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Son of BJP Minister runs transfer industry, makes big buck Phone calls might spill beans 9/14/2016 12:04:41 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: Floating on the plank of "corruption free governance" the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) assumed power in the state, but its Ministers in coalition government have deviated from their ideology and are now busy in making big buck, by running the transfer industry and their wards have now taken the driver seat to run the industry. Son of one such BJP Minister is reportedly running transfer industry in the departments, being headed by his father and has been making frequent phone calls to the heads of the departments to get the job done. Sources informed Early Times that for the last many months, the officers of department have been getting phone calls from the Minister's son, who has been demanding money in return of transfer to their choice postings. "Only after the approval from Minister's son, the transfer lists in the departments are reportedly being approved by the Minister", sources said. "A Minister can call the officers of department and instruct them, but not his wards. Minister's son has kept directory of all the officers of ...   READ MORE

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Three more deaths raise toll to 82 Valley experience violence on Eid 9/14/2016 12:04:28 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 13: The death toll in the continuing Kashmir violence reached 82 today as three more persons including a police constable died in separate incidents in different parts of Kashmir valley. Meanwhile authorities imposed curfew across valley to thwart UN chalo call given by the separatist leaders. Reports said that 21 year old Murtaza Mir got killed in the firing of police and security forces at Bandipora in North Kashmir. Protests erupted in the area after the culmination of the congregational Eid prayers. Some of the protesters sustained injuries during the incident among which Murtaza succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Reports said...   READ MORE   Session begins in July, lecturer yet to be engaged Offsite campuses of JU run dry 9/14/2016 12:04:12 AM ET Report Jammu, Sept 13: Degrading education system in University of Jammu can be gauged from the fact that academic session in offsite campuses of the varsity begun in July, but after lapse of two months, lecturers in the campuses are yet to be engaged by the administration. Sources said that till date the University has issued three notifications for the engagement of lecturers in which offsite campuses are not being considered. "In the first notification, No DAA/16/3388-95, dated 05/09/2016 applications for post of lecturers were invited for Botany, Environmental Sciences, Biochemistry and Microbiology. While in the second notification No. DAA/16/3437-50, dated 07/09/2016 application...   READ MORE   Forest Department ignores ban on engaging DRWs Appoints thousands of daily wagers 9/14/2016 12:03:59 AM Arun Singh ET Report Jammu, Sept 13: The adherence to the rules and regulations framed from time to time by the Government is to be implemented in letter and spirit by the concerned department but despite blanket ban imposed on engagement of daily rated wagers, the Forest Department violating the ban appointed over two thousand daily wagers without caring for consequences. Sources told Early Times that in order to check unabated appointment of daily wagers in various departments; the government framed the policy to streamline the engagement of daily wagers and put a blanket ban in 1994. They further told that in view of urgency expressed by few departments dealing with essential service...   READ MORE   Scores of families from Kashmir celebrate festival in tension free environs Contrary to subdued Eid in Valley, Jammu celebrates festival with fervour 9/14/2016 12:03:40 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: If it was a subdued Eid festival in Kashmir, Jammu celebrated it with zest and fervour, becoming home this time to many people from adjacent places, including Kashmir Valley. Contrary to Kashmir, as a peaceful Jammu region celebrated Eid-ul-Azha with religious fervor and gaiety, scores of families from different parts of Kashmir region converged here in the summer capital to celebrate the festivities and rituals connected with Eid. From offering prayers in v...   READ MORE   CM office flooded with requests from Kashmiris to bring normalcy 9/14/2016 12:03:07 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: The influential people and section of the intelligentsia of the Kashmir are consistently requesting the chief minister to end this mad and vicious cycle of violence in the valley. The CM's office has been consistently receiving calls for the same and some have written to the CM in private to take what ever steps to end this mad-cycle. "The CM Mehbooba Mufti has been consistently receiving messages and some times letters and message to end this cycle of violence. And, the people requesting the same are not ordinary people but who are quite influential and also a section of the intelligentsia. It's for this reason that CM has finally decided to take t...   READ MORE   BJP does a complete U-turn on Article 370 Appeasing seditionists 9/14/2016 12:02:58 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: Gone are the days when the BJP would rake up Article 370 to arouse national sentiments across the country to garner votes. Also gone are the days when the BJP would tell the nation on December 1, 2013 from the platform of MA Stadium, Jammu, that there should be debate on Article 370 to find if it had benefited the state and its people or if it had harmed the state and its people and that it would be retained if it was proved that it had benefited the state and its people and repealed if it was proved that it had harmed the state and its people. The then Prime Ministerial candidate of the BJP Narendra Modi had made this statement during the "Lalkar Rally"....   READ MORE   Dy Director, Principal at loggerheads to shift public library 9/14/2016 12:02:44 AM G S Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: The issue of shifting public library R S Pura, lingering on for the past 26 years, which had brought heads of two departments at loggerheads, has finally reached at the doorsteps of MLA RS Pura, who has now assured to take appropriate action. The Public library, R S Pura was constructed under Border Area Development Programme scheme in 1991 and since its beginning in 1991, the Library has been working from a rented building in RS Pura and a building was constructed in the premises of Government High School Boys RS Pura. Demands have repeatedly been raised by locals and educated youth, time and again for shifting of the library but School Ed...   READ MORE   Srinagar is not Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh 'Two parallel tracks' 9/14/2016 12:02:37 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: Anti-India elements in Kashmir want New Delhi to resume the stalled composite dialogue process with Pakistan and engage with Kashmiri leaders, saying this is the only left to end unrest in Kashmir. There has to be dialogue between Srinagar and New Delhi, between New Delhi and Islamabad and between Srinagar and Islamabad, they say. The Kashmir dialogue process has to run on two parallel tracks and the internal dialogue between New Delhi and Srinagar must be substantiated by the external dialogue at the Indo-Pak level, they say, and add that it was the Vajpayee-led NDA government at the Centre, which initiated the internal dialogue process. They add that V...   READ MORE   Eid celebrated with fervor, no greetings exchanged on social media due to internet ban 9/13/2016 11:47:20 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 13: The festival of Eid was today celebrated with fervor and gaiety but due to internet ban across Jammu region no greetings were exchanged on social media. The social sites and applications, which used to remain flooded with greetings and wishes on festivals, remained silent due to internet ban across the Jammu province ordered by the zonal police authorities apprehending that trouble-mongers may play spoilsport by positing or messaging rumors. As per order ...   READ MORE   Four armed militants killed, cop martyred, seven injured in 3 day long encounter Poonch Encounter: Last militant gunned down, Op called off 9/13/2016 11:46:57 PM Early Times Report Poonch, Sept 13: The three day long fierce gun battle between security agencies and militants holed up in the Mini-Secretariat building in Poonch town ended today on Tuesday with the killing of the last pinned up militant. Police sources said, "A total of four militants were gunned down in the encounter that began on Sunday morning. The bodies of four militants who had split into two groups have been retrieved." "Two bodies were recovered from an old house of Haji Nazir Mir, a relative of deputy chairman of J&K Legislative Council Jehangir Mir whereas the bodies of two other militants were retrieved from the under construction building of Mini-Secretariat located in ...   READ MORE   Valley roads present 'messy look' courtesy MCs least bothered about hygiene factor 9/13/2016 11:46:51 PM Early Times Report Baramulla, Sept 13: On 68th day of unrest in Kashmir valley, the different Municipal Committees seem least bothered about the health and hygiene of common masses as heaps of garbage were seen piled up in every nook and corner of north Kashmir even on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul Azha. It may sound incredible for some that few towns of Baramulla district like Pattan, Tangmarag and especially Sopore which has attained an acronym 'Chota London of J&K for its sanitation' too has lost glory because of lackadaisical action from concerned Municipal Committees. The concerned departments have put thousands of inhabitants on toes due to garbage and pollution created in th...   READ MORE   India, Pak exchange sweets on Eid at LoC 9/13/2016 11:46:45 PM Early Times Report Poonch, Sept 13: India and Pakistan today exchanged sweets to mark Eid celebrations on the Line of Control in Poonch district. On the occasion of the 'Id-Ul-Zuha', the Army representatives of India and Pakistan exchanged sweets at Poonch-Rawalakot Crossing Point and Tattapani-Mendhar Crossing Point in Krishna Ghati Sector of Jammu and Kashmir. "The exchange of sweets is an appreciated gesture from both the countries and is a regular event on the occasions of Diwali and Eid," a defence spokesman here said He said the event is a testimony of goodwill and will certainly strengthen the efforts towards maintaining peace and tranquillity along Line of Control. Meanwhile ...   READ MORE   J&K run by elected Govt, PoK a hotbed of terror: India to UN rights chief 9/13/2016 11:46:39 PM New Delhi, Sept 13: India on Tuesday reacted sharply to remarks by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, saying terrorism is the "grossest violation" of human rights and should be so acknowledged by any impartial and objective observer. It also asserted that the unrest in the Valley has been "aggravated by sustained cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan". Maintaining that the UNHCHR has received conflicting narratives on the cause for the confrontations in the Valley, External Affairs Ministry said there is no comparison between the situation in the Indian state of J&K and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. "The former has ...   READ MORE

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