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| JUET comes under scanner; will JU order probe? | | Weak students qualify entrance exam | | | Paper setters resisting new pattern
Syed Junaid Hashmi
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: Jammu University (JU) has virtually put a question mark on the sacredness and credibility of the entrance test conducted annually for admitting students to various courses by expressing displeasure at the quality of the students who qualify this test.
If the language used in the agenda item which was discussed in the academic council meeting held on January 27 earlier this year is any indication, an in-depth probe is the only way out to find out how the students with poor knowledge of subject, intellect and ability passed this test and got admitted in various departments of the university. In t... | |
| | | | Ex-VC Isher's advisors now advice Sharma | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. R.D.Sharma who has been on letter writing and defamation threatening spree is yet to even touch the team which facilitated whatever wrong is being alleged to have been done by ex-VC Prof. Mohan Pal Singh Isher.
If the sources are to be believed, Sharma has been picking up individuals randomly and tossing them here and there on the recommendations of the same team which aided and advised ex-VC Prof. Mohan Pal Singh Isher. They said that the decisions which were taken by ex-VC Prof. Mohan Pal Singh Isher purely on the aid and advice of the coterie surrounding him are being reversed one after the other, again on the aid and advi... | |
| | | | Mufti tipped to be CM for six years, Prof Nirmal Singh likely to take oath as Deputy CM, BJP to get speaker's post | | PDP-BJP structured dialogue takes off | | | Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: The much awaited structured dialogue between the Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janata Party to finalize the Common Minimum Programme to form the new dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir started on Sunday.
Sources told Early Times the two parties have already formed a blue-print as to how the contentious issues would be addressed.
The PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is set to take over as the Chief Minister of J&K for a full term of six years. Sayeed has earlier served as the CM of the state from 2002-2005. BJP has agreed for the post of Deputy Chief Minister, and BJP leader Nirmal Singh is being considered for this post.
Ear... | |
| | | | Of junior Doctors' arrogant insensitivity and rising public ire | | | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: Repeated incidents of violent clashes between junior doctors who man emergency services in Government Medical College Hospital and the attendants of the patients are being attributed to arrogance and insensitivity of these doctors coupled with laxity on part of the administration that has got coerced by their arm twisting tactics rather than holding these doctors accountable for their behaviour.
After subjecting hundreds of patient to untold miseries after these doctors shunned work following an altercation by an attendant last week, the junior doctors were just persuaded to resume their duties when they picked up the brawl again, this ti... | |
| | | | For a vote, a controversial U-turn | | This is the Congress | | | Neha
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: To jump into the electoral arena and try to come out victorious is the democratic right of any Indian. The Indian democratic system encourages all Indians to not only participate in electoral exercises in large numbers but also allows them to contest elections and play an important role in the nation-building processes. It is always expected that those seeking election will contest the same on issues of public import or on democratic and economic poll planks. Sadly, however, we have in our country politicians who could go to any extent or stoop low or even make common cause with the anti-national and pro-terrorist forces to achieve their petty pol... | |
| | | | GOI seeks personal intervention of Principal Secretary R&B | | R&B furnishes incorrect information to NRRDA | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: The Jammu and Kashmir Roads and Building department has reportedly furnished incorrect information about the total road length in the state. A total of 19773 kilometers gap in road length is being observed in the data furnished by the state government in comparison to the data according to Indian Statistical Abstract (ISA) of Union government.
Sources informed Early Times that National Rural Roads Development Agency, Ministry of Rural Development has shot a letter to Principal Secretary of Roads and Building department, Tanveer Jahan, inviting her personal intervention to sort out the issue and furnish updated information regarding road le... | |
| | | | Not a word from former CM on Gymnasts' feat at National Games | | Why Omar turns mute on Jammu's accomplishments? | | | Abodh sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: Proactive on social media for host of issues from politics to terror and sports, Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has generally been seen turning into mute mode when it comes to remarkable achievements by the people of Jammu.
Omar who turned to tweeter too often during last few months, lost his voice and thought when young women gymnasts of the state created history at the ongoing National Games at Trivandrum, Kerela, by beating Punjab and Maharashtra, the states which offer far better training facilities and incentives to their sportsmen. It is same Omar Abdullah who had been enthusiastically commenting on performances of Parvez Raso... | |
| | | | Bhim's interference in Goswami episode, silence on Tallo issue | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: Panthers Party supremo and advocate Bhim Singh has the track record of interfering in any issue that does not concern him. The latest being the sacking of union home secretary Anil Goswami by the Modi-government at the Centre. But before the Goswami issue, it was the release of ex-MLC Trilochan Singh alias Tallo by the court but he did not feel it proper to demand a probe into the SIT conduct of booking Tallo and others in the Chopra family murders.
Bhim on Saturday questioned prime minister Narendra Modi of his "authoritarian" act of sacking Goswami at a time when election code of conduct was in operation in the union capital.
Alleging that this was a... | |
| | | | Why Govt is not banning news agencies projecting Afzal as hero? | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: As restrictions have been imposed in some parts of Kashmir keeping in view the second death anniversary of parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru as a precautionary measure but why authorities are shying away from banning certain social networking sites and so called news agencies describing Afzal Guru as their hero.
Certain social networking sites like J&K News Service @JKNewsService, Zainagar Sopore, Sopore News Update @SOPORE NEWS are openly involving in projecting parliament attack convict Afzal Guru as hero of Kashmir to provoke the Kashmiri youth as the same may lead to a law and order related problem in the Valley. While the J&K News Servi... | |
| | | | Case pushed under carpet after intervention of bigwigs | | 4 political families involved in 2010 BOPEE scam | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 8: The BOPEE paper leakage of 2010 similar to that of 2012 was unearthed by the Crime Branch here in June last year but the involvement of some political bigwigs have led to the investigating agency suspending the further investigations and the case file is gathering dust in the CB office here.
Sources told Early Times that the Crime Branch in June last year caught hold of the ten students including the eight girls-allegedly involved in the CET paper leak scam in 2010.
After the much hyped CET scam of the year 2012 came to fore, the Crime Branch got vital inputs about the similar mess at BOPEE during the year 2010. The students reporte... | |
| | | | No computer teacher for 6 Hr Sec schools at Mendhar | | |  M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Feb 8 : Despite infrastructure in place, at least six government schools lack faculty for teaching computer to Higher Secondary students in tehsil Mendhar Poonch district the six Government Higher secondary schools in the tehsil have computer facility but there is no faculty to teach the students.
The schools, where there is no faculty for teaching computers, are Government Higher Secondary School Hahrni, Government Higher SecondarySchoolDargaloon,... | |
| | | | Gas agencies accused of grabbing extra money from Subscribers | | | | Shiv Dev Thakur
Early Times Report
Katra, Feb 8 : Jakfed Gas agencies in Jammu and Kashmir used to grab extra money from its subscribers as cost of the basic amenities to be purchased at the time of buying a new connection.
Reliable sources told Early Times that the Gas agencies which are affiliated to the Jakfed Gas service used to grab more money from the subscribers on purchasing a new connection as cost of basic required equipments to be purchased on mandatory terms along with the gas cylinders.
Sources claimed that the Indane gas agencies used to grab money against some of the hotplates like Apron, Lighter etc which, according to them is mandatory equipments.
The Gas agencies in ... | |
| | | | In RS polls, PC MLA exercised NOTA option | | | | Bashir Assad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: Of the 86 votes polled for the notification number 1 of the RajyaSabha elections held on Sunday, one vote has gone to the NOTA (None Of The Above) category. There was a straight contest between PDP's Fayaz Ahmad Mir and NC's Sajad Ahmad Kichloo in the first notification.
This seat had fallen vacant on expiry of the term of PCC chief Professor SaifuddinSoz.
The seat was won by PDP's Mir on Sunday. Sources today said that the NOTA vote was cast by MLA Kupwara Bashir Ahmad Dar of People's Conference. Dar had won the Kupwara seat against Mir by a thin margin of 150 votes in the recently-held Assembly elections. Sources said that as the indepen... | |
| | | | Hostile policies mar milk industry in JK | | | | Mohit Puria
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8 : Hostile policies of the government have marred the milk industry in the state.
The milk farmer community of Jammu & Kashmir held government responsible for deteriorating state of milk farmers' fraternity.
Approximately, 12 years ago, in the year 2003, Mufti Government took an initiative to uplift milk farmers and in this respect, India's leading milk brand, Amul made a bid to help farmers to get dependable market. Amul proposed to install two milk plants i.e. at Satwari in Jammu and Chashmeshahi in Kashmir but due to hostile policies and management, proposed plant installation project was dumped.
It is mandatory to mention here that J... | |
| | | | Budgam villagers cry discrimination in distribution of electricity load | | | | Shakeel A Khan
Early Times Report
BUDGAM, Feb 8 : Though the Power Development Department (PDD) remains in news for poor electricity supply, people of this Central Kashmir district have other reasons as well to rue the authorities.
Residents of some villages of the district told Early Tines that the receiving station at Wadwan supplies electricity to about two dozen villages through three feeders. They said the irony is that 18 villages have been put on two feeders while as the third feeder is solely for Wadwan village.
"It is sheer discrimination from PDD that Wadwan village has got the lion's share from the receiving station. It is totally an act of injustice on part of the depart... | |
| | | | Chinar, heritage symbol of Kashmir fast losing its existence | | | | Mudasir Tariq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: Chinar, the heritage symbol of Kashmir valley is fast on decline. Unregulated chopping coupled with the government failure to check the mischief has led to the fast end of these heritage trees.
Once spread all across the valley, the number of these trees have considerably minimized owing to the continuous chopping. Experts believe that if the present trend of chopping continues, the day is not far-off when the tree will be discussed only in the folklores of Kashmir.
While going through a census record conducted by Chinar Development Authority by the department of Floriculture only 19,897 Chinars were left in the Valley by 2005 from ... | |
| | | | NC becoming irrelevant by the day | | Rajya Sabha polls | | |
Rustam
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: The National Conference (NC), Kashmir's premier political organization, is becoming more and more irrelevant with each passing day. It is being headed by a leader who, it appears, has made up his mind to destroy the party by allowing others to grab its own political space. The manner in which the NC working president and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ate his words and offered support to the Congress candidate for the RajyaSabha seat, GhulamNabi Azad, who had attacked him, his government and his policies on the eve of and during and after the election campaign only vindicated those who held the view that "the NC bigwig was sitting on th... | |
| | | | Official, consolidated employee nexus galore in transport department | | 8 disengaged workers continue to work | | |
Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 8: In a glaring example of Transport official and consolidated employees nexus in Jammu and Kashmir Transport department, eight consolidated employees engaged through back door appointments by none other than Director General of Transport J&K Jammu and Transport Commissioner J&K Srinagar himself in 2007 and 2009.
In reply to a RTI field by one Junaid Nazir Resident of Shaheed Gunj Srinagar, it comes to fore that eight such consolidated employees are still working on various plum posts with Transport Commissioner/RTOs office despite the fact that their orders stands expired almost eight year ago.
As per the documents available with "Ea... | |
| | | | Azad's re-election to RS major setback for BJP | | | | Kunal Shrivatsa
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Feb 8: The veteran Congress leader GhulamNabi Azad and leader of the opposition in RajyaSabha getting reelected to the upper house has proved to be a major setback for the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) which left no stone unturned to ensure his defeat.
Azad, who contested the poll against the third notification, accumulated 30 votes while BJP's Chander Mohan trailed with 28 votes.
The voting pattern for the seat which Azad managed to win clearly indicates that apart from 12 votes of his party and 15 votes of the National Conference (NC), the three independent Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) Hakim Yasin, Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami and Engi... | |
| | | | DC Kishtwar releases Rs 70 lakh directly to RDD under SDRF plan | | Renovation of 51 School building in Kishtwar district | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Feb 8:- In a brazen violation of rules and regulations, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Mohammad Javed Khan instead of mooting the Rs. 70 lacs allocated under SDRF for carrying out the renovation of 51 schools in Kishtwar District through Chief Education Officer directly transferred the said amount to Rural Development Department, executing agency for carrying out renovation of the 51 school buildings.
As per the details available with Early times, the matter of transfer of SDRF amount (70 lacs) into RDD accounts of various Block Development Officers came to fore during a meeting between Chief Education Officer Kishtwar and Deputy Commissio... | |
| | | | Govt to submit fresh flood damage report to GoI | | For World Bank Assistance | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 8 : After members of World Bank and office bearers of state administration jointly prepared fresh report of flood damage during their survey across the state, state government is likely to submit the same to the central government for clearance and to seek assistance from World Bank. State government will submit a fresh assessment report of flood damages of last year across the state jointly conducted by the World Bank and the regional authorities during their five day long survey with central government on February 9, 2015 to get clearance from Department of Economic affairs (DEA) of central government to pave way to seek assistance fr... | |
| | | | Karwaan-e-Aman bus suspended | | Cross LoC crisis deepens | | |
S.Tahir-Ul-Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 8: The Karwani-Aman Bus service has been suspended temporarily on Monday due to continuous deadlock over the cross LoC trade. The traders on both sides fear losses to the tune of crores if goods are not sold immediately.
According to reliable sources "The deadlock continues over the cross Loc trade after police seized 305 packets of narcotics from a truck coming from Muzaffarabad during a routine check on Friday evening in Uri district today.
On a routine check-up trucker Syed InaiyatHussain of Muzafffarabad along with the consignment of around 305 packets of brown sugar was arrested on Friday. However the consignment was coming ... | |
| | | | NC's Mulla enjoys official patronage in Governor's rule | | PDD accords double phased power line, SMC gives streets lights for lawn | | | ET Report
Srinagar, Feb 8: One of the famous Mulla of Kashmir Molvi Akhzar Hussain is enjoying the government patronage with the PDD official showering all favours to him, leaving other local residents in his native area in lurch.
Reports have informed that a cleric and Imam at Sonawar shrine Molvi Akhza rHussain who is considered much close to National Conference and Congress is enjoying all sops and doles in his locality in Srinagar's UmerAbad Zainakot HMT.
The locals in the area have told Early Times that the PDD officials while throwing rules to wind have provided this Mulla a double phased electricity line while the entire area reels under darkness and paucity of the power volta... | |
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