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SVC buries case, despite recommendations to register DA case Over 161 Kanals prime land purchased by Sr. engineer 9/16/2016 11:26:28 PM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: The State Vigilance Organization (SVO) has reportedly given safe passage to a senior engineer by burying a complaint filed against him, despite unambiguous recommendations made by the Investigating officer (IO) during preliminary enquiry, to register a case under Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against the engineer. As per the enquiry report compiled by the Investigating officer against the senior engineer, a copy of which is with Early Times a handful of allegations were leveled against the him regarding corruption, disproportionate assets, purchase of land to the tune of several hundred Kanals beside others, which were investigated by the enquiry officer and the preliminary enquiry report was submitted to the SVC. The enquiry report submitted by the IO, reads, "Enquiry reveals that land measuring 11 Kanal 16 marlas located at Greater Kailash has been purchased in the year 1999 in the name of mother-in-law of the senior engineer". Moreover, it further reads, "Enquiry revealed that 150 kanal of land at village Nandni at Tawi...   READ MORE

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University's villains become VC's darlings Peculiar ways of JU administration! 9/16/2016 11:26:17 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: Attribute it to the weird ways of the Jammu University administration and its Vice Chancellor in particular, the villains of the University, who have started litigations against the University statutory body, have become VC's preferred ones and they are now calling shots in the university. One of these three stooges of the JU VC is his special secretary Neeraj Sharma, who was extended undue favours by an erstwhile vice chancellor of the University and made special secretary in the pay and grade of the Registrar despite the fact that he had completed just 3 to 4 years of service and was merely an Assistant Registrar. "After the superannuation of then ...   READ MORE   Chalo calls, no evening relaxation, attempt to trigger more killings Who is running the show in absence of Mirwaiz, Malik? 9/16/2016 11:26:08 PM Kashmir Unrest Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: Separatists issuing yet another protest calendar in Kashmir and giving chalo calls without any relaxation in the evening hours is an attempt to trigger more killings and pit common masses against the security forces. "Separatists have given chalo calls to bring people out of their homes so that they can confront the security forces which can lead to a few more deaths," said a Kashmir watcher. A politician while talking to Early Times said, "Separatists are fighting a lost battle. One wonders why government is allowing them to issue the calendar. The internet in entire Kashmir Valley is down how come these separatists are able to ci...   READ MORE   Centre serious over encroachment of water bodies; J&K Govt sleeping 9/16/2016 11:25:50 PM Syed Junaid Hashmi Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 16: Jammu and Kashmir government is yet to begin identifying, video graphing and removing the encroachments from existing water bodies across the state for purely political reasons. Top politicians and police officers have their own vested interest in the properties that have come-up along the existing water bodies. Source said that the government not moved an inch despite New Delhi repeatedly asking it to take strong steps for removing the encroachments from the embankments of the water bodies. As and when some movement was made, sources said that the influential ones managed to get the entire process stalled. Union Water Resources ...   READ MORE   RDD, gramsevaks involved in MGNREGA scam, people demand vigilance probe 15 years, Rs 60 lakhs are still insufficient to macadamize three km stretch 9/16/2016 11:25:44 PM A B Sharma Early Times Report Sunderbani, Sept 16: Awkward it may sound, but the fact about a three kilometer at Sunderbani is awaiting its macdamisatioin and completion since past 15 years. One minister among 3 MLAs have taken up their term from various political dispensations at Sunderbani, but for this 3 kilometer stretch touching the highway from Rahya Syaot to Gurha Chatrala via Patrada link road, none showed any concern for this MGNREGA work, except the rural development department that became party to corruption in connivance with the gram sevaks of the region. The Kuccha road was taken up for macdamisation by the Rural Development Department under the MGNREGA scheme, 15 year...   READ MORE   PDP Mantri drops bombshell, contradicts Rajnath Singh 'Restoration of law and order to take just one more month' 9/16/2016 11:25:36 PM Hyder Ali Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 16: Contradicting the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who asked the state government to restore law and order in restive Kashmir within a week, a Minister from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it will take "one more month to overcome" the crisis. "Don't worry it will take just one more month to restore normalcy in Kashmir and we're confident at doing it," the Minister told some people from Kashmir during his interaction with them at the Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi. The Minister, who is also a religious scholar, having replaced his late father at the pulpit, was seen sitting among "commoners" at the airport ...   READ MORE   RDD ruins 'Nirmal Gram Puraskar' Programme Misutilization of award money apprehended 9/16/2016 11:25:23 PM Arun Singh Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: The intention of Government of India to launch Nirmal Gram Puraskar programme did not meet aspiration to its entirety due to lack of interest shown by Rural Development Department defeating the basic objective of giving incentive in lakhs as award money to Gram Panchayat. Sources told Early Times that in the year 2003, an award based incentive program for fully sanitized and open defecation free gram free GPs, blocks, districts and State called "Nirmal Gram Puraskar" (NGP). Sources further told that Gram Panchayats do not appear to have been made fully aware of this programme by the department which ought to have been the first priorit...   READ MORE   A DSP who likes vigilance postings only 9/16/2016 11:17:45 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 16: A DSP likes to serve in the vigilance organisation only. He remained attached with SVC for a long time, but has now got himself posted in the vigilance organisation. He was actually posted in railway police at Udhampur, but did not prefer to serve there and instead got himself attached with SVC where he served for a long time, police sources said. "He has now got himself posted in the vigilance organisation," sources said and added that a single order was issued by PHQ for his adjustment. Sources said he was so thick with senior police officers that they were now trying for his adjustment in an important vigilance wing. "He wants to serve in Jammu onl...   READ MORE   Karra's resignation move stuns mainstream politicians in Kmr From NC legislators to PDP leaders & independents, all in 'catch 22 situation' 9/16/2016 11:17:28 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: Even as a shell shocked PDP is silent over resignation of party's founder member Tariq Karra, latter's sudden move has created ripples in the entire political spectrum of Kashmir. The separatist camp is taking it as a triumph for the cause of 'movement', the mainstream politicians of all hues are stunned, resignation move having come as a challenge for almost all Kashmir based politicians. Sources said even though opposition NC is upbeat over the fact over one of the stalwarts and co founders of PDP having parted ways on an utterly disappointed note while exposing his own party leaders than anyone else, many NC leaders are actually anxious and nervous...   READ MORE   Karra resigns to help farooq Abdullah 9/16/2016 11:17:10 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: Former PDP MP Tariq Hamid Karra has helped the National Conference by resigning as a MP from the Srinagar. He has also in a tacit way helped the separatists also , as they tend to have stronghold in this parliamentary consi-tutency. Karra has done unimaginable favour to the party National Conference, which he opposed tooth and nail, by resigning as the MP. The NC didn't have single member either in the lok sabha or the Rajya Sabha. It was for the first time that the party didn't have representation in both the houses of the parliament. It was desperately missing it and was also in the mode of frustration as all the discourse in the parliament about...   READ MORE   Karra's resignation has serious implications 9/16/2016 11:17:04 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 16: The co-founder of PDP Tariq Hamid Karra on Thursday resigned from the party and from the Lok Sabha, alleging that the PDP was instrumental in enabling RSS to implement its agenda in Kashmir and terming the Modi's India as the replica of Nazi Germany. India under Narendra Modi has become intolerant, he said. Karra said many things and most of his statements were directed against the PDP. "The PDP had sought and got votes from Kashmir on the anti-BJP and anti-RSS planks. The PDP had asked the Kashmiri people to see to it that not a single BJP candidate wins in Kashmir. The people of Kashmir ensured the defeat of all the BJP candidates, but the PDP forg...   READ MORE   Time has come to rally round Mookerjee, Madhok J&K solution 9/16/2016 10:57:01 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 16: Kashmir is in turmoil. The Muslims there are up in revolt against India and they, in the words of PDP MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig, this time are not fighting for political gains but for something bigger which is based on Jinnah's two nation theory. He has virtually confronted the BJP with a choice between implementation of agenda of alliance and dissolution of the J&K Assembly. "The PDP and BJP must end ties if they can't implement the agenda of alliance," he on Thursday said. The people of Jammu province are seething with anger and there prevails widespread disappointment and dissatisfaction among all, except within a limited circle that is close to the co...   READ MORE   Home Deptt transfers 5 SPs SSP Jammu shifts 7 SIs 9/16/2016 10:56:52 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: In the interest of administration, Home department today ordered transfer and posting of five Superintendents of Police (SPs) As per order, Rohit Baskotra, SP, Dy. Commandant, JKAP 6th Bn., is transferred and posted as Addl. SP, Traffic City, Jammu vice Sunil Raj who has been transferred and posted as SO to Commandant General HG/CD/SDRF, against an available vacancy. Altaf Hussain Shah, SP, Dy. Commandant, JKAP 13th Bn., is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, JKAP 6th Bn. vice Shri Rohit Baskotra. Shri Fayaz Hussain, Addl. SP Kupwara, is transferred and posted as Dy. Commandant, JKAP 13th Bn. vice Altaf Hussain Shah. Arif Amin Shah, SP, Dy. Com...   READ MORE   Stones turn to bullets- a new worry in J&K 9/16/2016 10:56:43 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 16: There is a big worry ahead for the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. With the number of people joining the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Taiba, there is a worry that the stones will be replaced by the bullets. It had reported on Thursday that nearly 85 youth had gone missing in Jammu and Kashmir and it is suspected that they may joined the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e-Taiba [85 and counting: Several Kashmiri youth make a beeline for the Hizbul Mujahideen What intelligence bureau officials fear is that more youth are likely to join these outfits. There is credible intelligence that suggests that the Hizbul Mujahideen and the Lashkar-e...   READ MORE   Three years on, SWD denies scholarships to over 80 SC, ST students 9/16/2016 10:56:38 PM G S Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: Call it negligence or deliberate attempt of the officials of Social Welfare Department (SWD) towards lower strata of society that nearly 80 students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who passed their B. Ed examination in 2014 are still not getting their scholarships after lapse of three years. These socially deprived students were enrolled in NGM, College of Education, Dhinde Kalan, RS Pura, for Bachelor Degree in Education (B.Ed) in 2013 and completed their degree in 2014, in the same year, they also applied for the scholarships. "Ironically, after completion of three years, they have not got a single penny in terms of sc...   READ MORE   Industrial units run without treatment plants, PCB assumes criminal silence 9/16/2016 10:56:34 PM Vinod Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 16: Under the alleged official patronage of officials of Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board (JKSPCB), over two dozen industries in Kathua industrial area have been running without treatment plants, or are not using them, but officials have adopted criminal silence due to reasons best known to them. Sources informed Early Times that various types of industries were operational in industrial area Kathua, polluting air, water and other natural resources of the area. Sources said that SPCB is very much aware about the blatant violations of pollution control norms but has deliberately turned dumb. A resident of Hatlimorh, Ravi Kumar ...   READ MORE   Sohail bags Billiards title as PCC Forests gives away prizes 9/16/2016 9:28:28 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 16: Sohail Khalid clinched the senior billiards title decided today in the Ist Jammu District Open 6 Red Ball and 24th Jammu District Open Billiards and Snooker Championships held under the banner of J&K Billiards and Snooker Association (JKBSA) at Billiards Hall, MA Stadium, here. Earlier, in the senior billiards final, Sohail defeated Nikhil Kapahi 3-1 (84-100, 100-54, 100-67, 100-68). In the valedictory function of these two championships, Principal Chief C...   READ MORE

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