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JK Govt again forgets to endorse Union Cabinet decision on DA Enhancement Forgetfulness, non-seriousness- thy name is Governance ! 4/1/2022 11:24:33 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: Even at a time when Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory- controlled by the union government, Bureaucrats here seem to have been making every attempt to give a feel of how distant, lethargic and shirker governance is looming large in the erstwhile state. Take this for example: two days have passed since the union cabinet approved the proposal to increase the dearness allowance for central government employees and pensioners by 3 per cent to 34 per cent of the basic pay from 31 per cent previously, effective January 1, 2022. However, there is no such order issued by the Finance department here endorsing the Cabinet decision and making the fresh DA rates effective in the union territory. “The JK Government has to issue a separate order with the concurrence of the finance department so that the rates of the Dearness allowance are enhanced as per the latest union Cabinet order. One was expecting this order to be issued on Friday. However, nothing as such has been witnessed,” says an official. As per the reports, the Union Cabinet chaired by th...   READ MORE

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BJP offshoot on streets against Raj Bhawan’s decision to render educated youth jobless 4/1/2022 11:24:18 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: BJP is facing an embarrassing situation as Sangh Parivar’s offshoot Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) is on the streets against the “anti-youth” decision of the J&K administration. ABVP has already launched a fight against the SAC (State Administrative Council) and SCERT decisions on no fresh recruitment till adjustment of all RRETs and 100 percent promotion of Masters as Lecturers. On Friday ABVP organized a massive protest on Bikram Chowk-Univerity Road. Some activists of ABVP were also detained by the police for disrupting the movement of traffic at the ever-busy Bikram Chown. ABVP activists are demanding 80 percent direct recruitment of Tea...   READ MORE   Months on, JKPDC employees without salaries; Babus unmoved 4/1/2022 11:24:06 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT RAMBAN, Apr 1: Aggrieved over non-payment of salaries for the last several months, the employees of Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation (JKPDC) held a strong protest demonstration here at Chanderkote. A large number of employees of JKPDC working in the 900 MW Baglihar Hydro Electric Project, Unit Baglihar, assembled at Chanderkote and staged a protest against the authorities for not releasing their pending salaries. They raised slogans in favour of their d...   READ MORE   Apni Party comes out in support of Border Battalion aspirants 4/1/2022 11:23:37 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: The activists of Apni Party staged a protest demonstration in support of aspirants of the J&K Police Border Battalion here today near Press Club of Jammu. Demanding justice for the Border Battalion aspirants, scores of workers of Apni Party raised slogans against the LG administration. The agitated protesters when tried to take out a protest march were stopped by the police personnel following which a minor scuffle between cops and the protesting Apni Party...   READ MORE   After ET report, R&B officials rush to Dadoo village 4/1/2022 11:23:05 PM Early Times Report Anantnag, Apr 1: Taking cognizance of the news report carried under the headline “Anantnag village up in arms against R&B Deptt” in Friday’s edition of Early Times, officials this afternoon rushed to Dadoo village and assured the residents that the road will be constructed according to the DPR. It’s in place to mention here that residents of Dadoo while talking to Early Times had alleged that the department had used sub-standard material to construct this road. “They have ...   READ MORE   Strange! PDD asks people living under BPL to pay Rs 1 lakh as usage charges ‘We are daily wagers can’t even manage 2 meals in a day, how can we pay such huge amount’ 4/1/2022 11:22:42 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: Residents of Chakmangam in Samba district staged a massive protest against the Power Development Department for sending hefty electricity bills to them. Talking to reporters protesters said that PDD has sent bills amounting to Rs 1 lakh to the people using one bulb and one fan. “Many of them are living under Below Poverty Line (BPL). How can these people pay such hefty bills.” They said, “These poor people used to pay Rs 100/ per month as electricity bill. ...   READ MORE   Holiday on Sept 23: Assurance still confined to papers only 4/1/2022 11:22:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: Nearly three months have passed after the administration has given an assurance that the holiday will be announced on the birth anniversary of the last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh. On January 9 representatives of Yuva Rajput Sabha called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan. The delegation discussed their long-pending demand for the declaration of a holiday on the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh Ji on 23rd September. The Lieu...   READ MORE   Cooperative sector needs to be more transparent, corruption-free & credible to succeed: Amit Shah 4/1/2022 11:21:40 PM Agencies Bengaluru, Apr 1: Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah on Friday stressed on more transparency, zero corruption and increase in creditability to make the cooperative movement successful in the country. Underlining that the cooperative sector has the potential to uplift the rural economy and in turn contribute to the national economy in a big way, he said the cooperative movement has helped poor people to increase their income. “I see a huge potential in the cooperative sector but there are some challenges too. If we do not address them, then in the coming days the next generation will never know what this movement is about,” Shah said during a Conference on Cooper...   READ MORE   LG led Govt hell bent to render locals jobless to accommodate outsiders, alleges PDP Accuses admin of carrying out selective anti-encroachment drive to disempower natives 4/1/2022 11:21:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: The “anti-encroachment” drive launched by the administration at the Bhathindi area, in the outskirts of Jammu, has snowballed into a big political controversy. Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday criticized the inhuman action of the Lieutenant Governor’s administration to forcibly evict families from the Bhathindi area. Party regretted the BJP controlled present regime is shamelessly rendering helpless people homeless. Addressing a press conference, PDP spokesperson Varinder Singh Sonu termed this action of the authorities as cruel and inhuman. He said that people who have occupied this land for the last 50 years were forcibly evicted without gi...   READ MORE   Protesting youth under banner of ABVP hold strong protest against SAC order 4/1/2022 11:21:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 1: Protesting youth under the aegis of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today demanded revocation of SAC order under which promotions in the school education department are to be made within the department with no scope for highly qualified youth. The protesters said that the SAC order is arbitrary and uncalled since it is equivalent to destroying the future of highly qualified but unemployed youth of Jammu & Kashmir. The protesting youth said that 80 per...   READ MORE   Contingent Paid Workers, Cooks of Department of Education hold protest in support of demands 4/1/2022 11:20:53 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 1: Contingent Paid Workers and Cooks of the Department of Education today carried out a strong protest in support of their demands and said that Minimum Wages Act should be implemented in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The protesters said that their salary is pending since 2017 and despite holding protests no action whatsoever has been taken with respect to their demands. The protesters said that the people are giving mere assurances while doing nothi...   READ MORE   Illegal extraction of sand goes on unabated at Halmulla in Anantnag district 4/1/2022 11:20:36 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 1: Despite stern warning by the Department of Irrigation & Flood Control department and Geology & Mining department extraction of sand goes on unabated at Halmulla-Sangam in South Kashmir's Anantnag district. The locals of the area said that the sand diggers have not take the directive seriously and as such they are carrying out illegal extraction of the sand from river Jhelum in the Halmulla-Sangam area. They have raised an alarm saying that if there is some ...   READ MORE

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