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24 percent of total Police force in J&K protecting Netas Jaanbaz Police turns king's Police 11/30/2016 11:03:39 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 30: At a time when the state of Jammu and Kashmir is reeling under the tensions due to swell in militancy related incidents, the VVIP racism is ruling the roost with netas preferring security cover for themselves while leaving Aam Aadmi in lurch. Reports inform that there is no less than 24 percent of the total police force deployed as personnal security guards to ministers, MLAs, MLCs and political workers of various parties in the state. It has been learnt further that the total strength of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Force is 75000 forces personnel and out of the total, there are as much as 18000 police personnel deployed with the politicians. Such a whooping percentage of the police force deployed with the politicians hasn't been witnessed anywhere else in all Indian states except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Due to netas holding such a heavy security cover around them, there has been a serious scarcity of the police personnel who could have tackled the law and order issues in Jammu and Kashmir well. Due to such a pauci...   READ MORE

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DyCM's insensitive statement on Nagrota terror attack raises many eye-brows 11/30/2016 11:03:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: Controversial statement of Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh at Doda in which he has described militant attack at Nagrota as "minor" incident has raised many eye-brows. The Deputy Chief Minister, who represents nationalist BJP in the government, is either ill-informed or he is himself not ready to get himself updated about day today developments of the situation in a state like Jammu and Kashmir. Deputy Chief Minister's casual statement on Nagrota terror attack has provided opportunity to the opponent groups to expose fake nationalism of BJP. "I can only describe it as " pathetic " ! How many more soldiers need to lose their lives for the Dy C...   READ MORE   JK ignores MHA directions, withholds 33 % quota for women in police Poor response from aspirants only constraint: DGP 11/30/2016 11:03:22 PM K. Koushal Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: Undermining the directions from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Jammu and Kashmir government in general and police department in particular preferred to avoid withhold 33 percent quota for women in police force. The Centre had advised the states to increase the proportion of women in their police forces to at least 33 per cent "through affirmative action". In a detailed advisory on measures that need to be taken to ensure safety of women, the Home Ministry said states must "vigorously enforce" all the existing laws relating to crime against women and children like the Dowry Prevention Act, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the Indece...   READ MORE   Govt 'restarts' deputing CAOs to legislature 11/30/2016 11:03:12 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 30: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has finally followed what her late father, Mufti Mohammad Syed had sought to have financial discipline in every government department, including the state legislature. Acting swiftly in that direction, her secretariat has dashed a note to the department concerned to send back the chief accounts officers (CAOs) to both the Houses at the earliest. The CAOs will supervise and monitor all the financial matters of Assembly and Council independently. Sources said consequent upon the recurrent reminders in ET about the conspicuous absence of CAOs from the state legislature, the process of deputing them in the two Houses had been ...   READ MORE   Advertisements of Akrosh Rally pictures: Congress reduce itself to political laughing stock 11/30/2016 11:02:55 PM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: Struggling hard to gain political center stage in J&K which it once occupied, Congress made itself a laughing stock the previous day when it prepared a collage of its failed Akrosh Yatra against the demonetization and got it published in few dailies as commercial advertisement. "There were not even hundred people in the Akrosh rally and only the party workers and leaders were falling over each other for photo opportunity" said an eye witness who was taken aback by the hooliganism of the congress workers at Satwari Chowk. "Handful of people were trying to hold the busiest traffic junction of the city hostage just to project their rally as suc...   READ MORE   'Attack on Nagrota attack on India' Omar bats for talks with Pak 11/30/2016 11:02:49 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: Fidayeen attack and the resultant martyrdom of 7 soldiers, including two Majors, was not an ordinary attack. It was, in fact, an attack on India which took place deep inside the Indian territories. It's no wonder then that the attack has shocked and alarmed the whole nation, which now wants a moral producing action against Pakistan. There is a demand that Pakistan should be destroyed and broken into five parts. They say that the war would also cost India dearly, but there is no other option left. Their argument is that the conventional approach towards Pakistan has caused more damage and the time has come to learn from the past mistakes and meet the enem...   READ MORE   Shady deals in J&K unit under scanner of BJP central leadership 11/30/2016 11:02:35 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: The BJP central leadership is seeking details of not only the bank details of its leaders but is also roping in the income authorities to look into the trail of the investments made by them and about benami transaction and cash stored by them. They are also seeking state wise details and are more concern about the J&K, from where it has received maximum complaints about financial impropriety. "The Central leadership will not be satisfied just by the bank details. The real investment will not be reflected in it. The IT department officials are to be roped and special teams might also be set up to look into the trails of the investment. Though, this w...   READ MORE   Typists projected as Financial Adviser, Secretary? MD JKHC misleads Industries Minister -II 11/30/2016 11:02:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: The Managing Director (MD) J&K Handicrafts Sales & Exports Corporation during its recent Board meeting not only mislead the Industries Minister by giving him wrong financial figures but even kept the board members in dark as the MD projected a typist as Financial Advisor (FA) of the corporation. Sources said that as the Financial Advisor (FA) had not at all agreed to be present in the said meeting as he knew all the financial figures were misleading and incorrect. One more typist according to reliable sources was projected as Secretary of the corporation. In order to save himself from embarrassment MD asked both the typists to attend the said meetin...   READ MORE   JU Asstt Profs face stagnation for years UGC guidelines trashed 11/30/2016 11:02:19 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: Throwing UGC guidelines into dustbin, University of Jammu is blocking next due Grade Pay of several Assistant Professors to continue its dictatorial style of functioning causing harassment to the teaching faculty. Sources in the university said that several Assistant Professors appointed in various Departments of university are the victim of arrogance of university administration having not an iota of respect for its own teaching manpower which is the backbone of ameliorating the academic excellence of larger students' fraternity. Sources informed Early Times that guidelines issued by UGC envisage provision for granting first step Grade Pay from 6000 to ...   READ MORE   Says no 'political differences, no administrative disagreements' Prof Mattoo breaks silence on resignation 11/30/2016 11:02:09 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 30: Breaking his weeklong silence over resignation from the post of Advisor to Chief Minister, globally-acclaimed intellectual Prof Amitabh Mattoo on Wednesday attempted to "stop the rumor mills" saying there were "no political differences or administrative disagreement" between him and the Government. Prof Mattoo took to social media to express his views. "To Stop the Rumour Mills: No Political Differences, No Administrative Quarrels! I am leaving for Melbourne after making a very personal decision in J&K which has no political or administrative causes or consequences; I stopped believing in the 'Great Men' version of history a long time ago," he posted o...   READ MORE   Beyond extravagance of HIV/AIDS Day: Patients forced to leave treatment midway 11/30/2016 10:45:37 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 30: Poor facilities and indifference meted out to over 4900 HIV/ AIDS patients registered with Jammu and Kashmir State AIDS Control Society (JKSACS)have impelled many of them to leave their treatment midway and disappear. Every year lakhs of rupees are spent to observe world AIDS day by the JKACS and highlight their achievements but all their claims fall flat when it comes to giving basic facilities to the patients, Officials sources allege adding that JKACS has enough funds to spend on peripheral things but do not have funds to setup a district level units so patient can get treatment at their doorsteps. They further said that the Sta...   READ MORE   Kashmiris go from pillar to post for Aadhaar cards 11/30/2016 10:45:30 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, Nov 30: Even as the government has made 'Aadhaar' mandatory throughout the country, people in Kashmir are running from pillar to post to get their cards issued as the same have purportedly been misplaced in General Post Office (GPO) here. Lamenting over the shoddy approach of postal authorities for leaving them in the lurch, people whose Aadhaar cards are lost in post office demanded inquiry into the issue. "Aadhaar card is mandatory; a common person cannot even travel in his home country without it, but it is quite unfortunate that cards are vanishing in thin air, how could authorities be so irresponsible that a card which has to be delive...   READ MORE   Exams for higher classes begin in Kashmir; No word on NIT 11/30/2016 10:45:24 PM Saqib Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 30: While the government may have begun exams for higher classes in Kashmir valley, the studies of students at National Institute of Technology continue to suffer as non-locals are reluctant to return to the Valley. Government has started exams for post graduate and under graduate courses in the Valley, but there is complete silence over the NIT Srinagar where no efforts are being made to resume the studies. While during the unrest, the non-local students left the Valley as there was no assurance from the government to provide them security inside the campus. Sources said the government was making no efforts for return of non-locals t...   READ MORE   Invigilators turn facilitators of cheating No check on unfair means in examinations 11/30/2016 10:45:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: The claims of government to check mass copying in examinations have totally proved hollow as new innovations have come in use of unfair means in the examination and the invigilators have become facilitators of copying. While Government claims that it has put an end to mass copying, the supervisory staff instead of keeping a vigil on copying in examinations is involved in facilitating the same and show answers to students in full public view. During a recent National Talent Search Examination held at Nagbani School on November 27, an invigilator was found helping some students using mobile phone and then informing them the correct answers to questio...   READ MORE   Influential employees never retire in Forest Deptt 11/30/2016 10:44:59 PM Early Times Report Rajauri, Nov 30: While the government servants are supposed to retire at the age of 60, around two dozen employees of Forest department here continue to work even after being due for superannuation for many years. Official sources said at least five Forest department employees here in Sunderbani tehsil alone have been working far ahead of their retirement age only because they had submitted fake date of birth certificates, something which the government never checked. "There are guards, helpers and even foresters who must have been working for over five to six years of their actual retirement age," the official sources said. They said it was mainly due to the influen...   READ MORE   It happens only in J&K: JKPSC Notification, exam on same day 11/30/2016 10:44:45 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Nov 30: Jammu & Kashmir is one State in the country, where anything can happen and anything can be done. After all, Nehru drove this solitary state out of the constitutional organization of India by incorporating in the Constitution a provision that entitled the state to have a separate constitution, separate flag and also to exercise residuary powers. Jammu & Kashmir is also a state where most of the institutions remain dysfunctional or unmanned and accountability and transparency are also somewhat alien. On Sunday, the JKPSC held the screening test for the posts of assistant professor in Business Administration in the Higher Education Department at 10 a.m., o...   READ MORE   Had we politicized current Kashmir unrest situation would have been unimaginable: Omar Abdullah 11/30/2016 10:44:37 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Nov 30: National Conference Working President and former chief minister Omar Abdullah today claimed that his party did not politicize the 2016 civilian killings of Kashmir, adding that if same had been done then the situation would have become unimaginable. "Had National Conference played a fraction of the destructive and opportunistic role that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had played in 2010, the situation would have been unimaginable. Nobody can point a finger towards National Conference for exploiting this situation and that is why our conscience is clean," said Omar while addressing party leaders, office bearers and delegates from district Srinagar. ...   READ MORE   Administrative slackness leads to undue delay in functioning of Mini Secretariat Poonch 11/30/2016 10:32:44 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Nov 30: Despite lapse of almost eight years, the much planned administrative reform of making mini secretariat functional in Poonch has yet to become reality, courtesy slack approach of the concerned authorities. According to sources, constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore, the Mini-Secretariat was proposed for the convenience of the people. "Under the leadership of Ghulam Nabi Azad, mini secretariat was proposed for Poonch, along with other newly announced districts and the concept was aimed at housing all the major Government departments under one roof in order to expedite file process, which in turn will expedite the pace of projects and programme...   READ MORE

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