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DAJ dares US, assigns additional charge to two officers 4/9/2019 11:32:40 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: Superseding secretary's order, the Director Agriculture Jammu (DAJ) has assigned additional charge to two officers considered to be close to him. It pertinent to mention here that Under Secretary to Government Agriculture Production Department cancelled the additional charge but very next day, DAJ once again offered addition charge to his close ones. Sources informed Early Times that on 01/04/2019, the Under Secretary to Government Agriculture Production Department vide government order No: 85-Agri of 2019 cancelled all the attachments/ modification/ additional charge issued by Director Agriculture Jammu without approval of the competent authority. "In the same order by giving reference to seven orders made by DAJ in month of March regarding modification/ transfer, the Under Secretary to Government directed to DAJ all the order are hereby rescinded abinito and also directed him to maintain the status quo ante of concerned officer but ironically two officers who is considered to be close to DAJ once again offer additional charge", alleged sources ...   READ MORE

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Farooq trying to become Messiah of Kashmiri Pandits, forgets venom he spitted against them two years ago 4/9/2019 11:32:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: The dual face of the national conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah was on display today when all of a sudden his mind began thinking about the hardships of the Kashmiri pandits, forgetting the venom he spitted against the community in the past. Farooq Abdullah in one of the poll rallies tried to project himself as a Messiah of the Kashmiri pandits- accusing the Modi led government of doing nothing for them in the past five years. "5 saal innohne hukumat ke. 5 saal hukumat mai inhone wada kiya tha ke hum pandito ko yaha basayange. usne sarkar ko appeal ke sir jo apne kaha hai ke tum ghar vapas aaoge toh hum basayenge. Usne sarkaar ko khat likha par aaj tak ...   READ MORE   Governor condemns terror incident at Hospital in Kishtwar Expresses grief over loss of lives 4/9/2019 11:32:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: Governor Satya Pal Malik has condemned the terror incident inside a Hospital in district Kishtwar in which two lives were lost today. Expressing grief over the tragic loss of lives, Governor in a condolence message has prayed for peace to the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families in their hour of grief. Governor has directed civil and police administration to review the safety and security aspects of all the important installations, establi...   READ MORE   Kashmir centric parties unnerved as boycott factor invisible Centre banning Jamaat, JKLF helped mainstream parties to carry out poll campaigning smoothly 4/9/2019 11:30:27 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: With just one day left for polling to be held for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls, Pakistan stooges active in the Valley are trying their best to tell the people that they should stay away from elections. "Hundreds of people participating in the rallies of various political parties across north Kashmir, where polls are slated to be held on April 11, has shattered the myth that people are not interested in elections," said an analyst. He said that government's decision to ban Jamaat-e-Islami and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front has helped the mainstream parties in Kashmir to carry out the campaigning without any threat or fear. "But the irony is that ...   READ MORE   Top RSS leader, his PSO gunned down in broad day light Militants strike in Kishtwar again 4/9/2019 11:30:05 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: In yet another major security breach in Kishtwar town following the killing of Parihar brothers, unidentified militants entered inside the premises of District Hospital Kishtwar in broad day light on Tuesday and fired volley of gun shots at 52 year old top RSS leader Chander Kant Sharma and his PSO. While his PSO Rajinder Kumar died on spot, the militants managed to escape from the spot along with the official weapon of the deceased PSO. As pe...   READ MORE   Hizb behind killing of RSS leader, his PSO 4/9/2019 11:29:38 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: Local module of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen active is Kishtwar is believed to be behind the killing of RSS leader Chander Kant Sharma and his PSO Rajinder Kumar, sources monitoring the militancy related incident in Jammu and Kashmir claimed. They said that Hizb module operating in Kishtwar district along with a local militant hailing from adjoining Doda District are believed to be involved in today's Kishtwar terror attack. The sources said that the militant donning Shalwar-Kameez with over coat blazer and light beard with skull cap on his head as per plan arrived at District Hospital Kishtwar along with another person to achieve the target ass...   READ MORE   Top leadership unmoved, RSS cadres fume 4/9/2019 11:29:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: Brutal killing of RSS leader Chander Kant in a broad-day incident has created anger among RSS workers of peripheries against their top leadership sitting in ACs at Jammu just doing politics to befool the dedicated cadre at terror plagued areas. Jammu based top leadership, which always busy holding "Baithakas" at newly constructed "Keshav Bhawan" constructed on the pattern of corporate house, has not taken security threats to its cadre active in the terror plagued areas of Jammu province. Only concerned of these top leadership of RSS is to establish their puppets as leaders in the BJP at the cost of genuine leaders who have been working in the party sinc...   READ MORE   Job aspirants cry 'recruitment scam' in J&K State Coop Bank 4/9/2019 11:29:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: The job aspirants who had applied for various posts in the J&K State Cooperative Bank have accused the concerned of a major recruitment scam. The applicants said two years ago the bank had advertised job openings for the posts including that of Assistant Managers, Cashier-cum Clerk s and Computer Engineers. The applicants said in May of 2018 the written exams for the same were held. As applicants since then no list of those shortlisted for the said posts was made public by the J&K State Cooperative Bank. "They had been telling us that the list would be made public as and when ready," the applicants said. Official sources said the bank recently held th...   READ MORE   Vikramaditya slams Jitendra for creating castle of 'imaginary' development 4/9/2019 11:28:57 PM Early Times Report kathua, Apr 9: Senior Congress leader and party's Lok Sabha candidate from Udhampur-Doda-Kathua Constituency Vikramaditya Singh on Tuesday came down heavily on BJP candidate Dr Jitendra Singh for creating a hype over 'development' which in reality is nowhere on ground with people craving for basic amenities like never before. He claimed that the reality of the castle of imaginary 'development' which Jitendra Singh has created can be well gauged by looking into the miseries ...   READ MORE   MCC violation: Posting in home districts, DC Jammu acts, others unmoved 4/9/2019 11:27:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: Duel yardsticks of district election officers (DEOs) came into light, when Jammu Deputy Commissioner attached some officers in his office till the elections are over; the DCs elsewhere in the division are mum. According to sources, following removal of several officers as BDOs by the administrative department, they knocked the doors of Courts and got relief. "In similar case some BDOs also got relief from the court, as they were allowed to join on their previous posts, however, due to model code of conduct (MCC), the Deputy Commissioner Jammu, who is also DEO attached two incharge BDOs in his office till the election process is completed", they said and ...   READ MORE   Congress says no to NC, fields Rigzin from Ladakh LS seat Alliance in jeopardy 4/9/2019 11:27:09 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: The much-talked NC-Congress pre-poll alliance for the Lok Sabha elections in J&K is in jeopardy. It's almost over. The Congress has said no to the NC and fielded Buddhist leader Rigzin Spalbar as the party candidate from the Ladakh parliamentary seat. Ladakh returns only one member to the Lok Sabha. Kashmir returns 3 members and Jammu elects 2 members to the Lok Sabha. According to an insider, "the Congress had short-listed two candidates, 2-time Chief Executive Councillor (CEC) of the Leh Autonomous Hill Council, Rigzin Spalbar, and former MLA and Shia leader from Kargil, Asgar Ali Karbalaie, but the Congress decided to field Spalbar". At the time of fo...   READ MORE   Omar, Sajad exposing each other Power, not ideology 4/9/2019 11:21:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 9: NC vice-president Omar Abdullah and People's Conference chief and former minister Sajad Lone are leaving no stone unturned to expose and corner each other. Omar Abdullah has been accusing Sajad Lone of being an agent of RSS-BJP. He is also trying to create an impression in the Valley that Sajad is a man of agencies - man created to "split Muslim votes" and damage Kashmir and Kashmir cause. He has not only been tearing into Sajad Lone, but also others like Shah Faesal, former bureaucrat, saying they were all working against Kashmir and dividing Muslim votes. Terming Sajad Lone as an "opportunist", Omar has accused Sajad Lone of flirting with the RSS-BJP f...   READ MORE   Four months on Primary School Kadmari locked 4/9/2019 11:20:55 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, Apr 9: The sorry state of affairs of Education Department in rural areas is very much clear from the functioning of Government Primary School Kadmari zone Gordi under SSA, which is without a single teacher for the last four months and remains locked most of the time. Locals divulge that the students enrolled in the school turn up with books every day, only to return after finding the school locked. "Earlier there were two teachers in this schoo...   READ MORE   SSA cooks without salary 4/9/2019 11:20:36 PM M S Nazki Early Times Report Poonch, Apr 9: Cooks engaged under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for cooking food for children in government schools on nominal salary have been denied wages for several months. The cooks said they are in need of immediate financial assistance to cope up with the domestic problems. "We have to get our wards admitted in schools but have no money to pay the fee," said a cook while talking to Early Times. They said that they come from far off places to earn livelihood but after discharging duties with sincerity and hard work, the salary is withheld. Chief Education Officer Poonch Vijay Kumar Bhagat told Early Times that the pending salary of cooks of SSA will...   READ MORE   PDP reaches lowest ebb; faces ire from people during protest 4/9/2019 11:20:28 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 9: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is fast losing its base in the Kashmir valley and the same got proved on Sunday when some of the lower rung leaders of the party faced hostile youth during a protest here. On Sunday some of the PDP leaders assembled near Lasjan on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway and protested against the government decision to impose ban on civilian traffic on every Wednesday and Sunday of the week. The PDP leaders led by a former trade union leader faced an embarrassing situation when a youth confronted them and accused the party of adopting double standards. The youth said that PDP leaders have different yardsti...   READ MORE   School runs from under-construction building, authorities mum MC Dooru, Revenue department fails to stop illegal construction 4/9/2019 11:20:19 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Apr 9: Putting lives of innocent students to risk, a private school owner is running school from under-construction building in South Kashmir's Dooru area of Anantnag. The building is coming up illegally with Municipal Committee Dooru and Revenue Department failing to stop the construction of building. A spot visit, found construction work going on and class work taking place in ground floor. The officials of School Education Department haven't ...   READ MORE   NC fails to pull supporters for Farooq's rally 4/9/2019 11:19:50 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 9: Srinagar may be considered bastion for the National Conference, but seems to prove that nobody has dominance over the summer capital now. This was proved on Tuesday when less than 200 people turned to listen to National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at Hazratbal Srinagar, where he addressed a gathering. Even the government had closed the Hazratbal market and bus stop, bringing inconvenience to people. "We were expecting that at least 2000 people would attend the rally. But it was a much embarrassment for the National Conference to see most of the seat empty," a National Conference worker said. "It seems every party is losin...   READ MORE

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