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Police arrest PDP leader 'involved' in terror plot Probe into joining of SPO into militancy 2/18/2018 11:35:54 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: Police have arrested a local leader of ruling Peoples Democratic Party for his alleged involvement in a terror plot which was purportedly formulated to kill politicians of Marwah and former MoS Home and National Conference MLC Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo. The arrested PDP leader has been identified as Abdul Rashid Tak, ex-Panch of Yardoo Panchayat ward No. 2. The terror plot came to fore after Police and Army arrested a Special Police Officer turned terrorist Mohammad Yaseen and his accomplice Riyaz Khanday. Yaseen had deserted the Police force and formed a terrorist group to carry out political killings in Marwah area. As per the details available with "Early Times" the public of Marwah took a strong note of the alleged bid to hush up the matter and rasied hue and cry about it. Locals had confronted the Superintendent of Police Kishtwar in front of Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana, who visited the Marwah few days ago. The people had told the visiting officials that Police gave a wrong statement with regard to the arr...   READ MORE

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Another recruitment scandal surface in RMSA Partner violates recruitment rules 2/18/2018 11:35:45 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: In yet another recruitment scandal has surface in RMSA as their partner violated recruitment rules and appointed vocational Trainer in Jammu city government school without conducting written test and interview. Reliable sources informed Early Times that Vocational Trainer appointed in Government Higher Secondary School, Sumbh of district Samba had resigned due to some personal reason in December 2017 and the post was lying vacant. Without inviting applications for this post, the RMSA's partner (Empower Pragati Vocational and Staffing Private Limited) officials orchestrated a new game plan in which they issued transfer of several vocational teachers...   READ MORE   Congress leaders up in arms against JKPCC chief 2/18/2018 11:35:37 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: Even as Rahul Gandhi has announced the continuation of all incumbent PCC presidents, including JKPCC chief, a faction of Congressmen in Jammu and Kashmir has once again intensified dissident activities to dislodge the State president. The dissident group, having allegiance with top Congress leader has intensified its campaign since Dusshera Group rally on February 11, when they were allegedly no allowed to sit on the dais and thus virtually subjected to humiliation. The group is all set to approach Rahul Gandhi on February 22 at New Delhi for highlighting their grievance and lodge complaint against the incumbent JKPCC chief. The group is also likely to...   READ MORE   'Book separatists for defying Apex Court order' 2/18/2018 11:35:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: As the winter is about to end in Kashmir, the Pakistan stooges and separatists are trying to vitiate the atmosphere to appease their bosses sitting across the Line of Control (LoC). From Feb 9 to Feb 18, separatists have called for a shutdown on three occasions. The recent shutdown was called on Saturday. The call did not evoke much response but it disrupted the normal life in Srinagar's old city where authorities had imposed strict restrictions as a precautionary measure. A legal expert said, "Separatists called for shutdown against the Supreme Court order under which the FIR against the Army in had been stayed. Its contempt of court and the Apex Court...   READ MORE   Govt Deptts fail to submit RFD yet again 2/18/2018 11:12:45 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 19: With the fiscal year 2017-2018 nearing end, government is unlikely to check accurate progress of the state in view of non-submitting of Results Framework Document(RFD) by most of the departments. Government has directed departments several times to submit RFD annually in the month of January. However, most of the departments did not pay any heed by not submitting the RFD to the government. "When departments don't submit RFD then how can government check the progress of the state," an official of the Finance Department, said. The official said that eventhough only few weeks are left of the current fiscal, departments failed to submit RFD so far. ...   READ MORE   Works executed under NREGA, BRGF, CDF, MPLAD SIC directs BDO Marwah to provide info 2/18/2018 11:12:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: The State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Block Development Officer (BDO) Marwah to provide details under RTI Act to an information seeker which had allegedly been denied earlier. Information seeker had sought details about works executed in village Youdoo Pathgam from 2012 to 2017 under NREGA, BRGF, CDF, MP LAD etc. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Akhter Hussian R/O Paloura Jammu filed an RTI application with the Public Information Officer (PIO) Assistant Commissioner Development, Kishtwar on 03-04- 2017 seeking following information: 1. Xerox copy of approved annual works plan of Panchayat Yourdoo and Panchayat Pat...   READ MORE   Another separatist unity in offing as Hilal War offers hand of friendship to Yasin Malik 2/18/2018 11:12:14 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: In an unprecedented move, separatist leader Hilal Ahmed War, who is seen as arch-rival of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, on Sunday offered a hand of friendship to the JKLF chief. War, who heads the Peoples Political Party had a meeting with Malik at SKIMS Soura where the latter is admitted for medical treatment. It's for the first time that War called on Malik, as otherwise the two, both residents of Maisuma, are seen at "dagger's drawn with each other." Sources said the meeting between War and Malik lasted for over half-an-hour and that the two discussed situation in Kashmir and need for unity. Sources said the two grou...   READ MORE   BSNL continues to send vulgar messages 2/18/2018 11:12:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 18: The sending of vulgar messages such as "Aaj Main Ghar Pe Akeli Hun Jaldi Call Kro", "Mujse Dosti Kroge", "Mera Number Change Ho Gya Hai Is Number Pe Call Karo" to most of customers has become a routine of Bhartiya Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The process to stop the messages is cumbersome. A social activist Ajay Dogra sent a complaint to Centralized Public Grievances Redress and Monitoring System Department of Telecommunications regarding unwanted messages forwarded by BSNL. In the complaint Dogra has mentioned that the messages such as "Aaj Main Ghar Pe Akeli Hun Jaldi Call Kro", "Banayen Is Din KO Aur Bhi Khaas, Karen Special Doston Se Manchahi B...   READ MORE

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