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| RSS leader's killing: SIT head transferred | | Political pressure blamed for the move | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: In a major setback to the ongoing probe into the killing of RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and some other incidents in Kishtwar, the head of Special Investigation Team (SIT) was transferred on Thursday.
The investigation has been handed over to Dy. SP Traffic Jammu, sources told Early Times.
Sheikh, who was replaced by the SSP Kishtwar as SIT head few days ago was finally transferred vide government order No. 1797 0f 2019, dated 9-05-2019 issued by Director General of Police.
As per the order, Iftikhar Ahmed, SDPO Bhaderwah who was earlier transferred from Kishtwar few months ago has again been posted as Dy. SP DAR Kishtwar, Sunny Gupta Dy. SP Traffic Jammu has been replaced with Dy. SP HQ Kishtwar Aiyaz Ahmed Sheikh who was under transfer to ACB while Adil Hussain Dy. SP DAR Kishtwar has been transferred and posted as SDPO Bhaderwah.
In addition to the transfer of the three Dy. SP Rank officials, the services of Sajjad Ahmed Dy. SP SSG have been kept at the disposal of SSP Kishtwar for special duties till further orders.
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| Raj Bhawan directives on 'security withdrawal' a piece of mind for officials | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: With the Raj Bhawan having taken serious note of the withdrawal of security to people who were "facing a threat to life", those in civil and police administration, who had taken things for granted have got a piece of mind.
Since February, some officials in the police and civil administration had been accused of resorting to "favoritism and settling personal scores" by taking away security of many of those had been facing threat to life.
While both the police and civil administration had been silent on the outcry from those facing threat to life, the recent killing of a senior leader of Bharatiya Janta Party in Anantnag, has finally brought in accountabili... | |
| | | | Terrorists forget Mehbooba's gestures, turn guns towards PDP workers | | 'Innocent activists feel heat as party top brass continues to encourage ultras, separatists' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Despite, president of Peoples Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, acting as the spokesperson of the terrorists and separatists her party workers are facing the wrath of the ultras.
On Wednesday, terrorists walked into two local pharmacies in Zainapora area of Shopian district in south Kashmir and abducted Irfan Hameed and Muzaffar Ahmad, owners of two medical stores. After dragging them along for a few kilometers, the gunmen fired at their legs and fled away from the spot. Both of them were injured in the attack.
Sources told Early Times that both are active members of the PDP and had participated in the election campaign during the recently held Lok S... | |
| | | | Congress high command sidelines Azad for 'poor' performance | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has been left sulking by the party high command as his services have been virtually rejected for Congress campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, which are in the last leg.
Even as five phases of the polls have been completed, presence of Ghulam Nabi Azad was almost negligible so far, including his home State Jammu Kashmir besides Rajasthan and Haryana, for which he is the incharge general secretary.
According to the sources in Congress, the party high command is not happy with Mr Azad, who is also feeling dejected ever since Pradesh Congress Committee president G A... | |
| | | | No toll tax for locals on highway, says Governor Malik | | |  Early Times Report
srinagar, May 9: Since the toll plaza has been made operational by the National Highway Authority of India in Sangam area of south Kashmir, the traders, commuters and other business communities have refused to pay the tax.
Amid resentment over the imposition of toll tax at Sangam in south Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday assured that locals would be exempted from paying the tax.
"There won't be any toll tax on the locals. We have taken up the... | |
| | | | Influential technicians, pharmacists immune to transfers | | Overstaying at Gandhi Nagar hospital for years together | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: A bunch of highly influential technicians, pharmacists and other employees have been overstaying at Gandhi Nagar hospital for several years in total violation of transfer policy.
According to sources over one dozen lower rung employees including laboratory technicians, pharmacists beside others have been camping at Gandhi Nagar hospital for the last over 5-10 years.
"The strong lobby of these employees is so powerful that even in case of change of bureaucrats, or ministers or even during Governor’s rule, none touched them, due to reasons best known to the authorities at the helm of affairs", sources said.
They further informed that there were some emplo... | |
| | | | Separatists exploring escape routes in Kashmir | | As NIA crackdown intensifies | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Call it NIA effect or anything else, the separatists in Kashmir have all of a sudden gone into oblivion, with no statements, no anti-India rants and no spiting of venom being witnessed anywhere within the spectrum.
Political experts believe that this was for the first time since the inception of separatism in Kashmir that there was no boycott call issued by any separatist leader during the recently held Parliament polls in the state.
Neither Mirwaiz Umar Farooq nor JKLF's Yasin Malik issued a single call for poll boycott. However, it was Syed Ali Geelani who issued a statement of few lines asking people to stay away from polls. Underneath the statement ... | |
| | | | Pakistan stands exposed, India stands vindicated | | Balakot Air Strikes | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Pakistan stands exposed. Those in India who doubted the air strike conducted 100% successful air strike deep-inside Pakistan at Balakot also lost their faces. India had avenged the murder of 45 CRPF jawans in Pulwama on February 14.
As per the latest report, "a Pakistani army unit located 20 km away at Shinkiari arrived at the Balakot Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp (or what was left of it), following the IAF air strike on February 27" and "it reached the spot at around 6 am, two and a half hours after the strike.
"After the army unit arrived at the spot, the injured were taken to a Harkat-ul-Mujahideen camp located in Shinkiari and were treated upon by Paki... | |
| | | | Things are going from bad to worse for Cong | | INS Viraat used as 'taxi' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: The Congress, which was already at the receiving end in this election seasons, suffered a great setback on Wednesday, when PM Narendra Modi dug the 32-year-old history and publicly said that the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi endangered national security by virtually converting the sophisticated Naval warship, INS Viraat, as a personal taxi and allowed Italians, including his wife Sonia and Sonia Gandhi's relations, to stay in the warship for 10 days.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (May 8) trained his guns at Gandhi family and said that Rajiv Gandhi, during his tenure as prime minister, used Indian Navy's aircraft career INS Viraat to go for ... | |
| | | | 19 yrs on, Baramulla's Jetty bridge remains incomplete | | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, May 9: Almost two decades have passed since the JKPCC had started work on Jetty-Janbazpora bridge in this north Kashmir district, but the work is not completed yet.
Local residents of Khawajabagh told Early Times that the construction work on this vital bridge at Jetty and Janbazpora in Baramulla district is going at a snail's pace.
There are scores of areas on the other side of the river Jhelum which are eagerly waiting from past two decades ... | |
| | | | Scholarship scheme rolled out by Minority Affairs Ministry comes under scanner | | | | Early Times Report
Kulgam, May 9: Scholarship cum merit- scheme rolled out by Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has come under scanner. The centrally sponsored scheme has been devised for professional technical courses. The large scale disparities in the final list of candidates have surfaced on national scholarship scheme website where scholarships have been sanctioned allegedly against hundreds of fake names and it certainly exposes the tall claims of clean, efficient and transparent governance. For south Kashmir's Kulgam district the ministry has sanctioned scholarship for Rs 25,000 and Rs 30,000 in favor of 474 students studying in different parts of the country, however the list sh... | |
| | | | Despite ban, plastic disposables sold in open market; Authorities stay mum | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: It is more than a month since Government imposed a ban on many plastic disposable items, but inspite of this ban the disposable items are still available in market as authorities remain mute spectators.
Pertinently, it took Government 12 years to implement sub section 3 of section 7 of Jammu & Kashmir Non-Biodegradable Material (Management Handling & Disposal) Act 2007 (JK NBM Act 2007) wherein Government has powers to ban the use of Non- Bio degradable material. Sub section 3 of section 7 of JK NBM Act 2007 reads
"If the Government in consultation with Prescribed Authority is of the opinion that use of any non-bio degradable material in any non-bio... | |
| | | | Aadhaar still a non-priority for JK | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 9: In an example of administrative inertia, Jammu and Kashmir is almost at the bottom as far as issuance of Aadhaar to people is concerned.
This could be gauged from the fact that in the age group of 0-5, out of 1537339 population in JK, only 279580 Aadhaar have been assigned comprising 18.2 percentage of population. Jammu and Kashmir is almost at the bottom among all states in the country.
The Unique Identification Authority of India figures reveal that only 1048375 people comprising 76.9 percent have been assigned the Aadhaar among a population of 13635010.
J&K is only ahead of states like Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Assam where 57.1, ... | |
| | | | Officials allegedly in league with smugglers | | 3 suspended for damaging forests in Anantnag | | | Early Times Report
Anantnag, May 9: Three Forest department employees were placed under suspension in Lider division of Anantnag district for causing ' damage' to the forests in league with smugglers.
The trio has been attached with FCR Pahalgam by the Divisional Forest Officer Lidder, and a physical audit of the damages has been ordered to ascertain the intensity and the cause of the timber loot in the area.
The suspended employees, identified as Mohammad Yousuf Wagay, Abdul Rehman Padder and Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh have been allegedly involved in the damages caused by the smugglers in their respective areas in the division, prompting Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Lidder Divisi... | |
| | | | Summer heat takes its toll on transformers, water motors | | People crave for power, water | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 9: With setting in of summer season the power and water crisis have stated to add to the woes of masses in Winter Capital.
As the offices move to Summer Capital on May 1, the authorities fail to take care of people's problems in Summer zone where the power and water crisis remaind a problem for six months making the life of people difficult.
As the temperature increases above 40 degrees the power transformers fail to resist the heat and increasing load and hence get damaged hampering power supply.
Even the people living in fully metered areas have to face the brunt of it some times and there is no one to listen to their woes. The itony is that
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