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| 'Most of the contracts allotted to his relatives, he use to take commission of even Rs 2000' | | PDP MLA accuses Mehbooba's uncle of Corruption | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 13: Leveling serious allegations of corruption against Sartaj Madni, maternal uncle of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, the Peoples Democratic Party MLA Abid Ansari claimed that most of the contracts of government works in south Kashmir were allotted to his relatives and that Madni used to take commission even Rs 2000.
"Madni the "Mamaji" of Mehbooba Mufti was involved in corruption. Most of the contracts in south Kashmir were allotted to the relatives of Madni. He used to take commission of even Rs 2000," Abid Ansairi who is among the rebel leaders of PDP told this reporter.
Sartaj Madni, Mehbooba's maternal uncle, was appoint... | |
| | | | PDP politics hits new low with Mehbooba's doublespeak | | 'Rudali' is back in her old avatar | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: Former Chief Minister and president of People's Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, is finally showing her true colour after the BJP pulled out of the government led by her last month.
Carrying on with her tradition of visiting the graveyard of July 13, 1931 slain who rebelled against the Maharaja rule, Mehbooba, like other mainstream politicians of Kashmir, was back in her previous avatar: blaming New Delhi for all the ills plaguing Jammu and Kashmir.
A baffled and wavering Mehbooba said: "If Delhi tries to dismiss the voting rights of people like 1987, if it tries to create divisions and interfere like that, then I think it will be just like Salah-ud... | |
| | | | Will Mehbooba play Laila Khalid of 70s? | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: PDP president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday warned Delhi that if it tried to break her party the way Delhi did it in 1987 then people like Salahudin and Yasin Malik will emerge again and will have dangerous consequences.
Another former Chief Minister and her arch rival gave her a befitting reply.
Omar Abdullah while reacting to her statement said militancy had aldeady taken a rebirth in PDP-BJP rule and that no new militant shall be... | |
| | | | Mr Farooq, Jammu & Kashmir is not Ireland | | Secessionism in London | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 13: NC president Farooq Abdullah has come out with another divisive solution to the do-called Kashmir issue. He has demanded Ireland-type solution and that too at far off London. He has said that the solution he has put forth must by supported by at least 70-80 per cent majority.
"Pakistan and India must realize that there is no military solution to the problem. Like Ireland, the only roadmap forward is two Kashmirs with an easy border and autonomy. Kashmir can be solved if both these nations, now nuclear powers, realize that whatever solution has to emerge, everybody will not accpt it. But at least 70-80 per cent of people of India, Pakistan, Jammu, Kashm... | |
| | | | Cong pacifies angry Sham | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: After a thorough discussion within the party, the Congress high command has finally felt it better to reconcile with strongman Sham Lal Sharma who had resigned from the post of senior vice-president three months ago in protest against alleged pick and choose in selection of district presidents.
According to reliable sources in Congress, the party high command had a series of meetings with Sharma at New Delhi for discussing political strategy in Jammu and Kashmir, keeping in view the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections as well as the state elections, which could also be round the corner.
Detailed deliberations were held by Sharma with Ghulam Nabi Azad, A... | |
| | | | Guv's Rule raises hope of transparency in Wakf Board | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 13: The Governor's Rule has raised a hope that there will be transparency into the management of Wakf Board and that there won't be any political influence in its functioning.
Formed to take care of the properties belonging to mosques and shrines across J&K, the Wakf Board has failed to meet the objective for which it was established decades ago. The Wakf Board, second largest asset-rich body in the state, has been politicized over decades and its prized assets have been misused for vested political interests by some political families of the state.
An employee of Wakf Board said that there has always been a political influence into its functioning. "... | |
| | | | Mehbooba, Abdullah have no faith in their MLAs | | Political uncertainty in J&K | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 13: Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and NC vice president Omar Abdullah are today the most worried politicians in Kashmir.
Both are struggling to keep their flock together and both are threatening New Delhi advancing an almost an identical argument: Situation would dangerous proportions in case New Delhi encourages horse-trading or split their parties.
Omar Abdullah had on occasions more than one after June 19 urged the authorities to dissolve the assembly so that the possibility of any horse-trading could be avoided.
At the same time, he has suggested that situation in Kashmir was not conducive for undertaking ... | |
| | | | Senior leader's silence leaves PDP guessing | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: Amid prevailing uncertainty within the party, former senior Minister of the PDP has been holding cards closer to his chest, preferring to maintain silence over the side he is going to take in times to come.
This senior PDP leader who was holding a key portfolio during the PDP-BJP coalition in the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been reserving his comments over the formation of the rebel group and hasn't even declared the side he has taken amid all the speculations.
His silence has been causing much worry to the PDP that has been struggling to keep the flock together and not to allow any fragmentation within the camp.
Several MLAs former minister Imra... | |
| | | | Inspector relieved after more than 3 months | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 13: : In what could be described as open defiance in implementing a departmental order, a district police chief was not relieving an Inspector who was posted in Jammu-Kathua-Samba (JKS) range and was transferred more than three months ago.
However, the said Inspector has now been finally relieved as the Inspector General of Police (IGP) mounted pressure on district police chief and even reprimanded the latter for failing to comply with his order.
Sources told Early Times that even after the passage of more than three months time the Inspector was not relieved from where he was posted which prompted the IGP to make frequent enquiries for the reasons behind t... | |
| | | | Despite HC ban polythene bags glut markets | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 13: The ban imposed by High Court on usage, sale of polythene carry bags has failed to make any change in eco-fragile state, with thick polythene carry bags flooding markets of Jammu as the authorities are found in deep slumber.
Environmentalists have pinned hopes on the office of Governor to take call on the matter and pass instructions to the concerned agencies.
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had in the first week of December 2017, imposed a blanket ban on the usage, sale of polythene carry bags, after which hoardings advertising the ban, were found in various nook and corner of the Jammu city.
Before that particular order, hoardings instructing ... | |
| | | | Reinstated after huge financial fraud, VLW continues to bleed MNREGA | | | | A B Sharma
Early Times Report
Nowshera , July 13: Reinstated following his suspension in huge financial fraud in the rural development department Sunderbani, wherein government money was transferred illegally in his personal account, a village level worker is continuing with his dubious activities and evading action.
The Rural Development Department Sunderbani suffered a serious setback in December 2016 when a Village Level Worker was found guilty of a large scale bungling in the department and was shown door.
The prompt action from the department had come only when Early Times had exhaustively reported about the misdeeds of the department.
However soon after his suspension, the VLW... | |
| | | | BJP activists usurp incomplete Community hall, administration unmoved | | |  Arun Jasrotia
Early Times Report
Udhampur, July 13: Workers of the local BJP have locked the incomplete community hall at Suneter village of Udhampur district and made it their private property even as the department concerned has failed to complete the said building even after three years.
Though the structure was completed, the department did not care to complete the allied work including electrical and plumbing work, which gave the musclemen to usurp the public building. Despite repeated... | |
| | | | 10 years on SMC's quest for landfill site continues | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 13: From the last 10 years Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) is searching for few hundred kanals of land in city outskirts to create a new landfill site even after offering huge price. As SMCs only landfill site at Achan Saidapora is 99 % filled sources in SMC say that situation is very grim as it may lead to severe garbage problems in the upcoming months.
As reported already the garbage cell number 3 at Achan landfill site is 99 % filled and it can hardly accommodate the garbage for another 5 to 6 months. SMC on the other hand has no clue what is to be done after the existing landfill site is full. Sources in SMC said that waste to energy program... | |
| | | | Drugs worth lakhs found scattered in Gugaldora hamlet | | |  S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
TANGMARAG, July 13: At a time when poor patients run from pillar to post for want of medicines in the government hospitals, a huge quantity of medicines have been thrown by some inefficient and corrupt health official in the dense woods of a small hamlet of Gugaldora in Tangmarag area of this north Kashmir.
According to sources, a huge quantity of medicines including antibiotics were found dumped in the dense woods of Gugaldora a small hamlet almost 15 kms ... | |
| | | | President Ram Nath Kovind appoints Lt Gen (Retd) S A Hasnain as new Chancellor of CUK | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 13: Former commander of Srinagar based 15 Corps also known as Chinar Corps, Lieutenant General (Retired) Syed Ata Hasnain was today appointed as the new Chancellor of Central University of Kashmir (CUK).
A notification issued by Registrar CUK, Mohammad Afzal Zargar said that the appointment of Lt Gen (Retd) Hasnain has been made by President, Ram Nath Kovind. The appointment would be tenure based and the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 15 Corps and he would be Chancellor for a period of five years.
"H.E., President of India in his capacity as the Visitor of the Central University of Kashmir has been pleased to appoint Lt Gen. Sy... | |
| | | | Kishtwar: Fraud alleged in ration distribution | | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, July 13: Kishtwar's Marwah area is infamous for various ration scandals in last two decades and subsequent scuttling of probes by corrupt officials. But now they are hoping that the Governor's regime will order probe in fresh embezzlement of ration.
The people of Marwah have written to the Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar demanding magisterial probe into the misappropriation of public ration and inquiry into the accumulation of huge moveable and immoveable property, beside replacement of present staff with permanent staff.
The people have expressed resentment against the night chowkidars working in several ration depots as salesmen in Marwah divi... | |
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