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| Murmu’s fate as CAG was decided fortnight before August 5 | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 11: Much against the perception being created that Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu was transferred following some sudden controversies, his fate was scripted a fortnight ahead of his being given the new assignment of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
Sources said somewhere around the third week of July, a high level meeting of the Bharatiya Janta Party brass in the national capital had discussed Kashmir in detail.
Sources said while taking review of situation in Kashmir and need of Murmu for a “crucial assignment in the national capital” as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, it was decided that Jammu and Kashmir would need a new Lieutenant Governor.
Sources said some of the top leaders privy to the decision included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav and junior minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr Jitendra Singh. Sources said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was also in the loop.
Highly placed sources said Murmu had been given a feeler by the New Delhi that he would be given... | |
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| Higher Education Deptt caught napping! | | Transfers assistant professor, who resigned a year back | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 11: In a major goof-up the Department of Higher Education recently issued a transfer order of an Assistant Professor (AP), who had actually resigned from services around a year back.
The transfer order issued by the HED number 308-JK (HE) of 2020 dated 10/08/2020, a total of 24 Assistant Professors were transferred.
In the list an Assistant Professor of was transferred from Government Degree College (GDC) Kathua to GDC Ramnagar.
However, as per sources, the same Assistant Professor had resigned from the services in Higher Education department around a year back after he successfully cracked the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS) exams and ... | |
| | | | Kashmir Drama: Shah Feasal in 2019 quit job, now abandoned his party | | ‘No one talk about Jammu, region keeps suffering’ | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 11: The resignation of 2009 IAS topper Shah Faesal has abandoned his year back flouted political party which have been in headline of national as well as the international media, but at the same time no one is talking about the suffering of Jammu region.
Shah Faesal in March 2019 while launching his Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) had claimed that “Hawa Badlegi” (winds of time will change) but rather than materializing what he promised, he preferred to quit.
Meanwhile, the suffering of Jammu division due to backstabbing of the so-called champion of Jammu cause, remained unnoticed and still going on, in the region, especially the economic and ind... | |
| | | | 4G services on trial basis in one district each of J&K division: Centre to SC | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that subject to strict monitoring, carefully calibrated easing of internet restrictions in could be done on a trial basis in selected areas of Jammu and Kashmir.
However, no relaxation will be given in any areas adjoining international border and Line of Control, Attorney General KK Venugopal told a Bench headed by Justice NV Ramana.
Areas being considered for easing out Internet restrictions will be those which have witnessed low intensity of terrorist activities, he said during hearing on petitions seeking restoration of 4G Internet services in the newly created union territory.
He said the special committ... | |
| | | | Why ACB going slow on arrest of corrupt AC PF Jammu? | | Notorious officer allegedly enjoys political patronage | | | RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 11: Although it has been more than week since the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had raided the residence of Assistant Commissioner AC Provident Fund Jammu in connection with disproportionate assets and registered FIR but delay in arrest of the corrupt official has been raising serious questions as it has been learnt that he enjoys strong political patronage.
Sources told Early Times that astonishingly, this is not for the first time that the officer has been caught in corrupt practices, his entire service remained in questions and many times he was suspended for misusing his official position.
“He has amassed huge wealth and by using his ... | |
| | | | Far flung Block offices in Udhampur district facing shortage of manpower | | Influential employees attached themselves with ACD, DC offices | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 11: The employees of Rural Development Department (RDD) Udhampur posted in far flung block offices of the district have allegedly got themselves attached with the offices of Assistant Commissioner Development and District Development Commissioner Udhampur.
Sources told Early Times that there are number of Block Development Offices in remote areas of district Udhampur, which have been facing shortage of manpower as most of the employees posted there are not willing to work in such a distant places, and with the result using their influence, they have got their attachment with other offices in main district headquarter.
“As many as seven RDD employee... | |
| | | | CS counters rhetoric of JK politicians with facts | | Oont Pahad Kai Nechae! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 11: Merely a day after the Kashmir centric political parties in unison criticised Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam for holding them responsible for the mess Jammu and Kashmir is into, the CS has now come up with a detailed breakup of all the bungling done by these parties when they were ruling the erstwhile state.
PDP, NC, CPI (M) had criticised the Chief Secretary for his earlier remarks against the mainstream political parties in Jammu and Kashmir. They had accused him of transgressing the limits and speaking the language of politicians. However, merely a day later, the CS has come out with all the details proving how these so called mainstream leaders p... | |
| | | | Separatists turned J&K into Pakistan: Chief Secy | | ‘J&K Bank CMD was scamster number one’ | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 11: Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has said that separatists had turned J&K into Pakistan.
The Chief Secretary said that the separatists made Jammu and Kashmir almost like Pakistan and he was told by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before his appointment as the Chief Secretary in the then full-fledged state in June 2018 to clean up the administration, rebuild the region and hand it over to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the separatist speak 'ham bane Pakistan (we will be Pakistan) "(They) made (Jammu and Kashmir) Pakistan. This is how Pakistan is run. Sixteen families control Pakistan and 600 families control Jammu and Kashmir. There is n... | |
| | | | For a change number of recoveries out number fresh COVID-19 cases in JK | | Positive cases 25931, active positive 7462, recovered 17979, deaths 490 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 11: As 604 Corona Virus patients recovered today the number of recoveries in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir reached 17,979. Meanwhile, 564 fresh cases of virus were reported today and 12 more COVID-19 deaths took place in past 24 hours.
Srinagar reported 90 fresh cases of Corona Virus followed by Jammu 72 cases, Bandipora 67 cases, Baramulla 53 cases, Ganderbal 45 cases, Anantnag 42 cases, Budgam 39 cases, Pulwama 37 cases, Kupwara 33 cases, Kulgam 23 cases, Poonch 14 cases, Kathua 10 cases, Samba and Reasi seven cases each, Ramban and Udhampur six cases each, Kishtwar five cases, Rajouri four cases and Shopian and Doda two ... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents | | Akali Kour Singh Nagar Digiana residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 11: People living in the Akali Kour Singh Nagar Digiana are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance.
The Akali Kour Singh Nagar Digiana is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they... | |
| | | | Hizb module busted in Kupwara, five arrested | | Militants’ number fluctuates in border district | |  S TAHIR-UL HAQ
EARLY TIMES REPORT
KUPWARA, Aug 11: Five militant associates of HM outfit were arrested in Kupwara district along with arms and ammunition on Tuesday, while two militant associates were arrested on Monday in Sopore town of north Kashmir district.
A top police official said that, acting on credible information regarding cross- LoC smuggling of large quantities of weapons and war like stores by militant associates of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit and their further delivery to activ... | |
| | | | Irrigation department withdraws more than allocated amount for construction of canal in Sunderbani | | |  Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
SUNDERBANI, Aug 11: In an interesting development the officials of Irrigation and Flood Control department in this tehsil of Rajouri district have withdrawn more than the amount allocated for the construction of an irrigation canal that could have provided relief to the people.
Early Times has learnt from sources that the department some years back started the work on Thumbha Garan canal so as to provide irrigation facilities to the people living in many vill... | |
| | | | JKCT slams ZEO Sunderbani for failing to implement govt order | | | | RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 11: Jammu & Kashmir Council of Teachers (JKCT) slammed ZEO Sunderbani for failing to implement JKUT Government Order No 208–F of 2020 dated 24/07/2020 whereby it was directed to release salary of all the employees for the month of July by 30th of July due to festivals like Eid and Raksha Bandhan.
But ZEO Sunderbani so far has failed to adhere to the government order and not released salary of the employees.
Chairman JKCT Rajinder Sharma said that the employees of Zone Sunderbani urged the authorities to give consideration towards the genuine demand of the employees to release their salary for the month of July 2020.
He said that everyone wa... | |
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