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| Former NC Minister's complex sealed on CM's order | | Mufti for tough action against land mafia | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 18: The State Government has directed officials to act tough against the land mafia including a former Minister.
Sources said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has communicated to the higher officials that examples would be set up by taking tough action against the powerful nexus of politicians-bureaucrats-police.
"The complex being constructed by former NC Minister in Jammu was sealed on the directions of the CM. The Minister had raised the construction on the land of khud in clear violations of the law," said sources.
They said that to clean up the system, the CM had specifically handed over the Revenue portfolio to Javeed Mustafa Mir.
"Mir is a tough guy. He can neither be approached for any wrongdoing nor can he be pressurized by any means. He knows how to deal with the corrupt and powerful mafia and it's for this reason that a big shark like a former NC Minister has been touched," said a senior official, wishing not to be named.
Sources said the Revenue Minister on the directions of the CM had got the details of the State land encroac... | |
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| Owns 4 palatial houses, land, fleet of luxurious vehicles; Bank transactions worth Rs 4 Cr in 2 years | | Tara Chand's ex-PRO is a multi-millionaire | |  Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 18: The State Vigilance Organization conducted raids on the premises of the PRO of the former Dy CM Tara Chand, Kewal Krishan Sharma and unearthed huge wealth including palatial bungalows, fleet of luxury vehicles, details of land holdings, bank accounts and cash.
Forest Guard Kewal who is mired in allegations of corruption including class IV recruitment scam with ex Chief Education Officer (CEO) Jammu Tersam Lal, had been hitting headlines by leveling serious a... | |
| | | | CPMG ignores Union Ministry's order | | | | GS Asgotra
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 18: The order issued by Union Ministry of Communication, IT and Posts to Chief Post Master General (CPMG) of Jammu and Kashmir regarding engagement of 140 selected candidates for Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant is falling on deaf ears as after lapse of 10 days, no action has been taken.
Sources informed Early Times that on September 9th, 2015, the Union Ministry of Posts had directed the competitive authorities of 10 states including Jammu and Kashmir to revoke the abeyance orders, in 10 circles including Jammu and Kashmir circle. "The J&K circle is still waiting to start the process of appointment to 140 candidates who were selected as pe... | |
| | | | A party that can't defend itself and its policies | | BJP of spokespersons | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 18: The BJP is the only party in Jammu & Kashmir which has a platoon of spokespersons. In fact, it is a party of spokespersons most of whom are from non-RSS and non-BJP background. It has State-level spokespersons and also a spokesperson for Kashmir Valley, who of all the spokespersons is very vocal and he invariably defends the perverted Kashmiri politics. This Kashmiri BJP spokesperson Khalid Jehangir, who was inducted by Narendra Modi at Hiranagar in 2014, is also seen on national televisions speaking on ideological issues suggesting that he has been authorized by the high command to represent the view of the party on Jammu & Kashmir and such issues as Ja... | |
| | | | Kashmiri leaders joined hands to kill holy cows | | RSS also a mute spectator | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Sep 18: All the Kashmiri leaders, separatists included, all the Kashmir-based political parties, all the Kashmir-based religious organizations, all the Kashmir-based opinion-makers and Kashmiri civil society members, all those running and controlling the Kashmiri press, both vernacular and English, and all those who matter in Kashmir have joined hands to ensure the collapse of the 1932 law that banned cow slaughter and beef eating in the State, as also to create a situation in the Valley which could overturn the decision of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court to enforce ban on cow killing and beef eating.
The Kashmiri religious leadership has asked the Kashmiri people... | |
| | | | Police wake up, arrests Aasiya from Soura | | |  Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Police today arrested Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) Chairperson Syed Aasiya Andrabi and whisked her away to the Women's Police Station at Rambagh in South Srinagar. Meanwhile, protests broke out in some areas of downtown Srinagar after the Friday prayers.
Police sources said that a police party raided the house of Aasiya at Soura early in the morning and arrested her and took her to the Women's Police Station. The DeM chairperson was evading a... | |
| | | | Mantri out to establish Kathua Medical College near his residence | | | | Akshay Azad
ET Report
jammu, Sept 18: A Minister of the coalition Government is reportedly leaving no stone unturned to establish Medical College-sanctioned for Kathua district-near his residence in Rajbagh near Delhi Public School (DPS), with a sole motive to get, cost of his land, hiked manifolds.
Sources informed Early Times that the State Cabinet which had met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on 19/8/2015, had approved transfer of land to Health and Medical Education Deptt for proposed medical college in various districts including Kathua.
"In case of proposed Medical College for Kathua, 200 Kanals of State land in the two identified villages was discus... | |
| | | | DyCM objects to transfer of Police officers | | | |
Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 18: In an attempt to cover up the failures of his party and the Ministers in the coalition Government, the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh allegedly raked up controversy over the issue of transfers and postings of some top Police officers by the Home Department.
According to the sources in Government and BJP circles, the Deputy CM's complaint to the CM regarding adjustment of Additional Director Generals of Police was not a spontaneous reaction of a ruling coalition partner but outcome of frustration being experienced over activism of Mufti Mohd Sayeed for delivery of good governance to people of the State.
While elaborating, sources explained tha... | |
| | | | "Powerful" thana police register 2 cases for 1 crime | | Act of arbitrariness, highhandedness | | |
Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 18: In an apparent act of arbitrariness and highhandedness, police of a Jammu police station have registered two cases for one crime just to harass the accused.
It so happened that cops of a police station came across a car that was parked by the roadside in Nowabad area late last night. When they peeped into the car through its glass window, they found three youth who were taking liquor, according to police sources.
The cops whisked them away to the police station and booked them under the relevant sections of law. But the car was seized under section 550 of RPC which means it was abandoned there with no one inside. "This is untrue because the three drun... | |
| | | | Slow investigation exposes Police-Political-Criminal nexus | | Fugitive Sunny Baba case | | | Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 18: In the latest twist in the fugitive Sunny Baba's case, Police-Political-Criminal nexus has surfaced explicitly as police failed to arrest him despite the fact that he was seen in a temple in Samba district last week along with some youth. The pace of investigation is also very slow as they failed to establish the names of the doctors who admitted him in the Emergency ward of Government Medical College and Hospital for over 40 days.
If sources are to be believed Bakshi Nagar police is being influenced by the Cabinet Minister as they still failed to fix role of the doctor on whose recommendations Sunny was admitted in the Government Medical College and Hos... | |
| | | | SSP Crime HQ, SPs among 5 police officers grabbed State land worth Crores | | Police officers turned encroachers: reveals Revenue inquiry | | | Sumit Sharma
Early Times Report
jammu, Sept 18: Five police officers including a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), two Superintendents of Police, one DySP and a constable have allegedly grabbed Government land worth cores of rupees at Channi Himmat, according to a revelation made during the inquiry by the Revenue Department.
After the land grabbing cases surfaced, the Revenue Department banned the registration of the Fard-e- Intikhabs at Channi Himmat,Sunjwan and Deeli areas.
The order vide No:RDSOJ/R/14/291-96/PA read as "Where as it has been found that large scale "Fard-e-Intikhabs have been issued at Channi Himmat,Sunjwan and Deeli in gross violation of land laws.Where as during... | |
| | | | Will reboot JK's 'Unresponsive' system, says CM Sayeed | | |  Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 18: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today assured to "reboot" the "unresponsive" system of the state and said he has given "categorical" orders to expedite the recruitment process to end the struggle of educated unemployed youth.
"I have given categorical orders to expedite the recruitment so that the posts are filled up in a fair, transparent and time-bound manner. In the private sector, we are linking education with employability by reorienting courses... | |
| | | | Ex militant shot dead, his 3 year old son also injured in an attack in Sopore | | | | S.Tahir-Ul Haq
Early Times Report
SOPORE, Sep 18: Panic gripped the Sopore town of Baramulla district on Friday evening, after unidentified gunmen shot at the ex militant who along with his son was outside his residence at Sagipora in Sopore town.
According to sources that, on Friday evening the unidentified gunmen from a point blank range shot at a released militant Bashir Ahmad Bhat S/O Ghulam Nabi Bhat R/O Sagipora Handwara.
Lying in a pool of blood, the injured, Bashir and his three year old son were immediately shifted to the nearby hospital for treatment. However the injured militant succumbs on way to hospital. While as the son of the deceased has been shifted to SKIMS for advanc... | |
| | | | Bandipora villagers relieved | | HC issues notice to govt, NHPC | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 18: The state high court has issued a notice to government and National Hydro Electric Power Corporation Limited, seeking its directions to redraft the policy of resettlement and rehabilitation for the project affected families of the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Power Project Bandipora.
Hearing the petition, a single bench comprising Justice M H Attar directed the government through Chief Secretary and Project Manager Kishenganga Hydro Electric Power Project and Deputy Commissioner Bandipora to file the response within four weeks.
According to the petitioners-nine villagers from Krapora village, the state government in collaboration with the Union of India... | |
| | | | Partap Park facelift begins after brief halt | | `Work was stopped on Minister's directions' | | | Majid Nabi
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 18: To conceal the 'covert indenture' with Mumbai based 'Cigarette manufacturing Company' and its ally in Kashmir for redecoration of historic Pratap Park, the officially unauthorized work which was stopped for over a month has now been started again.
Early Times was the first to report friendly rapport of Minister for Roads and Bridges and floriculture, Syed Altaf Bukhari with K.K Modi Flagship Company against which a contract worth crores was sanctioned to the company 'dealing with cigarettes' without any formal order.
The news report forced the authorities to stop work. However it was observed that the work was stopped for transitory ti... | |
| | | | Army foils infiltration bid in Gurez, 5 militants killed | | |  S Tahir-Ul Haq
Early Times Report
BANDIPORA, Sept 18: Army today claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid near the Line of Control in Kanzalwan area of Gurez sector in this North Kashmir district in which five suspected infiltrators were killed.
A senior police official said that during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday army patrolling party was guarding the Line of Control (LoC) who noticed the movement of suspected infiltrators near the border of Gurez sector.
"First conta... | |
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