps on Tawi river front project again | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 30: After failing to complete the hyped Tawi lake project during last three years of its tenure in the Government in alliance with PDP, the BJP today in its poll manifesto again promised to construct the Tawi river front on the pattern of Sabarmati River in Gujarat and declared that tenders for RS 130 crore project will be opened on October 13. This was stated by former Deputy CM and BJP MLA Gandhi Nagar, Kavinder Gupta after releasing the party's manifesto for Jammu Municipal elections here today. While responding to people's queries former Minister who held the charge of Urban Development department said that Tawi lake was not viable and it was not desig... | |
| | | | Shame! BJP forgot Purmandal when it was in power | | Jammu story | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: Bharatiya Janata Party which enjoyed the power for nearly three years in Jammu and Kashmir forgot all the promises which it had made to people of Jammu.
Purmandal, an ancient pilgrimage near Jammu is in shambles, as it has been ignored by the successive regimes. A temple inside the complex has become abode of stray cattle.
"It's unfortunate that the BJP leaders who always talk about protecting religious places did not pay any heed towards Purmandal, what ... | |
| | | | NC-PDP leaders establish communication channels | | Paas Wo Aane Lage Zara Zara! | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: The twin regional parties of Kashmir, otherwise arch-rivals, are fast establishing communication channels.
Highly placed sources told Early Times that since the day senior leader of the Peoples Democratic Party Syed Altaf Bukhari suggested that the PDP and National Conference should form government in the state to fight for safeguard of Article 35 A, the twin parties are coming closer. Sources said the leaders from the two parties may soon a formal meeting to fix up modalities for the prospective alliance.
Sources said the suggestion for prospective alliance was pitched only after a "secret meeting" between a senior PDP leader and his counterpart ... | |
| | | | Anarchy prevails in SDH Kalakote | | Lone doctor 'extracts' fee from patients in Hospital | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: It may sound strange but fact that the lone doctor at sub district hospital (SDH) Kalakote was 'extracting' consultation fee patients that too during duty hours.
Sources in hospital informed Early Times that an ailing person today went to SDH Kalakote for medical checkup, where the doctor on duty charged Rs 100 as consultation fee from him. "Dr Rehman who was available in the hospital asked the patient to come at his official accommodation, when the patient went there, Dr Rehman asked him for fee", they said and added that the patient was not able to pay fee to the doctor.
"Some people who accompanied the patient, questioned doctor's g... | |
| | | | CEO Pulwama makes mockery of govt. order | | Cancels attachment on paper, blue-eyed still enjoying attachment | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: The Chief Education Officer (CEO) Pulwama makes mockery of governor direction on 'cancellation of attachment' as the officer detaches teachers only in papers but at ground all attached teachers still working at their office.
Sources insider informed Early Times that some blue-eyed teachers, masters and Headmasters of the district still enjoying attachment at CEO, ZEOs offices despite clear direction of government to de-attach all teaching staff who are working in said offices in different capacities. "Mohd Yaseen (Headmaster) actual place of posting at ZEPO office Kakapora, Nasir Ahmed (Master) and Ayaz Ahmed (Master) actual place of p... | |
| | | | A speech that rattled Pak, Pak media | | Sushma at UNGA conference | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 30: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's statements before the United Nations General Assembly Saturday evening over Pakistan's sponsorship for cross-border terrorism has rattled not just the political establishment in Islamabad and military establishment at Rawalpindi, but the Pakistani biased media as well. Pakistani establishment dismissed her intervention in the UNGA as election-centric. As for the Pakistani media, it used the strongest words against Sushma swaraj. It was so rattled by her speech and plain-speaking.
Sushma Swaraj had lambasted Pakistan and accused it of being an "expert in trying to mask malevolence with verbal duplicity". Besides,... | |
| | | | Rajouri people hold demos for better roads | | | | Early Times Report
Rajouri, Sept 30: Inhabitants of Sankari, Kotdhara and adjoining villages in Rajouri tehsil on Saturday, staged demonstrations to protest dilapidated condition of roads in the district.
The blocked the road alleging that the contractor had left the black topping work half way.
Executive Engineer, PWD (R&B) has informed that the government has not released the required funds yet.
Black topping work on 10 kilometer road between Kotdhara and Thudi villages was allotted to a contractor about 3 years ago with a cost of about Rs30 lac per kilometer.
After completing 6 kilometers contractor has stopped the work as the department failed to release the payment for the same (m... | |
| | | | Crime against women on rise in JK | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 30: Though the successive governments over the years maintained that the number of steps had been taken to curb crime against women, the latest figures show an increase in the cases of crime against women in the last two years.
According to a report, the total number of cases of violence increased from 2,929 in 2016 to 3,363 in 2017-18.The official figures show that most of the cases have been registered in the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar. In summer capital, 298 cases were recorded in 2016 while the number increased to 417 in 2017.
In Jammu, there were 373 cases of violence against women registered in 2017. In the districts of... | |
| | | | Brazen overloading on peripheral Mendhar roads goes unheeded | | | |
Early Times Report
MENDHAR, Sept 30: Overloading on peripheral roads of Mendhar goes unheeded as police take no actionto save precious lives.
Students can be seen hanging from passenger vehicle doors during school hours, the locals said.
In addition to overloading almost all the vehicles including bikes violate traffic rules but nobody seems bothered to set things right, they added.
"There is huge rush of school and college students and office goers in the mornings , but since there are not enough vehicles to carry them, everybody tries to get onboard. The transport authorities have failed to rationalize the permits to Tatsumos. At certain routes, there are so many buses, while... | |
| | | | XEn I&FC rejects info under RTI on flimsy grounds | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 30: As Government has failed to train its officers on disposal of RTI applications, the Public Information Officers (PIOs) continue to commit blunders and thus reject RTI applications in complete violation of J&K RTI Act 2009.
Details available with Early Times reveal that one Haq Nawaz Nehru a resident of Nehru Chowk Doda filed an RTI application with the PIO, Executive Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control Division, Doda on 27.11.2018 seeking information with regard to site plan, estimates of a quarter constructed at village Sharool Mandole several decades back.
Information seeker attached an Indian Postal Order (IPO) Rs 10 with RTI application and the... | |
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