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Despite staking claim uncertainty hangs around oath ceremony! Government formation 3/28/2016 12:08:49 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: In what can be seen as the revived PDP-BJP alliance setting new trends and traditions setting aside the traditional practices on government formation, there is no clue nor any confirmation from either end with regard to oath taking ceremony despite both the parties having staked claim for the same. Uncertainty prevailing over the date is only fuelling the rumours that the new dispensation to be is leaning on a weak and fragile wicket. Sources said it has never been in the Parliamentary practices nor seen it ever before in the state that after staking claim over formation of government and supported well by the alliance partner, no date is yet fixed for the new government to come into existence. "When any party stakes claim over government formation, it means a final call and implies everything is settled and sorted out…..but in this case the scene is far from being so as uncertainty still prevails over unspecified reasons", said the sources, adding that a message has gone in the political circles that things have not been sorted out yet by the ...   READ MORE

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BJP confused as Mehbooba mulls small cabinet 3/28/2016 12:08:42 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: Confused over mysterious moves of PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti notwithstanding her staking claim for Government formation in alliance with Bhartiya Janta Party, the speculations are agog over the size of future Council of Ministry. According to the highly placed sources, Mehbooba Mufti has decided to have a very small ministry with only two Cabinet ministers from her party keeping the other aspirants running before her for their turn in future expansion and thus establishing a complete control on the party. She is also learnt to have conveyed this to the Governor N N Vohra, during her second meeting with him last evening even as there was no official w...   READ MORE   Karra may get Finance Ministry 3/28/2016 12:08:37 AM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 27: In a major political development, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is all set to offer some key portfolios including Finance Ministry to senior party leader and Member Parliament Tariq Hameed Karra. It is pertinent to mention here that Karra has been at logger heads with party over forging alliance with Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in March last year. His continuous statements against his party took everyone including opposition parties by surprise while speculations were rife that he may quit PDP and join some other regional party. If top PDP sources are to be believed Karra who contested 2014 Parliament elections against National Confer...   READ MORE   Babudom scared of Mehbooba's advent 3/28/2016 12:08:31 AM Abodh Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: The bureaucratic hierarchy of the state is in a state of panic as Mehbooba's crowning as Chief Minister of the state is now just a matter of time as the first woman Chief Minister nominate is known for her no-nonsense approach. Sources in the PDP divulge that Mehbooba had undergone a tough regimentation as a politician and party ideologue during years of her proximity with her father and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. "Though Mehbooba believes in politics of development and welfare, she has made it amply clear by declining to accept CM's chair immediately after the demise of her father, that she was not lured by power" said...   READ MORE   Mehbooba debunks Madhav's claim, says BJP's support to PDP unconditional 3/28/2016 12:08:26 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 27: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti flew to New Delhi on March 17 and met with BJP president Amit Shah to discuss the issue of government formation in the state. She met him on the same day in the evening and returned to Srinagar the next day. Neither the PDP nor the BJP issued any statement on the outcome of the talks. It was BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav who on March 18 evening told reporters in New Delhi that "the BJP had not accepted any of the PDP's new conditions" and that it was for the PDP president to take the initiative for the government formation by getting herself elected as leader of the PDP Legislature Party. The same day credible re...   READ MORE   Mehbooba carries Beigh, Karra along 3/28/2016 12:08:21 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: Mehbooba Mufti has proved that she is a matured politician by carrying along her party's' founding Members and Members Parliament. Tariq Hamid Karra MP has been strongly against PDP-BJP alliance even during Mufti Sayeed’s time. He had even demanded snapping of ties with BJP openly. Who also remained absent from so many party meetings. Similarly, Muzaffar Husain Beigh was also against the alliance who has also been against alliance with BJP and like Karra. He also remained absent from important party meetings. Both father -daughter tried to win over Beigh on their side but she finally neutralized him through back door channels but how could she convince ...   READ MORE   5-member Pak investigation team arrives in New Delhi Would Pak handover terrorist Azhar to India? 3/28/2016 12:08:15 AM Pathankot Attack Earl Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: As the five member Pakistani team comprising intelligence and police officials probing the Pathankot terror attack arrived in New Delhi on Sunday morning, the big question which is looming large over the minds of people is: Would Pakistan handover JeM Chief Masood Azhar, mastermind behind the Pathankot terror attack, to India? Azhar is one of the three terrorists, released in 1999 to end the hijack of Indian Air Lines flight which was taken along with the passengers to Kandhar in Afghanistan by the Pakistan sponsored terrorists. The Indian Airlines Flight 814 from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Ga...   READ MORE   GMCH administration obliges politician's aide Relocates medical shops to prime locations 3/28/2016 12:08:00 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: Extending undue favour to the blue eyed of a politician, the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Jammu authorities have relocated medical shop in the premises of GMC&H as well as associated hospitals also to a better and preferred locations. Pertinently, Early Times on March 22, 2016 had highlighted the issue in its report titled 'Influential eyeing prime location in GMC to set up shop' and highlighted that influential person was pressurizing administration to provide prime location, to his medical shop within the hospital premises. "There is totally mess in GMC&H Jammu, some officials are working on the directions of a politician and le...   READ MORE   Big sharks go scot free, axe falls on pigmies War against corruption fails to take off in JK 3/28/2016 12:07:50 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 27: The war against corruption has not taken off in Jammu Kashmir properly till date notwithstanding the number of anti-graft bodies operating here. It has been observed that the anti-graft bodies lay their hands on lower rung employees like patwaries, teachers and clerks. The big sharks go scot free and at times are `punished' with promotion and incentives. The state has a dubious distinction of not bringing a single IAS/IPS officer to justice not to speak of ministers. The irony is that the corrupt manage stays from the courts to defeat the very purpose of a probe. At times, the very existence of the anti-graft body is jeopardised. The Governor has ...   READ MORE   So-called Azad Kashmir is not Azad: Khaled Ahmad Message for K separatists 3/28/2016 12:07:41 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 27: Kashmiri separatists have been working since decades for the state's merger with Pakistan, saying J&K is part of Muslim Pakistan. They have been describing India as an alien country and its presence in Kashmir as unwarranted. In fact, they have been working as the Pakistani agents in Kashmir, creating troubles for New Delhi and also harassing non-Muslim minorities. The main argument is that Pakistan is the only country that would give them all democratic rights. Their whole propaganda is misleading and their whole assessment of Pakistan highly flawed. What is the status of people of the so-called Azad Kashmir in Pakistan? Do they have the rights their c...   READ MORE   Tourism Deptt fails to promote new destinations Tourism Deptt talks high 3/28/2016 12:07:31 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 27: While the Tourism Department talks high that tourist arrivals would surpass 40 lakh this year but the government has failed to promote new destinations in Kashmir over the last two decades. Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood Shah recently said that tourist arrivals may surpass four million mark this year. But one fails to understand what prompted him to make such tall claims when the Kashmir tourism has been dependent on few tourist destination while dozens of picturesque places which have a huge potential of promoting tourism have been unexplored so far. The Director has said Kashmir is receiving about one million tourists every ye...   READ MORE   Kathua belies dream for 'Swachh Bharat'Officials in deep slumber 3/27/2016 11:35:10 PM Arun Kumar Early Times Report Kathua, Mar 27 : Kathua district is brazenly belying the hyped Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in letter and spirit as officials of Municipal Council Kathua and hundreds of Safaikaramcharis enjoy deep slumber, reducing Kathua town into a heap of garbage, vulnerable to deadly communicable diseases. One can easily observe the worse of condition of town wherein number of awareness camps and activities were organized to sensitize the officials of Municipal Council and people in general. Huge heaps of sticking garbage can be seen on roads like Shaheedi Chowk to Kathua town, near Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Jasrotia hospital, Parliwand, Tubewell road Krishna Colony, behin...   READ MORE   174 kanals of state land allegedly encroached at Mendhar 3/27/2016 11:35:01 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report Mendhar, Mar 27 : Over 174 kanals of state land, which falls under khasra Nos 1061 and 1396, is alleged to have been encroached upon by some people near the government higher secondary school here. 107 kanals 10 marlas of state land was allegedly encroached under khasra no 1061 and 66 kanals 11 marla under khasra No 1396 by some locals, according to official sources. Some people had raised temporary structures while others were in the process of raising houses and other structures, sources said. The encroachements could not be made with the support of revenue officials, sources alleged. The matter was brought to the notice of naib-tehsildar Aftab Hussain...   READ MORE   93 teachers not paid salaries for five months 3/27/2016 11:34:31 PM Mohd Majid Malik Early Times Report DODA, Mar 27 : Newly appointed teachers of district Doda have not been paid their salaries for the last five months as they are posted against the post of masters . They alleged that it has become a habit for teachers now to insert an ATM card into the ATM slot and pull it back disappointed. "Don't authorities feel the plight of these teachers? Don't they know that these teachers too have families to feed? They too have children to fulfill their tender desires? They too have the right to live like other employees? Why this indifference towards the teachers?" asked an unpaid teacher. "The teachers are forced to borrow from their friends and relative...   READ MORE   Fires caused massive loss to life & property in 2015 3/27/2016 11:34:17 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report Srinagar, Mar 27 : In a shocking revelation, tragic fire incidents left 44 persons dead while 110 suffered injuries in Kashmir in the year 2105. Official data prepared by Fire and Emergency Services also revealed that the highest number of deaths were reported from Ganderbal district. The data further revealed that the property worth 641. 45 crores suffered losses while 60 crore property completely razed to devastating ashes. In Ganderbal district total of twenty people lost their lives while fifty four injured followed by six people in summer capital Srinagar with twenty five people injured in four hundred and forty six fire incidents. With an estimat...   READ MORE   Irrigation department renovates buildings without tenders Contractors rue allocations 3/27/2016 11:34:09 PM Arun Kumar Early Times Report Kathua, Mar 27 : While hundreds of registered Government contractors bidding in competitive tendering for development works , Irrigation Department Kathua while violating all rules and regulations has started number of development works without any tender or contact to registered contractors and allocated funds are openly being misappropriated , triggering strong resentment among contractors. As per a government order, public offices must e-tender the project work and after collecting quotations from registered contractors, the work can be allocated, but Irrigation department Kathua started renovation works of irrigation buildings and quarters in viola...   READ MORE   'Unauthorised' items being sold on higher rates at JU tea kiosk 3/27/2016 11:07:23 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: 'Unauthorised' items are being allegedly sold on higher rates at a tea and coffee kiosk which is operational adjacent to the office of Dean Students Welfare, Jammu University. JU sources said as per the rate list displayed by him, the kiosk runner had been selling cold coffee for Rs 20, coffee for Rs 15 and tea for Rs 10. Besides these two approved items, he was also selling pizzas, sandwiches, hot dogs and other eatables, including samosas for Rs 15 per pie...   READ MORE   Money goes to kin, actual sufferers high and dry Pouni flood victims duped 3/27/2016 11:06:38 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: While the state administration had shown good results by managing the administrative affairs and also delivering the governance in the right perspective, however the men and machinery entrusted with the job to reach out to the masses to deliver the goods have erred. The tehsil Pouni in Reasi district has suffered a great on this account as the money disbursed by the government at the higher echelons for the needy and the poor at the lower strata never reached the actual beneficiaries while the close aides and relatives of the disbursement officers filled their coffers. The case has been reported from the Pouni tehsil in Reasi district where the tehsilda...   READ MORE   NFSA amendment may haunt new government 3/27/2016 11:06:27 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Mar 27: Amending the recently implemented National Food Security Act (NFSA) which has generated lot of public resentment in the state soon will be a big challenge for the new coalition government. Though State Government has already increased the quota from five Kg to seven Kgs per head after people registered protest, the majority section of the people still want its replacement and issuance of ration as per old scale saying that the ration to be issued as per new scale could not suffice a person to feed himself. Besides the people have outrightly rejected supply of wheat and demanded that the consumers be issued flour instead as they can't go to a mill for g...   READ MORE   Factionalism in State Congress gives rise to new alignments 3/27/2016 11:06:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: Bitter factionalism in State Congress is giving rise to new alignments among the party leaders, who are divided in various camps and groups. In the wake of PCC president G A Mir losing support of Sharma brothers ( Sham Lal Sharma and Madan Lal Sharma) following his recent public rally in Khour, some disgruntled leaders have started aligning with the party chief for settling their personal scores. Those who have neither as much public support nor guts to take on Sharma brothers on their own, are coming forwards in support of G A Mir even as some heavyweights like Tara Chand and Mula Ram too have extended their best possible cooperation to the gr...   READ MORE   Challenge ahead for State to spend Rs 400 Cr Restoration of flood damaged road 3/27/2016 11:06:13 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: Although Centre Government has been providing funds to State Government to restore flood damaged roads but latter has always shown poor performance in utilizing the same funds in proper manner. Sources told Early Times that the Planning and Development Department is all set to send proposal of Rs 400 crore to National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog for its sanction in connection with restoration of damaged roads due to flash flood in the State and consequently the funds are expected to be released soon. "The fund to the tune of Rs 400 crore is being released by NITI Aayodg under Prime Minister Flood Restoration Programme. ...   READ MORE   Production of fake medical certificates by RTI applicant SIC asks Police to conduct investigation 3/27/2016 11:06:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: In an interesting case the State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Police Headquarters (PHQ) to conduct an inquiry against an RTI applicant as he had allegedly produced fake medical certificates before SIC for seeking extra time in filing 2nd appeal. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Nisar Hussain, a resident of Bhaderwah district Doda filed an RTI application before the SSP-cum-PIO Telecommunications on 11.12.2013 seeking certain information. The PIO Telecommunications transferred the application to PIO, PHQ for assistance on 13.12.2013 as the required information was not available with PIO Telecommunications. The PIO PHQ ...   READ MORE   Polytechnic stops GoI sponsored programme for minorities 3/27/2016 11:05:50 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Mar 27: Notwithstanding the fact that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been taking assertive steps for up-liftment of minorities, the Government Polytechnic College Bikram Chowk has reportedly closed down a skill development programme for minorities, being run by Union government. Sources informed Early Times that Union government in year 2000 had launched a skill development scheme (Community Development through Polytechnic CDTP) for minorities. Under the scheme free of cost, six month training was imparted among the students from minority communities including Schedule castes (SC), Schedule tribes (ST), other backward classes (OBC) and speci...   READ MORE   Illegal constructions along Chowadhi-Sainik Colony nullah Revenue-Vigilance at loggerheads 3/27/2016 11:05:42 PM SUMIT SHARMA Early Times Report Jammu, Mar: The alleged illegal constructions along Chowadhi-Sainik Colony nullah have become battle field between Revenue and Vigilance Organization with the former complaining pressure on it to tamper the report of the DC. The matter has now landed in the court of Anti Corruption. The Revenue department took serious note after Vigilance Department made a bid to clip the wings of the Director Land Records and Survey Shavan Kumar. State Vigilance Organization (SVO), sought explanation from the Director Land Records and Survey as to how he entered into the residence of the DySP Shashi Thakur for measuring land within boundary wall of her residence. Ho...   READ MORE

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