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In 2002 CVC recommended probe into corrupt practices of Farooq regime 'Rampant corruption root cause of militancy in JK' 2/29/2016 12:32:58 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: During his tenure as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2001, Farooq Abdullah, along with his coterie allegedly looted state exchequer to the tune of several hundred crore of rupees, by giving favourable contracts including allotment of Baglihar hydroelectric project without inviting tenders, making illegal appointments and distributing seats in medical colleges among his blue eyed boys. The startling revelations were made by the then Central Vigilance Commissioner N Vittal who submitted his report to the then Accountant General (Audit) J&K Srinagar, who in turn had forwarded the same report to Deputy Accountant General (Adm) Audit, Dy Accountant General (Adm) A&E, Deputy Accountant General (I-C) according to letter number AG Sectt/S/2001-02/129-131, for examining the letter and had sought necessary action. The first paragraph of the report forwarded by N Vittal reads, "There is no rule of law in Jammu and Kashmir which is ruled by Chief Minister (Farooq Abdullah) with the aid of coterie which has been formed by Chief Secretary ...   READ MORE

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Omar supports JNU students in Kashmir; Dad Farooq castigates them in Jammu Father-son duo not on same page! 2/29/2016 12:32:44 AM Early Times Report srinagar, Feb 28: National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah has once again proved that he and his son Omar Abdullah are not on the same page. Dr Farooq's son and NC working President Omar Abdullah had openly supported the JNU students for raising slogans in the campus, while Dr Farooq has said a few students defamed the entire Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) by raising pro-Afzal Guru slogans. Soon after the JNU issue snowballed into a major controversy Omar Abdullah criticised the police crackdown on students and urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to go 'public with evidence' that proved the JNU students were backed by Hafiz Saeed. He also took a dig at Me...   READ MORE   Double-speak won't help NC's cause 2/29/2016 12:32:33 AM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: Out-of-job NC president Farooq Abdullah has again started taking recourse to double-speak to win over the "alienated" Kashmiri Muslim constituency by demanding autonomy (read a step short of independence from India) and trying to strike a chord with the nationalist constituency in Jammu province. Within a short span of just four days, he made two attempts, one each in Srinagar and Jammu, to win over the people of the two highly diverse regions of Jammu and Kashmir Valley. On February 24, he demanded autonomy from India, saying a semi-independent status for J&K would restore peace in Kashmir. His son Omar Abdullah, who is also out-of-job, also demanded g...   READ MORE   Lal Singh sees no sense in Beti Bachao, Beti Padao scheme 2/29/2016 12:32:25 AM Early Times Report kathua, Feb 28: The former Health Minister, Ch Lal Singh has said that the Beti Bachao, Beti Padao was nonsense. According to him, the scheme shows that women were discriminated against in India. He said "What nonsense is this," while addressing a function in Kathua today. He said the scheme had triggered panic among the people. Interestingly, the scheme was launched by Prime Minister and Ch Lal Singh inspite being a BJP MLA has dared to rubbish it. The Kathua BJP president, however, criticized Lal Singh for his remarks. He said there are various areas of women and child which need to be addressed immediately. "The idea is to create awareness about gender equality a...   READ MORE   DSEK's internal inquiry report 'self-contradictory' 2/29/2016 12:32:17 AM Hyder Ali Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 28: Even as the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) had last month termed the complaint filed by parents over alleged exploitation of teenage schoolgirls as "making a mountain out of molehill", the investigators are understood to have found the internal inquiry report "self-contradictory, illogical and concocted," conceived out of bias to "exonerate the teacher and other accused." The government appointed investigators, who are tracking the case, said the internal inquiry initiated by the DSEK into the "serious complaints" was a mockery in itself. They said under norms no internal inquiry can be initiated in a case, where accused happ...   READ MORE   Shifting stand on separatist Article 370 2/29/2016 12:32:09 AM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: Today's BJP is not the BJP that defended its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's stand that he took on December 1, 2013 on Article 370 while addressing Lalkar Rally at MAM Stadium, Jammu. Narendra Modi had demanded debate on Article 370, saying it would be retained if found that it had helped the State and its people and would be abrogated if found it had harmed the State and its people. His stand evoked a strong reaction and many said that the BJP had diluted its stand on Article 370. It was the then Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, who defended the Modi's stand and asserted that the BJP's stand on Article 370 remained unchan...   READ MORE   PDP leaders cross limits to appease party top brass Shower currency notes on late Mufti's picture to prove their loyalty 2/29/2016 12:31:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a bid to appease the party top brass crossed all the limits on Sunday by showering currency notes on the photograph of the late Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who passed away on January 7 this year. The PDP leaders had organized a condolence meeting to pay tributes to the late leader at R S Pura. The function, organised by Bhushan Lal Dogra, vice-chairman of SC Advisory Board, was attended by seni...   READ MORE   President medal awardee helpless to meet medical expenses Served Civil Defence for 22 years Jia Lal waiting compensation for his treatment 2/29/2016 12:31:25 AM GS Asgotra Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: Jia Lal (64), an unpaid helper, had been serving humanity since 1994, when he joined Civil Defence, Home Guard & State Disaster Response Force in militant affected State of Jammu and Kashmir, is waiting helping hand from Home Department. He had been working restlessly to save humanity from calamity, either created by manmade or natural. But now, being bedridden for last 20 months, is seeking medical support from Home Department, ironically the Ho...   READ MORE   'Many Psychiatrists, Anaesths occupy administrative positions' Patients suffer due to their non availability 2/29/2016 12:30:44 AM Vikas Gupta Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: The Health Department of the State, which is already grappling with the shortage of the doctors in peripheral, many Psychiatry and Anesthesia doctors are posted in administrative positions letting patients to suffer. Sources told Early Times that due to acute shortage of doctors in remote districts, the Government in 1996 had issued an order to get trained the doctors in the Psychiatry and Anesthesia stream at Government's expense so that shortage could be minimized. "The then Health Minister Mian Altaf Ahmad in his order to fill up the posts of these doctors in local remote areas of Poonch, Nowshera, Rajouri send them for Diploma course in...   READ MORE   Tussle begins among Inspectors to occupy 4 'headless' police stations 2/29/2016 12:30:32 AM Harish Chander Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: A vigorous tussle has begun among Inspectors in Rajouri district to head four police stations which are without SHOs for the past some time. The four police stations became headless after the transfer of their SHOs to other places. Now, the Inspectors, who were attached to the Rajouri DPL, had activated all their resources to head these police stations, police sources said. Sources said some Inspectors, who were at present posted as SHOs of far-flung police stations in the district, were also persuading their seniors to provide them a chance to serve in the city police stations. Sources said while the list of Inspectors, who were to b...   READ MORE   Appointment of controversial former JU professor to Vivekananda Chair in CUJ VC's intent under scrutiny 2/29/2016 12:30:24 AM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Appointment of a former Professor of University of Jammu with alleged separatist ideological slant to the Swami Vivekananda Chair in the Central University of Jammu has amplified the ripples in the already turbulent waters in the universities across the country and questions are being raised on the intention of the Vice Chancellor CUJ behind approving such controversial appointment. Rekha Choudhary, former Professor and Head department of Political Science, University of Jammu has been known for her conformity with the separatist sentiments in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and had come under sharp criticism for providing breeding space to s...   READ MORE   Head Constable turns I/C PP's misdeeds make seniors fumigated 2/29/2016 12:30:15 AM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: A blue-eyed cop of Jammu and Kashmir police (JKP) who attained two out of turn promotions at the behest of an Inspector General of Police (IGP) is ruling the roost in the Police Department while his complaints of misdeeds made seniors fumigated. If sources are to be believed, a 1990 batch constable with the blessings of his godfather (IGP) attained two special promotions and become Sub-Inspector. The saga of blessings does not stopped here only and he influenced his godfather to mount pressure on senior police officers to get him posted as in-charge police post in the periphery of the Jammu city. The blue-eyed not only managed two special promotions ...   READ MORE   State BJP leaders give wrong feedback to Central leadership 2/29/2016 12:30:07 AM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: Central leadership of BJP has sidelined its State unit in the forming re-forming alliance with PDP because none of the J&K BJP leader is involved in the talks which are going on in Delhi to sort out contentious issues. BJP's Central leadership is dealing with the issue without sharing information with the State unit. Credible sources in the BJP said that some power hungry BJP leaders, especially some former Ministers, have reportedly given wrong feedback to Central leadership about 10 months achievements of the previous Government, which was headed by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Some former Ministers have told the Central leadership that popularity of BJP was...   READ MORE   Transfers of DSPs on cards 2/29/2016 12:30:00 AM Early Times Report jammu, Feb 28: A major reshuffle of Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) is on the cards in the State. Police sources said since PHQ was in the process of affecting transfers of DSPs in near future, the latter had started approaching senior officers and politicians for their posting as SDPOs and at other important places. The PHQ was making a list of the DSPs, including SDPOs who had several complaints against him, for their transfers and new postings, the sources added. While there was no vacant post of SDPOs in Jammu city, several DSPs were trying for their posting as SDPOs at Domana and Nagrota. Some posts of DSPs had also fallen vacant after the promotion of ...   READ MORE   Allotment of work for road leading to Pakal-Dool project stopped ET Impact 2/28/2016 11:46:22 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Feb 28: A day after Early Times carried a news item, highlighting demand of realignment of road in the project area of 1000 MW Pakal-Dool power project by the affected families, Chenab Valley Power Project Private (CVPPP) Ltd, a joint venture company of NHPC and state government, ordered immediate stopping of the allotment of contract of the said road to contractor. Sources said the general manager of Pakal-Dool power project had directed officials not to handover the allotment letter to the local contractor who had won the bid for construction of road from Kwar bridge to Head Race Tunnel and Surge Shaft and demanded its realignment via vi...   READ MORE   Cremation ground at Shadipora-Ganderbal under 'encroachment' threat Land mafia cuts down trees, eyes huge tract of land 2/28/2016 11:44:15 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 28: At a time when lot of talk is going on with regard to return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley land 'mafia' has cut down trees planted in a cremation ground of the Hindus in the Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district. Sources told Early Times that the land mafia has cut down scores of willow and poplar trees in the cremation ground located in the Shalhar area of Ganderbal district. Huge logs of wood have been dumped by the land mafia ins...   READ MORE   I&FC ignores guidelines for framing DPRs Farmers suffer losses 2/28/2016 11:42:21 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: The farmers of the State are being deprived of full-fledged irrigation facilities due to non serious approach of Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department for ignoring the basic norms in ascertaining the feasibility of the projects thereby defeating the main purpose of preparing DPRs by the Department. Sources informed that before preparing Detailed Project Report (DPRs), it is mandatory for the department to do the spade work with regard to Preliminary Project Proposal designed to conduct basic survey about the feasibility of the project to be implemented on ground so that optimum benefits of the scheme get percolated down to the ...   READ MORE   Government formation: Mehbooba wants 'peace with dignity' not chair 2/28/2016 11:41:48 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Feb 28: Maintaining suspense over government formation, Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehooba Mufti on Sunday said that she doesn't want to take over if she couldn't play role in peace building. "When I couldn't play a role in peace building or can't benefit my nation what I have to do with that chair," Mehbooba said while addressing a gathering here in Dak Bangalow Khanabal after launching party's membership drive in this southern district she said that people of the state have laid down sacrifices for dignity, hence it was their responsibility to ensure peace with dignity. "I don't want to sit on a chair that can't guarantee dignity...   READ MORE   RTI Act dying slow death, SIC shields PIOs, FAAs After eight months, information denied to seeker 2/28/2016 11:41:34 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act is considerably dying a slow death, which is also evident from the plight an RTI applicant who was refused information after his eight months long toil and the highest authority State Information Commission (SIC) allegedly found shielding the Public Information Officer, rather than helpless information seeker. Instead of standing by information seeker, the Chief Information Commissioner, on February 25, 2016 disposed-off the second appeal filed by information seeker. The information seeker informed ET that on July 6, 2015 he filed an application before Public Information Officer of Housing and...   READ MORE   Investors feel duped, Owner says all is well, CB starts investigations Under Construction Mall at Akhnoor road hits rough weather 2/28/2016 11:41:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Reports of clash of interest between the parties have precipitated clouds of uncertainty over the under construction mall at Akhnoor road, with investors seeking possession of their units and the owners playing down any confusion. The owner of the land on which the mall is coming up, namely Amarnath Choudhary said that those stated to be the clients of under construction Mall had never directly contacted him for purchase of any even after the publication of the news items in number of news papers. The statement of the owner came after a protest staged by around 200 people who had invested in the mall which is being developed by a reputed real est...   READ MORE   Ensure RTI info is received by applicant even if available on website: SIC 2/28/2016 11:41:05 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: The State Information Commission (SIC) in an impressive order has directed that Public Information Officers (PIO) must ensure information sought under RTI Act should be received by the information seekers even if this information is available on the official website of the department / public authority. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather a resident of Dursuma Manigam (Ganderbal) sought information regarding amount of relief provided to one Mushtaq Hussain Faqir, S/o. Lal Din Faqir, R/o. Faqir Mohalla Chewadi Jammu for damage caused to his residential house during 2014 floods . The details of relief provided by S...   READ MORE   Failure of Corporation leaves Hospitals across J&K bereft of basic medicines 2/28/2016 11:40:43 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 28: Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) has failed to meet the deadline for procurement of necessary drugs in government hospitals, leaving hospitals across the state without mandatory drugs and suffering patients in deep hole. Pertinently, it is second time when the Corporation has failed to deliver essential medicines to government hospitals across State due to which poor patients are being forced to purchase basic medicine, injections and life saving drugs from the markets. However, Managing Director of JKMSC, Dr Yashpal Sharma said due to strike in Haryana State, the samples of drugs have been delayed. "We have...   READ MORE   Mehbooba worried over damage to EDI building, no tears for slain troopers 2/28/2016 11:40:36 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Feb 28: Peoples Democratic party President, Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday showed concern over the damage done to Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) Building during Pampore encounter. Parliamentarian from south Kashmir however skipped to honor the sacrifices of troopers including two army officers who got killed in 48 hours long encounter. "Youth is our asset, if they will pick up the guns what will we do. EDI building where our youngsters receive training suffered damages in corers," Mehbooba said while addressing workers in Khanabal Anantnag. However, she didn't utter a single for those jawans or army officers who lost their lives ...   READ MORE   Family runs from pillar to post for sheller under IAY 2/28/2016 11:32:28 PM MS NAZKI Early Times Report Mendhar, Feb 28: the government formulates schemes for poor people time to time for their benefit but sometimes it turns irony when these schemes do not materialize and the beneficiaries have to run from pillar to post for petty things yet fail to achieve the same. Mohd Shabir Khan of Sanjoit village in Mendhar tehsil who died in 2012,left behind poor family including four daughters and two sons besides wife and old father have no house to live in. While the fami...   READ MORE   Record damaged in CRPF camp fire in Kishtwar Fire service station at each Tehsil HQ demanded 2/28/2016 11:32:06 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Feb 28: In two different tragic fire incidents in Kishtwar District, a residential house was completely gutted in Kuchhal area of Mughal Maidan Tehsil of Chhatroo Sub Division while in another fire incident a 52 Battalion HQ of CRPF, some official record was gutted when an LPG cylinder inside the mess caught fire. As per the details available with "Early Times", the first fire incident took place at around 9 AM in the morning in the house belongi...   READ MORE   Encroachments choke Samba town 2/28/2016 11:31:46 PM Neeraj Badyal Early Times Report SAMBA, Feb 28: Mucipal Committee Samba (MCS) has failed to remove encroachments from footpaths in the town. Most of the footpaths in Samba town are enroached by Bhalla seller and Vegetable vendors. The problem is faced in border road,National Highway and Link road Samba. The traffic jam is main cause of encroachment in National highway and entire route of the town. The vendors selling garments, fruits, vegetables, crockery and footwear occupy a major chun...   READ MORE   10 yrs on, bridge awaits completion Connecting Ramnagar to Udhampur 2/28/2016 11:31:24 PM Early Times Report Udhampur, Feb 28: Ten years on , the up-gradation work on 27.73 kms long Udhampur (Roun Domail)-Ramnagar road is still incomplete. The main Bridge which connects Ramnagar Tehsil to Udhampur are very old and not motorable but still every day hundreds of vehicles play in between udhampur to Ramnagar through said bridge. They said that in the year 2007 a new Road Project was sanctioned Udhampur (Roun Domail)-Ramnagar was started and the work was hand over t...   READ MORE   Two MGNREGA labourers buried alive at Kither 2/28/2016 11:30:20 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Feb 28: : In a tragic incident, two MGNREGA labourers were today buried alive under the debris of a loose rock at Bakkarwal Keri in Kither area of Bunjwan. Two others sustained injuries and were shifted to a health centre. "It takes six to eight hours to reach the health centre from Kither on foot," official sources said. The incident took place at around 4 pm when the labourers were busy in construction of a footpath. The dead were identified as Dawood Gujjar (38), son of Noor Mohammad, and Mohammad Yaseen (27), son of Ibrahim Gujjar, both residents of Kither and the injured as Hashim Din, son of Fateh Mohammad, and Mohammad Shafi, son of No...   READ MORE   Lack of basic amenities plague Mendhar village 2/28/2016 11:29:37 PM M S NAZKI Early Times Report Poonch, Feb 28: Spanning a population of around three thousand souls, people of Balakote Poonch district have been living a life of miseries. According to the residents, the village has no electricity, no drinking water facility and no proper road connectivity. Alleging the district administration of improper approach towards the village which according to them has resulted in non-development of the area, the locals said that; "They (authorities) have failed us on every front, they said while adding that it is because of this step-motherly approach, that we are yet to see any development in our village." "In the midst of technological revolution, with the...   READ MORE   Green Gold goes up in flames in Uri areas, authorities unmoved 2/28/2016 10:24:48 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Feb 28: It is a common phenomenon that houses or shops are gutted in a fire, but the trend has changed as forests are being put on fire for self interests. Massive fire has broken out in green forests of Upper Uri and Bijhama area of this border town. Sources said that for the past two days heavy fire broke has been going on in the forest area at Lachipora, Bijhama and upper reaches of Uri town. "There are dozens of villages in Boniyar tehsil were smuggling of forests is going on unabated. Such things are going on at Barnate, Bijhama, Braripora, Dudran, Ijara, Gagarhal, Limber, Machikarund, Salasaan, Trikanjan and Chottali. In the Uri tehs...   READ MORE   Locals demand action against encroachment, beautification of water body 2/28/2016 9:51:58 PM Arun Kumar Early Times Report Kathua, Feb.28: Inhabitants of village Chann Arorian, 15 km here from Kathua town today strictly condemned the ignorance of water bodies in entire district including in the village Chann Arorian that met with the demand of water in village for long but now in dilapidated position. Vinay Paul Sharma apprised that the pond that was used for different purposes to mitigate the demand of water in village, occupied 29 kanal, now is completely encroached and in dilap...   READ MORE

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