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Vohra's Biometric Attendance System dies down Shirker employees enjoy heydays 3/19/2019 11:43:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: The Biometric attendance installed in government offices amid much fanfare by previous state governor N N Vohra is nowhere existent today with shirkers enjoying heydays and common people bearing the brunt. Official sources said the biometric attendance system in the government offices has been shelved by the authorities as no one cares whether the government employees report to their duties on time or not. The bio metric machines in several government departments, it has been learnt have gone dysfunctional and the snags are not set right purposely, they said. Also at the government level, no-one is seeking the details of the biometrics attendance from the departments, prompting employees to switch to traditional mode of attendance and fudge the duty hours, they added. The system had had kept the officials across the state on toes during NN Vohra's regime. All the government offices had been directed by the general government order that the installation of the biometric attendance systems should be ensured. The system as per the senior o...   READ MORE

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Overstaying for 19 years, khilafwarji becomes 'Kamau-Beta' of babus 3/19/2019 11:42:44 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report udhampur, Mar 19: In a startling revelation it has come to fore that there is a middleman in Patnitop Development Authority (PDA) who works to facilitate all illegal construction works in the famous hill station and negotiates graft amount with babus. Sources informed that a overstaying employee in PDA, engaged as Khalafwarji on consolidated basis has during his 19 years of stay has become a darling of babus. His influence can be gauged from the fact that a ...   READ MORE   Funds for setting up 'Lead Centre' in GMC Jammu about to lapse Lead Awareness and Toxicity Centre remains a distant dream 3/19/2019 11:42:21 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: Owing to failure of the authorities to introduce new and advanced project in the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu, the funds for establishing National Referral Centre for Lead Posing in the institute are about to lapse as the authority reportedly did not take the matter with the parent department for its approval. Pertinently, Jammu and Kashmir was the first to get Lead Awareness and Toxicity Referral Centre after getting approval from Indian Society for Lead Awareness and Research (InSLAR) last year. The state was assured help including financial assistance to set up the centre in GMC&H. Sources said the ...   READ MORE   Rs 80 lakhs purchase scandal in JKMSCL remains 'under wraps' ACB plays hide and seek despite seizing vital documents in 2018 3/19/2019 11:42:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) is reportedly playing hide & seek with J&K Medical Supply Corporation Ltd. (JKMSCL) over alleged scandal of Rs 80 lakhs, which had surfaced in corporation. According to documents available with Early Times, about Rs 80 lakhs have been allegedly siphoned in purchase of detail chairs. Interestingly, the ACB had also raided the office of JKMSCL and seized relevant documents related to purchase done by the corporation. "JKMSCL issued purchase orders to M/s Confident Dental Equipment Ltd, Bangalore in reference to the Rate Contract of Rajasthan Medical Supplies Corporation Services from time to time vide No. JKMSCL/GM/P&S/20...   READ MORE   Officials effect transfers, deployment by issuing pre-dated orders Violation of MCC 3/19/2019 11:41:59 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report srinagar, Mar 19: In violation of Model Code of Conduct, the officials have been transferring employees by issuing pre-dated orders. "Before a month there was hardly any dearth of staff/officials in the government departments, but from the past few days, some employees have been transferred/ deployed, whereas the government has many times said that, they will cancel the deployments or attachments in various departments, said sources. Sources said that, the clerical staff of various departments get the signature from their officers in previous dates. "It is a common practice in Jammu and Kashmir, and government must take serious note of this illegal and...   READ MORE   NC wants Congress to field Azad from Kathua-Udhampur-Doda constituency Brazenly communal approach 3/19/2019 11:41:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: Notwithstanding reports to the contrary, efforts are still on at the "highest level" to get a pre-poll alliance stitched between the NC and the Congress. Both the parties are "eager" to defeat the BJP and both the parties believe that "the BJP could be defeated only if they fielded common candidates both from the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha constituency and Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha constituency". However, it is the NC, which has been playing its cards in a manner that has created a piquant situation for the Congress, especially in Jammu. The NC has, on the one hand, made it absolutely clear that it would not leave even one out of the three seats in the K...   READ MORE   For votes, Congress playing dangerous cards 3/19/2019 11:41:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: On issues of nationalism, national security and national unity, Congress, which claims that it is a grand old party of India, continues to flirt with disaster; from seeking "proofs of the Balakot air-strikes", to having its leader praise Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and contrast him with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. AICC president Rahul Gandhi even has gone to the extent of insinuating the AB Vajpayee-led NDA government should have let the 190 Indian hostages die during the Kandhar crisis. Even today, when China once again blocked the moves to declare dreaded terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)'s chief Masood Azhar as terrorist, the la...   READ MORE   Kashmir silent as terrorists make hat trick of innocent killings 3/19/2019 11:18:52 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 19: Even as three persons have been killed by terrorists in south Kashmir in less than a week, the politicians, civil society and other Kashmir leaders who claim to be "champions of human rights" have been silent on the dastardly acts. Whereas the people across the world have condemned in one voice the attack on worshippers in New Zealand that left fifty innocents dead, these so called champions of human rights in Kashmir are even unwilling to call the killings of innocents in Kashmir as terror attack nor they want to call these killers as terrorists. The terrorists have killed at least three persons including a woman cop, while the other two are poor c...   READ MORE   Lal Singh praises Modi, exposes local BJP leaders 3/19/2019 11:18:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: As an astute politician Choudhary Lal Singh today played 'master stroke' by posting a post on his Twitter account in which he stated that he fight is not against Shri Narender Modi. He has intentionally posted his post in Hindi to give a message across Jammu region that he wanted to expose only Jammu based BJP leaders who have shamelessly sold aspirations of people of Jammu region. BJP is stunned because within no time Lal Singh's post was re-twitted and c...   READ MORE   Omar calls Shah Faesal agent, Sajad pities former CM's thinking Kashmir centric politicians fight it out in open 3/19/2019 11:18:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: Bureaucrat turned politician Shah Faesal floating his own party, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement, has triggered a war of words in Kashmir. Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has alleged that New Delhi is grooming Faesal to cut the votes of the regional parties in Kashmir. He has accused him (Faesal) of being proxy of BJP in Kashmir. Chairman of the Peoples Conference Sajad Gani Lone while reacting to Omar's statement said, "Do we have to give power to Omar Abdullah after Maharaja Hari Singh. Should there be no other party except NC. Do they have a copyright? Omar Abdullah is not a kid. He ...   READ MORE   Locals drag electricity transformer on snow bound treks for 13 kms Development eludes Kishtwar villages 3/19/2019 11:17:12 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Mar 19: In a glaring incident of official apathy, the people in Kuntwara District trekked 13 Km through difficult terrain and heavy snow carrying electric transformer so that they could get electricity in the village which lacks basic facilities like roads, health facilities, education and power even after 70 years of independence. As per the details available with ET, the villagers from Kuttal village of Kuntwara along with the hired laborers d...   READ MORE   J&K RTI Act 2009 completes ten years, Govt yet to institutionalize it 3/19/2019 11:16:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 (JK RTI Act 2009) completes 10 years of its enactment in Jammu & Kashmir today, but inspite of 10 long years , Government has failed to institutionalize this law. RTI Activists allege that Government officers are ganging up together to defeat this law as their corrupt practices get exposed when people seek information under RTI from developmental departments. As reported already few months back J&K High Court disposed off a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on implementation of Right to Information Act (RTI) especially about creating RTI awareness, the Government is yet to start a campaign on training Gove...   READ MORE   No monitoring of developmental schemes in state 3/19/2019 11:16:34 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 19: Having been constituted to monitor the developmental works, the district development coordination and monitoring committees (DDCMC) have failed to check execution of schemes in the valley. The central government constituted DDCMC s in June 2017, for "effective development coordination" of all programmes of the union government. Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) of respective constituency was nominated as its chairperson, legislators of the district its members, while district development commissioners of respective district its secretaries. However, they have failed to review the progress of developmental works in their respective ...   READ MORE   Valley based politicians always glorify militants: Lal Singh 3/19/2019 11:16:27 PM Early Times Report Billawar, Mar 19: Chaudhary Lal Singh while addressing a huge gathering at Ujh Bridge here today said that when the valley based politicians supports agenda of the separatists Jammu should not be put to suffer because of Kashmir and it must be given a chance to live peacefully by making it an independent state. Singh said that the only resolution to the present imbroglio in the valley is to take it under the direct control of GOI by declaring it UT and making Jammu a separate state and the demand of Ladakhis for UT be also considered. When I was a cabinet minister I was the only person to oppose the file of the honorarium of six thousand per month to the surrendered...   READ MORE   R&B surrenders Rs 5 cr, seeks revalidation for next financial year 12 years on, SDH Qaimoh mocks developmental claims of elected Govts 3/19/2019 11:16:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: The administrative inertia during the elected governments could be gauged from the fact that after lapse of over 12 years since the approval of Sub-District Hospital Qaimoh in district Kulgam, only incomplete pillars have been raised so far. Moreover the funds to the tune of Rs. 5 crores have been surrendered by Roads and Building Department and they have sought revalidation of funds for the next financial year. Residents of Qaimoh while castigating the R&B department for surrendering Rs. 5 Crores, meant for construction of Sub-district Hospital building said that they have been waiting for the last over 12 years for the building but there was not an ...   READ MORE   Er Rasheed baffles Mehbooba over security withdrawal 3/19/2019 11:16:07 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was caught on wrong foot on Tuesday over the issue of withdrawal of security cover to politicians in the state. Reacting over the withdrawal of security cover, Mehbooba Mufti had twitted, "Security to political leaders being used as a political tool. Withdrawal of security to Waheed, Faesal and Er Rashid is a brazen attempt at influencing elections. It's a kind of pre-poll rigging. ECI should immediately intervene". It was unknown whether ECI took cognizance and intervene but Engineer Rasheed immediately intervened to correct the former Chief Minister. Replying to Mehbooba Mufti, Engineer Rasheed tweeted, "With du...   READ MORE   HRM cell of Edu Deptt fails to take off 3/19/2019 11:15:58 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 19: Although the demand of creation of Human Resource Management Cell of Education Department was met after two years by the State Government but the staff sanctioned for the Cell has not joined fully rendering it non-functional. It has been more than a month since the staffs of seven members was sanctioned but only three people have joined so far and specifically the clerical staff has been showing reluctance to join their duties. Sources told Early Times that the main objective of creating the Cell was to look into the issues of teachers' community like seniority of teachers, gazetted teachers and regularisations of 8000 teachers etc. which were laying ...   READ MORE

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