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| Sexual harassment of women in offices goes unchecked in JK | | Govt deptts fail to constitute ICCs | | |
Saqib Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: Even as the incidents of molestation and harassment of women at workplaces is on rise in J&K, most of the government departments have failed to constitute internal complaint committees (ICCs).
The government had directed administrative heads of all departments many a time to constitute the ICCs to address complaints of sexual harassment at workplaces and submit action taken report with specific recommendations, in accordance with rules.
According to an order of the General Administration Department (GAD), administrative heads of their respective departments shall constitute committees at the state, divisional and district levels. Ov... | |
| | | | Promoted IGs work as DIGs, await posting, feel humiliated | | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Promoted to the rank of Inspectors General of Police (IGPs), the promotee officers are working as Deputy Inspector General, awaiting their next posting since July this year.
State cabinet in month of July had cleared promotion of six DIGs as IGs, but after lapse of two and half months they are still awaiting postings.
According to Government Order No.443-Home of 2016 dated dated:29.07.2016 six police officers, DIGs Viplav Kumar Choudhary, Garib Dass, Vijay Kumar, Surinder Kumar Gupta, Johny William and Syed Ahfadul Mujtaba were promoted as IGs.
"First three officers in the list, Viplav Kumar Choudhary, posted as IG Traffic, Garib Da... | |
| | | | 20 years on, FPF sans recruitment rules | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Twenty years after its formation, the Forest Protection Force (FPF) has no recruitment rules. The aggrieved accuse successive forest ministers of parroting concern for preservation of forests thus finding no time for framing the much needed rules.
Sources in Forest department informed Early Times that in pursuance to cabinet decision No.12/7 dated 2/12/1996, Forest Protection Force was constituted and in the next few years, Guards and Inspectors were engaged under Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Classification Control (Appeals) rules of 1956.
But after the lapse of nearly twenty years, the FPF has failed to make recruitment rules, which... | |
| | | | Fear, insecurity, arson, extortion hallmarks of Kashmir unrest | | Handing over Valley to Army only option | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: As the days have turned into weeks and weeks into months, there seems no end to ongoing Kashmir unrest, which has brought life in the restive Valley to a grinding halt.
People in Kashmir are defying the protest calendar to come out from the vicious circle of protests and shutdowns which has been woven around them by the separatists at the behest of Pakistan.
Sources told Early Times that protesters, who were hit by pellets are running from pillar to post to seek financial assistance as the henchmen of separatists have refused to help them. "Many youth who were hit by pellets need immediate financial help but the people who pushed them out in open to ... | |
| | | | Turmoil hits Valley, Jammu feels the pinch | | | | Raj Sandeep
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: The ongoing turmoil in Kashmir Valley has severely hit Jammu, with traders and transporters, in particular, feeling the pinch.
Rajinder Singh, a taxi driver said that with the direct connectivity of Katra by trains some time back, the tourists from across the country directly travel to Katra town, hitting the livelihood of transport operators in Jammu.
Singh said the three-month agitation in the Valley has added to their woes as tourist inflow to Jammu has sharply dropped. He said the condition of small time taxi operators and other transport operators has become extremely deplorable. "When they are finding it difficult to feed their ... | |
| | | | Tainted officials 'eat' into players' refreshment, allege parents, players | | Another refreshment scam hits Sports Council | | | Ali Yusuf
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: Few months after ET unearthed refreshment scam in the J&K State Sports Council, players and their parents have made a fresh complaint to higher authorities in the Government, alleging siphoning of refreshment funds by certain tainted officers of the State Sports Council in Jammu.
A representation has been received by the authorities supported by documentary evidence including pictures of the refreshments provided to the Judokas of the state, who attended a coaching camp in Jammu prior to their participation in the national championship. It has been alleged in the representation endorsed by the players, their parents and office bearers o... | |
| | | | Power hungry BJP minister snubs party leader for raking up issue | | Naeem's mercy petition | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: While as Education Minister, Naeem Akthar has virtually written a mercy petition to radical anti-India leader, Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani, the "nationalist" BJP, which is enjoying power with PDP in the State, has maintained a blind eye and deaf ear towards such intolerable act of the senior ministers in the coalition.
The power hungry party ministers in the coalition have asked BJP leadership to avoid such "minor" incidents because raking up such issues are not in the interests of the coalition in the State.
Credible sources in the BJP said that some party leaders have taken very serious note of the "mercy petition" of Naeem Akhtar and they asked party mi... | |
| | | | Old guards annoyed as PDP starts pampering 'bad guys' | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: Some of the senior leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party have taken a serious note of the "sudden and undue pampering" of their junior colleagues who don't have a "trust worthy" track record in PDP.
Sources said some in the PDP's top leadership have suddenly improved relationship with the lawmakers, who had been marginally "cut to size" following reports that "they planned a coup against the party president" after the death of the then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed earlier this year.
They said at least three such faces, who were believed to have opened a front against the party high command were not given any ministerial berth in the Cabin... | |
| | | | 3-day EDI gunfight ends, 2 terrorists killed | | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: The three day long encounter between militants and security forces at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) at Pampore culminated in the afternoon today after the second militant was killed by security forces.
Reports said that the operation was officially called off by the security forces after the EDI building was fully sanitized. The security forces checked the 50 odd rooms of the EDI building and following the same it w... | |
| | | | Disposal of bio-medical waste : GMCH fails to submit reports to NGT | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: The lackadaisical approach of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu can be gauged from fact that despite reminders from National Green Tribunal (NGT), the administration is yet to submit reports about mechanism for disposal of bio-medical waste. Pertinently, GMC &H and its associated Hospitals viz. Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital, Chest and Disease (CD) Hospital and Super Specialty (SS) Hospital Jammu on an average generate around 9 to 10 tonnes of bio-medical waste in a month which has the potential to create environmental catastrophe. Sources told Early Times that keeping in view serious violation of rules and... | |
| | | | Kashmir Unrest: JKCL at verge of closure, faces Rs 50 Cr loss | | Hundreds of employees likely to lose their jobs | | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: The state government had to work hard to infuse new life into J&K Cements Ltd to ensure the corporation is saved from becoming defunct, which was on the verge of closure, but over three month long unrest in Kashmir has taken a serious toll on the JKCL again as it has witnessed a huge loss of Rs 50 crore so far. If the situation continues to remain grim, the JKCL may turn bankrupt and hundreds of its employees may lose their livelihood.
"JKCL which is yet to overcome the enormous losses it faced during past several years is again at verge of closure. If the sale of cement doesn't start soon the company may again suffer Rs 5 crore... | |
| | | | Proposed Medical University of Health Sciences hangs in balance | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: With establishment of three medical colleges in Jammu province and increasing work load on the Jammu University, a proposal was submitted to state Health Ministry for sectioning deemed Medical University of Health Sciences, Jammu. But due to lack of interest, the proposal is gathering dust.
After the announcement of three medical colleges in Jammu province viz Doda, Kathua and Rajouri, the officials of the GMCH Jammu had submitted a proposal to the Health Department for sanctioning deemed Medical University of Health Sciences, Jammu. "In the interest of qualitative medical education, academics, research, patient care and over all quali... | |
| | | | Dejected SAs of E&CT Deptt seek creation of SO posts | | | | G S Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: The Senior Assistants engaged in Excise and Commercial Taxes Department (E&CT) feel dejected as the department has failed to create the post of Senior Officer at par with senior stenography post in every Deputy Commissioner office in Jammu and Kashmir.
It is one of the long pending demands of employee of the Excise and Commercial Taxes department which is not met by the department concerned for unknown reasons.
Source in the department said that there were 13 Deputy Commissioner Offices in Jammu and Kashmir where Senior Assistants have been working round the clock and manning the departments since their establishment due to non creati... | |
| | | | For 600 students, HSS Poondh has just 7 rooms | | | | Vinod Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be busy with announcements on digitalization of India, but in J&K such measures hold little meaning.
Take the example of Higher Secondary School Poondh, where classes are run under the open sky for last more than decade.
The strength of students in this school is above 600, but there are only nine rooms available out of which seven are used as classrooms and two for laboratories.
In the last session three new rooms constructed under Sarav Shiksha Abhiyyan were also handed over to school and are used for classrooms but still few classes are held in open sky, sources said. The new rooms were housing class 11 ... | |
| | | | Govt to implement ePDS to end pilferage in JK: Zulfkar | | Minister visits FPS, food godowns of Tamil Nadu | |  Early Times Report
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Oct 12: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali visited Tamil Nadu and took stock of the successful implementation of 'electronic Public Distribution System' (ePDS) in the southern state.
The Minister also hold meeting with senior functionaries of Tamil Nadu government regarding implementation of end to end computerization.
As a part of study tour to study successful implementation of Electronic Public Distributio... | |
| | | | Grant citizenship rights to refugees from Pak: Bhagwat | | News Analysis | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 12: On Tuesday, a very significant development took place at the far off Nagpur, Maharashtra. No one had ever expected that RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat would take a very hard line on J&K, that he will not spare the PDP-BJP Government in the state, that he will bat for equal treatment to Jammu and Ladakh and rehabilitation of displaced Kashmiri Hindus in the Valley and go to the extent of saying that the Union Government and the J&K Government were not working in unison.
If, on the one hand, he lambasted Sheikh Abdullah and the successive governments in J&K for their indifferent attitude towards the refugees from Pakistan and asked the concerned authorities to tak... | |
| | | | BJP leadership shamelessly indulges into deceitful tacticts to befool people | | Declaring Oct 26 as state holiday | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: To befool nationalist people of the State, BJP today claimed that it would going to organise "Accession Day" in the big way on October 26 but the party leadership is mum on the demand of announcing State holiday on same day. Accession Day is very important for the nationalist people of the State because on the same day, Maharaja Hari Singh had signed Instrument of Accession with Union India. On October 26, J&K had become integral part of Indian Union.
After BJP came to power in J&K this time, nationalist people were hoping that October 26 would be declared as state holiday but the power hungry BJP ministers have failed to take stand on this issue. People ... | |
| | | | PM Modi talks tough in Lucknow | | Terror not law and order problem | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lucknow Dussehra speech must have rattled Pakistan and Kashmiri separatists, who have been using terror to further their sinister agenda. What he said and the manner in which he said no Indian Prime Minister had ever said. He was unsparing; he was unambiguous; and he was straight forward. He was sending a strong message to those who indulge in terror-related activities.
"War against terror and those who support and give shelter to terrorists has begun. The menace of terrorism has to be ended and terrorists wherever they are and whosoever must not be spared," he said, adding that the "terrorism is not a law and order problem.... | |
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