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| A year after launch of 'Free Drug Policy' medicines still missing in hospitals | | JK 'Best Performer' only on papers, worst at ground! | | | Vijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: Notwithstanding the best performing state award conferred on the state on national platform recently, the Medical Supply Corporation Ltd meant for providing and distributing medicine and equipment to health institutions has miserably failed to supply prescribed free drugs to health institutions.
Reliable sources in Health and Medical Education department told Early Times that government aims to benefit poor people of state by providing free drugs to patients in government run hospitals but it proves merely a joke as by providing few medicines to health institutions since the policy was framed.
However, as per policy the government had cat... | |
| | | | PDP leader highjacks protest, causes ripples within | | Another rebellion knocking party doors? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: The disgruntlement within the PDP is mounting due to the hijacking of a recent protest demonstration in Srinagar by one of its senior leaders.
As per sources within the party, a senior leader who was also a cabinet minister during the PDP- BJP regime in the state, virtually hijacked the protest demonstration held by the party against the government decision of turning J&K bank into a Public Sector Undertaking. The protest was held in Srinagar with scores of the party workers holding placards asking the government to roll back its decision.
However, as the protest led by several senior leaders reached closer to the Srinagar's Press enclave, the PDP lead... | |
| | | | 4k fresh gun licenses issued to outsiders despite ban | | Online entry not made | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: Flouting government's order on ban on issuance of fresh arms licenses, a hilly district of the state has issued around 4,000 gun licenses just two weeks ago without making their online entries, in sheer violations of the rules.
The government had ordered a strict ban on issuance of fresh arms license after umpteen reports of huge number of licenses issued to the people belonging to other states without making their online entries and proper documentation.
"After this case, the matter was handed over to CBI to verify the licenses issued to the outsiders from various districts of Jammu and Kashmir. It was decided that no individual license will be issued i... | |
| | | | Locals beat Hurriyat leader in south Kashmir | | | |
Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Dec 1: In militancy-hit South Kashmir, a self-styled Hurriyat leader was thrashed by locals in Kulgam village. The incident took place on Thursday, reports said.
They said Hurriyat Leader Adnan Salfi had arrived at Quimoh Kulgam to offer condolence to Lashkar Militant Ejaj Makroo who was Killed during an encounter with government forces on Monday.
They said that after expressing sympathy with the family of the slain militant, the self-styled leader reportedly affiliated with Hurriyat (G) took out a rally and started raising anti-India slogans.
While addressing the gathering, he ridiculed a religious leader Sarjan Barkati, who is in jail s... | |
| | | | BJP councillor asks ZEO to join him on school inspection | | Wah ustaad! | |  Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 1: The newly elected president of a Municipal Committee (MC) in south Kashmir crossed all limits of his sanctioned powers, when he asked a top school education official to accompany him during inspection of the schools.
Abdul Waheed Bhat, the MC president, Ashmuqam, wrote a letter to the Zonal Education Officer, Ashmuqam vide no: MC/AISH/18/1057-59 dated 30-11-2018, which reads: "The undersigned shall inspect schools operating within the li... | |
| | | | Ex-ACD Samba makes mockery of rules, drains exchequer | | | |
Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: In yet another brazen case of corruption, a former Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) of Samba purchased construction material on exorbitant rates without inviting tenders, causing huge lose to the state exchequer.
The Finance department in its order No. 162-FD of 2018, dated 28-03-2018, in compliance of the High Court judgment, had directed all departments to make compulsorily tender for works/procurements costing more than Rs 1 lakh only through e-tendering. It was also directed that the ACDs should ensure procurement of material after fulfilment of all codal procedures as provided under the financial norms.
But, sources said, o... | |
| | | | Will Guv Administration enlarge scope to expose black sheep? | | Probe into disproportionate assets of KAS officers | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: The decision of the Governor's administration to start probe into the wealth and assets accumulated by the KAS officers, disproportionate to their known sources of income is being hailed widely.
While the decision is being seen as a step in the right directions to expose the black sheep in the state administration who have amassed huge wealth through corruption and misappropriation, voices are also being raised seeking a professional audit of the officers who have stuck to lucrative positions for years and delivered nothing. These officers by the virtue of their proximity to the political circles have also accumulated unaccounted wealth and ... | |
| | | | Loss caused to forests by 440 KV line: Will Guv order probe? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: The role of Jammu & Kashmir Forest department is under scanner for failing to recover adequate compensation from the power company which is executing a project under Northern Region System Strengthening Scheme (NRSS-29).
Sources say that more than Rs 200 crore loss has been caused to the exchequer by the officials especially from Forest department and all eyes are now focused on Governor Satyapal Malik who should get the matter probed by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB)
As reported already, thousands of forest trees have been axed from Baramulla to Rajouri by a private transmission company Sterlite Grid and its Subsidiary NRSS -29. The transmission line ... | |
| | | | 'SAC decision aimed at promoting good governance, transparency' | | Guv admin not to interfere with JK Bank functioning | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: The Governor's Administration on Saturday made it clear that the Government has no intention of interfering in the day-to-day affairs of the J&K Bank and the Bank's functional autonomy with its Board of Directors as supreme decision-making body remains unquestioned and the Bank will continue to be regulated by the RBI. It said the latest decision taken by the State Administrative Council (SAC) is only aimed at promoting good governance and transparency in the functioning of the Bank.
"Extension of RTI Act and CVC guidelines is only aimed at promoting Good Governance and transparency in the functioning of the Bank, as this premier financial institution has... | |
| | | | Centre says it didn't interfere in J&K, dissolution of Assembly was Governor's decision | | Controversy | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 1: It was on November 21 that J&K Governor SP Malik dissolved the assembly saying such an action had become imperative to avoid "horse-trading" and neutralize the money factor. He also said that both the PDP-NC-Congress grand alliance and the BJP-backed Sajad Lone wanted to form the government claiming that they had the required numbers. Out-on-the-limb and former CM Mehbooba Mufti had claimed that the PDP had 56 MLAs. On the other hand, Lone had claimed that he had 44 MLAs. Interestingly, Sajad Lone's party, People's Conference, had only a paltry 2 MLAs in the dissolved 87-member House.
A couple of days later, J&K Governor Malik made a startling disclosure... | |
| | | | SMGS Hospital administration insensitive to woes of patients' attendance | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: The lone patients' waiting hall in SMGS hospital constructed under constituency development funds by the former Member Legislative Assembly of Jammu East has turned into dumping site of scrap materials and has remained locked for last many years, causing hardships to attendants especially during night hours.
Sources informed Early Times that the waiting hall which was thrown open for public on 6th February, 2006 by MLA Yogesh Sawhney in presence of Sonal... | |
| | | | Autonomywalas, selfrulewalas, Achievable nationhoodwalas all acceptable | | To enjoy power is BJP's ideology | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 1: The BJP perhaps is the only political party in the country, nay in the world, which has no ideology and which can join hands with any political party to form government or become a part of the government. And the BJP is also a party that can abandon and ditch its own core constituency for the sake of fulfilling its insatiable lust for power and pelf.
In 1996, the BJP under Vajpayee and Advani flirted with the autonomywalas (Abdullahs) and made Omar Abdullah a minister at the Centre. Abdullahs didn't compromise their ideology or abandoned their demand seeking greater autonomy for J&K on the ground that it was a Muslim-majority state and that it didn't fav... | |
| | | | Jammu-Kathua bus operators violate rules as police watch helplessly | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 1: The state police is a mute spectator to open violation of traffic norms by Kathua-Jammu bus operators who engag in overloading and rash driving during peak hours.
Despite nakas at most of the bus stations, none of the bus operators is penalized as the police seems hand in glove with them.
According to commuters from Kathua, buses coming from Kathua are alwaysoverloaded. The buses coming from Basohli, Billwar and Pathankot to Jammu are also badly packed with the passengers, just like livestock", a commuter said.
Sham Singh a commuter said that he boarded a bus from Lakhanpur, coming from Pathankot to Jammu.
"The capacity of bus was merely 52 passe... | |
| | | | NC, PDP will fight together for JK's status: Mehbooba | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 1: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has said that she along with her political rival-National Conference- would fight together for the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. "We may differ in many things with the NC, but we will fight together to safeguard J&K's special status. I have met Farooq sahab (Farooq Abdullah) and others, including from the Congress, to cobble up a united front for this," Mehbooba said in an interview to a national magazine. She said that NC-Congress-PDP alliance was formed for the common interest of the people.
"My father would always say Kashmiris have made so much sacrifice to achieve something more, but we have a constit... | |
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