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'Bold intiatives on cards; besides delimitation, Articles 370, 35A may go' Ram Madhav loses JK to Amit Shah 6/9/2019 12:20:03 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: As the Jammu and Kashmir takes centre stage in the agenda of new Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party has sidelined high profile Ram Madhav, the BJP national general secretary and incharge of the J&K affairs. According to the sources in BJP circles, Ram Madhav has been sidelined by the party high command and more particularly the national president Amit Shah, who is also Union Home Minister now and most powerful after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While the Union Home Ministry is seriously mulling big initiatives for resolution of Kashmir problem and restoration of peace in the trouble torn State through some bold decisions like delimitation of J&KJ Assembly constituencies and possible scrapping of Articles 370, 35 A, no one in the Central Government as well as in the ruling BJP is consulting Ram Madhav. Sources claimed that BJP high command and more particularly Amit Shah are not happy with the performance of Ram Madhav as general secretary incharge for J&K where the party remained in power for three years before s...   READ MORE

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EC also didn't do justice to people of Jammu Jammu deserves 10 to 15 more seats 6/9/2019 12:19:49 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: The talk of delimitation has triggered an interesting and fierce debate in Jammu & Kashmir. Fierce debate because almost all leaders in Kashmir have opposed tooth and nail the idea of de novo delimitation of assembly constituencies in the state. Interesting because politically conscious people of Jammu province cutting across party lines are working hard to tell the authorities that the 1995 delimitation, which was based on the 1981 census figures, and not the 2001 census figures, and which had taken into consideration only population criteria, was highly Valley-centric and unfair as far as Jammu was concerned. The agitated people of Jammu are taking the...   READ MORE   Digiana Pulli Gali No. 1 faces multiple civic issues Residents ask Munish to help them out 6/9/2019 12:19:41 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: The residents of Digiana Pulli Gali No 1 of Ward No. 45 of Jammu Municipal Corporation have been facing multiple civic issues while the concerned authorities seem least bothered about the problems being faced by the residents. Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Saturday during his mass contact programme at Digiana Pulli, met several people on Saturday. Munish informed them that he would be contesting the forthcoming Assembly elections as an Independent ...   READ MORE   Ousted PDP leaders lobbying for new alliance 6/9/2019 12:19:36 AM Early Times Report srinagar, June 8: A leader who was ousted from the Peoples Democratic Party on charges of conspiring to dethrone the party president Mehbooba Mufti is now lobbing for a new alliance ahead of the Assembly polls. While the Election Commission of India recently said the polls were likely to be held after the Amarnath Yatra, the ousted PDP in league with his former colleague who is also out of the party, have been lobbying for the new alliance. The other leader, who was removed from the ministry during the previous PDP-BJP government, before he decided to quit, has been in constant touch with his counterpart and both are working for pre-poll alliance. Sources said the...   READ MORE   Don't cast your vote blindly: Munish to people 6/9/2019 12:19:19 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: Editor, Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Saturday asked people to evaluate the performances of their former MLAs and then cast their vote in the forthcoming assembly elections in the state. Carrying forward his mass contact programme in different areas, Munish said, "It's high time for people to assess the performance of their former MLAs. We can't just keep on casting our vote blindly." "Ask yourselves whether our elected representatives have lived up to our ...   READ MORE   Fearing workers' anger Cong postpones Sunday's review meeting 6/9/2019 12:18:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: Contrary to the statement of party leadership, the Congress has deferred Sunday's review meeting only to save party's top leaders from the anger of genuine workers. The meeting was scheduled to be held on June 9 because in the first such meeting only selective leaders were invited. Two days back, party spokesperson claimed the scheduled meeting to be held in Srinagar on June 9 has been postponed due to the ill-health of AICC general secretary Ambika Soni. Senior party leaders said Ambika was recuperating post-surgery, and had asked state leaders to defer the meet to take stock of the poll debacle in J&K. Credible sources, however, revealed that party...   READ MORE   Will distribute my salary among needy' 6/9/2019 12:16:53 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 8: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, has said that if he wins the forthcoming Assembly elections from Gandhi Nagar constituency he would distribute his monthly salary among the needy people in his constituency. "It's my promise to you people that besides carrying out development work, I would distribute my salary among the needy people. I assure you that I would not take any money from anyone, nor would I remain inaccessible. Whenever you need me I will be available," Munish said. ...   READ MORE   Parvez Ahmad removed as J&K Bank Chairman, Chibber replaces him ACB sleuths carry out raids on Bank's corporate headquarters 6/9/2019 12:16:12 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 8: Governor Satya Pal Malik led state administration cracked its whip on the head of Jammu and Kashmir Bank by ordering his removal and appointing a non-Muslim face as the head of the institution. "Parvez Ahmad, chairman-cum-managing director, shall cease to be director on the Board of Directors of the bank and consequently be no longer the chairman-cum-managing director of the board," an order issued by Additional Secretary, Finance, Vishal Sharma said here, announcing the appointment of R K Chibber as the bank's interim chairman and the managing director of the board of directors." The order triggered a storm in the headquarters as i...   READ MORE   After Vigilance raid Govt to probe bunglings in J&K Bank loan 6/9/2019 12:15:58 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 8: The Government will launch a probe into the politicians and JK Bank management Nexus and expose those political leaders who have taken huge amount as loan to further the business of their relatives by violating the laid down norms. Sources said the axe will fall on many politicians of both regional and national parties. To substantiate it's initiative the high placed sources said that soon after the sacking of Bank Chairman the Vigilance sleuths raided the Bank. Sources said the Government has received various complaints that JK Bank has given loans worth crores of rupees to the with and kin of senior politicians and their relatives. Even the relatives...   READ MORE   At Kalakote hospital, lone ambulance is out of order 6/9/2019 12:15:51 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: After being referred for advance treatment by doctors at sub district hospital (SDH) Kalakote, a woman who was injured in a house collapse on Saturday was made to wait for ambulance for more than three hours. According to family members of Renu Devi, a resident of Mehari, Kalakote, she had received severe injuries when her house got collapsed. "We rushed her the hospital, but the doctors on duty referred her to district hospital Rajouri", said Mohan Singh, a relative of the woman. "Despite being SDH, we even could not get proper first aid here. The staff on duty told us that X-ray could not conducted due to non-availability of the films", he said. "We a...   READ MORE   Higher Education to seek over 7200 posts for new colleges; Posts include 3600 of APs 6/9/2019 12:15:40 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: The state Higher Education department is likely to propose creation of over 7200 posts of gazetted as well as non-gazetted employees for over 100 new government degree colleges. Sources informed Early Times that the Higher Education department has been working on a proposal for the creation of posts in 103 newly created colleges. These colleges include 50 colleges created earlier by the state government from state-sector while three colleges were created under Rashtriya Ucchtar Shiksha Abhiyaan (RUSA). Moreover, the State Administrative Council has recently announced 50 more government colleges. Out of these 50 new proposed colleges, 40 would be for t...   READ MORE   Govt keen to empower ACB over other anti-graft bodies 6/9/2019 12:15:32 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, June 8:The government seems more interested in empowering the Anti-Corruption Bureau over other anti-graft bodies in Jammu and Kashmir. In the State Vigilance Commission Rules, 2019, the government has removed the clause of Anti-Corruption Bureau where it was mandatory for ACB to submit hourly reports to SVC. "The Director ACB shall submit progress report on quarterly basis in all under investigation cases or preliminary enquiries to the SVC," says the new rules. "While exercising powers of supervision, the Commission shall not direct the Anti Corruption Bureau to provide individual details of the cases or investigate or dispose of the ca...   READ MORE   Failure to bring electric buses to Srinagar embarrasses Govt 6/9/2019 12:15:23 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 8: A major embarrassment for the government was witnessed as the electric busses that were ought to be made operational in June are nowhere in sight in state's summer capital. The government had earlier made major announcements declaring that the electric passenger busses are going to ply on Srinagar roads from June 1, this year. As everyone was expecting that the much awaited fleet will be seen plying amid much opulence on the city roads, there was not even a single such machine in sight. "We were expecting that the buses may reach Srinagar ahead of Eid and devotees who would throng mosques and shrines for Eid prayers during the day could be ferried in t...   READ MORE

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