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Early Times Report
srinagar, June 18: A drug addict, a mentally challenged person and a drunkard entering the religious places in Jammu and Udhampur areas and indulging in sacrilegious acts have created ripples across the state.
Security agencies believe that this can be a tactic to divert the attention of the forces operating in Jammu and Kashmir. "It seems a big conspiracy is being hatched to divert the attention of the security forces from the anti-militancy operations so that they (militants) get a breathing space. One cannot rule out the possibility about the involvement of the people sitting across the Line of Control behind the sacrilegious acts," said a source.
He said, "There ... | |
| | | | Insane, drug addicts take people for ride, admin clueless | | | |
Raj Sandeep
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 18: Swift change of events designed to inject poison in Jammu are landing Jammu into a perplex situation with the administration still unable to catch hold of a lead to understand sudden rise of disturbances taxing the mind of people.
Wondering to observe the latest trend of persons indulging into unheard of adventures of attacking religious places of one particular community being dubbed as mentally deranged and habitual druggist, sane segments of the society, express their astonishment saying that as to how such type of persons are targeting religious places one after the other consecutively.
A psychiatrist on the condition of anonymity t... | |
| | | | PM approves land under Army to be vacated in south Kashmir, but what about Jammu city? | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 18: For the time being PDP Chief and head of the coalition Government in Jammu and Kashmir state, Mehbooba Mufti, needs to forget about her party's ideology and her Kashmir centric stand as that creates additional problems for the BJP. She has to be concerned about the welfare of the BJP as the BJP leadership is equally concerned about her standing as a politician. Well the first thing that has not been allowed to happen for the last 20 years is nearing to happen. And all this has become possible with the support of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who has cleared the project of handing over about 450 kanals of land to the state Government. The land has remain... | |
| | | | Ex-babu still calls shots in CUJ | | | |
K Koushal
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 18: Hand of a former senior bureaucrat has surfaced behind the controversy surrounding the interview of an ineligible candidate for his appointment as PRO in Central University of Jammu (CUJ) .
Sources disclosed that the reason behind eagerness shown by CUJ in accepting otherwise candidature of Rajan Badyal, who is working as PRO in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) Kakryal Katra, to appear for the interview was to keep the former senior bureaucrat in good humour.
"The CUJ administration succumbed to the writ of the ex-bureaucrat, who has so much influence and clout in the state as he still manages to call the shots despite of the fact... | |
| | | | Why enhance CDF of legislators? | | | | Abodh Sharma
ET Report
JAMMU, June 18: With hundreds of crorers received by the state under various centrally sponsored schemes remaining unspent and unutilized every year, the legislators sunk their bitter political differences and jointly called on the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to seek hike in their Constituency Development Fund (CDF) the previous day.
Voices have been raised from time to time to abolish the practice of keeping huge public money at the disposal of legislators in the name of CDF, which many believe is means of blatant politician-contractor nexus and vilification campaign against the residents of areas which did not vote in favour of the sitting MLA.
"The entire id... | |
| | | | Indian political class always ignored nationalists in JK | | Jammu's grievance | | |
ET Report
JAMMU, June 18: Jammu has several grievances, but their fundamental grievance is that it is the Indian political class and the Delhi Darbar, which have never considered the nationalists in the state a factor in the state's political situation.
"The nationalists in the state are not considered part of the solution; they are considered part of the problem the nation has been facing in Kashmir since 1947. Those who matter in Delhi consider Valley the whole of the state and its aspirations as the aspirations of the entire population of the state. The approach is fundamentally flawed, and even dangerous. We do not consider Kashmiri separatists and the so-called mainstream Kashmiri... | |
| | | | Security agencies bite nails as militants give '3-gun salute' to slain colleagues in Sopore | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 18: Heavily armed militants have given a "3-volley salute" to their slain colleagues who were killed in a gunfight in the apple town of Sopore in north Kashmir on Friday, putting the security agencies on tenterhooks.
Sources said as the funeral of two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in brief gunfight in Bomai area of Sopore on June 18, was underway, some masked gunmen appeared at the procession only to offer "three gun salute" which was responded by anti-India sloganeering by the mourners.
Sources said the police have inputs that the militants managed to disappear in the huge funeral. Earlier during the day, acting on a specific input, Army's 22 Rash... | |
| | | | Secretary Sports Council turns 'dictator' | | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 18: Notwithstanding the promotion of the sports at ground level, the higher officials of the State Sports council are making a mockery of the powers given to them.
The Secretary of Sports Council Jammu has turned a dictator, owing to the decisions taken by him without the consent of the standing committee.
Sources within the sports council shared that the secretary, JK State sports council has issued order for the transfer of the Manager stadium on arbitrary decision without the consent of the Standing committee. Sources added that the secretary of the sports council made the transfer in order to give an undue favor to his blue eyed Sports officer agai... | |
| | | | 'CUK tailors norms to adjust kin of official as Assistant Professor' | | | | Akshay Azad
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 18: Allegations are being leveled against the Central University of Kashmir administration for tailoring norms to adjust a blue-eyed candidate for the post of Assistant Professor in a subject.
At the eleventh hour, the CUK had allegedly altered the norms, by increasing the ratio of shortlisted candidates called for interviews from ratio of 1:10 to 1:20.
Sources informed Early Times that the interviews for the various faculty posts have been going on in Central University of Kashmir (CUK) and for the faculty posts in department of Politics and Governance, interviews were scheduled to be held on June 19.
The first list of shortlisted candidates... | |
| | | | BJP divided over return of power projects to JK | | State says yes, Centre no | | | Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 18: The BJP in the centre and party's state unit leaders seem to be divided over return of power projects to Jammu and Kashmir.
Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh in a written reply said on Saturday in the Legislative Assembly that transfer of power projects is an important part of the developmental agenda of the BJP-PDP coalition government. "As stated in the Agenda of Alliance, in order to address the real source of JK's fiscal problem and paving way for making JK a fiscally autonomous state, the state will explore modalities for transfer of Dulhasti and Uri hydro power projects to J&K as suggested by the Rangaranjan Committee."
However,... | |
| | | | Involved in multi crore scam, GDC principal continues to enjoy posting | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 18: Four years ago, a multi crore scandal was unearthed in purchase of machinery for two dental colleges at Srinagar and Jammu. But the successive governments including present PDP-BJP government have failed to act against the accused including , principal of GDC Srinagar.
As reported by Early Times in its 6-04-2012 edition, the multi crore dental scam came to the fore after clinching evidence showed how medical equipment was bought at much higher costs than its actual price.
Early Times has documents in position including the payment receipts of various equipment including Digital Panoramic X-ray unit and complete vertical back ste... | |
| | | | People decry for non-payment of funds under MGNREGA, BDO Marheen unmoved | | |  Arun Trisal
Early Times Report
Kathua June 18: A large number of beneficiaries of sanitary facility under Central sponsored MGNREGA scheme have been resenting repeatedly approaching to the office of Block Development Officer (BDO) at Marheen for liability and pending installments from where they always got mere assurances.
The beneficiaries have been bemoaning for over 2 years as ironically person who is nodal officer to look into matter always turns a deaf hear and ignores the suffering o... | |
| | | | Your votes will add another feather to my crown: Mehbooba to voters | | CM avows to strength private sector | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, June 18: Striking an emotional cord, the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday told Anantnag residents that the votes polled in her favor will add feathers to her crown.
"I am not here seeking votes for Chief Ministership but if this election is matter of my dignity. Your votes will add another feathers to my crown," Mehbooba said while addressing a road side gathering in Kamad village of the assembly segment.
Speaking at an impressive rally, the chief minister reassured people that all those projects and developmental works will be completed in stipulated time that her late father Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed had started during his ten months lo... | |
| | | | 'GVK shows inability to resume work on Rattle project' | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 19: The government has informed the House that GVK Powers Ltd has expressed its inability resume work on the 850 MW Rattle Hydro-Electric Power Project on river Chenab in Drabshala area of Kishtwar.
In written reply to a Congress MLA's question, the deputy chief minister stated that the developer (GVK Ltd) had expressed inability to resume work on the project.
The work on the project was suspended by the developer and its sub-contractor L&T in July 2014 after local people led by BJP youth leaders held strong protest against the project management for denying jobs to local people other than the project affected families.
The deputy CM ... | |
| | | | Raj Babar opposes separate townships for KPs | | Accuses BJP of playing communal card | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, June 18: Accusing Bhartiya Janta Party of dividing state on communal lines, actor turned politician and Member Parliament Raj Babar on Saturday opposed proposal of establishing separate townships for displaced Kashmiri pandits.
"I want to ask a question why separate townships for Kashmiris pandits. They belong to this country as much as others so Congress believes that atmosphere here should be made so conducive that Kashmiri pandits and Muslims come to live open heartedly as they used to," Congress parliamentarian Raj Babar told Early Times at Khanabal.
He accused Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) of playing communal card in the state by separating... | |
| | | | Gram Sewak who allegedly tampers cheque faces music | | | | M. S Nazki
Early Times Report
Mendhar, June 18: A Gram Rozgar Sewak (GRS) has been attached to Block development office for his alleged involvement in tampering a cheque, official sources said here today.
Gram Rozgar Sewak (GRS) identified as Niyaz Ahmed was given a cheque worth Rs 46000 for the payment of labourers of MGNREGA under Panchayat Pathanateer Salwa by Block Development officer (BDO) Mendhar Tariq Aziz.
"The cheque was supposed to be deposited in theh account of Gram Rozgar Sewak, who subsequently had to make payment to the labourers for MGNREGA works accordingly done in his area," official sources said.
They said by tampering the cheque to the tune of Rs 1,46,000 he went ... | |
| | | | ReT teacher holds the forte while regular enjoy rotational offs | | Educational authorities hand in glove with regular teachers | | |
A B Sharma
Early Times Report
Reasi, June 18: The education system of the state has run into rough weathers despite the larger claims of the government as many lacunae have been reported from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir .
In one such case a Government Middle school at Sangad at Shivkhori in District Reasi , the number of teachers in the school are reported to be six to the 73 pupil studying in the school.
However the apathy is that out of six, only one ReT teacher report to the duty at the school regularly while the other five who own influence in the area keep their attendance rolling in the school and seldom attend the school.
This has led to the drop in the educat... | |
| | | | Indian rupees don't dilute J&K's special status, other things do | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 18: Strange is the logic that Kashmiri leadership advances to make the powers-that-be in New Delhi believe that the introduction of Central Laws alienate the Kashmiri Muslims and erode the state's special status. They say that since Jammu and Kashmir enjoys special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, New Delhi must refrain from bringing the state under the purview of any Central Law and any Central Institution.
What has been transpiring in the state legislature since May 25 has established beyond any doubt that all the Kashmiri lawmakers and the BJP lawmakers are on the one side and independent MLA from Udhampur, Pawan Gupta, on the other ... | |
| | | | Hizb posters 'threatening' voters, clerics surface in Anantnag | | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
ANANTNAG, June 18: Tensions gripped in the Anantnag following posters of militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahdeen, threatening voters and religious preachers/clerics appeared in many areas of town on Saturday morning. These posters warning the voters and religious preachers against electoral process were found pasted on electric poles and walls in Qazi Bagh, Chee and other areas of the town. Posters asking for election boycott had also gone viral on social network... | |
| | | | Irregularities alleged in selection of ReTs in Sunderbani | | | | AB Sharma
Early Times Report
Jammu, June 18: Selection of ReT teachers in Sunderbani zone in Rajouri district has been marred by controversies like several other places across the state. From the year 2003 till date, higher authorities in the Zonal Education office in connivance with officials in Jammu have allegedly committed irregularities in the selection process depriving fair chance to the deserving and qualified candidates.
Sources disclosed that norms have been brazenly violated over the years in the selection of ReT teachers in Lower hathal zone of Sunderbani and merit has been ignored to select candidates in lieu of huge pecuniary benefits. In the process, many deserving ... | |
| | | | Rs 20 lakh proposed for 4 PHCs of Jammu, Health Deptt uninterested | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 18: Last year government proposed Rs. 20 lakh for procurement of autoclave machine for four Primary Health Centers (PHCs) of Jammu district, but due to indifference of the Health department the essential machines are yet to be procured. The autoclave machines were needed at PHC Kotbhalwal, Pargwal, Mishriwala and Pallanwala. But till date the department has failed to procure such machines for the reasons best known to higher authority of the department. "These health institutions have a delivery point and more than four to five deliveries are conducted per month. But due to lackadaisical approach of the Health department the PHCs still lack manpower, basic ... | |
| | | | RTI applicant detained for seeking info about land grab | | | | Early Times Report
bandipora, June 18:An information seeker was allegedly kept in lockup on the directions of a Revenue department officer when he tried to seek information about a land grab case in Chewa village in Bandipora district.
Details available with Early Times reveal that in connection with a land grab case under Survey No. 700 situated at Chewa, Safapora, District Bandipora, an information seeker namely Gulzar Ahmad Bhat had approached Naib Tehsildar Sumbal with an RTI application, along with the requisite application. The information seeker went to the office of Naib Tehsildar (NT), Sumbal, Sonawari on 16th June, 2016. The Naib Tehsildar, namely Nazir Ahmad wani instead o... | |
| | | | Instead of intended Rs 25K cr, Roshni generates just Rs 77 cr | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 18: Launched with much fanfare that it would generate a revenue of whopping 25,000 crores the Roshni scheme has so for fetched not more than Rs 77 crores to the state ever since its inception. Replying to a question posed by Mubarak Gul of National Conference, Minister for Revenue Basharat Bukhari today said that 2, 29,691 kanals of land has been transferred in Jammu & Kashmir. The minister said that 50,157 beneficiaries have availed from the scheme launched by former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
The reply of the minister created furore in the House with members cutting across party lines raising protest that the scheme has faile... | |
| | | | Senior medicos resent ban on private practice | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 18: Resenting over government's ban on private practice, senior medicos demanded salary at par with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to eradicate private practice.
Without knowing ground realties, the government is passing its dictates on medical fraternity. "Those, who passes un-justified dictates on us should know the ground realities", why practices of Head of Departments (HoDs) in Government Medical Colleges and Government Dental Colleges and the Associated Hospitals is being banned.
"You should ban the practice of entire faculty members of various departments in GMCs and GDCs of state", said a doctor, a HoD in GMC Jammu. He further sai... | |
| | | | MLC demandscommission for release of CDF: Ex-serviceman approaches Congress high command for justice | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, June 18: An Ex-serviceman turned small contractor, who is being denied payment by a female MLC of Congress despite the public civil work done by him under CDF funds, has now approached the party high command for seeking justice.
Frustrated over denial of payment, the ex-serviceman is learnt to have even threatened to commit suicide and expose the said MLC as well as Congress party if he is denied justice any more.
According to the sources in Congress circles, the aggrieved Contractor has personally met AICC secretary Ved Parkash, Private secretary to Sonia Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders for their intervention into the matter.
Sensing gravity of the... | |
| | | | No takers of Hurriyat's proposed parleys with Pandits | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, June 18: Opposing return to their native places rather than separate townships, there are no takers among the Kashmiri Pandits to hold talks with separatist Hurriyat leaders including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and JKLF chief Yasin Malik.
The majority of KP organizations are totally opposed to return to their native places in Valley in view of the growing separatist movement and ongoing terrorist violence in Kashmir and they apprehend worst in case such a formula is given practical shape. Under these circumstances no saner element among the Kashmiri migrants will be ready to return to their native places is the general opinion among the displaced Pandits leading an e... | |
| | | | 'SAIL' fails to keep sufficient inventory for Kashmir, Ladakh | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 18: At the time when Kashmir and Ladakh region requires sufficient construction material for developmental works, the government of India owned Steel Authority of India limited fails to maintain inventory of key construction materials at its Pampore stock yard.
According to the sources the steel authority of India limited owns a stock yard at Pampore which is a feeding source to all the central and state government departments in Kashmir and also in Ladakh region to supply various kinds of key constriction materials.
But as per the sources the stock yard at Pampore has over the years fails to maintain all kinds of sufficient invento... | |
| | | | Revenue deptt holds lion's share of graft cases | | | | Javaid Naikoo
Early Times Report
Srinagar, June 18: Among all government departments functioning in Jammu and Kashmir, Revenue department leads in Corruption related activities as vigilance Organization registered most '44' cases since 2011 till date against officials of different rank of Revenue Department.
Official data accessed by early times reveal that out of total 44, most of the cases registered against Revenue employees from one Patwari to an official of the rank of ACR in various Districts of Kashmir are either under investigation or produced in respective Courts for Challan.
During Current Year,2016,VOK so far registered 4 cases of different nature which includes FIR no 10... | |
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