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Now Education Minister's daughter attends official meetings All in the family 11/5/2016 11:01:22 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 5: Making governance a family affair, the Education Minister Naeem Akhter now invites his daughter to official meetings, drawing flak from bureaucracy, who termed it undue interference in working of the government. One such meeting was held here on Thursday wherein Shehriyar Khanam daughter of Naeem Akhter was seen sitting alongside her father, at a meeting called to review the "development of herbal gardens in educational institutions in Kashmir." Interestingly though the meeting pertained to school education department, incumbent Director Education Kashmir Aijaz Ahmed was "deliberately" kept away from the event whereas his predecessor Dr Shah Faesal, who is often seen as close aide of Naeem Akhter was present. Sources said the officials present at t...   READ MORE

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SC puts complete freeze of JKCA funds, seeks Deloitte report from BCCI Officials busy in personal promotion 11/5/2016 11:00:43 PM Court seeks compliance to Lodha committee Syed Junaid Hashmi ET Report JAMMU, Nov 5: With 'illegally appointed officials' busy in playing musical chairs and selling their proximity with President of BCCI Anurag Thakur via social networking websites, Supreme Court (SC) has virtually put a freeze on Board of Control Cricket for India (BCCI) from releasing funds worth crores of rupees to Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The officials spend half of their time in getting photographs clicked with BCCI President Anurag Thakur and rest in advertising their contacts via social networking websites. Having managed their entry in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA), the ...   READ MORE   PDD hides figures about power purchase, revenue generation: SERC 11/5/2016 11:00:14 PM Saqib Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 5: The Power Development Department (PDD) has been accused of hiding the factual figures about power purchase and revenue generation in the state. As per the figures presented by the PDD before the government, the cumulative liability on account of power purchased was over Rs 7000 crore. The gap in power purchase and revenue generation, as per officials, is the main reason for power liability in the state. However, the State Electricity Regulator Commission (SERC) has contested the PDD figures about the revenue generation and power purchase in the state. "As per the CAG report on the State Finances for the year ending March, 2014, the expe...   READ MORE   Bureaucrat reinstates 'tainted' official 11/5/2016 11:00:05 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 5: A bureaucrat in state administration has thrown rule books into bin, by reinstating a 'tainted' official. According to sources, the official was placed under suspension by none other than a Deputy Commissioner, following complaints and evidences that the official had committed fraud. The Revenue official, according to sources, was found involved in fraud in an inquiry conducted by the Deputy Commissioner. "Following complaints of frauds committed by the official, using his official positions, the DC directed concerned Tehsildar, to check the authenticity of allegations leveled against the official by victims about him (official) being hand i...   READ MORE   2 months on, Women College Parade remains headless 11/5/2016 10:59:57 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 5: The lone autonomous college of Jammu province, Women College Parade, is without a regular Principal for last over two months now, reportedly owing to callous attitude of the Education Department. Dr. Renu Goswami, Principal of the Women College, was on August 24 appointed as Incharge Director Colleges. Since Dr Goswami's departure, the post of Principal has been lying vacant. Senior most faculty member of the college, Dr. Aruna Dubey, has been holding the charge of Principal, while the powers of Drawing and Disbursing have been given to Principal of B.Ed College, sources said. They said since the Parade College has become an autonomous college under th...   READ MORE   'Send Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik to jail to end unrest in Kashmir' Separatists snatch common man's right to earn his livelihood 11/5/2016 10:59:50 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 5: Common man in Kashmir is caught between the arsonists and stone-pelters, who are on rampage and want to burn the entire Valley. Sources told Early Times that separatists have not made any attempt to rein in the elements, who are damaging vehicles, injuring people and burning schools. These miscreants enjoy the patronage of the separatists and get the money for doing all this. "The attacks on civilians are increasing. Hooligans are ruling the roost. Lawlessness is prevailing everywhere. Miscreants are unleashing terror on the streets of Kashmir. Despite civil war being on in Kashmir separatists are acting like saints and are claiming that they spearheadi...   READ MORE   PDP says delimitation not possible, NC says delimitation will vitiate communal, regional harmony Conspiracy against Jammu 11/5/2016 10:59:39 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 5: The charge that the Kashmiri parties are rapidly anti-Jammu cannot be dismissed as silly and preposterous. The charge is valid as it is well founded. And the charge is not new; it is age-old. It is as old as the accession of J&K to India. The past two days witnessed the PDP and the NC taking an out and out anti-Jammu line and the issue was delimitation of the assembly constituencies. The people of Jammu region have been demanding adequate share in the assembly since 1951 saying such a representation alone would help them play an important role in the law-making body but without result. Neither Delhi nor the Kashmiri leadership and its henchmen in Jammu has...   READ MORE   BJP MLA gets more guards than a minister 11/5/2016 10:59:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 5: A BJP MLA is alleged to have got more guards than a minister at his private and official residences. Courtesy: A superintendent of police. Both the MLA and the SP belong to the same area. Showering all the favours on the legislator, the police officer had deployed more guards at his private and official residences as compared to a minister, official sources alleged, saying he 'owns official residence in the posh Gandhi Nagar locality'. No other MLA in the region had been given so many guards, sources informed, adding that the SP's conduct was against norms. "The MLA has been given extra guards even as he faces no threat to his life. Though two MLAs and a...   READ MORE   Attendants' park in GMC&H turns into rodents' roost 11/5/2016 10:51:53 PM Vinod Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 5: The attendants' park of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) which is opposite to Col. R.N. Chopra Nursing Home, is in shambles as it is full of rodents' holes and garbage scattered here and there, This attendant park was inaugurated by the then Minister for Medical Education, Er.R.S.Chib in presence of Prof. Chaman Lal Gupta on 28th of July, 2010 but the condition of park is very dilapidated condition for the last many months, moc...   READ MORE   Experts want PM Modi to keep Balochistan a live issue Keeping Pak away from J&K 11/5/2016 10:50:37 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 5: The ongoing war of words between India and Pakistan and the Pakistani attacks on the Indian posts across the LoC and IB and on unarmed peaceful civilians have angered the nation and the strategic affairs experts. They are saying that the time has come for destroying Pakistan and breaking it into smithereens. They say the destruction of Pakistan is the only option left to teach it a lesson. Some of them are asking the Modi Government to replicate 1971 and get Balochistan separated from Pakistan like the Indira Gandhi Government got the East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) separated from Pakistan in 1971. However there is another important group which says frag...   READ MORE   Can Pakistan live in peace with India? Possibilities seem remote Behind the veil 11/5/2016 10:50:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 5: Is Pakistan in a position to live in peace with India ? Does Islamabad have any capacity or intention to promote cordial ties with New Delhi ? Possibly not because the political and military developments since 1947 indicate that Pakistan can survive as a bitter enemy of India. And China is said to have inculcated the idea in the successive Governments in Islamabad that it may be against the interest of Pakistan if it tries to promote cordial ties with India.In order to follow the suggestion from China Pakistan has blindly been raking up the issue of Kashmir to soil the already fragile Indo-Pak relations. Pakistan's polity does not have the capacity t...   READ MORE   Govt attaches influential 'on deputation', JEs holding post of MVIs 11/5/2016 10:50:14 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 5: In response to an Early Times report about how some 'blue-eyed' on deputation junior engineers are refusing to join their parental offices, the government has attached all of them including other employees of the State Road Transport Corporation who were holding the post of Motor Vehicle Inspectors (MVIs). The government vide order no's. 76, 77, 78, dated October 26, reads that all the people holding the post of MVIs on deputation from SRTC, R&B and other departments are attached with the Transport Department in the Civil Secretariat. This newspaper had reported that around 10 junior engineers of the R&B Department were on deputation...   READ MORE   Sports men fume at disregard to SFGI calendar by DYSS 11/5/2016 10:49:59 PM Nitish Bhardwaj Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 5: The callous attitude of higher ups of Department of Youth Service and Sports (DYSS) can be gauged from the fact that the authority books tickets for players on the spot causing great inconvenience as some players are forced to go through general coaches. Sources within the department said that one year calendar had been issued by School Game Federation of India (SFGI) for school nationals on its official site which includes date, venue, state and every detail but still higher ups do not take initiative to book the ticket prior to the tournaments. Despite several complaints by the parents, the higher officers have not held the conce...   READ MORE   Solid Waste Management in Srinagar Solid Waste Management in Srinagar 11/5/2016 10:49:11 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 5: A Non Governmental Organisation "Chintan" has finally winded up its business as it failed to undertake scientific Solid Waste Management in Srinagar city in association with Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). Details available with Early Times reveal that Chintan could not undertake the Solid Waste Management work in Srinagar as it failed to create awareness in some selected municipal wards of Srinagar city. The field staff of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) are also facing lots of challenges to clear garbage from the city municipal limits due to hartals and curfews. SMC early this year had assigned garbage collection and its scientific dispo...   READ MORE   No probe yet into unlawful construction in State Motor Garage 11/5/2016 10:48:51 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 5: The government has so far failed to order a probe in unlawful construction of two huts worth more than Rs 12 lakh in State Motor Garage (SMG) Srinagar. Official sources said the Deputy Director of SMG Kashmir, without any approval from the government, had ordered construction of two huts in front of the office building in Srinagar. Both huts proved huge burden on the financial health of the department. Despite passing of almost three years, the Transport Department has not ordered a probe into the matter. "Though former Transport Minister had assured a probe into the matter, till date no formal orders were issued," sources told Ea...   READ MORE   Petrol price hiked by 89 paise per litre, diesel by 86 paise 11/5/2016 10:30:56 PM Agencies New Delhi, Nov 5: Petrol price on Saturday was raised by 89 paise per litre, the sixth increase in rates since September, and diesel by 86 paise a litre, the third increase in a month. The price hike announced by Indian Oil Corp (IOC) is excluding local sales tax or VAT and will be effective from midnight tonight. After including VAT, petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 67.62 a litre from midnight tonight, up Rs 1.17 from Rs 66.45 per litre currently. Similarly, diesel will cost Rs 56.41 a litre after including VAT in Delhi, up Rs 1.03 as compared to Rs 55.38 at present. This is the sixth increase in petrol price since September 1, the last hike being on October 16 by Rs 1.73 a litre...   READ MORE

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