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Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 10: Out of power BJP leaders seemed to have lost the plot and are trying their best to appease its estranged ally Peoples Democratic Party.
In a desperate move to woo the PDP one of the former BJP minister on Wednesday crossed the line saying, "BJP is not averse to holding dialogue with Hurriyat leadership."
The BJP leader said: "Whatever is mentioned in Agenda of Alliance will be pursued and implemented. We are not averse to the dialogue with Hurriyat leadership, even we are ready to persuade NHPC to hand over power projects to the state. We didn't and will not backtrack. Agenda of Alliance will surely be implemented after the formation of the PDP-BJP go... | |
| | | | Mehbooba returns from Delhi without meeting BJP top brass | | | | ET Report
Srinagar, Mar 10: In a significant development the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti returned to Srinagar on Thursday and after spending a few hours here she left for Doda to attend party's convention there, sources told Early Times.
Mehbooba returning to Srinagar without meeting the BJP top brass has triggered speculations that PDP and BJP have "failed to break the ice" and possibilities of government formation in JK are bleak. However, a PDP insider while talking to Early Times maintained that talks with BJP leadership are on.
Asked why Mehbooba returned to Srinagar without meeting the BJP top leaders, including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the insid... | |
| | | | Master Plan violated with impunity in Srinagar | | SMC allows construction of 2700 illegal structures | | | Peerzada Ummer
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 10: Startling revelations about the presence of more than 2700 illegal structures in Srinagar, raised in violation of the Master Plan, are coming to fore, leaving the State authorities mum and shocked.
Top sources within the Government revealed that during the high level meeting convened to check the status of the Master Plan implementation in Srinagar, there were atleast 2700 illegal structures found which were constructed against the guidelines. It was also found that the previous Governments didn't take any action and rather turned blind eye towards such gross violation of the rules and guidelines.
A committee was constituted by the G... | |
| | | | 2 IPS officers support absentee PSI | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 10: Two Indian Police Services (IPS') Officers have allegedly come to the rescue of a notorious Probationer Sub Inspector (PSI) and pressurized another IPS officer who is posted as Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) in Jammu district not to mark him on leave.
Pertinently, the sub-inspector remained in news for his wrong doings and was earlier transferred on complaint basis. Presently, the said PSI is on course to clear his probation period in one of the wings of the police department.
If sources are to be believed, few days ago the PSI who remained absent unauthorizedly when came to know about that an IPS officer who is posted as SDPO is marking him a... | |
| | | | Of 82 promoted masters, 35 return prematurely, 47 await repatriation for nearly 3 yrs | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 10: Money power and allegiance to power corridors seems to be ruling the roost in Education Department, which is also evident from the fact that out of 82 promoted masters, 35 have secured return prematurely while 47 gullible masters are waiting for the last nearly three years for repatriation to their home district.
Masters posted in district Doda informed Early Times that a total of 82 masters of district Kathua, who were promoted on 23/4/2013 as masters were adjusted in various schools of district Doda on 27/7/2013.
"In the first week of August 2013, all the promoted masters joined in their respective schools in district Doda, but strangely s... | |
| | | | Forest employees grab 20 kanal land in Baramulla forests | | | | Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
srinagar, Mar 10: Some Forest department employees have grabbed 20 kanals and 4 marlas forest land in village Zandfaran in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Sources said that a helper and a forester who are enjoying patronage of Chief Conservator have encroached huge chunk of forest land in Baramulla and despite strict directions the encroachers have been continuously violating the orders.
"Despite relentless efforts by Deputy Forest Officer to ensure that the land be freed from the clutches of encroachers, he has been pressurized by the higher-ups not to intervene in the matter," sources told 'Early Times'.
They said that the forest land comprising twen... | |
| | | | Will use force if people disrupt our CI ops: Army | | | | Early Times Report
srinagar, Mar 10: Army on Thursday cautioned it would use force if pro-freedom crowds hinder its counterinsurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
"In case a crowd takes law in its hands and threatens life and property, security forces will be constrained to initiate appropriate action to counter it," it said in a statement here issued to explain a recent incident in which two Kashmiri youth were injured in troops' firing in Aishmuqam area of southern Anantnag district.
A new trend has emerged in Kashmir Valley. It is not just massive attendance in militant funerals, a routine occurrence now, which has got security officials worried, people in large numbers come out o... | |
| | | | PDP may delay Govt formation till local bodies elections | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 10: The PDP is likely to defer Government formation till the local body and Panchayat elections. Sources said the PDP is contemplating to wait for the elections so as to test the 'political' ground.
According to the sources there is strong view emerging in the party that the party can wait for the Government formation and should first prepare itself for the these two local elections as they will allow the party to test the ground.
"The party especially president Mehbooba Mufti has now taken a stand that unless Centre responds to her conditions Government formation can't take place. We feel it has gone down well with the people and local bodies elections ar... | |
| | | | 'Quit official bungalows' order upsets ex-BJP Ministers | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 10: The former BJP and PDP Ministers should have imitated the family of late Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed and vacated on their own the official bungalows latest by February 8, but they didn't for obvious reasons. The family of late Mufti Sayeed had vacated the official residence of Chief Minister at Wazarat Road, Jammu, immediately after the demise of Mufti Sayeed and set a good precedence. They could have stayed in the official residence for one month, but they decided otherwise and for right reasons.
It was expected that the PDP and BJP Ministers would follow suit and shift to their own houses, but they chose otherwise. And the result was that the Governo... | |
| | | | Police transfers trigger debate | | | | Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 10: The recent transfers and postings of policemen can snowball into a major controversy as a few people allege these transfers have brazenly violated police norms.
"A few officers of 2004 batch were allegedly given lucrative postings while seventeen posts which were upgraded recently by Home Department on Police Headquarters (PHQ)'s recommendation were completely ignored," said a source.
He said three policemen of 2004 batch were adjusted as Zonal SPs just after their promotion. "They were given plum postings despite the fact that 17 posts of DySPs which were upgraded have been waiting for their promotions for a longtime. The upgraded post... | |
| | | | Amid delay in Govt formation, NC braces for fresh polls | | | | Hyder Ali
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 10: While the Peoples Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janta Party have failed to evolve consensus over government formation since the demise of the then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed in January, when Governor rule was imposed, their arch-rival National Conference here is bracing up for fresh Assembly elections "with full vigor."
For the past over a fortnight, the NC working President Omar Abdullah has mobilized his cadres to be ready for the fresh elections. The NC has started this exercise from its erstwhile stronghold, the summer of Srinagar, where the party lost five out of eight seats in the Assembly elections of 2014.
Amid ... | |
| | | | Mehbooba keeps people guessing over govt formation | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 10: Maintaining to prove all Speculations about government formation fictitious for another week, Mehbooba Mufti today reached Srinagar from Delhi and made no announcements about government formation as was believed by people.
PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti who is centre of all speculations about government formation since November 07 after the demise of former Chief Minister, Mufti Muhammad Syed reached Srinagar from Delhi early
Thursday after attending the Parliament session and once again proved all speculations about government formation wrong.
She according to her close associates did not spoke to anyone about her Delhi visit and afte... | |
| | | | Computer Operator embezzles lakhs on fake job cards | | | | MS NAZKI
Early Times Report
Poonch, Mar 10: A contractual computer operator in MGNREGA, a centrally sponsored scheme, has made a fortune by withdrawing lakhs of rupees on fake job cards and furnishing demand proposals in Mankote block, sources said.
They said a computer operator has been reportedly involved in furnishing fake demand proposals under MGNREGA and has been able to withdraw lakhs of rupees on the fake cards allegedly with the active support of a top official of Mankot block, causing great loss the state exchequer.
Besides the sources said he has also broken down a harvesting water tank and constructed a road without permission and survey upto to his house the sources added... | |
| | | | Police transfers trigger debate | | | | Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 10: The recent transfers and postings of policemen can snowball into a major controversy as a few people allege these transfers have brazenly violated police norms. "A few officers of 2004 batch were allegedly given lucrative postings while seventeen posts which were upgraded recently by Home Department on Police Headquarters (PHQ)'s recommendation were completely ignored," said a source. He said three policemen of 2004 batch were adjusted as Zonal SPs just after their promotion. "They were given plum postings despite the fact that 17 posts of DySPs which were upgraded have been waiting for their promotions for a longtime. The upgraded ... | |
| | | | Lethargy in ARTO office Ramban irks people | | | | Danish Muzafar
Early times Report
Banihal, Mar 10 : Slow work in assistant Regional transport office ARTO Ramban has been an irritant for the people.
The people come to this office from far-flung areas of the district for different works go empty hands in the evening.
Some Local transporters and drivers alleged that the employes working in ARTO office Ramban are not responding properly for any kind of related work to this the needy ones . They said that months are taken for a little bit of work like transfer of vehicles and other related works even complete of all documents and formalities.
A local said that he has applied for the transfer of vehicle to the buyerr but still after ful... | |
| | | | Reasi without ration for month of February | | | | Dev S
Early Times Report
REASI, Mar 10: Protesting against the functioning of the department of Consumer affairs and public Distribution (CAPD), the people of District Reasi, rue the non availability of ration in several areas of District.
According to reliable sources, the MLA Reasi, Ajay Nanda in a meeting last year said that government is committed to raise the socio economic status of the rural people as well as to provide all the basic amenities along with developmental infrastructure, but the people of the district were facing acute scarcity of ration in some areas.
Locals rued that the department which is supposed to provide the ration to the people has no mechanism to check the ... | |
| | | | Armless cricketer gets 10k! Private Job | | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Mar 10: Deputy Commissioner Anantnag on Thursday handed over a cheque of rupees ten thousand to brave armless cricketer Amir Husain Lone of Waghama Bijbehara.
Amir- Captain of Jammu and Kashmir's Para-Cricket team has grabbed headlines in major national and international media houses in past one month.
Muneer-ul-Islam, Deputy Commissioner Anantnag handed over the cheque to Amir, here at Ranibag Park in a function, organized to facilitate the ar... | |
| | | | Skill dev programs shut for want of funds | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times REport
Jammu, Mar 10:On the hind side of Prime Minister's ambitious 'Make in India' campaign to generate job opportunities for skilled youth, state govt has closed skill development training progrmmes in various polytechnics of state for the youths from under-privileged classes due to paucity of funds.
Pleading anonymity, an official of Government Polytechnic, Bikram Chowk said that under the scheme Community Development Through Polytechnic (CDTP) the main activity is imparting various skill development Vocational Training Programme to the rural youth, SC/ST/Min/OBC/Females and other category persons to empower them and improve their living standard.
They alle... | |
| | | | 'Illegal' occupants make merry of Govt quarters, deserving left high & dry | | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 10: Transparency and accountability are yet to be seen in the evacuation of 'illegal' occupants from governmental residential quarters across the valley.
Sources told Early Times that there are hundreds of governmental residential quarters across the state, which are illegally occupied by influential people.
"Fact of the matter is that during previous governments, influential people not only have occupied governmental residential quarters but have made the public quarters as personal property from the past two decades," said sources.
Sources said that, almost all government departments have their own residential quarters for their own emp... | |
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