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| Land transfer bill: 3 BJP ministers stayed away from House | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: As BJP MLAs tried to save some grace and gain of the party while opposing tooth and nail passage of the bill preventing transfer of land on power of attorney to non-state subjects, three key ministers chose to stay away from the House. Their absence was conspicuous for the BJP members who resisted the bill vehemently while all senior ministers of PDP defended it. Party's central leadership is learnt to have taken a strong note of ministers remaining missing from the House even as a reprimand has already been given to Deputy Chief Minister for the lapse of nod from BJP ministers in the cabinet meeting to the bill.
Sources said when the controversial bil... | |
| | | | APs in English: 70% selected from Valley, 30% from Jammu | | BJP furthers discrimination with Jammu | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders, whose favourite slogan was to end discrimination, being meted out to Jammu by Kashmir centric leadership since decades, have been furthering discrimination by being a coalition partner, which is also evident from recent selection list of Assistant Professors in English subject, in which Kashmir gets a majority share while Jammu gets peanuts.
As per the selection list of English subject in Open Merit category, 70 percent candidates are from valley while only 31 percent candidates are from Jammu province, inviting anger among Jammu populace.
In the open merit category, 101 candidates have been selected out of which... | |
| | | | APs in Physics: 73% from Valley, 27% from Jammu | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: The recent list of selected Assistant Professors in Physics subject, issued by Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC), has cast serious aspersions on the ratio of selected candidates from Kashmir as against their counter parts in Jammu.
A cursory look at the selection list has found that 73 percent selected candidates are from Kashmir province against only27 percent from Jammu province.
According to the selection list, out of 26 selected Assistant Professors in Open Merit, 19 candidates are from Srinagar and only 7 are from Jammu province.
The nineteen selected Assistant Professors in Physics from Srinagar province are Guadsia Gani of Pal... | |
| | | | Secretary Sports Council turns 'ring master'! | | Attaches Judo coach to his residence | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 1: To the utter anguish and disappointment of hundreds of judokas of the Valley, the only Judo Coach in Kashmir has been made a "bonded labourer" by the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council, Secretary, Jawaid Ahmad Shah, by permanently attaching him to his (Shah's) residence at the cost of his professional duties.
In what could be termed as the gross misuse of his official position, the Secretary has made the Coach double up as trainer, tutor and caretaker for his children, while hundreds of players who come to the Bakshi stadium for training have to return unattended. "It is a blatant misuse of official position by the Secretary. How could he diver... | |
| | | | Politicians, babus select SPOs in JK | | 4925 appointed in three years | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: During the past few years, engagement of Special Police Officers has witnessed a surge, thanks to lack of any set criterion and 'blessings' of people in power that has enabled appointment of SPOs happening at any point of time anywhere. |
Recently Jammu and Kashmir government revealed in the Legislative Assembly that 4925 SPOs were appointed in JK from 2012 -2015.
The government also admitted there is no set criteria nor any rules or norms for the appointment of SPOs. The engagement of SPOs is carried out on operational grounds taking into consideration what the government contends 'right aptitude, ability to collect actionable intelligence and its s... | |
| | | | Govt Deptts major defaulters | | Master Plan violations in JK | | | Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 1: While the Government agencies continue to blame and penalize people for Master Plan violations, these agencies themselves have proved to be main violators by failing to seek permissions time to time from the competent authorities for raising departmental constructions.
Hundreds of constructions have been raised in the Jammu and Kashmir over the years especially in Srinagar and Jammu cities in violation of the Master Plan, building by laws and other regulations.
Earlier this year after the intervention of High Court, the government launched a drive against the violators and sealed many shopping complexes and hotels which were raised i... | |
| | | | BJP hides behind Nehru's 'blunder' to save face | | For Amit Shah Kashmir is an 'issue' | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah recently blamed the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru for the current impasse in Jammu and Kashmir. He went up to the extent of calling Jammu and Kashmir an issue, thus contradicting his party's stand that JK is an integral part of India.
Referring to the declaration of truce in 1948 when Pakistan-backed tribal raiders were being repulsed in Kashmir, Shah said the problem in the border state would not exist today but for that decision. "Suddenly, without any reason - the reason is not known even today - truce was declared. Never has any leader of the country made such a historic blunde... | |
| | | | PDD applies different yardsticks for field employees in Jammu | | | | Raj Sandeep
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: Power Development Department has set a glaring example of blatant discrimination with the need based employees of Jammu province while putting all their counterparts in Kashmir on permanent daily wages under the command of BJP minister.
The sources informed Early Times that 7500 employees were working on need-based in Kashmir division and 3373 in Jammu but all the need-based employees of Kashmir were converted into permanent daily wages ignoring a Jammu province thus giving step motherly treatment to them all here. The sources told that the wages of employees in Kashmir have been cleared up to-date but here in Jammu the employees are languis... | |
| | | | Shortage of docs in hospitals affects healthcare | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 1: The shortage of doctors in rural areas of the State in general and Jammu region in particular has led to problems of common man.
Notwithstanding the claims of State Government to establish five new medical colleges and two AIIMS type Medical institutes in the State the performance of Health and Medical Education has been totally dismal in the State.
The shortage of doctors has forced the people to come to streets in rural belt of the Jammu region and two days back a public demonstration was held at Kishtwar the home town of Minister of Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat for the shortage of doctors in DH Kishtwar and other hospitals.
The shortage... | |
| | | | Admin reshuffle: Mehbooba's 'operation clean up' at RSGC | | | | Hyder Ali
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 1: Administrative reshuffle in the picturesque Royal Springs Golf Course by Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti is being seen as a major step towards streamlining the affairs at the RSGC, which was monopolized by some noted faces of Kashmir as their personal fiefdom.
Chief Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Tourism Ministry, affected massive administrative reshuffle, throwing out some RSGC officials, who had been posted there since the inception of the golf course over a decade ago.
On Thursday, the DG Tourism issued orders vide number 238 TSM of 2016, "transferring with immediate effect, Ghalib Mohid-ud-Din, Managing Director cum Chief Exec... | |
| | | | People denied D/Ls as ARTO out of stationery | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 1: Those seeking driving licenses after passing the test are annoyed at the Assistant Regional Transport Office Udhampur for its failure in issuing licenses to them, reportedly due to non availability of stationery.
"A month back, I passed the driving test, but the concerned officials of the ARTO Udhampur are not issuing the license as according to them they are short of required stationary," Kuldeep Raj of Udhampur told ET over phone.
He said since he bought his bike a month ago, he was caught by traffic police a couple of times. "I had everything to show them; my RC book and other necessary documents, but I had to pay fine, which is ... | |
| | | | Health deptt throw norms into bin; Pharmacist runs PHC Malothi | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: Throwing Indian Public Health Standard (IPHS) norms into bin, the state health department has left the responsibility of Primary Health Centre (PHC) Malothi of Tehsil Bhalla of district Doda entirely on Pharmacist since it was upgraded.
As per norms a PHC should have two medical officers, one for Allopathic and one for AYUSH, a dental surgeon, three Staff nurses, one Female Health Worker, one Health Educator, two health Assistant one female/Male but the health institution which was upgraded by state government couple of years back had no addition in staff or the infrastructure.
Irshad, a resident of Malothi said that every successive government claimed t... | |
| | | | Govt says no to self defence for women | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 1: The minister of social welfare minister, Sajjad Gani Lone believes that the women of Jammu Kashmir are well protected by laws and , therefore, need no training in self defence.
Lone made this statement while responding to a query of MLA Anjum Fazili earlier this week. The minister said that the government had four legislations to protect honour and dignity of women.
Pertinently the state has the J&K Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2010, J&K State Commission for Women Act, 1999, The Sexual Harassment of Women at work place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act 2013), and Scheme for Relief and Rehabilitation of Victims of Rape ... | |
| | | | JK's killer roads kill 300 people every year | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 1: The roads in the Jammu and Kashmir state are proving to be the killer ones, killing hundreds every year but the authorities here are yet to take any measure to set up the much hyped Institute of Driving Training and Research and Inspection and Certification Centre (ICC) at the twin capitals Srinagar and Jammu.
Reports informed that the snail's pace work and lethargic attitude of the administration on key concerns has put the people of the state in a precarious situation. "The funds have already been almost sanctioned for the institute but the concerned department seems to be less concerned about establishing any institute that could have been imparting... | |
| | | | PDP-BJP Govt shredding democracy to pieces: Omar | | | 
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 1: A delegation of National Conference (NC), led by Omar Abdullah, today called on Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra and submitted two memorandums, accusing the ruling PDP-BJP coalition of "shredding democracy to pieces".
"Through these memorandums, we submitted our apprehensions about the way democracy was shredded to pieces in the Legislative Assembly yesterday," Omar told reporters outside Raj Bhavan here.
The former Chief Minister said the first mem... | |
| | | | Amarnath Yatra: Registration centre at Jammu Haat closed, pilgrims suffer | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: Despite 'better' arrangements made by the state government for the convenience of Amarnath yatris at winter capital, the pilgrims have to face hardship due to closure of famous, registration centre located in Jammu Haat, near Press Club of Jammu.
Registration for the Yatra couldn't be begun this year, the space where the centre was to be established is under maintenance. "The space where the registration centre was being established, comes under contrail of D... | |
| | | | SKUAST-K has 7 faculties, SKUAST-J only 2 | | Discrimination with Jammu | | |
Arun Singh
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 1: In a glaring example of discrimination with Jammu by successive as well as the present dispensation, the proposal of introducing four additional faculties of Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-J) has been caught in red-tapism for the last one decade.
Sources told Early Times that the much needed demand for the approval to additional faculties viz., Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Horticulture, Faculty of Dairy Technology and Department of Seed Science Technology, has been vigorously pursued by the university and the matter and replies of all queries with regard to require... | |
| | | | Sham flays BJP-PDP Govt on pay hike of legislators, ministers | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 1: Senior Vice President Pradesh Congress Committee and Former Minister Sham Lal Sharma took strong exception over the recent pay hike of legislators and ministers. He said that instead of enhancing the pay hike the government should have paid attention towards the people who were facing miseries nowadays. In a press note issued, Sham expressed anguish over non-regularization of daily wagers and casual labourers in the state adding that so much so they aren't... | |
| | | | Engagement of SPOs solely on political consideration in police? | | | | Early Times Report
jammu, July 1: If absorption of educated unemployed youth has seen a drastic drop during the last few years, engagement of SPOs has witnessed a surge in the corresponding period of time, thanks to lack of any set criterion and 'blessings' of people in power that has enabled appointment of SPOs happening at any point of time anywhere. As against lakhs of educated unemployed waiting for jobs for many years, 4925 SPOs were appointed in J&K from 2012 -2015. While this figure was given by the government in the legislature in reply to a query, it (the government) also admitted there is no set criteria nor any rules or norms for the appointment of SPOs. The engagement of SPOs... | |
| | | | Trained coach turned bonded labourer of Secretary Sports Council | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 1: To the utter anguish and disappointment of hundreds of judokas belonging to Valley, the only Judo Coach of the Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council in Kashmir has been made a bonded labourer by the Secretary Jawaid Ahmad Shah and permanently attached to the his residence at the cost of his professional duties.
In what could be termed as the gross misuse of his official position, the Secretary has made the Coach double up as trainer, tutor and caretaker for his children, while hundreds of players who come to the Bakshi stadium for training have to return unattended. "It is a blatant misuse of official position by the Secretary. How could he divert th... | |
| | | | Education deptt diverts around Rs 10 cr for implementation of mid-day meal scheme | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 1: In what could be termed as a tip of the ice-berg vis-à-vis embezzlement going on in the Department of Education it has come to the fore that around Rs. 10 crores were diverted by the department for implementation of mid day meal scheme.
In its report for the year ending March 31, 2015, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has written that, "Delay in release of funds to the implementing agencies resulted in non-providing of mid day meal to 1.31 lakh children during the year 2011. Further, the school authorities diverted Rs. 9.60 crores from local funds for running the mid day meal scheme."
The CAG report said that shortag... | |
| | | | Govt deptts emerge major violators of building norms in twin capitals | | | |
Saqib Junaid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 1: While the Government agencies continue to blame and penalize people for master plan violations, it itself has proved to be main violator by failing to seek permissions time to time from the competent authorities for raising departmental constructions.
Hundreds of constructions have been raised in the Jammu and Kashmir over the years especially in Srinagar and Jammu cities in violation of the master plan, building by laws and other regulations.
Earlier this year after the intervention of High Court, the government launched a drive against the violators and sealed many shopping complexes and hotels which were raised in violations of... | |
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