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No VVIP protocol, PSOs, vehicles for retired police officers, Babus Who will listen to MHA in J&K? 10/25/2016 11:31:28 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: Stop giving VVIP protocol, government accommodation and official vehicles to police officers and bureaucrats after they retire from the services. Let these top officials live ordinary lives like other citizens of the country since VVIP racism creates a wrong impression in the minds of the people of this country. Withdraw all official luxuries, the moment they finish their government services. They should not be allowed to keep enjoying government facilities especially the personnel at residences since they contribute little or nothing after their retirement in the service of the nation. Only those police officers and bureaucrats should be allowed to retain government facilities including cars who are facing real threat of terrorists or other anti-social elements. According to the MHA's letter no. 1-45020/09/2016-Pers-II dated 21-09-2016, it received various reports of retired Police Officers retaining a large number of Police personnel at their residences, including guards. It has also referred to reports that personal securi...   READ MORE

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Police crush protesters seeking probe into 'custodial' killing 10/25/2016 11:31:17 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: The officials of Dharamsal police station have reportedly turned revengeful against the protesters, who were demanding a through probe of tractor driver's death-allegedly a murder- and after giving third degree torture of a youth, another youth was today picked from Kalakote hospital, probably for third degree torture. The protesters informed Early Times that on Tuesday afternoon, police sleuths visited Kalakote hospital, where Suneet Singh (local shopkeeper), son of Bichatar Singh was undergoing treatment, and suddenly picked him without showing any arrest warrant. "They dumped Suneet into the police van just like a sack and amid thrashing him, fled fr...   READ MORE   JU plays with students' career 10/25/2016 11:31:08 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: University of Jammu having the dubious distinction of remaining in news for wrong reasons has gone ahead to issue similar syllabus for the students of management faculty at undergraduate level. Sources in the university said that University has constituted a Board of Studies comprising of senior teachers of concerned subjects drawn from Colleges, Departments of university, Distance Education Department etc in order to frame and finalize syllabus for the students. Sources further said that it is apparent that syllabus for each subject should cater to the academic requirements of the students as per the subjects opted by them. After meticulous discussio...   READ MORE   47 officers in Agriculture department hold more than one post Two hold 4 posts, 11 have three posts each, admin unmoved 10/25/2016 11:31:01 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: The mismanagement in Agriculture Production department could be gauged from the fact that despite having sufficient officers available, nearly 47 officers have been holding more than one post notwithstanding announcement by Agriculture Minister pitching for one man one post arrangement. Moreover out of 47 officers, two have been holding four posts each while 11 have been holding three posts each and remaining have been made incharge of more than one post, besides incharge syndrome also speaks volumes about inability of department to make full fledged officers, as even the Director is also incharge and not full fledge. As per sources Inderje...   READ MORE   KU, a money-minting varsity? 10/25/2016 11:30:50 PM Saqib Ahmad ET Report srinagar, Oct 25: Even as there has been a steep hike in examination fee for the postgraduate and undergraduate courses by the Kashmir University, a very small amount is actually spend in conducting the examinations. The Kashmir University, which has been conducting the undergraduate and postgraduate examinations exams in the Valley used to charge around Rs 500 for each student to appear in the examination. But now the students are being charged Rs 1250 to 1500 while the expenditure in conducting these exams is almost the same which used to be 15 years ago. Every year, the examination fee is generating revenue of crores of rupees to the university. Sources in the...   READ MORE   Bereft of mandate non-official delegation meets separatists to end 'logjam' Kashmir Unrest 10/25/2016 11:30:43 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 25: Despite having no mandate to carry out talks with separatists a group of 'respectable' from New Delhi today dropped in at the residence of some separatists and carried out deliberations with them in order to break the 'logjam' that is prevalent in Kashmir these days. Since the members of non-official delegation said that they have come in their individual capacity and do not represent Government of India it is quite certain that today's exercise would be meaningless vis-à-vis in breaking the stalemate. In other words it can be said that there seems to be no end to the unrest that is going on in Kashmir following the killing of Hizbul M...   READ MORE   'Sinha Panel has no mandate of Modi Govt' 10/25/2016 11:30:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: Yahwant Sinha panel which had held talks with separatists and are also scheduled to hold talk with the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti doesn't have the mandate of the Modi government. The members of the panel, including Sinha himself, are not the people who could have any bearing on the Kashmir policy of the Modi government. "Sinha had publicly stated that Modi government assumes him to be a dead-brain. Now, how could government listen to a person who is 'brain-dead'," said a senior official of the home ministry. There are lot of speculations in the home ministry about the reason for Sinha for joining hands with the people in his team, which have never...   READ MORE   Track-II' team's visit pricks unity balloon 10/25/2016 11:30:21 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 25: The united face of the separatists in Kashmir was exposed among the masses on Tuesday when they spoke in different tones that too separately before the delegation led by BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha. The delegation included Rtd. Air Vice Marchal Kapil Kak, Wajahat Habibullah, senior journalist Bharat Bushan and executive director of the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation Sushooba Barve who in Srinagar met the Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani and chairman Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The separatists met the delegation and presented their point of view about the current unrest in Valley that entered into day 109on Tuesday. The separatis...   READ MORE   FIR threat, abusive language, criminal tone: Sums up SDPO Nowshera ‘Dabang threatens scribe for asking questions’ 10/25/2016 11:30:13 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: Embarrassed and humiliated for his misdeeds and tyranny by successive reports by ET in a case of alleged murder of a youth followed by attempt to cover it up as a road mishap, SDPO Nowshera is now threatening scribes to book them if they ask him any questions. SDPO Nowshera Nawaz Chouhan lost his head when ET scribe made call on his cell, seeking information with regards to a murder case and started giving threats and using unparliamentarily language on phone. "Tu IG Crime Jammu Laga Hai Kya, Jo Baar Baar Pooch Raha Hai? (Who are you to ask questions?.. are you IGP crime?) "Main Tere Khilaf FIR De Dunga, Monitoring Cell Lagaya Hai Tumne?." (I will file ...   READ MORE   October 26 is historic day Celebrating accession - 1 10/25/2016 11:29:59 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: It was on October 26 seventy years ago that Jammu & Kashmir acceded to India as per the constitutional law on the subject. It could have acceded to India earlier had Nehru accepted Maharaja Hari Singh's accession proposal. There are people who say that it was for the first time on October 26, 1947 that Maharaja Hari Singh proposed his state's accession to India. It is a wrong assertion. The fact of the matter is that Maharaja Hari Singh had tried his best to accede his state to India after Pakistan invaded Jammu & Kashmir on October 20, 1947 to grab the princely state, but Nehru didn't pay any heed to his proposal. Prime Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Mehr ...   READ MORE   BJP has no moral right to criticise PDP Dividing Pir Panchal 10/25/2016 11:29:56 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: BJP has during the past three days criticized the PDP and asked it to mend its ways so that no harm was done to the unity and integrity of Jammu province that is located between Lakhanpur and Pir Panchal. It is not a small time BJP worker who had criticized the PDP and its ministers, saying they must refrain from using such terminology as Pir Panjal Valley and Chenab Valley. It is the chief spokesperson of the state BJP who had criticized the BJP. Only the other day BJP spokesperson issued a press note that asked the PDP to refrain from making any statement that was against the unity and integrity of Jammu province. It also urged the state government o...   READ MORE   Police to install more CCTVs in PCR Srinagar, other locations to improve security 10/25/2016 11:29:47 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 25: In view of the surge in militant attacks on security forces in Kashmir valley, police is installing more CCTV cameras at different locations in Srinagar and especially in and around the police control room Srinagar to improve the security system. Police sources told Early Times that during a meeting chaired by top officials of the police, it was noted that more CCTV cameras are being installed at important locations in Srinagar city and in and around the control room. " Specific stress was laid on installation of more hi-tech CCTVs around the police control room where these days most of the additional deployment of police and othe...   READ MORE   Police start probe to break 'Mystery Code-2' Miscreants torch vehicles in pairs in Valley 10/25/2016 11:29:38 PM Kashmir unrest Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 25: Even as around a dozen vehicles were torched by miscreants in Kashmir in the past around a fortnight, the violent incidents have shown a unique pattern, which the police have termed as "Mystery Code 2." The pattern of such violent attacks has shown that mainly a pair of vehicles were set ablaze in a day. Till now at least five such incidents have been reported within a fortnight prompting the police to probe if there was a "deliberate design in such attacks." Sources said the police is trying to find out if a organized group of miscreants was behind all such attacks. While 15 accused have been arrested in connection with the torchi...   READ MORE   Major success for police, security agencies Police arrests six Hurriyat activists 10/25/2016 11:29:23 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report Baramulla, Oct 25: In a major blow to the separatist movement six Hurriyat activists of Baramulla were arrested by police in Bijbehara town of south Kashmir on Monday late evening. According to sources that, on specific information about the movement of hurriyat activists, police team Baramulla headed by senior rank official raided at various unidentified places in Bijbehara town of south Kashmir, where from they have arrested six activists of hurriyat conference.These activists were involved in the civil uprising in Baramulla district, adding that these activists were also involved in instigating the youth of old town Baramulla in stone pelting a...   READ MORE   Finally, Govt sacks 133 illegal appointees in Health Deptt 10/25/2016 11:29:13 PM ET Impact Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 25: The government has, finally, terminated 133 class IV employees in the Health Department who were appointed illegally many years ago in Anantnag and Kulgam districts of south Kashmir. An order in this direction was issued on October 14, according to sources. Earlier this year the administrative department had issued an ambiguous and illegitimate order directing the Director of Health Kashmir to release salary in favour of the 133 employees who had been employed through backdoor means. Early Times had carried a detailed report on the issue, forcing the government to quash the order. As per details available, all the 133 illegal appoint...   READ MORE   'Alluring' Darbar Move packages drawing employees to offices 10/25/2016 11:29:03 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 25: As the countdown for Darbar Move starts, Civil Secretariat in Srinagar has also begun to witness thick attendance, for more better in comparison to only a couple of weeks back, thanks to the 'alluring' Move related TA/DA package that is drawing them in hordes to their workplaces which remained deserted for over three months. Sources said a large number of Secretariat employees who stayed away from their offices due to 'unrest' and even in its aftermath for many days have begun to show their faces in their respective offices both in Civil Secretariat and outside departments which shift between two capital cities with biannual practice of Darbar Move. ...   READ MORE   ITI exams hang in balance; students in dilemma 10/25/2016 11:28:58 PM Vinod Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 25: The State Board of Technical Education (SBTE) has failed to conduct exams of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) despite lapse of three months. The helpless students are waiting for their examination since July. A student from ITI Bhaddu Balor said he has been waiting for the final exams since July. But unfortunately, he said, taking refuge in the ongoing turmoil in the Valley, the Directorate of Technical Education, has not issued date-sheet or exam schedule. Another student, who is studying in ITI RS Pura, said he feels tired as examinations go far beyond their schedule. "The wait is exhausting. The lessons we studied in the begin...   READ MORE   Govt denies ration to migrants, salary to package employees 10/25/2016 11:28:50 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 25: The State Government has deprived the Kashmiri migrants of ration for over last three months while the package and non package employees are without salary from the same period. The Government has been so rigid and hard towards these migrants that it failed to release their salary as yet thereby generating a lot of .resentment among Pandits. According to sources the migrant relief holders have been deprived of the ration for last three months due to which families are at the verge of starvation. The situation is grave that many families dependent on cash relief are facing many hardships, said Sunil Kumar a relief holder of Jagti. He said when entir...   READ MORE   Woman, ‘boyfriend' held for ‘murdering' husband, father-in-law 10/25/2016 11:28:45 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Oct 25: Police claimed to have solved a double murder case and arrested two persons including the wife of the victim and brother of main accused while four other accused were still at large and police had launched a manhunt to arrest them. The double murder took place on October 23 night at Barri Marmat which falls under Assar police station. As soon as police received the information, a police party led by SHO of Police Station Assar, Inspector Farooq Ahmed Khateeb immediately reached the spot. During the course of investigation, police got suspicious of Reenu Devi. During her sustained questioning, she confessed to have murdered her h...   READ MORE

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