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| Cong leader, retd top cop ask Crime Branch to go slow | | Top CB official threatens to resign if political interference continues | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: A top Congress leader and a retired top cop are reportedly trying to intimidate the Crime Branch officials, investigating the case registered against a bureaucrat, who was sacked after a purported audio clip about him demanding bribe from his subordinate went viral.
Sources told Early Times the top Congress leader and the former top cop have called up the Crime Branch officials and have asked them to go slow in the case. "One of the top Crime Branch officials has expressed reservation and has threatened to resign if the political interference continues," they added.
Insiders revealed that the Crime Branch officials are verifying the authenticity of... | |
| | | | SPO's killing leaves family in deep distress | | | |
Early Times Report
anantnag, Mar 30: Poverty and deprivation haunts the family of the SPO who was killed in militants firing in his dingy house while his wife was critically injured at Katso Wapzan villlage of Bijbehara in Anantnag District on Thursdayevening.
Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh special police officer (SPO) and his wife Farida Akhter were fired upon by suspected militants. Sheikh succumbed to his injuries while Farida is still battling for life.
"You might have thought his house will be well built of concrete. This is his house, a tin shed with two rooms," a neighbour of Mushtaq said.
The makeshift tin shed has two rooms including a kitchen. Doors of the house are broken while blan... | |
| | | | Docs' selection list dilly-dallied | | Babus wait for selectees to visit them | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: Three years on, the much-publicized filling up of Medical Officers posts in Health Department has remained a dream even after government's solemn commitment on the floor of the Legislature to fill up the same on priority.
According to informed sources, the Health and Medical Education Department had referred 317 posts of Medical Officers with category-wise distribution as 213 posts of OM, RBA: 71, SC: 29, ST: 37, ALC: 11 and SLC:07 in 2016.
Subsequently, the State Public Service Commission notified the posts vide Notification No: 01-PSC (DR)-2017 on March 27, 2017 inviting applications from eligible candidates. The commission received 2,883 applications... | |
| | | | '30,000 students from Kashmir in Jammu schools, colleges' | | One-community Kashmir secular, Jammu, which houses 2 million refugees, communal | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: BJP's Yashwant Sinha and members of his pro-separatist group have insulted the people of Jammu province. On Thursday, they gave the nation to understand that while Kashmir was liberal and secular, Jammu is divided on communal lines and it posed a threat to the state's "pluralistic ethos".
"There is a growing perception in Jammu of a worsening communal divide being promoted by politically ambitious leaders. The attack on the Sunjuwan army camp, and the (alleged) rape and murder of a Bakharwal girl have given rise to the feeling that there is a divide between two regions. Utterances by political leaders are perceived as dividing and alienating people. There... | |
| | | | Nowshera deserves district status more than Shopian | | Oppression will boomerang | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: Situation in Nowshera, border tehsil of Jammu province, is deteriorating with each passing day. The people there in one voice are demanding district status for Nowshera-Sunderbani-Kalakote area, saying "they would have got district status as early as in 1967 during the time of GM Sadiq, had certain vested interests in Rajouri not played a dirty role to harm the people "Nowshera-Sunderbani-Kalakot areas".
There are more than 930 shops in the Nowshera town. Not one shop was opened during the past 43 days. Such is the nature of unity among the agitating people. The offices also remained closed for "37 days".
The PDP-BJP Government should have felt the pul... | |
| | | | Hydraulic division Kishtwar spends lakhs | | Restoration of water supply schemes | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: After unearthing wasteful expenditure of Rs. 1.85 Crore on repairs of 3 stage water lifting scheme in Kishtwar by the hydraulic division Kishtwar without yielding any fruitful results, Early Times have accessed more documents revealing that Hydraulic Division Kishtwar spent whopping Rs. 139.168 lacs on various water supply schemes, mostly falling in Kishtwar constituency represented by BJP MLA and MoS Sunil Sharma.
The documents reveal that R... | |
| | | | Anti-India slogans, stone-pelting return to Srinagar | | As Geelani walks free | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: There were violent clashes, stone pelting and anti-India slogans reverberating Hyderpora area of Srinagar on Friday soon after pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Geelani was freed, prompting many people to ask whether government would continue extending olive branch to anti-nationals in Kashmir.
The government had decided on Thursday to free separatists and allow them to go anywhere they want. However, the ice on the cake was the warning issued to them that they should not indulge in any anti-national activity.
On Friday, Geelani was allowed to move outside his home for Friday prayers. However, soon after the aged separatist walked free, he launched a tir... | |
| | | | Finally, selection list of 31 Class IV posts in Kishtwar declared | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 30: In a glaring example of slow process of filling up vacancies, the government has released selection list of 31 Class IV posts after six years.
As per details available with Early Times, 16 posts of orderly, 12 posts of Process Server and 3 posts of Sweepers/Chowkidar were advertised by the Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar on 6-2-2012. Applications were sought from candidates with minimum qualification of 10th pass and maximum 12th pass. More... | |
| | | | Tourist footfall notwithstanding Kashmir based tourism organizations make merry | | Receive huge sums in lieu of road shows, other events | | |
Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 30: The tourist inflow to Kashmir valley may have been very low over the past few days but the various associations related to the tourist trade operating in the valley are making a merry by organizing various events in different parts of the country.
Directorate of Tourism Kashmir of the Department of Tourism paid whopping Rs 16 lakh to the four Kashmir based associations for organizing road shows at various locations of the country in February 2017. The details of the same have been provided with respect to a Right to Information (RTI) application. Dr. Sheikh Ghulam Rasool had moved an application with the Public Information Offic... | |
| | | | Police healthcare scheme awaits implementation | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 30: The Jammu and Kashmir Police Health Care Scheme (JKPHCS), which has been framed to relieve its personnel from the "mental tension" because of medical treatments has not been implemented yet.
The scheme was to be implemented from September 2017 and would be applicable to all its permanent employees.
"It is the much-needed scheme for police personnel. But the government has not shown much interest for its immediate implementation," sources said.
As per the policy draft, the bills would be paid directly to the empanelled hospitals within the state and reimbursement for the empanelled hospitals outside the state. "It will give police officials a sense... | |
| | | | 9 years since its inception, Govt officers still unaware of J&K RTI Act 2009 | | ACR Budgam denies information | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 30: Blame it on the lack of awareness on part of the Government agencies and lukewarm attitude of State Information Commission (SIC), the Government officers particularly the PIOs are not taking this serious and thus ultimate sufferers are the poor citizens of this state.
Details available with Early Times reveal that an application under J&K RTI Act 2009 was filed before Public Information Officer (PIO) / ACR Budgam who is also Collector Land Acquisition (LA) Budgam on 21.02.2017. Application was filed by Ghulam Ali Darzi and Ghulam Qadir Rather both residents of Budgam district and aggrieved farmers affected by Semi Ring Road land acquisition. The inf... | |
| | | | Udhampur students seek adequate transport facility to villages | | |  Arun Jasrotia
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Mar 30: Students in Panchari area of district Udhampur are suffering for adequate transport. The students from Meer, Kainth Gali, Panjar, Mongri, Kalsote and other far flung and remotest villages spend hours together waiting for public transport, reports said, adding the students reach their respective schools late.
Sometimes, the poor students have to go back to their homes. The lack of transport facility is adversely affecting the education... | |
| | | | People gasp for breath as mercury soars in littered Jammu | | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Jammu
Jammu, Mar 30: Heaps of garbage becomes a major challenge for the concerned authorities as Jammu, like other parts of the country is witnessing extensive heat. At a time when the city of temples Jammu is witnessing increase in day temperature, heaps of garbage are seen on some busy roads in Jammu district. Sources told Early Times that despite tall claims by the state government to make Jammu city clean, the launching of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, cleanliness drives and rallies here have become a mere eyewash, as heaps of garbage are seen on roads in some busy places of Jammu city. The concerned department has failed to implement door-to-door garbage co... | |
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