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| Is Azad going to quit Congress? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: Is Ghulam Nabi Azad going to quit Congress? This is one of the biggest suspense in the political circles of Union Capital as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha had dropped many hints about that during his speech in the Upper House some days back.
While speaking against Farmers’ Bill moved in the Upper House of the Parliament, Azad stunned everyone by stating that “this may be his last speech in the Rajya Sabha”.
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Venkaiah Naidu immediately reacted and asked why he was saying this but the Congress stalwart leader ignored his question and started attacking the government on the Farmers Bill. Everybody sitting in the Upper House was stunned after Azad’s remarks, who as a mature politician, ignored queries of the members and continued his speech against the Farmers Bill.
After writing a letter before the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Azad has already adopted an assertive approach to show his strength to the high-command. Azad, one of the signatories of the letter that sought a leadership change in... | |
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| Gupkar Declaration to decay soon! | | Signatories start infighting, doubt each other | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: The so called Gupkar Declaration that had pledged to fight for the restoration of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir is likely to decay soon as a major infighting has started between the signatories of the document.
The political-behavior of senior National Conference leader and the self-styled patron of the Gupkar Declaration, Dr Farooq Abdullah, has triggered the internal bickering with others saying that the NC leadership has “duped them.”
The signatories to the Gupkar Declaration have accused Dr Abdullah for the “silent burial” of the declaration by not properly taking up the issue of Articles 370 and 35A in his address to the Parliament nor ... | |
| | | | BMO Kalakote unaware about RTI Act? | | Asks information seeker to deposit Rs 1500 for 279 pages, furnishes incomplete reply | | | Early Times Report
Kalakote, Oct 2: Block Medical Officer (BMO) Kalakote seems to be unaware of what RTI Act says, as he has charged Rs 1500 for incomplete RTI reply from the information seeker, moreover the public information officer took around 7 weeks to provide the details.
As per the RTI Act, the information seeker has to pay two rupees xerox charges, and POI has to furnish reply within 30 days, but in this case the public authority not only allegedly looted the information seeker but made every possible attempt to discourage him by delaying the process. The information seeker had to pay Rs 1500 for 279 pages.
“On 7th August, I filed a RTI application in the office of BMO Kalak... | |
| | | | Keep tainted officials away from significant posts: LG Sinha directs top brass | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 2: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has issued directives asking top brass in bureaucracy not to post tainted officials at significant posts.
Sources said that Sinha has expressed concern over the rampant corruption in government departments.
“He has directed concerned authorities not to give significant postings to those officials against whom cases have been registered by any anti-graft agency,” a top source in the Civil Secretariat told Early Times.
“He has given clear directions that officials against whom cases have been registered shall not be given significant posting until they get a clean chit from anti-graft bodies. If an... | |
| | | | 4 decades on, Agriculture Deptt awaits reorganization | | Manpower shortage, overburdened staff leaves farmers’ in lurch | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: Rechristening of Agriculture Production department to Agriculture Production and Farmer’s Welfare Department (APFWD) has brought into focus the much delayed reorganization and restructuring of the department which has been due for the past four decades now.
As per the latest circular issued by Principal Secretary to Government on 30th of September 2020, the Agriculture Production Department was renamed as Agriculture Production and Farmer’s Welfare Department. However sources in the Agriculture department said that rather than changing the name the government should focus on restructuring as well as reorganization of the department. “The department was... | |
| | | | JK reports 1090 fresh cases of Corona Virus, 14 more die; 1400 more patients recover | | Positive cases 77253, active positive 16089, recovered 59952, casualties 1212 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: The union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reported 1,090 fresh cases of Corona Virus even though 14 Virus affected patients died in the past 24 hours. The total number of positive cases is 77,253 with the total number of casualties being 1212.
Jammu district reported 354 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar district 181 cases, Baramulla district 64 cases, Bandipora district 58 cases, Budgam district 54 cases, Reasi district 46 cases, Rajouri district 33 cases, Anantnag district 32 cases, Udhampur district 30 cases, Pulwama district 29 cases, Ganderbal district 28 cases, Doda district 27 cases, Kishtwar, Kupwara and Ramban distr... | |
| | | | Elections on vacant panchayat seats likely in two months | | | | ISHTIYAQ AHMAD
EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Oct 2: The much awaited elections on vacant panchayat seats in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir are likely to be conducted in the next two months.
Sources the Apex Level Committee after assessing the ground level situation including security, logistics, personnel, equipment etc, and also the inputs of the Divisional Level Committees have submitted its report to the government.
The Government had constituted Apex Level Committee headed by the Principal Secretary Home Department.
Sources said that the committee draws a road map for conduct of Elections to vacant panchayats across the Union Territory.
Sources said that the Chief El... | |
| | | | Road comes up in middle of forest in Latter Panchayat in Reasi without clearance | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
REASI, Oct 2: The forest cover in a Panchayat in this district has virtually been devastated since a road has been constructed in the middle of the forest without seeking any legal opinion in this regard.
Sources told Early Times that few months back a road covering length of around two kilometers was constructed by Rural Development Department (RDD) in the Latter Panchayat. The road was constructed in the middle of forest cover with at least seven trees being damaged during the process.
“Whenever a road has to be constructed in the forest area necessary procedures have to be followed. It is important to seek legal opinion on this regard and in this... | |
| | | | Shun violence, will help you with jobs & entrepreneurship: Sinha to militants | | | 
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 2: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday appealed to local militants to shun the path of violence and promised to help them with jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities.
He was speaking after launching the third phase of the pioneering 'Back to Village' programme in the militancy-hotbed Shopian district in south Kashmir.
Sinha said the people of J-K, especially the youth, want to tread on the path of progress and development and app... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents | | Sector 7 Lane 13 Guru Nanak Nagar residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 2: People living in the sector 7 lane number 13 Nanak Nagar are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance.
The sector 7 lane number 13 Nanak Nagar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony... | |
| | | | Officials turn Gandhi Jayanti into photo opportunity | | Carryout customary sanitation drives at clean spots leave dirty places untouched | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: The officials of Municipal Councils and other government departments in Poonch and Rajouri districts turned Gandhi Jayati celebrations into a photo opportunity by carrying out the sanitation drives in the areas which were already clean, locals alleged on Friday.
They said that majority of the municipality conducted the cleanliness drives in only those places where hardly any garbage was present.
“The cleaning drives on the birth anniversary ... | |
| | | | People join hands to defeat COVID 19 aimed crumbling health system in JK | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 2: People in Kishtwar district have joined hands to defeat the COVID 19 amid crumbling health system and they are coming to the rescue of people who were in need during the ongoing testing times when whole world has come to the knees due to COVID 19 pandemic.
As per details available with Early Times some group of local employees, businessmen, NGOs in Kishtwar District had started preparing themselves for any challenge to be posed by the COVID 19 since Kishtwar and adjoining Doda District has witnessed major spike in COVID 19 cases in last one month.
Besides medicines, people and local NGOs had purchased around two dozen Oxygen Concentrato... | |
| | | | PRI members boycott B2V | | | |
Gurdas Kumar
Early Times Report
Vijaypur, Oct 2: Annoyed being ignored, many PRI members of block Vijaypur boycotted the statewide third phase of back to village.
At Least five Sarpanches and Panches of Dhamour and Jakh panchayat of block Vijaypur boycotted the back to village program.
The officer reached to hear the problem of the people but the Panchayat representative did not attend nor did the people reach, the nodal officer of the programme said that when they reached the school of a panchayat to hear the problem.
“He approached the Sarpanch and Panch the officer”, Panch Anu Gupta, while talking to journalists, he told that when the government started the back to village secon... | |
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