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Scores of need based, daily wagers working as domestic aides of babus 5/14/2019 11:04:54 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 14: The government officers/officials who have been allegedly using the service of class fourth employees as domestic aides draw their salaries thus violating the rule 'no work no pay'. According to well established sources, "there most of the class fourth employees comprising daily wagers, need based employees or SPOs are being paid salaries/remunerations for working in the residences of babus. We believe that, the law of 'no work and no pay' affirms that the people especially government employees should not be paid salaries when their services are rendered by some officials/officers in their domestic chores, said sources. Sources said that, they have met some daily wagers, need based employees of PHE, I&FC, PWD, R&B, PDD, who claimed that they have rendered maximum service of their life at the home of some retired officials on a promise of a permanent government job. Once the government official retires from his/her services, they have no authority whatsoever to keep the employees for doing household chores, and during th...   READ MORE

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52 percent toilets for girl students either locked or not useable in schools 5/14/2019 11:04:46 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, May 14: Even as the authorities are claiming to have taken steps to ensure adequate infrastructure and other facilities in the schools, an official report has revealed that at least 58 percent schools in the state have either locked the separate provision for girls' toilet or are not usable. Notably, the officials have earlier admitted that absence of toilets for girls has led to the increase in dropout rate of girl students. However, the authorities seem to have failed to take apt steps to ensure 100 percent useable separate provision for girls' toilet. Annual Statistics of Education Report (ASER) 2018 reveals that at least 30.2 percent sc...   READ MORE   Building permission scam surfaces in Anantnag Exchequer suffers heavy loss due to illegal construction 5/14/2019 11:04:35 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report ANANTNAG, May 14: A mega building permission scam has surfaced in Anantnag Municipal Council in which officials of the Urban Local Bodies Kashmir have allowed hundreds of constructions without following the rules and regulations, Early Times learnt on Tuesday. The officials have even allowed constructions on state land and on river banks in violations norms. They said that the construction multi-story shopping complexes across the district have been allowed illegally. "On KP Road, officials of Anantnag Municipal Committee have allowed the construction of a multi-story shopping complex on state land," they said. Sources also revealed that the officers h...   READ MORE   'Daily wager in PDD, ration dealer in CAPD' Of Ex Mantri's PRO and his 'revered' brother 5/14/2019 11:04:20 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, May 14: Leaving thousands of unemployed youths in Kalakote high and dry, a close aide of former Minister and MLA Kalakote, Abdul Gani Kohli reportedly engaged his brother as daily wager in PDD through backdoor channel and also provided him dealership of CAPD's fair price shop in Kalakote. According to local sources, taking advantage of political connections of his brother Ishtaq Ahmed has managed to get himself appointed at two government posts in different departments. Ishtaq enjoys political patronage as he is a younger brother of Kafeel Ahmed who is a PRO of Ex. Minister Abdul Gani Kohli. Ishtaq Ahmed with the political support of his elder brother has...   READ MORE   Anantnag MC Prez accuses Executive Officer of being involved in multiple scams 'He is involved in molestation, backdoor appointments and financial frauds' 5/14/2019 11:04:06 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, May 14: The on-going ugly fight between President and Executive Officer of Municipal Council Anantnag escalated after newly elected councilors accused later of hatching conspiracy against elected body. They also sought his removal by saying that he (Executive Officers) and other senior officers in bureaucracy were defeating Governor's aim of 'strengthening democracy at grass root'. Hilal Ahmad Shah, State Congress General Secretary and President Municipal Council Anantnag alleged that in last four to five weeks, since the Parliament Election schedule was announced, he observed that the Officers of Municipal Council Anantnag, District Administr...   READ MORE   Shortage of funds hampers construction of Paramedical staff quarters, Doc residents and boys hostel Dir Health indifferent towards DH Kathua 5/14/2019 10:58:39 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 14: On one hand the department of Health and Medical Education has converted District Hospital Kathua into Associated Hospital of Government Medical College Kathua but e on other hand, the development project announced for District Hospital Kathua years back with fanfare are still in oblivion. Sources informed Early Times that years back, the Department of Health had announced three projects including construction of doctors' residential quarters, paramedical staff quarters and drivers' quarters but ironically all the projects still not incomplete due to negligence on part of department concerned. "The construction work of these quarters was allotted to...   READ MORE   Separatists, pro-Pak elements in Kashmir at the receiving end Tihar jail is their home 5/14/2019 10:58:24 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 14: The pro-active policy adopted by the Narendra Modi Government against the separatist camp comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik and other pro-Pakistan elements has adversely impacted the so-called freedom struggle in Kashmir. It is in the words of Kashmir-watchers "causing a significant dent in their break-India activities in the Valley". "Following the pro-active policy adopted by the New Delhi on Kashmir issue, the separatist camp has been at the receiving end as most of their leaders are either being jailed or summoned on daily basis for investigation purposes," Kashmir-watchers have said. They appear absolutely right. An ov...   READ MORE   'Not only Pak, PDP too is responsible for Kashmir turning into hell' 5/14/2019 10:58:10 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 14: Union Transport Minister and senior BJP leader, Nitin Gadkari, has blamed Pakistan for the situation deteriorating in Kashmir during the past five years. In an interview to a national news channel Gadkari said, "It is not because of the people of Kashmir. It's because of Pakistan. Again, I want to repeat the same thing. After three wars with us, Pakistan has realised that they can't win against India like that. So they have resorted to proxy war, by supporting terrorists and terrorist organisations, and they are creating problems. Some of the incidents in Kashmir are happening because people of Pakistani origin are coming to Kashmir and creating prob...   READ MORE   Defacement of public property rampant in Srinagar 5/14/2019 10:39:37 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, May 14: Defacement of public properties is rampant across Srinagar city in violation of the rules. Mayor, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Junaid Azim Mattuu said he has issued instructions to stop the defacement. "Instruction issued for all big brands and commercial entities to be fined heavily for defacing the city with unauthorized advertisements hoardings and wall paintings," Mattuu said in a Tweet. These days it could be seen that most of the road and traffic signboards around Jawahar Nagar area, a hub of tuition centers, are covered with posters. Similarly, Lalmandi footbridge is dotted with advertisements, and banners. The fence of th...   READ MORE   NC has no right to speak for Jammu, Ladakh Outdated autonomy demand 5/14/2019 10:39:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, May 14: the National Conference (NC) has yet again reiterated its demand seeking greater autonomy not only for Kashmir but also for the entire state consisting of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh provinces. Farooq Abdullah's younger brother and Omar Abdullah's uncle Mustafa Kamal has asserted that "the restoration of autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir will go a long way in sweeping the cobwebs of mistrust between the centre and the state" and that "only NC can fight for protection of states identity and integrity". Mustafa Kamal is NC's additional general secretary. Mustufa Kamaal also said: "Once in power the party will work for the restoration of Autonomy to the state of Ja...   READ MORE   Junior rank officer in PDD Kathua division overlooks his superior' order Showing deliberate reluctance to conduct physical verification of store 5/14/2019 10:39:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, May 14: A junior rank officer in Electrical Maintenance and Rural Electrification (EMRE) division Kathua of Power Development Department has been continuously giving damn to the order of his senior officer and showing deliberate reluctance to conduct physical verification of the division store. Moreover, this junior rank officer flaunts in the department of having strong connections in higher ups in order to instill fear among the senior to avoid any action for alleged irregularities in the store. "Despite repeated reminders to the junior rank officer, division office written an official letter to his directing to carry out annual physical verification of the st...   READ MORE   PMGSY under scanner, fails to make proactive disclosure Chadoora - Surasyar road project in mess 5/14/2019 10:38:34 PM Early Times Report Budgam, May 14: At a time when Government claims to have brought transparency in the functioning of developmental organizations especially Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) , the authorities at the helm of affairs in PMGSY Kashmir have failed to make voluntary disclosure of information as mandated under section 4 of J&K RTI Act 2009. Several ongoing projects are allegedly in messy state of affairs and officials are not ready to make proactive disclosure of DPRs and other specifications. Details available with Early Times reveal that PMGSY J&K has no official website of its own with the result aggrieved people are not able to even get contact numbers of its e...   READ MORE

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