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JK seeks age relaxation in IAS exam, denies same for KAS aspirants Govt's hypocrisy exposed 6/7/2018 11:43:43 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Though the state government vociferously sought age relaxation for the aspirants of J&K in the Indian Civil Services exams, it has reduced the age limit for the aspirants of Kashmir Administrative Services (KAS) from 35 to 32 years. As per an order (No: PSC/Exam/2018/38) issued by the J&K Public Service Commission, a total of 70 posts were advertised. The minimum age limit for the aspirants is 21 years and the upper age limit is 32 years. "In all the previous notifications, the upper age limit for the aspirants was 35 years, which has now been reduced to 32 years, which is injustice with the aspirants", an aspirant said. He said the State Civil services exams were not regular like the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams, but still upper age limit has been reduced. Castigating the state government, the aspirants said whenever it comes to slamming the Union government, all state leaders are up in arms, but they never bother about their own mistakes and blunders. "The UPSC conducts the Civil Services Exams annually and ...   READ MORE

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Political workers enjoy meals, citizens pay bill! 6/7/2018 11:43:26 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: A taxpayer is asking a question to the J&K government: why should his hard earned money be spent over the lavish parties thrown away by political groups to appease their workers? Notably, around 1500 people were invited to the iftaar party hosted by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in the lush and posh lawns of the SKICC. Among the invitees, a large chunk comprised of the political workers of a particular group. As per the estimates, out of the 1500 invitees, 1100 were the zone presidents, block presidents, halqa presidents, and mohalla presidents of a particular party. In the serene environment of SKICC with the cool breeze of the Dal Lake beating the...   READ MORE   After Rajnath's general amnesty to stone pelters, Chennai tourist's killers to be released 6/7/2018 11:43:15 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: By announcing to withdraw cases against stone pelters, who are part of agitational terrorist, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has apparently given amnesty to killer of Chenai tourist R Thirumani who was stoned to death by stone pelters to whom the Union Home Minister has hailed as "innocent children". These "innocent children" have let loose a reign of terror in the Kashmir Valley and they are attacking and killing people like any thing. A tourist from Chennai was killed and a local woman injured in an incident of throwing of stones at Narbal on the Srinagar-Gulmarg road in Baramulla district on May 7 evening R. Thirumani Selvan, son of Rajavel of Ch...   READ MORE   Pak stooges caught between 'devil and the deep sea' Their 'bosses' ask them to stay away from talks 6/7/2018 11:43:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Separatists and Pakistan stooges have been reportedly told by their bosses sitting across the Line of Control no to enter into any sort of dialogue with the Government of India. Sources told Early Times that the so-called Joint Resistance leadership comprising Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Hurriyat dove Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and so-called JKLF chief Yasin Malik have been told not to hold any bilateral talks. "People sitting across the LoC first want GoI to talk to Pakistan. They want build the pressure over GoI through separatists to start negotiations with the neighbouring country," they added. An insider revealed that Geelani and others have...   READ MORE   Backdoor appointments in state corporations yet to be probed 6/7/2018 11:42:53 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report srinagar, June 7: The Jammu and Kashmir government is yet to initiate any action against those blue-eyed officials who over the years were appointed in various state owned corporations through the backdoor. Sources told Early Times that the list of illegal appointments in the corporations was very much available with the government including the general administration department headed by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti but none has so far shown the courage to act against the wrong doings. "Each corporation had appointed hundreds of blue eyed persons illegally. There is no accountability as how these appointments have been made and thereafter illega...   READ MORE   Amnesty to more stone-pelters Appeasement continues 6/7/2018 11:42:41 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 7: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Kashmir today on a two-day visit. Concerned citizens were hoping that he would talk tough in Kashmir to send a strong message to those who had converted Kashmir into a region of stone-pelters and seditious activities. But the BJP Government at the Centre dashed their hope to the ground. Instead of announcing stringent action against the dreaded stone-pelters in Kashmir, the Home Minister announced that "cases against minor and those 'misled into stone pelting' stone pelters in the Valley will be withdrawn". He made it quite clear that the BJP's policy of appeasement would continue whatever the consequences. L...   READ MORE   Balwant Thakur sacked from ICCR, also in line of fire of SNA 6/7/2018 11:42:25 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: For years he ran the cultural scene of the state like his fiefdom and rode high because of undue favours showered on him by the bureaucracy. But finally, Balwant Thakur has been shown the door by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), New Delhi. Already sacked as Secretary, J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 2003 by the then Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government for his alleged corrupt practices in the name of workshops, Thakur had been enjoying the directorial post of ICCR for a long time. "Not a single child excelled in any field, the discourses which he often gives to assembly of parents to help their child grow confidant to strike high p...   READ MORE   Agri, Hort Deptts recommend sub-standard machinery to farmers 6/7/2018 11:13:15 PM Ashwani Sharma Early Times Report Udhampur, June 7: Bungling in agriculture and horticulture departments has come to light wherein some district level officers and officials of these departments have flouted the norms to make an earning from illegal channels. This has put the government exchequers and farmers to heavy losses. Maintaining anonymity some farmers from Doda, Ramban, Poonch, Kishtwar etc informed that they were denied subsidy on some machines because some departmental offic...   READ MORE   36 yrs on, irrigation canal in Udhampur yet to be completed 6/7/2018 11:13:05 PM Arun Jasrotia Early Times Report Udhampur, June 7: Work on Tagan Kul irrigation canal in this district started way back in 1982. Thirty six years later, the work is yet to be completed. The canal was supposed to be spread from Jullera to Tagan villages and its proposed length was 6.40 km. An amount of Rs 120 lakh has been spent so far on the canal construction, as per an RTI reply. Dhuni Chand, an farmer of Tagan, made a passionate appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to listen to the ...   READ MORE   Booking Rajinder for abusing CM Why no action against abusive Whatsapp posts? 6/7/2018 11:12:05 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Even as the police booked Choudhary Lal Singh's younger brother Choudhary Rajinder Singh for using abusive language against the Chief Minister, sexual violence against women has not shown any decline especially in Jammu region. Government data released last month revealed that 2850 cases of abduction of women and 5399 cases of molestation were reported during the preceding year. It further said that 1157 cases of eve teasing were also registered in various police stations across the state during the same period. The state commission for women has its own data. According to its chairperson, Nayeema Mahjoor, there has been a drastic rise in crimes ...   READ MORE   Saffron party playing with fire? BJP out to give 'legitimacy' to Pak stooges 6/7/2018 11:11:48 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: The signals emanating from New Delhi indicate that Government of India has decided to soften its policy towards terror and the separatists in Kashmir. Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party and Jammu and Kashmir in-charge Ram Madhav has once again reiterated that Centre is ready to talk with Pakistan stooges and the interlocutor appointed by the Government of India is already on the job. An analyst while talking to Early Times said that BJP led NDA government should spill the beans and explain the agenda for talks. "Is it that it wants to discuss Kashmiri's Azadi with the Pakistan stooges or negotiate a plan with them about how to give Kashmir to Pa...   READ MORE   HM, DM treading different paths Stone-pelters in Kashmir 6/7/2018 11:11:36 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 7: The BJP-led NDA Government is in complete disarray. Union Home Ministry asked J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti in November last year to grant amnesty to "first time stone-pelters" in Kashmir and Defence Ministry the other day told National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that withdrawal of FIRs against stone-pelters would demoralize security forces and embolden militants to use civilians as human shield for their terror activities. In fact, the Defence Ministry filed a report before the NHRC saying that "withdrawing of cases against stone-pelters by the state government will demoralise the security forces and may encourage the acts of militants to take help of c...   READ MORE   Time for BJP to act otherwise it will perish Volcanic situation in Kashmir 6/7/2018 11:09:52 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 7: Situation in Kashmir has worsened. The amnesty to stone-pelters followed by Ramzan ceasefire has upset everything in Kashmir. The situation has worsened to the extent that terrorists and stone-pelters are openly targeting security forces, causing bomb blasts and using deadly devices to further their break-India agenda. The post-May 16 Kashmir has witnessed more than 2 dozen terror attacks, all on security forces, especially on CRPF. The terrorists have also snatched at least six weapons from J&K police personnel. The spurt in terror attacks in Kashmir and the manner in which stone-pelters are attacking security forces has only put the ruling BJP on the d...   READ MORE   Holy town of Katra caught in mess of buses New bus stand remains vacant 6/7/2018 11:09:43 PM A B Sharma Early Times Report Katra, Jun 7: Holy town of Katra has been caught in the mess created by unchecked and uncontrolled traffic of passenger buses causing grave inconvenience to pilgrims, locals and business owners of the town. To streamline the system, a new bus stand near Asia Chowk garden point came up to cater to the rush of the vehicles, but it generally remains vacant due to nonchalance of the traffic police and other agencies. However before the new Bus Stand could come up , some influential persons who had their business interests in old bus stand had approached the court and got a stay against the functioning of the new bus stand; But later on, though the stay got va...   READ MORE   Health care facilities in JK: Govt depending on Central aid 6/7/2018 11:09:35 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, June 7: Despite claims of according top priority to the health sector, the people in Jammu and Kashmir are suffering due to scanty health infrastructure especially in the rural areas. The officials in the health department said that JK government may ask the Centre for financial assistance to improve the health facilities. "The health sector has been least priority of the successive government. Now government is only eying that central assistance," the official said. They said over 3000 health institutions in the state are lacking proper infrastructure and exposing the dismal health care scenario of J&K. "I was surprised that the state was ...   READ MORE   375 posts of ICDS supervisor vacant, child welfare schemes hit 6/7/2018 11:09:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 7: Acute shortage of supervisors under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) project has affected the day-to-day affairs of the scheme. Nearly 375 posts of supervisors are lying vacant for last many years, reflecting negligence of the department to implement the scheme in letter and spirit. Reliable sources in the Social Welfare Department informed Early Times that in Kashmir division there are 190 posts of supervisors vacant whereas in 10 districts of Jammu division nearly 175 posts were not fulfilled by department, defeating purpose of the project. "Out of the 175 posts in Jammu division, the maximum post of supervisors are vacant in district Kat...   READ MORE   DHS shows thumb to Health Minister's direction 6/7/2018 11:09:13 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 7: The anarchy in Director Health Service can be gauged from the fact that despite the direction of Health and Medical Education Department to enquire the matter of doctor posted on non-existing post at UPC Sidhra, no action has been taken so far by the Director of DHS Jammu. Pertinent to mention that Dr Jameela Akhtar was posted on non-existing post at Urban Health Centre Sidhra for last many years in violation of rules and regulations. When the matter was brought to the notice of the Health Minister Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, he assured that the matter would be enquired and suitable action would be taken. But 15 days have passed and nithibg has moved....   READ MORE   Students suffer for want of cooling facilities in schools 6/7/2018 11:09:07 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 7: Amid scorching heat, students studying in government and private schools are facing tough times as majority of schools are lacking basic facilities, like fans and coolers to resist to fight the heat. With temperature in Srinagar touching around 35 degree Celsius, the students pray for vacations. Insiders in the Education Department said around 80-percent schools across the Valley sans coolers and fans. They said these schools are not well equipped to resist hot weather and respite the children from the intense heat. "We are receiving complaints from teachers that around 10 percent students are not coming to schools due to lack of cooling arrangem...   READ MORE   Junior doc leaks details of confidential DPC meeting for vote bank Will department order a probe 6/7/2018 11:08:51 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 7: Incompetency and administrative inefficiency of present administration of the GMC Jammu came to fore once again when a junior doctor leaked very confidential details of DPC meeting for various posts held yesterday at Srinagar on whatsApp group of GMC Faculty and taking credit of it for upcoming MTA elections. Highly placed sources divulged that the junior faculty member, who was also part of previous MTA, went to the extent of claiming that he was instrum...   READ MORE   Rajnath rules out sending formal invitation for talks to separatists 6/7/2018 11:07:16 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 7: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today ruled out any formal invitation to separatists for a dialogue with Government of India (GOI) saying that right minded people can always join for talks. He asked Pakistan to stop terrorism adding that New Delhi is ready to provide support in that respect. The Home Minister remained non-committal about the extension of suspension of operations against militants in the state. He said so far no decision has ...   READ MORE   NSF Signature campaign for CBI enquiry in Rassana case enter 44th day 6/7/2018 11:06:35 PM Jammu, June 7: Understanding the importance and genuineness of CBI enquiry National Secular Forum (NSF) initiated the signature campaign in Rassana murder case. The campaign which was initiated in response to the primary demand of the local people for CBI probe in the matter entered in 44th day and got a healthy response from the University campus. More than fifty five housand people from all walks of life reached the venue to pen down their signatures. Addressing the gathering here today, Dr Vikas Sharma said, that "If people of Jammu are not satisfied with the probe and seeking CBI probe then what's wrong in it. But, the national media projected the agitation of Jammu people as pro-rapis...   READ MORE

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