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Appointed as an orderly reaches to Add Secy’s post, now eyeing promotion of Special Secy LG office gets astonished to see proposal file 12/5/2019 8:39:48 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 4: An Additional Secretary in Civil Secretariat who was appointed as orderly and having matriculation as qualification has been making hard efforts to become Special Secretary as he has sent the proposal file in this connection to Lieutenant Governor Office. Sources said that the LG Office has expressed astonishment at the proposal file of the official seeking his elevation to Special Secretary despite having matriculation as qualification and questioned that how an orderly managed to get gazetted post and now eyeing the post of Special Secretary which is equivalent to an IAS officer. “The official was appointed as an orderly in 1980-81 under recruitment rules 1959 which were made by Sardar-e-Riyasat and not changed till 31 Oct, 2019. He managed to get gazzeted post and reaches to the post of Additional Secretary due to his influence in the power corridors in previous governments,” they said. They further said that the LG Secretariat, when saw the pending proposal of the official, they were shocked to see his rapid career graph. “He is so...   READ MORE

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Detained PDP leader allowed, colleague denied permission to visit home Kya Pakk Raha Hai? 12/5/2019 8:39:29 AM ET Report Srinagar: Even as the government recently allowed a detained leader of the Peoples Democratic Party to visit his home for a day in Srinagar, his party colleague and inmate, who is also lodged at the same sub-jail was denied permission to meet his bereaved family. Sources said very recently the government allowed a senior PDP leader who was previously a lawmaker to visit his home to spend some time with his family. Sources said the leader spend almost a day with his family till he came back to the MLA Hostel prison which has been converted into a Sub Jail where some of the politicians are detained since the abrogation of the Article 370 in August. Subsequently, however, the...   READ MORE   Decision for employees Health Insurance scheme in limbo, decision taken a year back Can JK’s bureaucracy trash past SAC decisions? 12/5/2019 8:39:11 AM Jammu: Now when the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced that more than 3.5 lac of its employees will get the accidental insurance cover of 10 lac rupees, it has once again raised the long forgotten issues of the Health Insurance scheme under which the government workers were ought to get health insurance cover. There has been no call made to review the status of the file and whether there should be any process initiated for the implementation of the SAC decision. “It is all mirror and smoke. Nothing concrete as of now has been done vis-a-vis implementing the decision of creating a Trust Model for the health insurance of the employees and pensioners. The fact is that the employ...   READ MORE   History in making as birth anniversary of first PM of erstwhile JK state all set to be low key affair With leadership behind bars NC unable to celebrate founder’s birthday 12/5/2019 8:38:34 AM Jehangir Rashid SRINAGAR, Dec 4: A history of sorts would be created on December 5 as it would be for the first time that birth anniversary of National Conference (NC) founder, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah would be observed without pomp and show in the state more so in Kashmir valley. Sources told Early Times that since the top as well as middle rung leadership of NC is under arrest or house arrest, the birthday of the NC would pass off without any major function at the party level. Although, some of the functions are being held at the government level no such thing is expected at the party level especially in Kashmir valley. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was born on December 5, 1905 at Soura ...   READ MORE   Cabinet nod to withdraw JK reservation Bill from Parliament 12/5/2019 8:38:02 AM NEW DELHI:The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its formal nod to withdraw a Bill, which sought to provide reservation to economically backward people of Jammu and Kashmir, as the state reorganisation law provided for a similar quota. Union minister Prakash Javadekar said here that the Cabinet gave its nod to withdraw the Bill formally as the draft law had become irrelevant. The government had recently withdrawn the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill 2019 from Lok Sabha. It was withdrawn from the House as central laws providing quota to the economically backward class are now applicable to the union territories post repeal of special provisions under Article 370....   READ MORE   After more than one month of his departure, SP Malik is still Governor of JK Website of Finance department yet to be updated 12/5/2019 8:36:54 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Dec 4: After the lapse of over one month, since Jammu and Kashmir has become a union territory with Lieutenant Governor as head but SP Malik continued to be Governor on the official website of Finance department. As per the official website of Finance department though the Home page has the photograph of the first Lieutenant Governor of new Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir GC Murmu but in the section Who’s Who, the first person is still SP Malik, who is mentioned as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. Moreover KK Sharma is still written as Advisor to Governor and in the contact section also his name is written as Advisor to Governor in the first column. ...   READ MORE   No word about its retrieval leaves people guessing PoK part of Union Territory of J&K 12/5/2019 8:36:27 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Dec 4: Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy recently informed the Parliament that territories under Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir also include Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "We have been hearing it for the past many decades that the PoK is under the illegal control of Pakistan and it needs to be retrieved. Everytime the nation is told that PoK is the part of India and it has to be clubbed with Jammu & Kashmir but till date no concrete step has been taken to retrieve it." He said, "When Government of India reorganized Jammu & Kashmir, a perception was created across the country that next ...   READ MORE   JU administration buckles under students' pressure Prof Jasrotia relieved as HoD 12/5/2019 2:35:09 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 4: Under fire for his alleged misbehaviour, Prof Avtar Singh Jasrotia, Head of Department Geology, was finally relieved from headship till further orders by the Jammu University administration. The students, scholars and some of the faculty members of Geology department of the University were on indefinite strike since yesterday against the alleged misconduct of Prof Jasrotia. Sensing gravity of the situation and the pressure being mounted by the a...   READ MORE   ET gets access to exclusive pictures of apprehended Hizb terrorist's hideout Hiding place equipped with fire arrangements to keep it warm 12/5/2019 2:34:17 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report JAMMU, Dec 4: Early Times today get access to exclusive pictures of the terror hideout used by Hizb Terror operative Tariq Hussain Wani apprehended by joint operation party of Police, 17 RR and 52 Bn CRPF on Monday evening from Ikhala area of Dachhan in Kishtwar District. The terror hideout according to the sources has been carved deep inside a natural cave that can accommodate 2-3 persons or more at a time. The sources told the "Early Times" that the imp...   READ MORE   Internet likely to be restored across J&K in phased manner: Lt Governor 12/4/2019 10:38:08 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Dec 4: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu on Wednesday (December 4) said that Internet services would be restored in Kashmir in phases once the situation becomes "more normal". Lt Governor Murmu, however, stopped short of giving any timeline for restoration of internet services in Kashmir. It is to be noted that the Internet services were cut down in the Kashmir valley on the intervening night of August 4 and August 5 hours before the Centre announce...   READ MORE   4 army soldiers killed in two incidents of Avalanche 10 army personnel killed in last weeks 12/4/2019 10:26:28 PM Wajahat Shabir Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 4: Four army soldiers were killed in a separate incident after being hit by an avalanche in two separate areas in Tanghdar sector and in Gurez sector, army said. In last three weeks, three incidents have taken place where 10 army personnel and two civilian porters were killed. Srinagar based army spokesperson said, "In two separate incidents, an avalanche hit a post in Tanghdar sector and Army petrol was hit by a blizzard in Gurez sector. The rescue team managed to locate and retrieve all personnel from both incidents". He added,"Despite best efforts by the rescue and medical team three Army personnel in Tangdhar Sector and one Army pe...   READ MORE   People rue kerosene oil shortage in Poonch 12/4/2019 9:25:13 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Dec 4: People of Sub divisions of Surankote, Mandi Mendhar and Poonch have alleged that they were not getting requisite quito of kerosene oil while as depot holders were up in arms against CAPD department for little supply of the commodity in the district sources said. "If a depot holder is entitled for 10 barrels of kerosene oil a month he is getting only two instead" said a depot holder in Mendhar adding, 'the supply has been shortened by the authorities as licences of the depot holders were subject to be renewed, and this practice is going on for the last two months he added. Locals alleged that shortage of kerosene oil has added to our woes becau...   READ MORE

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