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RDD goes out of way to appease former Ministers’ kin 2/8/2016 12:06:44 AM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 7: Department of Rural Development is reportedly hatching a conspiracy to extend undue favours to an official belonging to a noted politically affluent family of Doda and a case is being prepared for his induction in the State Administrative Service (KAS) and then post him as Assistant Development Commissioner. The said official is younger brother of a former Minister in NC Government and co brother of another former Minister and a senior politician of the State. Sources in the Civil Secretariat divulged to ET that the official was appointed as Head Quarter Assistant on 89 days contract by the Deputy Commissioner in District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) in 2005. While DRDA was a non statutory agency, not a part of the Rural Development Department, the blue eyed official was illegally appointed as incharge BDO, even though he was not an employee of the Department. Even as undue favour extended to him by appointing him as incharge BDO was being resented to within the department, another unwarranted generosity was extended to him and he...   READ MORE

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Anti-Jammu forces in Kashmir ask PDP to ignore Jammu Dangerous suggestion 2/8/2016 12:06:36 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 7: Anti-Jammu forces in the over-developed, over-pampered and highly prosperous Kashmir have been exploiting the death of former J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to the hilt and advising his daughter and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti to recognize and appreciate only the aspirations of her own Kashmir constituency and ignore Jammu, as there is no problem in Jammu province. "The general masses do know that mainstream politics is driven by many compulsions hidden from the common eye. However, PDP, as a party must understand that it is more committed to the people of Kashmir than any other region (Jammu or Ladakh) and they cannot afford to ignore the aspir...   READ MORE   BJP appeals to PDP to re-forge alliance to get everything from India Humiliating, insulting Jammu 2/8/2016 12:06:25 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 7: No one had ever imagined that the BJP would insult, humiliate, let down and ditch its Jammu constituency for sharing power in the State and stoop so low in such a shameless and brazen manner, but it has done so. It has turned so power-hungry that it is now prepared to even barter the paramount national interests in the State to fulfill its lust for power. It is not an over statement. It is a statement of fact and is based on what the newly-nominated J&K BJP president Sat Sharma said the other day while appealing to the reluctant PDP to re-forge an alliance with the BJP. Making a passionate appeal to the PDP for re-forging alliance with the BJP, he disclose...   READ MORE   Female Ph D scholar alleges personal vendetta behind not releasing MSC More shame for JU 2/8/2016 12:06:13 AM ET Report JAMMU, Feb 7: A female of university of Jammu has been denied her Minimum Standards Certificate and the opportunity to present her application to the Department Research Committee by the university authority. Moreover, she has reportedly been victim of the personal vendetta of some senior professors for last many years. "Two influential professors of Jammu University have influenced the authority not to release MSC in my favour as I had filed an FIR against one of the professors on charges of bribery in 2007, "alleged scholar, Dr Rajni Sharma, adding that following her complaints, Prof Sudan was suspended (vide order No Adm/TW/2007/7142-90 dated 15/2/2007) and subsequently apolo...   READ MORE   Birds with dangerous infections being consumed across J&K Beware chicken eaters! 2/8/2016 12:06:02 AM 'Experts warn major health hazards Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Hundreds of thousands of chicken are produced inside the State and imported annually that go directly into the market for consumption without any proper testing, entailing a significant health risk to consumers. There is as such no mechanism from Government which could ensure that the chicken available in the markets is infection free. Experts warned that most of chicken sold at the markets of the State are infected with deadly diseases and once they are consumed by humans, diseases of various kind are imminent. "The unhygienic chicken which are contaminated with infections like Campylobacter, Salmone...   READ MORE   'District administration unsupportive in anti encroachment drive' Land grabber reconstructs house within week of its demolition 2/8/2016 12:05:39 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 7: The clout of land grabbers could be well gauged from the fact that only a week after the demolition of an illegal house raised in the forest land, the grabbers have reconstructed it, exposing a hidden nexus of land grabber with power corridors. An official of Forest department has claimed that district administration is not supporting Forest department to retrieve the land and land grabbers have strong support from power corridors. Sources informed Early Times that two houses were constructed in the Bahu Game reserve area on Khasra number 371 by two persons and on a specific complaint, the Forest department on February 1, along with contingen...   READ MORE   Guv's direction puts Education Department in tight spot 10 still attached with Dir Edu office, 29 with CEO Jammu office,100 in different offices 2/8/2016 12:05:26 AM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 7: The direction of the Governor NN Vohra to detach the teachers and masters from all the offices has put the Education Department in a tight spot as department has no available posts for the teachers who were detached. The aggrieved masters, in order to express resentment have taken to social media and have put forth their grievances on facebook. "Amazingly relieved masters were adjusted on non-available posts. They have been sent to Bishnah High Secondary School, zonal offices, Gandhi Nagar zone, Govt School at Jammu Railway Station, besides others, but from which head their salary would be drawn is a million dollar question", an aggrie...   READ MORE   'Join other party if you are desperate for power' Mehbooba silences voices within PDP 2/8/2016 12:05:15 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Reacting sharply to advices from former Ministers about Government formation, the PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti told them they were free to join other parties if they were "so desperate for power." Sources said for the past around a fortnight some of the PDP leaders had been insisting that Mehbooba should continue the alliance with the Bharatiya Janta Party. But finally Mehbooba's reply has silenced them, they said. Mehbooba tactfully told such voices that they were free to join other parties if coming to power was their ultimate motive. "You can join any party but let all be aware that my sole motive is that the party is strengthened at the grassroo...   READ MORE   Formation of new State executive: Anti-women, anti-SCs face of BJP exposed 2/8/2016 12:05:02 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 7: Announcement of new executive by the newly elected State president of BJP has exposed anti-women and anti-weaker section face of the party. Due share of these two sections is deprived by the "nationalist" party. With much publicity, party leadership had announced a couple of months ago that BJP was the first party which had ensured 33 percent representation to women but the reality is different on ground. Due representation is not given to the women despite the fact that it was all due to women voters that BJP had won 25 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu region. All the four general secretaries appointed by the party are male. Not even a sing...   READ MORE   Forester suspended for 'wrong' unloading of timber in Rafiabad 2/7/2016 11:59:32 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Feb 7: A Forester of Rafiabad forest range has been suspended by the department for wrongly unloading timber at Watergam forest depot. Meanwhile, the locals alleged that the forest loot is going on allegedly in connivance with timber 'mafia' in North Kashmir. Sources said that a forester of Rafiabad forest range has been suspended by the department for wrongly unloading timber at Watergam forest depot. Ather Parvaiz, forester of Chatoosa for...   READ MORE   K parties demand separation, BJP green laws & RSS rights for Tibetans News Analysis 2/7/2016 11:58:25 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Feb 7: At a time when Kashmiri leaders of all hues are day-in and day-out questioning the political status of J&K vis-à-vis India, challenging the Indian constitutional framework and batting for the state's secession from India or its limited accession with it, the BJP and its source of inspiration, the RSS, which till not so long ago used to fight for the state's complete integration into India by abrogating Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and oppose demands like greater autonomy and self-rule, are talking about Green laws and enslaved Tibetans. For them the existing political instability is of no importance; for them deforestation, uncontrolled excavati...   READ MORE   Asks appellant to pay Rs 20,000 as RTI fees CIC rejects appeal against XEn 2/7/2016 11:58:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 7: The State Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) G R Sufi has rejected an appeal filed under section 16 of J&K RTI Act 2009 wherein the appellant had alleged that Executive Engineer (XEn) R&B (PWD) division I had denied provide information under RTI Act about various developmental works. Details available reveal that one S. Kumar C/O Kashmir Typewriters Mubarak Mandi Jammu filed an application under RTI that was received by the XEn R&B division I on 30.09.2015. Information seeker sought voluminous information about developmental works executed by the department. The PIO before the expiry of time informed information seeker vide his letter dated: 20.1...   READ MORE   Implementation of FSA hits roadblock, people yet to receive ration of February CAPD officials unsure as how much to distribute 2/7/2016 11:58:06 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Feb 7: Implementation of Food Security Act (FSA) has hit the first roadblock in the state since a major chunk of population of the valley has not been provided the ration for this month so far. Sources told Early Times that majority of the storekeepers of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department are confused as to how much ration is to be provided to the people. They are yet to decide whether to provide the ration according to the old scale or to the new one in tune with the FSA. "There is utter chaos and confusion among the officials of CAPD department. The officials entrusted with the responsibility of distributi...   READ MORE   Govt formation: PDP weighing all options carefully 2/7/2016 11:57:47 PM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 7: Amid political stalemate over Government formation, in the wake of Mehbooba's rant on assurance over Agenda of Alliance, a million dollar question remains as to who would gain if J&K goes for mid-term elections. This time Peoples Democratic Party, that emerged as the single largest party in the state, in last assembly elections, had managed to register 1092203 votes which means 22.5 percent of total vote share, is faced with three problems, according to political Observers, if state goes to mid-term polls. First challenge of PDP is to bring back rebels, who were openly shouting against the PDP and till date they were annoyed over...   READ MORE   Marwah without Tehsildar, officers camping at Kishtwar HQ Four months on Land acquisition of Yourdoo-Qadrena still incomplete 2/7/2016 11:57:38 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Feb 7: The remote and unconnected Tehsil of Marwah in Kishtwar District is suffering on account of non availability of the government functionaries as majority of the officers posted in the area other than police are camping at Kishtwar District Headquarter causing lot of inconvenience to the people living in the area. The only road connectivity in the twin Tehsils of Marwah and Warwan are via Kashmir through Margan top which has closed some two months ago due to heavy snowfall at Margan Top situated at an altitude of over 10500 feet above sea level as a result of which the people have to travel by foot to reach from one place to another...   READ MORE

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