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| Factionalism in BJP takes toll on governance | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 11: Factionalism within the BJP is taking a heavy toll on the governance as its ministers and leaders are busy in establishing their supremacy over each other, sources told Early Times on Friday.
They said the BJP leaders have divided themselves into groups and are trying to call the shots as per their will. "The lack of coordination among the BJP ministers is acting as major roadblock vis-a-vis implementation of the centrally sponsored schemes in Jammu and Kashmir," sources added.
They said various centrally sponsored schemes have been caught between the tug-off war between the BJP ministers as everyone wants to take the credit for getting these schem... | |
| | | | Docs overstay in hospitals, violate transfer policy | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 11: The Health department has resorted to favoritism in posting doctors at the district hospitals and other hospitals, with a number of doctors overstaying there.
According to sources, scores of doctors are overstaying at the hospitals in violation of transfer policy and have managed to retain their postings despite complaints that they have been negligent in discharging their duties.
Sources said that "some influential doctors" who have strong connections with the higher ups have been defying service conduct rules by overstaying at the present place of posting beyond the maximum duration.
"Dozens of doctors are due for transfer but th... | |
| | | | JU indulges in gross discrimination within campus | | | | ET Report
jammu, Dec 11: Authorities of the Jammu University have meted out step-motherly treatment to the contractual lecturers engaged in Distance Education Department.
As per the documents in possession of Early Times, Section 22 of J&K Universities Act 1969, interalia provides that the Vice-Chancellor may make appointments of teachers referred in this section as a temporary measure for a period not exceeding six months to carry on the work for the academic session.
Going by the power vested with the Vice-Chancellor, he exercised his power authorizing Registrar to re-engage contractual lecturers from 13-2-2015 for another six months in the departments of Biochemistry, Microbiology, ... | |
| | | | 4 ex-SMC officials under scanner for frauds | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 11: Four former employees of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) including an executive engineer and an accounts officer are under scanner of authorities for making fake bills and looting the exchequer in the process.
Sources told Early Times that authorities have booked a former executive engineer , an accounts officer and two other employees of sewerage and drainage division of the SMC for framing fake bills and issuing work orders without fulfilling mandatory criteria during their tenure.
Sources said these officials allotted around 30 works by using illegal means and without fulfilling set mandatory norms. The work orders were also is... | |
| | | | BJP Minister following his predecessor | | | |
Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 11: It seems a senior BJP minister is following footsteps of his predecessor who ruined his department by adjusting his favourites.
According to highly placed sources, the BJP Minister recently directed a lower rung officer in his department to prepare a list of all candidates whose credentials have been verified along with list of vacant posts in Jammu city and its outskirts.
The motive behind the act was to identify vacant posts in the city and outskirts so that blue eyed candidates can be adjusted.
Interestingly, candidates who have applied under the same notification in some districts of Kashmir have completed their service of one and half year.
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| | | | Separatists, unionists hate Indian Constitution, but not Articles 370, 35-A | | Politics of convenience | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 11: Contradictory is the approach of the "mainstream" Kashmiri leadership and separatists towards Indian Constitution. The Kashmiri parties like the National Conference and CPI-M and formations like People's Democratic Front and separatists of all shades of opinion, plus organizations like J&K High Court Bar Association, Kashmir, oppose tooth and nail the Indian Constitution, but oppose those in Jammu who want the Government of Indian to scrap Article 370 and 35-A of the same constitution.
The people of Jammu and Ladakh have all through opposed these Articles on the ground that they have denied them those rights and privileges which are available to their br... | |
| | | | Why is Pak media upbeat for first time in 68 years? | | Indo-Pak dialogue | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 11: It is perhaps for the first time in 68 years that the Pakistani media is feeling quite upbeat. It has welcomed the resumption of Indo-Pak comprehensive dialogue. It has also described it as a "major breakthrough and a pleasant turn" in bilateral ties following three top-level meetings in 10 days.
On November 30, Indian Prime Minister and his Pakistani counterpart met at Paris for less than two minutes - a meeting that cleared the decks for the resumption of talks between the two nations. On December 6, National Security Advisors and Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan met at Bangkok for over four hours, where the agenda for talks was given a final ... | |
| | | | In Delhi BJP calls 370 cancer, in J&K party protects it | | | | ET Report
new delhi, Dec 11: In the Parliament the "nationalist" BJP has termed Article 370 "dangerous as cancer" but in J&K the same party is spending huge amount to protect this "disease" at any cost.
The starving daily wagers and temporary employees, engaged by the government in various departments, are denied wages due to manufactured "financial crunch" in J&K but PDP-BJP Government has spent lakhs and lakhs of rupees to protect the Article 370.
Shockingly, BJP which is strong votary of the abrogation of Article 370, has apparently given his consent to spend lakhs and lakhs of rupees from government exchequer to protect Article 35-A which is an offshoot of Article 370, which acco... | |
| | | | Influential Inspector dents police's image | | | | ET Report
jammu, Dec 11: An influential Inspector posted in the security wing of Jammu police is reportedly bringing a bad name to the department.
So influential is this Inspector that when his son got injured in an accident last year and he had to take him outside for treatment, he was not marked as absent even as he stayed away from the duty for two months.
"This Inspector enjoys the blessings of an SSP. That is why he was promoted out of way from a constable to Inspector," sources told Early Times.
"One can check his service book. It's clearly mentioned there that he is a constable," they said.
Sources said even several complaints were made against the so-called Inspector in the P... | |
| | | | Scholar granted Fellowship for PhD work from Guide's residence | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: In yet another instance of inefficiency of the Vice-Chancellor Prof RD Sharma and his pathetic grip on the Jammu university administration, a suspended Research Scholar managed to get BRS-UGC Fellowship for the period he was barred to enter the campus.
Despite on the record absence of this scholar, he was granted Fellowship on the claim of his Guide that the former had been regularly visiting his house for Ph D work. This claim of the guide was allegedly made on the instance of godfather of the scholar, who is well known in the university circles for his wicked manipulations.
The said scholar was suspended and his entry to the Jammu University was banned... | |
| | | | SKIMS 'plays politics' over acid victim's treatment | | Year on, poor patient struggles for respite | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 11: The authorities of SKIMS, Srinagar have been playing "dirty politics" over providing treatment to an acid attack victim who on this very day in 2014 was brought there in a critical condition but couldn't even get satisfactory preliminary first-aid.
Though within days she was subsequently airlifted to Chennai for specialized treatment, till now the state government is unable to fully pay for her costly treatment as the SKIMS is not ready to accept that it cannot provide requisite facilities for the treatment.
On December 11, 2014, two stalkers threw acid on her face when this 21-year-old student was about to enter her Law College in Soura locality he... | |
| | | | Migrant families at Sheikhpora denied free ration since April | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 11: At a time when lot of talk is going on with regard to return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley some of the Pandit families living in a migrant camp here are being denied even the basic facilities for past nine months or so.
Early Times has learnt that 11 families living in the migrant camp of Sheikhpora in Central Kashmir's Budgam district are not being given the free ration for the past so many months. These families despite being entitled to the free ration have been denied the same since April this year.
"We were getting free ration for the last so many years despite the fact that there were some hiccups in between at times. T... | |
| | | | 25 yrs on, Science & Tech deptt still runs in rented building | | | |
Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: Instead of establishing its own buildings, the department of Science and Technology, is paying Rs 25 lakh annual rent for its 12 offices in various districts in state.
The state government has created, Science and Technology, as separate department decades back, but since then the department has not created its own infrastructure in various districts, which is causing huge loss to state exchequer.
Well-placed sources informed Early Times that the department has been paying Rs.2 Lakh as annual rent for each rented building, hired for its offices. "The department pays Rs. 30 thousands for Jammu and nearly Rs.20 thousands for Kashmir o... | |
| | | | 'Illegal' mutation of agri land in Bhalwal | | CIC intervenes, Revenue officials caught on wrong foot | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: The officials of Revenue department have been caught on the wrong foot as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of J&K State Information Commission G R Sufi has directed Tehsildar Bhalwal who is also the designated PIO under State RTI Act to provide complete legal reasons to an information seeker under J&K RTI Act 2009 as to why he , Naib Tehsildar and Patwari concerned mutated a piece of agriculture land among non agriculturists at village Baran in Bhalwal tehsil of Jammu.
The information seeker Ram Singh a resident of village Baran tehsil Bhalwal Jammu alleges that this was an illegal mutation and according sought the details from Tehsildar conc... | |
| | | | Doc-pharmacist shops nexus in GMC hospital Jammu | | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 11: Contradicting the claims of Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department to restrict the entry of agents of some pharmacist shops in the government runs hospitals, but agents of some these shops openly roaming in the Emergency ward and other wards of Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital Jammu to boost the sales of their shops.
A doctor at GMC Hospital Jammu told Early Times on the condition of anonymity that few months ago the Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Department was restricted the entry of agents of pharmacist shops and others in the premises of the hospital but some pharmacist shops' agent are conti... | |
| | | | DIET Sopore fails to pay for innovative training of teachers, lecturers | | Funds 'embezzled' on account of same | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Dec 11: No payment whatsoever has been paid to teachers and lecturers who completed their innovative training during the past winter. There are apprehensions that funds meant for the same were not being properly utilized during the past few years at DIET Sopore. Sources said that various funds were sanctioned by the education department under centrally sponsored schemes like RAMSA, SSA, INSPIRE science awards and self defence and the amount was not used properly from time to time. "In the year 2014-15, Rs 7 lakhs were sanctioned under RAMSA in different heads for training programs and in 2012-13 huge amounts worth lakhs were released for m... | |
| | | | Candidates cry foul over selection of Asstt Professors | | Chairman says old rules need to be changed | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 11: The selection of Assistant Professors in various colleges of Jammu and Kashmir is all set to witness a major roadblock as the candidates who managed their degrees from outside universities with higher percentages would take the front seat, leaving the deserving ones in lurch.
The decades old policy of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission remains unchanged, according undue benefit to those candidates who have managed to get their post graduate degrees from outside that too with much higher percentage.
On the contrary, the candidates who have worked hard and secured degrees from Jammu and Kashmir that too in a regular mode ... | |
| | | | Decade on, building for Medical Health centre awaits completion | | |  Arun Kumar
Early Times Report
Kathua, Dec 11: A decade on, building for medical health centre at Hamirpur village in Kathua district awaits completion.
People of Hamirpur village falling in the home town of JK Health Minister Ch. Lal Singh have been waiting for the completion of the building.
Naresh Khajuria, a prominent citizen of Panchayat Hamirpur said a decade has gone by when construction work of building for Health centre was started but ironically it can't be complete after lo... | |
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