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| BJP Minister turns trader, resorts to open loot | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: In the lust of accumulating more money, a senior BJP Minister has virtually turned into a trader by misusing his official position.
The Minister is learnt to have evolved a new methodology for earning more money by forcing the contractors to purchase sand and crushed stones besides tiles only from his factory.
In addition to the fixed percentage of commission against the allotment of developmental works, purchasing of sand and crushed stones from this minister besides cement tiles from his unit are pre-conditions for the contractors to secure a job work in his constituency.
While a number of cement tile units, established in Jammu are running in l... | |
| | | | Did Azad create 3 districts in Kashmir after appointing a commission? | | Revolt in Nowshera | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: The people of Jammu province's Nowshera tehsil are up in arms against the state government in general and the BJP in particular. They have been demanding district status for Nowshera-Kalakot-Sunderbani sub-divisions claiming that they would have got the district status in 1967 itself, had "certain vested interests in Rajouri not played a foul game". They are saying that their demand is just and it must be conceded.
They are highly critical of the BJP, which has sought to weaken and defeat the ongoing 45-day-old massive and popular movement in Nowshera for district by telling them that it would make the state government appoint a new commission which woul... | |
| | | | Militants target unarmed policemen, their families, political workers | | For creating scare | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 31: Militants have started targeting unarmed policemen , their families and political workers to scare them.
It has been observed that militants attack policemen they are off duty. It according to sources is to pressure police not to participate in anti-militancy operations.
On Saturday, militants shot dead a special police officer near Murran Chowk in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Mohammad Ashraf was a former militant who was now posted in Srinagar as a police officer.
Ashraf suffered serious bullet injuries and was shifted to a nearby hospital. However, he succumbed to his injuries. He was not wearing uniform.
Earlier on Saturday, militants ha... | |
| | | | Amid surge in militancy, Hurriyat gets free run | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Even as militant attacks on police and other security forces have intensified in Kashmir, the PDP-BJP government has given a free run to the Hurriyat to spread their anti-India hatred in the region.
The state's Director General of Police SP Vaid has told media persons that anti-national leaders like Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani, his Hurriyat (M) counterpart Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik are free to go anywhere.
Sources said the decision to give "freedom" to the separatists was taken by the state government and subsequently the police was told to implement the orders.
Early Times learnt from reliable sources that... | |
| | | | Junior blue eyed GMs eye MD post | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 31: The jugglery of administration has allegedly reached to lowest ebb in the department of industries and commerce where the PSUs are running on adhoc wheels.
The GAD in such cases has been bypassed or has not bothered to intervene into the transfers and promotions of officials in industries and commerce department.
Sources alleged that it has been seen from the last couple of years that the industries and commerce department has solely attained the powers of general administration department by elevating the blue eyed general managers to the post of managing directors.
Sources told early times that junior officers who were promoted ou... | |
| | | | Anganwari workers greet BJP leader with black flags | | |  Early Times Report
KATHUA, Mar 31: Angry Anganwari workers greeted a BJP leader with black flags on his arrival in the Kathua city on Saturday.
Women activists and Aaganwadi workers showed black flags to the cavalcade of the BJP leader near district hospital Kathua on Jammu Pathankot national highway. Anganwari workers also tried to stop his car but the leader refused to listen to them.
It may be recalled that this is not for the first time that any BJP leader has been confronted by the ... | |
| | | | Is PDP-BJP 'marriage' heading for a divorce? | | BJP objects to Madni's statement | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Launching an attack on its coalition partner, the PDP has accused the BJP of going against the Agenda of Alliance (AoA). Such an accusation has put the fate of coalition in the state at the crossroads once again, leaving people in a fix over whether the government would survive.
One of the senior most voices and the PDP vice-president Sartaj Madni recently issued a statement that has caused jittery among the political circles.
At a time when the government of India agreed to free the dreaded separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani from house detention and also approved the amnesty policy for the stone pelters in Kashmir Valley, Madni accused the BJP of unde... | |
| | | | JKMSCL goes out of way to favour 'blue eyed' bidder | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 31: The officials of J&K Medical Supplies Corporation Ltd (JKMSCL) have authorised a 'blue eyed' bidder to purchase dental equipment worth crores on rate contract issued by a non-local corporation.
The state government had established JKMSCL for procurement of drugs, medicines and medical equipment, etc for the department of Health and Medical Education and other health institutions through a rigorous procurement process involving stringent quality checks at every levels.
But astoundingly, the senior officials of JKMSCL, without following such process, issued orders to a 'blue-eyed' company to purchase dental equipment in reference to the rate... | |
| | | | Rassana case: After BJP's brazen betrayal women start fast unto death for CBI probe | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: As ruling BJP leadership has left at crucial time only to appease Hurriyat Conference, helpless women of Hiranagar today started fast unto death for their demand of handing over Rassana alleged murder and rape case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for impartial and netural probe.
Four women today started fast unto death at Kootah Morh, situated near the village Rassana where heinous crime took place in the month of January. People were hoping that... | |
| | | | With eye on elections Mutts, shrines being visited frequently by top political leaders | | Behind the veil | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Mutts and shrines are being frequently visited by top political leaders to seek blessings from seers and saints. Though Congress Preesident, Rahul Gandhi, started this practice as a secular leader. He visited four temples in poll bound Karnatka to oppose the BJP which claims to woo the Hindu voters.
However, the BJP president Amit Shah kicked off his two-day tour of Mysuru-Mandya-Chamarajanagar-Ramanagar belt by calling on the Suttur Mutt seer Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji. Shah who arrived at Mysuru the other day, has a tight schedule with visits to slew of religious institutions like mutts and major temples including the Srikanteshwara temple at... | |
| | | | Video showing woman labourer beaten to pulp goes viral on social media | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: A 43 second video which has surfaced on the social media in which a landlady, her husband, daughter and a minor son was beating a women laborer, in the Malipath area of Kishtwar district has created a great resentment among the local people who are outrageous over the way the women labourer was beaten and hit like a gunny bag by the husband of a landlady.
As per the details available with 'Early Times' the incident took place few days ago in the Malipath area, on the outskirt of Kishtwar-the place which is hardly around one kilometer from police station Kishtwar wherein the women laborer was beaten, dragged and hit by the landlady was surfaced only yes... | |
| | | | Polls for GMC's MTA in limbo | | Influential docs calling shots | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 31: Even as the tenure of Medical Teachers Association (MTA), Government Medical College and its associated hospitals ended more than a year ago, the concerned authority has failed to conduct elections. Pertinently, a delegation of the doctors met authorities requesting them to nominate Returning Officer (RO) and even dates were out to fill the nomination form. But nothing has been done so far. The MTA completed its two-year tenure in January 2017. Since then the doctors were trying to conduct fresh elections. The authorities were requested to nominate RO to start the process of elections. Afterward, some doctors had come forward and Dr KK Gupta was appoint... | |
| | | | Rural Sanitation Deptt misleads CS over SBM Gramin | | Not a single project taken up in last 3 yrs | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 31: Swatch Bharat Mission (SBM) phase 1 will come to an end in October 2019, but ironically under SBM Gramin not even a single project has been taken up in J&K for management of liquid waste which is a big challenge in rural areas of the state.
Sources say that the Department of Rural Sanitation has not even prepared a single DPR. During a recent meeting with Chief Secretary, the Directorate lied before the CS on several issues vis a vis SBM Gramin.
Management of Liquid Waste is seen as a challenge in cities as many small and big Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) have become defunct in Srinagar and Jammu cities. But in villages where Liquid Waste coul... | |
| | | | 25 teachers, masters, RReTs placed under suspension for remaining absent | | ACR directs CEO to initiate action against 9 others | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 31: The incharge chief education officer, Kishtwar has placed 25 teachers, masters and ReTs under suspension for unauthorised absence from their places of posting. He has also constituted a committee to probe the matter.
According to reports, Javed Ahmed Kichloo who also happens to be the Dy CEO Kishtwar vide order No. CEO/K/2018/16857-64 Dated 31-3-2018 placed 18 employees of the department under suspension which include Ghulam Mohammad Kripak, Satvir Sharma, Naresh Kumar Amar Jeet Singh, Dalbeer Singh, Mansoor Ahmed all teachers, Shafiqa Banoo, Beni Parshad both Master grade, Shahnawaz Hussain, Rafia Kulsum, Shafia Banoo & Nazir Banoo... | |
| | | | HC chides Govt for 'outright unfairness' in benefiting doctor | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 31: The High Court has come down heavily on government for "outright unfairness" in providing benefit to a doctor leading to litigation between the two doctors and affecting the patient care.
"Having gone through all these (five) petitions and the documents placed on them, I am constrained to observe, at the very outset, that the two Doctors have been litigating in the Court for the last eight years and the whole mess has been created by the surreptitious conduct of certain persons in the Government in the Health and Medical Education Department," a bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey observed while disposing a bunch of clubbed petitions. "Someone th... | |
| | | | Govt fails to break Nowshera people | | Protests, shutdown continue | |  Early Times Report
Rajouri, Mar 31: State Government despite adopting 'Chankaya Neeti' of 'Saam-Daam-Dand-Bhed' to crush the ongoing struggle for district status by the people of Nowshera, has failed to pacify the protesters and to break the stalemate. The indefinite strike by Nowshera people has entered 44th day and a complete shutdown was also observed.
In the morning today people took out a protest rally in favour of their demands and after passing through various bazaars protesters asse... | |
| | | | Kashmiri girl bags full scholarship to study aeronautical engineering | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Mar 31: 17-year old Adeeba Tak from the Shopian district has secured admission in the prestigious University of Pennsylvania on a 100 percent scholarship. She will be pursuing Mechanical Engineering from the University in United States.
"I had a dream of becoming an engineer. Everyone said why pursue it, it is not good for girls. I, however, continued. My teachers were a real help. There were times when we didn't know what was happening around. There was so much unrest in 2016, but our teachers ensured we continued to study," Adeeba Tak said.
Adeeba has been a bright student right from the beginning. Her talent first came to fore when she topped the first ... | |
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