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18 months on, no probe into allegations against former CEO What lies beneath SVO's sluggish pace? 11/10/2016 11:27:12 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: Eighteen months on, the State Vigilance Organization (SVO) has failed to complete preliminary investigation over the allegations of corruption, embezzlement of funds to the tune of several Lakhs against former CEO Udhampur. The allegations were leveled by the then Principal of Government Higher Secondary School Pancheri against the then Chief Education Officer of Udhampur Balbir Singh, who is at presently CEO Kathua. According to documents in possession of Early Times, the then Principal of Government Higher Secondary School Pancheri Pawan Slathia had submitted a complaint before Director Vigilance Organization on 12th of May 2015. In the complaint Pawan Slathia had alleged that the then CEO Udhampur had embezzled Lakhs of rupees out of School Improvement Fund from his day of joining as CEO Udhampur in April 2013 till ending April 2015. "Instead of using the funds for repair/maintaince of schools, the CEO had used above Rs. 4 Lakhs for diesel of his vehicle besides a total of Rs. 62 Lakhs were withdrawn from this funds in November ...   READ MORE

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Accused cop enjoys impunity as mantri's aide shields him Influential SHO publicly beats BJP leader for opposing eve-teasing 11/10/2016 11:27:00 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: After brutal beating of Bajrang Dal workers by one SHO posted in a police stations of Jammu city, a mandal president of BJP was given a severe thrashing by another SHO posted in a police station located in the outskirts of the city. BJP Mandal president, who has joined politics after serving RSS for more than 20 years, was beaten by the SHO only for opposing eve-teasing. The incident took place a month back but the party leadership has failed to convince its ministers to ask police higher ups to take action against the SHO who has supported eve-teasers and brutally beaten a senior BJP leaders for opposing eve-teasing. Credible sources said that a month b...   READ MORE   Demonetization of currency sets alarm bells ringing among mainstream politicians 11/10/2016 11:26:49 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 10: With the announcement that Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes are no more legal tender in country politicians belonging to different mainstream political parties of the state are worried as how to exchange their wealth that is present at their respective homes. Sources told Early Times that cash amounting to lakhs of rupees is lying at the residence of different mainstream leaders in Kashmir. These people are worried as how to deposit the amount at the banks since the government has placed a ceiling on the whole process. "Government of India's decision to demonetize the currency has set alarm bells ringing among the ranks of politicians who ...   READ MORE   JK witnesses 133 murders, 430 cases of attempt to murder every year After every two days, a person is murdered in JK 11/10/2016 11:26:43 PM Peerzada Ummer ET Report srinagar, Nov 10: It may be shocking to many that in the state of Jammu and Kashmir there are 133 murders taking place every year while the incidents of attempt to murder have been recorded as 430. The number of those persons who have lost their lives due to negligence has been recorded as 766. The records issued by the central government has caused ripples all across as Jammu and Kashmir, otherwise, being viewed as a state where such crimes are less in number. While in other Indian states like Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal, Manipur and others the incidents of murder are far less in number as compared to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. If records are put s...   READ MORE   Transporters give ultimatum to separatists 'Call off shutdown or face rebellion' 11/10/2016 11:26:28 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 10: Transporters in Kashmir have reportedly asked the separatists to call off the shutdown or face the rebellion. The development came a day after separatists issued yet another protest calendar giving relaxation for three days in a week that too during the evening hours. Sources told Early Times a delegation of transporters called on Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik at their respective residences in Srinagar on Thursday morning."They (transporters) apprised them about their grievances and appealed to them to provide relaxation in protest calendar so that transporters could ply their vehicles on the road and earn their livelihoo...   READ MORE   Speculations agog over another extension to DGP Rajendra 11/10/2016 11:26:17 PM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police K Rajendra, who is presently on three months extension till December 2016, might get another three months. Kumar, a 1984 batch IPS officer, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, was appointed DGP in 2014 and was to retire on September 30 but presently on three months extension period which is likely to be extended for three more months. Highly placed sources claimed that the Ministry of Home is likely to extend the extension period of the DGP for three more months. "There are speculations for the renewal of extension period for three months of DGP", said a senior police officer adding that some of the ...   READ MORE   J&K PDD faces brickbats from Central power providers, owes them more than Rs 1700 crores Deficit hovering over 494 MWs 11/10/2016 11:26:10 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: Too much noise is being made about power reforms in Jammu and Kashmir but the State Power development Department (PDD) continues to face brickbats from the central power providers for alleged prolonged delay in making payment for power purchased from them. From National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, central power providers have approached Northern Region Power Committee (NRPC) with a complaint against Power Development Department (PDD) of Jammu and Kashmir for alleged extra-ordinary delay in making payments for the power purchased by it. They have pleaded with NRPC to force PDD J&K to make ...   READ MORE   "Dis naar" "Tsonus balaai" 11/10/2016 11:25:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: A state which is facing power deficit of more than 20 percent i.e. around 494 megawatts owns a power development corporation whose Managing Director Shah Faisal defends his 'purported advisory role in other departments' on his social networking page. The IAS officer recently wrote a long post titled "Dis Naar (To hell with it)" Tsonus Balaai (It's not worth). In his Facebook post, the 'young and politically correct IAS officer from Kashmir valley' went on to issue certificates of 'who is doing Journalism and who is not." Shah Faisal writes "Both have on their payroll, reporters who are either runaway rowdies from other newspapers or rogues and semi-li...   READ MORE   JU clarification suggest: Vice Chancellor sticks to his anti-India statement Prof Sharma toeing Nawaz Sharief line's to humiliate security forces 11/10/2016 11:25:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: After giving statement in favour of pro-Pakistani terrorist and a pro-claimed commander of the Burhan Muzaffar Wani of Hizbul Mujahiden Vice Chancellor of Jammu University, Prof R D Sharma this evening issued a clarification which was more controversial. The statement, which was issued by the Public Relations Department of Jammu University, has not contradicted the statement of Vice Chancellor in which he (Vice Chancellor) has argued that Burhan Wani, who was responsible was engineering attacks on security forces including cops of J&K police, should not be killed. Instead of contradicting Vice Chancellor pro-terrorist line, the University authorities h...   READ MORE   BJP chief spokesperson, MLA speaking differently Unity of Jammu region 11/10/2016 11:21:49 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 10: It was only on October 20 that J&K BJP's chief spokesperson tore into the PDP and its ministers and bureaucrats for using such nomenclatures for the Pir Panchal Mountain range as Chenab Valley (in this case the erstwhile Doda district) and Pir Panchal Valley (in this case Poonch-Rajouri belt). He accused the PDP and PDP Ministers of dividing the Jammu province on religious and ethnic lines by terming the otherwise non-existent Chenab Valley and Pir Panchal Valley, saying the use of such nomenclatures was calculated to disintegrate the distinct and historical Jammu province and creating ill-will between the communities. The BJP chief spokesperson even...   READ MORE   Anti-militancy ops resumed in south Kashmir 11/10/2016 11:21:42 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 10: Security forces have decided to intensify anti-terrorism operations in the Valley, as three more paramilitary companies have been sent to south Kashmir, official sources said on Thursday. The forces had halted anti-militancy operations in Kashmir in view of the unrest which erupted after the killing of Burhan Wani on July 8. As the situation has improved, the forces have resumed anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir by killing a local militant of Shopian district last week," sources said. Army officers had called it a "swift encounter" that gave no time to sympathisers to gather in numbers and attempt to overwhelm the securit...   READ MORE   LAWDA plans door to door garbage collection in Dal lake 11/10/2016 11:21:36 PM ET Impact Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 10: The Lakes & Water Ways Development Authority (LAWDA) has finally taken a call on undertaking door to door collection of garbage inside several residential areas of Dal Lake. The residents of several localities including house boat owners had been demanding this from last several years , but the management of LAWDA and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) were not taking this issue seriously. As per reliable sources LAWDA is inviting tenders for this work by end of this month.... As per reliable sources the garbage which gets accumulated in Dal lake is hardly collected on daily basis by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), with ...   READ MORE   BJP dissociates from allowing Hurriyat-stake holders talks Says meeting mere eyewash, millionaires invited for interaction 11/10/2016 11:21:28 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 10: Even as the government decision to allow united Hurriyat to hold meeting with the "stakeholders" on November 8 bore no fruit, the coalition partner Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has dissociated itself from having given a go ahead for any such development. Terming the meeting as "eyewash", the BJP said the stakeholders who attended the meeting were multimillionaires who don't represent the aspirations of the people of Kashmir. The BJP issued the statement barely an hour after Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here. The BJP said Kashmiri people don't recognize the so-called civil society members, who ...   READ MORE   With Darbar, traffic mess returns to Jammu 11/10/2016 11:21:12 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: After the opening of Civil Secretariat in Jammu, daily commuters are facing huge inconvenience because of traffic congestion. As the biannual darbar moves to Jammu, the capability of Traffic Department is put to test for managing traffic in most of the important chowks leading towards city. There seems no concrete plan with the Traffic Department so far to control the traffic mess. Huge increase in number of vehicles is making it difficult ...   READ MORE   Five buses gutted in 'Ware House inferno' 11/10/2016 11:20:53 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 10: Panic gripped in Ware House locality when atleast five passenger buses got gutted in mysterious inferno, this late evening under the jurisdiction of P/P Ware House. Concerned police have registered a case in this regard and started further investigations in this regard. According to police sources, initially fire reportedly broke out in a parked bus of Chamb route at the Ware House and it later engulfed the four other buses parked besides this ill-fated bu...   READ MORE   SPDC generates 50% less revenue than NHPC 11/10/2016 11:20:34 PM Saqib Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 10: In what could be termed as an administrative failure, the State Power Development Corporation (SPDC) has generated a revenue of Rs 8812 crore in the last two decades against the NHPC's Rs 19,431 crore since 2001 in J&K. The NHPC has sold 115636 million units of power generated from seven power projects in the state between January 2001 to March 2016. The NHPC is presently generating 2009 MW from its seven power projects in the state which is almost half of the energy the power giant generates from its projects in other states. While J&K gets a share of only 13 percent from the electricity generated, rest of the electricity is being su...   READ MORE   Illegal school closed by Education Department for violating norms 11/10/2016 11:19:10 PM ET Impact Neeraj Badyal Early Times Report SAMBA, Nov 10: Illegal school was closed by education department at village Dhora in district Samba running illegally under name and style as Agape Missionary Convent School. After publication of the news in Early Times against the school in the edition of 10.11.2016 that the school is violation the norms and running illegally at village Dhora, Zonal education officer Vijaypur along with team today visits at village Dhora and closed the sch...   READ MORE   Absenteeism at Sheep Husbandry deptt Poonch, people demand probe 11/10/2016 11:18:47 PM Rajesh Tandon Early Times Report Poonch, Nov 10: A great resentment is brewing among locals in Poonch as the employees of government offices especially the Sheep Husbandry Deptt Poonch often remain absent from their offices affecting the normal life of people which comprises farming class mainly. According to the sources, there was no employee in the office of Sheep Husbandry Poonch on Thursday when a large number of locals visited the said office to get their cattle examined for variou...   READ MORE

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