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| Politicians-NGO mint millions overnight | | Discussion on 'Kashmiri youth' in 5-star hotel! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: Even as educated, unemployed youth in the state crave for avenues to earn livelihood, a group of politicians in league with an NGO in Kashmir, have allegedly minted millions of rupees overnight by organizing a discussion on the Kashmiri youth.
The NGO, run by the family-affiliated to a mainstream political party, in league with some politicians and a retired bureaucrat, organized a discussion on Kashmiri youth on April 8, at a fashionable hotel overlooking Dal Lake in Srinagar.
Sources said apart from getting assistance from one political party in the opposition, the NGO collected huge funds to organize the event and told the financers that guests would... | |
| | | | CM urges PDP leaders, mantries to ensure failure of Jammu bandh | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: Chief Minister has reportedly directed its party functionaries to ensure that Jammu Bandh call given by Bar Assocation Jammu did not succeed.
The sources said that party MLAs and senior leaders have been directed to get in touch with the leading lawyers and other prominent personalities of their areas to make sure that the bandh call fizzles out.
The sources said that not only PDP functionaries even ministers have been put to task for it.
"The CM has not only tasked the BJP on this issue but is so serious that she has taken the reins in her hands to make bandh call a total failure," sources said..
The sources said it's because of these instruction... | |
| | | | Tourism Department holds tourist conference at inappropriate time, still claims success | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
srinagar, Apr 9: The state government more so the department of tourism is upbeat over the holding of Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) conference here in the summer capital of the state, but the fact of matter is that the timing of the conference was not appropriate.
Many of the tourism experts said that the conference should be held at a time so that the intending visitors plan the things in advance. They said that the conference was held at a time when the people had already drawn up their schedule as where to go once the vacations start.
The TAAI conference that was organized between March 27 and March 30 failed to enthuse the people ... | |
| | | | Yes, you heard it right! SSB made illegal appointments for itself | | Diya taley andhera | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: The J&K Service Selection Board (JKSSB), entrusted with the task of making recruitment for non-gazetted posts in a transparent manner, adopted backdoor channel to appoint employees for itself.
A total of 10 employees were engaged by former Secretaries of the Board without following any codal formalities including advertisement of posts, conducting of test, interview etc. These appointees have now been promoted to the next higher posts. This has been revealed by the JKSSB authorities in response to an RTI application filed by one Abdul Wahid.
The JKSSB authorities (vide order number SSB/Adm/RTI-176/2011/956-58) have said in their respons... | |
| | | | Local MLA not finding place to hide | | Anger grips Hiranagar | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: The people of Kathua and Samba districts had been on the roads since months demanding CBI probe into the alleged murder of a Gujjar minor girl Asifa, saying that they had no faith in the Crime Branch and that only a probe by CBI could bring the real culprit to justice and save the innocents from harassment, torture and sense of insecurity. There was a time when when two BJP ministers - Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga - two local MLAs -Rajeev Jastrotia and Kuldip Raj - were with the agitating people. They had not once but repeatedly endorsed their demand seeking CBI probe into the alleged murder of Asifa.
Since the two BJP ministers failed to honour t... | |
| | | | Lawyers obstruct CB from producing Chargesheet | | Amid chaos CB sleuths attend dinner party | |  Early Times Report
Kathua, Apr 9: Harpreet Sethi Kathua High voltage drama was witnessed outside CJM Court in Kathua when Lawyers prevented Crime Branch officials from filing chargesheet into gang rape and murder of 8 year old nomad girl of Rasana village of Hiranagar Asifa Bano.
At 4:30pm crime Branch officials rushed to CJM court Kathua on Monday to produce 7 accused where the Members of Bar association Kathua staged a protest against Crime Branch and did not allow the crime Branch offi... | |
| | | | Two medical universities in J&K, one each in Jammu province, Valley | | Bali's approach rational, holistic | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 9: The BJP has been at the receiving end in Jammu and Ladakh because of its alleged Valley-centric approach and unstinted support to its coalition partner, the PDP. However, in such a grim scenario as far as the BJP is concerned, its Health and Medical Education Minister Bali Bhagat has adopted a rational and holistic approach to avoid inter-regional conflict over the proposal on medical university in Jammu & Kashmir.
On December 18, 2017, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had announced setting up of first medical university in Jammu and Kashmir, which would cover 16 professional Medical Colleges and 113 para-medical institutes in the State. She had said the es... | |
| | | | Young pathers demand deportation of Rohingyas | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: Young Panthers held a series of nukad meetings at Kaink, Domana & Kot in Raipur Domana Constituency. The meeting was organized by Aditya Hans (Jt. Secy. YP) and meeting was chaired by Shanker Singh Chib (State Secy. JKNPP), Partap Singh Jamwal (State Vice President YP), Rajinder Kumar (Secy. YP).
JKNPP leaders lambasted the State Government for their anti Jammu behaviors and demanded immediate deportation of these foreign nationals from the State. They said ... | |
| | | | 'Tell us what you did to our Toshakhana?' | | House Committee smells rat | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: The plight of precious treasure Toshakhana of the erstwhile Dogra rule in J&K continues to remain woeful, even as the government officials concerned are speaking in contradictory voices over the important issue.
There are apprehensions being raised over what has happened to the most desired and the precious entities inside the Toshakhana as none other than the House Committee of the state legislature has been misinformed about them.
On Monday, the House Committee admitted that the officers of the state administration are misguiding the people about the actual status of Toshakhana.
The statement issued by the House Committee stated that the Committee ... | |
| | | | ET IMPACT: DFO suspends 3 officials | | | | A B Sharma
Early Times Report
Reasi, Apr 9: Acting swift on Early Times Report, Forest Department, Pouni, district Reasi today immediately placed three officials under suspension who had taken bride from a poor person.
District Forest Officer (DFO) Shahid Chaudahary after being informed of the 'criminal activity' committed by his officials while harassing a poor trolley driver by taking Rs 8000 from him as graft in return for release of his trolley, sought an explanation from them. The erring officials have been identified as Rajesh Gupta, Block Officer (Forester), Ramesh Kumar (Beat Guard) and Ram Ratan (Guard Helper). He also placed them under suspension vide order No 2 D FO RE... | |
| | | | 40-year old Sakhi Maidan-Kalai road creaves for attention | | | | MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, Apr 8: Around forty thousand people living around the 33 km along Sakhi Maidaan-Kalai Road are awaiting completion of a road for the past forty years. The residents said for the last forty years, the construction work of bakhi Maidan- Kalai road had not been completed despite drawing hefty sums for its completion.
Only 19 kms of the road have been black topped in the past seven years. The remaining part of the road has been left as such for reasons best known to the authorities.
The locals said that the entire road was in dilapidated condition and has developed cracks and potholes. "The road would have benefited forty thousand people of the are... | |
| | | | GMC surrenders Rs 60 lakh meant for medical journals | | Unhealthy state of affairs | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: The authorities of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu have surrendered funds to the tune of Rs 60 lakh meant for purchasing medical journals.
Sources informed Early Times that because of the non-serious approach of the GMC authorities, the funds were surrendered in the last financial year which just ended despite being repeatedly pulled up by the Medical Council of India MCI in the past.
"Now, the GMC officials have to start the process from the beginning which will take few months in purchasing medical journals. The students will suffer," said sources. "On May 23, 2017, the GMC Principal had constituted a Library Committee which i... | |
| | | | Rejects application seeking flood relief details | | Tehsildar Pattan unaware of RTI Act | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 9: 9 years since the enactment of RTI act in the state, a KAS officer who is posted as Tehsildar is still ignorant of its provisions and has rejected an RTI application without assigning any reasons. Information seeker had filed an application seeking to know about the details of flood relief disbursed in Pattan area, but the Tehsildar out rightly rejected the application saying application has not been filed in accordance with RTI Act / rules. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Karar Hassan Reshi R/O Hagarpora Budibugh Teshil Pattan district Baramulla filed an RTI application before Executive Magistrate (Tehsildar Pattan) on 6.3.2018. Inf... | |
| | | | JU: Staff College chief seeks CBI probe into purchase fraud | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9: Taking serious note of the abuse of official position by the outgoing Vice Chancellor Prof. R.D. Sharma in releasing double payment to the vendors to settle a book purchase bill, a senior official of the varsity on Monday requested the Chancellor, N.N. Vohra, to hand over the case to the CBI/State Vigilance Department/Crime Branch for thorough probe.
Prof Rajender Gupta, in the capacity of Director, Academic Staff College, had placed orders for purchase of books amounting to about Rs. 60,000 to three Delhi based publishers in February 2014. The purchase was however turned down as per recommendation of the committee on flimsy grounds vide University order... | |
| | | | Lawyers call for Jammu bandh tomorrow to seek deportation of Rohingyas | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 9 The Jammu High Court Bar Association (JHBA) today called for a general strike in the region on April 11 (Wednesday) in support of various demands, including deportation of Rohingyas and Bangladeshi nationals from here.
The association has been on strike since April 4 demanding, among others, handing over of the Kathua rape-and-murder case to CBI and clarity of the state government's stance on tribal affairs.
"Pursuant to our meeting with civil society and le... | |
| | | | GDC Udhampur hostel lacks basic facilities | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Apr 9: The historic Govt Degree College for Boys here was set up after independence and was nominated in star college of education years ago. This college is the alma meter of most of the Udhampur students.
The college has a jostle that can accommodate 70 students. But, the hostel, reports said, lacks basic facilities and the building too is not in good shape.
The hostlers told Early Times that they were suffering for want of basic facilitie... | |
| | | | No action for using 'excessive force' on students | | Two years after NIT incident | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 9: Two years have passed since the clashes took place at National Institute of Technology Srinagar; the government is yet to fix the responsibility for using excessive force on students. In first week of April, 2016, non-Kashmiri students clashed with Kashmiri students at the NIT and the state police over a cricket match. This became a national issue and the NIT was shut for weeks.
Later, police also booked some NIT students under Sections 148 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 427 (mischief), 336 (endangering life of others) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Ranbir Penal Code for the clashes between the local and outstation students.
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