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Increasing governance deficit: Important decision on J&K after UP polls 2/20/2022 11:30:36 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 20: Getting disturbing reports about the complete collapse of the system in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre is going to take some important decisions regarding J&K after the completion of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The Union Government in general and BJP leadership, in particular, is worried over the increasing governance deficit in the highly sensitive UT of J&K because the incumbent regime in the Union Territory has miserably failed to connect with people at the grassroots level. Highly placed sources said that some agencies have sounded the Union Government about lack of coordination among higher-ups, who are running all affairs in J&K. “Lack of coordination among higher-ups in the government was exposed in a recently held higher-level meeting to review the functioning of various departments”, sources said and added that Union Government has already received feedback that in J&K alienation among people was increasing with every passing day due to governance deficit and failure of the administration to connect wi...   READ MORE

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Pak indulged in persecuting Gilgit-Baltistan, PoJK natives: Masood • CLJKS organizes second lecture in connection with Sankalp Diwas 2/20/2022 11:30:11 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 20: Highlighting the unending plight of the natives of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and Gilgit-Baltistan, Jamil Masood, representative of NGO at United Nations Human Rights Councils Geneva on Sunday urged the Indian Government to liberate areas of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947. “Without liberation of PoJK and Gilgit Baltistan from the yoke of Pakistan, it is impossible to control the menace of terrorism”, Masood said while addressing a webinar organized by the Centre for Ladakh & Jammu Kashmir Studies (Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh Chapter) in connection of Sankalp Diwas. Topic of today’s ...   READ MORE   ‘Incharge Syndrome’ grips Finance Department 2/20/2022 11:29:55 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 20: J&K’s Finance Department, it seems, is under the grip of ‘Incharge Syndrome’ as the staff of this key department has been assigned more than one duty since a wide range of issues including vigilance clearance and promotions are pending for a longer period of time. Few employees of the Finance Department told Early Times that when several officers in the Finance Department are looking after more than one responsibility then how it is possible for them to do justice with their work. “What will be the productivity level of such an officer who has been assigned two to three charges and that too without giving him some sort of incentive,” they said. Sour...   READ MORE   Day after incident, JK admin wakes up to pay homage to braveheart soldiers 2/20/2022 11:29:47 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 20: Even as the administration of Jammu and Kashmir continues to be busy with celebrations of sorts and doesn’t miss to make celebratory comments, it yet again seemingly forgot to pay “timely tributes” to the two Indian Army soldiers, who lost their lives fighting terrorism in Shopian on February 19. The Twitter handle of the Jammu and Kashmir government, which otherwise promptly pay tributes to men in uniform or even civilians, who sacrifice their lives for the country, reacted to the Shopian tragedy only a day after the incident to pay homage. On Saturday, two soldiers were killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian. A militant was also killed i...   READ MORE   Nowshera border residents aggrieved over water-logging in bunkers 2/20/2022 11:29:41 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 20: The government had constructed ‘individual bunkers’ for the people living along the border belt to safeguard them from the shelling across the border but shockingly the bunkers which were constructed by PWD Nowshera turned out to be unfit for use due to faulty design for their construction. The border belt residents in Nowshera area have urged the administration to take immediate steps in renovation of bunkers which have not been designed properly as wate...   READ MORE   Locals irked over bad condition of road near Nirdosh Chowk 2/20/2022 11:03:32 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 20: Residents of Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district are aggrieved over dilapidated condition of a road stretch in the heart of Akhnoor town, which is in deep shambles since long thus causing great inconvenience to the locals while the government seems to be in deep slumber. The road stretch near Nirdosh Chowk is dotted with a ditch which causes huge inconvenience to the commuters. The administration has shown a lackadaisical attitude to repair this road to facili...   READ MORE   Villagers cry foul over poor quality road work 2/20/2022 11:02:01 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Feb 20: The newly constructed road at Jabba area in Tarad Panchayat of Nowshera has developed cracks at different places. Alleging use of substandard material in construction, locals have demanded a probe into the poor quality work. Locals alleged that even though the black topping of the road was laid only four months ago, it has developed cracks which clearly indicate that substandard material was used. Similarly, several rural roads in the block have been lying ...   READ MORE   All six Juveniles in conflict with law acquitted in BOPEE scam case 2/20/2022 10:58:04 PM Asif Iqbal Naik EARLY TIMES REPORT Kishtwar, Feb 20: Srinagar Court on Saturday acquitted Juveniles in Conflict with Law (JCL) in a Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) paper scam case of 2012. As per the details available with Early Times, after hearing prosecution and defence counsel, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) Srinagar presided over by Principal Magistrate Touseef Ahmad Magray and Members Dr Khair-ul-Nissa and Dr Asima Hassan said that nothing incriminating has been brought on record against the JCL. The chargesheet in the case was submitted before Court in 2014 and JCL got acquittal after the trial of around Seven Years. “Keeping in view the facts and circum...   READ MORE

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