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| ED issues fresh notice to Malik in hawala case | | Pak proxies set to get exposed again! | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 13: The 18-year-old Hawala case has begun to haunt JKLF Chief Yasin Malik once again with his close aide and his wife being issued fresh notice to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on September 6.
On Monday ED issued fresh notices to Malik and his two other aides, asking them to make themselves present before the Directorate on September 5 and 6. The case is set to open up a pandora box about how the separatists in Kashmir are acting merely as the proxies of Pakistan and how that country has been financing them to keep Kashmir pot boiling.
Notice issued on Monday by the ED, while drawing the attention of the accused towards the provision of rule ... | |
| | | | Over 1750 Govt schools still have a single teacher | | Clubbing of schools goes in vain | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 13: Clubbing of government schools has no effect on rationalization of teachers as over 1750 government schools in state are still functioning with single teacher.
Sources in School education department told Early Times that in 2015 state government had clubbed more than three thousand primary, upper primary schools and brought them under rationalization. At that time, the then education minister's had claimed that the surplus teachers have been deployed to other school with higher enrollment.
Sources further said that as per government data revels that around 1735 government run primary and 25 upper primary schools still running with single teacher. "... | |
| | | | PW (R&B) Deptt Jammu hampers CRF projects | | Projects worth Rs 500 Cr for yet to be tendered | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 13: It has been more than four months since the projects under Central Road Funds (CRF) worth Rs 500 crore for Jammu were sanctioned but the concerned Public Works (Road and Building) Department has not started the tendering process till date creating hurdles in development works in Jammu.
Sources told Early Times that the Centre Government had approved the projects of Rs 500 under Central Road in April this year for Jammu region and the advance money was also released to the PW (R&B) Jammu so that the projects for connecting remote and hilly areas could be done within specified time but due to sluggish approach of the officials at the helms of the affa... | |
| | | | Jammu's demand for more assembly seats | | Governor can undo the 2002 wrong | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 13: Panthers Party's demand for establishment of delimitation commission and adequate representation to Jammu in the Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly is as justifiable as it is constitutional. It is a fact that Jammu province, which is two-time that of Kashmir in terms of land area and whose terrain is difficult, inaccessible and treacherous and which is also not inferior to Kashmir in terms of voters, has inadequate representation in the assembly, the supreme law-making body, which discusses and decides questions of supreme importance to the well-being and happiness of the people.
It needs to be underlined that Kashmir has 46 assembly segments at t... | |
| | | | Accused teacher's photographs with top NC leaders go viral | | Playway school sexual abuse case | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 13: Photographs of a teacher, who has been arrested on charges of sexually abusing playway school kids in a Jammu School, with some noted leaders of the National Conference, have gone viral on social media.
The viral photographs show accused teacher Sanjeev Dewan with top National Conference leaders. In one of the photograph, accused can be seen with National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah's brother Dr Mustafa Kamal.
However, Early Times couldn't as... | |
| | | | It's official: Pollution takes heavy toll on water bodies, crops in JK | | Policies and laws are not harmonised with each other' | | | Minam Saqib
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Increasing pollution has taken a heavy toll on Jammu and Kashmir's water bodies and severely affected the saffron cultivation, an official document reveals.
The document of Ecology and Environment Department reveals that there have been increasing threats from industrial pollution.
"Industrialization in J&K has mainly been driven by its mineral resource. Mining and processing activities have caused severe environmental problems. Industrial pollution, especially in the industrial estates in Jammu region has made life miserable" it reveals.
Some of these pollutants found in the environment - soil, river and air have entered the foo... | |
| | | | NIC ignores Guv's detachment order of employees | | Refuse to detach Data Entry Operator | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 13: National Informatics Centre Kathua has virtually thrown the order of Governor's secretariat into dustbin by refusing to detach a Data Entry Operator who has been attached in the same office for last many years.
Sources informed Early Times that a Data Entry Operator who was engaged by education department years back under Sarv Shiksha Abhiyaan (SSA) and posted at Zonal Educational Office, Hiranagar, has been attached in NIC Kathua since long time but nobody can dare to detach him due to close proximity with power corridor.
The callousness of department of education can be gauged from this fact that the Zonal Educational Office Hiranagar of district ... | |
| | | | Police caught napping as militants on 'kill and run' in fortified Srinagar | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 13: With the militants having managed to flee from Batamaloo here after a deadly attack on the police party that had launched cordon and search operations in the area, the Jammu and Kashmir Police have again come under scanner for "poor policing."
Sources said New Delhi is keeping close track of developments with regard to militant activities and how police is tackling the situation in Kashmir in general and Srinagar in particular.
The shootout that took place on the morning of August 12, at a stone's throw from the heavily- guarded Civil Secretariat and the Police Control Room Srinagar, has set the alarm bells ringing over allegedly poor policing. O... | |
| | | | Pensioners of SRTC continue to suffer despite issuance of favourable orders from different quarters | | Appeal Guv to carry out CBI probe so as to know where the money meant for them has gone | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Some of the officers in the state are not paying any heed to the directions issued by an advisor to Governor Narendra Nath Vohra and they continue to delay the disposal of files despite the grave nature of the case.
Khurshid Ahmad Ganie, advisor to the Governor had passed on directions to Managing Director, Jammu & Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (J&K SRTC) to examine the case of pensioners of the corporation who have been running from pillar to post for solution to their genuine problem that is pending for a decade now.
After failing to get justice from the different quarters the pensioners knocked at the doors of Govern... | |
| | | | SSC employees make sport of duty, join contractors' protest | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 13: The contractors who got contracts for various works in the PDP-BJP government in the State Sports Council on Monday locked down it its main office in Srinagar and did not allow employees to work.
The contractors shut the SSC office at GogjiBagh area of the summer capital to demanding their pending payments with the SSC.
"All employees should support us," a contractor was seen telling the SSC employees. "We are with you. We will not work. We will protest with you people," some employees told the contractors.
Later, the SSC employees along with contractors locked down the office and remained outside the building shouting slogans.
"We a... | |
| | | | CD Hospital's Oxygen Plant still dysfunctional, authorities unmoved | | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 13: The oxygen plant at Chest and Diseases hospital Jammu is dysfunctional since 2016, and management continues to bear the huge expenses of the oxygen cylinders, are being supplied by private players, to meet the need of the oxygen in the hospital but concerned authorities remain nonchalant to the matter.
When contacted Medical Superintendent, Dr Manoj Chalotra confirmed that due to nonfunctional of the Oxygen Plant, the oxygen cylinders have been purchased by the hospital from private players since the plant has gone dysfunctional.
"After getting information that the plant is working, we asked them to give demonstration but nothing has been done so far, "... | |
| | | | SIC fails to compile annual reports from 4 years | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 13: Jammu & Kashmir State Information Commission (JKSIC) which was created under act of state legislature to ensure transparency and accountability of public authorities has miserably failed to compile its annual reports from last 4 years.
The last report compiled by SIC was in 2013 and since then not a single report has been prepared by this commission which has been constituted under J&K Right to Information Act 2009 (J&K RTI Act 2009)
As per section 22 of J&K RTI Act 2009 , the State Information Commission shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each year, prepare a report on the implementation of the provisions of the act during that y... | |
| | | | Yr on, Dooru 'modern hospital' awaits inauguration | | Locals seek Guv's intervention | | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Aug 13: In South Kashmir's Anantnag district, the Health department has failed to make 'Modern Hospital' Dooru operational despite passing of almost one year.
The hospital was constructed at a cost of Rs 11.50 crore by the Roads and Buildings department.
This year, according to officials, the hospital was equipped with all the latest machinery including CT scan, USG, bio-chemistry and Analyzer, etc.
The costly machinery is gathering dust from last over ten months now, the officials said.
They said the authorities have failed to make the hospital operational despite completing the construction process and equipping the hospital with machinery... | |
| | | | Div Com for stern action against illegal mining on Tawi bed; Directs heightened vigil | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 13: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today directed enforcement agencies to take stringent measures and heighten surveillance to prevent illegal mining on Tawi river bed and removal of unauthorized constructions along the river banks.
Chairing a meeting to review the implementation of Jammu and Kashmir High Court directions issued in response to a string of PILs, the Div Com asked the concerned departments to identify the unauthorized and illegal constructions in the city areas and the catchment area of Tawi river and initiate extensive anti encroachment drive.
The Div Com asked the Geology and Mining department to properly demarcate the auction beds ... | |
| | | | 200 kanal Govt land encroached | | Villagers seek Governor’s intervention | | |
Early Times Report
Reasi, Aug 13: Around 200 kanals of forestland has been encroached in Barak Nallah area here with the concerned authorities allegedly sleeping over the issue.
The villagers said influential people have encroached upon forestland in area and that the concerned forest officials including DFO and Ranger have been silent. Scores of houses have come up on forestland in the area.
When contacted the concerned Ranger said the land that has been encroached upon doesn't belong to the Forest department but to the Revenue department.
The locals however contested the claims saying that the forest officials want to shed their responsibility. "We know it for centuries that it's a... | |
| | | | Matadors carry LPG cylinders, risk passengers' lives | | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, Aug 13: The matadors in Kishtwar carry filled LPG cylinders thus putting the lives of passengers to risk.
As per the details available with "Early Times" a matador bearing registration No. JK06-0623 on way from Kishtwar to Padyarna village was seen carrying dozens of LPG cylinders Sunday afternoon.
The people said that the vehicle after loading the LPG cylinders had arrived at mini bus stand Kishtwar for picking up the passengers and later le... | |
| | | | Rains create havoc in Jammu, flash floods damage roads | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 13: The overnight rains have created havoc in this winter capital of the state as flash floods damaged cars and roads in many parts of the city thus triggering protests and resentment from the locals.
The heavy rains lashed in the plains of Jammu on the intervening night of August 12-13, where more than a dozen vehicles including cars, motorbikes were partially damaged while the roads and lanes were also affected.
Areas like Janipura, Canal Road, Bhagwati Nagar,... | |
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