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PDP, BJP Govt completes 100 days, people's problems pile up 6/6/2015 1:55:47 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, June 5: While the problems continue to mount everyday after in J&K, there is not even a single grievance cell where people can register their grievances. Everyday there are issues related to electricity, water scarcity, erratic traffic and what not. But leaving everyone guessing, the government still seems reluctant in establishing an office wherein sufferings could have been somehow, if not entirely, mitigated. This is all happening as the PDP-BJP government is about to complete 100 days in office. Both PDP and BJP, prior to the government formation, had promised people that they would listen to them once they come into power. Both the parties used to train guns against the previous coalition government for poor governance and losing contact with the people. Now when the tables have turned around, history is repeating itself. It looks ironic indeed that not even a single complaint-registering portal is functional in the state where the people would approach. The social media these days is abuzz with the netizens asking the souring q...   READ MORE

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Jammu tense: SSP transferred, SHO suspended People defy curfew, set ablaze 2 vehicles of news channel, block National Highway 6/6/2015 1:55:07 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 5: Day after a Sikh youth was killed in the alleged police firing government on Friday transferred the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jammu Uttam Chand and placed the Station House Officer Kulbir Singh under suspension. Amidst hectic activities to normalize the situation in Satwari area, locals defied curfew and took to the streets and staged massive protests to mourn the killing. Police had allegedly opened fire on people protesting the removal of Khali...   READ MORE   Urdu section employees dislodge law officers from Civil Secretariat Flourishing transfer industry spreads to Law deptt 6/6/2015 1:37:09 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report JAMMU, June 5: The new dispensation has so far failed to keep a check on transfer industry, which has been spreading its tentacles in the Law department, where in employees of Urdu Coordination Section have been posted on law officers' posts, throwing the latter out of the Civil Secretariat. Sources informed Early Times that the political clout of Urdu Coordination employees could be gauged from the fact that a transfer order was issued on May 12, according to which Assistant Draftsman Manzoor Ahmed Lone was transferred from Roads and Building department to Industries and Commerce department, on the post of Law officer. "A law officer Altaf Hussain was tra...   READ MORE   Mufti helped end regional imbalance Omar's taunt is unwarranted 6/6/2015 1:36:51 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 5: In his recent tweet, the former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has made a satirical comment. "Pakistani flags in Kashmir and Khalistani posters in Jammu. This wasn't the regional balance we were promised by Modi-Mufti accord." Yes, Omar is right Pakistani flags have appeared during past few months especially from the day Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani arrived from New Delhi. But, Pakistani flags were also hoisted during Omar Abdullah's regime. During the 2010 agitation when Omar led government 130 youth, most of them school going children; the demonstrators across Kashmir would chant "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan" slogans. History is witness to t...   READ MORE   Pro-Khalistan slogans in Srinagar, Taliban posters appear in Sopore Little known militant outfit threatens petrol pumps, non-locals 6/6/2015 1:36:39 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 5: Even as the members of Sikh community here Friday raised "Khalistan Zindabad" slogans to protest the killing of a youth Jagjit Singh in police firing in Jammu yesterday, the fear of infamous Taliban who in 2014 killed over 140 schoolchildren in Pakistan, has gripped north Kashmir's Sopore. When Sikh protesters in the summer capital, staged protest in Srinagar, Tehreek-e-Taliban Jammu & Kashmir, feared to be chapter of parent outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, surfaced in the apple town of Sopore, some 50 miles from Srinagar. The militant posters warned of attacks on petrol pumps, liquor stores, cable operators and apartments rented out to non-local l...   READ MORE   Bhim Singh's concerns needed to be addressed Larger picture and J&K 6/6/2015 1:36:26 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 5: It was after a very long time that the founder of the Panthers Party, Bhim Singh, raised a very serious issue very seriously while addressing a press conference in Jammu on Thursday. There was no ambiguity in what he said and what he said was something very significant for the political future of Jammu & Kashmir. He was the first leader from Jammu & Kashmir who asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain as to what exactly he meant by the larger picture he talked about on May 30. In an interview, PM Modi said: "There is a larger picture there. We have to respect the mandate of the people. It could either be an elected government or Governor's rule. In...   READ MORE   Corrupt babus on way out, Police officers to face heat in second phase War against corruption to begin with 'big bang' 6/6/2015 1:36:13 AM Fazal Khan Early Times Report Srinagar, June 5: As the investigating agencies have finalized the list of corrupt officials, who have accumulated huge wealth disproportionate to their known source of income, the government is all set to take action against them. The dossier against the corrupt officials is ready and every effort is being put to ensure that an example is set to ensure that no one misuses his official position to indulge in corruption in future. Sources told Early Times that government would have taken action against them long back but the investigating agencies, including Criminal Investigation Department (CID), have been instructed to ensure that cases against the corrup...   READ MORE   Swayamsevaks infuriated by BJP spokesman's remark RSS-BJP rift wide open in JK 6/6/2015 1:36:00 AM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report JAMMU, June 5: Bringing out the simmering differences between state unit of the BJP and the RSS in open today, over 50 supporters of RSS leader Indresh Kumar in a meeting under the chairmanship of Dinesh Khanna and Mukund Lal Sharma resolved to condemn remarks of the Jammu based BJP spokesperson, that cast aspersion on the statement senior RSS leader that he made a few days back. The prominent RSS Swayamsevaks who passed the resolution included Madan Lal Abrol, Narayan Dutt Raina, Judge (Retd), Paviter Singh, Dev Raj Gupta, Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma, Jagdish Sharma, Jagdish Dogra, Narpati Sharma, Pitambar Sharma, Kuldeep Baro, Des Raj Sharma and others. Mukund...   READ MORE   Sends only 8 ATRs against 39 sought PWD (R&B) ignores observations of MC 6/6/2015 12:53:27 AM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: Notwithstanding the repeated reminders sent by the monitoring cell (MC) of the State Government to Public Works (Road &Building) Department, the later has sent only 8 Action Taken Reports out of 39 sought on the projects running across the state which were inspected by the former. Sources told Early Times that in order to ensure timely completion of the projects being carried out across the state, monitoring cell had been assigned with the responsibility of regular observation and recording of activities taking place in a project or programme. "It is a process of routinely gathering information on all aspects of the project. To monitor is t...   READ MORE   Meritorious Gool candidate loses ReT job to favourities twice 6/6/2015 12:53:14 AM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: Throwing all norms to winds, a blue-eyed candidate was reportedly adjusted on the post of Rehbar-e-Talim teacher at Gool government schools by the officials of Jammu and Kashmir Education department, depriving the meritorious candidate from the job, twice. The documents with Early Times disclosed that in 2010, the education department advertised posts of ReT teachers for Upgrade Girl Public School (UGPS) Dhedha, which falls under education zone Gool. "Ten candidates applied for the posts of ReT and the selection list was submitted to ZEO Gool prepared by selection panel (CEO/R/10/2016-69 dated 2/1/2010). In the list, it is clearly menti...   READ MORE   Pak flags again waved in Srinagar 6/6/2015 12:53:03 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 5: Supporters of Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Friday waved Pakistani flags in this summer capital of the state. Reports said Geelani's supporters, mostly youths, appeared outside his residence at Hyderpora, on the Srinagar airport road, carrying Pakistani flags. The youths also shouted pro-Pakistan and anti-India slogans, as Geelani came out of his house before leaving for passport office....   READ MORE   Finally, Geelani declares himself Indian 6/6/2015 12:52:57 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 5: The debate over whether hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani is Indian or not came to an end today after he filled the nationality column of passport application as Indian citizen. Geelani completed formalities to apply for an Indian passport after the police released him from house arrest. Officials in the passport office said that Geelani submitted his biometric data which includes signing passport form at many places, taking finger prints and iris scan etc and automatically includes filling all the required columns of the application including mentioning nationality of a person. Geelani while talking to reporters outside the passport ...   READ MORE   FLOUTING GUV ORDER: Nonchalance by teacher, dereliction by officer 6/6/2015 12:50:32 AM Ajay Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, June 5: In another instance of flouting norms, an education department employee enjoys the privilege of getting his posting prized in a department of his choice while ignoring his parent place of posting. The state of Jammu and Kashmir under the recent president's rule before the formation of BJP-PDP coalition had come up with a directive from the Governor N N Vohra to detach all the teachers from their places of postings and retrieving them back all to their earlier position. Though the directive was put in place by the then administration, but one Badshah Husain, originally, a teacher by profession and executing his duties at Middle School Up...   READ MORE   State Government clueless about missing ration of thousands of quintals from Budgam 6/5/2015 10:40:02 PM Mir Farhat SRINAGAR, June 5: The state government has no clue as to what has happened to the thousands of quintals of rice that went missing from Food Corporation of India's godown from Central Kashmir's Budgam district last year. Immediately after the then NC-led government announced free ration for six months for the flood affected people in the state, 51 trucks of rice, totaling about 10,000 quintals, were 'stolen' by the Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution (CAPD) department officials and 'sold in black market, sources in CAPD told Early Times. The then chief minister Omar Abdullah had announced free ration of 210 kilos to each family for six months after floods devastated ...   READ MORE

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