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Scandalous recruitment of daily wagers in city colleges Over 100 appointed in violation of norms 10/27/2016 11:24:37 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: Throwing laid norms and circular of Higher Education department to the winds, over 100 daily-wagers have reportedly been engaged in various college of Jammu city in the last few years. Majority of these daily wagers are reportedly engaged during the tenure of Congress-National Conference government in the state. On 21/11/2014, the then Secretary to Government Higher Education department vide circular No. HE/Coll. A\G/JK/Circular/2014, had instructed all the Principals of Government Degree Colleges not to engage any employee on Local Fund. The concluding paragraph of the circular reads as, "The Principals of Government Degree Colleges are accordingly impressed upon to strictly adhere to the existing rules/guidelines and restrain from resorting to such engagements of Local Fund employees. Any violation in this regard shall be considered as dereliction of duty and action under law shall be initiated against the erring officer". Moreover, the state government had time and again asked all heads of Government departments, Corporations, B...   READ MORE

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Incidents of arson increase in city centre, Sgr's old city Out of jail, Malik, Mirwaiz resort to dirty tricks again 10/27/2016 11:24:24 PM Kashmir Unrest Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: The Government's decision to give some respite to Hurriyat dove Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and the so-called chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Yasin Malik seems to have boomeranged as incidents of arson have increased since the day they have come out from the jail. It's in place to mention here that Malik was shifted from Central Jail to SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at Soura, while Mirwaiz was brought to his Nageen residence from Cheshma-Shahi earlier this week. They were released on the pretext that they would hold talks with the track-II team led by the former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha and would also hold talks amo...   READ MORE   Exams on Nov 15, students yet to know paper format CM sympathises with students, 'Birbal' unaffected 10/27/2016 11:24:01 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 27: The Education Ministry is yet to take a final call over the amount of syllabus being given to the students of Class 10 and 12 of Kashmir Valley who are set to appear in the examinations on November 15 amid confusion and turmoil. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had assured the students of wide choice and relaxation in the syllabus. On October 18, Mufti had said: "We have decided to hold examinations on time, but keeping in view the difficulties faced by students, there will be relaxation in syllabus as they have not completed it yet." The Chief Minister said they would try to give every possible help to the students who had suffered academic loss duri...   READ MORE   'Insensitive' Sports Council posts pics of girls online Unethical, immoral to capture pics unwittingly, says BJP spokesman 10/27/2016 11:23:46 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 27: The J&K Sports Council is again in the news for wrong reasons. This time JKSC has posted the pictures of girls practicing in the play fields on social media. For the past few days, the Twitter handle @JKSportsCouncil had been tweeting pictures of girls, captured in the camera unaware, by officials, when they were busy practicing. Some of the mischief mongers have been passing lewd remarks, while there was apprehension of the misuse of the pictures, which are doing the rounds on the social media. Even some pictures of schoolgirls doing practice in the fields in Jammu and Srinagar were being circulated by the government organization. "Girls showing the...   READ MORE   JKSSB's fast track recruitment moves at snail's pace 4 months on, Board fails to announce results 10/27/2016 11:23:28 PM Vinod Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: The so-called fast track recruitment of J&K Service Selection Board (JKSSB) is virtually moving at a snail's pace, as four months after interviews for various posts were held, the results are yet to be announced. A student of Jammu University, Zaffar Ahmed said that they have been waiting for the results for last many months, but there is no response from the Board authorities. "The State Government claims of recruitment done on fast track basis is actually a hoax," he said. The JKSSB had advertised various posts including supervisor in Social Welfare Department for which interviews were conducted many months ago. Also, Board had adverti...   READ MORE   Sunderbani Police books poor villagers in fake case Victims threaten suicide 10/27/2016 10:31:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: In yet another case of alleged lawlessness in Rajouri district, in a bid to save some "influential goons" enjoying patronage in the corridors of power, the police have filed a case against poor peasants whose comrade was attacked last month. The victims have threatened suicide and made clear that the onus of any such eventuality would lie on the concerned SDPO and SHO Sunderbani. Witnesses said in September a group of goons wielding influence in Sunderbani attacked a group of poor peasants who resisted to the "Gunda Raaj." The poor persons, at once rushed to the police station to get a complaint registered against the goons, who have "unleashed terro...   READ MORE   Boulevard road widening project shelved Govt bows before influential hoteliers 10/27/2016 10:31:23 PM Saqib Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Oct 27: Five years after it was approved by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the Boulevard road widening project has been shelved allegedly to save the property of some influential people. Omar had approved Rs 60 crore project for widening of the Boulevard to four-lane status from Dalgate to Kralsangri, Brain. He had directed the authorities concerned to complete the project on fast track basis. However, sources said the project was shelved due to stiff opposition from some influential hoteliers whose property was coming under the proposed road widening. "There has been an inordinate delay to undertake the project because of objection ...   READ MORE   A larger conspiracy being hatched? Presence of notorious stone pelters in Jammu 10/27/2016 10:31:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: The separatists, with tacit support of the mainstream parties are trying to start stone-pelting like agitation in some parts of the Jammu region. The tip of the plot was unearthed when Kashmir police arrested two top stone-pelters from the Jammu. Police spokesperson said a special team of Srinagar police arrested two hard core stone pelters Humair alias Nelcha and Zahid Rasool Shiekh of Nowhatta from Jammu, police said. "The duo is involved in many stone pelting cases as also in the cases of arson. Both of them were evading arrest," police said. The police sources said that there is reason for these top stone-pelters to be hiding in the Jammu re...   READ MORE   Lt Gen Ata Hasnain lends credence to Jammu's vital role Jammu has strength, power to mould dimensions of K issue 10/27/2016 10:31:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: In what has lent credence to the fact that Jammu has vital place and role while addressing the complex Kashmir issue, Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain today minced no words in saying that it is only Jammu which has the power and strength to mould the dimensions of the problem as it is only people of this place who comprehend it well besides understanding the psychology of Kashmiris in essence. It was neither a TV debate or discussion on Kashmir issue over which it has become a fad for everyone to speak and opine. Lt-Gen Hasnain, who has , commanded an Army Corps in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and spent quite a reasonable time on this assig...   READ MORE   Desperate for an escape, Separatists claim victory in meeting Sinha panel 10/27/2016 10:30:51 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Oct 27: Pushed to the wall by the hard stand of the Modi government, separatists and their front agencies have found saving grace in meeting the Yashwant Sinha led panel which doesn't have either the sanction or the mandate from Central government or the BJP. The separatists are claiming moral victory, which though has not gone down well with the people of the Kashmir. "How could the separatists say it's a moral victory after the death of about 90 youth and life crippled for three long months? Whom are they befooling? If they instigated the youth for violence for talks with former union minister who is not even in talking terms with the PM, It's just another pl...   READ MORE   SIC becomes defunct, no order issued for 1 month 10/27/2016 10:30:45 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 27: The State Information Commission (SIC) has become defunct as no order under the RTI Act has been issued by it for the past 30 days. Details available with Early Times reveal that SIC used to upload all its orders , notices on the official website at least after every 3 to 4 days, but for the last 30 days, no order has been uploaded. The lone Information Commissioner Nazir Ahmad is retiring within a few days and no one has been shortlisted to replace him. The name of ex-chief secretary Iqbal Khanday has also been making rounds for the post of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). SIC would be completely be headless after a few days when Nazir retire...   READ MORE   Valley turmoil: 24 schools torched in 3 months Culprits won't be spared 10/27/2016 10:30:39 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 27: With 24 school buildings set ablaze in Kashmir valley during the three months of agitation, the a top Cop (Law and Order), on Thursday said that police is identifying the miscreants behind this act and all station house officers (SHOs) have been directed to nab the culprits. "I want to inform you that police have detained around 15 people involved in the torching incident of two Sumo vehicles in Parimpora of Srinagar and the mysterious fire in some areas of the city. I have directed all the SHOs to identify and book the culprits behind burning of schools in the Valley," the Cop told Early Times. The top Cop warned that nobody wil...   READ MORE   Govt rejects proposal to enhance retirement age of SKIMS staff 10/27/2016 10:30:26 PM ET Impact Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Oct 27: Upholding the Early Times report that the Government was likely to turn down the proposal of hike in retirement age of SKIMS staff and faculty, the government Thursday rejected the proposal and said that young blood will be given a chance in government sector. Sources told Early Times that the authorities of Sher-I-Kashmir institute of medical science had forwarded a proposal to the governing body regarding the enhancing of retirement age of the employees. "The governing body which met here today with Mehbooba Mufti in the chair at SKICC rejected the proposal and stressed that young blood be given chance in governmen...   READ MORE

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