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HC direction against illegal construction of Panchayat Ghar flouted 2/10/2015 9:36:40 PM Early Times Report Kathua, Feb 10: Residents of village Dhammal ,CD block Barnoti, Tehsil Marheen Distt. Kathua has demanded implementation of order dated 02.02.2015 passed by High Court of J&K in OWP no. 26/2015, CMA no. 106/2015 which restrains the construction of an illegal structure on a government land. Learned counsel for the villagers stated that the Field Revenue Staff has conducted the demarcation and the concerned Patwari on 19th of Aug 2014 submitted a report stating therein that as per spot inspection/ demarcation and revenue record, the land comprising Khasra no.534 measuring 3 Kanals and 15 marlas situated at village Dhammal Tehsil Marheen is in the nature of Shamlat Ghair Mumkin Talab- Muffedey Aam, out of which land measuring 18 marlas was being used for illegal const...   READ MORE

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Wrong” steps put bureaucrat in trouble ** He has allegedly withheld salaries of 10 Xens for 8 months, promoted “blue-eyed” AEEs of general category against reserved catecom quota 2/10/2015 11:07:58 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 9 It is the case of a J&K bureaucrat allegedly committing one wrong after the other in his capacity as the commissioner of a department by following his own personal ways and not the norms. Fifteen AEEs (assistant executive engineers) of hydraulic wing of I&FC (irrigation and flood control) department were to be promoted in January 2014 as Xens (executive engineers) against available vacancies but the process was delayed till June 2014 due to the reason that 10 “blue-eyed” AEEs of the state administration, who figured from serial No 16 to 25 in the AEEs’ seniority list, figured nowhere in the promotion list, a top government official alleged. The delay of...   READ MORE   Tara Chand left School Edu deptt in shambles Forest guard Kewal's choices forced cabinet shuttling 11 IAS, KAS officers Syed Junaid Hashmi 2/10/2015 11:01:40 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 9: National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition government is credited with virtually destroying the school education department and leaving the administrative as well as academic set-up in complete shambles. A young, upright and bright IAS officer Simrandeep Singh has been entrusted with the job of resurrecting the department in Jammu region but it is not known for how long new democratically elected government as and when it takes over would allow him to continue as Director School Education (DSE) Jammu. All the democratically elected governments have a tendency of shuttling officers here and there when they take over. If the manner in which NC-Cong coa...   READ MORE   Seven years on, PHC building awaits completion Hyped Trauma Center at Mahanpur becomes a make shift PHC G S Asgotra 2/10/2015 11:01:12 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 9: The phrase One step forward two steps back, goes well for Health department as it had constructed the building of Trauma Center in Mahanpur but instead of making it operational, the Primary Health Center (PHC) Mahanpur has been shifted into it putting a question mark on the early inception of the Trauma Center. The inefficiency of department could also be gauged from the fact that for the last seven years, the PHC has been working from rented accommodations and its building is far from completion. Sources said that to provide immediate medicare to accident victims, the government of India had decided to establish Trauma Center in hilly area of Mahanpu...   READ MORE   Implementation of livestock insurance Deptt of Animal Husbandry Jammu ignores deserving districts Bijay Charak 2/10/2015 11:00:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 9: The implementation of Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) livestock insurance has not been implemented by department of Animal Husbandry Jammu in districts that need it the most. Sources informed Early Times that the livestock insurance scheme which was sponsored by Union Government during 10th, 11th five year plan but astoundingly the department has ignored the deserving districts Poonch, Rajouri and Doda to implement scheme and prefers only plain districts Jammu and Udhampur. They further said that people of Poonch, Rajouri, Doda districts are dependent on livestock but till date they are not getting the facilities of veterinary services and also...   READ MORE   In exchange of Azad's victory, NC to get Lion’s share in MLC elections 2/10/2015 11:00:01 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 9: After getting repeating crushing defeats since December 2013, Congress leadership has reasons to celebrate victory of Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha election in a big way but this victory is going to cost dearly to Congress in Jammu and Kashmir in the days come. Highly placed sources said that Congress has surrendered some Legislative Council seats to the National Conference in exchange of offering support to Ghulam Nabi Azad. "Although National Conference and Congress will fight coming Legislative Council elections jointly yet it is believed that former will get Lion's Share", sources said and disclosed that keeping in the view the understanding...   READ MORE   Ram Madhav's "appeasement policy" failed to yield any results in Kashmir Valley 2/10/2015 10:59:38 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 9: Utter failure of the BJP to rope in even a single Independent MLA from Kashmir and Ladakh region has authenticated that "Kashmir Policy" being adopted by BJP's national general secretary Ram Madhav has back-fired. Ram Madhav, who has become Kashmir expert within couple of months after his induction in BJP, has taken charge of elections in Kashmir Valley but BJP could not fail to even open its account. What to say of opening account, BJP candidates even failed to get respectable votes. After completely failed in assembly elections, Ram Madhav took charge of Rajya Sabha elections. During the last fifteen days, Ram Madhav had visited Jammu five times t...   READ MORE   Engineer did not press for return of Guru's remains Was there a secret deal? 2/10/2015 10:59:07 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 9: MLA Langat, Engineer Abul Rashid made no bones about his proximity with former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. 'I will vote for Azad," he said publicly. This `boldness' did not go well with the Saffron brigade. A complaint has been filed against the Engineer for violating election rules. The BJP complaint and the terms he set for voting for Azad will help him score a few more political points in the Valley. However, his silence and the silence of the Congress party on return of Afzal Guru's mortal remains has not gone unheeded. People have started asking questions. Engineer succeeded in getting an apology from some Congress leaders. They ...   READ MORE   After losing RS seat to Congress, Ram Madhav's political astuteness under scanner 2/10/2015 10:58:29 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 9: The leadership and political management of the BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav is being questioned after BJP conceded crucial Rajya Sabha seat to Congress. Entrusted with overall supervision of J&K Assembly elections, the RSS ideologue now faces axe if party sourcese are to be believed. "Ram Madhav's main mandate was to make inroads in the valley and also get atleast one seats. He was given choice to roll in people of his choice and he got senior police officials to help in. He not only failed in it but even failed to cultivate friends with the Kashmir leadership. This proved he was failure in his handling of the affairs," said a senior ...   READ MORE

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