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Commissioner Secretary APD wants HDFC Bank to take over J&K Bank Wants to promote his daughter, ready to walk an extra mile 7/26/2018 11:30:01 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 26: The Jammu & Kashmir Bank may lose out to a private bank when it comes to opening of salary accounts of the employees working in the different government departments in the state. A government department has already started the process and one can expect that the other government departments would follow suit. This is despite the fact that Jammu & Kashmir Bank is the government banker and the government employees are operating the accounts in the various branches of the bank. Irony is that a Commissioner Secretary level officer has written to the Director of a government department asking to facilitate the operation of the private bank in his particular department. A full-fledged communication has been sent in this regard and the Director concerned is not expected to turn down the favour. Sources in the office of Commissioner Secretary, Agriculture Production Department told Early Times that Commissioner Secretary of the department wrote a letter to Director Agriculture, Altaf Aijaz Andrabi last week asking him to facilitate...   READ MORE

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Many eye-brows raise as Raina, others skip Indresh Kumar's functions 7/26/2018 11:29:47 PM Early Times Report jammu, July 26: State president of BJP Ravinder Raina and other leaders of the party deliberately avoided functions which were addressed by top RSS leader Indresh Kumar during his two-day stay at Jammu. Top BJP leadership was very much aware about visit of Indresh Kumar to Jammu but they were conspicuously absent from his functions. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Dr Nirmal Singh and former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta were on the dais in a function held at Jammu on Wednesday but other top leaders of the party intentionally skipped the event. Credible sources said that Indresh Kumar had participated in half a dozen functions during his stay at Jammu but BJ...   READ MORE   Now JRL divided on policy towards political developments in Pakistan 7/26/2018 11:29:39 PM Early Times Report jammu, July 26: Amid mounting discontent within the ranks of the so called Joint Resistance Leadership in Kashmir, the JRL top leadership is now divided over policy towards Pakistan. Sources said in the wake of terror strikes in the neighboring country on July 25, when general elections were held in the country, the JRL couldn't arrive at consensus to even unanimously condemn the attack or to criticize the alleged irregularities in the voting there that day. While the JRL chief, and senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani issued a separate handout to condemn the "terror strikes", Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik decided to remain silent. Sources said some of th...   READ MORE   Rs 50 crore released as additionality; Chenab water supply project to be finalized early Governor chairs DDB meeting in Jammu 7/26/2018 11:29:20 PM Early Times Report jammu, July 26: Governor NN Vohra today chaired the District Development Board meeting in Jammu to review the implementation of the development programmes which are ongoing and planned to be taken up in the district during 2018-19. The meeting was attended by BB. Vyas, Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Advisors to Governor; Jugal Kishore Sharma and Shamsher Singh Manhas, MPs; Legislators of District Jammu including Kavinder Gupta, Sukhnandan Choudhary, Sham Lal Choudhar...   READ MORE   Children at great risk of 'Lead Poisoning' 'Can permanently damage kids' brains' 7/26/2018 10:45:54 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report JAMMU, July 26: In absence of Lead Referral Centre in Jammu and Kashmir State and lack of awareness about lead poisoning, a number of patients go outside the state to get the test done. Moreover, children are at greatest risk as they spend a lot of time on the floor, touch painted walls and like to put hands, toys, and other things in their mouths, raising chances of swallowing lead dust and paint chips. Pertinent to mention a small amount of lead is needed to harm growing child mentally as well as physically. Pertinently, the premier health institutes are being run without the facility of the above-said center since their inception but neither the ...   READ MORE   On verge of 'over age' candidates wait for Class IV final list 12 years on 7/26/2018 10:45:44 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, July 26: "We are about to get over aged but the authorities concerned are not bothered about it. Otherwise, they would not have retained the selection list of Class IV for last 12 years." This was stated by many aggrieved candidates who, in 2006 applied for various Class 4 posts under advertisement number 04/DDC of 2006, dated on 18-10-2006, under endorsement number DDCB/2006 class 4th/8522-35, dated 19-10-2006. The interview of the candidates was conducted but the selection list is yet to be released. One fails to understand why authorities are delaying the recruitment process. The concerned officials are making excuses on daily basis, sai...   READ MORE   Saffron mission fails farmers Kashmir loses thousands of kanals since 1990 7/26/2018 10:45:33 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, July 26: Mohammad Sidiq still remembers when he would cultivate saffron over six hectares of land at Pampore just two decades ago . He would earn lakhs of rupees from its production. However, these days he is worried that there may be decline in saffron production due to dry weather. The government has so far failed to ensure proper irrigation. "Had there been irrigation facilities available, we would not have been dependent on rainfall," he said. Saffron flowers are sensitive to vagaries of the weather. Its production depends on the weather conditions and the irrigation facilities. He held several reasons responsible for decline in its production. "The...   READ MORE   SIC notice to Tehsildar Jammu over non appearance 7/26/2018 10:45:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 26: State Information Commission (SIC) issued notice to the Public information Officer (PIO) (Tehsildar, Jammu-North) for not appearing before court and imposed penalty for repeatedly absenting himself during court hearing. As per order, an RTI application was filed by Rashu Kanna of Jagti on 22.09.2017 for seeking information from Public Information Officer SDM office Jammu (North) regarding purchased of land by some persons at Village Thather, Jammu. However, the PIO/ Tehsildar, Jammu (North) had provided a reply comprising of five leaf to the appellant vide No. TJN/PIO/RTI/17-18/304 dated: 06.11.2017. Finding the reply of the PIO incomplete, the appell...   READ MORE   Guv Rule effect: SIC penalises BDO for denying info under RTI Rs 10k to be deducted from officer's salary 7/26/2018 10:45:19 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 26: As Governor's Rule continues in J&K, the institutions of transparency and probity seem to be working without any pulls and pressures. After penalizing an Assistant Director of Food Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs (FCS & CA) the State Information Commission (SIC) has issued order of penalizing a Block Development Officer (BDO) who was previously posted in Gool area of Ramban. The officer had withheld information sought under RTI Act by a local resident of Gool. As reported already by Early Times, a second appeal was filed in the SIC by one Ahmad Din Lohar, son of late Haji Ghulam Rasool of Gool, Ramban against Public Information Officer/BDO, Gool conte...   READ MORE   Influential MVD Inspector again manages home posting 7/26/2018 10:45:11 PM Early Times report Jammu, July 26 : An influential Inspector of Motor Vehicle Department (MVD) who was posted in Jammu district again managed his choicest posting in home district and started patronizing agents. According to the sources, the influential inspector was transferred from home district to Jammu two years ago, but he managed his transferred from Jammu and got choicest posting in home district second time within two years with the blessing of the officer of the said department and his political masters. Although the senior officers of the department are well aware of his track record and his two times posting in his home district, but they again granted him home posting. If so...   READ MORE

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