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PDP, BJP ministers ignore CM's directions, stay away from LC Elders unhappy, feel sidelined 6/2/2016 12:28:56 AM Saqib Junaid Early Times Report srinagar, June 1: Despite Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's assurances that government would make efforts so that MLCs are not ignored, the ministers of the PDP-BJP government continue to show the non-seriousness towards the Legislative Council. Cutting across party lines, the legislators of the Upper House had protested and staged walk out on Monday and Tuesday against the government's non-seriousness towards the Legislative Council. Despite that the PDP-BJP ministers continue to show poor response towards the House and rarely attend its proceedings. On Wednesday, as the discussion over the budget presented by Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu was going on, all the ministers left the House. However, as the Drabu also left and reached to the door of the House, the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council called Drabu back. "No minister is present here. How can you leave the house? Who will listen to the concerns of the legislators," the Deputy Chairman told Drabu, prompting him to return back. "You all can't leave the House this way. You should list...   READ MORE

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BJP minister skips LA, enjoys company of NC MLA 6/2/2016 12:28:43 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 1: A senior BJP minister on Wednesday left his party activists high and dry by conducting a whirlwind tour of Ganderbal district in central Kashmir along with the National Conference MLA. Sources told Early Times the BJP Minister had visited Ganderbal area last month along with the party leaders and had addressed a public durbar there. The minister and the local BJP leaders had assured the people that their grievances would be addressed. "Soon after the BJP Minister returned from Ganderbal he was contacted by the NC MLA," sources added. The NC MLA, according to the sources, told the BJP Minister that he is the concerned MLA and he (MLA) would be in a be...   READ MORE   Blue-eyed SMVDU officer allots Rs 10 Cr work without tenders 6/2/2016 12:28:35 AM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: A blue eyed officer enjoying the patronage of senior Congress leader is allegedly ruling the roost at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). The said officer has always remained in news for wrong reasons. He was once again caught on wrong foot this time as he played a vital role in allotting the construction work of boys hostel without inviting tender. The cost of construction is stated to be Rs 10 Crore. Highly placed sources told Early Times the SMVDU authorities allotted construction work of boys hostel Basohli and Vashnavi girls hostel's extension in CD block valuing Rs 10 Crore through a back channel. Furthermore, Rs 3 Crore painti...   READ MORE   No FIR registered against naib- tehsildar for 'manhandling' politician 6/2/2016 12:28:27 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 1: Even after a day of a political activist's manhandling allegedly a naib-tehsildar at Budhal in Rajouri, police have failed to register an FIR against the revenue officer. Police are alleged to be dragging feet in the matter even as the political activist had yesterday lodged a complaint with Budhal police station, alleging therein that he was manhandled by the naib-tehsildar. In his complaint, Waqar Lone, son of Bashir Ahmad of Budhal, stated that he had given a room on rent in his house to Fazal-ur-Rehman, patwari halqa Rajnagar, Budhal. Looking for him, naib-tehsildar Khursheed Ahmad Tantray came to his house yesterday and started making searches in ...   READ MORE   As losses pile up, 26 PSUs prove white elephants for J&K 6/2/2016 12:28:18 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 1: Despite the fact that the several Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) were incurring losses to the tune of hundreds of crores every year to the state exchequer, the recent budget presented by the Finance Minister mentioned no measures to check draining off of public money through these PSUs. Early Times on November 28, last year published a detailed report about how the non- performing PSUs are acting as the dreadful parasites to the state exchequer with successive governments taking no measures to curtail such looses . Out of the 23 working PSUs in the State, 12 have incurred loss of Rs 150.70 crore, with officials of two PSUs not even ...   READ MORE   'Divided Jammu can't face challenges' Talk of town 6/2/2016 12:28:10 AM ET Report JAMMU, June 1: The general view in Jammu is that "its leadership is weak as well as a divided house and that the region's identity would get eroded and its people suffer more losses in case the Jammu leadership failed to come on one platform forgetting petty political considerations". This is the talk of the town and the civil society in Jammu is bemoaning the failure of the leadership to defend and promote the Jammu's genuine cause. It is a fact that Jammu region, unlike Kashmir, hasn't produced any leader worth his name. Most of the Jammu-based political leaders are affiliated with Kashmir-based, Kashmir-centric and Kashmiri-controlled parties such as the NC and the Congress. ...   READ MORE   'NC-Cong responsible for militancy in J&K' 1987 assembly election was a conspiracy: Mehbooba 6/2/2016 12:27:58 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 1: On Tuesday, J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti hit the nail on the end and accused the NC of subverting democratic processes in Kashmir, which led to the rise of militancy in the Valley. Actually, she defended the decision of her late father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to stitch an alliance with the BJP, saying had he ignored the Jammu mandate and stitched alliance either with the NC or the Congress, the state would witnessed a situation it witnessed in 1987. People of Jammu province had voted for the BJP and rejected all other parties, including the NC, the Congress, the PDP and the NPP. The BJP had won 25 seats out of 37 in Jammu and the remaining 12 seats were shared bet...   READ MORE   Allotment of Rs 17 cr work? Veeri summons JKPCC MD 6/2/2016 12:27:43 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 1: Taking cognizance of Early Times report published on Tuesday, Minister for Public Works Department (PWD) who is also Chairman of J&K Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) according to reliable sources summoned Managing Director (MD) of the corporation. Sources say that PWD Minister A R Veeri has sought an explanation from the MD for his role in allotment of the work for the construction of a bridge at Ganderbal. As already reported by Early Times JKPCC allotted a contract amounting to Rs 17 Crores for the construction of a bridge at Watal Bagh in Ganderbal district to a blue-eyed contractor namely Bashir Ahmad Malik who is considered to be ...   READ MORE   Semi Auto Analyzer equipments proposed for CHCs yet not procured Lackadaisical approach of health department 6/2/2016 12:27:33 AM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: Blame it on the administrative inertia and indifference in the health department, government's initiative to improve healthcare in the peripheral health centres has been grounded. State Government had taken an initiative to improve the quality of laboratories and diagnostic facilities for patient in rural health institutions the previous year, and proposed three Semi Auto Analayzer equipments to three Community Health Centres (CHCs) of Jammu district but they have not been procured so far. Sources in department concern informed Early Times that government had proposed three machines for CHC Marh, Bishnah and Sohanjana at an estimate cost ...   READ MORE   Ravinder Raina's goons victimize poor daily wager, his wife Threaten to kill them if they don't follow their diktats 6/2/2016 12:27:20 AM Early Times Report Sunderbani, June 1: In yet another instance of power intoxicating the politicians, the BJP MLA from Nowshera constituency Ravinder Raina has allegedly made the life of a poor family hell as it resisted the moves of his men to encroach their land. A poor family of village Nohoti in Sunderbani is allegedly on the radar of the BJP MLA and he is using all his power to ensure that their bread and butter of the family is snatched for not following his diktats. The BJP MLA, who claims to be uncrowned king of the area, has taken a strong note of his writ being challenged a poor dailywager and his wife, an Anganwadi worker. Sources said that BJP MLA has asked the top offic...   READ MORE   Shock laga! Jammu has just 400 cops for disaster management! What is BJP waiting for? 6/2/2016 12:27:06 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 1: Even as a US-based university has recently declared Jammu as most vulnerable area for earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or above, the region is least prepared to tackle any such eventuality. In the name of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the entire Jammu region, spanning over 12 districts, has only 400 odd cops deployed to tackle calamities like earthquakes or floods. This is the concern of the state of government towards disaster preparedness in the region, which falls in seismic Zone-5, where the vulnerability to disastrous earthquakes is the highest. Eyebrows are equally being raised over silence of Bharatiya Janta Party over the disastrous prepa...   READ MORE   India's longest road tunnel to open by July end 6/2/2016 12:13:03 AM Udhampur, June 1: India's longest road tunnel, coming up on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, is likely to be thrown open for traffic on July 30 this year. According to sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the 9.2-kilometre tunnel. The tunnel would bypass major tourist resorts and towns such as Kud, Patnitop and Batote. The electrification work inside the tunnel and approach road to it would be completed by the end of June. All other safety measures would be put in ...   READ MORE   Budget 2016: Govt forced to withdraw SROs 6/2/2016 12:09:27 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 1: The state government was today 'forced' to withdraw the SROs issued by it after the presentation of the budget in both houses of State Legislature on May 30. The directions to withdraw the SROs came from Speaker Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta after the issue was raised by some of the members of the house. The speakers asked the government to ensure that the SROs are withdrawn and those are not implemented. This morning as the House assembled the leader of the opposition Omar Abdullah stood up and wanted the attention of speaker saying that the issue to be raised by him is serious and needs to be debated on the floor of the h...   READ MORE   1825 posts of teachers vacant in Jammu province 6/2/2016 12:09:21 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar, June 1: There are 1825 posts of teachers vacant in Jammu division which include 244 posts identified under direct quota. In response to question of a Congress MLC that how many posts o teachers are lying vacant in the Jammu, government reply stated that 1581 posts of teachers are lying vacant in Education Department and as per government reply Kathua District tops the list with 406 posts of teachers lying vacant in 13 education zones of the District and areas like Basoli (95), Malhar (80), Bhaddu (80) and Mahanpur (78) are the worst effected zones of Kathua District in terms of vacant posts of teachers in government schools. Rajouri Distri...   READ MORE   Medico gets certificate without taking classes GMCH Jammu violates HC order 6/2/2016 12:09:13 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: Extending undue favor to a blue eyed, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) has awarded experiences certificate to an influential medico, without taking any classes. The favourite Medico was selected as Medical officer and placed as demonstrator in violation of directions of High Court. Sources told Early Times that a medico deployed in Anatomy Department of GMCH, as demonstrator has got experience certificate for the period, when she was not authorized to take classes. As per the documents in the possession of Early Times, certificate of teaching experience has been issued for period between 1-8-2013 to 1-1-2015 vide GMC Jammu Principal & ...   READ MORE   'NC-Cong responsible for militancy in J&K' 1987 Assembly election was a conspiracy: Mehbooba 6/2/2016 12:05:01 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 1: On Tuesday, J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti hit the nail on the end and accused the NC of subverting democratic processes in Kashmir, which led to the rise of militancy in the Valley. Actually, she defended the decision of her late father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to stitch an alliance with the BJP, saying had he ignored the Jammu mandate and stitched alliance either with the NC or the Congress, the state would witnessed a situation it witnessed in 1987. People of Jammu province had voted for the BJP and rejected all other parties, including the NC, the Congress, the PDP and the NPP. The BJP had won 25 seats out of 37 in Jammu and the remaining 12 seats were shared b...   READ MORE   Poor infrastructure mars education in GHSS Harni 6/2/2016 12:04:30 AM Early Times Report Poonch, June 1: Lac of facilities, poor infrastructure and staff shortage affectd education in Govt Higher Secondary School, Harni one of the oldest schools in Mendhar town sources said here today. Over 400 students strength is being accommodated in only 14 classrooms and 13 lecturers were running the while show of the school. The school is one of the oldest schools in the town said a local, adding but the infrastructure has not been upgraded. The subjects of Physics is ...   READ MORE   Land encroachment cases register increased in mendhar 6/2/2016 12:03:53 AM MS Nazki Poonch, June 1: Mendhar town of the district has been in news for the last two years with the active support of revenue officials sources said here today. There have been many case of land encroachment on this tehsil sources said here today. Which is said to be with the connivance of over staying revenue officials who are locals too and support activety in making fraudulent documents to the unsnarls elements against monetary benefits, sources said, adding the amazing thing is that it has been all going on under the nose of senior officials of the Revenue department including assistant Revenue commissioner (ACR) but as it seems, they are least bothered about it, they futher adde...   READ MORE   Encroachment of Doda hospital: Govt gives contradictory replies 6/1/2016 11:31:01 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar, June 1: The government of Jammu and Kashmir today faced embarrassment in the Legislative Assembly over contradictory replies by two different departments with regard to total number of land available with District Hospital Doda and the land encroached there off. Revenue Minister Basharat Ahmed Bukhari while accepting the mistake on the floor of the house directed Deputy Commissioner Doda to remove the encroachment on the land of District Hospital Doda and set 24 hours deadline for him to act against the encroachers or face disciplinary action. As soon as the question hour concluded, BJP MLA from Doda Shakti Raj Parihar stood on his fee...   READ MORE   Operation of rule be not actuated by favouritism: HC Selection of medicos to tenure posts 6/1/2016 11:30:55 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: High court judge Janak Raj Kotwal today said no such situation should be allowed to arise where the department of health, which was the parent department of doctors, had to face scarcity of medicos by itself deputing most of them outside the department. He held that for maintaining a fine balance and achieving the desired result, the operation of rule had to be transparent, should not be arbitrary and not appear to be actuated by favourtism. The court directive came in a bunch of petitions filed by medical officers, some of whom have been selected on deputation to the tenure posts of registrar or demonstrator in GMC, Srinagar, and some to the tenure ...   READ MORE   Gujjars seek registration of case against forest minister Court directs IGP to conduct inquiry 6/1/2016 11:30:02 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: In a complaint filed by the representatives of Gujjar community against the J&K forest minister for his alleged act of using unparliamentary language against them, city judge M S Manhas today directed IGP, Jammu, to hold a probe into the incident. The Gujjars alleged that the minister had insulted them and asked them to leave his residence. They also alleged in their complaint that the minister had threatened them of their lives. The judge, after hearing the petitioners' counsel, said it was proper to send this complaint in terms of section 202 of CrPC and it was necessary that IGP should conduct an inquiry himself and the detailed report of the inq...   READ MORE   Valley traders reject budget, call for shutdown on June 4 6/1/2016 11:29:54 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 1: Giving vent to their anger against the 2016-17 state budget trade bodies of the Kashmiri today decided to down their shutters on June 4. The traders urged the businessmen to close the establishments in protest against the budget proposals in case it fails to roll back the taxes. Reports said that a joint meeting of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCC&I), Kashmir Economic Alliance-Khan (KEA-K), Kashmir Traders & Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) and Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK) was held today to discuss the 2016-17 state budget. "The budget has been found to be more on rhetoric and less on content, more-so, in t...   READ MORE   HC bans cigarettes not carrying health warning covering 85 pc of space 6/1/2016 11:29:48 PM S Sabaqat Early Times Report srinagar, June 1: A division bench of the state high court has banned the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products not carrying health warning covering 85 pc of space on their packets. Allowing a PIL, the division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice A M Magrey directed government to ensure implementation of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco products (Packaging and Labelling), Amendment Rules, 2014. "The petition is allowed with a direction to the respondents to ensure implementation of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco products (Packaging and Labelling), Amendment Rules, 2014 and ban the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco produ...   READ MORE   Complained lodged against NT for 'manhandling' politician 6/1/2016 11:29:43 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 1: A political activist has lodged a complaint with Budhal police station, alleging therein that he was manhandled by the naib-tehsildar. In his complaint, Waqar Lone, son of Bashir Ahmad of Budhal, stated that he had given a room on rent in his house to Fazal-ur-Rehman, patwari halqa Rajnagar, Budhal. Searching for him, naib-tehsildar Khursheed Ahmad Tantray came to his house and started making searches in the whole house, police sources said. "When I resisted on the plea that other families also live in the building and their searches will not have a good impact on them, the naib-tehsildar manhandled me in the presence of several people, besides insulting...   READ MORE   KP loses land in Srinagar to mafia-official nexus 6/1/2016 11:29:36 PM Majid Nabi Early Times Report srinagar, June 1: A septuagenarian Kashmiri Pandit suffering from cancer is running from pillar to post to get his proprietary land back in his hometown which has been allegedly grabbed by a land mafia with support of some revenue officials. At a time when the government is planning to construct composite colonies in valley for Kashmiri migrant Pandits, Girdari Lal Warikoo 70, of Sheeshgari Bagh, Hyderpora alleged that his ancestral land has been grabbed and he is receiving frequent threats from the encroacher for highlighting the issue. "I was young when we left Kashmir in 1990, we had some six kanals and eight marlasland in Sheeshgari Bagh, Hyderpor...   READ MORE   Anantnag will trust me to make my father's dream come true: Mehbooba 6/1/2016 11:29:31 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 1: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that she hopes that Anantnag people will trust her by voting in her favor in June 19 by-polls to Anantnag Assembly constituency for which she filled her nomination papers. "My father has started his political career from Anantnag district. People not only supported him during turbulent times but also subscribed to his ideology. I hope people will repose faith in him like they reposed faith with my father," Mehbooba told reporters after filling her nomination papers before the Returning Officer here at DC Complex Anantnag. She said that her late father was always showing extra keenness in...   READ MORE   Encroachers on prowl near Tawi bund No demarcation of reclaimed land 6/1/2016 11:29:26 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: Due to negligence of district administration for not demarcating hundreds of kanal of land which was reclaimed by erecting flood protection bund in Tawi at Shidhra near Golf Course, the encroachment goes on unabated. Sources told Early Times that Irrigation and Flood Control Department had started work of flood protection bund over 3 kilometers long in Tawi River plains at Shidhra in 2010-11, resulting reclaiming many acres of land along the left bank of River Tawi at a place where the width of the river was vast. "With the construction of the embankment further ahead of the Golf Course in the bed of River Tawi, the encroachers are furth...   READ MORE   BJP's development plan draws flak in Jammu 6/1/2016 11:29:16 PM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, June 1: Much fanfare of development agenda launched by Union government led by BJP for J&K is turning out to be a flop show with people yearning for redressal of their day to day problems. Taking a dig on two year celebrations being observed by BJP government at the centre with its local BJP in state govt having shown dismal performance, Kishore Kumar Sharma, Sarpanch of Panchyat Maralia said that it will be nothing short of befooling people to make noise on the plank of development of the State as if earlier governments have done nothing for development in the state. Saying that doing development is the job of any government and it is not ...   READ MORE   Vikar, Lal Singh spar over transfer of surgeon 6/1/2016 11:29:11 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar, June 1: Congress Legislator from Banihal Vikar Rasool Wani and JK's Forest Minister Lal Singh today fight in the Legislative Assembly over the posting of the Surgeon in Banihal Hospital. Congress MLA during question hour in the Assembly toady raise the issue of non availability of Surgeon at Banihal Hospital since the former Health Minister Lal Singh transferred him and as per Congress MLA did not provide the replacement for the same even though former minister promises for the same in presence of late Mufti Mohammad sayeed. "You promise me in last assembly session that the surgeon will be posted in Banihal hospital-where is the surgeon ...   READ MORE

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