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Forest officials, contractor 'loot' Yatra funds Amarnath Yatra-2016 7/8/2016 12:04:02 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, July 7: What can be termed as an open loot of government money, influential employees of the Forest Department deputed on Yatra duty have allegedly joined hands with a contractor to mint money meant for providing firewood on government rates to pilgrims visiting the Amarnath Cave. Highly placed sources told Early Times that Forest department employees and officials, who have not been transferred from their respective positions for the past over 20 years, tactically swallow the money in nexus with the contractor besides grace the palms of higher officials including department head. "Every year forest department allots a huge amount to holy Yatra for providing firewood to pilgrims at higher altitudes were temperature dips on the traditional Amarnath route," sources said. They said that tenders are being floated and lowest bidder is allotted the contractor of keeping the firewood for pilgrims available on all halting spots. "If a contractor is given the contract of rupees 30 lakhs then he has to dump the firewood worth of same amount...   READ MORE

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Wives of senior cops, politicians enjoy 'special' privileges 7/8/2016 12:03:55 AM K Koushal Early Times Report Jammu, July 7: It would not be wrong to say that the silence of the Higher Education Department over transfers is only because wives of some bureaucrats, police officials and politicians have occupied city colleges of Jammu. The state is reeling under worst ever menace of corruption and nepotism, wherein rich and influential are getting plum posts, while deserving and capable are biting dust. Despite tall claims of the state government of implementing strict transfer policy, especially in the higher education, the hands of the government seems to be falling shorts to reach influential relatives of the politicians and senior police officers, who are enj...   READ MORE   Transfer of Property Bill: Jammu's fate bartered 7/8/2016 12:03:49 AM EARLY TIMES SPECIAL Early Times Report Jammu, July 7: The most controversial and the draconian Transfer of Property Bill tabled in the state legislative assembly that failed to get converted into an Act at the last minute was just not a lapse on the part of the Bhartiya Janta Party, but was a perfectly framed plan to subvert the State's sovereignty with the rest of India. The rumor mills remained agog with varied opinions about the illiteracy of the BJP for not being able to read into the lines over the ramifications of the Bill, it had more than what met the eyes. Highly placed sources divulged that the conspiracy to bring in Bill in the assembly was the handwork of a former mini...   READ MORE   GoI hasn't forwarded any proposal for construction of Sainik colonies in JK Why blame Centre? 7/8/2016 12:03:36 AM Early Times Report Jammu, July 7: Criticizing Union government has become a routine and favorite political stunt of political parties of Kashmir valley to gather sympathy of voters, especially in opposition and this has been once again exposed recently, when Centre was being criticized for plans to construct Sainik colonies in valley. But it has been explicitly clear that Union government or Union Ministry of Home Affairs had not forwarded any proposal for construction of Sainik colonies in Kashmir valley. In response to an RTI application filed by activist Raman Sharma of Jammu, the Chief Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Union Home Ministry SC Karol's reply reads as, "You have s...   READ MORE   BJP under severe attack for granting amnesty to traitors Stone-pelting in Srinagar 7/8/2016 12:03:29 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 7: The BJP is once against under severe attack and from all across the nation. This time for a different reason: Grant of amnesty to 634 traitor, who attacked the state police, the CRPF and the army during the 2010 summer in a most violent manner with a view to creating a situation that would help Pakistan and its Kashmir-based agents to get J&K "liberated" from India. The grant of amnesty to these traitors has been taken to mean by the nationalists a "concerted move" on the part of New Delhi to "appease secessionists in the Valley" and further complicate the already rather difficult situation in the Valley. They said the Union Government and the BJP-PDP G...   READ MORE   Have BJP ministers gone into a state of seclusion? 7/7/2016 11:35:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 7:Have BJP ministers gone into seclusion? Or is it they have maintained a deliberate distance from the party activities for a reason….? If their conspicuous absence from the party functions during the past few days is to be evaluated, it can be safely deciphered they have actually gone into hibernation. They have gone into this mode few days before the Assembly session concluded. Sources said even as the Assembly session is over, not all the ministers registered their presence in at least two important party functions at Jammu which was attended by party leaders from New Delhi. In the function organised in a big way on June 26 under the much publicized b...   READ MORE   How Mirwaiz, others instigate Kashmiri Muslims 7/7/2016 11:26:01 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, July 7: It is now almost clear: Things in Kashmir Valley will not improve. Why? Why because on the eve of Eid self-styled chairman of APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq instigated gullible Kashmiri Muslims to heighten their break-India and hate-India activities and a senior BJP minister on the day of Eid described the amnesty "a historic decision". Extending Eid greetings to the entire Muslim Ummah and the Muslims worldwide caught in strife Mirwaiz said, if the message of Eid al-Fitr was followed in letter and spirit, it would help the entire world blossom and that in reality only those people deserved to be felicitated who tried to follow the message of holy Qu...   READ MORE   Sinthan Top: Once militancy hub now favourite tourist destination in Jammu, but Tourism Deptt uninterested 7/7/2016 10:54:17 PM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, July 7: Contrary to the hot weather conditions across the country as a result of which hundreds of people were dying in many states in last few weeks due to ongoing heat wave and hot weather conditions, Tourist resort Sinthan Top in Kishtwar District not only offered a pleasant weather to the visiting tourism, but the tourism resort is still under the cover of snowfall adding to the party of visiting tourist who get themselves enthralled while play...   READ MORE   Lobbying intensifies for 'morally corrupt' medico for Dir SKIMS post 7/7/2016 10:53:52 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, July 7: Even as expose of murky love-affairs within the administration nowadays is in news -bringing disrepute for the government -some influential quarters are lobbying for the appointment of a "morally corrupt" medico as Director of the SK Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura, here. Highly placed sources said Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, who is also the chairperson of the SKIMS Governing Body, recently had a one-on-one interaction with the three top contenders, as have been shortlisted by the screening committee led by Chief Secretary BR Sharma. While Mehbooba will have a final word on the selection of the best applicant, hectic lobbying has intens...   READ MORE   Recruitment rules tailored in Health Deptt 7 MMPHWs appointed without sanction posts 7/7/2016 10:53:44 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, July 7: Making mockery of norms the Health Department allegedly to appease some politicians, has appointed 7 Male Multi Purpose Health Workers sanction posts in Samba district. According to documents available with Early Times 10 MMPHWs engaged in Samba against the sanctioned strength of three. "There were three posts of MMPHWs in Ramgarh Hospital, while no similar posts were sanctioned for Nud and Purmandal hospital", sources said, adding that seven MMPHWs were appointed under alleged political pressure. "Six MMPHWs were appointed at Nud Hospital against the sanctioned posts of Junior Pharmacists, and one MMPHW was appointed against the post of J...   READ MORE   Budgam, Chadoora towns need garbage dumping sites 7/7/2016 10:53:37 PM Early Times Report Budgam, July 7: With existing garbage dumping sites in Budgam having been fully chocked, locals have urged upon the authorities to urgently identify new dumping sites to provide basic sanitation. Existing garbage dumping site near Budgam town has very less space to accommodate increasing solid waste collected from the 13 municipal wards of the town. According to reports district administration has already identified a place in the outskirts of the town to be used as garbage dumping site, but the locals living around that area are against such move of the Govt. Pertinent to mention that garbage dumping is a serious problem in Budgam district. At a time when the whole c...   READ MORE   JKMSC fails to meet demands of GMCH Jammu NS fluid out of stock, patients forced to buy from markets 7/7/2016 10:53:20 PM Nitesh Sangral Early Times Report Jammu, July 7: The Health Department claims they are strictly focusing on providing free basic drugs and other medical facilities to the patients, but the patients in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) Jammu have been forced to buy even NS fluid from open markets. Moreover, without any their fault, doctors on duty have been facing a lot of problems and are accused by patients and their attendants for not providing fluids for last two days. Sources within GMCH told Early Times that the patients, who are admitted in the different wards of the hospital even emergency ward, have forced to purchase the glucose from open market at high rates espec...   READ MORE   CDPOs, helpers, workers engaged in eating into the ICDS schemes No benefit percolates down to children, instead the booty shared by officials 7/7/2016 10:45:22 PM A B Sharma Early Times Report Akhnoor, July 7: The Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) since its inception in the state has been under the suspicious role for being a scheme that never reaches its grass root levels. Many instances in the state have often reported the malpractices into it from time to time that suggests that the Scheme meant for children is being skirted off frequently and regularly because of the officials deputed into it being the actual culprits at the helm. A report emanating from Tehsil Akhnoor contains many glaring examples of the misuse of the scheme by the anganari workers and helpers in connivance with the Child Development Project Officials who are...   READ MORE

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