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| Now, Kashmir netas dream of becoming 'advisors' | | Khayali Pulao! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: Amid reports that the Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu will have a council of advisors, some of the Kashmiri politicians who were not detained after the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir are dreaming of being inducted in such councils.
Sources said atleast half a dozen politicians from Kashmir, one former leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, a "failed neta", and one having strained relations with the Congress are among those hopeful of being chosen as advisor.
The Kashmiri politician who has been telling his workers that he will be among the advisors was ousted from the Peoples Democratic Party following charges of rebellion against the party.
One former bureaucrat from Nishat often seen as "failed neta" is also among such dreamers.
Sources said one of the Congress leaders from north Kashmir who was recently served a show cause notice for his alleged anti-party activities is among the hopefuls of being chosen in the council of advisors.
Apart from these politicians two of the leaders from the BJP, both of whom hail from Srin... | |
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| In a first, Govt installing CCTV Cameras in public dealing offices | | Will admin now succeed in its war against corruption? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: With the creation of Union Territory, the Jammu and Kashmir administration is mulling to take series of innovative measures to rein in the corrupt practices which have been taking toll over the normal functioning of the dispensation.
Official sources have divulged that the government is likely to install CCTV cameras at important government offices wherein public dealing is done at large and the corruption related cases are witnessing a surge. There are reports coming to fore at present that the government in the past didnt take a single measure related to the project which was even go ahead even in the year 2017 by the then governor. "There wasn't any f... | |
| | | | Just in 100 days, Kashmir-centric leaders become irrelevant | | Loose addresses as masses ignore them | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: Kashmir-centric leaders, who called shots in Jammu & Kashmir during the past seven decades, have lost their addresses since the day J&K has been reorganized and bifurcated into two Union Territories.
An analyst while talking to Early Times said that Kashmir-centric politicians including three former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and nearly 35 other politicians who used to claim that "no one will be left in Kashmir to hoist the national flag if they are ignored" are at the brink of becoming history as many new leaders have emerged on the scene and they are holding tricolour close to their heart.
The analyst said that th... | |
| | | | Applicants facing hurdles, no Second Appellate Authority so far | | RTI Act in limbo in new UT of JK | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: The Right to Information (RTI) Act in the newly created Union Territory (UT) is in limbo since the conversion of state as the government is yet to designate the Public Information Officers in various departments.
Due to such an obscure situation, the applicants have been facing hurdles as the earlier designated PIOs have been refusing the provide information as well as disposing off the appeals, while the Second Appellate Authority is yet to be designated by the government.
Sources informed Early Times that since the conversion of state to Union Territory on October 31, the Jammu and Kashmir RTI Act of 2009 ceased to exist as it came into being under ... | |
| | | | PDD recovers only Rs 20,000 cr power tariff against purchase of Rs 40,000 cr | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 14: There has been 50 percent revenue generation gap of electricity as Power Development Department has been failing to recover power tariff from big defaulters in Jammu and Kashmir.
For the last 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir government has purchased power for Rs 40,000 crore from various power generation corporations. However, it has recovered less than Rs 20,000 crore tariff from consumers.
As per official figures, during 2011-12, Rs 3761.52 crore was spent on power purchases. In 2012-13, expenditure on power purchases was Rs 4103 crore.
During 2017-18, 2018-19, each year over Rs 6000 crore was spent on power purchase.
However, PD... | |
| | | | Director Information convenes meeting with Divisional, District Level Officers | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: Director Information & Public Relations, Dr. Syed Sehrish Asgar today convened an exhaustive meeting with the divisional and district level officers to review the working of their respective offices.
The meeting deliberated upon strategies to further enhance the efficacy and expertise in the District Information Offices in Jammu region besides taking stock of issues and concerns of these departmental entities.
The Director Information said DIPR being instru... | |
| | | | Elections in J&K soon, says Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 14: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Thursday said that elections for the assembly of the Union Territory will be held soon.
"Union Territory of J&K has an assembly for which the election will be held soon," Murmu said at the passing out parade of police at Talwara, Reasi in Jammu region. The process to hold the election has already begun," Murmu said.
He said he was hopeful that like Lok Sabha polls, people will also participate in ... | |
| | | | Law Commission recommends changes in new recruitment policy in J&K | | Calls for reducing probation period to 2 years instead of 5 years | | | Wajahat Shabir
Early Times Report
srinagar, Nov 14: After fours years of its implementation, the Jammu and Kashmir Law Commission has recommended changes in the recruitment policy rolled out by the PDP-BJP Government in 2015.
The new job policy, also known as SRO-202, was unveiled in 2015, under the leadership of Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). From the last four year, the SRO-202 policy had come under severe criticism from all masses.
As per the sources, "Panel headed by Justice retired M K Hanjura has called for reducing the probation period of new recruits from the existing five years to two years". While as if the changes are made then under the new recr... | |
| | | | 'Even paralysis could not diminish spirit of a teacher' | | 8 years on, discharging his duties on wheelchair | |  Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Rajouri, Nov 14: Fighting back his paralysis, a government teacher in Rajouri district has been continuously discharging his duties on his wheelchair for the last eight years.
Tilak Raj Sudan, who is resident of Dasal Pathanmora Ward No 14, is a teacher in Government Middle School Pathanmora in District Rajouri had an accident in 2011 in which his lower part of body got paralyzed. While narrating his ordeal, Tilak Raj said that on that un-fateful day he was... | |
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