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JU: Where liquor flows freely while VC remains busy on Facebook 11/3/2016 11:21:16 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: The tech-savvy and social media addict Vice-Chancellor of Jammu University, Prof. Ramji Dass Sharma, knows little or nothing about happenings in the campus. Having kept his sole focus on non-issues, Prof. Sharma doesn't know that some scholars, students and faculty members allegedly consume liquor, gin and beer within the campus. A stark indicator of this consumption is the empty cans of beer, bottles of gin, rum and whisky which can be easily found in various corners of the university campus. An Early Times investigation has found that empty beer cans of Kingfisher, bottles of V2O Vodka, Kingfisher whisky, Old Monk whisky Zingaro Beer are lying in the vacant spaces outside various departments of the university. Not only this, even used condoms were ...   READ MORE

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11/3/2016 11:20:49 PM ...   READ MORE   BJP exposed over its claims to end discrimination with Jammu Out of 26 posts of Jr. Statistical Assistants, 1 from Jammu, 25 from Kashmir 11/3/2016 11:20:24 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: The slogans of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) to end discrimination with Jammu have proved dismally hollow with the cryptic silence of party on the meager representation of Jammu youth in various posts in government departments. The selection of only one candidate from Jammu out of total 26 posts of Junior Statistical Assistant in the Office of Director General of Economics and Statistics is latest example of continued discrimination of successive governments against Jammu region. On 29/10/2016, the lists of selected candidates for the posts of Junior Statistical Assistants was advertised in newspapers but to utter shock of Jammu youth, there was only one yo...   READ MORE   "Brave" BJP ministers visiting safer areas of border belts 11/3/2016 11:20:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: The self-styled valiant BJP leaders including party ministers are avoiding tour to the areas which are badly affected by the shelling from Pakistan. Instead of visiting to shelling affected areas, BJP ministers, who are first time enjoying power in J&K, prefer to hold meetings in the safer areas because they don't want to take any risk at this point of time. It appears that for BJP ministers are least bothered about those families who have lost their family members in the recent shelling from across the border. Credible sources said that before conducting tour of any border area, BJP ministers and leaders first take assurance from the concerned administ...   READ MORE   JK fails to implement business reform action plan State stands at 29th place in country 11/3/2016 11:20:07 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Nov 3: Despite the claims of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state that they are committed towards the development of Jammu & Kashmir as fully developed business state, the state has fared badly with regard to implementation of business reforms for 2015-16. A survey report made public by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said that Jammu & Kashmir is placed at 29th spot just above three states and some union territories. The survey report reflects the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) implemented by the different states and union territo...   READ MORE   Soz condoles Sharma's demise 11/3/2016 11:19:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister, Prof Saifuddin Soz, has condoled the demise of veteran politician and former Deputy Chief Minister, Pandit Mangat Ram Sharma who passed away today. Soz while paying tributes to the veteran leader hailed his contribution in different capacities to the people of the State during his public life. He said Pandit Mangat Ram had great concern for the poor and downtrodden people irrespective of caste, creed, c...   READ MORE   Pari's health improving, Parents in Panic 11/3/2016 11:19:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: Showing signs of gradual recovery, 14 months old Pari, who had sustained injuries in her neck and spine and lost four members of her family in the intense Pak shelling, is recouping in GMC hospital. Her wounds have started to heal and she is being continuously monitored by a team of specialist doctors. However, despite the clear cut directions from the State Government to provide all medical facilities to victim of cross border firing, Pari received treatment...   READ MORE   Mehbooba gets negative feedback about PDP lawmakers 'MLAs rarely visit their constituencies' 11/3/2016 11:18:59 PM ET Report srinagar, Nov 3: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the president of PDP, on Thursday received negative feedback about her party ministers and lawmakers from the grassroots. Sources said prompted by inputs that some of the party leaders were unnerved by the "improper functioning of the PDP-led government due to inexperience of its lawmakers", Mehbooba had called a meeting with the zonal presidents and other party leaders. The ministers and other lawmakers from the party were, however, kept away from the meeting, which Mehbooba hosted at her residence here. Sources said Mehbooba had strategically kept the PDP lawmakers away from the meeting so that she gets a "direct f...   READ MORE   CM unhappy with administrative response to Pak firing victims 11/3/2016 11:18:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: The Chief Minister is reportedly unhappy with the arrangements put in place by the administration for the victims of Pakistan firing. She has directed officials to put in a mechanism in place that difficulties faced by affected people do not go unnoticed. Mehbooba Mufti is reportedly perturbed over media reports and also allegations by the opposition that border people are not being attended properly and they are left to fend themselves. NC working president Devender Rana, one of the few leaders close to the former CM Omar Abdullah, has criticized the government for the same. Even the parents of the little girl Pari, injured in the Pakistan firing, ar...   READ MORE   Action comes after contempt proceedings against SHO Rape victim booked in impersonation case 11/3/2016 11:18:40 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: Following initiation of contempt proceedings against Channi Himmat police station SHO for non-compliance of a court order, police today 'hurriedly' registered an FIR against an alleged rape victim in an impersonation case. The action comes after the sub-registrar, Jammu, Adnan Sayeed summoned the SHO for not registering the FIR against the woman who had lodged a gang rape complaint at Channi Himmat police station on September 26, 2016. Complainant Harnam Singh's son Jatinder Singh is one of the alleged gang rape accused and an FIR stands registered against him under sections 376 and 120-B of RPC. Harnam had filed a complaint under section 156 (3) of Cr...   READ MORE   JKPSC undecided on interviews for Astt Prof posts in Pol Sc subject Hr Education depts failure to respond to JKPSC's letter major hurdle 11/3/2016 11:09:19 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: The Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) is still indecisive over conducting interviews for the posts of Assistant Professors for Colleges in Political Science subject. The delay is due to failure of Higher Education department to reply the letter forwarded by JKPSC, seeking reply over whether to allow students of International Relations (IR) for appearing in interviews for the posts of Political Science or not. Sources in JKPSC informed Early Times that nearly two months ago, they had forwarded a communiqué to Higher Education department, seeking their reply over the issue of including students of International Relations for t...   READ MORE   Border migrants embarrass Congressmen Accuse them of playing politics over their plight 11/3/2016 11:08:50 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: Senior Congressmen, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, had to face embarrassment at the hands of border migrants at Rangoor camp in Samba district on Thursday. Even as the Congressmen had gone there to express their sympathies and convey that their party was very much concerned over their plight, some border dwellers accused the Congress as well as National Conference of playing politics over their woes. You people were at the helm of affairs and had been ruling the State as well as the centre for the last so many years, why didn't you take measures for our safety and compensation?" they asked the Congressmen. Annoyance of border migrants created a scene even a...   READ MORE   India snubs Pak at UN, says it wants to annex J&K Right to self-determination rejected 11/3/2016 10:24:55 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: India on Wednesday lambasted Pakistan at the United Nations and rejected outright the bogey of right to self-determination, saying India is a democratic country, where people exercise all rights and all freedoms. India told the UN that the Indians across the nation have been repeatedly facing terror attacks by "proxies" of Pakistan, which continues to abuse the concept of self-determination to bolster "territorial aggrandizement" against it. "Pakistan, whose own people have been deprived of their democratic rights for most of its history and which continues to illegally occupy a part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and rules it as a virtual col...   READ MORE   'Paperless Assembly' yet to get implemented, courtesy IT Deptt Govt nominates nodal officer for e-Vidhan project, third in one row 11/3/2016 10:24:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: The government has nominated Abdul Majid Bhat, Secretary, Department of Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs is hereby nominated as Nodal Officer for implementation of e-Vidhan , Paperless Assembly in the State. As this happens to be the nomination of any officer for third time for the assignment, the vital project is yet to take off in both the Houses of the Legislature, thanks to casual and unprofessional approach of government's IT department which has not made it possible to this date. Sources said this project of having e vidhan or paperless Assembly was actually launched in the year 2013 and was to be completed by the end of 2014. A team of IT de...   READ MORE   Education Department takes Mid-Day Meal scheme casually No nutritional status records maintained 11/3/2016 10:24:16 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: The insensitive attitude of the State Education Department can be gauged from the fact that it has fixed no parameters, modalities to ascertain improvement in children's nutritional status under Mid Day Meal provided in the Government schools, due to which the impact of meal on the children remain unrecorded and minimized the scope of improvement in meal. Sources told Early Times that as per the Mid Day Meal scheme guidelines, it is mandatory to keep records of the nutritional impact on children to improve the nutritional status of the primary and upper primary school children. "It is required to provide necessary intervention such as regu...   READ MORE   Jammu's demand for due representation The 1951 fraud 11/3/2016 10:24:05 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 3: Several civil society groups in Jammu have come to the conclusion that the real factor behind the Jammu's all-round neglect, under-development and deprivation is the faulty delimitation that was done in 1951 to de-empower and establish Kashmir's hegemony over the state polity. Their view is valid. Indeed, New Delhi and National Conference of Sheikh Abdullah conspired against Jammu to undermine it politically and destroy it socially, culturally and economically and create conditions that would help Kashmir remain at the helm of affairs for decades and decades together. The charge that it was an unfair exercise aimed at hitting Jammu below the belt is ver...   READ MORE   Kashmiris spurn shutdown calls of separatists 11/3/2016 10:23:51 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: Shutdown calls repeated by separatists crippling daily life in valley are now no more a source of inspiration for general public with Hurriyat leaders making frantic efforts to perpetuate unrest in Kashmir. Media reports divulge the shutdown calendar of Hurriyat leaders for next week allocating various activities to people ranging from "Idhar Chalo Udher Chalo" calls, holding of seminars, school safety day, freedom march, freedom congregation, women day assembly etc. As per many locals, the general trend of obliging couple of separatists to follow shutdown calendar has gradually undergone tremendous change in the minds of people with m...   READ MORE   Relaxation for Class 10, 12: Open choice question paper Valley turmoil 11/3/2016 10:23:36 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 3: The Board of School Education (BOSE) on Thursday announced that it would conduct examinations of Class 10 and 12 in the Valley on notified dates with open choice in question paper as relaxation. It also announced changing examination timing from 1 pm onwards instead of 11 am onwards as previously notified. Director BOSE, Zahooar Chatt, while addressing a press conference said the board exams would commence on notified dates from November 14-15 in the interest of the students to give them ample time to prepare for competitive exams. "We have decided to conduct 10 and 12 class examinations on notified dates only to save academic ca...   READ MORE   NFSA, suppliers' disinterest hits ration supply to Nari Niketan, Bal Ashram 11/3/2016 10:22:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 3: Poor participation of suppliers in tendering and bidding process to provide ration supply has brought the functioning of Nari Niketan, Bal Ashram and Blind School R S Pura to a halt. Moreover, due to implementation of National Food Supply Act, (NFSA) in the state, over 80 inmates from the three institutions are facing hardships. Sources said that in the month of June tenders were invited, but due to poor response from supplier the process was hanging in balance. "Due to fluctuation in market rate, the suppliers are not participating in the bid", sources said. Now these institutions have been left in the lurch. "There are 33 inmates in Nari Niketan, w...   READ MORE

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