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| JU's dual yardstick: Interview for 2 posts, screening test for others | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: The University of Jammu has reportedly adopted a dual approach for recruitment of employees for various posts, according to which for few selective posts, only interviews are being conducted while for some other posts, screening tests have also been conducted.
Sources informed Early Times that nearly a year back, the University authorities had advertised nearly two dozen posts in gazetted and non-gazetted cadres.
These posts were Technical Assistant in Zoology department, Store keeper for Bhaderwah Campus, Assistant Manager for Guest House of JU, Statistical Officer, Medical Officer, an Assistant Registrar level post for all Campuses of university beside others.
"As usual, interviews for all the posts were to be conducted by University but after the change of guard in Jammu University, it was decided to conduct screening test for all other posts, except the post of Technical Assistant in Zoology department and Storekeeper in Bhaderwah campus", sources said.
They further informed that for the last nearly one year, aspirants have bee... | |
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| 'Influential' family sets up petrol pump near school | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 15: An influential family has started setting up a petrol pump in the vicinity of a girls higher secondary school at Bagh-e-Ali Mardan here, raising concerns about the safety of school children.
Even though Abid Ansari, the concerned MLA of Zadibal constituency has highlighted the safety concerns before his PDP led government, the cries have gone unheard. His representation to the government "reveals a much in the administration."
Official sources said the influential family was running business unit on the industrial estate land and got its "titled changed from the manufacturing of paints and chemicals to filing during the previous National Conference l... | |
| | | | 'Backdoor appointments', violation of building norms in 2 MCs | | ULB Directorate forms committee to find out irregularities | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: To dig into the allegations against an executive officer (EO) that he has made backdoor appointments in Municipal Committee (MC), Gulmarg, and issued building permissions in violation of the government norms in Budgam MC, ULB (Urban Local Bodies) directorate has constituted a committee.
The committee would bring out correct facts of the case after holding an inquiry in accordance with the prescribed procedure and also ensure an impartial and fair hearing to the charged official. The need to constitute it was necessitated following the receipt of repeated complaints in this context against the EO from Gulmarg Bachav Committee and inhabitants of Budgam town... | |
| | | | ULB elections: BJP MLAs not ready to take responsibility | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: Notwithstanding claims of the state BJP to seek votes on the performance of party ministers, fear gripped most of the BJP MLAs because there is feeling among party MLAs that it is difficult rather impossible for them to ensure victory of party in the coming Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) elections. Some MLAs have, reportedly, suggested state leadership to postpone the ULB polls till November this year.
Credible sources in the BJP said that party leadership has given responsiblities to all MLAs to ensure victory of party in the ULBs in their respective constituencies but some of the MLAs have expressed their helplessness. "Some MLAs suggested that during th... | |
| | | | In Srinagar, officials go on 'winter vacation'; people suffer | | Babus mark attendance, leave files untouched | | | ET Report
srinagar, Dec 15: Since the day Darbar has moved from Kashmir to Jammu official work in Kashmir has come to a standstill as offices remain deserted and officials visit the offices just to mark the attendance.
As the cold wave is intensifying and temperatures are declining officials are staying away from the offices as there is no check as such. "Many officials have already moved out of the Valley to save themselves from the biting cold conditions while a handful of the officials who are present here attend the offices for a few hours in a day without touching any of the files," sources told Early Times.
People who visit the government offices for different works have been left... | |
| | | | DE&CC fails to maintain unemployed youth register | | | |
Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: Several District Employment and Counseling Centers have not maintained their unemployed youth registration register for past many years thus showing inflated unemployment figure every year.
Sources told Early Times that the unemployed educated youth of the state get themselves registered in the District Employment and Counseling Centers across the state and same is recorded in the live register by the department for availing benefit from various schemes launched by the government.
"While registration process, unemployed youth get a receipt and their information is registered in the live register. The registered unemployed youth had to ren... | |
| | | | Ram Madhav misleads nation, says agenda of alliance is agenda of governance | | Mishandling J&K | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: BJP national general secretary and "perverted" and "half-baked" RSS ideologue Ram Madhav, who was one of the architects of the roundly condemned Agenda of Alliance on the basis of which the coalition government was formed in J&K last March, the other day again used a national channel to mislead the Indian nation as far as the implications of the agenda of alliance were concerned.
Actually, during ABPNews-sponsored programme, Press Conference, Ram Madhav claimed that the agenda of alliance was "an agenda of governance" and that the "BJP didn't compromise its ideology".
"In Kashmir, it was the PDP which emerged as the single largest party and in Jammu, it ... | |
| | | | Why Omar Abdullah has learnt no lesson? | | | |
Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems to have learnt no lesson from the debacles his party suffered, first during the Lok Sabha elections of May 2014 and later in the state assembly elections, where National Conference (NC) would have been wiped out, had fortune not favoured some of its candidates in the south and north Kashmir.
Omar celebrated his victory in Beerwah, not realizing that it was grace saved and nothing to be proud of. On twitter, he calls himself MLA Beerwah, as if it to suggest that he is a professional politician, one who contested an election, won and now is an MLA. Ask someone, he would tell you plainly that the trait... | |
| | | | Govt under pressure not to touch illegal structures | | ULB officials asked to mark buildings again | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: The tall claims of PDP-BJP government to pull down 10000 illegal structures in JK have hit a roadblock as officials have been asked to mark illegal buildings again.
On Monday officials of Urban Local Bodies (ULB) were directed to mark illegal structures in Srinagar City for a second time so that action can be initiated against violators of Master plan after completion of marking.
However the government by asking for fresh survey of illegal structures in Srinagar City has resorted to delay tactics, claimed a source.
Pertinently, on March 13, 2015 Early Times on the basis of details with proof had informed Minister of State (MoS) fo... | |
| | | | GMC Srinagar sans anti-Haemophilia drug | | Hundreds of patients left to fend for themselves | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: The claims of the Health and Medical Education Department may be tallest about medicare facilities available in the government hospitals but sadly hundreds of patients, who are suffering from Haemophilia have been left to die due to non-availability of the anti Haemophilia factors in Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital Srinagar for last more than two months.
Similarly, in Jammu Province most of time, the patients deprived from the anti Haemophilia factors as shortage of stock due to non-seriousness of department of concern towards those patients, who are already victim of nature (suffering from life-long disease).
However,... | |
| | | | Encroaching private lands, village gram sevak cares two hoots for vigilance | | | | A B Sharma
Sunderbani, Dec 15: The high-handedness of village authorities has left the common men gasping for their piece of mind as unscrupulous elements are allegedly hell bent to damage the gullible villagers property leaving them high and dry.
As per a case percolating down here from village Nala Makol , Thumba, a gram sevak namely Thoru Ram , using his influential powers has started the construction of the road in the village that bisects the land owned by one Tirath Ram. Tirath Ram has alleged that since Rural Development Department has stopped the construction of roads, it the high handedness of village authorities who have taken up the illegal work of construction by their influ... | |
| | | | PHC in Thial village defunct; Ayurvedic doctor runs the show for years | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 15: A Public Health Centre (PHC) in Thial village of block Majalta of district Udhampur is lying defunct as maximum posts are falling vacant besides the medicines are also missing from hospital. Sources informed Early Times that PHC Thial has sanctioned strength of four doctors including three Assistant Surgeons, a Dental Surgeon and an ISM Doctor but surprising ISM doctor manning the health institutions rest of all three posts have been falling vacant. "This PHC has no laboratory services while medicines are also found missing, so how the government has given the status of PHC to this "Dispensary", he said, adding that even for a minor ache ... | |
| | | | Kousar death case: Victim's kin got statements recorded | | | |
MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Dec 15: The family members and relatives of deceased Gulshan Kousar, who died after being administered a wrong injection on Dec 9 at Mendhar today got their statements recorded in front of inquiry committee.
According to sources, the relatives including her 80 yr old father-in-law Mohd Din, Mohd Yaqoob father of the victim Foja Bi and Mohd Shakal Chowhan other relatives besides five children of the victim got their statements recorded.
"The statements were recorded by Tehsildar Mendhar, Salam Din in presence of Block Medical Officer (BMO) Mendhar Dr Zulfkar Chowdhary," sources said.
However the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Poonch Dr Mumtaz Bha... | |
| | | | RTI applicant coerced to withdraw application | | SIC issues penalty notice against XEn | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: The State Information Commission (SIC) has issued a penalty show cause notice against an Executive engineer of Ferozepora Basin Irrigation Division (FBI) who failed to provide complete details of the works executed by the division from 2012 to 2015 under Right to Information Act (RTI) to an information seeker and then got the applicant pressurized to take back the RTI application.
Details available with Early Times reveal that a complainant namely Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh from Nambalnar, Tangmarg district Baramulla filed a complaint before the SIC on 16.11.2015. The complainant submitted that he filed an application in the office of Executive Enginee... | |
| | | | Hindu, Muslim groups set example of harmony as ancient Nag temple burnt at Kishtwar | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 15: The age old display of Hindu, Muslim harmony was witnessed in the communally sensitive town here today after the two communities made joint efforts to extinguish the fire that had engulfed the ancient Nag temple near Mughal Maidan.
Police sources said locals noticed flames emanating from the houses of Malal Singh and Bagh Chand, both residents of Chanser Mughal Maidan, at around 5 am Tuesday and raised an alarm. While the members of the ... | |
| | | | Deluge hit Dal residents left high & dry | | | | Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 15: Accusing the district administration and Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) of misleading deluge hit residents of picturesque Dal Lake, the affected claimed that they have achieved nothing other than running from pillar to post since the devastating floods hit Kashmir valley last year.
The flood affected residents claimed that the high level committee constituted by the government recommended plots and residential houses for the deluge hit house owners in Dal Lake, however the execution is yet to see the light of the day.
"It is an irony that despite orders issued by the High Level Committee to rehabilitate the people wh... | |
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