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'Did you ask me before getting pregnant?' | ZEO brings shame to teaching community | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: An uncouth Zonal Education Officer in Kashmir Valley has crossed all limits of indecency by harassing female teachers and asking them bizarre questions.
The complaints had been mounting from some time against this erring ZEO who is holding two zones simultaneously in central Kashmir's Ganderbal as well as in Srinagar.
The ZEO is denying medical leave to pregnant teachers. "A pregnant teacher applied for maternity leave recently as she was suffering from complicated pregnancy. This pathetic ZEO outrightly rejected her leave without even caring for her condition," says another official of the Education department.
He added that there are reports that the... | |
| | Governor reviews progress and security of ongoing Yatra to holy cave | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 27: Governor N.N. Vohra, who is the chairman of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, reviewed the ongoing yatra at a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan today.
Umang Narula, CEO, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, informed that as of 26th July, 2018 evening 2,49,220 pilgrims had paid obeisance at the Shrine and the daily average arrival of the pilgrims was showing a progressive decline.
In the context of the further thinning of the Yatra in the coming days, the meeting re... | |
| | Police rebuttal or confession with omissions? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have "rebutted" the with-picture news report by Early Times that "The subordinate staff in the Jammu and Kashmir Police has reportedly misled none other than Director General of Police (DGP) by getting an incomplete building inaugurated."
The statement titled "rebuttal" that has been released by the police force raises more questions than answer it has tried to give.
"This is in reference to news item which has been published in... | |
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Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: This is in reference to news item which has been published in Early Times news paper that "INCOMPLETE BUILDING INAUGURATED BY TOP COP LOWER RUNG OFFICIALS MISLEAD DGP."
Today Police spokesmen denied a report and clarified that above said building is fully complete except back side wall which has been left for plastering the reason and same shall be taken up after the end of rainy season. Meanwhile, the building is being used as Mess of NGOs and lower subordinates, particularly those belonging to districts other than Jammu, who came to Jammu city in connection with their official work. It is urged that media should publish any news only after thorough ... | |
| | Article 35 A: 'Nail Pak stooges before they provoke people' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: As the date of hearing the petition challenging the validity of the Article 35-A is approaching the separatists are trying to mobilize their henchmen to foment trouble in the Valley.
The Hurriyat dove Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that Kashmiris will resist any machinations over the Article 35-A that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir in Indian constitution. "At #JamaMasjid today, people of #Kashmir are cautiously & carefully watching the events around #35A as it comes up for hearing on 6 August in Indian Supreme Court," said the Mirwaiz, in a tweet.
He said that Kashmiris would hit the streets and resist it forcefully. "The resulting cons... | |
| | Pro-BJP slogans echo in Pulwama mosque | Shia village up in arms against local MLA | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: It is first time in the history of J&K that slogans in favour of the BJP were raised in a mosque of district Pulwama in Kashmir where residents of Wakherwan village stood against their local MLA and administration.
Sources told Early Times that a meeting was held Friday by BJP leaders of Kashmir under the leadership of BJP MLC Sofi Yusuf and Shabir Ahamd Bhat, BJP constituency leader for Pulwama, with residents of Wakherwan, which is a Shia populated villa... | |
| | Imran Khan and Kashmiri leaders | Pakistan elections | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 27: Elections to Pakistan National Asembly were held on July 25 and results were out Thursday. Army-supported Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf Party (PTI) of former cricketer-turned-politician Imaran Khan emerged as the single largest party winning over 110 seats. Elections in Pakistan were Pakistan's internal affair, but Kashmiri leaders of all hues took keen interest in the elections and poll outcome as if the electoral exercise in Pakistan was meant for the resolution of the so-called Kashmir issue. Almost all the leaders in Kashmir, the so-called mainstream and separatist, have expressed their happiness over the election outcome as if the people of Pakistan hav... | |
| | No benefits given to BPL people under SBM | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 27: Scores of people living under Below Poverty Line category in urban and rural areas have complained that they lack toilets facilities, as they were either not added in the list or the payment was not released yet due to which the work was stopped by department concerned. The Centre launched flagship scheme Swatch Bharat Mission (SBM) in many rural areas under which BPL category people are provided help to construct Toilets with flush point in their homes. "We were told to construct flush point at our homes, but after completion of it the government has not paid any amount to us," said Mohammad Subhan of Tangmarg area. Other poor people... | |
| | Teacher thrashes Class 5 girl | | | Early Times Report
Sunderbani, July 27: The fast deteriorating education system in the state is coming up with a quite disgusting instances that is bring shame and ignominy to teaching community.
At Lower Hatthal in village Barnara of district Rajouri, a shameful incident occurred that has shocked the entire village. A teacher of government middle school Barnara accused a woman and her child of being 'characterless'.
The incident came to light few days ago when a Class 5 student, Anjli Devi, of government Middle School, upper Barnara rushed home from school in an injured condition.
When asked by her father Dev Raj as to what had happened in the school, the little girl narrated the wo... | |
| | In JK, 35k people get dirty drinking water | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: Despite incessant thrust of the Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation to provide safe drinking water to the people, more than 35 thousand rural population in Jammu and Kashmir is receiving contaminated drinking water. The latest data compiled by Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) till March 2018 has revealed that in J&K nearly 35 thousand population of rural areas has been drinking contaminated water (containing at least either fluoride, arsenic or iron). The date reveals that 15,958 habitation of rural areas receive piped water, 9,223 habitations (62.94 lakh populations) have been getting more than 40 litre per capita per day safe... | |
| | As applicants withdraw applications, SIC calls it abuse of RTI Law | | | Early Times Report
Budgam, July 27: As three applicants withdrew their RTI application from the office of Block Development Officers (BDO) office in Budgam after alleged favours from the officials of Rural Development Department , the State Information Commission (SIC) called it sheer abuse of Right to Information Act (RTI) by the information seekers.
Details available with Early Times reveal that 2nd appeal was filed on 06.12.2017 jointly filed by four persons namely Mohammad Ali Bhat, Sikander Hussain, Manzoor Ahmad Dar and Syed Nasir Hussain before the PIO/BDO, Budgam seeking information on 13 queries as mentioned in the said RTI application.
As there w... | |
| | Mystery shrouds over 47500 fruit plants purchased from Kashmir | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: More skeletons have been tumbling out from the cupboard of former PDP-BJP coalition government tenure and this time it is related to the mysterious procurement and distribution of 47,500 fruit plants from Kashmir valley and then to distribution in 12 blocks of Jammu.
Moreover, the fruit plants which were procured from a particular nursery of Kashmir valley are usually not grown in valley and there are allegations that the whole supply and distribution of these plants were done on papers only, on the dictates of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader. According to documents, vide order number DRDJ/Plants/2016-17/2215-2229 dated 7/7/2017, issued by Direc... | |
| | After getting support from Rahul Gandhi, Shah Faesal condemns Indian media for not glorifying Imran Khan | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 27: Known for stoking controversies due to his controversial tweets Shah Faesal, IAS officer has now attacked Indian media for not glorifying Imran Khan. Shah Faesal has attacked media after getting support from Congress president who had supported the officer, who had once declared Kashmir, India and Pakistan as separate nations.
Without knowing what Faesal had tweeted earlier, Rahul Gandhi had supported the officer after government had sought some clarifica... | |
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