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Reminiscent of Bakshi regime, SFC's Chowkidar becomes PA to GM JKSRTC Minister sahib ki meharbani! 11/25/2018 1:45:37 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: The state leadership of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) claims that after ruling three years, not a single leader indulged in corruption but the claims stand busted when the news of a SFC chowkidar becoming PA to General Manager JKSRTC came to fore. Sources in SRTC said the former Minister of Transport , got a platoon of officers from his own constituency and minted money by issuing illegal, irrelevant and vague orders. Accusing the minister of taking the JKSRTC to death bed, the sources said a chowkidar in SFC and managed his posting on deputation to Corporation. "The employee is illegally promoted as PA without having any right to be promoted in the department, illegally and does not fall in the seniority of JKSRTC and above all has forged service book records.", sources said, adding that the employee posted as depot in-charge Pathankote a few days before the transfer of a KAS officer hailing from Kishtwar, was brought in JKSRTC by Minister for this vested interest and given a departmental promotion. Sources further said that not only this ...   READ MORE

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Party covertly achieved its objective by making Governor to dissolve LA C's great game left PDP bewildered 11/25/2018 1:44:59 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: As the Governor dissolved the assembly amid chaos created by NC, PDP and Congress in the state, there are speculations that national conference played its cards well forcing the Governor to dissolve the legislative assembly. NC was already pitching for dissolution of the state legislature with its several leaders appealing Governor not to keep the 87 member house in limbo any longer. However, as there wasn't any response to NC pleas, the party probably decided to hatch a plan that could compel Raj Bhavan to pay heed to party's pleas. As on November 21, the PDP claimed that it with the support of Congress and NC is going to form the government, none o...   READ MORE   MLC Reshi's tweet leaves Mehbooba red-faced Nobody intimidated me, don't use my name' 11/25/2018 1:43:59 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 24: Even as former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti had accused the Bharatiya Janta Party of resorting to coercion and using NIA to intimidate her party members to break away, her own PDP member has publicly refuted her claims. In an interview to a New Delhi based daily Mehbooba had said that BJP has used every possible means to coerce and intimidate legislators so that they leave the party. Without naming 'senior BJP leader', she said, he would travel to Srinagar every fortnight and summon our MLAs and MLCs. "Why? They told our Wachi MLA Aijaz Ahmad Mir that he has only two options: either leave PDP, join them and be ...   READ MORE   NC, Congress, PDP will not contest next elections jointly: Omar Abdullah Grand alliance that really didn't exist 11/25/2018 1:43:32 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: Just on November 21, Mehbooba Mufti, owner of PDP, announced formation of what she called "Grand Alliance" to form coalition government in the state. According to her, Farooq Abdullah/Omar Abdullah, proprietors of NC, and Congress of Rahul Gandhi were two other parts of the Grand Alliance. According to power-sharing formula reached between the three Kashmir-based outfits, PDP was to lead the government with the Congress becoming its part and the NC supporting the coalition government from outside. The self-proclaimed Grand Alliance leader Mehbooba Mufti did all that she could to stake the claim for government formation, but failed as, according to her, f...   READ MORE   Their lust for power pushed them away from people, voters Jammu in no mood to 'forgive' former BJP MLAs 11/25/2018 1:43:07 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, who were dreaming of once again regaining the power, stand cornered due to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolving the Legislative Assembly. Sources told Early Times that the former BJP MLAs have once again become accessible to the people and are trying to regain the ground which they have lost during all these years. A few BJP leaders have even started appearing on the news channels and are trying to prove that they were never comfortable with its coalition partner Peoples Democratic Party in the state. "Many of them are trying to make the Jammu people believe that they were becharas and were helpless as the...   READ MORE   Dumps pro 'self-rule' Mehbooba, embraces pro 'special status' Sajjad BJP in suicide mode 11/25/2018 1:42:38 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 24: BJP is in a suicide mode. It doesn't know what it is doing and it also doesn't know that its political conduct, appeasement policy and Kashmir-centric approach are alienating both Jammu and Ladakh which changed its political fortunes in 2014. Ladakh has already shown BJP its place by rejecting it outrightly in the ULB elections. It had not won even one out of 26 wards in Ladakh. It was the Congress, which turned tables on it. The lone MP from Ladakh, Thupstan Cheewang, had also resigned both from the BJP and the Lok Sabha and his resignation letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah said that he took this step because ...   READ MORE   Mehbooba asks Governor to roll back decision to treat J&K bank as PSU 11/25/2018 1:35:02 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 24: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday urged the on Governor to rollback his decision to treat the Jammu and Kashmir bank as public sector unit. In a statement Mufti asked Governor Satya Pal Malik to take his decision back for changing J&K Bank into PSU while adding that such decisions can trigger negative reactions in the society. She lashed out at the administration's decision and said "smack of attempts to fiddle with t...   READ MORE   Srinagar's Deputy Mayor carries out photo op, boards' public buses along with security nstead of removing encroachments wants public transport to be improved 11/25/2018 1:32:29 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 24: Politicians have a habit of doing small things and then projecting the same in a big manner with photos assuming centre stage in such small activities. Not to talk of the seasoned politicians a person who recently took a plunge into politics resorted to a photo session while claiming that he wants to improve public transport system in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir. Interestingly, the politician boarded three buses to cove...   READ MORE   Rural masses deprived of basic facilities Digital India proves hallow slogan 11/24/2018 11:00:36 PM Mohammad Sarfaraz Early Times Report BANDIPORA, Nov 24: Despite tall claims of the GOI about Digital India, there are scores of villages in northern region which claim that the slogans are hallow, as they are actually deprived of basic facilities. According to sources, the concept of Digital India seems to be good in books only as dozens of villages hardly get electricity for few hours in a day, even the areas falling in Gurez will be freezing in the coming months due to harsh winters. Sources said that scores of villages like Buduab, Dangithal, Jurniyal, Shahpora, Zadigi, Dawar, Buglindar, Niru, Wazirithal, Markoot face a lot of problems during harsh winters. People living near ...   READ MORE   SIC directs ACD to provide info free of cost Applicant asked to pay Rs 58,000 RTI fee 11/24/2018 11:00:29 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 24: State Information Commission (SIC) has set aside order of Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Kargil who is also the First Appellate Authority (FAA) under J&K RTI Act 2009 and directed him and concerned Block Development Officers (BDOs) to provide information free of cost to an RTI applicant as the stipulated time of 30 days for providing information had elapsed. Details available with Early Times reveal that an RTI application dated 20.03.2018 was filed by an applicant Mohammad Hassan Masha R/O Tambis Sankoo district Kargil before ACD Kargil seeking information on 30 queries with regard to implementation of centrally sponsored programme MN...   READ MORE

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