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| SMVDU: A no-go area for people of Jammu | | Jammuites dream varsity mired in corruption, nepotism | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: Two decades ago, the people of Jammu demanded establishment of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU). This demand morphed into a massive movement that went on for around two months, with people from all walks of life participating in the movement, which prompted the then state government to enact SMVDU's Act of 1999 which made it a technical and fully residential university. Regrettably, 20 years later, the SMVDU has not only little to boast about, thanks to its authorities that have virtually turned the campus into a hub of corruption and nepotism, it's also a no-go area for the people of Jammu.
"There's probably no department or faculty left in the SMVDU that is not mired in brazen corruption," well-placed insiders in the SMVDU told Early Times. These insiders gave a detailed account of the misconducts taking place in the SMVDU campus for many years.
They said the Vice-Chancellor appears more concerned about the construction activities because lot of money is involved and "he has left no tables unturned by involving his own team like Mr. S... | |
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| Suspects found with intimidating material detained under 'istekhasa', intelligence agencies kept in dark | | National Security compromised! | | | K Koushal
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: Compromising the National Security, an SHO allegedly detained two suspects under 'istekhasa' who were found roaming along the International Border (IB) and were reportedly selling readymade garments including Army t-shirts in the area. Moreover, a contact number of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) based was also found in the contact list of mobile phone of these suspects.
Sources informed Early Times they duo suspects were found roaming and selling readymade garments along with army t-shirts in the a forward village along the International Border (IB) in Samba district.
The suspected persons were hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana and t... | |
| | | | Cong fighting civic bodies elections half-heartedly | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: Lackluster approach being adopted by the party in fighting Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections is an indication that Congress has conceded defeat much before the final fight. Instead of seriously fighting elections, Congress has half-heartedly joined the electoral battle.
Earlier Congress leadership was in dilemma whether to contest election or follow lines of NC and PDP but after being forced to fight elections, Congress leadership failed to give a spirited fight and most of the party candidates are approaching people alone without any support from the senior leaders.
On the one hand, BJP has deputed its national general secretary Ram Madhav to superv... | |
| | | | Ex-babu, Cong leader raise complex in Bathindi | | No permission sought, locals term it 'gundagardi' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: Showing utter disregard to the rules, a retired bureaucrat and a Congress leader have allegedly raised a seven storey commercial complex in Bathindi area that too without any permission from authorities.
Sources informed Early Times that in Bathindi area most houses have been constructed in violation of building rules and without any permission from concerned authorities. "Work on a multi-storey complex in residential area of Bathindi near Mecca Masjid began two years back, but despite objections from locals, its builders-a Congress leader and a retired bureaucrat-using their connections in bureaucracy and political circle, they continued the work", said... | |
| | | | PNB declares former Minister and family as 'willful defaulters' | | |  Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 28: Punjab National Bank has finally declared former Sports Minister and Peoples Democratic Party Legislator Imran Raza Ansari and his family members as 'willful' defaulters after they failed to repay over Rs 32 Crore to the bank.
The defaulters include MLA Abid Ansari who is also uncle of former Minister Imran Raza Ansari.
The bank has issued a public notice in a Jammu based Daily Newspaper against Imran Raza Ansari, his brother Amjad Abbas A... | |
| | | | This is what Ansari's will lose | | | |
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 28: The family of former PDP Minister Imran Raza Ansari is set to loose huge properties as Punjab National Bank through a public notice has said it has started recovering 32.48 Cr loan amount from them.
The bank had served the minister and his family many notices and asked them to handover the mortgaged properties to the bank which they had submitted as guarantee at the time of availing huge loans, however a few days ago, bank issued a public notice and said that it has started recovering the loan.
As per documents, the mortgaged properties include Ansari Motors, Ansari Complex, Sonawar, Srinagar.
The bank, as per sources, has therefore decided to ta... | |
| | | | Naeem demands 'Glasnost' to dismember India | | PDP attacks RSS, BJP | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: Desperate PDP has attacked RSS and BJP, and advocated that "Glasnost" be extended to Jammu & Kashmir so that state got out of India.
Former minister and party spokesperson Naeem Akhtar launched a scathing attack on the RSS and the BJP and accused both of betraying Kashmir and sought extension of Glasnost to Jammu & Kashmir. It is pertinent to mention that President Gorbachev's Glasnost had led to the collapse of USSR in 1991 and creation of many new countries out of it.
Referring to the recent speech of RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Naeem said "apparently Bhagwat did not see Kashmir as part of the broader challenge of addressing 20 crore Muslims of the ma... | |
| | | | 1-month-old neta ready to 'buy' Srinagar polls | | 'Sasurji using influence, damaadh ji offers nazrana' | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: The son-in-law of a senior leader of a national party, who recently joined the same party, is allegedly ready to spend any amount to contest the upcoming Municipal polls for Srinagar and to win the same.
Sources said while the "Sasurji" of this neta is using all influence in the civil and police administration to help his beloved son- in-law in the upcoming polls, the "damaadhji" is ready to spend any amount on the same.
But the biggest problem which the duo is facing is that the "damaadhji", who joined politics, barely a month ago, doesn't figure in the voter list for Srinagar.
Officials said as per the electoral rules, anyone who is not enrolled in t... | |
| | | | 21 lakh people in JK still wander without Adhaar cards | | Will Governor pull up administrative machinery? | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: There are no less than 21 lakh people in the state of Jammu and Kashmir who haven't yet been issued the Adhaar cards and these non- affluent ones continue to be denied the basic facilities in the state.
As per the official documents in possession of the Early Times, at present, no less than 21 lakh and 96 thousand people in the state of Jammu and Kashmir have their Adhaar cards pending with the government and they are facing immense hardships to avail the facilities of ration, banking and several others. Though the government has been tightlipped over the reason why such a huge chunk of state's population is yet without an Adhaar card, the people, parti... | |
| | | | Teachers stay away from Banjala | | |  Arun Jasrotia
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Sept 28 : The future of Government school students is in dark as the education department neglects schools in remote areas of Udhampur.
For 60 students of Middle School Banjala four teachers have been deputed who rarely attend the school.
The students come regularly into school but due to the absence of teachers their studies are affected a lot . Student's complained that no one takes care of their studies as teachers remain absent... | |
| | | | Alert sounded across Central, South Kmr as SPO decamps with 7 rifles from residence of legislator in Srinagar | | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sep 28: Authorities have sounded a high alert across Central Kashmir and South Kashmir after a Special Police Officer (SPO) decamped with at least seven assault rifles and a pistol from the residence of a legislator from an uptown area on Friday night.
Official sources said that SPO Adil Bashir Sheikh son of Bashir Ahmad ran away with seven AK-47 rifles and a pistol from the residence of Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Aijaz Ahmad Mir at Jawahar Nagar in the summer capital of the state. Aijaz represents the Wachi constituency of Shopian district falling in the restive South Kashmir. Aijaz is the first time legislator from Wachi consti... | |
| | | | 'First they should learn to respect their elders then dream Jammu mayor seat' | | Panther's poll campaign | |  Ashwani Sharma
Early Times Report
Udhampur, Sept 28: Though the National Panthers Party is loudly claiming to be the exclusive custodian of Jammu interests, it has dumped its very founders.
Surprisingly this development came exactly ahead of the upcoming Urban Local Bodies (ULB) elections and the supporters of ignored leaders have poured out their heart, of course on the social media.
Moreover, a big hoarding has appeared exactly at the bank of River Tawi in Jammu which reads : "Pa... | |
| | | | Officials who failed to submit report to ADB may face action | | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 28: The Centre has taken a serious note of failure of Jammu and Kashmir government officials in submitting project reports to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Sources said there are lot of projects where the officials have failed to submit the report to the ADB, resulting delay in implementation of projects.
One such project was Rs 4,000 crore for which the ADB has agreed to provide the grant. On the request of JK government, the ADB has agreed to grant third tranche loan of Rs 4,000 crore for development projects of the state.
The ADB has told the JK government that it would provide loan for improvisation of urban services, water... | |
| | | | ED utilises services of untrained teachers in primary schools | | | | Bijay Charak
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: In what could be termed as compromising quality of education in government primary schools, Education Department still utilizes the services of over eleven thousand untrained teachers. According to sources, deployment of untrained teachers in primary schools across the state is an issue of concern.
Government time and again directed department concerned to provide requisite training to these teachers at an earliest but years lapse the department yet to enroll over eleven thousand teachers for training. "Maximum of them teach students below 5th class, known as foundation schools. The poor policies of government for engagement of untra... | |
| | | | JK fails to implement economic reforms: Courtesy conflict | | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 28: Despite several reports, the Jammu and Kashmir government has failed to implement the economic reforms of the state.
There have been several reports, which reveal that Jammu and Kashmir is one of the poorest performers of economic reforms in India. According to the report, 'Assessment of state implementation of business reforms in India' the World Bank Group ranked J&K at the 30th position of the 32 Indian states and Union territories while evaluating their performance of economic reforms. The World Bank Group conducted the assessment of Indian states business reforms after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had requested it to support India's efforts t... | |
| | | | Citizenship alone mitigate Pak refugees problems | | 90% refugees granted Id cards | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 28: The fall of Mehbooba Mufti-BJP government on June 19 and imposition of Governor's Rule in J&K has turned out to be a boon for hapless and abandoned Hindu-Sikh refugees from Pakistan. Reports suggest that "90 per cement refugees from Pakistan living in Jammu since 1947 have been issued identity cards and efforts are on to issue such cards to the remaining 10 per cent refugees.
The issuance of identity cards to the refugees is a significant confidence building measure as they would now obtain jobs under the Union Government. They were not considered eligible for Central Government jobs in the absence of such identity cards. The refugees have welcomed th... | |
| | | | Ring Road affected farmers meet Advisor, CS | | Get assurance of justice | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 28: Farmers affected by Semi Ring Road in Srinagar had a meeting with Advisor Kumar and Chief Secretary in Budgam few days back when both had visited the district to meet public delegations. In addition to other issues the visiting Govt functionaries discussed the Ring Road issue in detail as more than 4700 kanals of agricultural land will be acquired in district Budgam alone.
Sources say that both Advisor and Chief Secretary carefully listened to the grievances of the farmers who made the visiting dignitaries understand the difficulties faced by farmers in J&K. Sources told Early Times that farmers impressed upon Advisor Kumar and Chief Secretary to ... | |
| | | | Admission to 5 new medical colleges to start in June 2019 in 3 disciplines | | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 28: The Health and Medical Education department has decided to start first batch of admissions to all the new five government medical colleges from June 2019. In the initial phase, admissions will be started in three disciplines and the remaining courses will start in next phases.
Sources in the H&ME department informed Early Times that the department has decided to start first batch of the admissions in the newly established five Government Medical Colleges of Doda, Rajouri, Kathua, Anantnag and Baramulla.
"Initially the department has decided to start courses in three disciplines viz-a-viz Physiology, Anatomy and Biochemistry", sources said, adding that... | |
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