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| Babu 's official vehicle used by wife, SMC employees seeks probe | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 2: A senior official at the Srinagar Municipal Corporation has been accused of having given his official vehicle to his wife for personal use.
Sources said the SMC official had two sedans at his disposal but that he has given one to his wife for her "personal use and shopping etc."
Source said the official is using Innova for his official use whereas the white Balero is being used by his wife.
Sources said the Balero gets fuel from the SMC stocks and that all maintenance of the vehicle was also being paid by the civic body itself.
Sources said some of the officials in the transport wing of SMC, to keep their superior in good humor, have been providing official resources including the fuel for the travel of wife.
Sources said the same SMC vehicle was also used to ferry domestic goods of the official's family from Jammu.
"Let there be a proper probe into the matter and it will be clear that the vehicle was not being used by the official but by his wife and even trips to Jammu will also be exposed," said a source in the mechanical wing of the ... | |
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| Appointment made on fake PRC in Doda | | HC stay order ignored | | | Abid Hussain Wani
Early Times Report
doda, May 2: Fake appointments in different government departments in Doda district of Jammu region continue unabated.
As per details available with Early Times, one Minu Devi, wife of Pardeeep Singh, allegedly secured a government job by producing fake documents at the time of her appointment as FMPHW in the Health department on 01-05-2018 (vide order no. NRHM/2018-19/D/332-35) issued by the Chief Medical Officer.
Gulshan Ara, wife of Shazada Feroz, who was in the waiting list, submitted her objection against the selection of Minu Devi, alleging that Minu used tempered PRC (file No. 826/PRC of 2017, dated 07-08/3018) to get the appointment.
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| | | | Pak nurturing global terrorists | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, May 2: United Nations declaring chief of Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, Masood Azhar, as a global terrorist is a big victory for India at the diplomatic front. All the countries coming together to seek action against Azhar is an indication that the days of the terrorists are numbered.
An analyst said that India has succeeded in making the international community agree that the terrorists based in Pakistan are a threat to peace and they need to be tamed. "Pakistan is a den of terrorists. Three designated global terrorists, Hafiz Sayeed, Syed Salahuddin and Masood Azhar are all based in Pakistan. Now India should take one more step and seek the ... | |
| | | | Ex-MLA Bhagat arrested | | |  Early Times Report
jammu, May 2: Evading his arrest since his assault on a female Sarpanch last week, former legislator RS Pura and National Conference leader Dr Gagan Bhagat was arrested Thursday from Janipur area of Jammu.
According to sources, Dr Bhagat was arrested from the High Court complex by Janipur police and handed over to RS Pura police. A case against Dr Bhagat was registered at police station RS Pura under section 354-B following a written complaint by the Sarpanch Seema Devi.
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| | | | To impress 'Boss' Mehbooba, PDP leader ridicules himself, his father | | Imminent rout creates stir at last! | | | Early Times Report
jammu, May 2: It seems as if the imminent rout of the PDP is taking toll on mental equanimity of its leaders as in a bid to score brownie points they unknowingly ridicule none but themselves.
An amusing statement came out from senior PDP leader and former National Conference rebel Dr Mehboob Beg. Beg- son of NC stalwart Mirza Afzal Beg, considered a trusted lieutenant of NC founder Sheikh Abdullah- was a Member Parliament and a senior NC leader till the 2014 polls. He bid adieu to the party and joined Peoples Democratic Party.
On Thursday, Beg reacted to Omar Abdullah' statement in which he had accused PDP of being responsible for all the miseries surrounding peopl... | |
| | | | Rahul, Congress in deep trouble | | Citizenship row | | | Early Times Report
jammu, May 2: After receiving a show cause notice from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for secret British Citizenship on Tuesday, the political career of AICC president Rahul Gandhi is in danger. He and his mother Sonia Gandhi were moving heaven and earth to avoid action from the Home Ministry, which is the custodian of citizenship-related issues. Rahul Gandhi is yet to utter a word on this subject, since the time the BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy, exposed his allegedly secret self-declared British citizenship from 2004 to 2009 to the United Kingdom (UK)'s Company Registry in mid-November 2015.
He also declared the two London addresses in the documents of the Compa... | |
| | | | BJP, Congress two faces of same coin | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, May 2: There is hardly any fundamental difference between the Congress and the BJP as far as their attitude towards Jammu is concerned. Both the national parties take the people of Jammu province for granted and ignore them in a most brazen manner. The BJP, in fact, treads the path the Congress charts.
The Congress, which enjoyed political power for decades with the mandate it got from Jammu from time to time, released two elections manifestos for the 2019 general elections. One was meant to woo the voters across the nation as well as its Kashmir region. It contained everything for Kashmir and nothing for Jammu and Ladakh. It was released on April 2 by AICC pre... | |
| | | | PHE Sunderbani deprives school of water | | Students travel 2 kms to quench their thirst | | | Early Times Report
RAJOURI, May 2: With the sheer negligence of Public Health Department (PHE) Sunderbani, the Government Middle School Thomba of zone Lower Hathal has been deprived of drinking water supply for years, as a result the students have to travel two kilometers to quench their thirst.
Sources told Early Times that it has been 20 years since the establishment of Government Middle School Thomba in Nallaha Panchayat, but till date school sans water supply connection despite repeated request to the concerned officials by the school authority. "There are only 40 students including boys and girls who study in this school, but in the name facility, these poor students even don't ge... | |
| | | | Missionary School plays with health of thousands of students, refuses to cut down Russian Poplars | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 2: A leading Christian missionary school located in Srinagar city is virtually playing with the health of its students as has it failed to cut the Russian poplars that are present in the school campus.
The missionary school known as Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School has not followed the directions of High Court as well as district administration to cut down the Russian poplars in the school premises. Failure on this part has jeopardized the health of thousands of students studying at the school.
Early Times has learnt from sources that there are at least 40 Russian poplars in the premises of the missionary school. They said the scho... | |
| | | | 4 ophtomologists posted in DHS office | | Jammu hospitals without eye specialists | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 2: While four eye surgeons are serving in the directorate of health services, Jammu, most of the district hospitals are without eye surgeons. Patients in need of surgery have to go to private clinics of Jammu hospitals. Many hospitals across Jammu province are urgently in need of specialist doctors in rural areas but most of them have managed posting in urban areas. Sources said four eye specialists in the directorate office are doing office work as patients suffer in the district hospitals. Besides, Jammu hospitals are already facing a shortage of doctors as well as specialists but the authorities seem in no mood to do the needful.... | |
| | | | Suspended I/C EO Sopore was directed not to make transactions | | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 2: Almost four months ago, the I/C EO of Municipal Council Sopore was directed by the Director ULBK not to make any drawl or transaction from the accounts of MC Sopore, but the official didn't mend his ways thus paving way for his suspension yesterday.
According to reliable sources in the department of ULBK, the In-charge Executive Officer (EO) of Municipal Council Sopore was dispatched a letter wherein he was directed not to make any drawl... | |
| | | | Locals initiate action against drug addicts as police fail to rein in | | 'Muddai Sust, Gawah Chust' | | | Early Times Report
KATHUA, May 2: The police had to cut a sorry figure in public after a stern action was taken against drug addicts by the locals of Kullian Badala area of Kathua, which has become notorious for the consumption and trading of banned substance "Chitta". Annoyed over the indifferent attitude of the police against the menace of drugs, the people themselves took action against the drug addicts who are suppliers and consumers of the deadly "Chitta" in the area. In the past few days, After getting fed up with the police's lack of concern, the people started catching the drug addicts, who are main source of supplying "Chitta" in the area since the last few days, and handing the... | |
| | | | Mendhar, Haveli without ROs since January | | | | M S Nazki
Early Times Report
Poonch, May 2: Posts of Range officers (ROs) for Mendhar and Haveli forest ranges are vacant since January following transfer of former officers, sources said here today.
Sources said for the last four months no forest range officer for Haveli and Mendhar ranges have been sent by the Government while the guards of the concerned forest ranges were managing the affairs with difficulty due to non availability of these officers. They said due to absence of these officers both forest ranges were headless and as a result some miscreants take undue advantage of it. While talking to District Forest officer (DFO) Poonch, Mohan dass Choudhary told Early Times t... | |
| | | | Death of woman in private hospital: doctor, his son arrested | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, May 2: A doctor and his son were arrested following death of a woman in Private Hospital in Akhnoor, on Thursday.
The woman according to sources allegedly died after she was administered an injection.
Duo Dr Gafoor Ahmad and his son Farzan Ahmad have been arrested after the family members of the deceased alleged that he attacked them, they said. The deceased woman has been woman identified as Neha, she had died after being given an injection at the Choudhary hospital Akhnoor. "As soon as the news spread, a large number of people, including the woman's relatives, began protests on the hospital premises. During the protests, the hospital officials, including t... | |
| | | | Violations in SMC constructions due to lack of accountability: Govt | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 2: There are violations in constructions of Srinagar Municipal Corporation due to lack of accountability in respective departments, an official report says.
As per the government's report, one of the key reasons for the violations in Srinagar local area is the lack of individual accountability of the planners, engineers and enforcement officers in the SMC, SDA and other ULBs.
"The institutions should create systems for not only fast tracking the processes but also shall be prompt in holding the officers and officials accountable for violations and dilatory tactics adopted in dealing with the citizens," the report suggests.
"One majo... | |
| | | | In Budgam, woman Tehsildar launches crusade against land grabbers | | | 
Early Times Report
Budgam, May 2: A female Revenue officer recently posted as a Tehsildar in Budgam has launched a crusade against the local land mafia. What her male counterparts could not do in years, she did that in last few months. The officer has launched a massive crackdown on the land mafia in the district that was active from last several years by selling state land and wetland. On Thursday, the Tehsildar retrieved a large chunk of sate land in Bemina area near Rakh-e-Arath wetland... | |
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