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| PSC selects alleged rape accused, `cheat' as lecturer Surgery | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Terminated from service by Government, a former probationer surgeon Dr Javid Iqbal has been selected as lecturer surgery by the Public Service Commission (PSC).
According to notification number 16-PSC (DR-S) of 2015, dated October 20, 2015, Javid Iqbal has been selected as lecturer.
Positioned number one in the selection list of lecturer Surgery, GMC Jammu, Health and Medical Education Department, the doctor was terminated from his service in September 2013.
Dr Javid Iqbal, had cheated a Sikh girl Gurpreet, who later converted to Islam (Smaira) and married him, but later she filed cases against Dr Javid.
Health and Medical Education department had issued order of termination of probation and discharge from services of Dr. Javid Iqbal, Consultant Surgeon (under probation) under Government order number 500 HME of 2013.
Dr Iqbal was appointed as consultant surgeon (under Probation) vide Government order number 290-HME of 2011 on June 7, 2011.
"Whereas, an FIR No.19/2011 u/s 498-A/109/RPC dated 06.08.2011 was registered against him at Police St... | |
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| NC hates everything Indian, barring Indian currency | | Omar "distorted" Instrument of Accession | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 22: Working president of the Kashmir-based NC and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Omar Abdullah on Wednesday fed wrong information to the visiting delegation from the Canadian High Commission led by Jess Dutton, Deputy High Commissioner of Canada to India. He not only sought to internationalize the J&K issue and charged New Delhi with eroding the State's special status by extending certain Central laws to the State, but also distorted the Instrument of Accession under which the State acceded to India on October 26, 1947. The Instrument of Accession signed by the Maharaja of J&K was similar to one signed by other 560-odd princely States and it is an es... | |
| | | | Since 1989, GoI gave Rs 7000 cr to J&K for curbing militancy | | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 22: Since the onset of militancy in Kashmir in 1989, the Government of India (GoI) has reimbursed more than Rs 7,000 crore to J&K Government to fight the insurgency.
A document released by the Union Home Ministry reveals that apart from the expenditure incurred upon the deployment of army and paramilitary troops in Kashmir, the J&K Government has received Rs 7207 crore.
During the current financial year, a sum of Rs 447 crore has been reimbursed by the Centre to the State to fight insurgency.
The document reads that in view of the militancy, the Government of J&K has to incur more expenditure to maintain 'peace and tranquility'.
"It ... | |
| | | | Will JKHCBA Jammu counter anti-refugee, anti-daughters' move? | | Kashmiri lawyers' meet on Article 35-A in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 22: The Kashmir Bar Association (KBA)-sponsored meeting of Kashmiri lawyers will take place on Friday. The meeting has been arranged by the KBA to muster support of lawyers across the Kashmir Valley against the plea pending before the Supreme Court that has challenged residents' status under Article 35-A of the Indian Constitution.
The agenda of the meeting is to "decide if the KBA should participate as an intervener in the petition which is listed before the Supreme Court registry on November 3". The petition before the Supreme Court challenging Article 35A of the Indian Constitution was filed more than a year ago by "We the citizens", a Delhi-based non-G... | |
| | | | Finally, Govt leases out Pahalgam huts to influential family | | Tourism players up in arms, demand probe | | | Follow-Up
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 22: The State Government has leased out prized huts at the Pahalgam Golf Course to an influential business family, drawing flak from the people associated with tourism industry.
Over dozen high-end huts have been leased out to the family for mere Rs 2.5 crore by the Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA).
Early Times had reported earlier this month about the Government plan to lease out the huts.
The tourism players are up in arms against the deal, saying that the picturesque huts should have been leased out after open bidding and not secretly.
"This secret deal means loss of millions of rupees to the State exchequer. Firstly, there wa... | |
| | | | JU bends rules for student leader, rejects plea of career oriented scholars | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Adopting double standards, the Jammu University is giving relaxation to a student leader for his M Phil course despite undergoing regular Patwar training during the same period whereas a similar request of some scholars, who were recently selected as Government teachers, has been turned down.
According to the sources, agenda for the scheduled Jammu University Council meeting on October 23 includes the item for one time relaxation to a student leader, who managed his regular attendance in JU as M Phil scholar when he was also undergoing nine-month Patwar training.
Even as the proposal for relaxation to this student leader was turned down in the la... | |
| | | | 4 decades on, Master Plan for augmentation of water supply to greater Jammu awaits completion | | Jammuites left high & dry | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Jammu district is not only home to around 15 lakh souls but also hosts over three lakh people from other districts of the State. The area, however, faces a host of problems, particularly shortage of drinking water, as the Master Plan for augmentation of water supply to greater Jammu awaits completion even after four decades.
The Master Plan drawn in 1976 was supposed to cover a 15-year period till 1991 and was estimated to incur a cost of Rs 14.16 crore for then population of 5.33 lakh souls.
The project was scheduled to be completed in four years, but due to financial constraints and cost escalations it had to be revised thrice. The... | |
| | | | No place for dissent in PDP: CM | | 'Mehbooba to head Party, Govt' | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 22: The CM has made it clear to the party leaders that Mehbooba Mufti will continue to lead the party and possibly the Government also. He had also made it clear that no one will be allowed to challenge her authority.
According to the sources, the CM has made it clear to the party leaders that Mehooba Mufti is not only the party president but she is also poised to take over the Government.
"He has made it clear to leaders that any kind of dissent will not be tolerated. And also that people have reposed faith in the policies and programmes and leadership of Mufti Sayeed and Mehbooba Mufti and not to any other individual and it should be clear to all the ... | |
| | | | SHO attached, 2 cops transferred for "shielding" murder accused | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 22: Acting tough over the allegations of corruption against them, police headquarters (PHQ) has taken action against the SHO of a police station in Jammu district and his two juniors, both cops. While the SHO was attached with the district police lines (DPL), the cops were transferred to another district.
The SHO, who was alleged to have shielded a murder accused at the instance of a Minister, had allegedly taken a hefty amount from the accused. When police took no action against the accused for some days after the incident, the victim's family members and their relatives held a demonstration, following which higher police officers took cognizance of the ma... | |
| | | | Cong confident of win, BJP in dilemma | | LAHDC poll results today | | |
Kunal Shrivatsa
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 22: Every election wherein the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are locked in a direct contest could simply be bracketed as 'battle royale' and the polling to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh, was no exception as the two arch rivals left no stone unturned to outdo each other in this political fight to capture the seat of power in the 'cold desert'.
With results of the prestigious LAHDC, going to be declared tomorrow, the BJP which made Herculean effort in a bid to dethrone incumbent Congress during the election campaign, has kept its fingers crossed for the final outcome.
Though the BJP, which could ... | |
| | | | Estates deptt's yet another dubious distinction | | Employee having strong nexus with various channels working on same position for 30 yrs | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: J&K Estates department which is already embroiled in controversies on many facets of allotting accommodation has distinction of having abnormality and wrongdoings on one more front- some employees working on same posts and same positions for many years. In what can be seen as a well organised nexus, such employees pave way for corrupt practices and irregularities at many levels, in brazen violation of prescribed norms.
Sources said one such case is that of one of employees in Jammu who is working on same post and place for the last over three decades and no authority worth the name has dared to change his place of posting, thanks to well developed nexus h... | |
| | | | CIC pulls up top police officials; IGP, SSP, DySP eat humble pie | | | | Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 22: Three senior police officers of Jammu and Kashmir Police including IGP(CIV) PHQ ,SSP AIG and DySP DDP in ZPHQ who happen to be the FAA ,PIO DG HQs and PIO ZPHQ respectively ate humble pie at the hands of the Chief Information Commissioner following their refusal to provide the information on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on the plea that it would "prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India.
The SOP is nothing but detailed "do's and don'ts" of the standard operating procedures for the armed forces and such guidelines were important and an effective check on the use/misuse of the power.
The CIC reprimanded the ... | |
| | | | In absence of MD, problems plague Corporation | | Dark future awaits JKPDC | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 22: The J&K Power Development Corporation (JKPDC) is plagued by a host of serious problems because of absence of a Managing Director.
Not only many national level projects are lingering as companies are backing out but also the scheduled restructuring of JKPDC has come to a grinding halt, said sources.
Most of the power projects including Sawalkote-HEP with capacity of 1856 MW are far from completion even after 12 years. The project was handed over to L&T Limited, a national company in 2002, and was estimated to be completed within a period of 20 months. But even after a lapse of 12 years, the project is still in infancy mode. "There is an ... | |
| | | | Udhampur attack brain child of Nepali criminal | | | | Early Times Report
Udhampur, Oct 22: Police Thursday said that the ‘Udhampur Truck Attack’ that claimed the life of an innocent Kashmiri youth was the brain child of a Nepali criminal while during the investigation it has come to fore that a tainted police constable played the role of a conspirator who not only helped the goons but also played a major part in setting the Kashmiri truck on fire at Shivnagar Udhampur on October 9 this month.
Surinder Gupta, Deputy Inspector General, Udhampur-Reasi range said that only one accused namely Amit Kumar is absconding while rest of the accused including the master mind of the attack have been booked and charged with murder. “During the investigati... | |
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