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Double discrimination with Jammu in appointment of Junior Agriculture officers 11/2/2018 11:00:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 1: The Agriculture graduates of Jammu have to face double discrimination in the appointment of Junior Agriculture Extension Officers as on one hand over 70 percent selected candidates are from Kashmir valley and secondly all selected candidates were allowed to join against the vacant posts of Jammu while leaving the vacant posts of valley intact. A total of 69 posts of Junior Agriculture Extension Officers (JAEO) were referred to Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board in September 2015 and the final selection list was forwarded by JKSSB to Agriculture department on September 13 and the Agriculture department made it public on October 22, comprising 62 selected candidates. In the selection list out of 48 posts in Open Category, 88 percent are from Kashmir valley. 42 selected candidates in Open merit are from valley and remaining six from Jammu. Whereas in the remaining 14 posts in reserved categories, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, ALC, three candidates from Jammu in ST, 4 in SC, and 2 in ALC list find place. The candidates from Jammu got merel...   READ MORE

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Violation of MCC: In Jammu Division 1 DC, 3 ACDs posted in home districts 11/2/2018 11:00:24 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 1: Yet another instance of violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has come to the fore, as four district officers including a Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner Development are still posted in their home district. Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Rohit Khajuria, who is from Billawar of the district, is serving in the same district. He has been caught in controversies related to 'development' taking place in Kathua from the day he took over as the DC, said sources. They said three ACDs including two in Chenab valley and one in Poonch are still posted in their home districts. "ACD Doda Angrez Singh, ACD Kishtwar Anil Kumar and ACD...   READ MORE   Anti Modi slogans raised during BJP leader's cremation Jitendra Singh heckled; forced to leave cremation ground 11/2/2018 11:00:14 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Nov 2: Even after 24 hours since the BJP State Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Kumar were gunned down by the unidentified gunmen believed to be the militants, the security forces are clue less about the assailants. Situation in Kishtwar District today remained tense, but under control after state government imposed Curfew in Kishtwar town and its adjoining areas following the political killings. All the entry points leading to Kishtwar town were sealed by the Police and CRPF while army held regular flag march in Kishtwar town and its adjoining areas. Heavy security was also deployed outside the residence of the deceased as well ...   READ MORE   Governor Malik hits the 'bull's eye' 11/2/2018 10:58:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 1: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has once again hit out at the politicians by asserting that assistance provided by the Centre was never utilised optimally by successive regimes. "The Centre has been generously doling out funds for the development of Jammu and Kashmir, which is essential to bring about peace in the state. But those at the helm of affairs in the state have never been up to the mark. The twin evils of corruption and nepotism are at their peak in Jammu and Kashmir," Governor Malik has said. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "Since the day Governor Malik has taken over the reins of the state he has brought such facts to ...   READ MORE   Guv makes babus jittery in State KAS officers to face music for not submitting property details 11/2/2018 10:53:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 2: J&K Governor SP Malik seems to have tightened the grip over the administration in the state, with strict directions being issued to all officers of Kashmir Administrative Service to submit their property details within one month. Highly placed sources in the dispensation divulged that the Governor has asked the Chief Secretary to issue directions to all KAS officers that they have to submit detailed property statement within a month. Failing so, the accountability apparatus shall be pressed into service in the state and those who do not adhere to the directions would face the music. This is for the for the first time in the history of the state that ...   READ MORE   For 'friend's' sake, NC leader counters Congress twiteratti 11/2/2018 10:12:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 2: On Thursday evening, a senior leader of the National Conference lashed out at the Congress for allegedly bringing down the level of political discourse. In a tweet, the NC leader fumed at the Congress for making personal attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying such attacks only work to Modi's advantage. What apparently triggered him was a tweet by Congress IT cell chief Divya Spandana, in which she takes a dig at the PM. Many started thinking that the NC leader, who has been holding relations with the Congress, now wanted to improve ties with the Bharatiya Janta Party ahead of the 2019 general elections and thus made such a tweet. But the rea...   READ MORE   Civil society asserts, draws Govt's attention to miserable plight of Jammu Demand for autonomous regional council 11/2/2018 10:12:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 2: Civil society of Jammu has started asserting. Only a couple of days before the accession day at least 50 prominent citizens, including retired judges, bureaucrats, police officials and academics urged the Prime Minister and the Governor to officially celebrate the accession day on October 26. It was the first-ever initiative taken by the Jammu civil society to attract the attention of the top constitutional functionaries to that historic day. Now, one of the leading members of the Jammu civil society has drawn the attention of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Governor Satya Pal Malik to the discriminatory policies being pursued by the government to h...   READ MORE   No university in trans-Himalayan region even after 71 years of independence Ladakhi patience may be at an end 11/2/2018 10:12:20 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 2: An extreme form of anger has gripped the trans-Himalayan Ladakh. This time, it is the youth of the region who have come forward to fight for a regime that frees them from Kashmir and enables them to acquire higher education in their own region uninterrupted. On Thursday, thousands of students from Ladakh's Leh and Kargil districts held protest demonstrations across north India, including Delhi, Chandigarh, Jammu, Leh and Kargil and demanded a separate university for their region saying they had suffered huge educational losses because their colleges were affiliated to the Kashmir University, which had failed to protect and promote their educational inter...   READ MORE   Committee constituted to probe allegations of obscenity against cleric 11/2/2018 10:12:09 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, Nov 2: A committee comprising members from various organizations have been framed to probe allegations against former Mirvaiz South Kashmir Qazi Ahmad Yasir. According to details, Committee comprises members from various religious organizations, trade Union Anantnag, Anantnag Bar Association and Anantnag civil society members. Members of high level committee, constituted to look into allegations, include Moulana Showket Ahmad Keang, Patron Minhaj-ul-Islam Moulana Ghulam Mohiduin Naqeeb, Sout-ul-Alwliya Chairman Moulana Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam, Moulana Qamar-u-din Owaise, Members of Anantnag Bar Association- Advocate Fayaz Ahmad Sodagar a...   READ MORE   Kupwara: Transfer, suspension of BDOs ordered in one day 11/2/2018 10:12:03 PM Mohammad Sarfaraz Early Times Report KUPWARA, Nov 2: Soon after the audio message of MLA Kupwara and a BDO went viral on social media, the district administration issued a transfer order of BDOs and suspension order of the said BDO in a single day. While the transfer order of BDOs was uploaded on a Facebook page of Sajjad Gani Lone, simultaneously the transfer order of the BDO in question was uploaded on the page of MLA Kupwara. Earlier, office of the Deputy District Development Commiss...   READ MORE   Junaid Mattu files nomination for Mayor, Sheikh Imran for Deputy Mayor Cat is finally out of bag for elections to Mayor, Deputy Mayor of SMC 11/2/2018 10:08:07 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 2: The cat is finally out of bag with some candidates filing their nomination for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. The election for these two positions in the SMC is slated for November 6. Media Relations Officer, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Masarat Yusuf here said that for the post of Mayor two candidates filed their nomination while as for the post of Deputy Mayor similar number of candidates filed their nomination. "In accordance with the election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Municipal Corporation, Srinagar, Junaid Azim Mattu, councilor from ward numbers 14, 18 and 65 and Ghulam Rasool Hajam,...   READ MORE

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