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| Stolen bank drafts on 'sale' at IGNOU regional centre | | Innocent students being fleeced | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: A Bank Draft scandal has surfaced at IGNOU's regional Centre Jammu where, the drafts submitted by students are being sold to innocent students who visit the centre for admission, and staff.
According to sources, around 25 cases where students were fleeced by the staff members by selling them stolen bank drafts came to fore recently. "The scam involves an amount of over “Rs three lakh ", they said.
"I went to IGNOU's regional centre Jammu to submit admission form of my sister for master degree programe in July session", said Kunal, a victim, adding Surinder, a security guard convinced him to buy a bank draft amounting Rs 13,500.
"The ... | |
| | | | Kashmir based BJP leaders gear up to 'sell dreams' | | Forthcoming ULB Elections | | | Want high command to forget party scored zero in LA polls
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 20: As the elections for Urban Local Bodies in Jammu and Srinagar look inevitable, political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, are asking their cadres to get ready and ensure the victory of their respective parties.
On Saturday the Deputy Chief Minister announced that polls for Urban Local Bodies would be held soon. He called on the BJP cadres to get ready for the "litmus test."
Sources told Early Times that BJP leaders in Kashmir believe that forthcoming ULB elections would provide them with a chance to once again get close to the party high command and show the leaders "... | |
| | | | Akhnoor Sex Scandal: Role of 'pimp' not under investigation | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 19: In the Akhnoor sex scandal, the role of a pimp, an employee of state government who pushed the victim into the flesh trade, is nowhere in sight.
While securitising the Call Detail Records (CDR) of the girl's cellphone, police discovered that the pimp, a state government employee, had made her frequent calls. Despite that, the concerned police were making no efforts to question him too, according to police sources.
It is worthwhile to mention here that after being disappointed by the police investigation, the victim's father has already moved the high court, alleging that police were not following the procedure while investigating the case.
However, ... | |
| | | | Ungrateful city disgracing its martyred sons | | |  Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: A social organization has called upon the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development not to name the rotaries and roads of the city after the names of illustrious sons of the soil who laid an imprint on the history with their works, life and sacrifice.
In an emotive appeal, it has been requested that names of the heroes assigned to city's rotaries and roads be scrapped so that they can be saved from disrespect and disgrace meted out to them ... | |
| | | | Illegal structures galore in Srinagar | | '3000 buildings stand tall around bypass' | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 20: Nearly 10,000 structures are alleged to have come in Srinagar in violation of the master plan guidelines. Out of them, 3,000 are in Bypass area of Srinagar, ET has learnt.
"There are 3,000 structures in the bypass area which have come up in violation of the master plan norms. I can tell you that around 10,000 structures have come in complete violation of the Srinagar master plan guidelines in Srinagar," a senior officer in the office of Chief Town Planner, Kashmir, said.
He said while the violators had sought permission for residential buildings but constructed commercial structures, others had flouted the guidelines for constructi... | |
| | | | Opts for hand written question papers for Post Graduate exams | | JU's primitive tools in era of digitalization | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: In the era of digitalization and modernization the University of Jammu is still relying on handwritten question papers in Post Graduate examination, evoking criticism from the students' fraternity.
Students enrolled in first semester of MA Hindi through Directorate of Distance Education (DDE) informed Early Times that they were shocked to find on 19th of December that Hindi question paper was handwritten instead of typed. "Instead of few questions, the complete question paper of Course number 101, Bhartiya Kavya Shastra was handwritten", a student said
"We have submitted Rs. 5300 admission fee for first year in MA Hindi out of which nearly Rs. 1000... | |
| | | | Disgruntled Cong leaders see Soz as 'Messiah' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: In what can be seen as fresh dimension to the trouble waters in J&K Pradesh Congress Committee with a bunch of rebel leaders active and always with crossed swords against incumbent chief, a group of leaders in Jammu today called on ex president Prof Saif-u-Din Soz and held discussions related to state of affairs in the state unit.
Sources said Prof Soz was in Jammu for a day and left for Delhi later after meeting the leaders and their version of the cause of growing dissent in the party against the present PCC chief GA Mir. Saif-u-Din Soz's visit to winter capital assumes significance in many ways, mainly in the light of the dissent group in Jammu compr... | |
| | | | BJP's rotational CM demand scuttled Mehbooba's march to CM chair | | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 20: Donned in a traditional Kashmiri pheran with the delicately crafted headscarf on her head, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti during a TV program in New Delhi made a startling remark on December 12 that she doesn't want to become JK's Chief Minister.
Such a revelation shocked her party cadres who were all set to celebrate the occasion in grand style. The people also seemed dismayed over the revelation.
The only party in the state which wasn't at all surprised by Mehbooba's 'No' to CM's post was the BJP. It was indeed this party with 25 MLA in state's lower house which had strived for Mufti's continuity as the Chief Minister of Jammu and K... | |
| | | | J&K not interested in educating Gujjars-Bakarwals: Audit | | Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya Scheme fails to take off! | | |
KGBV hostel building being used as cattle shed
Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 20: Jammu and Kashmir government took no major steps to increase literacy rate among Gujjars and Bakarwals despite Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs sanctioning several hundred crores of rupees for the same.
Gujjar Ministers of the previous NC-Congress coalition government alongwith 8 MLAs and two cabinet ministers of the present ruling PDP-BJP coalition government neither protested nor ever asked their respective governments to take the issue of utilisation of the funds earmarked for people living in tribal areas seriously. Centrally sponsored Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya Sch... | |
| | | | Sat Sharma is new BJP president in JK | | | | Jammu Dec 20: Senior leader and party MLA Sat Sharma was on Sunday appointed the new BJP state president after he was unanimously elected for the top party post. Sat Sharma, MLA from Jammu West assembly constituency, was elected unopposed by executive members of BJP as new president at a function held at party headquarters Jammu.
He replaces Jugal Kishore Sharma, the sitting member Parliament of the party from Jammu Poonch seat, as BJP head in Jammu and Kashmir. The change in leadership comes at a time when the state is gearing up for urban local and other civic bodies, dates for which are yet to be announced. The saffron party has recently appointed new state chiefs in Kerala, Assam a... | |
| | | | CIC serves penalty notice on Bhaderwah BDO | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20 : The chief information commissioner (CIC) has issued a penalty notice against Block Development Officer (BDO), Bhaderwah, following his failure to provide information under RTI Act to a Dheraja resident.
Nazir Hussain Khan of Dheraja filed 2nd appeal under section 16 of the J&K RTI Act, 2009 before the state information commission on October 12, 2015, stating therein that he had filed an RTI application on June 25, 2015 before the PIO/BDO, Bhaderwah, which was received in his office on June 27, 2015. The applicant had sought information about the works executed by the BDO office, Bhaderwah, in ward No 1 & 2 of Dheraja panchayat. He sought details of jo... | |
| | | | BJP leader hails NFSA, PDP says 'it's not a word of God' | | NC, separatists on same side | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 20: A senior BJP leader recently claimed that the National Food Security Act (NFSA) would be implemented in J&K come what may. He asserted that the legislation, when implemented, would "go a long way in providing subsidized food grains to the people of the state and maintained that the "verification time for registration under the Act has been extended so that more people can avail its benefit".
On the same day, a senior PDP leader took a different line on the NFSA. Amid attacks on the NFSA from opposition parties, including NC and CPI-M, and separatists, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, he hinted that state government would not ... | |
| | | | Sat Sharma is new J&K BJP president | | | | Jammu Dec 20: Senior leader and party MLA Sat Sharma was on Sunday appointed the new BJP state president after he was unanimously elected for the top party post. Sat Sharma, MLA from Jammu West assembly constituency, was elected unopposed by executive members of BJP as new president at a function held at party headquarters Jammu. He replaces Jugal Kishore Sharma, the sitting member Parliament of the party from Jammu Poonch seat, as BJP head in Jammu and Kashmir. The change in leadership comes at a time when the state is gearing up for urban local and other civic bodies, dates for which are yet to be announced. The party has recently appointed new state chiefs in Kerala, Assam and West Benga... | |
| | | | CM sets record straight, says BJP-PDP on the same page | | Special status of J&K | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 20 : Patron of PDP and J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Saturday cleared all the confusions and set the record straight as far as the attitude of his party and the BJP towards Article 370 and the state's special status was concerned. Addressing senior party leaders, including Ministers, legislators and office-bearers at day-long party meeting at Banquet Hall, Srinagar, which had been called to review party's preparations for upcoming Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Panchayat elections, he without mincing words said that the PDP and the BJP were on the same page as far as their stand on Article 370 and the special status the state enjoys under this legislation.
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| | | | Contempt proceedings against DC for non-compliance of stay order on NT's transfer | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Dec 20: The high court has initiated contempt proceeding against Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Ghulam Nabi Balwan and Naib-Tehsildar (NT), Pathernaki, Aziz Mohammad for the non-compliance of a stay order granted by Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir on the transfer of NT Mehraj-ud-Din of Dool, who was shifted from Kishtwar to a far flung area of Marwah. His transfer order was stayed by the court on medical grounds.
As per the details available with Early Times, Assistant Register of High Court, Jammu, has issued a notice for appearance of Balwan and Aziz Mohammad vide contempt No 490 of 2015 in SWP 3141/2015 and directed them to appear in the cour... | |
| | | | Lifting of Sec 144 at Katra relieves locals, pilgrims | | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
Early Times Report
KATRA, Dec 20 : The lifting of restrictions under Section 144 CrPC imposed in Katra, base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi Cave shrine in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in view of the protests by labourers and porters against opening up of the new battery car track to the pilgrimage may provide a relief to the locals as well as the Yatries travelling to Katra.
Labourers, Poniwalas and pithus under the banner of Katra Sangarsh Samiti have sat on fast unto death protesting against Shrine Board's decision of starting battery cars on new track which has affected normal life in the holy town for the last one week.
According to sources, activities in holy... | |
| | | | Overflowing dustbins make life hell for Secretariat employees | | Houseflies storm poonch House | | | G S Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20: The tall claims of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan launched by Bhartiya Jantya Party have virtually dashed to the ground as overflowing dustbins placed in the lawn of Poonch House Panjthirthi, mock at the campaign and also make life hell for secretariat employees, whose rooms are attacked by houseflies and foul smell. Some of the secretariat employees informed Early Times that since they have shifted to Jammu from Srinagar after annual Darwar move, the dustbins were lifted only once.
He further said that due to overflowing dustbin, foul smell emanating from there made life hell for the employees. "December is ending and in such cold conditions... | |
| | | | Sgr-Leh highway closed for winter months | | | | srinagar, Dec 20 :The highway, connecting the Ladakh region with the Kashmir valley, has been closed for winter months to avoid any accident following slippery road conditions due to blow freezing temperature.
"We have closed the highway from today as per orders by the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir," traffic police sources said.
They said the road has become very slippery particularly at Zojila, Meenmarg, Zero-Point, India Gate and other places, where the mercury remained below minus 10 to minus 15 degree Celsius during the night and sub zero during the day.... | |
| | | | Let NFSA be not diluted in J&K, BJP tells PDP | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 20 :BJP has told its alliance partner PDP that no step should be taken to dilute in any form the National Food Security Act (NFSA), it is in line with the agenda of the Modi government to bring transparency in the public distribution system. "The PDP shouldn't succumb to the pressure tactics of National Conference which is indulging in conspiracies to defame and malign the Modi government more than PDP and in the process, is trying to undermine the credibility of both the parties," said a senior BJP leader.
He said the BJP high command had also communicated to PDP that it should also not send conflicting signals as the consumer affairs minister was giving ... | |
| | | | Vacant posts at Assembly Secretariat put question mark on efficacy of legislature Jehangir Rashid | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Dec 20: The entire government machinery these days is busy in ensuring that the budget session of the state legislature passes off peacefully without much drama, but truth of matter is that nobody is looking into the finer details of working of Assembly Secretariat.
Early Times has learnt from reliable sources that around one dozen posts are lying vacant in the Assembly Secretariat. These posts are lying vacant for years now and no step whatsoever has been taken to fill them. The people at helm are unmoved and are not doing anything in this regard, said sources.
"For the last 10 years or so no advertisement notification or employment notification has been ... | |
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