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AB Sharma
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, May 17: The Social Forestry Department (SFD) Rajouri has appointed an official as head of an enquiry committee to probe illegal transfers and postings who himself is the only suspect in the fraud.
After taking cognizance of Early Times reports on illicit works executed by the department besides illegal transfers and postings done by the DFO, the department formed an enquiry committee to look into the bungling.
But surprisingly, SFD Director Ashwani Gupta has made the incharge DFO Bhagwan Singh Slathyia as head of the probe committee. Singh is the only suspect in the whole episode of illegal works in the department.
Many people of the area express... | |
| | | | State has 2 Health Ministers, 2 Secys! | | Unhealthy state of affairs | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: The "Digital India" campaign finds no taker in Jammu and Kashmir, as websites of many government departments are rarely updated.
For example, the website of J&K Health Department gives an impression as if there are two Health Ministers and two Commissioner Secretaries.
The website (http://jkhealth.org/newsite_clsd) says Bali Bhagat is Minister for Health and Medical Education while Dr. M.K. Bhandari is as Commissioner Secretary.
Dr Bhandari was transferred... | |
| | | | Ahead of Modi's visit, State Govt allows Malik-Mirwaiz to hold anti-India seminar | | Bahut Yarana Lagta Hai! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Even as the so called Joint Resistance Leadership or JRL has called for a protest march against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Jammu and Kashmir on May 19, the state government continues to pamper such anti-India elements.
In the latest, barely two days ahead of Modi's high profile visit, the Peoples Democratic Party- Bharatiya Janta Party alliance allowed the separatists to hold major event at the Hurriyat Conference (M) headquarters in the summer capital of Srinagar.
The government allowed both Hurriyat (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik to spew anti-India venom whi... | |
| | | | Kashmir hegemony over Jammu, Ladakh must be maintained: Chidambaram | | BJP, Congress on same page | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 17: Jammu and Ladakh have no say in the state's polity, economy and political and social processes. They are no more than colonies of Kashmir, the most pampered region in the country. And the minorities in the state in particular have no other option but to suffer humiliations, taunts and insults and face discrimination at all levels and in all spheres.
The most striking aspect of the whole situation is that both the BJP and the Congress are on the same page as far as their attitude towards Kashmir vis-à-vis Jammu and Ladakh is concerned. Both are Kashmir-centric, both are one-community-centric and both oppose vehemently the demands in Jammu and Ladakh for ... | |
| | | | SO CID Rajouri seeks bribe for verification | | | | Sushil Dutta
Early Times Report
Rajouri, May 17: Setting a shameful trend, the CID officials in Rajouri openly demanded bribe from a person who was seeking verification for his passport. Victim Akash Chandan alleged that SO Jangbaaz asked him to give Rs200 as the amount for official documentation for the said verification and accordingly he submitted the amount desired by SO CID office, Rajouri.
The Dy.SP CID Rajouri Pardeep Bumotra took serious note of the allegations saying there was no provision for seeking Rs 200 for official documentation.
He assured an enquiry and strict action against the erring official. Pertinent to mention that considering the downtrodden and poor s... | |
| | | | Government teacher plays role of host, anchor, news reader; gets posted in media cell | | Teachers forget teaching, do clerical jobs across JK | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 17: Different government departments operating in Jammu & Kashmir have a habit of issuing orders and then trampling over the same according to their own wish and whim with the worst part being that nobody is accountable in such a scenario.
Not long ago the School Education department issued an order that teachers would be deputed in every school and their services would be utilized for teaching purposes only. The order has by and large remained an order only with the implementation part missing on the ground. Teachers are doing jobs of clerks in many districts of the state with the teaching process being badly hit in the schools at t... | |
| | | | JK fails to hold verification of SW schemes since 2008 | | No takers of Centre's directives | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 17: Despite directives by the Centre, the state government has failed to verify the beneficiaries of various social welfare schemes in the Valley in the last one decade.
After receiving complaints about misuse of various centrally sponsored schemes, the Union Government asked Social Welfare Department several times to hold fresh verification of beneficiaries under various schemes.
However, the State Government has failed to hold the verification since 2008.
"No verification has been done since 2008. We have no idea if the people who benefit under these schemes are genuine or not as no verification has been conducted since last one decade," an officia... | |
| | | | Kishtwar: Teacher transferred despite ban | | | | Early Times Report
Kishtwar, May 17: Despite clear cut ban on transfers and postings of teachers, a transfer order in back date has been issued in Kishtwar on the name of former Chief Education Officer who retired last month.
As per details available with Early Times, the order was issued on the name of retired CEO Kishtwar (vide No. CEO/K/2018/16711-14, dated 30-3-2018) as per which a teacher was transferred from High School Drabshala to Government City Middle School Kishtwar.
Surprisingly, the transferred teacher approached the office of ZEO Kishtwar on 16-5-2018, nearly one and half month after the order in question was issued. Also, ZEO Kishtwar endorsed the order by allowing the s... | |
| | | | PDD's 'mischief' pushes huge population into darkness in Budgam | | Shifts 10 MVA transformer from Budgam to Anantnag | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 17: A huge population consisting of around one lakh souls living in about 100 villages in Central Kashmir's Budgam district has been 'discriminated' by the Power Development Department (PDD) thus leading to problems for them on energy front.
These villages plunged into darkness on Wednesday (May 16) after one of the transformers put in place at Budgam grid station developed a fault and same was not rectified when last reports came in. The huge population faced numerous difficulties due to power breakdown more so as the holy month of Ramadan got underway today.
A group of locals while sharing their views with Early Times said that th... | |
| | | | Is Jammu waiting for Gorakhpur like tragedy? | | Oxygen Plants in SMGS Hospital non-functional | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 17: With tragic death of dozens of infants in Gorakhpur hospital due to dysfunction of oxygen plant still fresh in nation's memory, a part of Oxygen Plant of Shri Maharaja Gulab Singh (SMGS) Hospital is out of order for the last three days, but despite repeated reminders the problem could not be fixed, forcing hospital administration to procure additional oxygen cylinders from the market.
Mechanical Division Government Medical College and associated hospitals has come under scanner as private players are earning huge money due to the breakdown of the oxygen plant and insiders are smelling a rat in the incident.
The existing output of the ... | |
| | | | TB Control Society wastes public money for officers' publicity | | Forgets about basic requirements of TB patients | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Instead of utilizing the services and public money for welfare of patients, the District Tuberculosis Control Society Udhampur has reportedly wasted public money only to pat the back of its officers by using publicity in those mediums-which have no reach in the villages of block Basantgarh.
Instead of doing some ground work, it appears that the District TB Control Society Udhampur is more serious towards the publicity of their officers, associated with the control programme, rather than the patients of TB disease, spread across Basantgarh block.
"Most of the villages didn't read the newspapers and what was the rationale of giving advertisements.
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| | | | Students made to sit on ground in scorching heat | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, May 17: Students of City High School (Boys) Udhampur were seen sitting on ground under the sun today during an awareness programme on National Dengue Day.
The awareness programme was held under the directions of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Udhampur, Dr KC Dogra. It is pertinent to mention here that there are many summer borne diseases to which the children are particularly very prone to like bleeding nose etc.
A medical expert opined that it... | |
| | | | What happened during Vajpayee's ceasefire? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 17: Now that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has conceded Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's demand seeking ceasefire during the month of Ramzan ignoring the opposition of the local BJP leadership and strategic affairs experts to the very idea of ceasefire, it is time to revisit Jammu & Kashmir of November 2000 and May 31, 2001 to know what the terror outfits did during that dark period of ceasefire.
It was during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that the Government of India had announced a unilateral ceasefire on November 19, 2000.
The ceasefire was extended three times and it continued till May 31, 2001. It was withdrawn on May 31. Farooq Abdullah was... | |
| | | | Pak stooges lack guts to tell terrorists to reciprocate ceasefire gesture | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Despite Government of India announcing a unilateral ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir in the holy month of Ramadan, Pakistan stooges Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat dove Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the so-called JKLF chief Yasin Malik have remained tightlipped over the GoI's gesture. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, "The trio has maintained silence as they don't want to annoy the terrorists and have no courage to tell them that they should also reciprocate the gesture. The trio knows it very well that their existence is directly related to violence. If the bloodshed stops they would have to close down their shops and look for other ... | |
| | | | 2019 LS polls: BJP mulls new faces to replace incumbent MPs | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: Amidst speculations that the BJP high command is likely to field new faces on both Parliamentary seats in Jammu for next year's Lok Sabha elections, the sitting MPs are learnt to have started exploring their options for not to be sidelined.
According to reliable sources in BJP circles, the party high command has "almost decided not to repeat its sitting MPs" for Jammu-Poonch and Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituencies in the 2019 LS polls.
A former minister and another leader are being projected as the new candidates, the sources added. While the party high command is learnt to have told both the leaders to intensify campaign for boosting t... | |
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