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| Death of woman entrepreneur exposes corruption in banking sector | | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: Death of a woman entrepreneur on seeing the bank recovery teams at her door step in Jammu the previous day has opened the Pandora box of corruption prevalent in banking and allied sectors and irregularities in the modes of recovery of loans advanced by them. The incident is also an indication of increasing NPAs (Non Performing Assets) in the banks and the pressure on the bank staff to make the recoveries at all costs.
Sources divulge that while there is a cut throat competition within the banks to meet the targets, deep rooted nexus between banks, agents and affluent people has resulted in piling NPAs. "While the unfortunate incident involv... | |
| | | | GMC hesitates to remove ex-Health Minister's hoarding | | | | Avinash Azad
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: Under pressure from former Health Minister and MLA Basholi's trusted lieutenants, the administration of Government Medical College Jammu is hesitating to remove hoarding installed in administrative block of the hospital.
Sources in hospital told Early Times that despite Governor's rule in State since January 10, hoarding of the former Minister installed in corridor to principal office, has not been removed by the administration.
"Principal GMC, Medical Superintendent GMCH and other administrative officers move to and fro daily where the hoarding is installed, but scared of Lal's trusted men in the hospital, no body dared to remove it", said... | |
| | | | Govt formation: 'Alliance with PDP fine, no compromise on core agenda' | | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Feb 11: The much-talked about meeting between some RSS and BJP top leaders did take place at Pt Deen Dayal Research Institute, New Delhi, but nothing concrete emerged out of it as far as Government formation in J&K was concerned. If anything, the outcome of the meeting only indicated that the Sangh Parivar is divided over the issue of Government formation.
The message from the meeting was that while most of the BJP leaders (all from Jammu, barring one) were for the early formation of the coalition Government under the leadership of the PDP, all the RSS leaders (three from Jammu and two from the RSS headquarters, Nagpur) were reportedly very cautious in their approach. All... | |
| | | | Tasaduq's elevation can make Karra unhappy! | | | |
Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: The PDP senior leader Tariq Hameed Karra seems to have struck the hornet's nest again as this time around he has expressed his reservations about possibility of late Chief Minister's lone son Tasaduq Mufti being given an important role in the party.
In an interview here Karra said that Tasaduq was introduced in the party as a 'self reliant man' the one who wants to work for the environment in the state. "He was introduced in a party as a successful professional who has no political experience or even inclination towards politics, as I know it," Karra said when he was asked to comment over the reports that Tasaduq Mufti may be proj... | |
| | | | KU, JU request PSC to withhold interviews for Assistant Profs | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 11: Impasse over the issuance of Minimum Standard Procedure (MSP) certificates to Ph.D holders by universities of Kashmir and Jammu has taken a new turn with request from both the university administrations to Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) to withhold interviews of Assistant Professors for couple of weeks.
The JKPSC has reportedly not taken any decision over the request and is likely to take decision in a meeting but sources reveal there is remote possibility of suspending the scheduled interviews as a government order would be needed to defer the interviews.
Pertinently, due to issuance and later recalling back of MSP ... | |
| | | | MCs strangle PM's Swach Bharat mission | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 11: The Municipal Committee Udhampur has been accused of strangling the Prime Minister's Swachh Bharat Campaign.
According to concerned citizens, the erring authorities not only endanger human health by their unhygienic acts but adversely affect the environment as well.
The committee has been further accused of throwing garbage collected from various parts of the city into a forest along the national highway. The heaps of garbage on the spots identified by the people substantiate the accusations.
The municipal committee's across the state have a similar story to tell. Right from Anantnag district in South Kashmir to Kupwara in the North, all the garbage ... | |
| | | | PHE Deptt skips MIU to escape accountability | | | | Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 11: The Public Health Engineering Department has not constituted the Monitoring and Investigating Unit (MIU) to monitor rural water supply schemes. This has been perceived as a violation of the guidelines of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme..
Sources told Early Times that the as per guidelines, the State Government was required to establish a Monitoring and Investigation Unit (MIU) with technical posts of Hydrologist, Geophysicist, Computer Specialists and Data Entry Operators to work in coordination with Research and Development Department (R&D) cell. They further said that PHE Department knowingly overlooked the directives of... | |
| | | | Babus enjoy Guv rule, go missing from offices | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: While the people of Jammu and Kashmir are anxiously waiting for elected government in the state, but the bureaucrats these days are enjoying the Governor's Rule by skipping their official duties.
Governor N N Vohra has delegated powers administrative secretaries to exercise the powers of the ministers in respect of various developmental and administrative matters. Delegation of powers has been made in pursuance of the J&K Delegation of Powers Act, 2016 (Governor's Act No. 1 of 2016). However, most of the Babus are enjoying the Governor Rule these days as there seems no accountability in absence of the elected government. "Governor ... | |
| | | | Mehbooba unlikely to fall in BJP's honey trap | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 11: PDP is unlikely to accept the proposal of the BJP that Mehbooba Mufti should first assume the office of CM Jammu and Kashmir and then project the Kashmir specific CBMs that she has been reiterating as pre condition to enter into alliance with BJP again.
"We are not power hungry and it has been cleared by the stance of the Mehbooba Mufti as she had refused to assume the chair unless the Centre announces confidence-building-measures are announced by the Centre," said a senior PDP leader. The stance of the PDP comes amidst reports that BJP is reluctant to announce more CBMs more than what are there in the in the Agenda of Alliance. There is a section in ... | |
| | | | We are moving forward with caution, prudence: Chairman | | J&K Bank Q3 net profit up at Rs 117.68 Cr | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: J&K Bank today posted a net profit of Rs 117.68 Cr for the quarter ended December 2015which is up by 12.46 pc up from Rs 104.64 Cr earned during the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year.
The Bank announced its financial results for the third quarter today following the approval of its Board of Directors in a meeting held in Mumbai.
The advances during the Q3 grew by 5.31 pc to Rs 46718.26 Cr from Rs 44360.84 Cr as recorded during the cor... | |
| | | | Despite vast potential for solar energy, Govt fails to generate power | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: Despite Jammu and Kashmir having second highest solar power potential in the country, Government has failed to harness the same to meet the power requirement in the state.
While people of Jammu and Kashmir are craving for uninterrupted power supply these days, no measures have been taken by the authorities over the years to harness solar power potential in the state.
State is suffering for want of power as it has to purchase electricity worth hundreds of crores annually from the Centre owned National Hydro Electricity Power Corporation (NHPC).
J&K has the potential of hydroelectricity of 20,000 MWs of which 2600 MWs have been ha... | |
| | | | PDD's failure to provide power costs industrialist dearly | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 11: On the hind side of Prime Minister's Make in India claims to trigger country's industrial sector, failure of Power Development Department (PDD) to sanction power connections to new industrial units is causing huge losses to them.
Pleading anonymity, an owner of newly established unit in SIDCO Bari Brahmana area told Early Times that two years back he had started the construction work of their unit and then he had applied for power connection in Shastri Nagar Division of PDD, but the department has so far not allotted the power connection.
"Several other unit holder of SIDCO Bari Brahmana area including Saraswati Plasto Tech India, Ja... | |
| | | | Despite official orders, influential teachers refuse to join original place of posting | | | | Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Feb 11: Despite government's strict order not to attach the teachers at any level, the illegal attachment still are roosting unabated in District Udhampur when some politically backed influential teachers detached from Zonal Education Officer (ZEO) Udhampur but have refused to join due to political influence in order to enjoy the luxury show offs and easy life styles.
According to sources, many teachers are overstaying at their posts from several years courtesy backing of power corridor and corruption and many of them are taking tuitions thus don't want to get their illegal businesses harmed. "Under political influence, they refused to join... | |
| | | | Snow ends dry spell, brings relief to Kashmir | | Highway closed | | |
Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: Fresh snowfall has ended the prolonged dry spell and brought the much needed relief to the Valley. The snowfall has , however, blocked the Srinagar-Jammu highway.
According to reports higher reaches including Pahalgam,Gulmarg, Sonamarg, Mughal road and adjoining aereas received heavy snow. While northern parts of Kashmir received the maximum snowfall with Gurez recording 2.5 feet snow, Sadhna top in district Kupwara received 1.5 feet snow, however the plains in the north Kashmir received rains. In south arround 7 inches of snow was recorded in Shopian, 12 inches in Hirpora and while plains in Anantnag town witnessed mild rains, aro... | |
| | | | Kishtwar people set example by defying strike calls of pro-Pak groups | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Feb 11: The people of Kishtwar and Doda districts have set an example by defying the strike calls given by anti-India and pro-Pak separatist groups to observe the death anniversaries parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Maqbool Butt.
The shops and business establishment of majority community in all the towns and villages of Doda and Kishtwar district remained open despite a call given by various separatist groups from Kashmir.
When contacted, a senior police officer termed the defying of strike call given by Kashmir based separatists as a step towards maintaining peace and communal harmony and added that the people of Doda and Kishtwa... | |
| | | | Illegal mining continues unabated in Samba | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 11: As illegal extraction of sand, stone and gravel from rivers in the periphery of bridges in Samba including the religious place Purmandal has been going on unchecked, the mining department Thursday passed the buck on Police and district administration saying it is their job to stop such activities.
"You cannot ask this question to mining department. If the illegal extraction is going on, I can say it is the job of the local administration and police to stop it," Imtiyaz Ahmad an engineer of Directorate of Mining and Geology told Early Times.
He said that the police and the district administration have to take action and stop illegal... | |
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