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Stop pursuing anti-Jammu policies: VHP stalwart tells BJP's Jaichand 'We can dislodge coalition in JK whenever we want' 10/26/2016 11:15:14 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: A senior BJP minister, who has earned the notorious character of "Jammu's Jaichand" was taken to task by senior leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) for pursuing anti-Jammu and anti-Hindu policies in the State. In the closed door one to one meeting, which lasted for an hour, the VHP stalwart, who was in Jammu days back, bluntly told the senior BJP minister that national level leadership of the VHP has potential to dislodge coalition government in J&K. Credible sources in the corridors of powers said that during his visit to Jammu some days back, the VHP stalwart was shocked when some local leaders gave him authentic proofs about corrupt practices and misdeeds of the BJP ministers in the coalition regime. Local leaders also brought to the notice of the VHP leader that police officers, who are known for their involvement in bovine smuggling, have been posted on important position in Jammu- thanks to a businessman who is very close to senior BJP minister. Local leaders said that SHO of one of the police station of city, who had brutally beate...   READ MORE

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Ahead of Diwali, BJP Minister's loyal CAO withholds payments 10/26/2016 11:15:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: The contractors who have executed various developmental works in Jammu city are waiting for their payments desperately and with just two days left for Diwali and the Chief Accounts Officer of the Jammu Municipal Corporation is allegedly keeping away from his office. "The contractors are running from pillar to post to get their payments, some of which are struck for over two years, but the chief accounts officer, who approves the release of payments is deliberately keeping off from the office" said a contractor pleading not to be named. They also alleged that the CAO deliberately stays away and releases payments only in favour of those contractors who are...   READ MORE   Kaun banega SMC Commissioner? PDP leaders start lobbying for 'own' man 10/26/2016 11:14:57 PM Early Times Report srinagar, Oct 26: Even as the incumbent Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Bashir Ahmed Khan is scheduled to retire later this month, at least two lawmakers from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party led coalition have started hectic lobbying to bring their "favorite" official as the new head of the civic body, which recently bagged special funds worth around Rs 100 crores for expenditure in the summer capital. Sources said for the past few days, a PDP minister, who has remained a government servant in the past, and his party colleague, a lawmaker from Srinagar, have been lobbying hard to get their "favorite" official as the new SMC Commissioner, when huge ce...   READ MORE   JU's double standards: Low paid employees punished, senior officials honoured 10/26/2016 11:14:45 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: In Jammu University, the low paid employees are subjected to stern disciplinary action even over trivial issues while the highly paid employees get compassionate treatment notwithstanding their recklessness and dereliction of duties. Criticizing the double standards adopted by the university administration to harass low paid employees and keep officers and teaching faculty in good humor, sources said that during the tenure of incumbent Vice Chancellor, a number of wrongdoings have surfaced. For example, the Special Secretary to incumbent VC, Prof JK Sharma was found involved in library book scam. But instead of initiating any action against him, he was ...   READ MORE   Mir befools Congmen in Jammu; angry aspirants rush to Delhi PCC's new district presidents 10/26/2016 11:14:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: As PCC president G A Mir dodged Congressmen in Jammu by not meeting any of them for getting their representations and claims for the significant positions in the organization, the aspirants have rushed to Delhi seeking blessings of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Others are running from pillar to post to build pressure in their support. Former minister Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, Vinod Mishra, Ashok Sharma, and others are camping in Delhi seeking appointment with Azad and his intervention to get them suitably placed. Mishra reached Delhi on Tuesday while Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, Subash Gupta and more rushed to Delhi on Wednesday. On the other hand, another aspirant for the...   READ MORE   Pak agents desperate to push Kashmir back to 90's After burning vehicles, miscreants set schools ablaze 10/26/2016 11:14:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: As the unrest in Kashmir is fizzling out and people are openly defying the protest calendar the agents of separatists and Pakistan have started burning the school buildings across Kashmir. During the past few days miscreants have set ablaze more than twenty school buildings and are leaving no stone unturned to terrorize the parents and the school going children. Sources told Early Times that these miscreants have been asked to maintain a low profile to evade arrests as Police have already tightened their noose around their accomplices and they are cooling their heels behind the bars. A Kashmir watcher said, "Reopening of schools would prove to be the la...   READ MORE   Parents worried about careers of their children 10/26/2016 11:14:18 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: The ongoing unrest in Kashmir Valley has put the careers of thousands of school and college going children at stake as their studies were badly affected due to the month long agitation. The parents who foresee bleak prospects for their wards curse the separatists saying their students are studying outside Valley in good schools and colleges while our children are being made scapegoats. The parents said that it is not a issue of promotion to next class, but they will be deprived of basics in education which they could have learnt in education institutions otherwise , said Mushtaq Ahmed a trade unionist from South Kashmir. "Mushtaq who telephoned his ...   READ MORE   As winter approaches, GMC&H awaits H1N1 testing lab 10/26/2016 11:14:11 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: The carlessness rather negligence of administration of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu can be gauged from the fact that they failed to make functional a laboratory for testing Swine Flu (H1N1) cases despite being pulled up by Jammu and Kashmir High Court. The winter is about to set in and risk of infection is increasing day by day but owing to non-serious attitude of the concern authority, the patients who will suffer from deadly disease, have to move another state for conducting require testes in the absence of a testing laboratory here. Moreover, waking up to an imminent risk of swine flu in the coming months,...   READ MORE   Contractual lecturer appointed 'third' warden of girls' hostel GDC Kathua Principal's unwarranted largesse 10/26/2016 11:14:00 PM Akshay Azad ET Report Jammu, Oct 26: The Principal of Government Degree College (GDC) Kathua had made a contractual lecturer warden of the Girls Hostel, which already had two permanent Assistant Professors, putting in there and working as wardens. Moreover, to appoint the contractual lecturer as warden of Hostel, the hostel committee was reconstituted by the Principal, which had objected to make a contractual as lecturer, which already had two wardens. Sources informed Early Times that the Hostel committee of GDC Kathua was headed by Convenor Tejinder Kour, while Dr. Ambika, Dr. Anupama Arora, Dr. Deepshiksha Sharma, Dr. Sunita Raina were members. "The issue to make the contractual le...   READ MORE   Samba area turns into gambling den, courtesy SHO Hulchul in Police 10/26/2016 11:13:49 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 26: The SHO of a police station in Samba district is alleged to have truned the areas, that fall under the jurisdiction of the police station he heads, into a gambling den. In return, he is alleged to be receiving a huge amount. The proceeds thus collected were alleged to be shared by him at the higher level, according to police sources. The SHO, who belongs to Jammu, was posted in Samba district some time back. "He enjoys the backing of some senior police officers," sources alleged. "Nowadays, he has been inviting people from outside areas too to gamble in his area. A general message has gone out that whoever wants to gamble on the eve of forthcoming Diwal...   READ MORE   SHO shifted, replaced by 'blue-eyed' Inspector 10/26/2016 11:13:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 26: The SHO of a police station in Poonch district, who had received appreciation for working out an important case a few days back, has been transferred and replaced by a 'blue-eyed' Inspector. Though the SHO had done commendable work, the senior officer did not like his style of working, police sources said. A few days back, the senior officer received a trivial complaint against the SHO. Though the complaint was not very serious, the officer, who had already been looking for an opportunity to teach him a lesson, immediately ordered his attachment to the district police lines, the sources added. Soon after attaching him with DPL, the officer ordered th...   READ MORE   BSF officer injured in overnight ceasefire violation 10/26/2016 11:08:00 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26 : An officer of the Border Security Force was injured when a shell fired by Pakistani Rangers exploded near him during overnight ceasefire violation in RS Pura sector along the International Border in Jammu. In the last 24 hours, ten people mostly women have been injured in the cross border firing in the RS Pura sector. "Assistant Sub Inspector of BSF A K Upadhayay was injured when a shell exploded near him in RS Pura sector. He received splinter injures in his hand", a BSF Spokesman said. The Pakistan Rangers resorted to heavy shelling and use of small arm fire in RS Pura sector. "Fire was mainly concentrated in RS Pura sector, heavy firing upto 2330 ho...   READ MORE   Locals anticipate lackluster of Deewali courtesy heavy firing from Pak 10/26/2016 11:07:45 PM Early Times Report Rajouri, Oct 26: locals in border areas of Rajouri district apprehend firing from across the Line of Control (LoC) to play spoil sport during Deewali festivity as there are reports in air that Pak has deployed 'special forces' to counter Indian retaliation. If recalled here that for the last many days Pakistan troops has been violating ceasefire in Rajouri and Poonch districts sometimes with automatics including mortar shelling on the forward Indian posts and the civilia...   READ MORE   After two nights of horror, border residents migrate 10/26/2016 11:06:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26 : Several houses in the border belt here have been damaged due to the shelling from across the border. Several villages along the International Border in the RS Pura sector wear a deserted look as the residents after spending two nights of horror decided to migrate to safer places after Pakistan violated the ceasefire, targeting the civilian population. As one enters the border villages, locked doors can be seen and an eerie silence prevails that is punctuated by the sporadic noise of bullets or mortar bombs. "We spent the past two nights in horror, when bombs fired from the Pakistani side landed on our houses and in our front yards. "We thought that i...   READ MORE   HC orders GAD, HUDD secys, JDA, VC to respond within 3 weeks Illegal permission of apartments by JDA to SRK Associates at Sunjwan 10/26/2016 11:04:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26 : In a PIL, alleging grant of illegal permission by JDA to M/s SRK Associates for the construction of 366 apartments at Chatta Sunjwan here, a high court division bench of Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice B S Walia today directed secretaries of GAD and Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD) and JDA vice-chairman to file their response within three weeks. The petitioner had sought directions to the chief secretary, secretaries of GAD and HUDD and JDA VC to initiate appropriate action against all those officials of JDA who had miserably failed to take action against SRK Associates on HUDD directions conveyed vide No U&D/15/2008/JDA/AS-32 on Februa...   READ MORE   Illegal appointees terminated, no action against accused officials 10/26/2016 10:55:54 PM Follow-up Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 26: As Government terminated 133 class IV employees of Health Department who were appointed illegally many years ago in Anantnag and Kulgam district , but till date no action has been taken against the Government officials who were involved in this scam. As already reported yesterday the order for termination of service was issued on October 14th by the Civil Secretariat Health Department Civil Society actors, RTI activists have demanded that strict action be taken against the concerned Chief Medical Officers (CMO's), Block Medical Officers (BMO's) who collected lakhs of rupees during this scam. " We appeal Health Minister to arrest and ...   READ MORE   Poor performance mars Swachh Bharat Mission in JK 10% urban areas covered to construct toilets in 2 yrs 10/26/2016 10:55:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 26: Swachh Bharat Mission launched two years ago is yet to pick up momentum in J&K. Just 10% individual household toilets have been covered in two years as against the set target of 35%. Sources said that as compared to JK, other state of the country viz. Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh have gone far ahead of the target to cover urban areas showing their keen interest to make the mission a success. It has been learnt that there is a general tendency of the state government to hold awareness programmes about Swachh Bharat Mission with less effort to practically implement the programme on ground in its entirety as per target. "During the two years of Swachh ...   READ MORE   Masked miscreants damage property in city centre, Pulwama Action leads to fear among people 10/26/2016 10:54:51 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 26: In typical examples of civil war in Kashmir during the ongoing unrest groups of masked youth caused damage to civilian property in separate incidents in Srinagar and Pulwama districts during the day. Eye-witnesses told Early Times that some masked youth appeared in the Hari Singh High street in the summer capital of state in the late afternoon and started smashing whatever came in their way. The masked youth went on a rampage and caused damages to the civilian property with the same leading to resentment among the people who were present in the area at the time of incident. "The masked youth seemed to be a spree of causing damage...   READ MORE   October 26 is historic day Celebrating accession - 1I 10/26/2016 10:54:41 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 26: Geelani and the likes in Kashmir say that Jammu & Kashmir is a disputed territory, that its political status has yet to be determined and that they consider accession of the state to India an act of coercion. They are absolutely wrong. They are only distorting facts and murdering history because no one in Delhi has really contested them and countered their misinformation campaign supported by Pakistan and certain vested interests in the establishment both in Jammu & Kashmir and New Delhi. In fact, it is the political establishment that has been sustaining the anti-India movement in Kashmir since decades. Had New Delhi diagnosed the Kashmir's ailment an...   READ MORE   BJP can't cheat Jammu, Ladakh this way Yashwant and Co 10/26/2016 10:54:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Oct 26: It was some ten days ago that a news report in a leading national daily suggested that a team led by senior BJP leader and former Finance and External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha could visit Srinagar to find what could satisfy Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Yasin Malik and other separatists and Kashmiri leaders belonging to Kashmiri parties like the NC, the Congress, the CPI-M and so on. That time, no one considered this report serious. However, it was on Tuesday that news channels flashed the report that Sinha, along with the supporters of Kashmiri separatists and Pakistan Wajahat Habibullah, Kapil Kak, Sushobha Bharve and Bharat Bhush...   READ MORE

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