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IGP constructs bungalow on 9 kanal land at Niki Tawi Irrigation deptt mum; Div Com takes cognizance 9/21/2015 12:22:47 AM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Taking undue advantage of the official position, a senior police officer of the rank of the IGP allegedly encroached 9 kanal land belonging to the Irrigation and Flood Control department and started construction of palatial bungalow on it forcing the Divisional Commissioner Jammu Pawan Kotwal to constitute a revenue team to defer the construction. As per order No 901/CC/JMU;730-34, issued by the Divisional Commissioner Jammu, the state land is being encroached upon near Gole Gujral and revenue department is doing nothing, hence a joint commission of the officers including Director Land Record, Director Land Management JDA, Assistant Commissioner Revenue and Assistant Commissioner Nazool is constituted. Informed sources said that the order was issued after Divisional Commissioner Jammu received reports that the land falls in Khasra No 301,302 and 303 of village Jammu bordering village Nandani near Gole Gujral called Niki Tawi is being encroached upon. Following the Divisional Commissioner's order, the revenue team reached on ...   READ MORE

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SVO goes slow against corruption, 387 cases registered in J&K in 5 yrs Case registered 29 yrs back still under investigation 9/21/2015 12:22:38 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Even as the J&K government in July this year terminated the services of 63 tainted officials, 25 of whom were booked in trap cases by various anti-graft bodies, 11 had established cases of disproportionate assets against them and 27 had miscellaneous cases registered against them, the functioning of the state vigilance organisation (SVO) is slow due to the alleged political pressure as a corruption case registered in 1986 is still under investigation for the last over 29 years along with hundreds of other cases of corruption involving politicians, bureaucrats and other government functionaries. In last five years, the government ha...   READ MORE   Feeling heat, BJP does a U-turn Beef row 9/21/2015 12:22:29 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 20: The anti-Hindu and out-and-out communal cow killing and beef eating propaganda in Kashmir has created a serious situation in the state. In the valley, all the Kashmiri Muslim political, secessionist and civil society groups have upped their ante against the ruling PDP, notwithstanding the fact that its president Mehbooba Mufti has also endorsed the provocative demand seeking repeal of the 1932 law on cow killing and beef eating. They have accused the PDP of furthering the RSS's anti-Muslim agenda in Kashmir to stay put in power and asked the PDP-BJP government to respect the sentiments of Kashmiri Muslims by not putting any restriction on cow killing an...   READ MORE   Higher Education deptt "succumbs" to transfer industry players Influentials manage to secure choicest postings 9/21/2015 12:22:20 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Despite change of guard in Jammu and Kashmir, the new dispensation led by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has allegedly succumbed to arm twisting tactics of affluent players of transfer industry, who have managed to secure choicest postings for their 'clients'. Moreover, those influential Colleges Assistant Professors, who hold close allegiance with power corridors, have also managed to secure choicest postings by various means. Sources informed Early Times that the list prepared by Higher Education Department of 233 College Assistant Professors, which was reportedly withheld by Education Minister Naem Akht...   READ MORE   Now Leftist MLA attempts to stoke communal tension 9/21/2015 12:22:11 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Leftists are supposed to be most 'secular', but in J&K, the lone leftist MLA M Y Tarigami, in an obvious anti-Hindu move, has submitted a private members bill to repeal sections of the Ranbir Penal Code which ban sale of beef in the state. Tarigami has submitted the bill in the Assembly suggesting that ban infringes upon the fundamental rights of the people. "Section 298-A, 298-B, 298-C and 298-D of Ranbir Penal Code under the classification of offences relating to religion, violates the constitutional guaranteed fundamental rights of the personal life, freedom and liberty of the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir state and amounts to the unwarranted inte...   READ MORE   RSS directive to BJP: Harden your stand on beef controversy 9/21/2015 12:22:05 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Amidst speculations of mass cow slaughtering on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha in Kashmir Valley, the Rashtriya Swayam Seveak Sangh is learnt to have directed the ruling coalition partner Bhartiya Janta Party to harden its stand over the issue of beef ban in Jammu and Kashmir. The fresh direction from the RSS high command is likely to create trouble for the six and half month old PDP-BJP coalition Government in the State where the contentious issue of beef ban has snowballed into a major controversy since the High Court directive for strict implementation of the law in this regard. According to sources, the RSS instructions were issued to the Deputy Chie...   READ MORE   Threatens violence against beef ban bill; Stays mum over tax on Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage BJP's double standards exposed, again 9/21/2015 12:22:00 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 20: By threatening to resort to violence if the bill against ban on beef was tabled in the forthcoming Assembly session, the Bharitya Janata Party has exposed its double standards by virtually surrendering before the coalition partner PDP when tax was imposed on chopper service to the revered Mata Vaishno Devi pilgrimage. On September 19, the BJP's state vice-president and Member Legislative Assembly Ramesh Arora told a Srinagar daily that, "We will in no way allow anybody to table the bill against the beef ban. We will resort to violence." Arora, who is also BJP's Kashmir affairs in-charge, said: "We will ensure that ban on beef is strictly followed."...   READ MORE   Harassed, insulted, JU officers of minority communities to knock NMC door 9/21/2015 12:20:01 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: Alleging harassment at the hands of university administration, a couple of officers in the Jammu University are reportedly contemplating to make a representation to the National Minorities’ Commission. Sources in the JU administration divulge that an officer engaged in the campuses, belonging to a minority has been persistently subjected to harassment and insult as the interview for his regularization has been deferred several times on frivolous grounds. "His profile has not been defined after years and even important documents from his personal file went missing, depriving him of an opportunity for regularization" said an officer of the JU pleading an...   READ MORE   VOJ likely to spill more beans in coming days with disclosure of more names 'Cat finally out of bag' in Kewal Sharma's case 9/21/2015 12:19:55 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 20: As the cat is finally out of the bag in the case of Kewal krishan Sharma shrouded in controversies, the Vigilance sleuths on the job of raid and interrogation will spill more beans in coming days as the matter is encased and wrapped with more sensational details including the names of more officials involved in corrupt practices of huge transactions of money. Sources said that with Vigilance organisation finally acting on directions of High Court cut some ice in case, the matter which despite being in circulation for over two years will catch up the pace of probe. Having succeeded in bringing to fore stunning details of huge wealth and property dispr...   READ MORE   Ex-Dy CM's PRO also owns plots worth crores, flats in Delhi 9/21/2015 12:19:44 AM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 20: Ex-deputy CM Tara Chand's PRO Kewal Sharma, who has a fleet of luxurious cars and four bungalows at different places in Jammu, also allegedly owns flats in New Delhi and plots in Sidhra, Domana, Chhani Himmat, Akhnoor, Khour and Srinagar areas of the state. In a disproportionate assets case, vigilance organisation, Jammu, (VOJ) had Friday last carried out simultaneous raids at his Paloura and three other residences and seized several incriminating documents, besides a cash of Rs 10 lakh. Banking transactions of Rs 4 cr were also detected during 2013-14 in his bank accounts. For his sustained interrogation, IG, vigilance organisation, Alok Puri flew fro...   READ MORE   Jammu rejects PDP-BJP agenda of alliance Abandoning nationalists, bartering national interest 9/20/2015 11:49:31 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 20: The assembly of legal fraternity, civil society leaders and opinion-makers on Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw it forthwith to allay the fears of the nationalist people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The resolution was adopted after a threadbare discussion on the agenda of alliance during the seminar organized by Jammu Lawyers Forum. The resolution read: "Having unflinching faith in the integrity of the ...   READ MORE   Shocker for Farooq as BCCI terms Ansari's faction legitimate JKCA imbroglio 9/20/2015 11:48:48 PM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report Srinagar, Sep 20: BCCI has finally declared JKCA's faction led by Imran Ansari as legitimate, allowing it to take part in the national level cricket tournaments. This latest development is considered as big jolt for the faction of the association led by the former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdulllah. Sources within the association have confirmed that the BCCI has shot letter to the Sports Minister Imran Ansari- terming his faction a legitimate one and has allowed it to take part in the national level cricket tournaments. Sources said that such a measure from the BCCI has left the faction of Dr Farooq in chaos as same is being seen as a victory for Ansa...   READ MORE   Fate of Shrines, Temples Bill uncertain 9/20/2015 11:48:25 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sep 20:The apprehensions still exist over the passage of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Temples Bill in the Autumn Session of State Legislature beginning in Summer Capital Srinagar in first week next month. Though all KP organizations including Pt. Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust spearheading the ongoing movement for the passage of Kashmiri Hindu Shrines and Temples Bill are pressing hard for its passage in the coming session of the Legislature but no positive signals have come from the coalition side in this regard creating doubts among the minds of the minority Hindus from Valley who are concerned over the state of the shrines and temples in Kashmir as they lack pr...   READ MORE   Since 2003, Verinag Middle school operates from three muddy rented rooms Mocks claims of Govt. 9/20/2015 11:41:34 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, Sept 20: Failure in implementation of centrally sponsored scheme 'SSA' in the state can be gauged from the fact that despite the passage of over 12 years, government Middle School in Tilwanpora Verinag continues to function from three muddy rented rooms. Single story muddy building of Middle school Tilwan pora Verinag located in the midst of concrete residential houses is in dilapidated condition. School was established in year 2003 under SSA as pri...   READ MORE   CM inaugurates police-public welfare mela 9/20/2015 11:35:54 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 20: Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today inaugurated the 26th Police-Public Welfare Mela here - an event held twice every year in the twin capital cities of the state. After inaugurating the mela, Sayeed paid floral tributes to police martyrs who laid down their lives while safeguarding the people and maintaining law and order in the state. "The Chief Minister inaugurated the 26th Police-Public Welfare Mela at Bakshi Stadium. A large number of people f...   READ MORE   Philanthropist Dr Sushil talks heart, seeks cardiac death free J&K 9/20/2015 11:28:39 PM Special Correspondent Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 20: Philanthropy, social service and compassion seem to have become part of the professional life of Dr. Sushil Sharma, presently Head of the Department of Cardiology in Government Medical College and super-speciality hospital. He seems to have made up his mind not to let the medical profession become a source of money minting. An early riser, Dr. Sushil starts the day by remembering the lord who created this universe, follows this up by brisk walk and exercise, ends the morning routine by having a fat-free but healthy breakfast. The moment clock strikes 8, Dr. Sushil is seen in his office chamber in the Government Medical College (G...   READ MORE

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