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| Agri universities’ appointment, promotion scam: No action despite CAG’s exposure | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 29: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its latest report has exposed mass irregularities in the appointments and promotions in the two prestigious agricultural universities of J&K but no action has been taken so far.
Highly placed sources said that higher-ups in the administration have yet to take cognizance of the CAG’s exposure because members of influential families are involved in recruitment and promotion scandals in both the agricultural universities of J&K.
“Instead of taking action against those who were involved in illegal appointments, higher-ups in the administration are rather trying to hush up the matter by taking observations of CAG as causal and non-serious”, sources.
CAG in its latest report observed that the human resources function of the universities was far from satisfactory and was plagued by irregular appointments, favoritism, and inadmissible financial up-gradations.
The CAG further observed that relaxing the minimum standards for appointments and promotions of teachers compromised the quality of teaching... | |
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| NC, PDP ‘indirectly’ support abrogation of Art 370: Azad | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 29: Former Chief Minister and chairman of Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday lambasted the National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for not opposing the abrogation of Article 370.
Cornering NC and PDP for befooling people in the name of restoring Article 370, Azad said that he was the only member who opposed the abrogation of this article in the Parliament.
Countering the allegation of Kashmir-centric parties for maintaining silence on the demand of restoring the pre-August 5, 2019 position in J&K, Azad said that his stand on Article 370 is clear and firm. “I was the only representative in the Parliament fro... | |
| | | | Cong , its leaders hurled different types of abuses at me 91 times: PM Modi | | | | Agencies
HUMNABAD/VIJAYAPURA/KUDACHI, Apr 29: Training guns on the Congress over its president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomous snake’ barb at him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the party and its leaders have hurled at him different types of abuses 91 times till now.
Accusing the Congress of also abusing the dominant Lingayat community in poll-bound Karnataka, the Prime Minister further said the grand old party had even abused Babasaheb Ambedkar and were engaged in abusing Veer Savarkar, and people will respond to their abuses with votes.
Modi -- on his first visit to the state for campaigning after elections were declared on March 29 -- gave a new slogan ‘Ee baariya ni... | |
| | | | Galwan hero’s wife becomes Army officer, gets first posting in Ladakh | | |  Agencies
New Delhi, Apr 29: Lt Rekha Singh, the wife of Naik Deepak Singh who was killed in Galwan Valley clashes with Chinese troops in June 2020, was on Saturday commissioned into the Army as an officer and has been posted to a frontline unit in eastern Ladakh, officials said.
Rekha Singh, 29, has been deployed with the Army Ordnance Corps after she completed her training at the Chennai-based Officers Training Academy (OTA).
The officials said Lt Rekha Singh has been posted at a frontlin... | |
| | | | ADGP Kumar chairs high level security meeting in Anantnag | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 29: Security forces have decided to take more counter measures in wake of emerging threat of Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIEDs) along the national highway, officials said.
This was decided in a high level meeting on national highway security which was held on Saturday in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said.
Additional Director General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar chaired the high level meeting on NHW security with special focus... | |
| | | | Unregistered vehicles on roads to face hefty fines and imprisonment under MVA | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Apr 29: In view of rising instances of unregistered vehicles plying on the roads, the Regional Transport Officer Kashmir has issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to address the same.
According to the SOPs, the first offence of an unregistered vehicle being found on roads will be met with a ₹5,000 penalty under the Motor Vehicles Act, while the second offence will result in a ₹10,000 fine or a prison sentence for the owner which may extend to one year, or both.
Additionally, non-display of registration mark on High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs) will be similarly punishable.
“The showrooms must adhere to the rule of releasing vehicles with regi... | |
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