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| Transfers of 600 teachers of Jammu district expose rampant corruption in School Education Deptt | | Influential teachers serving only within city limits since joining service | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: Even as Director School Education has kept in abeyance transfer orders of 600 teachers of Jammu district 'issued' by Chief Education Officer (CEO) but these wholesale transfers have exposed on-going rampant corruption and nepotism in the School Education Department.
It was only after hue and cry by many deserving teachers that the order was kept in abeyance but authorities have yet not announced an inquiry to identify the teachers who have been serving only within city limit since after joining the School Education Department.
First time in the history of School Education Department, 600 teachers of Jammu district were transferred with one stoke in an order which was issued on late Friday evening.
While as large number of females, handicapped and ailing teachers, who do not have any approach, were transferred in the remotest and far-flung areas, influential teachers were transferred from one city school to another as these teachers have influence in the administration.
Ironically teachers of city schools having zero percent results in this yea... | |
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| Massive overhaul in governance, legal frame work of UT Jammu and Kashmir | | | | Wajahat Shabir
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 26: The proposed Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will get a colossal revamp in the governance, legal frame work, assets, delimitation of constituencies as per the features of J&K Reorganization Act.
The documents accessed by the Early Times reveal that now in case of inconsistency between laws made by the Parliament and Laws made by the Legislative Assembly in State List, the Law made by the Parliament shall prevail and Parliament may at any time enact any law with respect to same matter including the law adding to amending, varying or repealing the law so made by the Legislative Assembly. And, Lieutenant Governor may promulgate Ordina... | |
| | | | Mehbooba's daughter flies out of Kashmir, likely to consult aunt | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 26: Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter, who was putting up at their Fairview Residency here after the arrest of her mother, is understood to have left the valley.
Sources said after making numerous appeals to let her meet up her mother, the daughter has left for New Delhi from where she is likely to fly to a South Indian metropolitan city to get in touch with her aunt Rubiya Syed who lived there.
Mehbooba's daughter is believed to have left the valley at the time when central team have opened communication channel with People's Democratic Party President and her counterpart of National Conference Omar Abdullah.
While staying at Fairview resi... | |
| | | | Nursing Home refuses to give surgery bills to mason | | Despite insured under JKBOCWWB, unable to reclaim medical expenses | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: A nursing home in Jammu has refused to give surgery bills to a poor man who works as mason, sue to which he is unable to reclaim medical expenses despite being insured under Jammu and Kashmir Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
Narrating his ordeal, Harvinder Singh (45) resident of Nanak Nagar Sec-9 told Early Times that he was suffering from pile disease and was prescribed by doctors to undergo surgery for its cure.
"Being unable to bear expenses for pile operation, I applied to Jammu and Kashmir Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board under Labour Department for financial assistance and department agreed to reimburse... | |
| | | | Govt tightens noose around fraudsters in Forest Deptt | | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 26: The works for preservation of forests have come under the scanner as the government has initiated a process to outsource the monitoring of works of forest department carried out under
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) scheme since 2012.
Under CAMPA, several activities have been taken up for conservation and development of natural forests, afforestation of degraded forest areas, forest protection, forest fire management, management of wildlife habitat, capacity building, research development, and infrastructure development.
However, a source said that there are reports about misappropriation o... | |
| | | | Latest software put internet security to threat; can bypass Broadband passwords | | Will Govt block such software on play store? | | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: As the internet services are under suspension in entire Jammu and Kashmir following the scraping of Article 370 and 35 A of the constitution, the people find different ways to get the access to internet broadband on "Wi-Fi" with the help of the latest series of android softwares available in the mobile "Play Store" that can help the individual mobile users to bypass the "Password" of the broadband modem-thus put the internet security to vulnerability and threat thus putting the onus on the government to look into the matter by blocking access to such software that can pose security threat in the militancy hit Union Territory of Jammu and K... | |
| | | | Adhir Ranjan buried Congress in grave with remarks on Kashmir: J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Aug 26: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday slammed leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury saying that he has buried his party in the grave by his remarks in Parliament.
"By saying what he said in Parliament, he buried his party in the grave. Whenever there are elections in the country, he will be quoted. What do I say on his knowledge," the Governor said while talking to news agency.
During a debate in Lok Sabha on a resolution to abrogate special status to Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, he asked as to how Kashmir issue was an "internal matter" if "United Nations is monitoring it since 1948."
The Governor's reply came into a qu... | |
| | | | Governor withdraws invitation extended to Rahul to visit Kashmir | | | | Agencies
NEW DELHI, Aug 26: Satya Pal Malik, the Jammu and Kashmir Governor withdrew the invitation he extended to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Kashmir and advised the latter to seek proper permission before scheduling any visit in the near future. "I want to put the matter pertaining to my invitation to rest. I extended this invitation when he made a misleading statement about violence in Kashmir. For five days he did not respond. Then he said I will take people along and will meet prisoners and detainees. Then I categorically stated that I don't accept your visit on these conditions. I withdraw this invitation and you can come after seeking proper permission," the Governor state... | |
| | | | Munish asks youth to lead from front | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: Editor Early Times Munish Gupta on Monday asked youth to come forward and play their role in putting Jammu on path of devel. Carrying forward his mass contact programme in different areas Munish said, "Youth are the torch bearers of any society and they have to lead from the front, unfortunately during all these years their talent has remained unexplored."
"We have to come together and provide these youth with new opportunities and avenues so that they can bu... | |
| | | | Will distribute my salary among needy' | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu: Editor Early Times, Munish Gupta, has said that if he wins the forthcoming Assembly elections from Gandhi Nagar constituency he would distribute his monthly salary among the needy people in his constituency. "It's my promise to you people that besides carrying out development work, I would distribute my salary among the needy people. I assure you that I would not take any money from anyone, nor would I remain inaccessible. Whenever you need me I will be available," Munish said. ... | |
| | | | Book binder and son of auto driver from village secures 10th rank in KAS exam | | | 
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Aug 26: Suresh Singh, a book-binder from Incha village in Ramnagar tehsil in Udhampur district, has cracked the Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) examination by securing 10th rank. Cracking the prestigious examination was not an easy task for Suresh, whose father was an auto-rickshaw driver.
"It was a long process, but I remained consistent. My father has been a great inspiration for me," Suresh told . "It was his dream that I find a good job. He had gone ... | |
| | | | First bid by militants to disrupt apple economy: J&K Admin | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 26: The Jammu and Kashmir administration claimed on Monday that the militants made first attempt to disrupt apple economy by threatening owner of a large orchard in village Wattoo, Shopian, to stop shipments of the crop.
The J&K administration tweeted that the militants forced the orchard owner to unload apple consignment.
The administration claimed that this was first such incident ever and an attempt to disrupt apple economy to create resentment among public.
Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir police said that situation remained peaceful in the Valley on Monday with no incident of violence reported from any area.
The authorities also refuted reports abo... | |
| | | | Locals of Sanjay Nagar rue defunct street lights | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 26: Street lighting is one of the basic civic necessities in any city but there are several areas in Jammu which are either deprived of the street lights or bearing the brunt of defunct lighting system.
Sanjay Nagar, Sector 1, is one such locality where the provision of street lighting very much exists but most of the lights are non-functional for quite some time.
A large number of poles fitted with street lights are mocking the residents of the area as the l... | |
| | | | ACB registers DA against Range Officer, conducts search at Doda, Kishtwar | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today registered disproportionate asset (DA) case a Range Officer of Forest Division Kishtwar and conducted raids at various places.
According to official spokesman, ACB has registered a case against Altaf Hussain Shah, the then Range Officer Forest Division, Kishtwar in a case for accumulating huge moveable and immovable assets quite disproportionate to his known legal sources of income.
"A case under FIR No.06/2019 u/s 5(1) (e) read with section 5(2) J&K P.C. Act. Svt 2006 was registered against him in Police Station Anti-Corruption Bureau Doda and investigation was taken-up. The cognizance into the matter has been tak... | |
| | | | Kishtwar Sarpanches demanded restoration of mobile calling services | | Marriage season picks up following restoration of normalcy in Kishtwar District | |  Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: As peace return in Kishtwar District with the opening of schools, colleges, government offices-with market open at its full-though with low fanfare as costumers are away giving sleepless nights to business community-the chorus for restoration of mobile services in peaceful areas of Kishtwar District goes louder as Sarpanches from remote Bhunzwah block of Kishtwar District today approach the office of Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar requesting h... | |
| | | | First Gujjar woman from Rajouri to crack AIIMS Exam | | |  Early Times Report
Rajouri, Aug 26: Irmim Shamim became the first Gujjar woman in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district to qualify for All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after she cleared the MBBS entrance exam in June.
Ms Shamim took on many challenges to crack the entrance exam. She belongs to a backward community and her family was reeling under financial problems. She used to walk 10 kilometres every day to go to school as there was no good school near her village. "Everyone h... | |
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