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Has Govt shelved war against corruption? 9/12/2015 11:54:31 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Government not releasing the second list of the corrupt officials has raised many eyebrows and is making people believe that the much hyped war against the corruption has been shelved off. Sources told Early Times that despite the second list of the corrupt officials being ready nothing is being done to make it public. "The General Administration Department (GAD) has not received any fresh direction in this regard despite the new Chief Secretary B R Sharma taking over the reins," sources said, adding, "The GAD has put the list in abeyance despite it being ready for the past 2 months." Insiders revealed that the outgoing Chief Secretary Mohammad Iqbal Khandey was instrumental in delaying action against the deadwood as he had clearly told the Government that he would not sign any such list till he holds the office of the Chief Secretary. Pertinently, Government had terminated services of 66 officials, including Chief Engineers and KAS officers, by declaring them deadwood earlier tjis year and had announced that second list of corrupt offi...   READ MORE

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JU admn aware of bunglings, but yet to retrieve illegally drawn charge allowance 9/12/2015 11:54:24 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Despite having knowledge of financial bunglings that has taken place in the campus, the administration of Jammu University is yet to retrieve charge allowances amounting to several lakh rupees. Documents available with Early Times reveal that the university has yet to retrieve the amount despite lapse of several months. "An amount of Rs 459, 879 has been paid to Vivek Slathia on account of charge allowance up to September 2014. No recovery has been made, as no such orders have been issued by the administration," reads JU's reply to an RTI application. "The authorities desired that the charge allowance be calculated in favour of incumbents drawing charg...   READ MORE   Embarrassment for BJP after imported leaders support Jazya, sale of beef in J&K 9/12/2015 11:54:16 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: "Imported" leaders of BJP caused embarrassment for the Saffron Party because some Kashmir based leaders of the party have strongly defended imposition of "Jazya" on devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrims. Not only this, these leaders, who were inducted in BJP with much publicity, have opposed banning of cow slaughtering in Jammu and Kashmir and supported slaughtering of cow in Jammu and Kashmir. "Banning of Cow slaughtering Law should be scrapped to allow use of beef in Jammu & Kashmir State" this was stated by BJP leader Fayaz Ahmed Bhat, who is blue eyed boy of most of the party leaders. "The Senior Leader of BJP Fayaz Ahmad Bhat and other leaders o...   READ MORE   BJP-PDP now lock horns over Transfer of College Principal 9/12/2015 11:54:08 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: The fissures between coalition partners Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are once again wide open; this time over the transfer of a college Principal. Sources informed Early Times that the bone of contention between the coalition partners was the transfer order of College Principals No. 473-HE of 2014, dated 14/10/2014, according to which Dr. Anita Sudan was prematurely transferred from MAM College Jammu to Government Degree College (GDC) Samba vice Dr. Ramesh Chander, who was transferred to MAM College. Though Dr. Ramesh Chander had joined the MAM College on October 14 and Dr. Anita Sudan was relieved from college but she...   READ MORE   Silence of RSS, Ram Madhav intriguing Jazya on pilgrimage 9/12/2015 11:54:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi, cutting across party lines, and parties like the Congress, the NC, the Panthers Party, besides a number of social and religious groups, have been urging since many days now the PDP-BJP coalition Government to rescind its September 2 decision that imposed "Jazya tax" on heli-tickets on Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage, but with no result. Contrarily, the Finance Minister, Haseeb Drabu, has made a number of statements, which instead of assuaging the hurt religious feelings of the Hindu community, have further outraged them. He has flatly refused to do away with the "Jazya Tax". As far as the local BJP leadership is concerned, it h...   READ MORE   Jammu, not Kashmir an example of peaceful co-existence Omar, Tarigami withholding truth 9/12/2015 11:53:30 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Rattled by the demand in Jammu for the state's trifurcation and in Ladakh for Union territory status, National Conference working president Omar Abdullah and CPI-M leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami have unlashed a misinformation campaign to give the people understand that Kashmir, like Jammu and Ladakh, is an example of peaceful co-existence. Their whole objective is to ensure that the State of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh remained intact and Kashmir continued to exploit Jammu region and Ladakh and ill-treat the people of these two regions as before. In other words, they wish to perpetuate for an indefinite period the domination and hegemony of Kashmir and Kas...   READ MORE   Dashes NC, Congress’ hopes of coalition Govt's collapse Mufti's master stroke shocks rival camp 9/12/2015 11:53:16 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 12: The master stroke of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Udhampur on Friday has again started giving sleepless nights to the rival camp that was waiting to witness split in the coalition since day one. The address of the PDP patron and Chief Minister to the PDP workers was apparently aimed at those who were striving to witness the collapse of the Government in JK with the motive to keep the pot boiling in the already perturbed State of Jammu and Kashmir. Mufti accompanied by his daughter and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti gave befitting reply to the opposition when he hinted that he had no intentions to relinquish headship of coalitio...   READ MORE   Opposition to pull up ruling allies for doing away with past practice Ministers' manning Secretariat after Darbar move 9/12/2015 11:52:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Even as Darbar is less than two months away from shifting back to winter capital Jammu, the opposition is all set to question and corner the Government over doing away with the past practice of having camp offices in civil Secretariat in absence of the Government for six months. PDP-BJP alliance Government did neither continue with the precedence of rotational visit of a group of Ministers to winter capital nor did it bother to prepare a proper roaster for such visits that would have allowed redressal of grievances of the people of Jammu region in the Secretariat premises in a phased manner. Sources said while the opposition is preparing an aggressive ...   READ MORE   Court order on beef eating may kick up controversy allowing separatists to thrive on 9/12/2015 11:51:47 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Separatists in Kashmir have decided to defy the High Court order under which slaughter and eating of beef has been banned. Hence they have appealed to people of the State to slaughter bovine cattle instead of the traditional sheep and goat during Eid-ul-Zuha. This time these separatists have come out and challenged the court order which some of them described as "political gimmick." Is the Court order a violation of peoples' freedom? Is the Court order a step that restricts peoples' fundamental rights? The separatists do not touch these issues while urging people to slaughter cows, buffaloes and bulls instead of sheep and goat during Eid-ul-Zuha. In...   READ MORE   J&K Bank gets a pat on back for focus on intra-state lending 9/12/2015 11:50:44 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 12: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today lauded Jammu and Kashmir Bank's focus on its inward business strategy of lending within the state, saying it will propel growth and development. "The bank's lending figures within the state are encouraging. We also need to devise a friendly repaying strategy to benefit business units in horticulture and industrial sectors," Sayeed said at a cheque presentation ceremony here. J&K Bank Chairman Mushtaq Ahmad prese...   READ MORE   Coalition afraid of holding municipal, civic body polls 9/12/2015 11:49:33 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 12: Though BJP has decided to contest all 26 seats in Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) polls next month, the coalition government is afraid of holding civic and municipal elections in the other two regions of the state which are overdue. Unlike 2002 when Mufti Mohammed Sayeed took as Chief Minister with the help of Congress and announced municipal and civic body elections within a year, he has chosen to play safe this time. According to sources, both PDP and BJP which are running a coalition in the state, are doubtful of their performance as the public opinion is not good about the two parties in both the regions. BJP has won 26 seats fro...   READ MORE   1 lecturer for 700 students at GHSS Marmat Education a joke in rural JK 9/12/2015 11:49:28 PM Bijay Charak Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: There's just one English lecturer for more than 700 students at Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Marmat, Doda. The school is situated 43 kilometers from the district headquarters and is the only higher secondary which caters to around 42, 000 people of 14 panchyats. The lone lecturer for English teaches around 700 students. The school has only six permanent lecturers and five temporary appointees. "It's very difficult to concentrate when a single teacher teaches 700 students," said Rakesh Bhagat, a student. He said it's only the English subject where there is acute dearth of lecturers. There's one lecturer each for Math, Physics...   READ MORE   Lashkar commander gets killed in Kakapora encounter 9/12/2015 11:49:20 PM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 12: Police and security forces achieved a major breakthrough after they killed a top raking militant of Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in the Kakapora village of South Kashmir's Pulwama district today. Police sources said that the slain militant was involved in many attacks on police and security forces. The slain militant was carrying out a bounty of 10 lakh rupees and his killing is being seen as a major achievement by police and security forces in South Kashmir. Reports reaching here said that police and security forces cordoned off Naman Begum Bagh village in Kakapora area after receiving inputs that two to three militants are hiding in the village. As the vi...   READ MORE   Rs. 100 hike in examination fee as service charges JU's disservice to students 9/12/2015 11:49:16 PM G S Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: With controversy over service tax on chopper service to Bhawan yet to die down, Jammu University has now hiked examination fee by Rs. 100/- as service tax add on, stirring a fresh hornet's nest. Sources informed Early Times that without any published notification regarding fee hike in academic session 2015-16, the examination authority has been extorting Rs 100 more from private students who are appearing for examination of post graduation courses or re-appearing in examination of post graduation courses. A student who could not qualify examination of semester-III in History informed Early Times that without any notification, the greedy uni...   READ MORE   Medical Asstt runs PHC in Khiram Health Minister is incompetent 9/12/2015 11:49:08 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Sept 12: Amid claims of improvement in healthcare in Kashmir, a medical assistant runs Primary health Center in Khiram village of South Kashmir's Anantnag district. Villagers are up in arms against the health department for neglecting the hospital, upgraded years ago. Locals told Early Times that only two employees-Medical assistant Mohd Anwer and ambulance driver Mohd Iqbal are regularly attending duties. "Medical assistant with the help of driver runs the hospital alone," a group of locals claimed. They complained that they have to bear the brunt of shortage of doctors and lack of health care facilities in the health centre. "The approved...   READ MORE   GMC Jammu: Emergency ward's ACs defunct; patients suffer 9/12/2015 11:49:01 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: Patients admitted to Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital Jammu have been experiencing suffocating atmosphere in the emergency ward as air conditioners are not functioning for some weeks. Moreover, the lifts of the hospital are not working properly, forcing patients and their attendants to use either stairs or the ramp which is not advisable for many of them. Sources at the hospital told Early Times that though the administration released an amount of Rs 80 lakh to the Mechanical Wing, air conditioners in some parts of the emergency ward are not working properly. "The air conditioners are not cooling properly and the Mechanical Wing has fa...   READ MORE   Relatives allege murder; Court directs SHO Gandhi Nagar to investigate New turn in death of Dr Bhupinder Singh 9/12/2015 11:48:56 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 12: The controversy over the death of Dr Bhupinder Singh- who died in February 2015 when Swine Flu had broken out in the state, took a new turn when the relatives alleged that the doctor was murdered and a local court has directed the SHO Police Station Ganhdi Nagar to investigate the matter afresh. Initially when Dr Bhupinder Singh had fallen ill, he was treated in Government Medical College Jammu in February 2015 as Swine Flu suspect but later the medical reports confirmed that he died of Pneumonia. In a new turn of events, Manjeet Singh Risam son of Gajan Singh who is the relative of diseased and resident of Nanak Nagar, has filed an appl...   READ MORE   Headmaster found absent from duty, CEO seeks explanation Absenteeism culture in edu deptt 9/12/2015 11:48:45 PM Early Times Report Kishtwar, Sept 12: Taking strong note of unauthorized absence of Headmaster High School Shanna in Thakrie area of Kishtwar District, Chief Education Officer Kishtwar Abdul Hamid Fani today sought explanation from the absentee Headmaster and ordered for immediate withholding of his salary till pending inquiry and referred the case to Director School Education Jammu for further necessary action under rule. As per order issued by Chief Education Officer Kishtwar vide order No CEO/K/2015/13486-90 dated 12-09-2015, the copy of which is available with "Early Times", Headmaster High School Shanna Kuldeep Kumar was found unauthorizedly absent from his duty w.e.f 27-08-2015 to ...   READ MORE   Strike call, restrictions throw life out of gear in Srinagar, other parts of Kashmir Clashes break out at many places 9/12/2015 11:48:38 PM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 12: Normal life was virtually thrown out of gear in the summer capital of state and other parts of Kashmir valley due to a strike call given by the separatists against the recent High Court order banning sale of beef in the state. Reports reaching here said that the strike evoked complete response in the Srinagar city and most of the districts as well as towns of Kashmir. At the same time for the second consecutive day protests broke out in some areas of the valley with some of the bovine animals also being slaughtered in some localities. Since early morning scores of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel donning the r...   READ MORE

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