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Beef row tears apart the State's social fabric Time for intervention 9/24/2015 12:32:27 AM Beef row Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: Jammu and Kashmir has always been a troubled State. Obviously, it needed a responsible Government. However, the past developments have pointed out that no Government in the State ever discharged its obligations towards the people. They did not attempt to promote social amity and religious harmony. The present PDP-BJP dispensation too has utterly failed to come up to the expectations of the people of the State. Contrarily, it has chosen to follow the path that has already caused schism in the society. It was required to handle very carefully the raging controversy over the beef issue, but, it seems, it has decided to strengthen the forces which created the controversy over the otherwise settled issue. Its behaviour has been similar to the out of power and rabble-rousing parties like the National Conference and the Congress. The PDP has actually walked into the trap of its arch rivals thus creating difficulties for its own Government. The PDP-BJP coalition has mishandled the sensitive issue to the extent that the parties under oath and...   READ MORE

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BJP seethes with anger, Central leaders say coalition will complete full term Soft warning to PDP: BJP won't acknowledge 'disengagement' decision 9/24/2015 12:32:01 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: As the BJP camp sulks and seethes with anger over recent developments that unfolded this time with disengagement of Additional Advocate General and Deputy Advocate General, the Central leadership of the party arrived here to raise the spirits of the Ministers and Legislators with soothing assurances amid a marathon session of meetings held today. The assuaging session concluded with a soft warning that BJP doesn't acknowledge the decision on sacking of two law officers as it has been taken unilaterally by PDP, albeit with an underlined and loud message: PDP -BJP coalition would complete its full term in the State. Sources said amid high confusion and an...   READ MORE   Beef ban proving costlier for PDP Caught between devil and deep sea, party leadership speaking in different voices 9/24/2015 12:31:49 AM Peerzada Ummer Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 23: The high court ruling seems to have put the ruling PDP in a tight spot with its leadership speaking over the issue in different tones. The statements coming out from party's spokesman, general secretary and parliament member from Srinagar have added chaos to the already perturbed situation. What is more concerning for the party is that it is yet to come out with the clear stand over the high court order wherein ban has been imposed over the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir. The government spokesman Naeem Akhtar, otherwise known for his detailed statements has left the party in lurch as he is out of the state for performing Hajj. ...   READ MORE   Be it beef ban or pilgrim tax, BJP will continue `flirtation' with PDP 9/24/2015 12:31:31 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: BJP is not in a mood to have any controversy with PDP on any issue even though it may harm the party's political interests in the State. Despite many controversies marring the coalition right from the day first it took over the reins of government BJP wants to play safe and does not want to give any credence to controversies which took place in the last over seven months of coalition. To defuse the situation, BJP senior leaders from Delhi including Party national general secretary Ram Madhav who is in charge of J&K and Party national vice president, Avinash Rai Khanna arrived here on a day's tour to discuss the prevailing political situation with State...   READ MORE   RSS, BJP sacrifice Sharma, Seth to appease Kashmir 9/24/2015 12:31:24 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: A few days ago, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra made a very significant statement while participating in a TV debate. He said, "Those who can kill their ideology can kill anyone". It was not an off-the-cuff remark. What he said was based on his experience as BJP man. In fact, what he said was a message to others in the party or even in the RSS, who hold official or semi-official positions, not to cross the line by questioning their organizations or by defending what needed to be defended. And what happened in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday vindicated Sambit Patra. The case in point is the manner in which Additional Advocate General (AAG) Vishal Sharm...   READ MORE   BJP looking for excuses to cover up its failures 9/24/2015 12:31:15 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: As the beef ban issue snowballs into a major controversy, the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party has started looking for some face saving to cover up its failures ever since coming to power in Jammu and Kashmir in alliance with PDP. Passing buck to others is new strategy of the BJP for its failures and alleged surrender to alliance partner PDP over the contentious issues, which have exposed the saffron brigade among Jammu people, who had voted the party with a historic number from this region in the last Assembly elections. According to the sources in BJP circles, the party leadership today submitted these reasons of its failures in performance before the na...   READ MORE   Vyas gives disbursing powers to Dy Director Inf Deptt's Cultural Officer's reluctance to clear bills 9/24/2015 12:31:05 AM Sumit Sharma ET Report Jammu, Sept 23: Principal Secretary to Government Information Department, B.B. Vyas has relieved Information Department's Cultural Officer of the disbursing powers and handed it over to the Deputy Director (PR). The step has been taken following a report in July 3 edition of Early Times titled 'Lady Officer lodges complaint against Inf Deptt's Cultural Officer, Inquiry ordered'. According to a Government order (No:21-ID-2015), "In the interest of the administration and suppression of all the previous orders on the subject, Deputy Director (PR), Jammu shall exercise all the Drawing and Disbursing Powers in respect of the Cultural Unit, Directorate of Information ...   READ MORE   Rajnath, Ram Madhav commend Mufti Govt; PDP law-makers condemn Modi, BJP BJP defensive, PDP offensive 9/24/2015 12:30:54 AM ET Report Jammu, Sept 23: The PDP-BJP coalition is a strange type of coalition. They are in the government, but, at the same time, certain elements in both the parties take on each other. The only difference is that those in the PDP who take on the BJP are men of consequence and those in the BJP who try to take on the PDP are practically men of no consequence, as they are not taken seriously even by their own colleagues in the party. Another difference is that while BJP top ranking leaders and ministers commend the BJP-PDP coalition and working of the coalition government led by Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, the PDP top leadership fields some junior party leaders to tear into the BJP and the BJP-...   READ MORE   Anxious teachers await verification of distance mode PG certificates 9/24/2015 12:30:42 AM Akshay Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: The teachers are confused over the validity of their science PG certificates obtained through distance mode from various universities. Following the orders by School Education department in August, the Directorate of School Education Jammu as well as Kashmir had constituted teams of officials for verification of qualification and ascertaining the genuineness of degrees and qualification certificates of teachers promoted as Masters. Though the committee has so far failed to submit report but the Directorate of School Education Jammu, on 22nd of September published several subject wise list of Teachers/Masters whose degrees have been verified...   READ MORE   One after another scam rocks BGSBU but no action against VC 9/24/2015 12:30:35 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: One after another alleged scams rocked prestigious Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) but no action has been taken against incumbent Vice Chancellor Prof I A Hamal. After expose of every scam, Prof Hamal emerged safe- which is really very astonishing. It is still a mystery who is shielding Prof Hamal? Being head of the institution it is responsibility of the Vice Chancellor to make functioning of the university accountable and transparent manner but he has failed to do so. Ironically when investigation of Rs 20 lakh scholarship scam was going on, another scam rocked the university in the month of June this year. This institution has earned t...   READ MORE   Classroom instructions for pvt students: JU style 9/24/2015 12:30:25 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: The University of Jammu meant to cater to the academic interests of enrolled students on regular basis, is helping M Ed students of a private College of Education out of way by giving class room instructions by the permanent faculty of University. A copy of Time Table , which is in the possession of Early Times, divulges that Prof. Mubarak Singh, Head of the Department of Education, JU has issued a schedule for imparting instructions to the M.Ed. students of KCS College of Education, Semester Ist, Session 2015-17 from 7-9-2015 in which faculty of JU has been assigned the job to teach these outside students at the cost of regular students enrolled in the...   READ MORE   Officials facing inquiry gifted vital postings Health Deptt's "fake" appointment scam 9/24/2015 12:30:18 AM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report srinagar, Sept 23: Surprisingly, Health department on Wednesday awarded prime administrative posting to the officials facing departmental inquiry into infamous fake appointment scam. Credible sources told Early Times that the Directorate of Health Services Kashmir after coming under political pressure awarded the administrative postings to the officials who were attached with office of Director Health Services Kashmir in 2009 after an internal enquiry report established involvement of at least seven officials then posted in South Kashmir in the recruitment scam. They said that the son-in-law of a politician on whose directions the officials made appoint...   READ MORE   Dissatisfied with posting, Sr IPS officer goes on Central deputation 9/24/2015 12:30:07 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: Dissatisfied with his posting in a less important wing of the state police, ADGP B Srinivas has proceeded on Central deputation. Elevated to the rank of ADGP in the recent past, he, as per the September 16, 2015 Government order No 407, was posted as commissioner, civil-military liaison. Unhappy with his new assignment, he forthwith established contact with his acquaintances at the Centre and got his deputation order issued on the same day, according to police sources. At the Centre, he has been posted as Chief Security Officer of the prestigious NTPC. While his central deputation was only for three years, it could be extended up to five years, sour...   READ MORE   Fanatic Geelani comes to PDP rescue Mischievous gesture 9/24/2015 12:29:59 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: Syed Ali Shah Geelani's Wednesday statement that people (in this case Muslims) should not perform any act that could hurt the religious sentiments of other communities (in this case Hindus) of Jammu and Kashmir is a well-thought out ploy to defuse the potentially dangerous situation in the state where both the communities are face to face with each other. "Allah has declared meat of bovine animals' halal for us. Neither can anyone declare it a forbidden entity nor can (one) stop us from consuming it. At a time when on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, we uphold the sunnah of Prophet Ibrahim (A.S), we must not indulge in any such activity that could hurt the reli...   READ MORE   Wanted Militant Burhaan in news again 9/24/2015 12:28:14 AM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 23: Wanted local Militants of Kashmir are in News again ahead of Eid-ul-Adha festival for extending greetings to the people through banners. In one of the banners,Burhan is with his Brother Khalid Hussain who according to sources was also a militant and shot dead by Security Forces in an encounter in South Kashmir. Burhaan who carries a reward of one million poses in army fatigues. Recently Burhaan distributed threat posters in parts ...   READ MORE   Deptt of Ecology to host festival on food, not environmental conservation Kare najar badaste gilkar! 9/24/2015 12:20:41 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 23: The state's Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing, whose priority should have been to protect and manage environmental issues, is holding a food festival here next month. Documents in possession of Early Times reveal that the department has sought funds for holding food festival at Institute of Hotel Management, Raj Bagh, Srinagar on October 4. Director of the department, in a letter (no: DERS/15/Food Festival/2296-99 dated: 17-09-2015) to Principal Secretary Department of Forest, Environment and Ecology has sought funds worth Rs 57,000 for holding the festival. The festival "Junglik khazanne tamaikh khen chenn" is being organised ...   READ MORE   Govt's gift to 'absconding' doctor on Eid Reinstated and promoted as DTO 9/24/2015 12:19:23 AM Early Times Report Srinagar: Sept 23: A block medical officer who allegedly remained absent from his duties for more than seven months, was surprisingly reinstated within days after returning from Gulf and posted as District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) for South Kashmir's Anantnag district. Sources inside the department identified the influential officer as Dr Ashfaq Aalam. They said that Aalam had gone to the Gulf after signing a contract with a foreign Pharma Company. "He was then BMO Yaripora Kulgam when he went on an unauthorized leave. The protests from patients against his absence from the hospital forced Directorate of Health Service to place him under suspension in January t...   READ MORE   Instead of dredging Jhelum, Govt issues flood alerts 9/24/2015 12:19:09 AM Muhammad Mukaram Early Times Report Srinagar: Sept 23: The government is trying to hide its failures by announcing flood alerts and not focusing on the much needed dredging of river Jhelum. The recent two-day rain spell once again created a flood like situation in Kashmir with the gauge at Sangam river crossing the danger mark of 21 forcing the Flood Control department to declare flood alert in South and Central Kashmir. It shows incompetency, failure and lack of execution of the government's policies. Following two days of rains, the authorities wasted no time in issuing a flood alert which apparently according to government was not to create any panic among the general masses. The c...   READ MORE   2 murder accused get life imprisonment 9/24/2015 12:18:40 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Kishtwar, Sept 23: Additional Session Judge, Rajouri, Khalil Choudhary has awarded life imprisonment to murder accused -- Mohammad Hanief, son of Abdul Hussain, and Shahnaz Begum, wife of Mohammad Farooq of Gambhir Mughlan, for murdering Mohammad Farooq, son of Noor Mohammad Mughal, also a resident of Gambhir Mughlan, and burying the body behind bushes and stones after digging a ditch at Morha Chanj. During the trial of the case, the statement of the legal hears and other witnesses were recorded under section 161 of CrPC and the accused and the weapon of the offence (axe), one shawl and a bedsheet were also recovered. It was found after recording th...   READ MORE   2 panchayats get potable water allegedly from ponds, nullahs 9/24/2015 12:18:31 AM GS Asgotra Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: Contrary to the tall claims of Public Health and Engineering Department, Samba, that the intended purpose of the department is to provide sufficient potable water to rural as well as urban areas, the inhabitants of Kandi areas are allegedly forced to drink filthy water of ponds for the last over one year. Due to non-availability of potable water, a large number of rural hamlets of hilly belt of Samba district including Bagoon, Jeerd, Rayoar, Jatha, Kanair, Nund of Panchayat Kard are compelled to drink contaminated water of Ponds and Nullahs for last one year, whereas villagers of Hunarad, Upper and Lower Sodam and Smotha of the Goran Pancha...   READ MORE   Forest Minister's drive against forest land encroachers' goes into oblivion Retired SSP 'grabs' forest land, constructs house 9/23/2015 11:55:21 PM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: Some property dealers are illegally constructing houses on forest land in Bathindi area of this winter capital of the state. The property dealers, enjoying support of a former Senior Superintendent of Police, grabbed a portion of the forest land falling under khasra number 6 in Bathindi, sources told Early Times. "Some 10 houses are under construction on the forest land. The matter was also brought into the notice of Forest authorities, but to...   READ MORE   MLA's supporters thrash Sarpanch in Arnia Kaun karega transformer inaugurate? 9/23/2015 11:54:52 PM Sumit Sharma Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: Arnia area turned into a virtual battlefield today after supporters of MLA Bishnah and a local Sarpanch clashed with each other over inauguration of a locality transformer. The incident took place when the Power Development Department installed a transformer in village Chack Ram Dass. Argument between supporters of the MLA Kamal Arora and the Sarpanch of Panchayat Chack Majra, Bharat Bushan Kundal, over who should inaugurate the transformer turned into a clash in which the Sarpanch received injuries. The Sarpanch said he and some PDD employees were beaten by the supporters of the MLA who won last year's Assembly election on a National Con...   READ MORE   SIC issues show cause notice to CMO Rajouri Information denied on flimsy grounds 9/23/2015 11:54:40 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 23: The State Information Commission (SIC) has asked the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Rajouri to show cause why penalty under the Right to Information Act may not be imposed upon him for denying information to an information seeker. The CMO Dr. Chaman Bhasin had denied information sought by a candidate who was not selected for the post of Female Multi Purpose Health Worker (FMPHW). The reason given by the CMO for denying the information was that the application fee of Rs 10, which was deposited in the shape of Indian Postal Order (IPO), had been addressed to the Accounts Officer when there was no post of Accounts Officer in the CMO's office. Palvi Sharma,...   READ MORE   Ahead of Eid, Jammu East without portable water, electricity 9/23/2015 11:54:30 PM S.Tahir-Ul Haq Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 23: Jammu is known for its overwhelming water resources, but the inhabitants of various areas of Jammu East are suffering for want of potable water. The people have accused the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department of apathy. According to reports scores of villages in Jammu East like Dalpatian, Khatikan Talab, Kachi Chowni, Pacci Dhaki, Jhulakka, Company Bagh, Dhounthaly, Mastgrah, Kalijani and Mohalla Tawi and other adjacent areas are without portable water from past two days. There is acute shortage of safe drinking water from past two days. Ahead of Eid-Ul Azha, the department of Public Health Engineering (PHE) should restore the...   READ MORE   CM fixes deadline for SKIMS Medical Hospital expansion 9/23/2015 11:54:24 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 23: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today fixed a deadline of two years for expansion of SKIMS Medical Hospital here as he reviewed various developmental projects in the summer capital. "Sayeed has fixed a deadline of two years for expansion of SKIMS Medical Hospital at Bemina, for which Rs 150 crore have already been allocated," an official spokesman said. The project envisages construction of a new block with additional bed capacity of 250 to be able to bear the ever-increasing patient load on the hospital. Besides new laboratories, the project would also cover construction of a new lecture hall and a hostel for SKIMS Medical...   READ MORE

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