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100 days on, where's promised ‘drive against corruption’? 6/9/2015 12:14:47 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, June 8: The PDP-BJP alliance has completed three months in power but the government's promised drive against widespread corruption in the state is nowhere in the sight. In fact, the anti-graft bodies in the state including State Accountability Commission (SAC) and State Vigilance Commission are virtually defunct. During their election campaign and after assuming office, both the PDP and the BJP raised pitch for strengthening the SAC and SVC. So far, however, nothing has been done, prompting many to cast doubts on promises made by both these parties. The PDP had promised people strong and functional anti-graft bodies to eradicate corruption from the state. Later when the Agenda of Alliance was formed between the BJP and PDP for government formation, strengthening of anti-graft bodies figured prominently in it. "Ensure genuine autonomy of institutions of probity, which include SAC which will be re-designated as Transparency Commission, and an organization which deals with the Right to Information Act," reads the Agenda of Alliance. The...   READ MORE

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Critically injured SI shifted by road; State choppers used by ministers, their families for private function 6/9/2015 12:14:40 AM Early Times Report jammu, June 8: The cash starved terror plagued state of Jammu and Kashmir has no money to arrange air ambulance for Sub-Inspector Arun Sharma, who was brutally stabbed by some miscreants for removing hoarding of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwala but the same state has spent lakhs of money to ferry "Baraties" of Minister of State, Sunil Sharma whose high-profile marriage was held few days back. Brave heart Sub-Inspector Arun Sharma's condition deteriorated on Saturday evening and doctors advised the family members to immediately shift him outside the State for advanced treatment. The police department came forward to provide help to Arun Sharma but neither air ambulance nor cho...   READ MORE   Manipur attack: Himachal compensates kin of its slain soldiers, J&K govt unmoved 6 jawans from Jammu region died in the ambush 6/9/2015 12:14:31 AM Bivek Mathur Early Times Report jammu, June 8: The coalition government is yet to announce an ex-gratia relief to the families of six soldiers from J&K who were killed in an attack by militants in Manipur last week. Eighteen soldiers belonging to Army's 6 Dogra Infantry Regiment were killed and 11 others injured when militants ambushed their convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on Thursday last, in what is being described as the worst casualties the Army has suffered in recent years. Seven of the slain soldiers hailed from Himachal Pradesh and six from Jammu region, and taking the lead, the Himachal government led by Virbhadra Singh has announced a financial assistance to the tune of Rs...   READ MORE   BJP ministers fail to hit the ground Enjoying Power! 6/9/2015 12:14:17 AM Skip official functions; Avoid people, party activists Fazal Khan Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 8: The BJP ministers have failed to make their presence felt on the ground. They remain confined to their cozy office chambers and lavish government quarters which have been provided to them. Sources told Early Times none of the BJP ministers attended the inaugural ceremony of Police Public Cricket Premier League held at Bakshi Stadium here recently. All the top dignitaries, including the Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed graced the occasion, but none of the BJP ministers turned to attend the function. Sources said that Police had sent invitations to all the BJP ministers and ha...   READ MORE   Waving of Pak flags not a big issue: BJP 6/9/2015 12:13:57 AM Manoj Thappa Early Times Report jammu, June 8: The waving of Pakistani flags and holding of pro-Pakistan and anti-India rallies, particularly since April 15, have alarmed the entire country, except the "ultra secular" BJP and its government at the centre; the BJP ministers, leadership and cadres in Jammu & Kashmir; the BJP ideologues and the so-called nationalist RSS. All, barring the BJP and the RSS, have been denouncing such anti-national acts and urging the Modi Government to intervene and act before it is too late. Even the Congress, which created a mess in Jammu & Kashmir through its perverted appeasement policy, has upped the ante and repeatedly asked the Modi Government to disch...   READ MORE   Ousted leaders address convention, district president ignored Split wide open in Kishtwar District Cong 6/9/2015 12:13:48 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: Amid rhetoric by senior leaders for united face of Congress party, the split in party has once again came to fore and this time in District Kishtwar, wherein during a workers' convention on Monday, some allegedly expelled party leaders were allowed to address the gathering while the District president was ignored. Sources informed Early Times that the District Kishtwar Congress convention was organized on the instructions of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Vice president GM Saroori, who is from Inderwal constituency but the District Congress Committee Kishtwar president Pardeep Singh Parihar was deliberately ignored by not invit...   READ MORE   Outcry over Edu Minister's transfer policy grows shriller 6/9/2015 12:13:35 AM Abdul Majid Early Times Report Srinagar, June 8: The public outcry over Education Minister Syed Naeem Akhtar Andrabi's 'arbitrary' policy on transfer of schoolteachers in the state is getting shriller by the day. After statement from the separatists that Andrabi was deliberately transferring female teachers to far off places to make them vulnerable to threat of sorts, various teachers bodies in the Valley have taken him head on. J&K Teachers Forum (JKTF) president and head of the Employees Joint Action Committee, Abdul Qayoom Wani, said that teachers were being "humiliated" in the name of "rationalization". Wani said in a handout, "No one would be allowed to play with the career of t...   READ MORE   Encroachment of Forest land: Two top politicians are likely to face direct action There palatial houses constructed on encroached land 6/9/2015 12:13:25 AM Early Times Report jammu, June 8: Two big politicians along with 20 "leaders" and bureaucrats are likely to get notices to vacate the forest land which they have alleged encroached to construct their big houses in Batindi, Sidhara, Chowhadi and Sujwan areas in the outskirts of Jammu city. The Forest Department, in its on-going demarcation process in these areas, has established that two top politicians have constructed their houses on forest land. The top politicians have brought a small piece of private land but they have encroached upon huge chunk of forest land while constructing their huge houses. Forest Minister, while addressing a press conference today gave hints that very soon his...   READ MORE   Tussle for one-upmanship between two ministers 100 days of PDP-BJP Govt mark bickering in BJP…! 6/9/2015 12:13:12 AM Early Times Report jammu, June 8: Hundred days celebration of the PDP-BJP coalition regime was marked with visible bickering in the "disciplined" BJP after two senior ministers organized two simultaneous press conferences to celebrate this "historic" occasion. Infighting in the BJP was an open secret especially after formation of the coalition government with PDP but this bickering came to the fore today when two BJP Ministers addressed two separate press conferences almost simultaneously at same time. Both the ministers highlighted 100 days achievements of the coalition government. Both the ministers tried to skip the issues relating to Jammu region and tried to emphasize only on policy...   READ MORE   9 years over, CB fails to take probe into ASCOMS patients scam to logical end 6/9/2015 12:12:58 AM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: Crime Branch (CB), Jammu, has so far failed to take the ASCOMS patients' scam to its logical end. The premier investigating agency has not even prepared a chargesheet against the management of Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS), Sidhra. The CB registered a case against management and officials of ASCOMS Sidhra and started investigation after a letter dated February 28, 2006 was written by Additional Secretary Health and Medical Education Department to IGP Crime wherein it was alleged that illegal practices were being carried out by the management of ASCOMS by way of incorporating wrong entries in the OPD registers by s...   READ MORE   Stick to Mufti's agenda: Bukhari to Dy CM 6/9/2015 12:12:57 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 8: Senior PDP leader and Minister for Public Works, Floriculture and Gardens, Syed Altaf Bukhari has strongly reacted to the statement of Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh asking him to stick to Chief Minister Mohammad Sayeed's agenda. Bukhari said remarks of the Deputy Chief Minister that Rs 3600 crore is sufficient for rehabilitation of flood victims in Kashmir have shocked him not only as a minister but in capacity of a flood victim who has personally witnessed the scale of devastation during September floods. "Instead of adhering to Mufti Saheb's vision of togetherness and equal opportunities, it seems our fellow colleagues are bogged down on iss...   READ MORE   MHA asks Police to probe role of NC, Cong leaders Jammu Unrest 6/9/2015 12:12:52 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: The Police are investigating the role of senior Congress leader and a National Conference leader for their alleged involvement in instigating the Sikh community to hit the streets and indulge in rioting in Satwari area here. The unrest left a Sikh youth dead and paralyzed the normal life in Jammu region for three days. The Ministry of Home Affairs, sources said, has asked the state police to investigate the matter at the earliest and submit its report before the Divisional Commissioner Jammu, who has been asked to probe the incident, comes up with his findings. "A senior Congress leader was not only in constant touch with the protestors but even held...   READ MORE   Minister SW wakes up to sub standard supplies to Anganwaris Rubbishes nutrition test report 6/9/2015 12:12:50 AM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report jammu, June 8: Casting aspersions on the accountability and integrity of local testing laboratory, Minister for Social and Welfare Department Bali Bhagat said that he had doubted the results of the quality tests conducted by the laboratory on edible items supplied to the Anganwaris of the state. On being asked, all samples had been found sub-standard expect Jammu district's samples, Minister replied that, "I have doubt on the working of Jammu laboratory and it might be in nexus with the companies who are supplying nutrition items in state Anganwadis," he alleged and said the department would take samples from different companies before tendering and it...   READ MORE   While traffic cops are missing on Sundays, daily wagers forced to work on holidays 6/9/2015 12:12:44 AM Shakeel A Khan Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 8: With new dispensation in place, there seems to be no respite for the daily wagers and the casual employees. Not to talk about their meagre compensation, they are compelled to attend their duties even on Sundays. As learnt from the sources, the daily wagers and the casual employees of Estates Department were ordered to remain present in the secretariat by some officers drawing severe criticism, not only from the these employees, but from the common masses as well. Sources told Early Times that all this has happened due to a handful of officers, who have personal interests in this. By this act, the estates department is flaying the no...   READ MORE   Non Political platform on Baig's name works swiftly than political parties Registers grievances of people online, seeks redressal from power corridors 6/9/2015 12:12:36 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: What PDP as biggest mainstream party could not achieve in years, one of its tallest leader and a stalwart unto himself Muzaffar Hussain Baig has been able to do, albeit through a non political platform. Gaining acclaim and huge popularity apart, this platform through its website registers grievances of people every day online and tries to find solutions from concerned quarters in the government. PDP as the parent party has not yet been able to update itself through website , not to speak of other contemporary parties like NC or Congress , not even its ally in government BJP. PDP as the political party has indeed established strong by way of hierarchical d...   READ MORE   I begged for 6 years with New Delhi for getting funds: Omar NC starts finding faults with PDP-BJP govt 6/9/2015 12:12:28 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Tmes Report SRINAGAR, June 8: National Conference Working President and former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today candidly admitted that he had to beg before then United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre for seeking funds for the state for carrying out various activities. "I begged for six years before the central government while as I was the chief minister of the state. I begged with folded hands before then Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Congress President, Sonia Gandhi and other important leaders so as to get funds from New Delhi. The Jammu & Kashmir state cannot run without support from the central government," said Omar while addressing...   READ MORE   Udhampur residents block highway, allege forcible occupation of temple land 6/9/2015 12:03:53 AM Sarita Jamwal Early Times Report Udhampur, June 8: Residents of Garhi area of Udhampur Monday blocked Jammu-Srinagar highway for more than four hours and held a strong protest, alleging forcible occupation of the temple land by some people. Expressing deep concern and anguish over the "forcible occupation" of temple land in Garhi area of Udhampur by some people, locals today blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway for more than four hours, disrupting vehicular movement and raising anti...   READ MORE   Sagar terms BJP-PDP regime as communal but forgets NC's dubious role in Amarnath land row Omar too had defended anti-Amarnath land transfer agitation 6/9/2015 12:03:30 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 8: NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar today criticised BJP-PDP coalition government for "disrupting communal harmony" in the state, forgetting that his government had defended the 2008 anti-Amarnath land transfer agitation, ultimately leading to the division of people in the name of religion and region. There was a proposal for acquiring land in Kashmir to raise temporary shelters for the Amarnath pilgrims, who visit the state from different parts of the country and abroad, but it was opposed tooth and nail by the separatists who unfortunately are given so much of weightage in the state politics by the otherwise mainstream leaders. Instead of showing t...   READ MORE   SIC issues penalty notice against CEO, DyCEO Master doing clerks job in CEO's office Kishtwar 6/9/2015 12:03:23 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: At a time when State Education Minister is trying his level best to streamline the education system in Jamm & Kashmir, we have some vested interested teachers who instead of providing education to students have preferred to remain attached with their administrative offices for various considerations. Some local residents have sought the details of this master from CEO's office under J&K RTI Act and that was denied and now the State Information Commission (SIC) has intervened which has issued penalty show cause notice against the Dy CEO and CEO of Kishtwar plus the information has also been handed over to Information seeker. As per details available one R...   READ MORE   MLA Dooru leaves lactating mothers high and dry 6/9/2015 12:03:07 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 8: In order to gain political mileage out of centrally sponsored scheme meant for women who deliver in government hospitals, MLA Dooru Monday organized a function for distribution of cheques among such women, however most of them returned disappointed without receiving any cheques. Under Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY), sponsored by Ministry of Women and Child Development Government of India, pregnant and lactating women of19 years of age and older receive conditional Maternity Benefit of Rs 6000 from the Scheme in two instalments for first two births. Scheme was launched only in Khutwa and Anatnag districts by the previ...   READ MORE   DFO Kishtwar issues summons in case disposed off in 2012 Forest Deptt doesn't give a fig for court orders 6/9/2015 12:03:01 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: Showing utter disregard to court order, the Forest department in Kishtwar has again issued summons to a saw mill owner in 'illegal' timber seizure case of 2007. According to the documents with Early Times, the Authorized Officer, Forest Division Kishtwar had seized timber in premises of a saw mill owned by Ravinder Kumar. The case, however, was disposed of by the court in 2012. "The Forest department registered case against Ravinder Kumar under case number 38/2017-08, for alleged seizure of illegal timber from the premises of the saw mill," the document reads. The saw mill owner, feeling harassed by authorities of the Forest department...   READ MORE   As encroachers cut deep into forests, Deptt lacks maps, proper records 6/9/2015 12:02:51 AM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, June 8: The tall claims of state government to recover encroached forest land from land Mafia is likely to prove hoax as according to credible sources most of forest compartments of Kashmir division are without forest maps and summation book of Forest records. During the peak of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir most of the offices of the Forest Department across Kashmir were set ablaze by unknown people and such a situation according to one top official of Forest department resulted in loss of forest maps and actual record of Forests of Kashmir division, giving encroachers licence to their misadventures. Official figures reveal that at prese...   READ MORE   Rising price of pulses slows down consumers' pulse 6/9/2015 12:02:39 AM Rates Variation (Last 2 Months) April 1 June 1 Increase Rajmash 135 164 09 Mote Mash 92 114 22 Mash Dhule 110 135 25 Masoor 80 100 20 Arhar 102 120 18 Chane Ki Dal 55 70 15 Chane Kesari 64 78 14 Roungi 70 80 10 Chane Safed 66 73 07 Moongi 108 110 02 Moongi Dhuli 122 126 04 Early Times Report JAMMU, June 8: Already hit by shooting prices of essential commodities, the consumers are now finding it difficult to get their favourite pulses and other food articles at affordable rates. The cost escalation of food articles particularly pulses over the period of two months has literally forced people to alter their menu. The ...   READ MORE

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