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Why CM will always be from Kashmir? 12/26/2018 10:42:10 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 26: It's not really known as to when the assembly elections in J&K will be held but the people in Jammu and Ladakh have started discussing the importance or otherwise of their vote. Reports from Ladakh suggest that the people of the region, especially Buddhists, do not want assembly elections to take place. They want the President's rule to continue for a longer period. "If the state could be kept under Governor/President's Rule between January 19, 1990 and October 9, 1996, why can't it happen now? The Governor's rule/President's Rule has always been beneficial for us than the so-called popular rule under rulers from Kashmir. Why should we vote when the CM of the state has to be from Kashmir and from the majority community? It has been happening since 1952, when we voted for electing constituent-cum-legislative assembly. Ever since then, the CM of the state has been from the Kashmir's majority community and we have no say whatsoever in the governance of the state and in the civil secretariat where our presence is almost nil,' said a Ladakhi student,...   READ MORE

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Cracks resurface in JRL over Yasin's arrest 12/26/2018 10:42:04 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 26: The cracks have resurfaced in the so called Joint Resistance Leadership after the arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairperson Muhammad Yasin Malik who is a part of the JRL. Sources said the JKLF leadership has conveyed to the other constituents of the JRL that it was unfortunate that they were silent and didn't call for hartal over the arrest of Yasin, who has been arrested in connection with case of attempt to murder. Sources said the JKLF has conveyed to Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani that their silence was "speaking volumes about their intentions." Sources said the JKLF apprehends ...   READ MORE   BDO withdraws payment for material, dumps job card holders RDD remains den of corruption 12/26/2018 10:41:58 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Dec 26: In yet another act of corruption, the Block Development Officer in Kishtwar District withdrew payments worth lacs as cost of material while the job card holders who are waiting for the payments on account of job days against the work done were deprived of their dues. The sources said that after withdrawing huge payments on account of material cost and finding some irregularities, the said BDO was attached with the office of Director RDD&PR Jammu, but beyond that no action has been initiated against the said BDO who fraudulently withdrew the bills on account of material cost which otherwise have to be withdrawn in the ratio of 60% (...   READ MORE   Mehbooba acknowledges she has 'failed' as a leader 12/26/2018 10:41:45 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 25: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has apparently acknowledged that she has "failed as a leader" and more people would leave her party in coming days. According to the media reports Mehbooba while chairing a meeting of her party activists from Kishtwar, Inderwal, Bhaderwah, Doda, Banihal and Ramban districts in Jammu informed them that the people who left the PDP were "parachuted entries" into the party fold and they parted ways in the same manner. A PDP leader, who wished not to be named, said, "Mehbooba is trying to blame others for her failures. Former Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, who r...   READ MORE   Involved in fraudulent withdrawal of HRA, union leader resigns to divert Govt attention 12/26/2018 10:41:40 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 26: Involvement in fraudulent withdrawal of HRA allowance, an influential civil secretariat union leader is trying his best to divert government attention as the official before resigning from union leveled serious allegations saying J&K civil secretariat had become a hub of corruption. Reliable sources from Civil Secretariat told Early Times that couple of days ago, the government received a complaint against the leader regarding fraudulent withdrawal of House Rent Allowance for the last many years and without any delay the government has initiated an enquiry against him. "After leveling serious allegation against Civil Secretariat Administration the U...   READ MORE   Govt's half-hearted approach mars languishing projects No 'formal' directions issued to Deptts 12/26/2018 10:41:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 26: Although Government took commendable initiative to complete various languishing projects which were shelved due to paucity of funds, but two months since the decision was taken in this regard, no formal directions were issued to the concerned departments. Sources told Early Times that in order to complete unfinished projects, the government had started a programme and in this connection it set up Jammu and Kashmir Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation to fund the concerned departments to complete languishing projects. The PW (R&B) Department has been asking contractors to take up incomplete work without formal assurance. "The Chief Secretary...   READ MORE   IGNOU's B Ed examination paper appears on Social Media People demand intervention of MHRD 12/26/2018 10:41:24 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Dec 26: The controversy involving the IGNOU's B.Ed examination scandal yet to die down, the question paper of the "BES-123 : Learning and Teaching" subject schedule to be held on 31-12-2018 is in circulation on social media including Whatsapp since today morning thus putting the top brass of the IGNOU under scanner for their in action even after six days of surfacing of the scandal involving huge exchange of money. After searching for the details on "IGNOU" website, the BES-121 & BES-123 of TEE December 2018 was earlier schedule for 8-12-2018 & 11-12-2018 respectively, but both papers were later postponed and BES-123 has been revised sched...   READ MORE   Impact of victory in three states: Cong leader promises Rs 5 cr each for families of terrorists killed by forces 12/26/2018 10:41:15 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 26: It appears to the direct impact of the victory of party in three states of Hindi heartland namely Madhya Pradesh, Chattisagarh and Rajasthan that Congress is all out to appease terrorists who have picked up guns against the country. A prominent Congress leader has promised to give an amount to the tune of Rs 5 crore to the families of terrorists who have been killed by the security forces during the rule of BJP since 2014. Interacting with media persons Congress minority cell national leader Haji Sagheer Saeed Khan was so much elated over victory of party in three states that he announced that all BJP leaders who had given order to the Army and securi...   READ MORE   IGNOU regional centre in soup again Exams cancelled after 'paper leak' 12/26/2018 10:28:14 PM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 26: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) today had to cancel examination after the question papers of the said exam were allegedly leaked. According to official order issued by IGNOU regional center Jammu, the exams scheduled to start from 27-12-2018 have been postponed and will now be held in January next year. However sources said that the university had to cancel these exams after reports of paper leak spread in public domain. This is not the first time that controversy has mired IGNOU. Earlier also a scandal involving IGNOU examination for B Ed classes rocked Kishtwar after Pre written answer sheets were recovered from two c...   READ MORE   Sajad Lone follows the family politics policy of NC, PDP Nominates Imran Ansari's younger brother as Peoples Conference candidate for LS polls 12/26/2018 10:26:14 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 26: Sajad Gani Lone led Peoples Conference is apparently following the footsteps of the people whom he accused of promoting and projecting family politics. The same became evident with Lone's nomination of his party's candidate for the next Lok Sabha elections. The Peoples Conference Chairman took to micro-blogging site Twitter and announced the name of Peoples Conference candidate for the next year's parliamentary polls. The candidate is no more than a brother of a former minister who joined the Peoples Conference only this month. Irfan Raza Ansari would be the Peoples Conference candidate from Srinagar-Budgam-Ganderbal Lok Sabha seat...   READ MORE   Shortage of manpower hits postal services in JK Circle 73 percent posts of Postmaster lying vacant 12/26/2018 10:19:13 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 26: Acute shortage of manpower in postal circle of Jammu and Kashmir has adversely affected the postal services as more than 60 percent posts of different categories like Multi Tasking Staff, Postman/ Mail guard, Postal Assistant and Post master are unfilled. As per the latest information revealed by Ministry of Communi-cation and information in Postal Circle of Jammu and Kashmir, the government of India had sanctioned 1701 posts of different categories but ironically against the sanctioned strength only 713 posts are filled and remaining ones are unfilled since long time. The document reveals that maximum posts of Post Master Grade I,II &III are lying vacan...   READ MORE   Surankote craves for kerosene 12/26/2018 10:19:01 PM MS Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Dec 26: Kerosene oil distribution in sub division Mendhar has been put on hold as the depot owners sell the commodity in black allegedly on exorbitant rates sources said here today. Of the 38 Govt Kersone oil depots across Surankote sub division not a single drop is available for the consumers who need it for cooking as well as lighting purposes in for flung and hilly areas indulging Buff haz . Hill Kaka , Pamrot Draba and other adjoining areas of the sub division. But to the much surprise of the people they were buy told that Government has stopped the supply of the kerosene oil while the truth is that supply of the commodity is regular and upto ...   READ MORE   Sangh cadres want PM Modi to do 'something concrete to win polls in J&K' Act or perish 12/26/2018 10:18:55 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 26: Sangh Parivar cadres are unhappy with the functioning of the Narendra Modi Government and the party high command. They, according to a top source in the RSS, are of the view that "the BJP would bite dust not only in Kashmir, but also in Jammu and Ladakh, if it continued to behave like the Congress party and push its core constituencies in Jammu and Ladakh to the wall". Reflecting on the mood of the Sangh Parivar cadres, including the BJP, the VHP and the Bajrang Dal, the source on Wednesday disclosed that "they wanted PM Modi to act and act fast so that the estranged constituencies in Jammu and Ladakh are conciliated and mollified". "This present C...   READ MORE   Mayor, Dy Mayor SMC cross swords over cleaning of Dal Hundreds of crores siphoned off since 2005 12/26/2018 10:18:35 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 26: As SMC's Mayor and Deputy Mayor have been caught in a war of words over cleaning the famous Dal Lake, hundreds of crores spent over the years seem to have gone into the drain without any accountability. On 23 December, Deputy Mayor Sheikh Mohammed Imran tweeted that he had begun a 21-day cleaning drive of the lake along with members of civil society, the Municipal Corporation, the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority and the Army. Responding to a news report on the drive to clean Dal Lake Mayor SMC Junaid Mattu said, "SMC has not entered into any collaborative operation with the Army for any cleaning, de-weeding operations in Dal...   READ MORE   High Court asks Govt to voluntarily disclose information under RTI Act 12/26/2018 10:18:22 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 26: The State High Court has directed government to adhere to the mandate of the J&K Right to Information Act 2009 in letter and spirit particularly Section 4 of the legislation which calls for oluntary disclosure of information by all the departments on their websites and other modes prescribed under law. The directions were passed by a division bench of Justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and Sanjeev kumar while closing a Public Interest Litigation filed by J&K Right to Information Movement through its counsel advocate Shafaqat Nazir. The PIL had sought directions to the government to make suo-moto and pro-active disclosure of all available permissible inform...   READ MORE   IPS officer of ADGP rank indulging in electoral politics: Sajad Lone 12/26/2018 10:18:17 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 26: Peoples conference chief Sajad Lone alleged that an IPS officer of ADGP rank is indulging in electoral politics saying that the said officer should enter politics and fight on his own. Taking to his twitter handle the former pro-freedom leader said that he would name the said officer soon, "IPS officer of the rank of ADGP indulging in electoral politics. Summoned some SPs, DSPs deliberating how to script a wave for his fav leader. Will name him soon. But hope @PMOIndia @jandkgovernor @KVijayKumarIPS take note. give us an even play field. Is that too much to ask," He further said that people of Jammu and Kashmir deserve to choose their leaders with M...   READ MORE   People aghast over unscheduled power cuts in Kashmir valley 12/26/2018 10:18:10 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 26: Harash period of winter (Chilai-Kalan) has already made an entry with a dry note, but the PDD has irritated the common masses like anything, and the hollow slogans have just remained on papers and orders only. According to reports, there are thousands of metered as well as non-metered consumers in the valley and they have accused the Power Development Department (PDD) for frequent power cuts. "Due to frequent power cuts, people suffer a lot, even though many government and private companies have alleged that they are paying monthly tariffs on regular basis, and against that, they are not getting the requisite power supply as they were supposed to, sa...   READ MORE   PIO fails to reveal details of workshops/ seminars under RTI act 12/26/2018 10:18:06 PM Early TImes RFeport Jammu, Dec 26: The Public Information Officer (PIO) in the office of Deputy Commissioner Rajouri has failed to provide details about the number of workshops and seminars held in the district on Right to Information Act (RTI). Information seeker had filed application more than 2 months back but the PIO who is also Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) has failed to respond to information seeker. Pertinently DC office Rajouri had revealed before J&K High Court that more than 600 (six hundred) RTI awareness camps were held in the district during last 5 to 6 years. In order to get more details about these workshops and awareness camps JK RTI Movement sought complete detail...   READ MORE

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