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| Five years since announcement, Smart City project remains untraceable | | Not even 1% funds utilized on ground | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: Five years are about to pass when Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised smart city for Jammu. However, till date the project continues to remain untraceable in government records.
On November 7, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had sanctioned a whooping Rs 80K crore package for Jammu and Kashmir’s various developmental projects.
Out of the total sanctioned amount, Rs 500 crore each were sanctioned for smart cities in Jammu as well as in Srinagar. However, as five years are about to pass, as per the official documents, not even one percent of the funds have been utilised on ground- reflecting that the smart city promise was a big joke done to the people of the state. If sources within the government are to be believed, the Smart City proposal was dumped by the government and there were least measures being taken to get the vital project out from the cold storage.
The central government said official sources, recently sought the status report of the smart city proposal and when the dismal progress was found, the JK administration was censur... | |
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| Omar forgets he arrested BJP top leaders who wanted to hoist tricolour in Srinagar | | Chest Beating Drama! | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: National Conference vice-president and former J&K chief minister, Omar Abdullah, for the past two days has been beating his chest for government not allowing the so-called All Party Meet which was called by his father Dr Farooq Abdullah at his residence in Srinagar. It seems the memory of Omar Abdullah is short lived, he has forgotten that when he was the J&K chief minister, he had stopped BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar in Jammu and... | |
| | | | Former Mayor dreams of becoming Advisor | | Mungeri Lal Ke Haseen Sapnay Former | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 7: After having been thrown out of chair on charges of alleged corruption, a former mayor in Kashmir has been allegedly dreaming of becoming Advisor and has been circulating the same rumor in various circles.
Sources said the said leader, who belongs to a party led by a separatist turned politician has been spreading a notion that New Delhi was willing to appoint him as an Advisor in JK government.
Sources said the party is trying its level best to spread the rumor so as to send an impression that they were in the “good books of Modi government.”
It is not for the first time, that the said party is trying to pretend such things. Last time, after the ab... | |
| | | | Explore possibility of restoring 4G internet service in certain areas: SC to Jammu and Kashmir | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Aug 7: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to explore the possibility of restoring 4G services in certain areas of the Union Territory, which sought time for instructions on the issue saying a new Lieutenant Governor of the UT has just been appointed.
Manoj Sinha has been appointed the new LG of Jammu and Kashmir, after GC Murmu resigned from the post on Wednesday night and was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Thursday. High-speed Internet service in J-K has been suspended since August last year when the Centre announced revocation of its special status and bifurcation of the state into two UTs -- Ladakh and Jammu a... | |
| | | | 2 years on, order regarding enhancement of state share remain unimplemented | | BJP betrays Anganwari workers | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 7: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), which often claims to championing the cause of Jammu people, has betrayed the Angarwari workers for not doing much in implementing the order of enhancement of state share to their honorarium.
The order to enhance the honorarium was issued during BJP’s regime in association with the PDP in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State, however, more than two years have passed but the promise remained unfulfilled.
Sources told Early Times that BJP leaders had promised to the Anganwari workers to enhance state share and in this regard it got issued order no 215 of 2018 for enhancing state share of Rs 500 but it remained on papers only ... | |
| | | | Recovery rate of COVID-19 patients improves in JK as 510 more get discharged | | Positive cases 23927, active positive 7260, recovered 16218, deaths 449 | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: The recovery rate of Corona Virus patients continues to improve in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir as 510 more people affected by virus were discharged from various hospitals of union territory today. So far 16,218 COVID-19 patients have recovered in Jammu & Kashmir.
In the meantime, 473 fresh cases of Corona Virus were reported from different districts of union territory today. With the fresh cases the number of virus affected people reached 23,927. 13 more COVID-19 patients died in the past 24 hours or so and as such the total number of casualties is 449. Srinagar has the highest number of 147 deaths.
Srinagar reported 12... | |
| | | | Cashier suspended, involvement of many other officials suspected | | Rs 28 lakh GPF scam surfaces in G&M Deptt | | | RAJESH TANDON
EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug 7: In a startling revelation, General Provident Fund (GPF) scam of Rs 28 lakh belonging to various employees has reportedly surfaced in the Geology and Mining (G&M) Department, wherein a cashier was suspended while many others who are suspected to be involved in the scam are yet to be made accountable.
Astonishingly, the role of concerned DDO and some officials of treasury have also come under scanner but the Director G&M Department has been showing reluctance and laxity in taking action against other officials despite the fact that the scam was not possible without DDO and other officials in the department. Sources told Early Times that s... | |
| | | | Manoj Sinha administered oath as LG of JK | | Says his priority would be zero tolerance for corruption, ending militancy | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Manoj Sinha today formally took over as Lieutenant Governor of union territory of Jammu & Kashmir after he was administered oath of office at the Raj Bhavan here in the afternoon. Sinha is the second LG of union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and he replaces G C Murmu who resigned on Wednesday.
Sinha was administered oath by Chief Justice, Jammu & Kashmir High Court, Justice Gita Mittal. Minister of State (MOS) in Prime Minister’s Office ... | |
| | | | Setting an example, Sinha stays in guest house before taking oath as LG | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 7: Former Union Minister Manoj Sinha, a surprise pick for new Lt Governor of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, set a new high standards of morality in public life when he stayed in state guest house instead of the Raj Bhavan after he arrived here.
After his arrival at the Srinagar airport, where he was received by Chief Secretary, Director General of police and other senior civil and police officials yesterday afternoon, he also refused to travel in a helicopter to Helipad near Raj Bhavan from airport and instead preferred to travel by road to have first hand feel of the situation in the summer capital, official sources said.
When some senior... | |
| | | | 15 years on, Hr Sec School Damnote functions from damaged building | | |  ASHWANI SHARMA
EARLY TIMES REPORT
UDHAMPUR, Aug 7: Government Higher Secondary School Damnote in Tehsil Mongri near here is functioning in a damaged building for the last 15 years.
The building is damaged to such an extent that any unfortunate incident can happen anytime.
Locals informed that they tried hard and visited offices of the concerned authorities many times but nothing fruitful emerged out of their efforts.
Sources informed that there are approximately 450 students enrolled ... | |
| | | | Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents | | Sector 4 Gangyal residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Aug 7: People living in the sector 4 Gangyal area 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 sector 4 Gangyal area 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 are suffering like... | |
| | | | Illegal constructions galore along Bemina Bypass | | Locals want govt to take action against officials responsible | | | ISHTIYAQ AHMAD
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: With the illegal constructions coming up brazenly along the Bemina bypass here in Srinagar, the local residents suggested that the government should take action against those officials who were posted there when illegal constructions came up.
They said unless the government takes action and removes corrupt people from service, nothing will fall in line.
The local residents in the area told Early Times that illegal constructions are coming up brazenly on the main bye pass Bemina. Multi-storied complexes, hospitals have been constructed near Bemina bypass, where officially commercial constructions stand banned.
While at places politica... | |
| | | | ‘Powerful’ GRS gobbles ` 6500 from poor contractor, gets transferred; using political connection to go back | | | | Ajay Sharma
Early Times Report
SUNDERBANI, Aug 7: The political interference is casting a shadow on the working of Rural Development Department (RDD) in the union territory as a whole and this block in Rajouri district is no exception.
Early Times has learnt from sources that politicians with most of them belonging to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) are shielding a Gram Rozgar Sevak (GRS) who has gobbled an amount of Rs. 6,500 from a poor contractor of a Panchayat who constructed a road in the same Panchayat at a total cost of Rs. 70,000.
“The poor contractor paid the bribe after the GRS promised him that his payment of Rs. 70,000 would be made as soon as he receives the bribe. For the pa... | |
| | | | Sarpanch killing aftermath: Congress Sarpanch resigns in Sopore village | | | | S Tahir-ul Haq
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Aug 7: Following the killing of a BJP Sarpanch in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, a Congress sarpanch in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla resigned from the post of Sarpanch on Friday afternoon.
According to sources that, a Sarpanch namely Mohammad Ramzan Lone son Ghulam Qadir Lone of Malmapanpora Dangerpora Tehsil of Sopore resigned as Sarpanch. Sources said that, Mohammad Ramzan said that from the last several years they are living under threats and now they cannot bear it anymore. “I can’t live with the fear of losing my life.” He said that he was affiliated with the Indian National Congress (INC) from the last sever... | |
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