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| ACD Poonch retains his backdoor appointee brother JE | | 'His friend makes purchase, approves work for Blocks' | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: 'Tainted' Assistant Development Commissioner disregarding government order to disengage back door appointees in department, has retained his brother as a Technical Assistant. Moreover, the ACD has given free hand to his friend who is a government teacher to make purchases for department and approval for various works being done in Blocks.
Sources told Early Times that despite being named in number of corruption cases during his stay on various posts in RDD, Mukhtar Ahmed is continuing in same department as ACD Poonch, under the patronage of his brother-in-law Mohammad Nazir Sheikh, Director Panchayati Raj, Rural Development Department, Civil Secretariat, and has good command over the department of Rural Development and Panchyati Raj.
"He appointed his brother as Technical Assistant, a post equivalent to Junior Engineer through back door, that too on basis of fake degree", sources alleged and added that on August 3, 2018 the then Governor, N N Vohra had directed Rural Development Department quash all backdoor appointments made illega... | |
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| PDP paying heavy price for appeasing Pak stooges, anti-nationals | | Party ignored Jammu leaders during its tenure, sabotaged move to declare Maharaja's birthday as holiday | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Vikramaditya Singh, elder son of former Sadre-e-Riyasat Dr Karan Singh and grandson of Maharaja Hari Singh, has formally joined Congress, nearly one year after quitting the Peoples Democratic Party.
Singh had said goodbye to the PDP after the party despite heading Jammu and Kashmir government sabotaged the move to announce public holiday on late Maharaja's birthday.
"The PDP used to claim that it wants to address the aspirations of the Jammu people but it even failed to concede to the request of the one of its prominent leaders in Jammu region," said an analyst.
Vikramaditya's short stint with the PDP led to his becoming a member of the J&K Legislative ... | |
| | | | Shah Faesal glorifies killed terrorist, authorities sleeping | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: Always in a hurry to glorify anti-India elements, IAS officer Shah Faesal now glorified HM terrorist Manaan Wani who had picked up gun to wage a war against Indian state.
Although Shah Faesal availed every opportunity to defend on going terrorism in Kashmir, no action has been taken against him so far by the authorities. A notice was issued to him when he violated services rules but Faesal is least concerned about that notice.
Like politicians, Shah Faesal is playing with the fire by glorifying Manaan Wani.
"Sad to hear about the death of a PhD Scholar. He was from my neighboring village and his father was a former colleague. His parents only know wh... | |
| | | | LTTE failed in Sri Lanka, terrorists in Kashmir will also fail | | In Leh, Guv Malik rejects autonomy, warns terrorists | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: High voter turnout in Jammu and Ladakh has created a novel situation in the country with the Narendra Modi Government toughening its stand on separatists and half-separatists and warned terrorists and militants to reform themselves or abandon the cult of terror failing which the state would come down heavily on them.
Jammu and Ladakh have witnessed polling in the civic elections held in two phases between 78 and 70 per cent, as against a paltry polling percentage of 3. The high turnout in Jammu and Ladakh and virtually no polling in Kashmir have sent a message across the world that terrorism is confined only to certain parts of Kashmir, which remained at... | |
| | | | Qazi Yasir removed as Mirwaiz of South Kashmir for obscene video | | | |
Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
anantnag, Oct 12: The Idaar-e-Tehqeeqat Islami or Islamic Research Institute (IRI) has removed Qazi Yasir as Mirwaiz of South Kashmir after a obscene video and apologetic audio clip went viral on social media.
Yasir is the head of Ummat-e-Islami, a socio-religious organisation based in south Kashmir. As reported earlier, an undated video of Yasir, showed him doing an obscene act in a video call with a girl who is reported to be a resident of south Kashmir.
The incident has prompted uproar across the Valley, following which Qazi family removed Qazi Yasir from all the responsibilities.
Reacting to the calls for stepping down from the affairs of IRI, th... | |
| | | | NC 's charge that elections are being rigged in Kashmir is a sign of frustration | | Civic Polls | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: The people of Jammu province, including the people in the Muslim-majority areas, again reposed their full faith in the Indian democratic system and voted in large numbers and with great enthusiasm. Whopping 78 per cent voters in Kathua, Reasi, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban exercised their franchise to elect new municipal councils and municipalities. The Wednesday vote, like the Monday vote in Jammu and Ladakh, was a vote against the politics of separatism, autonomy and self-rule and a vote for the mainstream politics and development. In fact, the Wednesday vote, like the Monday vote, was a vote for the reorganization of the state.
As was expected, ... | |
| | | | For transfers on 'Sufarish', SMC violates model code of conduct | | Housing Deptt to probe 'Chai Pani' angle | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Oct 12: In brazen violation of norms, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation has been resorting to transfers during the ongoing model code of conduct in the wake of Urban Local body polls being held in the state.
Sources said since the announcement of urban local body polls, including that for the SMC, several transfers have taken place in the civic body.
Sources said the transfers have been taking place on "chai pani" and "political pressures" as some of the regional parties have fielded proxy candidates for SMC polls. Sources said through transfers within the civic body the SMC wants to allegedly benefit the candidates of the regional parties who have "influenc... | |
| | | | Failing projects worth thousands of crores, PDD dishes out fresh plans to save electricity | | Height of shamelessness! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: After miserably failing to implement the most vital Restructured Accelerated Power Development and Reforms Programme (R-APDRP), the state PDD has come up with a new mantra to plunder peoples' money once again.
As per the reports coming to fore, the Power development department has submitted a proposal to the government asking to approve the purchase of new meters that if installed could save electricity in large quantity. Such a shameless action under the garb of which the PDD is tying to hide its utter failures is being ridiculed all across in the state.
There are questions being raised that when the PDD even failed to implement much vital schemes spons... | |
| | | | Govt creates posts for KGBV schools, SED yet to start recruitment process | | JK's poor performance under Central Sponsored Scheme | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: After three year lapse, the government has created various posts under Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) but the school education department has failed to start the recruitment process.
According to sources, in Jammu and Kashmir the scheme was launched by state government in 2009, supposed to impart quality education to upper primary schools exclusively to girls of the Educationally Backward Blocks (EBBs) of the state.
Through this scheme, the union government created hundreds of non- teaching posts for these schools including 33 posts of wardens, 44 posts of accountants, 27 posts of watchmen, 19 posts of peons, 15 posts of head cook... | |
| | | | Presence of proxy candidates adds colour to civic polls | | People attach strings to resignation of Junaid Mattu | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: The ongoing civic polls in Kashmir are unprecedented due to ambiguity over the political affiliations of the candidates.
However, at the same time presence of proxy candidates has added some colour to the election process. The campaigning has been a low key affair in the civic polls with hardly any rally taking place in the Kashmir valley more so in turbulent areas.
A group of people while sharing views with Early Times said that as two of the leading regional parties National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have decided not to contest the elections, there is ambiguity over the political affiliation of the can... | |
| | | | Litmus test for security agencies as volatile areas go to polls today | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 12: The security apparatus will face litmus test tomorrow as most volatile areas are going to polls Saturday.
The ongoing 4-phase municipal polls began on October 8. So far two phases have been completed while the elections of rest two phases will be held on October 13, and 16.
The security agencies have been able to ensure peaceful first two phases of urban local bodies elections. There have been threats by militants and separatists groups threatening people not to vote. However, there has been no untoward incident happened in the first two phases.
While the third phase polls will be held on Saturday. Interestingly, the polls will be held in most of t... | |
| | | | Tight security in JK ahead of third phase of ULB polls | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 12: Ahead of the third phase of the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections in the state tomorrow, the authorities here said elaborate security and logistic arrangements have been put in place to ensure smooth conduct of the polls.
Official sources told Early Times that tight security arrangements have been put in place for smooth conduct of the third phase of elections which will take place from 6 am to 4 pm tomorrow.
The police said that it has intensified vehicle checking, frisking of pedestrians and area domination in the Srinagar city and other poll-bound urban pockets in Kashmir Valley to avert any untoward incident or possible attac... | |
| | | | How safe are Ayurvedic drugs? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 12: While the quality of allopathic drugs in Jammu Kashmir has wreaked havoc with the lives of gullible people, the Ayurvedic drugs sold in Kashmir have also been found to be spurious. With more and more people preferring Indian System of Medicine (ISM) for treatment, the authorities need to ensure supply of quality Ayurvedic drugs to government hospitals, said a spokesman of the Doctors Association. Besides, the private outlets, he said, also need to be monitored. It is widely believed that no drug license is needed for selling Ayurvedic drugs. The results are obvious.
There has been an alarming increase in Ayurvedic drug shops. Some time ago, the Doctor... | |
| | | | Over 83 lakh revenue documents, maps digitised in Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 12: 83 lakh revenue documents and land record maps have been digitised under the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) in the Jammu division, officials said.
The scanning of 83,76,221 documents and 12,457 maps of the Jammu division has been completed, they said. Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, on Thursday, visited the central record room here and reviewed the implementation of the programme.
On trial basis, all the parameters involved in the process of integration of textual and spatial data of four villages of Jammu West tehsil has also been done, the officials said.
The divisional commissioner also called for the d... | |
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