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| Farooq Indrabi's daughter gets 2 flats without auction | | Skeletons tumbling out! | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, July 7: Another high profile scam involving the cousin of the former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has snowballed into a major a controversy as Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Wakf Board "illegally" transferred prized property at Gupkar road in Srinagar to the daughter of MLA Dooru-Anantnag, Syed Farooq Indarbi, who was minister for Haj and Auqaf for over two years.
The documents related to scam which went viral on social media on Thursday revealed that former Vice-Chairman of the board Nizam-ud-din Bhat allotted the prized property to Syed Sharqiya d/o Syed Farooq Indarbi a few days after the fall of the PDP-BJP government in the state.
"Set No. 5 and 6 having 6 beds and 2 kitchens and two washrooms at Gupkar Wakaf complex were allotted to MLA's daughter on 23-06-18," the documents reveal.
"The monthly license fee shall be Rs 5,500 for set no 5 and Rs 6500 for set no 6 as negotiated", the order reads and added that an increase of 5 percent in case of extension/ renewal of license, beyond 11 months will be affected on expiry of the licens... | |
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| Guv seeks report into Jhelum dredging scam | | Plunder worth Rs 400 Cr suspected | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
srinagar, July 5: Governor NN Vohra Thursday sought a report into alleged Rs 400 Cr worth Jhelum dredging scam.
Taking cognizance of tweet related to Jhelum dredging scam, Governer N N Vohra directed Grievance cell for probe and report.
"JK Grievance for action and report," Vohra replied to Srinagar based Journalist Asif Suhaf.
Asif works with a New Delhi based media house and had alleged that river Jehlum dredging was scam worth 400 Cr. "As per sources #Jehlum River Desilt (Dredging) is 400Cr Scam, Money pocketed by all at the helm of affairs ... Machines which were used to Desilt Jehlum only extracted sand & sold in open market for which transaction... | |
| | | | GMC, associated hospitals forced to postpone surgeries | | Junior docs' strike | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 5: A number of patients will have planned operations or check-ups in Government Medical College and Hospital and its associated hospitals cancelled as junior doctors have gone on strike in support of their colleagues at GMC Srinagar.
Pertinently, nearly 300 junior doctors of the GMC Jammu and its associated hospitals have gone on strike from Wednesday in solidarity with their Kashmir-based counterparts who submitted en-mass resignations on last Tuesday after the GMC Srinagar terminated 25 of their colleagues.
On Thursday, a number of surgeries were cancelled. The concerned doctors were forced to reschedule surgeries while thousands of patients will have t... | |
| | | | BJP's efforts to form coalition govt are doomed to fail | | Dissolution of assembly imminent | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 5: Leave aside the "power-hungry" BJP, all the other three major players - the PDP, the NC and the Congress - have almost raised their hands and have expressed themselves in favour of fresh elections. The stand of the NC has been consistent since June 20, when the state was brought under the Governor's rule following withdrawal of support to the PDP by the BJP high command at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The NC has been saying again and again that it was against horse-trading and for the dissolution of the assembly and fresh elections. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah both have said so umpteen times.
The Congress also made it loud and clear t... | |
| | | | SKIMS is in mess, thanks to ex-Govt's policies | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 5: Kashmir's lone territory care hospital, SKIMS, is in a mess because of wrong policies of the erstwhile PDP-led coalition government, which turned the institute into a battleground of politics.
In the last two years, Dr Manzoor Rather, a US-based physician, who happens to be brother-in-law of former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti interfered in all the affairs of the SKIMS, sources told Early Times.
"In July 2016, after recommendations of highly reputed selection panel, Prof A G Ahangar was nominated for the post of Director SKIMS, but orders got delayed as Dr Manzoor Rather tried his best to get one of his close friends Dr Altaf Ramzan (HOD Neurosurgery) a... | |
| | | | Azad as CM candidate | | Prospects of Congress in Jammu province | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jul 5: The J&K Congress Wednesday at Srinagar unanimously passed a resolution to project Azad as the party's candidate for the next elections. Currently, Azad is the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Azad opposed any kind of truck with the now out-of-power PDP and Mehbooba Mufti, saying any alliance with them would be counter-productive. He took this stand when some Congress leaders demanded that the Congress must keep open the issue and "prevent the BJP from cobbling up a coalition in the state by engineering defections in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)".
Not only Azad, but a dominant section strongly opposed the idea of forming coalition government w... | |
| | | | Unauthorised vendors get huge payment under MGNREGA | | Family members of RDD officials become millionaires | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 5:In Kalakote Block of district Rajouri, the family members and relatives of officials of the Rural Development Department have become millionaires, and huge unaccounted payments under MGNREGA have been made to them.
Sources familiar with the matter informed Early Times that huge embezzlement has been done by the officials of Block Development Office (BDO) Kalakote.
"A Management Information System operator in block office has made payment worth several lacs in favour of his real brother, who is a shopkeeper", sources said and added that as per norms only authorised vendors are eligible to make supply in the department, but in Kalakote rules are being vi... | |
| | | | Speaker chairs public durbar at Badoli; listens to grievances | | |  Early Times Report
Kathua, July 5:Speaker Legislative Assembly, Dr. Nirmal Singh, today held a Public Darbar here at village Badoli of block Dinga Amb in Billawar constituency of Kathua during the final leg of his four-day tour.
Dr. Singh said that these camps provide a platform to connect with the people and their concerns besides help in maintaining a firsthand account of the problems being faced by them in the area.
During the camp, various delegations apprised the Speaker about their p... | |
| | | | Now new Govt in JK likely till Yatra completion! | | 'Rebels' eager on alliance, BJP says 'wait' | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 5: Even as speculations are rife that "rebels" from the Peoples Democratic Party, and some other parties will cobble up alliance with the Bharatiya Janta Party, no such development is likely to take place till completion of the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra.
Sources said the BJP is not willing for any alliance till the completion of the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine in south Kashmir is over in August.
Sources said the central government is concentrating on the peaceful completion of the pilgrimage and doesn't want to divert attention from the sensitive issue.
It was reliably learnt that some of the "rebel leaders" including those from the People... | |
| | | | Martyr Aurangzeb's village sans basic facilities | | | | M S Nazki
Early Tmes Report
Poonch, July 5 Rifle man martyr Aurangzeb who was kidnapped and killed by the militants in Kashmir last month and belonging to a backward village of Mendhar which still lacks basic amenities sources said here today.
Salami a remote and backward village in all respects in Mendhar sub division has a dilapidated link road from main raod which needs to be repaired and back topped immediately and named after the name of martyr Aurangzeb.
There is our old high school in the village which has not been upgraded since its inception while many a schools were upgraded under new education policy in the state.
While taking to Early Times locals of the village demand... | |
| | | | Defensive PDP leadership will try to placate rebel MLAs | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 5: Fearing that any action again rebel MLAs would be proved counter productive for the party, defensive leadership of PDP has ultimately decided to hold discussions with annoyed MLAs to avoid split in the party.
Instead of taking action against the MLAs, who have raised banner of revolt, the party leadership is going to placate them.
Talking to a Kashmir based news agency PDP chief spokesperson, Rafi Ahmad Mir said that though party has not taken any cognizance over the statements made by the disgruntled leaders as the party president, Mehbooba Mufti is out of station.
"We appeal the party leaders that there was no need to get disgruntled as party lea... | |
| | | | 5 new GMCs get principals; Dr Ghanshyam's order modified | | Will it suffice the purpose? | | | Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report
Jammu, July 5: It appears that government has appointed principals for five yet-to-be-started medical colleges in the state in a hurry, as senior most doctors were ignored, causing resentment among the few faculty members.
Moreover, this exercise has been carried out probably in view of July 7 deadline to submit Letter of Intent (LoI) and Letter of Permission (LoP) for getting nod for these colleges.
As per government order vide no. 408-HME of 2018, dated 4-7-2018, five principals were designated for upcoming GMCs at Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua, Doda and Rajouri. As these LoI and LoPs are needed to be signed by the designate principals for the medic... | |
| | | | Dishes out wrong information, claims PDP-BJP government is intact | | Sericulture department follows footsteps of other Govt Deptt | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 5: More than two weeks have passed ever since the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government came to an end in the state but still then the government departments continue to dish out wrong information.
Department of Sericulture is no different from the other government departments on this regard.
The official website of the department continues to befool the people by claiming that the PDP-BJP government is very much intact. Even if the government is intact the information is still wrong.
According to the official website of Department of Sericulture, Ghulam Nabi Lone (Hanjura) is the Minister of Ag... | |
| | | | SSB files reply before court, waiting for outcome | | Niab Tehsildar aspirants' wait likely to prolong | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 4: It seems that wait of aspirants, who had appeared in the written test for the posts of Niab-Tehsildar, is going to prolong further as the court is yet to give its verdict on the reply filed by Service Selection Board.
Pertinently, a total 75,000 candidates had appeared in the written test for a total of 125 posts of naib-tehsildar, which was held on April 29.
Soon after the written test, a candidate had secured stay from High Court in the first week of May. As per his counsel, the aggrieved aspirant was originally asked to appear the test at 1 pm at Nusrat-ul-Islam High School in Anantnag but when he had reached the examination center, he found that ... | |
| | | | 100 lecturer posts vacant in district Kathua | | Less wages keep youth away from contractual posts | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 5: The government's tall claims of improving the standard of education in its schools, several schools of summer zone in district Kathua has exposed their claims where nearly hundred lecturer posts of various subject are lying vacant, despite appointment of more than thousand lecturers in previous year.
Reliable sources in department concern told Early Times that in Feb 2018 the school education department Kathua, has invited application for lecturer posts on academic arrangement of winter zone. Surprising no candidate had applied in Math and Physics. Four months on, academic session started in winter zone but till date both subject lecturers have ... | |
| | | | Padroo resigns, says will support any party for Govt formation | | Discontent continues to brew within PDP | | | Minam Saqib
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, July 5: There seems no end to growing resentment in the PDP as MLA Noorabagh and former minister Abdul Majeed Padroo Thursday resigned from the party.
Since the BJP pulled out from the alliance, several PDP MLAs have revolted against the PDP leadership.
Former PDP minister and MLA Pattan Imran Raza Ansari and his uncle Abid Raza Ansari held Mehbooba Mufti responsible for the fall in the PDP-BJP government in the state.
Another PDP leader and MLA Tangmarg Mohammad Abbas Wani also came in support of Imran, while MLA Noorabagh, Abdul Majeed Padroo resigned from the party.
"I have resigned from the PDP. I have not decided which party I may jo... | |
| | | | Political tussle hampers school upgradation | | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, July 5: Giving a shock to over 200 students pursuing their studies in Middle School Loudhera Zone Dudu the local BJP MLA Ramnagar has dropped this school from the list of schools to be upgraded. Anyhow High School Dehari, middle school Jansal , high school Ghar Femma in the same constituency were given a nod for upgradation.
Locals informed that a political tussle between the sitting MLA and the ex-MLA is responsible for this unfortunate hap... | |
| | | | SKUAST-K fails to utilize research findings for farmers' benefit | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 5: Defeating the main objective of various researches conducted in agriculture sector by the scientists to boost its production, the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology has failed to utilize its research results for the welfare of farmers by not formulating long term plans for their training in the field of agriculture.
Sources told Early Times that the University Act, 1982, envisages that the University would conduct demonstrations and training programmes for farmers, students in coordination with other allied departments of J&K State.
"But it has been observed that no long term, annual plan had been scheduled for demonstrat... | |
| | | | If I had to leave, I will consult senior Beigh: Javaid Beigh | | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, July 5: At a time when J&K is witnessing major political turmoil after the fall of PDP-BJP coalition in state, another MLA from Baramulla is likely to resign from the party after consulting senior Beigh and workers of his constituency.
There is no point to remain in the party, when you are not being heard", said PDP MLA Javaid Hassan Beigh. There are MLAs like Imran and Abbas Ansari and others who are very disappointed with the party, we had earlier informed the party about the future consequences and today we all are witnessing it.
"It is very unfortunate that today we are seeing that every member is disappointed with the party. We made... | |
| | | | As scams continue to surface, PCC chief predicts NIA, CBI raids | | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Verinag (Anantnag), July 5: J&K Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Thursday claimed that New Delhi could use national investigative agencies against the People's Democratic Party.
"We didn't know what they (PDP) did during these three years, but in coming days you will come to hear about CBI and NIA raids. All under carpet scams will surface now," Mir said while addressing party workers in Verinag area.
He said that Congress has never resorted to vindictive politics but the party which PDP joined for forming government in Jammu and Kashmir three years ago "can use national agencies against them."
"They (BJP) yesterday give hints a... | |
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