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| CM visits families of stone pelters killed in Valley, forgets martyrs of Jammu | | Family of Hav Roshan Lal awaits 'official' condolence | |  Gurdas Kumar
Early Times Report
Vijaypur, Feb 20: Heartburn born out of discrimination has aggravated the pain of the family members of Martyr Havaldar Roshan Lal, who laid down his life in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Rajouri district on February 4, last as nobody from the government visited the family to offer condolences.
Expressing anger, the aggrieved family members said that it was very sad that government had adopted indifferent attitude towards the martyrs of Jammu region as more than two weeks have passed but till date none from Government has visited their family.
Martyr is survived by his wife Asha Devi, son Abhinandan, daughter Arkita study in class 10th, 8th respectively in Army Public School Samba and also his father Des Raj (85). "We were expecting the Chief Mini... | |
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| In J&K, RSS-BJP just powerless, helpless | | Politics of begging | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: The so-called world's largest organization RSS and the BJP, which is ruling the country since May 2014 and is also part of the Jammu & Kashmir government since March 1, 2015, are just powerless and helpless in the state. They are so powerless that they can't even make their own government in the state to withdraw cases against those who protested against the decision of the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led coalition government to snatch from the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) a small piece of land at Baltal in Kashmir in June 2008.
The land had been transferred to the SASB under the directions of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court on a temporary basis for creating som... | |
| | | | Now multi-crore 'scam' in Sunderbani road construction | | | | AB Sharma
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Feb 20: Even as construction work has commenced on the much-needed road between Laither and Devak Hathal in Sunderbani tehsil here, the multi-crore project has come under scanner for use of allegedly substandard material.
Official sources said the contractor executing Rs 14 crore work has been using substandard material due to which the road won't last for long.
Sources said the Public Works Department (PWD) has given a free hand to the "influential" contractor allegedly due to some underhand deal with him. "PWD engineers are not checking the quality of the work despite repeated complaints from the locals," the sources said.
The locals said what w... | |
| | | | Social Welfare announces 'fastest-ever' recruitment to absorb 'influential' aspirants | | 1 week deadline, Salary Rs 50,000 per month, no receipt for job application | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: In brazen violation of recruitment rules, the Social Welfare Department has come up with a "dubious" process for recruitment, whereby "influential candidates" close to a minister, are likely to be absorbed in government sector for salary as huge as Rs 50,000 per month.
The State Mission Directorate Integrated Child Development Scheme ICDS has come up with five job openings with "fat salaries."
As per the notice issued by the State Mission Directorate ICDS vide number 1 of 2018, the government plans "Engagement of staff for Society for Creating Richer Human Opportunities (SCRHO)."
"The Social Welfare Department Government of Jammu and Kashmir intends to ... | |
| | | | JKBOSE fails to recover liabilities of over Rs. 125 Cr from SED | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: The successive heads of Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) have failed to recover the liabilities to the tune of over Rs 125 Crores from the School Education department. The Board is reportedly on the course of become another white elephant, if strong measures are not taken to clear the liabilities.
Sources informed Early Times that the JKBOSE is an independent institution which managed all its financial requirements from the funds, generated by the examination fee it charged from students of various classes.
The state government didn't provide it any type of grant-in-aid to the Board but the government interference in... | |
| | | | Mushaira no longer an economical activity as tourism deptt spends lakhs of rupees on same | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Not long ago a Mushaira was considered to be most economical event at a particular place, but it is not so, more so at a place like Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu & Kashmir.
The same has been proved from a reply given by Department of Tourism in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application moved by Dr. Sheikh Ghulam Rasool. The RTI applicant had sought details about the events organized by the Department of Tourism over a period of four years from January 2012 to January 2016.
In the RTI reply it has been written that Rs. 3, 36,777 were spent on a Mushaira held at Sher-I-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) S... | |
| | | | Budget proceedings mysteriously disappear LA's official portal | | E-governance balloon again bursts yet again | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: Amid tall claims of e-governance and digitization, all the data related to the recently concluded budget session has gone mysteriously missing from the official website of the Jammu and Kashmir's legislative assembly.
As one surfs the website of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative assembly, http://jklegislativeassembly.nic.in, the replies given to the legislators by the government during more than a month long budget proceedings has been removed by the concerned officials that too without any reason. The links are broken and Error '404 - File or directory not found.'
As one clicks on the replies that were ought to be present in PDF format, it shows "the reso... | |
| | | | Kathua incident: Vested interests playing with fire, maligning majority community | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: A few people are trying to politicize the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua. Rumours are being spread that nomads living in twin districts of Kathua and Samba are being threatened to leave the area.
A source said, "Vested interests are trying their best to polarize the environment and are spreading canards to disturb peace in Jammu region."He said the rally which was taken out by the Hindu Exta Manch was aimed at drawing the attention of the government towards the ongoing investigations. "Many locals believe that accused are being framed and the case should be handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) so that investigations are carr... | |
| | | | Basohli students face dire problems in absence of college hostel | | | | Harpeet Singh
Early Times Report
BASOHLI, Feb 20: Students coming from the far-flung areas of Basohli are not able to get hostel facilities in Basohli Degree college and students are forced to live in expensive rented houses, They have to come to college from their homes and in such cases, the children of poor families are not get expensive rooms
Most of the time of the students gets wasted on cooking the meals and washing clothes. There is not enough time to study in this situation. If the hostel has facilities in the Basohli Degree college, students will get enough time to study. Moreover, there is a waste of time in the journey.
Students say that they come here from the remote... | |
| | | | Rs 91,300 per person central grant in Kashmir, Rs 4,300 in UP | | Why this alienation? | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 20: Almost all Kashmiri leaders say that people of the Valley are alienated from the national mainstream. Why do they feel alienated? It is Kashmir which has been at the helm of affairs in the state since 1947; it is Kashmir which holds all the portfolios with political weight, patronage and funds, including Home, finance, Revenue and Education. It is Kashmir which controls recruitment agencies and technical and professional institutions. Gain, it is Kashmir where the rate of unemployment is less than 30 per cent, as compared to over 69 per cent in Jammu. The fact is Kashmir is politically very powerful region in the country.
Kashmir is also the most privil... | |
| | | | FCS & CA deptt deducts employees' salary to hide multi-crore 'fraud' | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, Feb 20: Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs has started deducting salaries of employees in South Kashmir's Anantnag district to recover an amount which the employees allege was 'embezzled' by the officers.
A group of agitated employees told Early Times Rs. 5,000 were deducted from their salaries to recover an amount of 48 lakhs raised due to diversion of food grains from one category to another under different schemes in the district.
Documents reveal that the amount rose due to diversion of food grains from one category to another under different schemes in Kashmir division is 428.44 Lakh rupees. Letter vide No. FCS&CA... | |
| | | | Passport Seva Kendra being established in HPOs across country: CM | | `Head postmaster shouldn't mislead Govt' | | | Mohammad Sarfaraz
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 20: Soon after the announcement of Chief Minister of JK for the establishment of Passport Seva Kendra in Baramulla district, the postal department has refused to provide space for opening of passport office at this north Kashmir district.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti made a tweet yesterday in which she had said that, "to ensure passport services for the masses, post office passport Seva Kendras are being established in HPOs in the country.
This will facilitate passport services on a larger scale and wider coverage. After Anantnag, Kathua and Baramulla, inaugurated a Kendra for Srinagar today, she said in her tweet.
Well placed s... | |
| | | | Govt fails to fix responsibility for irregularities in flood relief | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Three years on, the government is yet to fix responsibility for irregularities in flood relief distribution. A massive flood hit the state in September 2014. The government announced relief to victims. However, there was a massive bungling in relief distribution.
"Various reports found that there were irregularities in crores of rupees but no action has been taken so far," an official said.
The official said that government is yet to recover the money from officials who were involved in frauds. "Atleast government should fix the responsibility to somebody for involved in frauds," the official said.
The official said that an official report ha... | |
| | | | Govt flouting own mining rules with impunity | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 20: Government has failed to adhere to the new mining rules that were framed in 2016 for preservation of environment and they have remained confined to files only.
As per the 'Minor Mineral Concession, Storage, Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2016' framed by the Industries and Commerce Department J&K, each mineral concession holder in a cluster shall be responsible for implementation of the environment management plan. They will also be responsible for undertaking the phased restoration, reclamation and rehabilitation of land affected by mining operation.
However, official sources said that very litt... | |
| | | | Govt struggles to get state cadre officers back from Centre | | State administration short of top babus | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 20: With retirement of at least five IAS officers and 11 J&K Cadre top babus already on central deputation recently, the Jammu and Kashmir government is facing severe shortage of IAS officers.
Official sources told that several bureaucrats have been burdened with multiple responsibilities, seriously hampering the governance. "The state is facing a severe shortage of IAS officers. As of now, the fixed strength of IAS officials in the state is 137 against availability of 84 officers. Out of in position 84 officers, 11, including Braj Raj Sharma, Suresh Kumar, P K Tripathi, Sudhanshu Panday, Atal Dulloo, Shantmanu, Bipul Pathak, Ashok Kumar Parmar, Manoj K... | |
| | | | CIC directs SMC for making details Public | | Illegal building permissions in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 20: Rejecting the plea of Public Information Officer (PIO) of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) of not being able to provide so called voluminous information about building permissions under Right to Information Act (RTI), to information seekers, the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) has directed SMC to make all these permissions public right on the official website. In addition to it the CIC has also directed that information seeker / appellant be allowed to undertake inspection of all the documents what he was asking for under RTI Act. The information seekers who are lawyers by profession have alleged that Commissioner SMC was shielding PIO of SM... | |
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