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Kisko Pyaar Karun? Junaid Mattoo gets two offers! 9/29/2020 12:05:33 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 28: Even as the senior Peoples Conference leader and former Mayor of Srinagar Junaid Mattoo was recently expelled from the party, he has got offers from two parties. Sources said Mattoo has been offered membership by two parties presently more active in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said one of them is a recently-floated regional party and the other one is national level party. Sources said the regional party has offered Mattoo to be their spokesperson and that the other party is also offering the same chair at the national level. It was reliably learnt that both the parties are in touch with him and that he is likely to take the decision in the coming days. “One thing is certain that he will join one of the two parties in the coming days,” said a source close to Mattoo. It was reliably learnt that Mattoo has friends in both the parties who are helping him get offer for membership. Source said Mattoo has decided to discuss the matter threadbare with his well-wishers before taking a final decision on the issue. It is pertinent to mention t...   READ MORE

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30% reduction in tuition fee: Govt ‘least interested’ 2 weeks on, file sent to Law Dept for legal opinion yet to be returned 9/29/2020 12:05:22 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 28: Authorities seem “least interested” in reducing the tuition fee by 30% in the private educational institutions as the file sent to the Law Department for legal opinion nearly two weeks ago by the School Education Department has not been returned till date. Sources told Early Times that although the Commissioner Secretary School Education Department Asgar Samoon had announced that private schools owners will charge 30% less tuition fee from the students after concerted pressure mounted by the parent’s organisations but nothing of that sort has happened so far. They further said that the Education Department had sent the matter regarding 30% reduction i...   READ MORE   J&K overspent Rs 9 Cr on sugar procurement: CAG 9/29/2020 12:05:12 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 28: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has found that Jammu and Kashmir government has incurred an extra expenditure of over nine crore rupees on sugar procurement. According to the CAG’s audit report, , the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution department’s failure to procure sugar for public distribution at lowest rates led to the minimum extra of Rs 9.23 Crore on the government exchequer. According to the report, the State Level Purchase Committee (SLPC) in the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, while evaluating (September 2015) tenders for procurement of sugar for the period October 2015 to September 2016 noticed tha...   READ MORE   Powerful’ man excavates agriculture land for making bricks, admin acts as mute spectator 9/29/2020 12:05:05 AM A B Sharma Early Times Report REASI, Sept 28: Despite a ban on excavation of agricultural land a ‘powerful’ man in a village in this district of Jammu & Kashmir is excavating agriculture land and then uses the same for preparation of bricks at his brick kiln. Sources told Early Times that the ‘powerful’ man who influences the district administration uses the agriculture land for preparation of bricks at the brick kiln. The ‘influential’ man belongs to the ward number 1 of Dudwah village in Latter Panchayat. The village is located 15 kilometers away from Pouni tehsil of this district. “The powerful man has clandestinely got the permission to excavate the agriculture land and then ...   READ MORE   Powerful overstaying officials continue rule Govt offices, PSUs 9/29/2020 12:04:56 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Sept 28: Government departments including some of the corporations are retaining officials for more than two years at one position. As per the transfer policy, minimum tenure of a government employee on a post should be two years and a maximum three years. Sources said that though the General Administration Department is keeping track of overstaying employees and accordingly is transferring them, but influential overstaying, officers and officials have managed to keep themselves away from the transfer. Sources revealed that a number of clerical staff employees, have been overstaying for the last several years in government departments. T...   READ MORE   After 25 days less than 1000 Corona Virus fresh cases reported in JK, 824 new infections come up Positive cases 73014, active positive 17601, recovered 54267, casualties 1146 9/29/2020 12:04:46 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Sept 28: After a gap of 25 days less than 1,000 fresh cases of Corona Virus were reported in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. With 824 new cases the total number of positive cases reached 73,014 with the death toll reaching 1146 following 14 fresh deaths. Jammu district reported 337 fresh cases of COVID-19 followed by Srinagar district 105 deaths, Rajouri district 52 cases, Kupwara district 44 cases, Udhampur district 38 cases, Kathua d...   READ MORE   J&K to ease rules for issuance of Domicile Certificates: Centre 9/29/2020 12:03:53 AM Agencies New Delhi, Sept 28: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration has agreed in principle to amend rules for easy issuance of domicile certificates. This will particularly facilitate issuing domicile certificates to children, on production of a Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) of either of the parents, he said. "After discussion with #JammuKashmir LG Sh Manoj Sinha & CS Sh Subrahmanium, the UT Govt has agreed in principle to amend/modify rules for ease in issue of #DomicileCertificate. Formal orders being issued soon," Singh, said in a tweet. The move comes after it was noticed that applications for issuance of domicile certificates ...   READ MORE   CAG flags slow work under NRDWP, PMGSY in J-K during 2017-18 9/29/2020 12:03:44 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 28: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Jammu and Kashmir government for its failure to complete various projects under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during 2017-18. In its audit report on social, general, economic (non-Public Sector Undertakings) sectors for the year ended March 31, 2018, the CAG said against the target for completion of 1,067 Water Supply Schemes (WSSs) during 2013-18, only 679 schemes (64 per cent) have been completed under the NRDWP. “Non-completion of 388 (36 per cent) schemes impacted the process of providing potable drinking water to po...   READ MORE   Munish Gupta asks government to step in & solve problems of residents Sector 7 Guru Nanak Nagar residents pained due to least concern shown by people at helm 9/28/2020 11:59:07 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Sept 28: People living in the sector 7 Nanak Nagar are perplexed over the bad condition of roads and lanes in the area. They are also upset with the fact that the garbage is not being lifted from the area thus creating nuisance. The sector 7 Guru Nanak Nagar is a part of the Gandhi Nagar constituency and it is presenting a sordid tale of absolute neglect from the people at helm. The successive governments have failed the people of this colony and they are suffering...   READ MORE

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