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| Instead of holding Assembly polls, authorities to empower Panchayats | | Plan aims at empowering people, developing new leadership | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Instead of taking steps to hold elections for the legislative assembly of the newly created Union Territory (UT) of J&K, authorities are working on plan to empower Panchayats to establish three-tier Panchayati Raj System like other parts of the country.
Credible sources in the corridors of power revealed that on the directions of Union Government, administration of UT of J&K has already formulated a plan to trickle down decision making power at the Panchayat level to fill the political vacuum created after dissolution of the legislative assembly. Authorities of UT have already started the process to allocate departments to the recently constituted Block Development Councils (BDCs) to check growing influence of bureaucracy. Social Welfare, Rural Development and Education departments are likely to be allocated to BDCs to empower Panchayat members.
Reports said that after successful completion of the BDCs elections, the government has set the ball rolling for District Development Councils (DDCs) polls to establish three-tier Panchayati Raj Institutio... | |
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| Police officer repeatedly slapped taxi-driver in full public glare, confiscated documents, penalized him | | Police refuse to register FIR against officer despite Court directions | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: A police officer in district Kathua has reportedly slapped a taxi-driver repeatedly in front of his family members and full public glare and later confiscated the documents, imposed fine for almost no fault of the gullible driver.
The taxi-driver later went to register an FIR against the officer and when police refused he knocked the door of court but despite orders from court, the police have refused to register case and took action against the erring officer.
According to sources, a taxi driver had on his way home in his taxi, on one evening of the last week of November and when he reached near the Kathua Court complex, he had to stop for a while as a r... | |
| | | | 'New Kashmir political scene won't have Abdullahs, Muftis' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Kashmir-centric leaders, who have been under detention since August 5 could get another shock as the speculations are rife that Third Front comprising of the rebels from National Conference (NC), People's Democratic Party (PDP) and Congress may emerge soon.
According to the media reports, political scene in Kashmir is all set to change with new faces coming to fore. Soon after Jammu & Kashmir government released few politicians from house detention and shifted some of them from MLAs Hostel in Srinagar to their respective residences, Iltija Mufti, daughter of the former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, tweeted that Third Front is in offing.
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| | | | Owners of old vehicles under stress as govt 'contemplates' to take them off roads | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 3: Confusion has crept among the ranks of people whose vehicles are 15 years old or more. These people are skeptical about their future saying that they might be asked to roll back their vehicles.
Some of the people talked to Early Times and voiced their apprehensions about the proposed move of the government. They said the government should take a lenient view and take all the things into consideration before taking a final decision in this regard.
"My vehicle is 15 years old and recently one of my friends told me to sell the vehicle. When I enquired about the reasons he told me that 15 year old vehicles are being rolled back from the ro... | |
| | | | No regulation of drug stores in JK | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 3: Despite directives by government, there is least regulation of drug stores in Jammu and Kashmir.
Authorities at Drug and Food Control Organization Kashmir have written to assistant drug controllers no to issue any new drug licence in the Valley.
"In view of the increased no of pharmaceutical agencies/ wholesale drug distributors in Kashmir valley, no application for issuance of fresh licenses shall be entertained," an order reads.
"All the assistant drug controllers of Kashmir division are hereby requested to direct the drug control officers to conduct intensive inspections of the wholesale distributors and report non-existing drug ... | |
| | | | BJP to go for 'makeover' of JK Chapter | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 3: With the bifurcation of the Jammu and Kashmir into J&K and Ladakh Union Territories having taken place, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is planning a massive makeover of the party's chapter of the erstwhile state.
Sources said the BJP has started working on a plan to bifurcate its state chapter into two separate chapters one each dedicated to Jammu and Kashmir and the other to Ladakh.
Sources said the two UT will have separate state heads for the BJP apart from other office bearers in the party.
A meeting is this regard is likely to be held in the national capital later this month, followed by meetings in the twin UTs. Sources said two of the senior l... | |
| | | | Fate of probe committee unknown | | Eight months on: | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Dec 3: Eight months on, fate of committees framed in May this year to probe into wrong doings in various departments is unknown in Jammu and Kashmir.
Take instance, Government in May this year framed a Fact-Finding Committee after then Governor's office received complaints about alleged illegal allotment of dredging contracts in Kashmir.
The Fact-Finding Committee headed by Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department was to probe irregularities in awarding dredging contracts and also look into the implementation of dredging contracts in River Jhelum and elsewhere by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department from 2010 to 2018.
A source in I... | |
| | | | Ladakh may not fall under 6th Schedule of Constitution: Govt | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The government has hinted that the newly-created Union territory of Ladakh may not be brought under Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, which provides for administration of tribal areas by autonomous district and regional councils, for now.
It told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that the existing autonomous councils set up under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Act, 1997, were already the most empowered councils in the country with powers "more of less in line with the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution".
A recommendation to include Ladakh as a tribal area under the Sixth Schedule was earlier made by the National Commission for Schedule Tribes.
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| | | | Lieutenant Governor chairs maiden Administrative Council meeting | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: The Administrative Council in its first meeting under the Chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G.C. Murmu reviewed the power scenario across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
K.K. Sharma, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, B.V.R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary and Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
Commissioner/Secretary, PDD, Hirdesh Kumar made a detailed pres... | |
| | | | Drop box to be placed in every Panchayat to receive citizen complaints- Lt Guv | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Complaint box will be placed in every Panchayat in Jammu & Kashmir to enable citizens to register their complaints and grievances with the Government.
These directions were issued by the Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu while chairing the first meeting of the Administrative Council.
K.K. Sharma, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, B.V.R Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary and Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor attended the meeting.
The Administrative Council reviewed the functioning of public grievances mechanism in Jammu & Kashmir.
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| | | | 'Shut downs no solution, go for other means to lodge protest' | | Panthers Party's Jammu bandh call | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Already struggling to cope up with the losses in their businesses that are running in crores due to forced shut down in Kashmir and clampdown on mobile internet services in the entire Union Territory of J&K, the traders of Jammu could experience further setback with the announcement of Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party's (JKNPP's) Jammu Bandh call on December 7.
The proposed bandh of Panthers Party could take a heavy toll on the traders of Jammu who are in the midst of a crisis following imposition of series of restrictions after the revocation of Articles 370 and 35 A and bifurcation of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir state into two Union Territories of J... | |
| | | | Police apprehends Hizb militant involved in terror recruitments | | Weapon recovered allegedly sold to him by VDC member | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 3: In a major success against terror outfits in Kishtwar District, Police along with 17 RR & troops of 52 CRPF apprehended one Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant who went missing on November 14, 2019 along with 303 Rifle, one Magazine, 64 live cartridges and 11 charger clips from Ikhala Plamar.
The militant held has been identified as Tariq Hussain Wani, son of Mohammad Amin Wani of Wani Mohalla Sounder Dachhan,.
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| | | | Forest Deptt Poonch acts tough against illegally mutated forest area | | 5 cases of measuring 221 kanals land got cancelled, 36 kanals land evicted | | | Rajesh Tandon
Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 3: Taking strict against illegally encroached Forest land, the Forest Department Poonch got cancelled illegally mutated area measuring 221 kanal on forest land in five cases and got recorded in favour of Forest Department in revenue record.
As per order available with the Early Times, Divisional Forest Officer Poonch vide letter No. DFO/PFD/3703-08 dated:-25-02-2019 has informed that Khasra No. 327 measuring 273 Kanal at Village Nar Tehsil Mendhar is forest land and recorded as Chair Mumkin Jungle in Misl-e-Haqiyat of 1961-62.
It further said that the Forest Department Poonch regarding provision of standing order 23-A Mutation, illegal mut... | |
| | | | 5 youth in Srinagar, 4 in Baramulla arrested for hurling petrol bombs, threatening shopkeepers: Police | | | | Wajahat Shabir
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Dec 3: Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a group of five miscreants involved in hurling petrol bombs (Molotov Cocktails) and threatening of shopkeepers and locals in the interiors of Srinagar City.
While as police has arrested four youth for similar charges in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. A top official said, "A group of five people as per the police record was involved in hurling petrol bombs on vehicles of police and security forces in the areas of Saraf Kadal, Bohri Kadal, Rajouri Kadal, Khanyar and Nowhatta.
"They were also involved in intimidating and threatening of shopkeepers and other businessmen... | |
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