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After failure of biometric system, Edu deptt to utilise Google location to track employees

Govt fails to keep check on truant employees

7/20/2019 12:42:58 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: To ensure attendance of truant employees the state government had vigorously pursued for biometric system but after its unsuccessful performance the School Education department has now decided to utilize the Google location application to keep check on teaching faculty, but its possibilities are still bleak. When the Governor administration had taken reins of the state government, it was directed to all the departments to install the Biometric attendance system and it was also proposed to link the salary of the employees with their attendance but the move turned out to be complete failure. "Many of the government institutes across the length and brea...

Absence of two senior leaders in party's vital meet raises eye brows

After south, rebellion hits PDP's north block

7/20/2019 12:42:47 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Trouble for the PDP seems to be unending for now with some senior leaders ready to leave the party and join rival political camps. Recently, a high level meeting of the PDP's north Kashmir leadership was held in Srinagar. What raised eye brows was the absence of two senior leaders from the meeting- Abdul Haq Khan and Nizam-ud-din Bhat. Both were holding key positions when PDP was part of the coalition government with the BJP. While. Abdul Haq Khan held key portfolio of law and parliamentary affairs in Mehbooba Mufti's cabinet, Bhat was given plum posting of Vice Chairman Muslim Waqf Board. However, there are reports that both these leaders are like...

Amid Yatra, Srinagar stinks as SMC employees up in arms against Deputy Mayor

7/20/2019 12:42:37 AM

Early Times Report srinagar, July 19: Even as thousands of devotees are visiting the summer capital of Srinagar in connection with the annual Amaranth Ji Yatra pilgrimage, heaps of garbage and stench greet the visitors as the Srinagar Municipal Corporation employees have gone on indefinite strike against their Deputy Mayor, Shiekh Imran. Terming Imran a "Nautanki who performs stunts on social media", the protesters said the man already wanted for financial irregularities should look into his own deeds before pointing fingers at others in the SMC. The protesters said hundreds of employees are without salaries whereas the "non-professional" behavior of the Deputy Mayor has taken toll on th...

RTI applicant allege threat from Ex BDO Marwah, others

Requests ACB to register FIR in RDD embezzlements

7/20/2019 12:42:35 AM

Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report KISHTWAR, July 19: An RTI activist from Marwah who is facing threat from former BDO Marwah (now attach in the office of Director RDD Jammu) has requested Director Anti Corruption Bureau to probe into the mass scale bungling and embezzlements in the RDD Blocks of Marwah and Warwan. As per the details available with "Early Times" RTI activist Abid Hussain Lone filed a complaint with Director Anti Corruption Bureau on his email address with "Multi crore embezzlement/misappropriation and bungling under several schemes by RDD block Marwah (Kishtwar District" and Harassment to information seeker" as the title of the complaint, the digital copy of which is...

Nehru did commit a mistake by declaring ceasefire in J&K

Defending the indefensible

7/20/2019 12:42:30 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Union Minister Amit Shah's June 28 statement in the Lok Sabha that Prime Minister JL Nehru's 1948 ceasefire helped Pakistan annex J&K's 1/3rd territories (now called PoJK and Gilgit-Baltistan) has not gone down well with the votaries of Nehruvian approach. They have advancing spurious arguments to defend the indefensible and are seeking to tell that the Indian Army was not in a position to get the aggression vacated. Union Minister Amit Shah had claimed in the Lok Sabha while speaking on J&K that Nehru wrongly declared a ceasefire in 1948 and, as a result, one-third of the state was lost to India. The critics have been saying that "this is arguably c...

Azad adopting 'pick and choose' policy in calling leaders for meeting

7/20/2019 12:42:18 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad is going to convene meeting of party leaders at Jammu on Saturday on the directions of the party high command. But instead of adopting genuine method to call leaders for the meeting, Azad has adopted pick and choose policy and called his blue-eyed boys in the meeting. Credible sources said that many mass base Congress leaders, who have following in their respective areas, were ignored and some irrelevant leaders who have no base among common people have been especially called for the crucial meeting to be held to start preparations for the assembly elections and ge...

Remain firm on your resolve to vote for change: Munish to people

7/20/2019 12:42:05 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, on Friday asked politicians to stop beating the trumpet about their so-called achievements as everyone knows that they failed to deliver. Carrying forward his mass contact programme in different areas, Munish said, "As the elections are approaching the so-called leaders are trying to claim that they have done lot for the people but the ground situation contradicts their claims." "Most areas in the Jammu region are craving f...

Will distribute my salary among needy'

7/20/2019 12:41:38 AM

Early Times Report Jammu: 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. ...

Is something cooking behind the curtain?

Omar, Mehbooba in silent mode

7/20/2019 12:41:28 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Is something cooking behind the curtain? Why did the separatists in Kashmir not give call for a shutdown on the eve of and during the Home Minister Amit Shah's maiden visit to Kashmir last month? Both these questions are being asked by the keen Kashmir-watchers? The visit of Amit Shah to Kashmir, and the fact that for the first time in 30 years, Kashmir Valley remained calm, has triggered a debate in important quarters that something might be cooking behind the curtain. Some have even concluded that "some sort of a dialogue could soon commence between the Centre and the separatist amalgam operating under the label of the Hurriyat Conference". Yet anothe...

Highly qualified candidates all set to lose race of contractual APs at University of Kashmir

Whole process turns out to be a 'goldmine'

7/20/2019 12:41:06 AM

Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, July 19: The appointment of Assistant Professors (contractual) at the University of Kashmir has turned out to be a 'goldmine' for some of the teaching faculty members of the varsity with the prescribed rules being flouted like anything in this regard. Early Times has learnt from sources that the appointment of Assistant Professors (contractual) at the Faculty of Social Sciences has come under a cloud since favouritism has come to the fore in this whole episode. Some of the higher ups of the faculty are virtually playing with the career of aspirants who are appearing in the interviews for the contractual teaching positions. "It was in March th...

SIC directs SMC to provide info under RTI

Construction permission to Pvt School

7/20/2019 12:39:33 AM

Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 19: State Information Commission (SIC) has directed the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to provide details under Right to Information Act (RTI) to an information seeker about the permissions granted to a private school for undertaking construction of various structures along with the details of dimensions. Commission also directed the Chief Enforcement Officer and Chief Law Officer of SMC to provide necessary assistance to PIO in this case. Details available with Early Times reveal that an RTI application dated 13.1.2019 was filed by one Iftikhar-Ul-Hassan R/O Jelan Lane Naseemabad Saderbabal Srinagar with PIO in the office of Commissioner, SMC...

Massacre of trees in Sundarbani school, Govt orders probe

7/20/2019 12:39:19 AM

AB Sharma Early Times Report Rajauri, July 19: Taking cognizance of the report published by Early Times that the majestic trees at Govt Middle school Nahoti Lower Hathal have been cut down without any formal approval from the concerned authorities in the district, the government has ordered a probe into the matter. Sources said the district administration has asked the concerned Zonal Education Officer to explain as to why the trees were cut without any approval and why the education department has been silent. Officials said the XEO would have to file a response in three days. The locals had previously told Early Times that the Zonal Education Officer was informed about the matter but...

Gov concerned over deteriorating condition of Dal Lake

Will officials be held responsible ?

7/20/2019 12:39:12 AM

Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, July 19: Hitting out at those for polluting Dal Lake, Governor Satya Pal Malik Friday admitted that condition of the famed lake was deteriorating. His statements clearly indicate how the authorities over the years have failed to improve its condition despite spending crores of rupees over the years. Voices are also growing louder that there shall be accountability regarding utilization of funds over the years, which were meant for improvisation of the lake. The Governor said that untreated sewage coming out of hotels and houseboats was directly flowing into the famed lake and polluting it. "It condition is bad. We are going to cancel their ...

SIC directs SMC to provide info under RTI

Construction permission to Pvt School

7/20/2019 12:39:01 AM

Villages in Narbal-Budgam suffer due to want of facilities

7/20/2019 12:38:49 AM

S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BUDGAM, July 19: In the advanced age of science and technology many villages in Narbal block of Budgam district are in dilapidated conditions, due to which transporters and local masses suffer badly. Sources said that people living in these villages are facing various difficulties like roads and transportation. There is no tap water, due to which the women folk have to fetch the contaminated water from stream and ponds in nearby of their houses. The women folk in Archanderhamma Singhpora were seen fetching the water on shoulders from nearby streams and ponds, and that contaminated water could create a serious disease among the children, sources info...

Lack of civic amenities irk residents of Nanak Nagar's sec 7

Mass contact programme continues

7/20/2019 12:22:06 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta who would be contesting forthcoming election from Gandhi Nagar Assembly Constituency as independent candidates, today visited Nanak Nagar's sector 7 and met people of all walks of life as part of his mass contact programme. During his campaign at Lane no 10 to 16 and its adjoining markets, residents narrated their problems being faced by them and criticised the role of political leaders who represented the constituency from ...

Residents of Sanjay Nagar Sec-1 accuse BJP, Cong of selective development

Dilapidated roads speak volumes of dirty politics of mainstream leaders

7/20/2019 12:08:36 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Accusing BJP, Congress of adopting selective approach in development of area, the residents of Sanjay Nagar Sec-1 said that leaders did developmental work in their supporters' locality and left the others. The dilapidated roads in some parts of Sanjay Nagar area of Sec-1 are proof of their dirty vote bank policy due to which residents have been facing huge difficulty. Continuing his mass contact programme, Munish Gupta, Editor Early Times, who would ...

No road, poor sanitation haunt Uppar Beli Charana area residents

'Leaders made false promises and disappeared'

7/20/2019 12:03:56 AM

Early Times Report Jammu, July 19: Lambasting leaders, who have made fake promises in past, the residents of Uppar Beli Charana said that they are demanding road for their area for last 55 years, when the colony was developed, but unfortunately our demand could not fulfill by the administration. The area falls under Cantonment Board, nor the Board neither the local MLA has bothered for our sufferings. Locals Puran Chand Sharma, Raj Pal Singh, Raj Kumar, Tajinder Singh, Anu Sharma, Paramje...

PHE Department supplying dirty water to Vijaypur

7/19/2019 11:58:13 PM

Gurdas Kumar Early Times Report Vijaypur, July 19: The people of Vijaypur have accused the PHE Department of supplying dirty water to the residents. Ward No 12 of District Samba. According to the locals, today morning the PHE department gave dirty water supply to the people at Vijaypur in District Samba evoking severe response from the people. The residents said that the PHE laid by the department have numerous which is the main cause of supply of dirty water to the residents. A woman said people found dirt in the water supplied by the PHE this morning. She said the department was playing with the lives of the people by supplying dirty water. She urged the higher authorities to look...