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| 'Tainted' official heads JU enquiry committee | | Lapse of Rs 50 cr for offsite campuses | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: A 3-member enquiry committee constituted by University of Jammu to fix responsibility of officers, for lapse of over Rs 50 Crores has come under question as the officers allegedly responsible for lapses, have been made members and convener of the committee.
As per order issued by University of Jammu, on 13/5/2016, an enquiry committee comprising five members was constituted by University of Jammu, vide order number Estb/1673-80.
The order reads as, "In order to enquire into the reasons for lapse of funds and fixing of responsibility for the lapses of funds, released by University Grants Commission to offsite campuses, Vice Chancellor is pleased to const... | |
| | | | To please MLA, PDD stores electric poles outside his house | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: In a bid to please a Srinagar MLA, the Power Development Department (PDD) stored a truckload of electric poles right outside his residence so that he could distribute the lot as per his "sweet will and wish."
Official sources said the MLA, who enjoys patronage of a senior leader, got the metal poles stocked outside his house "lest the PDD distributes them without his consent. "
The allegedly unlawful dumping of electric poles on a road in Lawaypora locality of west City triggered public resentment with people complaining that they were being forced to be loyal to a particular political party to get the poles installed in their area.
They accused the ... | |
| | | | Politicians rake up extraneous issue to strengthen their vote bank | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: Each political party, whether belonging to the mainstream sector or to the separatists or those sitting on the fence, are in race with one another while registering their presence. Each one is keen to seek strengthening of their vote bank. That is something else if voters feel impressed with the pranks played by the Congress, the National Conference, by the independent legislators or by the separatists.
Well to claim that more than 80 per cent people, rather voters, are impressed with the political pranks being played by the political leaders should be quite a false assertion. Yes, they may be raising their hands at a public rally but they keep their ... | |
| | | | Azad-Sham bonhomie fuels speculations | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: Increasing closeness of Ghulam Nabi Azad with PCC senior vice-president Sham Lal Sharma is not only triggering speculations and new alignments in state unit of the Congress party, but also wariness among their own loyalists.
Sources in Congress circles said that a section of middle rung Congressmen from Jammu, who are among the aspirants for the party mandate in the next Assembly elections, are most worried over their future in the emerging situation even as more there four years are left for the incumbent House to complete its term. While elaborating, sources said that the young aspirants for party mandate, are now in a fix over their further affiliati... | |
| | | | Speaker admits participation in RSS's weapon display rally | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: J&K Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta has admitted that he took part in RSS rally a couple of months ago in Jammu wherein RSS men displaced weapons on the streets and roads of Jammu.
During debate on Governor's address, Congress legislator from Inderwal Ghulam Mohammad Saroori said that by recalling the mayhem of 1947 in Jammu, displaying of weapons by RSS man during a rally in Jammu in which Speaker JK Assembly Kavinder Gupta was also reportedly take part and the same was aimed to threatened the Muslims of Jammu where Muslims are in minority.
"I heard that Speaker (Kavinder Gupta) also take part in RSS rally in which weapons were displ... | |
| | | | Situation not conducive for KPs to return to native places: CM | | | |
Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said that the situation in Kashmir valley is not conducive for the Kashmiri Pandits to settle down at their native places. She said the decision of forming government with Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) was equivalent to the decision of acceding with Union of India taken in 1947.
Winding up the discussion on the Governor's address in the legislative assembly today, Mehbooba said the coalition government is committed to the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley in a dignified manner. She said that previous governments in the state have failed to move ahead with their plan of return of Kashmiri Pand... | |
| | | | Traffic cops caught on camera allegedly extracting bribe from truckers | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: Even as we see it happening routinely on our highways, the alleged extraction of bribe by traffic police personnel from truckers, which was at play on Sidhra road here today, was caught on camera by an Early Times lensman.
Even the high-profile IAS and IPS officers, who take pride that they are the products of country's top competitive examination and deserve the higher pay and other emoluments as compared to other services, have miserably failed to eliminate... | |
| | | | New generation wants career, not plebiscite | | | | Raj Sandeep
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: Gone are the days, when people used to chant plebiscite and other things, now, it is the new generation and new age, where young people want job opportunities and are career oriented. The new generation of the state is fully tuned to achieve new heights in their own chosen career.
Talking to Early Times correspondent, Hilal Ahmed a businessman from Srinagar, said, that new generation want job opportunity and are career oriented. They are least interested in plebiscite etc.
He further said that UN resolution in this regard has totally exhausted its value and sanctity with the passage of time even the status is irrelevant after Shimla Agree... | |
| | | | Extra-martial affair: Principal pays through nose | | Police officers turns extortionist | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: A police officer of Sunderbani is alleged to have blackmailed a private school principal in the area for his 'extra-marital' affair with a school teacher.
Police sources after the police officer came to know about the extra marital affair of the principal with the teacher, he started keeping a track on them and also put his men on the job.
A few days back, the police officer came to know from his sources that both were present in the school during evening hours. When he clandestinely entered the school premises, he found them in 'objectional' position.
However, instead of taking any action against them, he blackmailed them and the matter was hushed up a... | |
| | | | Autonomy resolution proves counter productive for NC, leaders in a fix | | NC doing 'Jaspal Batti' | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: The latest political plank by the opposition national conference in a bid to remain in lime light has surprised many. Party's latest resolution over its autonomy is proving counterproductive for it.
Sixteen years after State Legislative Assembly passed the autonomy resolution, which was later rejected by Government of India terming it as 'unacceptable', National Conference has taken the issue back to the Assembly, asking the Government of India to reconsider the resolution passed by the House in 2000. In the resolution, submitted to the NC has urged the House to convey to government to reconsider the autonomy resolution that seeks restoration of pre-19... | |
| | | | Ex-PDP minister glorifies militants funerals | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: Former Revenue Minister in Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government and Member Legislative Assembly from Chadoora Javed Mustafa Mir today while debating on motion of thanks on Governor's address glorified the funeral of militants who got killed in an encounters with the forces.
Mir claimed that thousands of people participated in these funeral as compared to mainstream politicians and demanded that there is need to address the Kashmir issue and justified the trust showed by the mainstream politicians (Referring to J&K's accession to India) added that any delay in addressing the Kashmir problem will snowball into a major catastrophe and af... | |
| | | | Trifurcation demand gains momentum in Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: Convinced that national media and even sections of local media in Jammu will not present a true story of facts and that they will continue to focus more and more only on Kashmir and ignore the genuine concerns of the people of Jammu province, civil society members in the region have become very active on social networking sites, including twitter, facebook and whatsapp, to present their view on the nature of the ongoing secessionist movement in Kashmir, nature of the state polity and plight of Jammu, Ladakh, Kashmiri Hindus and other neglected social groups, including refugees from West Pakistan and POJK.
The last three weeks have witnessed civil societ... | |
| | | | Husband, mother-in-law booked for beating woman | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: Police today have booked a man and his mother for their alleged involvement assaulting his wife in city outskirts under jurisdiction of Domana Police Station. "The accused have been identified as Rajesh Kumar and Rajni Devi, police sources said.
Sources said, "Two persons including a man and his mother were booked after a woman lodged complaint with police alleging therein assaulting her."
"Complainant namely as Sapna in her complaint stated that she was badly beaten by her husband and her mother in law after she failed to fulfill their demand of dowry," police sources said. Police sources said that following the complaint, Domana police accordingly bo... | |
| | | | Omar finds it tough to breach Naeem 'wall' | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: The Omar Abdullah led National Conference is finding it difficult to breach one wall for attacking government. And, the wall is of the Education minister Naeem Akhtar, who is chief spokesperson of the government and the trusted aide of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Omar Abdullah speaking in the Assembly asked the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to speak about the Handwara incident saying he doesn't want to hear him from the Naeem Akhtar, who he said is not an elected member.
Omar had first forget that the cabinet is a the real representative of the government, and there is no distinction between if the minister is from the upper or lower House.
B... | |
| | | | Pak, Kashmir: PM under attack for his flip-flops | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who completed two years in office on May 26, is under attack. The entire opposition, and even its ally Shiv Sena, have trained guns at him and said that his rule was not inspiring and that he followed policy towards Pakistan which was inconsistent and not guided by the country's geo-political interests. They have said all the neighbouring countries have become hostile towards India after Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister.
The opposition, especially the Congress said: "Let us begin with the neighbourhood, Pakistan, which is where any government must act with the greatest caution and sensitivity to balance our nationa... | |
| | | | KP youth to launch unified struggle for homeland | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: The hue and cry created by separatists and some mainstream organizations including Congress and National Conference (NC) over the construction of separate colonies for Pandits in Valley has been an indication that mass exodus of Pandits from Valley was a part of big conspiracy in which not only the separatists or Jehadis but Valley-based mainstream parties were equally involved.
The opposition and protests against the construction of separate colonies for pandits is an indication that the majority community in Kashmir is totally against the return of this microscopic minority on one pretext or other. Their contention of settling Pandits at single place ... | |
| | | | Land mafia encroaches upon Govt land in Rajouri | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: Land owned by the state government in Trayath tehsil of Rajouri district over certain khasras has turned a 'greener pasture' in the literal sense of the word for many people who are 'reaping its harvest' in commercial sense, thanks to connivance with officials in the Revenue Department on account of which they have made fortunes during the past few years.
Sources said it is a powerful group of people who have developed a nexus with officials of Revenue department from tehsildars to patwaries and girdawars in grabbing the state land without resistance from any quarter. This group also enjoys patronage of some high profile politicians of th... | |
| | | | PHE deptt fails to establish 'Research and Development cells'; monitoring of schemes suffers | | | | Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 28: Showing non-serious approach towards its various executed and undergoing water supply schemes across the State, the Public Health Engineering Department has not yet established Research and Development cells to study the monitoring and evaluation reports of the schemes.
Sources told Early Times that according to the National Rural Drinking Water programme guidelines, the State Government was required to establish Research and Development cells with adequate manpower and infrastructure.
"The each cell has to keep liaison with the State Technical Agency which has to assist in planning and designing sound and cost effective Rural Water Sup... | |
| | | | GMCH attendants' park in pathetic condition | | |  Mohd Irfan
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 28: Established for the benefit of the attendants coming to hospital so that they can make use of it but the dilapidated condition of the attendants park at Government Medical college (GMCH) Bakshi Nagar opposite to Sir Col.R N Chopra nursing home speaks volume of callousness on the part of authorities that they utterly fails to maintain the park. Attendant park foundation stone laid by Ex- Minister for Health and Medical Education R S Chib in the ... | |
| | | | NFSA: CAPD Minister under fire from all quarters | | PDP legislators target party colleague | | |
Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 28: In a major embarrassment to the treasury benches legislators of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gave vent to their anger and attacked the Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (CAPD) department minister, Chaudhary Zulfiqar Ali in the Assembly during the question hour today.
As the CAPD minister was replying to the question of Ali Mohammad Sagar (National Conference) about the implementation of National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state, PDP's legislator from Sonwar and former minister Mohammad Ashraf Mir stood up and raised the issue of deletion of names from the ration list in his constituen... | |
| | | | 'Nutritive diet' distribution begins at ICDS Mendhar, but a 'foul play' alleged | | | | MS Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, May 28: The distribution of nutritive diet to Anaganwari Centres has begun formally at ICDS Mendhar which earlier was snapped due to complaints against its in-charge for mal-practices sources said here today.
"The distribution of nutritive diet has been started at ICDS Mendhar from May 25 but it was alleged that the distribution process was made in presence of blue eyed committee members to Anganwari helpers while as per directions the material is subjected to be distributed to Anganwari workers in presence of 'supervisory team' constituted for the same, the sources alleged.
Sources also added Incharge Nutrition ICDS Mendhar, Mushtaq Ahmed who alleg... | |
| | | | Keep proper surveillance on employees: SVC to Govt | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Srinagar, May 28: The State Vigilance Commission has directed the government to keep proper surveillance on employees by installing CCTV cameras in offices having large public interface.
The step has been taken in view of the increasing corruption in the state.
Jammu and Kashmir is one of the states in India having highest rate of corruption. Various anti-graft bodies have been constituted over the years whose role was envisaged to undo the damage done to the institutions by rampant corruption in the state. Despite that there has been rampant corruption in government offices.
Now the SVC has directed the government to install CCTV cameras at all offices having large pu... | |
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